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GAA Newsletter JUNE 2018 NUACHTLITIRMEITHEAMH 2018 FOR NEWS, VIDEOS AND FIXTURES www.gaa.ie Football Hurling Club General GAA LAUNCHES NEW STRATEGIC PLAN – FÍS SHOILÉIR 2021 he GAA recently unveiled an Uachtarán CLG, John Horan said: ambitious set of goals for the “The GAA launched an extensive effort next three years. Fís Shoiléir last year to determine our organisation- 2021 positions the GAA to: wide goals for the next three years. This T Strategic Plan is the culmination of six • Achieve a better balance between month’s work and consultation by a club and county fixtures Steering Group which employed various mission, as a community-based volunteer He stressed that achieving results will • Address inter-county team methods with many stakeholders such organisation to promote Gaelic games, include a team effort from various preparation and administration as our members and volunteers, as well culture and lifelong participation. sectors of its membership at club, county, challenges as external parties. Fís Shoiléir 2021 sets provincial and central levels. He also • Counter challenges and capitalise out a clear vision for our future and sets Ard-Stiúrthóir CLG, Tom Ryan said: emphasised that the Association will on opportunities presented by the agenda for strategic actions that will “Achievement of the goals and objectives continue to address other priorities in population shifts have a positive impact at all levels of the in the Strategic Plan will be one of an operational manner and respond to • Enhance integration across the Gaelic Association. It is a timely commitment to my top priorities between now and emerging ones as required. games family our longer-term strategy for sustaining and 2021, and implementation is already • Revamp specialised and personal growing the GAA.” underway. Robust structures have been View the GAA Strategic development opportunities for established to assist implementation, Plan 2018-2021 here. volunteers and administrators The plan has five goals – to improve such as the establishment of a Strategic • Streamline administration at club and participation, to transform the Implementation Committee which will DOWNLOAD county levels development of volunteers, to advance meet regularly to monitor the creation and • Strengthen communication of governance, revamp communication, and implementation of operational plans set by For more information, visit: organisational messages grow the Association. The achievement of those with lead responsibility for delivering www.gaa.ie/the-gaa/administration/ • Sustain its amateur status value these goals will help the GAA achieve its the various objectives.” strategic-plan Football Hurling Club General NEW GAA SURVEY TO HELP ADDRESS CLUB CONCERNS AA President John Horan has made a commitment to hold a National Club Forum at Croke Park where every Club will be invited to attend and to discuss Gmatters that are of concern and interest to them. This has been followed up by the establishment of a National Club Committee chaired by Mick Rock. As part of this initiative a new survey aimed exclusively at clubs has been compiled and recently sent out to all of our club secretaries which will hopefully help set the agenda for the gathering later this year. We want to know about the challenges facing clubs like recruiting volunteers, demographics, games programmes, and upgrading facilities. Access to county players and views on underage development squads will also be prioritised. Among a wide list of criteria clubs will be canvassed for suggestions regarding the assistance offered via the National Club Draw, Player Injury Scheme and Club Development Grants. Make sure your club is making its voice heard. Only one response per club is required so make sure your club are involved. All clubs who complete and return the survey by the due date of July 16 will be entered into a draw for two complimentary All-Ireland Final tickets of your choice. Five Pairs in total are available. Football Hurling Club General NATIONAL CLUB DRAW 2018/2019 t is that time of year again where the National Club Draw preparation begins. The draw has proved huge success over the last number of years. IIt gives a chance for your club to raise up to €20,000 and all money raised remains in club. Participants of the draw are also in with the chance to win some brilliant prizes provided by the Ard Chomhairle. If you have any questions please contact [email protected] Click Play to watch last year’s draw Football Hurling Club General Football Hurling Club General THE GAA IS ON SPOTIFY The GAA is on Spotify! So now you can listen to the tracks that mean the most to the players and supporters - you can even add your own to your county’s playlist. Simply follow us and add a track, or just listen and enjoy! Search Spotify for GAA or head over to the profilehere Football Hurling Club General JOHN WEST FÉILE SKILL STAR CHALLENGE 2018 By Taidgh Geoghegan he 2018 John West Féile Skill Star players ability in Kicking; Hand-Passing; a score of 90. Sophie Ngai, representing Overall, the Skills Challenge was a great Challenge took place in the GAA Soloing and Shooting, all having to be Kildare was in third place on a score of 85. success and reflected in the number of Games Development Centre in carried out using both feet and against the participants and spectators present. All Abbotstown on Saturday, 23rd clock. The Hurling winner was Luke Roche, from feedback received on the day was very TJune. There were over 130 participants Shelmaliers in Co Wexford who improved positive and highlighted the want for a for the Under 14 competition, The competition itself lasted for just over on his third place finish in 2017 to take competition of this kind. The players who representing their county across Hurling, two hours and was full of quality skill and home the prestigious Peadar Ahearn were representing their counties all showed Camogie, Boys and Girls Gaelic Football. talent. Once the score sheets had been trophy. The trophy was presented by Shane tremendous levels of skill and ability. collected, the winners were calculated. All and Conor Ahern, sons of Peadar and Aaron The Skill Star Challenge follows on from Participants and their parents began to participants and parents gathered in the Ahern, grandson of Peadar. The Ahern the Hurling/Camogie tournament which arrive in Abbotstown at 9am where they stand for the trophy presentation and the family have been great supporters of the took place in Connacht, Westmeath and were directed to the registration tables and winners from each code were presented Féile Skills Star Challenge over the years, Longford, the Féile Handball tournament presented with a specially designed Féile their trophy by Chair of the National Féile with former Waterford star Shane having which took place in Galway and the Féile jersey, a John West ‘goody bag’ and lunch Committee, Brendy Brien and John West won the competition himself as an U. 14 Rounders tournament which took place in the pack. Sarah Kehoe (John West Nutritionist) Marketing Manager, Anne-Claire Monde. player. In joint second place was Down’s Connacht GAA Centre. Next weekend sees hosted two Nutrition talks during the All players also had the opportunity to Declan Mallon and Gearoid Dunne from the Féile na nÓg tournament which is hosted competition which aimed to provide helpful get their photo taken with Roscommon Kilkenny. The Camogie winners were Faye jointly by Down, Louth and Meath. The finals tips and facts regarding nutrition, diet footballer Amanda McLoone and Dublin Mulrooney from Offaly in first place, second of the Féile na nÓg tournament will represent and training for both the players and their camogie star Eve O’Brien who were the place went to Aine Leenane from Tipperary, the culmination of a significant month’s parents. ambassadors on the day. while Orlagh Convery from Antrim finished activity, whereby over 17,000 players will in third position. have played over 1,400 games at Féile. The Competition began shortly after 10am A feature of the 2018 competition was the and was spread across four of the five top closeness of the competitors, indeed there Sophie Ngai, representing Kildare, taking part in the competition class pitches in Abbotstown with each code was a first for the Féile Skill Star Challenge having its own pitch. It was a perfect day for in the Boys Football where first place was the competition with temperatures hitting shared among the top four participants, 23 degrees. who all scored exactly the same amount of points (90). It proved impossible to For Hurling and Camogie, skills included: separate Cork’s Michael McSweeney, Ground Striking; Free Taking; Jab Lift & Sean Doyle from Wicklow, Paddy Kennedy Strike; Ground Cut; Ball Control and Long representing Limerick and Eoin Loughran Puck. from Down. The top performers could not be separated in Girls Football either, as For Gaelic Football and Ladies Gaelic Kiana Donnelly from Armagh and Ciara Football, the competition challenged the Smyth from Meath were joint-winners on Football Hurling Club General The presentation of the Peadar Ahern trophy to Luke Scanlon, Wexford by Shane, Conor and Aaron Ahern (Waterford) Football Hurling Club General BORD GÁIS ENERGY GAA LEGENDS TOURS very summer the GAA Museum hosts these unique tours which see some of the biggest names in GAA Barney Rock (Dublin) and history relive their memories and Damien Fitzhenry (Wexford) Egive fans a unique chance to experience the stadium from a player’s perspective. This year we’ll be inviting some of our most popular legends back together with a sprinkling of ‘first time’ legends. All Bord Gáis Energy GAA Legends Tours include a trip to the GAA Museum, which is home to many exclusive exhibits, including the official GAA Hall of Fame.
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