Going for the ball at the Kerins O’Rahilly’s Summer Camp on Tuesday morning. Photo by Gavin O’Connor
FOR the second year running, Kerins O’Rahilly’s have taken the decision to put on their summer camp completely free of charge.
The offer has drawn over 170 children from the ages of 6 and 13 to pass through the gates of their Ballyrickard pitches this week.
“We made the move to open our summer camp for free last year and it was a great success, so we decided to do it again,” said camp co-ordinator Declan Quill.
“Every other summer camp you have to pay 40 or 50 euro, so we said, as a gesture to the community, we’d make our summer camp free” said Declan.
A battle for possession at the Kerins O’Rahilly’s summer camp in Ballyrickard. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
“We found last year that lot of the kids who drifted away from the club, we won them back over because of the camp and also we picked up a few new players which is very, very important,” Declan said.
“We’ve people from all over coming to the camp; kids from Dublin and Cork, along our own players and other clubs from around the town,” he added.
“As you can see it’s very well organised, all the coaches taking part are qualified coaches. If you look around the field you can see they’re all busy and enjoying themselves” said Declan.
“It’s a great thing to give a free camp to our members as well as other kids who want to try football” he added.
The camp continues until Friday.
Kids from the U6 group at the Kerins O’Rahilly’s summer camp in Ballyrickard. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.Kids from the U10 group at the Kerins O’Rahilly’s summer camp in Ballyrickard. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.Some of the girls who took part in the Kerins O’Rahilly’s summer camp in Ballyrickard. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.Kids from the U10 group at the Kerins O’Rahilly’s summer camp in Ballyrickard. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.Some of the U8 group who took part in the Kerins O’Rahilly’s summer camp in Ballyrickard. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.Kids from the U12 group at the Kerins O’Rahilly’s summer camp in Ballyrickard. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.Kids from the U8 group at the Kerins O’Rahilly’s summer camp in Ballyrickard. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.Some of the U6 group at the Kerins O’Rahilly’s summer camp in Ballyrickard. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.Kids from the U12 group at the Kerins O’Rahilly’s summer camp in Ballyrickard. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.Some of the girls who took part in the Kerins O’Rahilly’s summer camp in Ballyrickard. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.Kids from the U10 group at the Kerins O’Rahilly’s summer camp in Ballyrickard. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.The coaches who took part in the Kerins O’Rahilly’s summer camp in Ballyrickard, front row, from left: Richard Griffin, Kevin Doody, Jason Dyland, Richard Donnolly. Back row, from left: Gavin O’Brien, Cormac Coffey, Paul Byrne, Rachel O’Connor, Colin Doody, John Ferguson, Linda Gleeson, Declan Quill. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.
