Score a Goal for GOAL at this year’s Volvo Ocean Race
Score a Goal for GOAL at this year’s Volvo Ocean Race
Former All-Ireland-winning footballer, Ray Silke; Galway Rose, Anna de Paor and former Mayor, Michael Crowe are just some of the names lined up as celebrity ‘GOALkeepers’ for an innovative fundraising event in Galway this Sunday, July 1st.
left to right : Galway Rose, Anna de Paor; Dora Gorman Irish International Soccer player; Maura Lennon GOAL, and Gary Traynor from PowerSoccer School
Aid agency GOAL are inviting people of all ages to try and score a penalty against a famous face at Fr. Griffin Park from 12 pm to 5 pm, to coincide with the final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race.
“This is a one-day, family fun event so we want people of all ages to come down and enjoy the fun,” says GOAL’s Maura Lennon. “It’s an ideal opportunity for under age soccer, GAA and other teams to practice their penalty-taking and see who can score the most goals!”
left to right : Dora Gorman Irish International Soccer player; Maura Lennon GOAL and Galway Rose Anna de Paor
Apart from the aforementioned names, Irish woman’s soccer international, Dora Gorman; goalkeeping coach and ex-League of Ireland player, Adrian Cronin, and former Galway United star, Jimmy Nolan have all signed up for a stint between the sticks.
GOAL is also hoping to convince a number of other stars to make a surprise appearance on the day.
All the celebrity goalkeepers will be pre-scheduled to keep goal for between 15 and 20 minutes, to allow members of the public to choose who they would like to try to score against. Penalty-takers are being invited to make a small donation towards GOAL to take part.
Gary Traynor diving to save ball from Anna de Paor Galway Rose; Maura Lennon GOAL and Dora Gorman Irish International Soccer player
“To be associated with GOAL and to have an event like this highlight the great work that this charity does is fantastic,” commented Micheline McNamara, CEO of ‘Let’s Do It Galway’.
“The difference GOAL makes to the lives of children and their families that have nothing is huge. We are delighted to support GOAL and we are sure this is going to be a ‘kickin’ event.”
For further information, please contact Maura Lennon at 087 914 6837
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