Sports and Leisure

Killimor is fortunate to have an active community with its own
• GAA ground (Hurling & Camogie)
• Sports & Leisure centre and
• Community Games
• Killimor 4K Road Race

If you have information on other sports and leisure activities or events in the area please let us know!

The County Ploughing Championships

The county ploughing championship is due to take place in the village of Killimor on Sunday March 30th. For more information on this event click here

GAA

Juvenile Team News

Chairman: Kieran Madden
Secretary: Seamus McEvoy
Treasurer: Seamus Mitchell

This section covers the 2007 campaigns of the under 10s, under 12, under 14s and under 16s teams.

Under 10s:
Team Manager: John Costello

The under 10s played in the East Galway Under 10 A Tournament. Other teams involved included Cappataggle, Kiltormer, Loughrea, Leitrim/Kilnadema, KillimorDaly & Tommy Larkins.

The tournament was played on a league basis and Killimor qualified for the quarter finals where they were up against Kiltormer. After beating Kiltormer in that quarter final match, Killimor moved a step closer to the silverware and played Tommy Larkins in the semi final. Again Killimor were triumphant and moved into a place in the final against a Loughrea side which they had already beaten in an earlier round. After a tightly fought contest Killimor emerged victorous with a 7 point winning margin to see them claim the title. Sean Costello was captain on the day of that memorable final and Kevin Hanney was given man of the match honours for the final.

Under 12s:
Team Manager: Tom Brien

Killimor played in the 15-A-Side B competition against teams like Rahoon/Newcastle, Liam Mellows, Ardrahan, Kinvara, Killimor Carnmore and Moycullen.
The top 4 teams qualified for the quarter finals and Killimor was amongst them by winning all the games with the exception of the game against Kinvara. In the quarter final Killimor were drawn against Cappataggle. This was to be an epic encounter because after two replays could not separate the teams, a third match saw Cappataggle emerge victorous. That was the end of the road for the very disappointed Killimor Under 12s.

Cappataggle did manage to reach the final but were beaten on the day by Liam Mellows.

Under 14s:
Team Manager: Joe Farragher
Team Selectors: Andrew Heorey, Francis Larkin & Michael Dervan

Killimor played in the Under 14 B 15-A-Side tournament which kicked off on March 26th 2007:
Killimor reached the final with some very impressive displays but were unfortunate to meet a very strong Kilnadeema/Leitrim side and ended up loosing the final by 1:2 to 5:5.

Under 16s:
Team Manager: Paul Goghery

Killimor Under 16s played in the 15-A-Side B competition which included teams such as KillimorDaly, Moycullen, Salthill/Knocknacara, An Spideal & Carnmore.

The top four teams qualified for the quarter finals and Killimor had some success by qualifing for the preliminary quarter final against a strong Pearses club. Pearses beat Killimor on the day and that ended Killimors hopes of progressing further in the championship.

Liam Mellows won the final.

Community Games

Killimor has always had a fond relationship with the community games and 2008 is no exception. Training is already taking place for the indoor soccer & cross country competitions.

On Sunday February 24th Killimor have 35 children participating in Draughts in Ballygar Community Centre at 1:30pm.

Cross County will be held on March 2nd in Palace Grounds Tuam at 2pm. Killimor will have 9 participants.

Indoor soccer for Girls will be held in Ballygar Community Centre on March 4th at 6pm.

Table Quiz will be held in St. Raphael's Convent school Loughrea on March 7th at 7:30pm. There are 3 teams going from Killimor.

Art & Model making will be held in Gaelscoil Ballinasloe at 10am on March 8th. Killimor is sending 20 Artists and 13 model makers.

The talent competition will be held in Addeyknockmoy on March 28th at 7pm. There are 2 groups for singing and one solo musician from Killimor.

We all wish everyone involved the very best of luck.

If there are any enquires please contact Patricia Coniry at 087 8529719

Killimor 4K Road Race

The annual Killimor 4K road race is one of the most popular road races in County Galway and attracts a large field of runners every year.

For pictures of last years race please click here

GAA official site

GAA Museum Croke Park