Offaly school wins €5,000 in ALDI Play Rugby sticker competition
ALDI and the IRFU are delighted to announce that Scoil Bhríde in Tullamore has won €5,000 in this year’s ALDI Play Rugby sticker competition.
The local school was named as one of ten lucky runners-up in this year’s competition, which attracted 5,682 entries from schools across Ireland. The prize money will be put towards developing and upgrading the school’s sporting facilities. The lucky winner of the €50,000 prize was Lisboduff National School in Cootehill, Co. Cavan.
ALDI, as the Official Fresh Food Partner of Irish Rugby, launched the competition in January. It gave schools the chance to win a life-changing sports facility makeover worth €50,000 by simply collecting ALDI Play Rugby stickers. Shoppers received one sticker for every €25 spent and a completed poster with 300 stickers earned each school an entry into the draw.
ALDI Play Rugby Ambassador, Paul O’Connell, commented: “As a proud supporter of ALDI Play Rugby, I am delighted to see so many primary schools across Ireland benefit from this fabulous initiative and gain access to high quality sporting facilities, equipment, and gear. With these improved facilities, young people will have the chance to discover sports and exercise as well as learn skills and healthy habits to last a lifetime. Massive congratulations to the lucky winners and a big well done to all the boys and girls who collected stickers and took part in this year’s competition.”
ALDI Group Buying Director, John Curtin, said: “At ALDI, we are enormously proud of the continued success of ALDI Play Rugby as well as our partnership with the IRFU. We have directly invested over €600,000 in primary schools across Ireland, which illustrates our commitment to investing in local communities. Thanks to this ongoing investment, more and more children will have the chance to get active, and learn the value of taking part in sport at their new school facilities. We would like to extend our congratulations to Lisboduff National School as well as everyone else who participated in this year’s promotion.”
ALDI Play Rugby is a national programme aimed at primary school children across Ireland. Developed by the IRFU and supported by ALDI, it is a free, supervised, and non-contact rugby programme that provides boys and girls with a fun introduction to the sport. Schools are offered access to invaluable resources including sessions with Community Rugby Officers, online coaching resources, and free coaching equipment.
Last year, the ALDI Play Rugby programme enabled over 117,000 boys and girls across 1,000 schools nationwide to get active and learn the basic skills of rugby.