Determined to make the most of the Special Olympics fever that is currently sweeping the country – and, in particular, our neighbouring Kilcoole – SISK have decided to make the most of the wasteland that once was the harbour by hosting The Marina Games 2015.
Encouraged by the success of their Marina Summer Fun Fair, Sisk feel the recent gold medal win by local hero Donal O’Mahoney will inspire people to embrace their latest PR exercise.
With the actual games themselves yet to be fully determined, we can nonetheless confirm that anyone with a pole, a rope, a ball or any means of self-propelled transport is allowed to enter. It is advised that all contestants wear a helmet, protective gloves, goggles and full body armour beneath their spandex as much of the terrain down by the harbour and the surrounding countryside has been deemed unsafe for human habitat by both the Department of the Environment and the Deparment of Health.
The Department of Arts, Heritage & The Gaeltacht said it was “damn ugly too”.
With planning still at the early stages, prizes for the Marina Games 2015 have yet to be finalised, but it is rumoured that rather than gold medals, those victorious in their fields will be allowed to lick a top-of-the-range yacht for one whole hour. Please note – contestants cannot look the yacht owner straight in the eye at any point.
Sisk have refused to comment on a public petition by Greystones residents to rename the event The Anger Games.
