Westmeath club wants McManus money put into Centre of Excellence
January 19, 2024
The Downs' Eanna Burke and Joe Moran celebrate a turnover against St Loman's. ©INPHO/James Crombie.
A Westmeath club has called for the county’s €1 million donation from JP McManus to be spent on a new centre of excellence.
Westmeath is one of the few remaining counties without a centre of excellence and The Downs delegate Aiden McGuire believes the money should be put towards one.
"It's time to make the big leap of faith; we have been waiting so long for a centre of excellence in Westmeath and news, I believe, is imminent. It's €11,000 we didn't have in November. No club had a budget for it," he told delegates at Wednesday night’s county board meeting.
"The centre of excellence has to be paid for and it will be there for all units of the GAA in Westmeath."
However, there was little support for the move after JP McManus specified to county boards that the money go straight to the grassroots and be divided between GAA, ladies football and camogie clubs.
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