Welcome back to training for all juvenile athletes. Our Little Athletics (6-8 years) will train indoors Lusk NS from Tuesday 5th September. The Cross Country season is back underway and Lusk AC will host the first event of the season for Dublin Athletics on Sunday 17th September. Come along and watch a great day of running. Well done to all our athletics who have taken part in competitions and events over the summer. Congratulations to our Men’s team who competed in the Club League final at Tullamore. Well done to our young coaches for putting on a great week for our Summer Camp. If you haven’t heard our club podcast yet then it’s definitely worth a listen. There are 8 episodes currently available with more in the pipeline.
Best of luck to all our CLG Chloigthithe Lusca teams in their Championship matches in the 2023 season. All support is welcome at our fixtures. Details on dates, venues and times of home fixtures can be viewed on our website at roundtowerslusk.ie
Nursery - All new member’s welcome - Commencing 3rd September 2023
Club planning programme – We need your help and support. Our club planning programme and workshop will take place on the 16th of September 2023.- All members and friends in the community are welcome to attend.- Opportunities to share your thoughts and views on the future club plans.- Please logon to our website roundtowerslusk.ie. We also want to say a Very special thank you: A very special thank you to all Retired and Senior members of the Round Towers Lusk community for attending our special night and get together at the club for light refreshments and a wonderful special music session with the fabulous Andrea and Friends!
A special thank you also to all that organised the event in our Adult Men’s Committee! Please come along to our next Traditional Evening Music Night or stay in touch to find out more upcoming events. Recently we have had some massive achievements in Round Towers Lusk. Our Round Towers Lusk combine Feile team wer crowned Division 7 Camogie Feile Champions and went on to win the double in the Football League. Both Ross O Donoghue and Rory Kerrigan played for Dublin U15 v Westmeath in Portlaoise. - Lotto – Our Weekly Lotto is in excess of €11,450. This is a crucial fundraiser for the club and you can play at:klubfunder.com/Clubs/Round_Towers_Lusk/lotto Draw in Club Thursday @9pm linktr.ee/roundtowerlusk. -Seachtain na Gaeilge –Please do visit our GAA Round Towers Lusk club website on the below web address to explore many social events and the O’Neill’s shop.- Entertainment – The TAP Bar in GAA club in Lusk has got some fantastic events coming over the month and would be delighted to see you there and enjoy some Live music.
TRAD Night – Second last - Tuesday every month 28 th September great music night session in the TAP Bar Enjoy GAA matches and other sports event with light refreshment on large screen in TAP BAR. Outdoor seating area available. Please visit our website on https://linktr.ee/roundtowerlusk or call in and check our club bar for a refreshment also open for bookings including family events and parties!
The official opening of Lusk Community Cultural Centre by Minister Heather Humphreys on 25th July was a landmark event for Lusk Community Council and for the town of Lusk. The official opening was the culmination of a project that the Community Council had worked on for two decades. There are many more major projects destined for our town over the coming decade, including recreation, community and public realm facilities. We need to ensure that these plans are all embedded in the Town Plan, which will be an update of Lusk Vision 2030, over coming months.
Every year our community is expanding as new families come to live in our town. Your input to this plan will be important and we hope you take the opportunity to engage in the community, business and public realm pillars that will be convened in September and October.Lusk Community Council is currently working on developing a Master plan for phase 2 of the Cultural Centre site. The master plan is being developed as a 3D model which will help to illustrate how this strategic site can be developed for the long term benefit of our town. The Community Council will undertake public consultation on these plans in September at the Cultural Centre and we look forward to getting your views on these plans.
ICA members who competed in the Dublin Heat of the ICA Pitch and Putt Competition and Congratulations to two of the Lusk Guild members Mary Shortall and Teresa Kilmurray. Also our Lusk ICA President Rosanna Darby attended the official opening of the Cultural Centre with Heather Humphries, Minister for Protection, Rural and Community Development.
Trojan work around the village is ongoing and the committee deserve great praise despite all the current building work, laying of pipes and road works. Thank you to everyone who put out hanging baskets and window boxes and presented their premises in the best possible manner. Delighted to note the new sign for “Balrothery Union Graveyard” has been replaced. Also Lusk Heritage Group have issued a reminder that on Friday 8th September Lusk Heritage Group are hosting another “Story Telling Night” in Murrays on the Square. It promises to be a great night of stories, poetry and reminisces as well as a chance to meet old friends and get together. It all starts at 8.00 pm. Get there on time because we expect a full house
The Black Raven Pipe Band Lusk recently competed in the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow. The Lusk based Band have had a very successful season so far this year with second places in both the UK Championships and All Ireland Championships. The band are always open to accept new members both learners and experienced who are made most welcome. Si if you want to give it a go….why not contact them ? The band practices on Mondays and Wednesdays in the Old School.
Most organisations shy away from grant applications as they can be very time consuming. With a few simple steps, they can be made easier. Set up a sub-committee dedicated to grant applications, made up of two to work together and the treasurer to provide all the necessary financial information. The full committee should set out plans, that include both capital and revenue expenditure. Capital expenditure is money spent on acquiring or maintaining fixed assets, such as buildings, fixtures, fittings, machinery or office equipment. Revenue expenditure is money spent on expenses, usually within one year, such as electricity, insurance, small repairs, etc. Capital expenditure will, in almost all cases, involve getting quotations from different firms, with a minimum of two quotations required for each item of expenditure. If different specifications have a bearing on the cost, get two quotations for the top specification and two for the lower specification. Store all quotes received and copies of previous years’ expenses in pdf format, using Dropbox or similar, which is accessible by the sub-committee members. Have a bank of pre-prepared information saved, such as a paragraph which gives details of when your organisation was formed, the purpose of the organisation and committee members as to their work experience and their volunteering history.
Only proceed to applying if all of the conditions of the terms of the grant can be met. Most applications are now completed online. Agree a log-in user name and password between the sub-committee members. Take a note of the closing date for receipt of applications and set your closing date to 2 days prior to that date. Read all the questions and complete as many questions that you can as you read. Some questions may need the input from both committee members. If the form says that there is a maximum word count, make sure your paragraph is below that word count. If you think two questions have the same answer, re-read both questions as it is unlikely that the reader wants to read the same information twice. Double check that you have uploaded all requested documents and answered every question before submitting. Print a copy of your application, in most cases this is only available after you have submitted it. Don’t take it personally if you are not successful. Dust yourself off and apply for the next one.
Cllr Rob O’Donoghue has welcomed the appointment of the consultants who will carry out the research to feed into the Lusk Town Centre First Plan. The consultants were appointed in mid-August to carry out further research on the needs for drawing together the disparate parts of Lusk into a vibrant social, cultural and recreational core for the local community. The research will build on the bedrock Lusk for Life document, produced by the Community Council to form a Town Plan for Lusk. Following on from the first meetings of the Community Pillar and the Business Pillar at the end of July, the researchers will liaise the Pillar Groups to look at the communities needs, and seek to aid in the development of Lusk in the coming years. Commenting on the appointment of the consultancy team, Cllr O’Donoghue stated, “this is an important step in the progressing of the town centre first scheme for Lusk. Lusk is the only town in Fingal that was selected for the Town Centre First scheme in no small part due to work carried out with the Lusk for Life document.
The Town Plan will give us a roadmap that will allow the town to apply for funding to carry out projects which will be guided by the Pillar Groups. My hope, is that it will draw the town centre together and augment the new commercial units that have opened up in the past month on Ashe Street in the Station Road Development.”
Corina Johnston, Area Representative is calling for the Garda Commissioner and Minister for Justice to sanction the provision of a Garda Station in Donabate.She said; “We have been campaigning for the such a provision for a number of years. In 2021 we proposed that the state acquire the Credit Union Building which would and still is an ideal location for a station. Duncan Smith TD and I also raised such a need at a meeting in 2021 with the Assistant Garda Commissioner and Senior Gardai. In their response the Gardai said that while they have no objection in principle to a Garda Station on the peninsula, this however would be a political decision. “ Johnston added; “Duncan has since raised this at National level with the Ministers for Justice, Public Expenditure and OPW. He was informed that the current Garda Building and Refurbishment Programme does not include the development of a new Garda station in Donabate, Co. Dublin. The 2006 Local Area Plan included as an objective a Garda station. I am still astounded that such an important objective was removed from the current Area Plan. Given the projected increase in the population of the area and the increase in anti social behaviour it is imperative that such a facility is planned for now.” A determined Corina Johnston concluded;”Duncan Smith TD and I met with the Garda Superintendent in recent weeks and highlighted this issue once again and also the need for the provision of addition Garda resources for our expanding area. We intend to pursue these important issues at National and Local level and will keep you updated. “
LSA was very proud to see a 13th place finish for our wonderful record breaking Discus thrower, Anna Gavigan representing Ireland at the 2023 European U20 Athletics Championships! It was a far cry from the wind and rain of Donabate for Anna, when she competed in the searing heat of Jerusalem in early August. LSA is an adult and juvenile athletics club with over 400 members, based in Donabate. We were established in 2011, and Anna joined us as a 10 year old in 2014. She helps coach our Juvenile athletes and also coached at our recent very annual summer camp. The format for the European U20 Championships in Jerusalem involved two qualifying groups with each competitor getting just three throws, with the top 12 to go through to the final. It was an intense competition ‘shootout’ and Anna, with a best of 46.09m secured an excellent 5th place in her group finishing 13th place overall, agonisingly just outside a top 12 spot for the final. 13th in Jerusalem was an excellent round off to a great season in which Anna retained her All Ireland Senior Schools Title, Leinster U20 Title, won Silver in the National Senior Championships, retained her National U20 Title setting a new outright National U20 record in the process. None of this would be possible without the commitment and expertise of Anna’s coach, Donabate man, Gerry Ronan who dedicates so much time and effort to his athletic training group. Well done Anna and Gerry. For memberships queries or to get involved in any way please feel free to contact us at lambaysportsathletics@gmail.com Keep up to date on all the events by following LSA via our social media pages! Instagram instagram.com/lsadonabateportrane/ Facebook facebook.com/lambaysportsacademy Twitter twitter.com/LSARunning Also visit our website lambaysportsathletics.ie/
