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Senior Football – 1st Home game of 2016
Senior football league action returns to Mobhi Rd this Sunday at 10.30, when we face Cuala.
Our first outing was not an auspicious one, being beaten by Crokes 2–11 to 2–7. The team struggled badly in the first half to go into the break at 1-9 to 0-2 down but the second half performance was full of all the good qualities evident in this squad. Hopefully, we’ll continue where we left off in this outing against Cuala.
Last year’s fixture against Cuala saw us score 8 goals which has not been done by a Senior team before in competitive action so Cuala will be coming over to Mobhi Rd looking to restore pride after being on the receiving end of that record and a victory over Ballymun in Pair Ciceam in the first round shows that they mean business in this year’s competition.
With the return of Adzer Caffrey and Davy Quinn, who have both been out with long-term injuries, to the squad, Pillar will have some selection issues to contend with for this week’s game. With a bit of support from a home crowd, hopefully we can get a win recorded and target making the League playoffs for a third year running.
Pitches Update
All pitches are ON and playable at time of publication.
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Weekend Fixtures
All five adult football teams play in league on Sunday. Seniors host Cuala in Mobhi Road and Inters are away to Naomh Fionnbarra, both at 10.30am. Later at 12, both Junior teams are away with A’s playing Ballyboden while C’s are against St Kevin/Killians. Then at 3pm our AFL10’s play Chroi Ro Naofa in Collinstown. Both Adult Camogie team play at 11 on Sunday. Senior 1’s are away against St Judes while Senior 6’s team play Round Towers Clondalkin in Collinstown. All three Minor hurling teams play on Sunday, A’s are away against St Brigids and C’s play St Sylvesters in St Vincents CBS, both throw in at 11. B’s play St Judes in Mobhi Road at 12.15. Full fixture list available on website. Best of luck to all teams, support always welcome.
Na Fianna’s Dubs
Dublin’s Senior footballers and hurlers have away fixtures in national league this weekend. Best of luck to Jonny Cooper, Tomás Brady and Dublin’s Senior Footballers in Saturday night’s NFL Round 5 meeting with Down in Newry at 7pm. Good luck also to Joey Boland, Shane Barrett and Senior Hurlers in Round 4 against Waterford on Sunday at 2pm. Best of luck to James Doran, David Lacey and Dublin’s Minor footballers against Meath in Leinster MFL semi-final this Saturday in Parnell Park at 2.30pm. Busy weekend for Dublin’s Camogie teams and best of luck to Elaine O Meara, Eve O Brien and Dublin’s Seniors against Wexford on Sunday. Good luck also to the Premier Juniors including Na Fianna’s Grainne Ryan, Grainne Free and Caoimhe in Sunday’s National League Div. 3 meeting away against Kerry. Dublin’s Minors, including Ciara Tierney and Niamh Gleeson are away against Offaly on Saturday in Championship and best of luck to them. Finally, good luck to Elyse Jamieson- Murphy and Dublin’s U-14 ladies footballers away in Championship against Wexford on Saturday.
La Fhéile Padraig
Beidh ceol sa chlub iarnóin Lá le Padraig ó 5 a chlog. Please call in on your way home from the parade or Croke Park for an evening of song and music. An slí is fear an lá a criochniú. All welcome!
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BANK LOAN REPAYMENTS Total Bank Loans due 1.3m
€122,400
€688,000 €489,600
Annually Due 2 - 5 years Due over 5 years
Just in case you didn’t know and were afraid to ask, the Na Fianna bank debt currently stands at €1.3m. This money was used to finance a number of big projects in recent times such as the redevelopment of the club house, two all-weather pitches, the hurling wall, members’ gym and handball alley. These superb facilities are a credit to all those volunteers involved at the time from the planning stage to final completion. All facilities are well used, in particular for training teams. There is a cost of course, our current annual loan repayments are €122,400 (€10,200 per month) and the pie chart above illustrates the annual loan repayments into short, medium and long-term debt.
Members’ Subscriptions Due
Members’ subscriptions for the coming year are due and payable since the AGM (1st October). Details of subscription rates and methods of payment are on the Club website http://www.clgnafianna.com/?page_id=1028 . Subscriptions can be paid on Saturdays in the Club or at the office during opening hours (9.30am to 1pm Mon –Fri).
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New Club Mayor Elected
Great night in the Club last Saturday night for the Na Fianna Mayor election. A sizable crowd was there on the night to witness democracy at its very best and huge thanks to the organisers Ciara May, Ann Kelly, Maurice Grehan and Dermot Moran.
Na Fianna would like to say a sincere thank you to the candidates, Eamon Cassidy, Aisling Deignan, Leo Fay, Brian Gow O’Sullivan, Mairead Breathnach and Fergus McNally for their participation in this fun event. They were super candidates who gave their all! A serious thanks also to the many voters who made the night a success. As you all probably know by now we have a new Lord Mayor, Aisling Deignan who will wear the chain with pride! Na Fianna would like to let Aisling know that it will not be held responsible for providing physiotherapy for any injury sustained by wearing the chain!
Roadworn Frets provided the music on the night which went down very well by one and all. Finally, but not least, Cormac O’Sullivan played a blinder as the MC for the evening.
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Bookings for this year’s Easter Camps are filling fast. The first camp runs from Monday 21st to Thursday 24th March and the second camp will run from Tuesday 29th March to Friday 1st April. See Club website for details, but book early.
Scór
Hard luck to the Grúpa Ceol of Jim Aughney, Gabriel Travers, John Brennan and John McDaid who travelled to Westmeath for the Leinster Final of Scór last Sunday, bhí mí ádh ar an lá ach seinm siad go han mhaith. Daingean won the day beating our own Na Fianna group who had an unbeaten run through Dublin and South Leinster in the early stages of Scór 2016. As most of the groups competing in Scór comprised five members, the hunt starts now for the critical fifth member for next January.
This Sunday is St. Pereguines GAA club is the turn of our youngest Scór participants with Scór na bPáistí ar súil ag 2pm. Ádh mór leis ár grúpa Ceol Uirlise agus ár Amhranaí Aonair who will be representing Na Fianna in the Dublin finals.
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Lá Glas – Amárach
After the success of last year's Lá Glas in the nursery, this year’s feast of greenery will take place tomorrow Saturday 12th March. There will be a few surprises on the day also. Tá an lá glas as súil an Satharn seo an 12ú Márta. Please all wear your greenery, there will be face- painting and fun at the nursery that morning, ná dean dearmad ar do chúpla focail.
Nursery News
The Na Fianna Nursery sponsored by Sherry Fitzgerald runs again tomorrow morning from 9.30 to 11am with Coffee cabin also open. Car owners are asked to refrain from parking on the grass verge on the Scoil Chaitríona avenue and Scoil Mobhi grounds and in any yellow boxes.
A new Nursery facility is the addition of a “Boot Swap” situated in front of the Coffee Cabin where parents can leave previously loved football boots and possibly swap them for a larger size.
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Club Shops Open Tomorrow
Club Shop opens again tomorrow Saturday. Located inside front door of clubhouse, the shop will open from 9-1pm. Club hurley shop, located between both all-weather pitches also open tomorrow.
Na Fianna 5K Fun Run
Preparations are well under way for the Fun Run. This event is open to young and old, runners, joggers, walkers. You can register online with Eventbrite.ie, downloadable application forms will be available on the club website shortly. Registration evenings will also be announced shortly. Don't forget to retweet and 'like' the social media notifications! Check club website for details. Enquiries to [email protected]
Handball Notes
Congrats to Frank Daly and Egin Jensen on retaining their Leinster over 50A Doubles title in style on Wednesday 9th march. They beat Kildare on a scoreline of 21-14, 21-13. The first game was close up to 9 all and then the Dubs took control, but the second game started well for Kildare and they were 8 points to 1 up before Egin and Frank got their act together leveling at 8 all and going on to take control and finish strongly.
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Christy Donnelly and St Brigids Ciaran Mc Callum are out this Saturday in Kildare against Wexford opposition in the Leinster over 40 Doubles Final. Meadhbh Ni Dhalaigh along with Lisa Mc Kenna are also in action this Saturday against Kilkenny in the Ladies Junior Doubles Leinster championship. Meadbhbh Ni Dhalaigh lost out narrowly last weekend in the ladies All Ireland Junior Singles semi final to Limerick in Broadford losing out 21-19,21-10.Better luck this weekend.
Christy Donnelly won his way to the over 45 All Ireland singles final last weekend beating Limerick on a scoreline of 21-9, 21-6. He was always in control and played a great game.
Ned Flynn and John Molloy play the over 70 Leinster Doubles Final in Leixlip this Saturday. Ned is chasing his third Leinster Doubles title having won the previous two with Pat Ryan. He has also just won his third Leinster singles title last week. Ned is chasing a three in a row All Irelands in singles and doubles so best of luck Ned.
Egin Jensen won a cracker of an All Ireland over 50A singles semi final against Cork on a scoreline of 21-13,16-21,21-20. The game lasted the guts of two hours and was on a knife- edge until the end. Egin led 17-13 in the third and looked home and dry and in an instant he was down 19-17 and had to dig deep. There was no less than nine changes of serve without a single score by either player. Egin then levelled at 19 all and was taken out of serve and was 20-19. A further three hands went without a mark for either player until Egin pulled out two great shots under pressure to win 21-20. It was as good a game of handball ever seen. Congrats all.
Feile Fundraiser for 2002 Boys – Cake Sale
This Saturday 12th from 9.30 to 11.30 at Mobhi Road. Also cakes and coffee available at Collinstown. Get your “Sweet” fill for the weekend.
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Club Lotto
This week’s Na Fianna Club Lotto winning numbers were;
6 20 23 28
No winner of this week’s jackpot of €12,750 but congrats to our single Match 3 winner, Breda Doyle c/o Vinny winning €130. Congrats also to our five Lucky Pick winners who won €15 each, Paul Courtney, Claire and Alan Singleton, Kelly c/o Vinny, Mae-Vincent-Tom-Kathleen c/o Vinny, Paddy Bolger c/o Vinny. See Club website www.clgnafianna.ie for application forms and direct debit mandates. Next week’s Club Lotto Jackpot will be €13,000, worth having a go.
Comóradh 1916
Ba mhaith linn cloisteál ó éinne sa club atá gaolta le héinne a throid ins an Eirí Amach,is feidir dul I dteangmháil le Cliona Uí Dhálaigh ag [email protected] le aon eolas.
We are looking to hear from people in the Club who had relatives involved in the 1916 Rising. Please contact Cliona Uí Dhálaigh ag [email protected] with any information.
Draíocht At Na Fianna
Draíocht Players will make their annual Na Fianna visit on Thursday 31st March when they will present the Playboy of the Western World in the hall beneath Our Lady of Dolours Church. Tickets for this Club fundraiser are €12 and are available from Ann Ryan or through the Club office.
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Comórtas Péile Seachtar - Caisleán Cnuacha
Well done to the ladies footballers who took part in an gComórtas Seachtar Peile in Castleknock GAA last Saturday, see photo of all competitors below. Bhain na cailiní an taitneamh as an lá, go raibh maith agaibh Caisleán Cnuacha as é a eagrú.
Collinstown New Pitch
Facilities, Grounds and other committees are working hard to plan to complete the tasks needed to have our new pitch open by June Bank Holiday weekend. Wet and cold weather had kept the area soft; it needs a good solid block of time for drying, growth and cutting. Further bad weather will potentially push the timelines further out. We aim to put up goals, ball catching needs and complete related works there during April and May.
Facilities have been informed by Grounds committee and other members involved in fixtures that this new pitch is CLOSED to any type of match play or training activity until work is completed and pitch is formally opened. This includes kicking/ pucking around and any type of warm up drills before matches and training in addition to any formal or informal training sessions. This applies also to underage teams arriving to play blitzes and matches.
This new pitch will be a major additional resource to us. Bear with it until it is fully and properly prepared. That will yield up a great benefit for all of us.
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Fixtures Committee Reminder
The Club’s Fixtures Committee have asked that all team mentors should please note the following points in relation to fixtures setting and Club pitches.
1. The Na Fianna Fixtures Committee deals on a weekly basis with the Dublin GAA Board which regulates all male football and hurling fixtures, both adult and juvenile. It also deals with the Dublin Camogie Board and the Dublin Ladies Football Board which respectively regulate the scheduling of camogie and ladies’ football fixtures, both adult and juvenile. None of these three boards needs to take into account the priorities of either of the other two boards in scheduling their fixtures. 2. CLG Na Fianna has a limited number of pitches on which to schedule the matches which are assigned to it by the Dublin GAA Board, the Dublin Camogie Board and the Dublin Ladies’ Football Board. Therefore the Fixtures’ Committee of Na Fianna has the final say in determining at which venue and at what time matches involving Na Fianna’s teams, both adult and juvenile will be played. 3. The Fixtures’ Committee has the full support of the club’s Executive Committee in determining the club’s fixtures. 4. The Fixtures’ Committee invariably keeps as close to the fixtures issued by the different boards as circumstances permit. However it is not possible to accommodate every match at the venue and throw-in time stipulated due to clashes. It is therefore imperative that mentors check the club website www.clgnafianna.ie as this is where the definitive throw-in times and pitch allocations are to be found. 5. Information about home pitch playability can be found on the web site on the Friday evening of the weekend. 6. If the opposition’s pitch is unplayable we are NOT in a position to facilitate the game on our pitches, it will be refixed by the board at a later date. Na Fianna struggles to hosts its scheduled home fixtures on a weekly basis so the club does not have the capacity to host cancelled away matches. 7. When looking to change the time or date of a game mentors should check the web to see that it does not impact on other games already set on the club website. 8. When making a booking request mentors should check the training schedule and club website to see if there a prior booking before making a request.
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9. Only requests sent to the fixtures email address will be considered: [email protected]. No requests by text or phone please. 10. If the mentors do not get a reply within 48 hours of sending an email to the Fixtures’ Committee they should check the web to see if their request is up on the club website. If not please re-send the request. 11. With all the leagues back in full swing and the limited number of pitches available to us, please bear this in mind when looking to play a challenge that our pitches are in use for official games (we cater for over 100 teams) and team training on the pitches (when evenings lengthen) we recommend you try and arrange the challenges away.
Minor Ladies Football- Management
Opportunities
As a club, we are very fortunate to have a group of over 40 enthusiastic minor players who have enormous potential to succeed and progress to our senior teams over the next few years.
Our training schedule resumed in January with a selection of ‘Dads’ working primarily on fitness and skills, on an interim basis. The D1 & D4 league programmes are reasonably short this year while the Championship campaign will commence towards the end of August.
We are looking for a Manager/ Coach and Female Liaison Officer, essentially ‘non-parent’ to help our young daughters advance to the next level, develop as players and ultimately realise their true potential, in a competitive but enjoyable environment.
You may be an experienced manager, with club or inter-county experience or who has been involved with Na Fianna teams in the past. Alternatively you may be a current player or someone who has recently retired and would genuinely enjoy giving something back to our club. If our vision is of interest to you, please feel free to have a chat with Paul Nolan (087 289 3135).
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Na Fianna’s Mens’ Shed
Pictured during a break in work recently are some of the Na Fianna facilities group who were busy assembling sheds in Collinstown.
TJ Drops In
Kilkenny hurler TJ Reid visited Na Fianna during the week and was welcomed by Ann Ryan (both pictured above). What TJ didn’t know at the time this photo was being taken was that he was just about to be caught for a Club lotto ticket. Fair play Ann.
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Croke Park Club Newsletter
The March edition of the GAA Club Newsletter is available to view at following link; http://www.gaa.ie/mm/Document/GaaIe/GAANews/12/55/93/MarNewsletter16_English.pdf
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Fógra Tabachtach
The objective of Na Fianna Nuacht is to communicate as much club activity as possible however it is important to note that all items for inclusion in either Club Notes or Na Fianna Nuacht are reported to [email protected] or texted to 087 9250697 by Sunday evening. With a membership of 2700 and approx 100 teams now competing it is difficult to ensure all club activity is reported upon – Do not assume that your team’s activity is already known to Na Fianna Nuacht or that someone else has reported it. When errors or omissions occur it is the policy of Na Fianna Nuacht to correct these in subsequent issues when they are reported to [email protected]
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