Irish summer tradition joins list of sports placed on ice

PICKING HIS SPOT: Goalkeeper Conor McKeown of Inniskeen, Co Monaghan, scores the winning goal in the penalty shoot-out at the Indoor Soccer U13 Boys semi-final during day two of the Aldi Community Games May Festival last May, an event which saw over 3,500 children take part in a fun-filled weekend at University of Limerick. Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Gerry McGuinness felt he knew what lay ahead when he was voted in as president of the Community Games at last month’s AGM at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Sligo.