Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Sports Partnership in conjunction with St. John of God DSE, Family Focus Services, would like to invite you to our free open evening showcasing sports and social groups for people with a disability.

Dlr Sports Ability Evening

A free open evening showcasing accessible activities for children and adults with a disability.

There will be over 20 sports and social groups sharing information on accessible groups in an informal friendly environment.

During the evening there will be numerous groups demonstrating the different activities happening around the County.

It’s a great opportunity to come try the different activities and get information about joining a club near you.

The event takes place on Tuesday, 4th December 2018 from 3.30pm – 7.00pm in Newpark Sports Centre, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.

Register your place for free on our eventbrite page: https://dlrsportsability.eventbrite.ie

If you have any questions please contact dlr Sports Partnership on 01-2719502 or email Bridin on: bridin.finn@sjog.ie

Are you interested in FREE Walk Leader Training?

This free training provides inforamtion on elements such as leading a group, local route planning and management, health and safety, insurance cover.

The training takes place at Pearse Museum, St Endas Park, Rathfarnham on Wednesday , 28th November from 9.45am to 12.45pm.

Places are limited so please register your place on eventbrite http://otwalkleadertraining.eventbrite.ie

The sun shone down last Saturday, 6th October 2018, as Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Sports Partnership and a range of local agencies hosted the 10th Core Credit Union dlr Community 5K in Kilbogget Park, Ballybrack. This annual event takes place during the Counties ‘Festival of Inclusion’ and is widely recognised as being all inclusive and bringing together families, friends and the entire community.

To celebrate the 10th year, fun activities were on hand to add to the fun with Ultimate Frisbee, BarMonkey, reaction challenge and target games testing both the young and old. At 2pm, An Cathaoirleach, Cllr Ossian Smyth set off the starter gun and over 900 participants, many donning super hero costumes, walked, jogged and ran the two laps of Kilbogget park.

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Sports Partnership invite children, young people and their families to take part in the “Be Active in Ballyogan” Sports Taster Day on the 29th of September 2018.

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Sports Partnership are holding a FREE sports taster day on the 29th September from 2pm-4pm at the Samuel Beckett Civic Campus in Ballyogan.

The key aim of the event is to get all ages and fitness levels active, try a new sport, introduce them to local clubs and of course have loads of fun.

The next meeting of the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Sports Forum is taking place on the 18th September 2018 at 7pm in Marlay Park House. All clubs are invited to join the Sports Forum and attend these inportant information sharing meetings. For the meeting flyer click here and to register click here https://sportsforumseptember2018.eventbrite.ie/

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Sports Partnership established the Sports Forum in 2008 to act as an information and support structure for all clubs in the County. Now in operation for ten years, the Sports Forum facilitates better communication to and between clubs where members tackle issues of mutual interest, discover methods of overcoming issues and identifying best practice.

Are you over 55 and living in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown? If so why not come along and bring a buddy to a FREE Active Exercise session in the dlr Leisure centres where you can try new activities and have fun.

During European Week of Sport in September, dlr Leisure are teaming up with DLR Sports Partnership and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to organise open activity mornings (10am to 12pm) in the four public leisure centres. Anyone in the County over the age of 55 is invited to come along to one of these fun mornings in Loughlinstown (24th Sept.), Meadowbrook (25th Sept.), Monkstown (26th Sept.) and Ballyogan (27th Sept.).