Our Women’s Team had a brilliant win last night , there was a little bit of history as Skipper Lara Maritz became the first Balbriggan Women’s player to score a century with a spectacular 108 Not Out , Lara was backed up ably by her sister Tess who was 23 not out at the end , it was an excellent team performance with our young bowlers getting valuable experience and everyone backing each other in the field. The team spirit in coach Chuka Uba’s squad is fantastic and evident in the team pics.

Another great week of fun in our summer camps. It was great to see such hurling and camogie skills on display. Thanks to all our coaches, helpers and Naoise & Donagh for organising. Don’t forget kids and adults of all ages are always very welcome to join our club and play a part in our exciting future.

Congratulations to Chloe Duggan who won Student of the Month for June. She was presented with the Student of the Month Trophy by her instructor Dermot O Keeffe Sensei, 6th Dan JKS recently. Chloe attends classes regularly and puts huge effort into her training in kihon, kata and kumite. Well done, Chloe! JKS Swords recently hosted the JKS Ireland Inter-club competition in Applewood Community Centre. Clubs from all over Ireland attended and it was a great day for everyone. JKS Swords had a squad of 18 members who competed, and they rose to the challenge on the day as the host club and topped the medal table taking home 7 gold, 8 silver and 5 bronze medals. Congratulations to all the competitors. The next JKS Inter-club takes place in October and will be hosted by JKS Tallaght.42 members of the club presented for grading examination recently. After training for an hour, the members had to perform a selection of kihon, kata and kumite requirements to attain their next coloured belt. All the students were understandably nervous but didn’t let this stop them from completing what was required to progress in their grades.Training continues over the sumcer in Applewood Community Centre as the club prepares for the next karate season which comcences in September. Classes are on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. We take new members (Children, Young People & Adults) all through the year. Contact Dermot on 087-98073885 for details on how to join. Contact us on Facebook: JKS Swords Karate Club or on Instagram: @jks_swords_karate_club

Congratulations go to the Senior Men Football squad as they are presented with the AFL2 league cup tonight at Broomfield. A last few words from Mens Senior Football captain Paidi White with special thanks to the ‘3 gents’ Dan St Ledger Derek Roche & Mick Byrne who have guided them to this year’s league win & back to the AFL1 within 6 months in the job! Also to all the families and support who have been there for the lads all season. On to the Champo lads!

A fantastic 2 week’s camps finished recently for the St Sylvesters July football Summer Camp sessions. Huge thanks go to Eamonn Leahy of Leahy O’Riordan Chartered Accountants for his year after year support of our camps. Each player gets a special 2022 camp tshirt to finish a fantastic week of fun!

Junsa Taekwondo has been busy this summer. We recently took part in the very first Lusk community summer festival, which was a great success. With a lot of planning and hard work in the run up to the festival our students showed of their skills with a great performance.On the day of the event we shared the mats with fellow martial artists from Lusk Judo run by Judo legend Master Jack Dennis. A huge honour for me personally. Junsa also took part in a Dublin inter club competition.

Lusk Athletic Club juvenile athletes are enjoying their summer break after a long but very rewarding season where they competed in all disciplines from Under 9 up to Under 19 with great success and won a hatful of medals. Even though it is a little quieter at the Hub for the summer months, Lusk AC adult athletes continue to train and excel in races from 100 metres right up to the Marathon and beyond. Our Track & Field athletes compete fortnightly in the Dublin Graded Track & Field meetings and our throwers Colm O’Donoghue and Stephen Fee won team gold at the National championships in July at the Morton Stadium, Santry.Club runners took part in The Docklands 5K, Dunshaughlin 10k, The National 10 Mile championships and a large group of athletes from the club ran in the Fingal 10K in Swords on the 17th of July with almost 30 club members volunteering as race marshals. Many thanks as always to our coaches, officials and volunteers who give their time freely to help make all these events happen.Training continues on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7 PM from the Hub on Rathmore Road and in Ardgillan on Sunday mornings for hill repeats. All newcomers are very welcome to come along and try a session.

Lusk has officially launched its Junior Parkrun at the Lusk Sports Hub. The first event, which took place on Sunday, May 22nd, saw 16 children completing in the 2km course event. The fifth week, June 19th saw this increase to 34 children.The Lusk Junior Parkrun is held every Sunday morning at Lusk Sports Hub at 9.30am, Rathmore Road. Organised by local volunteers it is open to all children from ages 4-14 years, each run is free to enter. The run can cater to children of all abilities and is safe and easy to take part in. Lusk Junior Parkrun is now inviting all youngers from ages 4 to 14 years to participate in future Sunday events. To enter, each child needs to be registered in advance of the run and must bring along a personal, printed barcode received by email after registering directly on the website www.parkrun.ie/register. Parents are free to join their child in running, however, only children will be recorded. Parents and children are also invited for a post junior parkrun coffee/drink in association with the Skinny Batch café in Lusk. Speaker, Resident and Director of Lusk Junior Park Run Siobhan Connor said,“We are delighted to bring Junior Parkrun to Lusk. Our goal is to assist children to get fit outdoors and meet new friends! 66 children have joined at least 1 event, with many now returning weekly. It’s a great place for families to enjoy together. If you would be interested in volunteering while your child/children take part, please come speak to the Run Director at any event or contact us through these links .For more information, please contact (Event Director). Email lusksportshubjuniors@parkrun.com , Facebook: facebook.com/lusksportshubjuniorparkrun and the Website: parkrun.ie/lusksportshub-juniors/.

The National Juvenile Track and Field Championships took place in Tullamore in July. It is the highlight of the Athletics Calendar, and this year LSA had two athletes competing. Éabha O’Farrell competed in U16 girls’ 3kg Hammer and Anna Gavigan competed in U19 Girls’ Discus. Both had qualified for this event by winning their respective competitions in the Dublin Championships in May and June.This was Anna’s final competition as a “Juvenile” and she signed off in style by winning the Discus Championships with a throw of 45.95m and setting a new U19 Championship record!This was Anna’s third major Championship win this summer. At the start of June, Anna won theSenior Girls’ Discus in the All-Ireland Schools Championship representing Loreto Secondary School Balbriggan. Three weeks later she had her best success to date winning the 150thNational Senior Track and Field Championships.Anna is a great example of the Long Term Athlete Development policy. She has been training and competing with LSA since 2014 but it was only in 2018 that she began to win medals in the Dublin Championships and qualify for national finals. Later that year she started to train with coach Gerry Ronan, and has gone from strength to strength since then.Our younger Juveniles may well be inspired by being coached by a National Champion – Anna is part of the coaching team with Fiona’s group at our Thursday evening training session, and she also coached at our recent summer camp.Meanwhile, Éabha is another up and coming LSA Juvenile Athlete, also coached by Gerry Ronan. Éabha set a new LSA club record for 3kg hammer when she threw 36.80m to finish 5th in the National Juvenile Championships. LSA Juvenile training will recommence in September – watch out for details on Social Media.We always welcome new volunteers to help out with our growing club.For memberships queries or to get involved please do so on our gmail account on lambaysportsathletics@gmail.com. Keep up to date on all the events by following LSA via our social media pages! Or facebook.com/lambaysportsacademy or even Instagram instagram.com/lsadonabateportrane/ Twitter twitter.com/LSARunning. For additional information on the above please visit our website lambaysportsathletics.ie/

We recently hosted a fantastic week at Glebe North FAI summer camp with 110 kids enjoying football while learning new skills. Big thanks to all coaches involved, Megan, Denis, Sean, Eoin, Lee, Michael, Alan and Emma. Glebe north will host another camp in August, 15th to 19th. Only 30 places remaining, book online at bookings.summersoccerschools.ie/s/