All Stars

Community Games All Stars - Friday 16th October 2026

The St Francis Credit Union Clare Community Games All Stars award night is one of the highlights of the Clare Community Games calendar.  The event takes place in Treacy's West County Hotel on Friday 16th October from 7pm.  Tickets are priced at €33 per adult and €17 per child and are available via your Area Secretary. A sit down meal is served and some entertainment will be provided by some of our National Community Games participants.   Some special guests will also be in attendance to help present the 60+ All Star Awards.  Tickets need to be ordered by Friday 9th October and paid for by Monday 12th October.  Any queries, please email clarechair@communitygames.eu

Additional prizes for presentation on the night include the Area Athletics Trophy,  The International Police Association Best Large Area Trophy and the Small Area Award. 

Full list of recipients can be found below.

Congratulations to all the worthy recipients who represent their teams and areas.

• Art U14 Boys: Calder Brown (Moylussa)

• Art U8 Boys: Cathal Gleeson (Moylussa)

• Athletics Field Long Puck Girls: Sophia Moroney (Newmarket on Fergus)

• Athletics Marathon U16 Boys: Conor Martin (Derg)

• Athletics Marathon U16 Girls: Aoife O’Rourke (Ballynacally/Lissycasey)

• Athletics Track 100m U12 Boys: Yohan Siha (Ennis St. Johns)

• Athletics Track 100m U16 Boys: Jack Monaghan (Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry)

• Athletics Track 1500m U16 Girls: Aisling Kelly (Ennis St. Johns)

• Athletics Track 200m U12 Girls: Laoise Malone (Ennis St. Johns)

• Athletics Track 600m U12 Girls: Molly Considine (Ennistymon Lahinch  Liscannor)

• Athletics Track 60m U8 Girls: Orna Considine (Ennistymon Lahinch  Liscannor)

• Badminton Boys: Ryan Crotty (Moylussa)

• Badminton Girls: Doireann Moloney (Moylussa)

• Basketball Boys U13: Aidan Reynolds (Quin/Clooney)

• Basketball Mixed U11: Jack Hehir (Ballynacally/Lissycasey)

• Basketball U13 Girls: Lillie Ryan (Doora-Barefield)

• Basketball U16 Girls: Melissa Rowland  (Doora-Barefield)

• Camogie: Faye Colleran (Crusheen/Ballinruan/Tubber)

• Chess U11: Matas Burysky (Shannon)

• Chess U13: Avi Sahota (Shannon)

• Chess U16: Ericson Tony Arackal (Ennis St. Johns)

• Cross Country U13 Boys: Cathal Minogue (Whitegate-Mountshannon)

• Cross Country U13 Girls: Mia Kelly (Miltown-Malbay)

• Cycling Boys: Dylan Queally (Ennis St. Johns)

• Cycling Girls: Hannah Devitt (Newmarket on Fergus)

• Draughts U10: Danny McMahon (Crusheen/Ballinruan/Tubber)

• Draughts U12: Rian Murphy (Crusheen/Ballinruan/Tubber)

• Draughts U14: Kayden Greene (Crusheen/Ballinruan/Tubber)

• Futsal U13 Boys: Ollie Fitzgerald (Clarecastle/Ballyea)

• Futsal U13 Girls: Neasa McInerney (Clarecastle/Ballyea)

• Futsal U15 Boys: Jack Barrett (Clarecastle/Ballyea)

• Futsal U15 Girls: Katie Jane Purcell (Ennis St. Johns)

• Gaelic Football U10 Mixed: Daniel Murphy (Miltown-Malbay)

• Gaelic Football U12 Girls: Anna Murphy (Ballynacally/Lissycasey)

• Gaelic Football U14 Girls: Niamh Keating (Ballynacally/Lissycasey)

• Gymnastics U13 Girls: Maebh Moloney (Meelick-Coonagh)

• Handwriting U10 Boys: Donnacha O'Sullivan (Crusheen/Ballinruan/Tubber)

• Handwriting U12 Boys: Evan O'Brien (Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry)

• Hurling: Aidan Kelly (Ballynacally/Lissycasey)

• Indoor Soccer U10 Boys: Liam Vaughan (Crusheen/Ballinruan/Tubber)

• Indoor Soccer U10 Girls: Ryleigh Mullins (Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry)

• Indoor Soccer U13 Boys: Cian Vaughan (Crusheen/Ballinruan/Tubber)

• Indoor Soccer U13 Girls: Heather Harrison (Quin/Clooney)

• Model Making U16 Girls: Aoibheann Hill (Ballynacally/Lissycasey)

• Pitch & Putt Boys: Patrick Shally (Quin/Clooney)

• Pitch & Putt Girls: Ciara Gleeson (Cratloe)

• Projects: Jack Collins, Ide Deans, Hannah Devitt, Megan McMahon (Newmarket on Fergus)

• Quiz: Harry Meehan (Newmarket on Fergus)

• Rounders U13 Girls: Vivienne Palka (Clarecastle/Ballyea)

• Rounders U15 Girls: Nina McCarthy (Quin/Clooney)

• Rugby 7s: Jack Clancy (Cratloe)

• Skittles: Rob Sheedy (Newmarket on Fergus)

• Soccer 7 a side Girls: Orla Hoban (Newmarket on Fergus)

• Soccer U12 Boys: Jamie Hartnett (Newmarket on Fergus)

• Soccer U15 Girls: Willow O'Grady (Ennis St. Johns)

• Swimming Butterfly U16 Boys: Nicholas Forbes (Miltown-Malbay)

• Swimming Butterfly U16 Girls: Orla Blake (Doora-Barefield)

• Swimming Relay U13 Girls: Elodie Considine, Aoibhi McCarthy, Cara McCullough, Millie Ryan, Sadie Ryan, Lauren Shannon (Ennis St. Johns)

• Table Tennis U13 Boys: Joe Hogan (Quin/Clooney)

• Table Tennis U16 Boys: Tommy Daly (Kilmihil)

• Talent Mixed Group Music U13: Annie Garvey, Fionn Kilkenny, Caragh Rynne (Doora-Barefield)

• Talent Mixed Solo Music U16: Lily Mescall (Kilrush)

• Throwball Rounders: Oscar Power (Clarecastle/Ballyea)

What is the Community Games All Stars?

The St Francis Credit Union Clare Community Games All Stars award night is traditionally one of the highlights of the Clare Community Games calendar.  This annual event, which includes a sit down meal, has been taking place for many years and it serves a number of purposes: -

• It provides an opportunity to celebrate the successes of Clare Community Games participants and adult volunteers over the course of the season.

• It provides an opportunity for Clare Community Games and its main sponsor, St Francis Credit Union, to receive some good PR across press and social media.

• It provides an opportunity for families and volunteers involved in Community Games across County Clare to come together.

Each year, approximately 50-60 All Star awards are presented to selected participants.  As they are presented, a few words are said about the participant.  Usually a number of sporting guest stars are invited to speak and to help present the awards.  In the past, some of the Talent/Choir participants also provide some entertainment. The awards night is also used to present the following awards:-

• Area Athletics Trophy, for overall best area in County Athletics Finals.

• The International Police Association for Best Large Area, for area with highest number of participants over all county events (based on ORS data).

• Small Area Award Trophy, for best smaller area with highest number of participants over all county events (based on ORS data).

• Adult Volunteer "Hall of Fame" award, selected by County Executive.

• Chairperson's award to a participant who embodies the spirit of Community Games, selected by current County Chairperson.

The All Star Committee has responsibility for selecting the All Star recipients from the list of nominees based broadly on the following criteria: -

• Team Events: Best competitor of competition/event is nominated by referee in conjunction with co-ordinator at county and is not necessarily from the winning team.  If no competition at county in team event, an All Star is nominated by team manager at Munster or National. Where there is more than one age group in a competition, and where the number of teams entered does not justify an all star for each age group, then one All Star is selected to cover all age groups.

• Individual Events: All Stars are selected after National Finals by executive, based on performance at National Event.

• Relays/Squads/Small Groups: Some All Star Awards are presented to small groups based on performance at National Finals.

Currently Clare Community Games is the only county in Ireland, to our knowledge, which has an All Star Award ceremony.  The All Star event is generally cost neutral as the ticket price includes dinner and a small charge which covers the additional costs (i.e. the All Star Trophies, which are sourced and manufactured locally and have a unique Clare Community Games design).