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Kildare Active Retirement bowls team shows age no barrier in 13 annual national bowls competition. Members of the Balyna 1 Active Retirement bowls team have taken home one of the top prizes at the 2025 Active Retirement Ireland National Bowls Competition, which took place at the Gleneagle INEC Arena in Killarney, Co Kerry recently.
Balyna 1 bowls team members Margaret Colgan, Kathleen Marsh, Eamonn Leonard and team skip Christy Colgan were presented with the 2025 small bowls cup runners-up prize by Active Retirement Ireland National President Mai Quaid and CEO Fran Brennan at a special gala ball held to close the competition . Finalists from counties Carlow, Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Westmeath and Wexford were also presented with awards.
Over three days, 64 four-person Active Retirement bowls teams, including five from Co Kildare, competed across the large and small bowls competitions. The other teams from Co Kildare were the NARA 1 and 2 teams, and the Balyna 2 and 3 teams.
Speaking at the awards presentation, Active Retirement Ireland CEO Fran Brennan said: “Well done to all teams who participated in this year’s National Bowls Competition and special congratulations to our finalists across the large and small bowls tournaments.
“This tournament is a celebration of older people and their right to live independent, full lives in which they can stay socially connected and be active participants in their communities. The more than 450 competitors, volunteer officials and spectators who have joined us in Killarney this week exemplify the drive and self-determination of older people to live their best life in later life.
“We are all ageing, and it cannot be too much to ask that people in Ireland be supported to age well with dignity, independence and equality. It is time the government took meaningful steps to develop and implement whole of government strategies and frameorks to ensure we can.
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