Fantastic news for sports enthusiasts of all ages across Mayo!
The Minister of State for Sport, Physical Education and the Gaeltacht, Thomas Byrne, has confirmed allocations under the new Participation Nation Outdoor Fund.
A total of €2.26 million has been allocated to 30 local sports partnerships across the country to support the purchase and installation of permanent sport infrastructure that can be placed on public land for community use.
Mayo Sports Partnership is to receive €67,500 towards the installation of 4 Sports Equipment Storage boxes in one location in each Municipal District ie Ballina, Ballyhaunis, Castlebar and Westport. The Box Up units as they are called will allow free ease of access to sports equipment ie Basketballs, Footballs, Table Tennis Bats & Balls, Tennis Racquets, Fitness Equipment, Walking Poles etc , it all depends on what facilities are available at the location.Commenting on the allocation new Mayo Sports Partnership Chairperson Lyndon Jones stated: “Accessibility is a key value we support in Mayo Sports Partnership and the availability of free to use sports equipment in 4 local authority owned parks will be a gamechanger. If this pilot is successful we may look at extending it into other locations, subject to funding of course.”
“It could be some months however before we can get these boxes into the designated sites so we would ask people to be patient. Many thanks to Mayo County Councils Parks Superintendent for all his help in identifying suitable locations for this phase of the initiative” added Mayo Sports Partnership Head Charlie Lambert.
