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Basketball for ages of 11-18. Gerry Smith has being training basketball for a long time in Castleblayney and once played himself. He is a well thought of basketball coach although he comes across as loud sometimes he is a very dedicated coach who now has a helping hand with Michael Murphy who also played before and has helped in bringing younger teams forward and has helped Gerry a lot over the past few years. Both coaches have brought teams to All-Ireland levels and some have succeeded in winning. Anyone who has played for these coaches would always speak highly of them both and how basketball has impacted on their life's.

Teams: Leinster Senior League Senior 1st - Managers: Brian Kenny/Paul Kenny KDFL Senior Summer Soccer - Managers: Joe Murphy/Damien Meade KDUL Under 8, Under 9, Under 10, Under 11, Under 12, Under 13, Under 14, Under 16, Under 18

Hell Mountain is an adventure run unlike any other. A true test of endurance – the run takes you to the summit of a mountain with some of the most spectacular views on the Kerry coast. But all is not as it seems – the track is littered with surprise obstacles and challenges, sure to get your heart beating and adrenaline pumping.

The harbour at Courtown had little activity at the beginning of the second half of the 20th century. Transport of goods at sea, to and from Courtown, had ended and the harbour became increasingly clogged up by sediment. This, and the perennial growth of sand deposits at the harbour mouth, minimised the entry of ships. Before 1981, only a small number of local fishing boats and a few small sailing boats were in the harbour. However, there was an increasing wish to improve the harbour and to develop more activities in it. In 1981, the Courtown Harbour Development and Boating Association was founded. One of its first activities, in collaboration with Wexford County Council, was the dredging of the harbour with the intention of deepening it. At the same time, heavy chains for better moorings were put in. As a result the number of boats and the size of the boats moored in the harbour increased. In the summer of 1983 the Development and Boating Association sponsored a week of varied events. One of these was a sailing race. It was initiated by Mick Wafer, the Chairman of the Association, who asked for assistance from two of those with sailing boats in the harbour - Brendan Hensey and David O'Hagan. The details of the race was left in their hands. These were simple - handicaps were based on the smaller boats starting first and the others following after five minutes. Two home made marker buoys were placed - one about half-a-mile out from the harbour and the other off the beach at Ardamine. Mick Wafer started the race. Twelve small craft participated in the race and the skippers were: Tony Bushnell, Travers Cole, Jack Conroy, Brendan Hensey, Jim O'Connor, David O'Hagan, Fred Olhausen, Harry Quigley, Jim Reynolds, Paddy Ryan, Noel Schorman and Tony Sutton. This race was held on Saturday, 9th July 1983. It was designed as a "Once Off" event but the participants were so taken by it that they asked for more. Similar races then took place each Saturday until the end of August. The weather was good and the racing was relished by all, except perhaps the final Saturday when a cruise to Cahore was substituted for the usual race. The cruise was aborted midway because of a spectacular thunderstorm accompanied by a deluge. There was a general consensus among those who had raced that there should be a repeat the following year and maybe a permanent organisation to arrange sailing should be set up. That August a meeting was held in the Bayview Hotel which was attended by seventeen of those who had participated in the races. A committee was then elected to prepare a constitution for a Sailing Club. The members of this committee were: Brendan Hensey (Chairman), Tony Sutton (Secretary), David O'Hagan, Harry Quigley, Jim Reynolds and Noel Schorman. The committee's work was completed in early October and a meeting was called for Sunday, 30th October 1983 in the Bayview Hotel for all those who had raced during the recent months or who had moorings in the harbour in 1983. At that meeting a resolution was passed to set up a Club with the name Courtown Sailing Club. The rules were examined and adopted and the officers and other committee members were elected. Courtown Sailing Club was born that day and the first committee members were: Brendan Hensey (Commodore), Tony Sutton (Hon. Secretary), David O'Hagan (Hon. Treasurer), Travers Cole, Jim O'Connor, Harry Quigley and Noel Schorman. During the winter and spring months, the committee fleshed out the decisions taken at the October meeting, to be ready for the Sailing Club's first official season in 1984. The cruiser races were arranged for Saturdays from June to August. Dinghy racing was also envisaged. Membership fees were fixed at £15 family membership, £10 single membership and £5 junior membership. These decisions were endorsed at an Extraordinary Meeting held on 22nd April 1984 in the Bayview Hotel. Today, the total number of boats in the harbour is approx. 40 while our membership has increased from 25 members to approx. 230 members! The cruiser season has been extended from the end of April to the end of September with racing every Saturday and also on Thursday nights from May to August. Difficulties with the harbour continue with regular dredging a necessity. We fight a constant battle to keep the mouth of the harbour open due to the sand bar, the cost of which is equally shared between ourselves and the local fishermen, with whom we have a very good working relationship. Due to the massive increase in housing in Courtown, the harbour has more than ever become a most important recreational feature in this growing community. Courtown is in a strategic position in relation to visiting cruisers from the UK and at times has received some French boats. Even though we are only a very small harbour, we have never found it necessary to turn away visiting boats, unless we had problems at the mouth of the harbour. Boat Park Official Opening of BoatparkIn 1999 we leased a plot of land on the south beach from Wexford County Council to enable us to build a boat park. We saw this as a necessary feature for any future development of our club activities. In 2011 we managed to secure a ten year lease on the property which had previously been renewed on a yearly basis. We cleared the area of rubble and scrub and levelled it; hard core was applied and finished off with very fine stone chipping. On the perimeter of the site we erected an 8ft security fence embedded in concrete plinths, with gates leading to the beach and sea for our dinghies, and also gates to the north of the site to allow our cruisers in for winter storage. The total cost of this entire project was £15,000 and W.O.R.D. was so impressed with the development that they gave us a grant totalling 50% of our total outlay. Dinghy racing has grown very popular since the club formed and the season runs from May to September. The "serious" racing takes place on Sunday mornings, Fun Sailing on Wednesday evenings and adults sailing on Friday evenings. Due to the interest in dinghies the club introduced training for its younger members. This has proven to be extremely popular but unfortunately due to our limited facilities we are unable to cater for everyone. This training needs a tremendous input from a number of our members and runs over 8 weeks.

Laytown and Bettystown Golf Club is a superb 18 hole Links Golf course in East Meath. The first golf shot in the vicinity of Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club in the late 1880s, was played by a retired banker, namely Tom Gilroy, a Scotsman who lived in Mornington House, Coney Hall. The Oznam Home now sits on the site.He was a fanatical golfer and was a member of Royal Dublin at the time and played off a handicap of plus 4. His desire for golf was so great that he decided to create a few holes on the land that he owned in the area. He created 4 holes that were located between the south lighthouse, which is east of the existing tenth fairway and the north lighthouse, north of the Maiden Tower. In an article, which appeared in the golf magazine of the day, the following appeared."The tee for the 1st hole is about 200 yards from Mr. Gilroy' s residence". In 1895, Mr Gilroy took up a post as Secretary in East Sussex Golf Club. Nothing much happened until March 1909 when another golfing fanatic, a Mr George Daly, organised a meeting of kindred spirits. George, an auctioneer, held a meeting in his office in Laurence Street, Drogheda. The meeting was held witha view to forming a club, giving it a name and finishing off Mr Gilroy's work. The name decided upon was Laytown and Bettystown Golf Club. Achievements In its century of existence Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club has played host to many distinguished names from the golfing world stage. It has also nurtured some fine golfers who have achieved world class status. Many well known names in the world of professional golf began their illustrious careers on the Bettystown links. Here is a small selection of competition winners and outstanding players to have graced the links at Bettystown. Declan Brannigan Irish International 1975-1986 Irish European Team 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982 Leinster Inter-Provincial 1972-1990 Irish Close Champion 1976, 1981 West of Ireland Champion 1976, 1981 East of Ireland Champion 1981, 1995 Willie Gill Champion 1976, 1981, 1985 Irish Youth Champion 1969. Declan was East of Ireland and West of Ireland Champion and Irish Close Champion in 1981.This achievement has never been repeated. Des Smyth Irish International 1972, 1973 Leinster Inter Pro 1971, 1973 West of Ireland Champion 1973 European Ryder Cup Team 1979, 1981 Vice captain of the Ryder Cup Team 2006. Des Smyth has been one of our members who has won the Captains Prize (1970) and gone on to be on a winning Ryder Cup Team. Philip Walton Philip Walton was also a member of Laytown and Bettystown where he won the Captains' Prize in 1978. He went on to great success on the European Tour and in 1995 sank the winning putt in the Ryder Cup. Laytown and Bettystown has the distinction of having two members who have won our Captain's Prize and went on to play in the Ryder Cup. Tracy Eakin Irish International 1990-1993 Irish member Euro Team 1993 Junior International 1986-1987 Leinster Interprovincial 1990-1993 Leinster Champion 1992 Irish Strokeplay Champion 1993 Leinster Girls Champion 1987 Connaught Girls Champion 1987 Carol Wickham Irish International 1983-1989 Irish member Euro Team 1983, 1989 U 21 International 1980, 1981 Junior International 1976-1978. Leinster Inter Pro 1979 Leinster Junior Inter Pro 1978 Irish Girls Champion 1978 Irish Euro Champion (Team) 1983 Philomena Wickham Irish International 1976, 1986, 1987. Irish member Euro Team 1986, 1987 Junior International 1975-1976 Connaught Inter Pro 1976-1994 Irish Girls Champion 1976 Connaught Champion 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990 Leinster Champion 1983 Irish Foursomes Champion 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985 Irish Euro Champion (Team) 1983 The Wickham Sisters Both Carol and Philomena Wickham, who were capped many times for Ireland were members of the history making Irish team that won the European Ladies Team Championship in 1983. The first time ever that two sisters were on the winning team. Ian Woosnam 2006 Ryder Cup Team Captain Ian Woosnam Played an exhibition match at Laytown & Bettystown in 1986. Pictured above in the right photo are (L to R) Des Smyth, Robert Lee (Sky Sports Golf Commentator), R.J Browne, Declan Brannigan, Ian Woosnam.

In 1926 a group of young Derrymullen people used to play handball at the railway station, but the station master at that time put an end to these activities. As a result the first meeting of the Derrymullen Handball Club was called and held in Tommy Craddock's house (now Marty Madden's ). The first Officers of this Club were: Chairman: Brian Craughwell Joint Secretary/Treasurer: Jack Fallon and Denis Egan Vice-Chairman: John Johnston It was agreed that a member from each family in the village would be on the Committee. The meeting agreed to rent a site from Mrs Guinnessy for £3(punt) per annum and to build an alley on the site. The Committee ran plays and dances and a door to door collection to raise money for same. Pat Tully built the first course and his son Martin and Austin Madden continued to a height of 10ft., at which time funds ran out and after a lapse of 2½ years the Committee decided to let out for contract the completion of the alley and Mr Pat McTaigue agreed to complete the alley for £150. The Committee were to supply sand and cement. The alley was completed except for the floor and this was completed by Paddy Rigney and Joe Dunne. Funds were raised through dances in Harper's Ballroom, Ballinasloe. card games and other collections , some of the musicians who played were Reid's Band - S. Bridge, Paud Horan, Johnny Kelly, Johnny Fuery, Joe Mills and Billie Soden. At that time there was a small alley beside Bolger's Lane. Handballers of note in the town at that time were Billy Higgins and Willie Harney. Top class players who played in the alley at Derrymullen included James Perry, Roscommon; Willy "Watt" Doherty, Athenry; Mulanney Brothers, Roscommon; Paddy Flynn, Ballymacward; Michael Keegan, Jack Fahy, P.O.; Joe Grenham, Guard Corcoran, Jimmy Duignan, St. Brigid's; Ryan Brothers, Gurtymadden; Hassets, Tipperary. There was a lapse of activity up to 1946 when a new Committee was formed comprising of: Chairman, Fred Jennings; Secretary, Tom Johnston; Treasurer, Martin Tully; Committee: P.J. McDonnell, Christy Ryan, Frank Nevin, Pat McManus, Jack Fallon, Jack Guinnessy, Patrick Casey. This Committee decided to buy out the property at a price of £35.00. The following trustees were elected - Tom Johnston, Fred Jennings, Pat McManus, Jim Craddock. In 1954 the Committee decided to build a glass back wall to the alley, original glass cost £76-16-7p. May Poles (dances) were held in the open air alley during ‘54/'55 to fund the project. At some stage around 1934/'35 a Doubles Tournament was played. The winners of which were Tom Johnston and Joe Grenham. Glass back wall built by Martin Tully around 1955 and highwall at road built by P.J. McDonnell, Frank Nevin and Martin Tully. Handball ebbed and flowed from then on until an animal called "The Vandal" began to manifest himself on society and needless to say the glass back wall proved too much a temptation for this pest. Also neighbouring families had their property and privacy encroached upon. To prevent further nuisance the alley was sealed off. A Committee was set up in 1977 with Chairman Fred Jennings; Secretary Sean Tully; Treasurer Vincent Earls; and it was agreed that the alley would not be played until it could be properly roofed and secure. This Committee travelled around to appraise Ball Alleys which had been roofed in Toomgraney and Crinkle among other places. Various plans and costings were acquired and eventually planning permission was applied for, and granted. The Committee were first elected in November 1983 and decided to raise as much money as possible toward the roofing of the alley. It was found technically difficult to roof existing walls so the Committee settled for the more popular 40x20 alley. Since then the alley has been used by competitors from all ages including some of the players of the County Football and Hurling teams for practice. Underage handball coaching takes place every Sunday at 11 am for boys and girls over 8. For more information use the contact details below.

Taekwon Do & Little Ninja classes for kids: TKD Beginners- Monday & Wednesday @ 4pm TKD Intermediate- Monday & Wednesday @ 5pm TKD Advanced- Monday & Wednesday @ 6pm Little Ninjas beginners Tuesday @ 4pm & Saturday @ 10am & 11am Little Ninjas advanced Tuesday @ 5pm

Founded in 1925 we are a Senior Rugby football Club affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the IRFU and Playing in Divison 2B of the All Ireland League.

Hey guys, welcome to the Roscommon Taekwondo Club`s Facebook Page. Train your body and mind in the Korean martial Art and Olympic Sport of Taekwondo. All Levels welcome from Children to Adults, a great way to get fit, learn self Discipline, and learn to defend yourself. Grand Master Instructor and International Referee : Jan Bartels 8th Dan Black Belt

Fitzone is a centre that focuses on fitness, weight loss and well being. It includes a women's only gym, System 10 Precision Weight Loss clinic and a variety of fitness classes. We strive to empower and inspire clients to lead healthier lifestyles in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

Established in 1998 with over 15 age groups and over 250 members. Age groups commencing from 6 to 18 for boys and girls.

Mór Active is an outdoor adventure activity and training business based on the Ring of Kerry. We offer a wide variety of high quality adventure activities and training throughout Ireland, Europe and worldwide, specialising in mountaineering, hillwalking, rockclimbing, canoeing, kayaking and team-building. Mór Active means BIG active in Irish and it stands for Mountain Ocean River, so you get an idea of the type of exciting activities we do and the locations where we do them!