Running track in Conna gets grant of €43,486

On the 25th of September, Sport Ireland announced their largest ever funding for sports facilities... press release HERE

One of the recipients was St Catherine's AC in Conna who received €43,486 for the development of a 4 Lane Sprint Running Track, High Jump & Long Jump. See artists impression above.

This will be located at the Conna Community field which is about 1.5kms to the east of Conna.

St Catherines AC write... “St Catherine’s AC are building a 100 metre sprint track and associated long jump / high jump facilities in Conna Community field to cater for their ever growing membership base.

 With the ongoing issues of track facilities in the greater Cork area, this initiative has been greatly supported in the local area with many initiatives already launched (Donate a Calf Campaign) and new initiatives planned over the next 9 months (Lip Sync being the main one). 

We are calling on the Cork athletic community to support this initiative by making a donation towards the fundraiser – we have an iDonate page here to donate - https://www.idonate.ie/event/stcatherinesacsprint “

As can be seen from the artists impression below, there is already a 460m gravel track going around the outside of a pitch for walking and running. The new 100m is ideally suited for juveniles to train with proper facilities locally.