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At The Sports Room, Wicklow Town we love sport! We talk it, we do it. Our employees are local sports coaches, athletes and sports enthusiasts who know their stuff. You can be sure when they are not working in The Sports Room they are working at their sport – playing football or tennis, running, training for triathalons, kayaking or mountain biking!
Are you working on your sport too? If so, why not drop by The Sports Room? Owned by Mark Williams and Ciara Kavanagh, we are a family owned sport and lifestyle store serving the sporting community of Wicklow Town and beyond. Call in and tell us what your sports goals are. We’ll talk sport all day, oh, and yes, we sell sport stuff too!
We stock the top brands of sports equipment and clothing, leisure apparel and footwear. We do our best to get you the products you want at the price you like.
Brands to tempt you include Under Armour, Pure Lime, New Balance, Asics, Nike, Adidas, Mizuno, Saucony, Kookaburra, Grays, Babolat, Head, Precision, Speedo, TYR and more…
Sports catered for include fitness, running, swimming, tennis, hockey, rugby, football, GAA, darts and more…
We look forward to seeing you at The Sports Room.
MEET THE TEAM
Mark Williams: Owner
It’s pretty safe to say Mark has given most sports a go. Growing up in Santry he played football for St Kevin’s. He’s had a go at horse-riding, sailing, kayaking, surfing. He’ll have a run around the tennis court. And he’s pretty good at the golf too. He has run a half-marathon and entered a few triathlons. Right now, he’s mad into trail running and mountain biking, mostly at Carrick Mountain in Glenealy.
With a background in engineering and technology, he likes to know how things work and this is evident in the apparel and footwear he chooses for The Sports Room. All products have been researched and carefully chosen to help improve your sporting performance.
Ciara Kavanagh: Owner
You’ll either find Ciara on the court at Wicklow Tennis Club or strutting her stuff at a dance / fitness class at WLD in Rathnew. She also enjoys yoga and relaxed bike-riding!! A bit of a dodger of PE in school, now that she has four children of her own she realises the importance of sport for general well-being, mental and physical health and is delighted to see her children so involved in football, tennis, rugby, hockey and athletics around Wicklow Town.
With a background in marketing, pr and event management in the area of design, Ciara is using her skills to create something a little bit different when it comes to shopping for sport in Wicklow.
Enda Dunne
Enda has been around bikes for a long time – a biking career that is as varied as it is long. Now a fully qualified Cytech mechanic, he was once one of the original group of intrepid Dublin city bicycle couriers in the late eighties. He as pedaled worldwide over the years both on and off-road from mountain biking in the Alps to extensive touring throughout Europe, Asia and Australia.
A mountain-bike coach and father of three, he is now also expert in all things two-wheeled in the small persons world!
Peter Finnegan
Peter is self-confessed tennis mad! He is currently Wicklow Tennis Club Men’s Champion and has Tennis Ireland Level 1 Coaching under his belt. He has also undertaken FAI Kickstart Coaching Levels 1 & 2. He plays for Wicklow Rovers on the Leinster Senior League First Team. Some of you may have seen his football skills on our facebook page. Pretty impressive!
A Manchester United Fan, he regularly travels to matches at Old Trafford with his dad.
Rachel Richards
From a very young age, Rachel has always been big into sport and fitness. As a child and young teenager she played club hockey for Wicklow, but when she was 16 she discovered her passion for powerlifting. She describes herself as an independent person, and so powerlifting seems like the perfect hobby and sport for her. Now a student at Trinity College, she is a member of the Trinity Barbell Society, a weightlifting society which organises mock meets (competitions) and training twice a week towards the IDFPA (Irish Drug Free Powerlifting Association) championships, which she hopes to compete in next year. Best of luck!
Cian Keogh
At only 17 years of age, Cian already has eight years of road racing experience under his cap. He has raced abroad in Belgium and the UK, representing the National Academy. A self-proclaimed bike fanatic, he is interested in all things bike. You’ll find him in The Bike Room on a Saturday, helping Enda out with bike assembly and maintenance. A versatile employee, we’ll often grab him into The Sports Room too on a busy day!
