{"id":6083,"date":"2024-01-30T21:22:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T21:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/?p=6083"},"modified":"2024-01-30T21:22:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T21:22:05","slug":"60th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bandonac.org\/wordpress\/?p=6083","title":{"rendered":"60th YEAR"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today marks 60 years since \u2018Bandon Athletic Club\u2019 was formed in the boys club on North Main St were 30 men gathered to form what was then called St Patrick\u2019s Athletics Club, it wasn\u2019t until 1967 that the club officially changed names to \u2018Bandon Athletic Club\u2019.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The first committee members were:<\/div>\n
President: George Bennett<\/div>\n
Vice President: Liam Ahern & William Good SNR<\/div>\n
Chairman: John Desmond<\/div>\n
Vice Chairman: Jim Kearney<\/div>\n
Secretary: John Byrne & Denis Galvin<\/div>\n
Treasurer: Eddie Culloty & John Lynch<\/div>\n
PRO: Richard McSweeney<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0Other 1st members as founding members include<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Donough Coughlan, Billy Good, Sean Pierce, Sean Hyde, JJ Kearney, Tim Quill, Dommie O\u2019Brien, Diarmuid O\u2019Donoghue, Michael Kearney, John Dromey, Willie Creedon, Peter Harrington, Liam Deasy, Sean O\u2019Reilly, Eric Good, Michael Lawton, Anthony McCarthy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Many of these first members have passed but as a club we are indebted to there vision of an athletic Club in Bandon which has succeeded and grown in the last 60 years with just over 600 registered members in 2023, being the third largest club in Ireland, and currently 520 registered so far in 2024.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2014 in the clubs 50th year saw some members including Billy Good & Catherine Duggan having a vision for a place where Bandon AC could call home, that place which we will call home \"\ud83c\udfe1\"<\/span> is in the middle of development with the hopes of it being at a standard to train on by the end of this year. Unfortunately Billy & Catherine won\u2019t be here to celebrate that day with us, but as a club we are grateful for their vision. Having this home will give generations of young people a chance to achieve their dreams in the athletic world \"\ud83c\udf0d\"<\/span> and what a day for the lights on the track to be switched on \"\ud83d\udca1\"<\/span><\/div>\n
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Here\u2019s to another 60 years!!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Today marks 60 years since \u2018Bandon Athletic Club\u2019 was formed in the boys club on North Main St were 30 men gathered to form what was then called St Patrick\u2019s Athletics Club, it wasn\u2019t until 1967 that the club officially changed names to \u2018Bandon Athletic Club\u2019. The first committee members were: President: George Bennett Vice …<\/p>\n

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