Kilmacow GAA Club in Kilkenny has been named the overall winner of the inaugural Chadwicks Kit Out Competition, winning an incredible €10,000 worth of Chadwicks products to help transform their club house facilities.
The competition which ran across the summer gave GAA clubs in Leinster the chance to win over €20,000 worth of Chadwicks. In total, 237 clubs across Leinster entered the competition with 12 county winners selected, each picking up €1,000 worth of Chadwicks products for their local club.
The winners were selected by the Chadwicks Kit Out judging panel comprising Kilkenny legend Tommy Walsh, Dublin Hurler Eamonn Dillon and Kilkenny Camogie star Collette Dormer as well as Chadwicks Group Finance Director, Brian Conneely and Chairperson of Leinster GAA Infrastructure Committee, PJ Kelly.
The judging panel then selected three finalists to go on to compete for the grand prize of €10,000 and the overall winner was decided by a public vote, with over 23,000 people voting in the competition.
Shane Gaule, the Chairperson of Kilmacow GAA talked of the club's excitement with the announcement.
We are absolutely delighted to be selected as the overall winner of the Chadwicks Kit Out Competition. The prize of €10,000 worth of products from Chadwicks will make an incredible difference to our club as we look to improve our facilities in order to maintain player development and cater for every child that wishes to participate in GAA in our community. We have club dressing rooms which are shared with other local community clubs and the possibility of upgrading these dressing rooms presents a great opportunity to positively impact our entire parish. We are extremely grateful to the people of Kilkenny and everyone that voted for our club in this competition.
Jim Bolger, Chairperson Leinster GAA said; “We were delighted to partner with Chadwicks and bring this brilliant competition to the Province. All of the prizes awarded will make a real difference to Clubs and the competition itself serves as a testament of Chadwicks commitment to grassroots GAA in Leinster and we thank them for their support.”
The Chadwicks Kit Out competition was launched by Chadwicks this year to celebrate becoming a sponsor of the Leinster GAA Chadwicks Club Hurling League. The sponsorship and competition marks Chadwicks commitment to support clubs at the grass roots level across the province to improve their facilities.
Congratulations to Kimacow and we can't wait to see what they do with the equipment.
