A big congratulations to Matthew Davis and Gary Burton who both travelled to Portloaise and were officially awarded their Bronze award in Special Olympics ALPS programme. They both have worked extremely hard to get this award and we could not be more proud! ALPS is The Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Programme. The aim of this programme is to help athletes gain confidence and self esteem and support them in becoming more involved in Special Olympic as well as their own clubs and local communities. Matthew and Gary are now working towards their Silver award with ALPS! We cannot wait to see you both develop more and more confidence and skills as you work towards this award!

A big shout out to Lakers supporters in September, without the support of our community Lakers would not be what it is today.

On the 30th of September Derri Keating and Matthew Davis attended The Kilmacanogue Horse Shows Award Ceremony on behalf of Lakers. Matthew made a fabulous speech all about Lakers and what we do as they accepted the cheque from the Horse Show Committee.

Thank you to Coolagad Bridge Club in Greystones who chose Lakers as their Charity to support on their Charity Night. They held a Bridge night with a raffle and supper and proceeds for the night went to Lakers. Thank you to Mary and her committee for all their hard work.

We’d also like to say a big thank you all our supports who made incredibly kind donations to Lakers this month!