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The Tralee/Kerry ICG basketball team Mary O’Connell, Rebecca Conway, Rachel Kilgallen and Aoife Dillane, all Tralee. Photo by Dermot Crean
THE Tralee/Kerry team to head off to the this year’s International Children’s Games and Cultural Festival, which will be held in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania, has been finalised.
The games take place from July 4-9 and 18 athletes from Kerry will participate in what is the 13th consecutive year of participation of Tralee ICG at the Games. The team gathered at the Education Centre in Dromtacker with their parents to hear details about the games and about fundraising.
To that end, they have some great prizes in a fundraising draw including a €500 voucher for Manor West Retail Park, two nights B&B and one evening meal in the Rose Hotel, two nights B&B one evening meal at the Dingle Skellig Hotel and FAI Premium Level tickets for a home international at the Aviva Stadium. Tickets available from the athletes and committee members.
Tralee will be represented in boys’ soccer, girls’ basketball, Judo and track and field athletics. The host venue Kaunas and competition among between 1300-1500 athletes from all around the world will combine to provide an exciting mix of culture, sport, education and social interaction for these young Kerry stars.
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“We have been participating and successfully competing at these Games in many disciplines for 12 years now and this year’s event in Kaunas, Lithuania is likely to provide our athletes with fantastic colour and excitement, new experiences of culture in the Baltic states and superb sporting competition,” according to Tralee ICG secretary, Mike Culloty.
“This would not be possible without the co-operation of the athlete’s parents and members of the public who are ever supportive of our fund raising efforts. We are also appreciative of the support of local businesses and indeed of Kerry County Council, whom we represent at the Games”.
Teams have been selected to represent Tralee ICG in Judo, Athletics and Ladies 3v3 basketball.
The ball is truly up and rolling now for the Kaunas Games and athletes and parents are looking forward to making the necessary arrangements for travel and accommodation and helping with the necessary fundraising activities in the months ahead.
Kaunas ICG Teams
Basketball: 3v3 Rachel Kilgallon, Aoife Dillane, Mary O Connell, Rebecca Conway.
The Judo team Marko Antonio Kauric, Sean Murphy and Christopher Palmer with coach Danny Roche and Tralee ICG Chairman, Mike Culloty. Photo by Dermot Crean
Judo: Chris Palmer, Sean Murphy, Marco Antonio Kauric
The athletics team Sean Pullman Daamen, Mervyn Shalemba, Basit Oiedanji with coach Paul Dolan (right) and Tralee ICG Chairman Mike Culloty. Photo by Dermot Crean
Athletics: Mervyn Shalamba, Basit Oyejambi, Sean Pollmen-Daamen
Soccer: Sean Mc Grath, Sean Kennedy, Soni Rramani, Padraig Hilliard, Kevin Goulding, Philip Evans, Leo Gaxha, Cian Brosnan.
