Lissycasey GAA Club Newsletter 2019
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Lissycasey GAA Club Newsletter 2019 Lissycasey GAA Club Newsletter 2019 Compiled by Oisín Talty – Coaching Officer 2019 Page 1 of 43 Lissycasey GAA Club Newsletter 2019 Lissycasey GAA Club – Continuing to Develop for the Future Introduction Lissycasey GAA Club began its preparations for 2019 at their AGM, which was held on Friday 16th November 2018 at Frure meeting room, with fifty members attending the meeting. Most executive and team management positions were finalised on the night and the first order of business was to organise the club’s annual winter fundraisers; the ‘Winter Fuel Raffle’, with the draw taking place in the week leading up to Christmas, and the ‘St. Stephen’s Day Wren’. Once these fundraisers were completed and the new year upon us, each team started to make plans for returning to training. The pitch schedule was drawn-up, the pitch barriers were lifted, the grass was cut, and training commenced. This newsletter was produced in order to showcase some of the hard work that was carried out in the club in 2019, and the fruits of that labour. We start by introducing the club executive and then a brief review of all the club teams in action during the year. We follow this with a more detailed report of each team with photos. Also included are the national schools and community games teams, the David McMahon Summer Camp, the Youth Camp, Scór, Club development, inter-county photos of club players, and a mention for the Lissycasey GAA Junior ‘A’ 1992 and 1994 Intermediate championship winning sides. We hope you enjoy this combination of photos and reports, which will help you reflect on 2019 with all the joys and heartaches it brought on the football field, and we look forward to the time when we will get back to training and matches with hope of future success. Club Executive The Lissycasey GAA Club executive for 2019 were as follows: President: Fr. PJ Melican, Vice- President: Tommo Hill, Patrons: Fr. Joe Hourigan and Fr. Martin Kelly, Chairman: Jamesy Meere, Secretary: Mary Kelly, Treasurer: Richard Eustace, Vice-Chairman: Paudie Carmody, Assistant Secretary: Deborah Coughlan, Assistant Treasurer: Pat Delap, Registrar: Frank Culleton, P.R.O.: Deborah Coughlan, County Board Delegate: Jamesy Meere, Bord na nOg Delegate: Declan Kelly, Field Chairmen: Christy Talty and Brendan McCarthy, Child Protection Officer: Seán Hayes, Coaching Officer: Oisín Talty, Irish & Culture Officer: Anne Marie Wragg, Lotto Co-Ordinator: Pat Keane, Assistant Lotto Co-Ordinator: Declan Kelly. Compiled by Oisín Talty – Coaching Officer 2019 Page 2 of 43 Lissycasey GAA Club Newsletter 2019 Lissycasey GAA Club’s 2019 Review 2019 has been a very successful year, both in terms of silverware and development, which are two components that are very difficult to balance, but it has been done so excellently this year. Our u-6 academy continues to thrive, taking on 19 children this year who all move onto u-8 for 2020 after a great introduction, at the community hall, to life as a Lissycasey footballer. Similarly, our u-8 academy team enjoyed a super year of developing their skills at Frure pitch and were always competitive in their blitzes throughout the year. Our u-10’s are going from strength to strength, competing in their County blitzes, the Brian Casey tournament, Community Games, Munster blitz in Mallow, and also getting invited to Mungret for a tournament in which they outplayed all of their opposition. Equally as impressive were our u-12’s who went unbeaten in their County Mini-League, then went through a very successful West Clare ‘A’ campaign only suffering one defeat, and finally competed in the invitational Oranmore tournament in which they were victorious. Our u-13 team played in three tournaments and ended the year with three trophy’s; the Garda tournament, the Tom Conway, and the West Clare championship, all at ‘A’ level. Our u-14 team contested the Féile ‘A’ final and reached the ‘A’ championship semi-final, losing both to eventual winners Doora Barefield. Our u-15 team competed in the West Clare ‘A’ championship and brought home the trophy after a hard fought win over Kilrush/Killimer. Our u-16’s were very competitive in their championship, again competing at ‘A’ level, where they narrowly missed out on a semi-final spot by one point and then lost the shield semi-final by the minimum to the amalgamation side of Shannon Gaels/Kilimihil/Kildysart/Coolmeen. Two players, Luke Griffin and Thomas Collins, captured silverware with the Clare u-16 team and both were prominent players in the teams’ victory. Our u- 18 team were competing in the ‘C’ grade for 2019 due to the lack of player numbers in their final year, only having 3 this year. They developed impressively throughout the year and contested the semi-final against Parteen. Parteen had won every game during the league stage of the championship and they were very lucky to come back and get a draw against Lissycasey in that semi-final which meant a replay was required. Parteen won the replay and then also the final against Doonbeg, but Lissycasey can be very proud of their contribution to this championship. Likewise, our u-21 team were sparse on player numbers, with only a panel of 20 players and 7 of which were u-17, they competed in the ‘B’ division and played Miltown in the quarter final of this knock-out competition which they lost by 4 points. Our Juniors’ have proven to be a championship team over the last two seasons. In 2019 they got relegated from the division 4 league before topping their championship group and contesting the quarter final against eventual winners, Michael Cusack’s. Our Senior team also got relegated from their division of the league, before beating Corofin in their group to qualify for the quarter final of the Senior Championship. There they met reigning champions Miltown and after a battling display lost the game by 4 points and again, the team that beat us went on to win out the competition. The seniors season did not end at their championship exit however, and they competed in the Senior ‘B’ semi-final where they lost out to Kilmihil and then signed off the year by winning the O’Gorman cup for the third time in the Club’s history. On the 23rd June Lissycasey hosted the Brian Casey 7’s Tournament and this year Miltown were the victors defeating Lissycasey in the final at the Main Pitch. Compiled by Oisín Talty – Coaching Officer 2019 Page 3 of 43 Lissycasey GAA Club Newsletter 2019 Lissycasey players that represented Clare in 2019 were: 1. Cathal Hill Masters 2. Noel Finnucane Masters 3. Conor Finnucane Senior 4. Thomas Collins U-16 & U-17 5. Luke Griffin U-16 6. Colin O’Shea U-15 7. Ian Griffin U-15 8. Conor Meaney U-15 9. Darren Keane U-14 10. Dáire Hill U-14 11. Jack Leahy U-14 12. Darragh Killeen U-14 Lissycasey GAA’s Competition Wins in 2019 include: 1. O’Gorman Cup Senior 2. West Clare ‘A’ Championship U-15 3. McMahon Cup U-14 4. Garda ‘A’ Tournament U-13 5. Tom Conway Cup U-13 6. West Clare ‘A’ Championship U-13 7. Clare Primary Schools Division 1 National Schools 8. Oranmore Tournament U-12 9. Mungret Tournament U-10 10. Clare Community Games U-9 ½ (with Clondegad) Compiled by Oisín Talty – Coaching Officer 2019 Page 4 of 43 Lissycasey GAA Club Newsletter 2019 Under-6 Pictured at the u-6 jersey presentation at Frure meeting room. Many thanks to our local sponsor for sponsoring the jersey’s for the boys which they will wear when playing their u-8 blitzes for Lissycasey next year. Back Row (L to R): MJ Haier, Darragh O’ Haire, Conor Seery, Mark Daly, Jack Lynch, Seán Hick, Padraic O’Flaherty, Dáire Shannon, Michael Haugh, Abel Houssou-Hudson. Front Row (L to R): Harry Higgins, Nathan Talty, Greg McMahon, Conor Connellan, Damien Kennedy, Adam Marrinan, Joe Clancy, Cian McNamara. AGM Report Our under-6’s commenced training on Thursday 21st March; they completed 27 sessions at Lissycasey Community Hall and concluded their 2019 season on 17th October. 19 boys took part in this years’ programme and all will be representing Lissycasey at U-8 level in 2020. We had another successful season, fulfilling our pre-determined goals of introducing these new members to Gaelic football, developing key movement skills, attracting parents into the world of coaching, and initiating the concept of using both left & right feet/hands without hesitation. To close out the 2019 season each u-6 player will receive a Lissycasey jersey at a presentation night to be held at Frure Pitch dressing rooms in December. The players will wear these jerseys when representing Lissycasey for the first time on the football pitch in 2020. Many thanks to all parents who helped out at coaching sessions during the year, it would have been impossible for these sessions to go ahead without the help that was received. And thanks to all parents/guardians for bringing their child to training on a regular basis, the start of a long and hopefully successful journey to the senior team. Oisín Talty Compiled by Oisín Talty – Coaching Officer 2019 Page 5 of 43 Lissycasey GAA Club Newsletter 2019 Under-8 Pictured after our final blitz of the year at Wolfe Tones GAA, Shannon on Tuesday 22nd October 2019. Back Row (L to R): Oisín Talty, Darren Haugh, Craig Ryan, Michael Troy, Noel Cleary, Finbar Considine, Alan Carmody, Michael Hanrahan.