Waterford Sports Partnership acknowledged at Mayoral Reception

The Waterford Sport Partnership Team was very proud and honored to be acknowledged last Thursday night by the Mayor of Waterford City and County Cllr. James Tobin at a Mayoral Reception in City Hall.
We were delighted to be joined on the night by Board members, past and present, as well as some of our great working partners and community representatives to celebrate the Pride of Place Award which we won in November 2014 for the ‘Community Health – Physical Activity Cities Category’. 

The Mayor said that ‘ Since inception in 2002, Waterford Sports Partnership has provided a leadership role for the co-ordination, development and delivery of sport and physical activity opportunities in Waterford. They achieve this through the provision of information and support, facilitation of education and training opportunities and supporting the development of programmes and events that encourage participation in physical activity particularly targeting lower participating groups such as people with a disability, women, youth at risk and older adults’.

The Waterford Sports Partnership Team and the Mayor pictured with the Pride of Place Trophy (l to r) Pauline Cunningham, Sports Development Officer; Rosarie Kealy, Sports Co-Ordinator; Karen Phelan, Communications Officer, the Mayor of Waterford City and County Cllr. James Tobin; Suzanne Baumann, Administrator;
Brian O’Neill, Youth Sports Development Officer.

Co-ordinator of Waterford Sports Partnership, Rosarie Kealy, said that ‘the staff and Board are honoured and greatly appreciate the acknowledgement shown by the Mayor and his office to the work of Waterford Sports Partnership and the winning of the Pride of Place Award.  I warmly welcome this acknowledgement on behalf of the staff and Board but also on behalf of all our partners, including local agencies, schools, NGBs, sport clubs, community organisations and volunteers that we work with and represent here in Waterford.’