Two local GOAL Miles taking place during festive season
There are two local GOAL Miles taking place in this region over the festive period.
Locals young and old are being encouraged to get out and take part in GOAL Miles taking place across the wider region this Christmas and New Year period.
A GOAL Mile will be held at Castledaly GAA Grounds on St Stephen’s Day from 12-2pm; and at Padraig Pearses GAA grounds, Creagh, Ballinasloe, on Christmas Day, from 11.30am to 1.30pm.
The Castledaly event is being organised by Dermot Walshe who can be contacted at dkmwalshe@gmail.com while the Padraig Pearses event is being organised by Ollie Moore. Email: ollie@sherryfitzomeara.ie
The Miles will once again offer people an opportunity to exercise, have fun and help raise money and awareness for some of GOAL’s most vital programmes in the developing world.
Now in its 36th year, the GOAL Miles regularly attract tens of thousands of participants each year. People run, jog or walk a Mile in villages, towns and cities the length and breadth of Ireland.
More than 130 Miles will be held across the country over the festive period, confirming the ever-growing popularity of the event. There is also a GOAL Mile in Mullingar.
GOAL General Manager, Celine Fitzgerald, says the GOAL Miles have become annual social occasions is communities the length and breadth of the country at this time of the year.
“The GOAL Mile has gone from strength to strength every year since its inception in 1982,” she said. “Over the past three-and-a-half decades, it has become an integral part of Christmas for thousands of families.
“We are grateful to everyone who helps make the GOAL Mile such a popular event, and we are particularly thankful to the local organisers, who give up so much of their time to ensure each event is successful as possible. Thanks to them, and to everyone who takes part, GOAL is able to highlight, and support, some of the most vulnerable communities in the world.”
There are also Miles at Mullingar Shamrocks GAA Grounds on Christmas Day from 10:30am-12:30pm and at Multyfarnham Local Park on Christmas Day at 12pm.
To find a GOAL Mile near you, please visit www.goalglobal.org.