It comes as part of an announcement by Catherine Martin T.D., Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, and Thomas Byrne T.D., Minister of State for Sport, Physical Education and the Gaeltacht, announced on the 9th May over €26 million in equipment grants under the latest round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (‘SCEP’).

Bagenalstown Cricket Club will receive €1,856, which will go towards increasing the storage capacity at the club.

Speaking about the grant, Minister Catherine Martin says: "Our sporting organisations are at the heart of our communities providing opportunities to people to participate in healthy activities and to enjoy the successes of their local teams and sporting heroes."

"The significant funding announced today will assist a vast range of sporting organisations around the country and be a great source of support to local teams on and off the field of play."

Bagenalstown Cricket Club would like to thank all our club members who worked extremely hard and took their time out of their busy days to put together our application.

Details of the allocation can be found below
https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/97c11-record-funding-for-sports-equipment-announced/