Coaching & Games Development Monthly Report

Month: February Camps & Participation Events - “Providing children a fun & safe environment to participate in

Wexford GAA Camps & Participation Easter Camps Easter camp promotion is in full swing and places are starting to fill up. We are holding camps in the 5 urban areas for the first time this year, Wexford, , Enniscorthy, Gorey and Bunclody. Easter camps will run from 10am – 1.30pm on April 10th, 11th & 12th. For booking details see Wexfordgaa.ie

Kellogg’s Cúl Camps Venues have been confirmed for this years Kellogg’s Cúl Camps and we have continued our expansion to 50 camps for 2017. Online booking for this years Cúl Camps will open on March 1st on www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie

Coach Applications For Camps We invite anyone interested in coaching on our Easter and/or summer camp program to submit an application via the following link https://goo.gl/wz7SGN

Academy Squads – Model Academy - “Nurturing Progression, Striving for Excellence” Model Og Academies

Our Model academy training for is started last Saturday with over 120 children turning out on the day. Model Óg footballers start their training on Sunday 5th March. The first Model Óg blitz will take place in hurling is on 15th April and the football will be on 30th April. Both blitz will take place in the Halo Tiles Centre of Excellence, Ferns.

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Model Academies

This weekend will see all trials for Under 14 hurling & football finish this weekend in Halo Tiles, Ferns Centre of Excellence. Under 15 hurlers and footballers are finalising their squads fro the coming year in preparation for their first blitz in the next few months. Both Under 17 hurling and football are continuing their preparations for the upcoming Under 17 Leinster Championship. The hurlers are preparing for their first round of the Leinster Championship in April and the footballers are preparing for a Leinster Football League in March. The footballers are playing Kildare at home next weekend, followed by Cork away in the first and second rounds of the under 17 league.

Coach Education - “Educating the next generation of club coaches” Education & Club Development

Coach Education

It has been a busy number of weeks with foundation courses and Award 1 coaching courses taking place right throughout the . We also ran a number of foundation courses in our coach education partners VTOS. During this period we also have trained up two new tutors in Alan Monaghan & Declan Kielty. Over 100 coaches have qualified.

Club Cluster Visits

The first of our club visits begin on the 8th of March with the GAA 15 workshop taking place. This will be proceeded by a county workshop on the 25th of February in Buffers Alley arena.

WEXFORD GAA WISHES MARTIN LYNCH EVERY SUCCESS IN HIS NEW ROLE

For nearly a decade Martin Lynch has given invaluable service in the development of Gaelic Games within . From his early days coaching in numerous national schools he enthused thousands of children to take up hurling & football. Leading on from this role he took up the task of working with development squads from U13 – U17. He also tutored on numerous Foundation and Award 1 coaching courses education hundreds of coaches

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Throughout the county.

Most recently he was coordinator of the community coaching program that provided a platform for new coaches to attain important qualifications across many different coaching strands.

Martin will take on a new role with Leinster GAA as a Games Promotion Officer in Donaghmore Ashbourne Co. Meath on the 27th of February. Wexford GAA would like to wish him the very best in his new role & thank him for his years of service in promoting Gaelic Games.

For more information on coach education click here: http://www.wexfordgaa.ie/coaching/education/

Primary & Secondary Schools – “Creating opportunities for learning and coaching GAA for all Wexford students”

Wexford Coaching and Games, are continuing the transition year coaching and leadership courses in secondary schools across the county with over 200 new students beginning the programme in January.

Many of the schools have continued the link with the TY coaches and first years, using the transition year students as coaches and assistant coaches to give firsts years additional GAA opportunities.

Wexford C & G has also continued our first year functional movement programme for GAA players that started in 2106, this programme will run in 8 schools between January and May and will develop the functional movement and core fitness of over 250 GAA players.

The first Year coaching has been expanded to skills and games sessions for those first years not making the schools Juvenile team. This initiative is running in Good Counsel and Gorey CS with St Peters and Enniscorthy CBS to begin after the February mid term.

Coaching support for school teams is ongoing in both hurling and football in a number of schools, and with the addition of all the aforementioned programmes Wexford Coaching and Games has a strong presence in 15 Secondary schools across the county.

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Internship Staff Updates

Neil McCrea

Since starting here I’ve gained some valuable experience both in the office and out coaching. I’m currently organising the Play & Stay days for the u8s in Croke Park as well as this we are going to have Play & Stay days for which will involve every club in Wexford. I’m also in primary schools every week coaching. I’ve recently started doing some coaching with the development squads on a Saturday morning in Ferns which is a great experience.

Adrian Ryan

Having started with Wexford GAA from the start of February I have been working with development squads being involved in the screening of players along with the input of this data for feedback for the development squad managers. Along with coaching sessions varying from development squads to primary schools. I have contacted every club coaching officer in the county and got feedback about club strength and conditioning set ups in these clubs. I have also visited clubs and undertook resistance training with U14 players in some clubs aimed at upskilling coaches.

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