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Athletes, parents and coaches at the Launch of the ICG Spinathon to take place on Saturday July 16th. Photo: Timmy Dowd @tdowdmedia.com
THE boys and girls representing Tralee and Kerry at this year’s International Children’s Games are organising a Spinathon to raise some funds toward their upcoming competitions in Coventry in August.
The Spinathon event takes place on Saturday, July 16, at Manor Retail Park from 10:30am and these young athletes will cycle for one hour each on two Spin Bikes during the day, with collection buckets available for contributions to the fund.
The event is also currently linked to an I Donate page on the Tralee International Children’s Games Face Book page at the following link: https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/traleeicg
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“Some of our usual fund raising mechanisms such as bag packing days, which were always so well supported by the public, are not yet available to us after Covid 19, and so the idea of holding a Spinathon event was born” explained Mike Culloty, chairman, Tralee ICG.
“The decision to link it online through our Face Book page to I Donate will give people the opportunity to make an offering online or on the day itself in Manor”.
There are now over 300 children in Kerry who have competed at the International Children’s Games since 2005 in Coventry and this year’s return to Coventry as the host city will rekindle fond memories for all participants during the years since then. All donations will be gratefully received.
