Kilmacud Crokes AGM 2015 Cill Mochuda Na Crócaigh Kilmacud Crokes 2015/16 - 1 - May 2016 Cill Mochuda na Crócaigh Kilmacud Crokes AGM 2015 Annual General Meeting 2015 Agenda Minutes of Annual General Meeting – 26th April 2015 Secretary’s Annual Report Treasurer’s Annual Report Chairman’s Address Election of Officers AGM Motions Any Other Business - 2 - May 2016 Cill Mochuda na Crócaigh Kilmacud Crokes AGM 2015 Executive Committee – 2015/2016 Kevin Foley Chairman Tom Rock Vice Chairman Seamus Kennedy Secretary Ken Garvey Treasurer Anne O’Connor Registrar Frances Ferris Child Welfare Officer Sean Donnelly Club Facilities Management Officer Martin Byrne Commercial Officer Michael Durcan Assistant Secretary Joan Kehoe Planning & Development Officer Ronnie Murray PRO Liam Coughlan Irish Language and Cultural Officer Kevin Mulligan Health & Wellbeing Officer Peter Walsh Chairman – Hurling Sean Fox Chairman – Football Patricia Lloyd Chairperson – Camogie Daphne Lamb Chairperson – Ladies Football Eamonn O’Flynn/ Chairman – Coiste na nÓg Vincent Peters - 3 - May 2016 Cill Mochuda na Crócaigh Kilmacud Crokes AGM 2015 Introduction Welcome to the 2015/16 Kilmacud Crokes GAA club AGM and it is my pleasure to present an update on the activities of the Executive over the past 12 months. The Kilmacud Crokes Strategic Plan was approved at a special General Meeting held on the 17th of April 2013 and subsequently a new club executive structure was put in place which was aligned with the strategic plan. This secretarial report primarily summarises the activities from each of the officers of the new Executive over the past 12 months. The club AGM is an ideal forum for members to communicate their views and express their opinions on the club and I hope that this meeting provides a platform for constructive discussion and debate. I would like to thank all of our members, who, in a voluntary capacity over the past year, have given of your time, energy and expertise to promote Gaelic games and Kilmacud Crokes. Our club plays a very important role in the community. In 2015, we had 2502 registered players and a total of 189 teams (equating to approximately 125 full panel teams). Over the past 5 years, there has been significant growth in the numbers playing Camogie, Ladies Football and Hurling. In 2015, our teams played in excess of 1400 games with almost 50% of these as home fixtures. 1. Total Male players = 1690 2. Total Female players = 812 3. Ladies Vs Mens: 62% of teams are Male. 38% Female; 68% players are Male, 32% are Female 4. 62 teams from U13 upwards across all codes Male Female Total Adult Playing 355 125 480 Adult Non-Playing 1302 879 2181 Youth12 – 18 550 356 906 Children <11 785 331 1116 TOTAL 2992 1691 4683 On the playing front 2015 was again a successful year as outlined in the “Roll of Honour” later in this report. County Championships were won across a number of codes and across a range of age groups and levels. On behalf of all club members and supporters, I would like to congratulate and acknowledge the achievements of all our inter-county players across all sections and grades. It is a huge honour and source of enjoyment to see our players representing the club at inter-county level and I would particularly like, on behalf of all club members and supporters, to acknowledge our All Ireland medal winners in 2015 and to acknowledge the selection of Rory O’Carroll and Cian O Sullivan as All Stars. Football Section Report: Football in Kilmacud Crokes was strong in 2015. Our AFL3 Team gained Senior Status by winning Division 2 and introducing more young men to Senior Football for 2016 and our AFL5 Team gained promotion to Division 4 thus giving us an Intermediate as well as 2 Senior Football Teams for 2016. Our Senior 1 Team were runners up in AFL1 and whilst disappointing us in Senior Championship with a Quarter final exit to the eventual All Ireland Champions, Ballyboden St Endas. Ten of the squad won the FBD All Ireland 7’s back in September and with our U21 footballers winning the U21 Championship playing an exciting brand of football, the future for Kilmacud Crokes Football looks bright. All our Teams from Minor down to U13 made progress during 2015 with our Under 15’s taking league honours and we expect healthy competition for League and Championship Honours in 2016 from these groups of players. - 4 - May 2016 Cill Mochuda na Crócaigh Kilmacud Crokes AGM 2015 Congratulations to our 3 Senior Footballers on Winning All Ireland Championship Medals with Dublin last September and to our 4 representatives on both the Dublin U21 and Minor Football Teams during 2015. In October and November last we had 3 full houses on consecutive Sunday Nights where we had a root and branch look at ourselves and set out to develop a Strategic Plan for Kilmacud Crokes Football for the coming years. This Strategic Plan and the learning’s from these 3 evenings will be concluded and issued shortly. Thank you to the 115 something people who took the time to attend these sessions and for their valuable input. We extend special thanks and appreciation to Paraic McDonald, our Club coach for all his work and effort throughout the year. All his endeavours and assistance is greatly appreciated by our Players, Parents, Management Teams and Football Committee. We would particularly like to commend him on his work on our behalf in the partnering with our local schools. We cannot ignore the great work, time and effort put in by all our Management Teams and Committee Members without whom Kilmacud Crokes Football would not work. Our Club Sponsors, Bank of Ireland and our 7’s Sponsors FBD Insurance plc have been absolutely brilliant to us in 2015 and we thank them for being with us on our journey during the year. Hurling Section Report: 2015 was another good year for Hurling in Kilmacud Crokes. While the heights of the 2014 Senior county championship were not attained, we had lots of success on the playing pitches with our Junior A team securing promotion to AHL4 in the league and league winners in our U16, U15 and U13A and C teams. Undoubtedly the dual highlights of the year were the county championship victories at U21 and U15 levels. Overall we have seen an almost 50% growth in the numbers playing hurling over the last 5 to 6 years and with over 600 children playing hurling from U11 down, the future is both bright and challenging. In 2015, a new initiative took place with the establishment of the “Hurling School of Excellence” in collaboration with UCD. Targeted at U13 – U16 players, 63 players attended the camp over two weeks. The main aim of this venture was to look at the future, by developing and evolving the mindset of our players aged 12 to 16 years to understand the importance of having a "Full Circle" approach to Sport. The annual club coaching conference was held again in January 2016 and this is now an annual event where we develop and enhance the expertise of our coaches and volunteers. Congratulations to the 14 players who represented Dublin at inter-county level across minor, U21 and senior levels in 2015. A big thank you to all who helped out with all teams throughout 2015/2016 and particular thanks to all those who assisted in making the One Direct All Ireland Sevens and Punchestown events so successful. Ladies Gaelic Football Section: 2015 was an exciting year for Ladies Football. The numbers playing continues to increase every year with 629 playing members currently registered. School-going players come from more than 10 local primary and post primary schools, a tribute to Crokes coaching input into most of these schools. In total, Ladies Football fielded 17 “Go games” teams (age 8-12), 9 Juvenile (u13 –Minor) competitive teams, 2 Adult (Divisions 1 and 5) and 1 Gaelic for Mothers/Others teams. Under 5’s were introduced into Nursery this year bringing the total nursery membership to 158! Our flagship Senior team performed excellently in their first year after promotion from Intermediate, being runners up in Div 1 League, and only losing in the semi-final of Championship to Foxrock/Cabinteely, who themselves went on to become Dublin and Leinster Champions. At Juvenile level our Minors won both Division 1 League and Championship, making Kilmacud Crokes the Minor Champions for the fourth year in a row and the current minor team being unbeaten in Championship since being under 10. U 14’s won Division 1 Dublin Féile and U 15’s won Division 1 Championship. - 5 - May 2016 Cill Mochuda na Crócaigh Kilmacud Crokes AGM 2015 We had representatives on every Dublin County team U14, U16, Minor, U21 and Senior, a total of 14 Crokes players donning the County jersey. As usual, we hosted the U14’s All Ireland 7’s, generously sponsored by FBD. 32 teams from all over the country played a total of 78 games on a beautiful September Saturday. Unfortunately, we were knocked out in the semi but everyone had a great day. Overall 2015 saw Ladies Football in a healthy state, the continually increasing number of both players enjoying football and others who contribute in various ways to the club and having fun being our greatest success. Camogie Section: 2015 was another year of positive progression for the Camogie Ladies and it has carried forward to the early parts of 2016 when we reached our first ever Division 1 Féile final. Our Senior Ladies secured promotion in 2015 and that was a good barometer of the progress we are making over the last number of years.