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SECRETARY'S REPORT 2010. FOR A.G.M. 30 September 2010. Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Na Fianna Cómdháil Bhliantúil 2010. Áras Na Fianna. CLG Na Fianna AGM 30 th September 2010 Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Na Fianna Comdháil Bliantúil 2010 Áras Na Fianna Clár (a) Adoption of Standing Orders. (b) President's Address. (c) Chairman's Address. (d) Minutes of AGM 1st October 2009. (e) Secretary's Report. (f) Treasurer's Report. (g) Appointment of Tellers. (h) Motion and Election of Officers (a) Uachtarán (b) Leas-Uachtarán (c) Cathaoirleach (d) Leas-Cathaoirleach (e) Rúnaí (f) Leas-Rúnaí (g) Cisteoir (h) Leas-Cisteoir (i) Cathaoirleach Cluichí na nÓg (j) Cathaoirleach Cluichí Shinsearacha (k) Oifigeach Caidreamh Poiblí (l) Two members of Committee. (i) Motions and Recommendations. (j) Appointments of Auditors. (k) Any Other Business. CLG Na Fianna AGM 30 th September, 2010 2 CLG Na Fianna AGM 30 th September, 2010 Standing Orders for Annual General Meeting. The proposer of the motion or an amendment thereto, may speak for five minutes but no longer. A person speaking to a motion or amendment shall not exceed three minutes. The proposer of a motion or amendment may speak a second time for five minutes before a vote is taken, but no other person may speak a second time to any motion or amendment. The Chairman shall, at any time he considers that a matter has been sufficiently discussed, call on a proposer to reply, after which a vote must be taken. A person may, with the consent of the Chairman, move 'that the question now be put' after which, when the proposer has spoken a vote must be taken. Secretary’s Report to the 2010 AGM Is onóir mór dom mo Thuarascáil Bliantúil a chur os comhair na Cruinnithe cinn Bliana. Bliain iontach torthúil a bhí ann agus ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil le gach aon duine a chabhraigh le riaracháin an chumainn i rith na bliana. In this, my last, Secretary’s Report it gives me great pleasure to report another extremely busy year for your club both on and off the fields of play. Again we had close on 100 teams participating in League and Championship across all the age groups from Under 8s to senior level. By most measures Na Fianna has grown to be the largest GAA club in the country having fully embraced hurling, football, camogie, ladies’ football and handball. We now compete strongly in all codes. As you are all no doubt fully aware it has been an extremely challenging year for the club and for numerous club members who have seen their incomes reduced. It has been no mean feat for the club to achieve a better than break-even performance (before depreciation). However the challenge to pay our way continues and containment of expenditure must continue to be a priority. Our senior teams gave us plenty of excitement during the year with good league performances. Our senior teams in football, ladies’ football and camogie competed at the highest level. The senior footballers, with a number of last year’s Minors in the squad, faced the daunting task of playing Kilmacud Crokes in the Championship but unfortunately were beaten by two points after a tremendous performance. They have acquitted themselves well in the League. The number of younger players coming through the senior and intermediate ranks augurs well for the future. Our Intermediate footballers are mid-table in the League and were beaten by Skerries Harps in the Championship. Our Junior B footballers are in the AFL 7 Championship Final and competing for league honours. Our senior hurlers are competing in the quarter final of the Senior B Championship and are hoping to regain their place in the Senior A. Our Junior A hurlers are in the Championship semi-final and maintained their league status. Our Minor Footballers recently defeated Ballymun Kickhams to advance to the quarter final of the Championship. What a year it was for the lady footballers with the seniors going all the way to meet Ballyboden St Enda’s in a thrilling semi-final replay? Unfortunately there was to be no two in a row for this team as Ballyboden prevailed on the day. However the performance of our senior ladies and the experience gained by the county players winning the All Ireland Final augurs well for next year. The Junior Ladies Footballers had another great year by winning the Junior Championship for the second year running and performing strongly in Cup and League finishing runners-up in both. The other big achievement this past year was the winning of the Minor ‘A’ football championship title for the second consecutive time after a 33 year gap. For many on that team this was the second year to progress to a winning place and they topped this achievement by winning the Leinster title – a first Leinster Minor title for the club. The competitive spirit has been reciprocated all the way down to the older teenage teams. At this stage in the playing calendar it is great to see the club’s teams perform so well across the age groups. In some cases teams are winning trophies and beating opposition for the first time in the club’s 55 year history as you will see from the team reports. CLG Na Fianna AGM 30 th September 2010 3 On the county front, your club was well represented at Minor, Colleges and Under 21 level although for the second year our previous contribution to the Dublin Senior Football Team was notable by its absence.. Hopefully this will change in the years ahead as we need players competing at the top level. The senior hurlers made up for this with Joey Boland and Tomas Brady being lynchpins of the Dublin Senior Hurling team which went so far in the Championship in 2010. Clubman Jonny Cooper brought honour to Na Fianna by captaining the All Ireland Under 21 winning team ably assisted in that effort by another clubman David Quinn. Other club players to make a contribution at county level included Máirtín Quilty, Dara Ó Maoiléidigh, Odhran O Maoilédigh, Mary Nevin, Bernie Finlay, Sorcha Turnbull, & Orlagh Egan. Our Dublin Ladies Senior Team did us all proud in Croke Park on the 26 th September when they beat Tyrone in the All-Ireland Final. It was tremendous to see so many Na Fianna players on the panel. On the Juvenile side we had Dublin and All Ireland Feile wins – see team reports for the full story on these successes. Some outstanding progress on handball front winning many more provincial and All Ireland titles. During the year we had the visit of the Uachtarán ,Christy Cooney, as part of the Ag Éisteacht initiative. Furthjermore the Ard Stiúrthóir was a guest speaker at one of the Has Been lunches. Supporters and mentors are a vital element in successful participation in all our competitions. I would urge family and friends of players to give them whole-hearted sporting support from the sidelines. Despite the recession the club’s social activities continued apace. The highlight of the year for our family members was the second Night at the Dogs where again the youngsters showed more aptitude and success with the Tote than many of their parents. Well done to Anne Foley and to Ciara May and the team for organizing. This is a great family evening out and I would urge strong support for this event in the year ahead. The social highlight for slightly older club members has to be the Fight Night held in St Vincent’s School this Summer which was an important new fund-raising opportunity for the club. Well done to the organisers led by Gerry Donohoe and to the participants themselves who gave an amazing display of technique, skill and determination. The new club premises are now in operation for four and and a half years and have gone from strength to strength with two extremely attractive facilities for members and their guests. A significant number of members have availed of our function rooms for family events like 21 st , 40 th and 50 th birthday parties, retirement parties and Christenings. We hosted a number of wedding parties and the facilities are also being used more and more for funerals of club members and their friends. I would urge members planning a family, social or even work event to consider the facilities that Na Fianna has to offer in the heart of Glasnevin with free unhindered parking under security cameras, modern facilities, live music on tap and a top class professional caterer in Aidan Irwin and his team at Cater 4 U. Bar and facilities manager Ciara May can be contacted at 01 8370210 for those of you in party planning mode. The club’s hall and Mobhi Suite are extremely popular for charity events the pinnacle of which was the Mock Marriage in aid of teenage cancer support held recently. Ciara May was appointed as manager earlier this year and has taken to her task with flair and enthusiasm. She is assisted by long-serving Pat Sullivan who, surprise, surprise, celebrated his 21 st anniversary behind the bar last December - this was marked with a surprise reception which we hope he enjoyed. It has been the policy of the Executive to hold regular social and family friendly events for members in the club so watch out for club notes in the Evening Herald on Tuesdays for details and our popular website www.clgnafianna.ie. CLG Na Fianna AGM 30 th September, 2010 4 CLG Na Fianna AGM 30 th September, 2010 Highlights over the past 12 months included the fantastic Lá na gClub organized by Cormac O’Donnchú, Áine Clerkin , Gráinne Gill, Niamh O’Sullivan, Dave Fenton & Manus McAleer.