St Dympna's Parish Dromore 2012

2012 was a massive year of sport with the Olympic Games and Olympic torch coming
to Dromore. The highlight was the Fit Factor which took place over 8 weeks from April
to June. This community health and fitness program was delivered by the generous
volunteers within the community and Dromore Sports Complex.
The Staying Active club is still going strong on Wednesday mornings; this group takes
part in aerobics, dance and fitness suite; and always finishes with a cuppa !
In its first full season the Dromore Sports Complex Snooker team managed to win the
Omagh District Snooker League.
We have been lucky enough to receive funding from Dromore 2000 (proceeds from
Dromore 10K) which were used to purchase a new hand cycle for the fitness suite and
we also received funding from Asda, which was used to purchase equipment for Youth
Club and Twilight Soccer.
The kids Easter Camp had 29 participants, while the Summer Camp had 111 over the
four weeks in July and August taking part in a wide range of activities including Baking,
Art, Mini Olympics and many other sports.
The autumn program saw the introduction of new children's activities with the Dance
Factory, Olympic Club and Aspire Speech & Drama School.
As we look to Christmas, we will see the return of the Dromore Christmas Lights Lantern
walk; last year we had over 100 children take part. It is from the Sports Complex down
to the switch-on of the Christmas lights with Santa and this was followed by a party and
refreshments in the Sports Complex.
We would like to thank the whole community for their continued support and look
forward to seeing you all in 2013.
Damian Maguire
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