# Kildare athletes heading to Community Games national finals
Daragh Nolan, 14 Aug


   Young Kildare athletes represented their county at the Cairn Community
   Games Regional Finals held in Clonmel Regional Sports Hub last Saturday
   for a place in the National Community Games Finals taking place later
   in the month in SETU Carlow.
   Kildare were joined in Clonmel by Carlow, Clare, Cork, Dublin, Kerry,
   Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow while
   the other counties of Cavan, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Longford, Louth,
   Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Westmeath had their
   regional finals simultaneously in TUS Campus Athlone.

   All the competitors had qualified in their respective county events as
   runners up and the three medal winners will now progress to the Cairn
   Community Games National Finals in two weeks’ time along with the Gold
   medal winner from their County Final.

   27 superstars from Kildare inspired by events in France made the
   journey to Clonmel and were rewarded with two gold, five silver and one
   bronze.

   Gold: Eabha Brennan Newbridge St Brigids U-16 1500m; Max Crampton
   Newbridge St Brigids U-14 80m Hurdles.

   Silver: Ella Murphy Ballymore U-12 600m; Iris McCartan Straffan
   Ardclough U-14 800m; Matthew Grogan Milltown U-16 1500m; Patrick O’Dowd
   Eadestown U-10 100m; Ciaran Duffy Suncroft/The Curragh U-8 60m

   Bronze: Sarah Dillon Suncroft/ The Curragh U-10 60m Hurdles.

   These athletes will now join Kildare’s Gold medallist in each event and
   compete at the National finals on 24 August in Carlow.