An overall package of €150 million in new capital grants under the latest round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP).
With funding details announced today (Friday), some €144 million is allocated to almost 1,900 applications with €6 million kept in reserve for successful appeals lodged by unsuccessful applicants.
It’s a record level of funding, matched only by the record level of applications covering everything from equipment purchases to building works, drainage schemes, lighting and more.
Across Kilkenny and Carlow, the lower scale of provisional grants allocated are around the €4,000 mark with the upper limit at €150,000.
Among those to benefit in Carlow are Ballinabranna GAA Club who are set to receive almost €100,000 towards the upgrade of GAA and community sporting facilities, and Clonmore GFC who are in line for over €73,000 towards the second phase of works on an additional pitch at the club grounds.
On the Kilkenny side of the funding, the astro training facility for Ballyhale Shamrocks will receive a €150,000 boost on the higher end of the scale, while at the lower end Kilmacow Football Club will collect €6,000 towards new goals and LED lighting.
You can see the full breakdown of clubs by county below.
Carlow
| Organisation | Project Title | Sport Type | Provisional Grant Allocation € |
| Bagenalstown Cricket Club | Playing and Training Facilities Improvement | Cricket | 17,595 |
| Bagenalstown Pitch & Putt Club | Bagenalstown Pitch and Putt Club Clubhouse Refurb | Pitch and Putt | 45,000 |
| Bagenalstown Swimming Club | Equipment for Development of the Club | Swimming | 3,950 |
| Ballinabranna GAA Club | Upgrade of GAA and Community Sporting Facilities | Gaelic Games | 99,364 |
| Ballinkillen Hurling Club | Improvements to extend playtime and safety | Gaelic Games | 105,978 |
| Ballon GAA Club | Ballon GFC Equipment and Clubhouse Improvements | Gaelic Games | 92,556 |
| Borris Golf Club | To extend shed to house course machinery | Golf | 43,159 |
| Burrin Celtic F.C. | Natural pitch drainage and aeration | Soccer | 48,749 |
| Carlow Golf Club | Clubhouse refurbishment to facilitate inclusivity | Golf | 25,200 |
| Carlow Lawn Tennis Club | Resurface 4 courts & carry out safety works | Tennis | 66,383 |
| Carlow Town Hurling Club | Carlow Town Hurling Club Addition of Floodlighting | Gaelic Games | 127,594 |
| CLG Muine Bheag Bagenalstown Gaels GAA | Toilets, Fencing, Dugouts, Gym Equipment | Gaelic Games | 110,000 |
| Clonmore GFC | Phase 2 works on Additional Pitch Development | Gaelic Games | 73,754 |
| County Carlow Football Club | Pitch Drainage. Mower purchase and storage shed | Rugby | 100,999 |
| Éire Óg CLG [CARLOW] | Lawnmower, Machine Shed & Ladies Dressing room. | Gaelic Games | 70,394 |
| Grange Gaelic Football club | LED Floodlights installation in Grange GFC | Gaelic Games | 143,972 |
| Kildavin Clonegal GAA Club | Walkway & Associated Works | Gaelic Games | 150,000 |
| Kilree Celtic | Kilree Celtic Mower, Jerseys and Equipment | Soccer | 10,740 |
| Leighlinbridge GFC | Sports Capital Grant 2020 season | Gaelic Games | 20,000 |
| Mount Leinster Rangers GAA Club | Phase 1(B) Two new GAA pitches & floodlit walkway | Gaelic Games | 32,078 |
| Naomh Brid GAA Club | Naomh Brid Ball Wall & Play Area | Gaelic Games | 33,000 |
| Naomh Eoin Gaa Club | All-weather pitch with LED Floodlighting | Gaelic Games | 58,000 |
| New Oak Boys Football Club | Development of new playing and training areas | Soccer | 124,746 |
| Nurney Sporting Grounds Company Ltd | Nurney community project | Soccer | 22,078 |
| O’Hanrahans GFC | Dressing room upgrade Gym Equipment | Gaelic Games | 51,753 |
| OLD LEIGHLIN GFC | Dugouts and Pitch side crowd control barriers | Gaelic Games | 13,000 |
| Palatine GAA Club | Palatine GAA Club Pitch & Facilities Project | Gaelic Games | 86,656 |
| Rathvilly GAA Club | Upgrade of floodlights to LED and Gym Kit Out | Gaelic Games | 89,795 |
| Saint Patrick’s Boys AFC | Ladies/Accessibility Dressing Room | Soccer | 4,443 |
| St Joseph’s AFC | New and Upgrade works at St Joseph’s AFC | Soccer | 12,871 |
| St Mullins GAA Club | Upgrade of Flood lighting at St.Mullins GAA Club | Gaelic Games | 41,237 |
| ST PATRICKS GAA CLUB (TULLOW) | Ball-stop Netting and Sports Equipment | Gaelic Games | 39,472 |
| Tullow Amateur Boxing Club | Equipment | Boxing | 1,816 |
| Tullow RFC | Tullow RFC Sports Equipment Grant | Rugby | 21,760 |
| Vale Wanderers Football Club | Pitch & Training Equipment | Soccer | 9,651 |
Kilkenny
| Ballyhale Shamrocks Hurling Club | Ballyhale Shamrocks Training Astro Facility | Gaelic Games | 150,000 |
| Barrow Rangers GAA Club | Barrow Rangers Community Sports Park Development | Gaelic Games | 149,456 |
| CM Community Sports | CM Community Sport – Pitch Refurbishment 2021 | Multi-sport | 50,000 |
| Dicksboro GAA Club | Pitch Drainage to Pitch A and Boundary Treatments | Gaelic Games | 59,768 |
| East End United | East End Equipment and Facilities Development | Soccer | 22,965 |
| Emeralds G.A.A. | Wallball/Astroturf/Natural Surface Training Pitch | Gaelic Games | 150,000 |
| Evergreen FC | Astro training pitch with floodlighting | Soccer | 70,000 |
| Ferrybank AFC | Upgrade of Floodlights from Metal Halide to LED | Soccer | 131,875 |
| Graigue-Ballycallan Gaa Club | One kilometre leed floodlit community walkway | Gaelic Games | 45,000 |
| Graiguenamanagh Boat Club | Graiguenamanagh Rowing Club 2021 | Rowing | 44,922 |
| Graiguenamanagh GAA Club | Graignamanagh GAA Club Sports Capital Grant 2020 | Gaelic Games | 147,872 |
| Highview Athletic Football Club | All weather artificial turf playing surface | Soccer | 150,000 |
| James Stephens GAA Club | Pitch Maintenance Equipment | Gaelic Games | 52,854 |
| John Lockes | Completion and finished surface on club walkway | Gaelic Games | 30,244 |
| Kells Sports Centre | Refurbishment of Second Handball Court Phase 2 | Handball | 47,928 |
| KILKENNY COUNTY COUNCIL | Refurbishment of a M.U.G.A at Newpark, Kilkenny | Multi-sport | 23,962 |
| KILKENNY COUNTY COUNCIL | Installation of MUGA at Ferrybank | Multi-sport | 61,168 |
| KILKENNY COUNTY COUNCIL | Dunmore Activity Recreation Centre | Multi-sport | 74,264 |
| Kilkenny Lawn Tennis Club | Upgrade of facilities kilkenny tennis club | Tennis | 149,429 |
| Kilkenny Rugby Football Club | Floodlighting upgrade, fencing & equipment. | Rugby | 150,000 |
| Kilmacow Football Club | New Goals and install LED Lighting | Soccer | 6,003 |
| Mooncoin Celtic Football Club | MCFC Further Development Project | Soccer | 58,806 |
| Mooncoin GAA Club | Mooncoin GAA Club-Pitch Development & Equipment | Gaelic Games | 66,794 |
| Mullinavat GAA Club | Mullinavat GAA Grounds Development | Gaelic Games | 149,454 |
| New Ross Golf Club | Upgrade existing practice area | Golf | 50,036 |
| Piltown A.F.C. Limited | Build Pitches & Training Area & Walking Track | Soccer | 150,000 |
| Rower-Inistioge GAA Club | All Weather floodlit playing Surface | Gaelic Games | 85,000 |
| St Senans Athletic Club | St. Senan’s AC – Fencing & Athletics Equipment | Athletics | 3,777 |
| St. Joseph’s Athletic Club | St Josephs AC Walkway & Floodlight Project | Athletics | 50,000 |
| Stoneyford Development Association | Dressing rooms and toilets | Multi-sport | 144,000 |
| Thomastown Scout Group | Outdoor spaces for sport | Multi-sport | 32,133 |
| Tullogher Rosbercon GAA Club | New Full-sized GAA Pitch Development | Gaelic Games | 126,315 |
| Waterford Golf Club Ltd | Waterford Golf Club Drainage scheme – phase 2 | Golf | 106,786 |
