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EXCLUSIVE

By Sean Moriarty

The arts and crafts section of Killarney Community Games is moving online this year and local organisers are calling for entries. Participants can enter via www.mycommunitygames.com for the seven categories including art, handwriting, model making, solo singing, solo dance, solo recitation and solo music.

While entrants will have to place their entries via the national portal, local Killarney judges will select regional winners who will go on to the Kerry County Final and eventually the National Finals.

“There was an attempt at this last year but it did not work out very successfully,” Killarney Community Games Chairperson Philip Gammell told the Killarney Advertiser. “It is better organised this year, so we will be able to go on to the national website and select local winners from there."

While this is the plan for the arts and crafts section of the Community Games, there is no further confirmation on a potential athletics competition taking place.

“There is some talk of trying to run a national final in the autumn, but it depends on a lot of things. Even if we get the go ahead, we would need to run Killarney finals in July with the Kerry finals in August to meet that,” he added. “Maybe it will happen for individual sports but I can't see it happening for team sports.”

Online entries for the arts and craft section must be submitted before May 5.