Coláiste Cholmcille win top prize of €50,000 in Lidl/LGFA competition

Coláiste Cholmcille, Ballyshannon, have won the top prize of €50,000 for the development of sports and Ladies' Gaelic Football.

The winners were Lidl plus rewards programme in collaboration with Ladies Gaelic Football competition decided on a public vote. Coláiste Cholmcille came out on top in the final round of the competition, to beat St Mary's Mallow, Co Cork; Presentation De La Salle, Co Carlow and Claregalway College, Co Galway, who all receive €10,000 each.

Late last year, the school and the local community have been busy collecting stamps and promoting the programme. In the first phase of the competition, Coláiste Cholmcille collected a huge 1,158 stamps which was 193 booklets. They topped Ulster for the most stamps collected and were delighted to receive three sets of jerseys for the Girls' Gaelic teams. 

As part of the same competition, each school who collected 50 booklets was allowed to write a letter to Lidl and explain why they would deserve €50,000 for their school and how they would use it to develop Ladies Gaelic Football and sports. Coláiste Cholmcille's did the trick! That got them into the final four to win the top prize in the country on the public vote. 

"Congrats to Colaiste Cholmcille Ballyshannon who won €50k from Lidl Ireland in the promotion of Ladies Gaelic Football, well done to all involved, wishing you all the best in the future," posted LGFA and former Donegal manager Michael Naughton.