Community Games

The following is the list of events that take place in the Community Games. The G.A.C.A. partake in many of these events on an annual basis and have been well represented at National level over the years.

Art & Modelmaking
Athletics
Basketball Boys/ Girls
Camogie
Chess
Cross Country
Choir & Variety
Draught
Grass Track Cycling
Gymnastics
Gaelic Football Boys / Girls
Handball
Hockey
Hurling
H/Court Tennis
Indoor Soccer
Orienteering
Olympic Handball
Pitch & Putt
Rounders
Soccer Boys/Girls
Swimming
Table Tennis
Tag Rugby
Volleyball

FEBRUARY 2017 UPDATE

Glanmire had a great outing at the recent Cork heats of the Cork Community games swimming event which was held in Leisureworld in Bishopstown on Saturday 4th Feb.

11 regions competed in the Cork final with Glanmire having 16 swimmers take part on the day.

9 gold and 2 silver individual medals were brought back to Glanmire that evening and the girls and boys relay teams both won gold making it the most successful community games swimming event for Glanmire in recent years.

All gold medal winners will now go on to represent Cork in the national community games final on 6th May in Abbotstown in Dublin

Gold medal winners were:, Anna Kelleher, Isabel Kidney, Jamie Murphy, Shauna Murphy, Evie O’Connell, Sean O’Connell, Orna Higgins, Rory Higgins and Siofra Higgins.
Silver medallists were: Laura O’Brien and Peter O’Brien

The girls relay team taking home gold were: Evie O’Connell, Isabel Kidney, Anna Kelleher, Siofra Higgins and Hazel Murray and the boys gold medal relay team comprised of: Ryan O’Donovan, Sean O’Connell, Jamie Murphy and Rory Higgins

Well done Glanmire on a great outing and best of luck at the national finals!!

Photo shows..

Front row from left to right Sean O’Brien, Peter O’Brien, Orna Higgins, Ryan O’Donovan, Evie O’Connell, Tom O’Connell, Grainne Sneddon, Shauna Murphy, Jamie Murphy

Back row from left to right – Sean O’Connell, Rory Higgins, Laura O’Brien, Isabel Kidney, Anna Kelleher, Siofra Higgins, Joanna O’Donovan