PICTURES: Old Christians and Ballinacurra Gaels host GAA summer camp

Two southside Limerick GAA clubs have teamed up in a bid to revive their underagestructures with a packed summer camp drawing over 70 children from the local are with many people playing Gaelic games for the first time.

Old Christians and Ballinacurra Gaels, with support from the Limerick County Board, theEducation and Training Board, and the Southill Hub delivered a free summer camp in Rathbane and Ballinacurra last week. It is hoped that the camp will help to reinvigorate underage participation and strengthen the future of both clubs.

James Ryan, former Limerick star and current Games Development coordinator, has been central to the broader project aimed at regenerating Gaelic games in the south inner city. The area is one of six earmarked by the Munster council for urban regeneration, with a new officer set to oversee the project appointed earlier this week.

“Today’s initiative came from the two clubs to run a camp. What we are basically trying to do is increase participation in the area,” he said. It’s a free camp supported by local groups in the area. It’s been a massive success; we’ve had about 70 kids up here, many playing hurling and football for the first time," said James Ryan.

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