Community Games: High standard of entries in the Art and Model Making finals

More than 300 children competed in Co Kildare Community Games Art and Model Making finals in the Patrician Primary School in Newbridge at the weekend.

The children had three hours to complete their projects which covered a varied range of activitie such as Debating, Pitch and Putt, Long Puck, Spikeball, Rugby, Discus, Quiz, High Jump, Group Music, Model Making. The judges had a difficult job to decide the medal winners as each piece of Art was of a high standard for the age groups. There was a wide spread of medals with twelve areas being represented at the medal ceremony. The national Finals in August will have seven areas represented in the Art Competition and two in Model Making. St Conleth's will have three representatives in Art at the National Finals while Prosperous will have two. There will be one each from Straffan/Ardclough, Suncroft/Curragh Milltown, St Brigid's and Milltown.. St Brigid's will have two Model Making Finalists with one coming from St Conleth's .

Representing Kildare at the HSE National Finals in Art are: Under 8 Girls Niamh Mullen (Straffan/Ardclough) Under 8 Boys Kenneth Mullins (St Brigids) Under 10 Girls Ella Cullen (Kilcullen) Under 10 Boys Benjamin Fletcher (St Conleths) Under 12 Girls Shannon Keane (Prosperous) Under 12 Boys Ross McHale (Milltown) Under 14 Girls Flyinfolua Oluokun (St Conleths) Under 14 Boys Gavin Condon (Prosperous) Under 16 Girls Amy Murphy (Suncroft/Curragh) Under 16 Boys Philip Ekhoilze (St Conleths) Representing Kildare at HSE National Finals in Model Making are Under 10 Girls Tara Christie (St Brigids) Under 10 Boys Matthew Duffy (St Conleths) Under 12 Girls Maria Zakharova (St Brigids) Full Results Art Under 8 girls 1st. Niamh Mullen- Straffan/Ardclough 2nd. Lauren Shannon- Milltown 3rd. Mae Cooper Gray- Kilcullen 4th. Abbie Foster Celbridge Nth Under 8 boys 1st. Kenneth Mullins - St Brigids 2nd. Emerson Cosgrove- St Brigids 3rd. Liam Keogh- Kilcullen 4th. Jesse Mack- St Conleths Under 10 girls 1st. Ella Cullen- Kilcullen 2nd. Saoirse Mullen- Straffan/Ardclough 3rd. Delia Cooper Gray- Kilcullen 4th. Elise Magali- St Conleths Under 10 boys 1st. Benjamin Fletcher- St Conleths 2nd. Tom Aspell- Kilcullen 3rd. Sean Gaine- St Brigids 4th. Hugh Fallon- Suncroft/Curragh Under 12 girls 1st. Shannon Keane- Prosperous 2nd. Anna Zue- Prosperous 3rd. Lucy Keenan- Kill/Johnstown 4th. Isobel's Anglosanto- Sallins Under 12 boys 1st. Ross McHale- Milltown 2nd. Christopher Norris- Kilcullen

3rd. Diarmuid Cully - Sallins 4th. Dara Flynn- Celbridge South

Under 14 girls 1st. Flyinfolua Oluokun- St Conleths 2nd. Holly Gleeson- Prosperous 3rd. Paula Cullen- Kill/Johnstown Joint 4th. Roisin McGrath-Kilcullen & Jessica Stirrat - St Conleths Under 14 boys 1st. Gavin Condon- Prosperous 2nd. Evan Swords- Prosperous 3rd. Paddy Zhuang- St Conleths 4th. Adam King- Suncroft/Curragh Under 16 Girls 1st. Amy Murphy- Suncroft:Curragh 2nd. Niamh Wall- Suncroft/Curragh Under 16 Boys 1st. Philip Ekhoilze- St Conleths 2nd. Christian Carroll- Monasterevin Under 10 girls Model making 1st. Tara Christie - St Brigids 2nd. Kate Long - St Brigids Under 10 boys Model Making 1st. Matthew Duffy- St Conleths Under 12 girls Model Making 1st. Maria Zakharova- St Brigids 2nd. Ciara Long - St Brigids 3rd. Sophie Fee- St Conleths 4th. Sophie White- St Conleths