Lifting the Treaty News Produced by Aidan Ryan (PRO Bord na n-Óg) & Ger Downes (PRO Coaching & Games) Contributions from Noel Hartigan (Games Manager Limerick GAA) Newsletter March 2011, Volume 1, Issue 1 Welcome Welcome readers!! On behalf of Limerick county Bord Na Nog and Limerick Coaching & Games we would like to thank you for taking the time to read this, our very first newsletter! This newsletter will be produced and distributed on the first Tuesday of each month to players, coaches, club officers, parents and supporters who have an interest in underage hurling and football in Limerick! We have decided to title the newsletter Lifting the Treaty news as this banner encompasses all codes and bodies working toward the betterment of underage hurling and football in Limerick. Huge work is ongoing, day in day out and we hope to highlight that work through this newsletter with current news articles and photographs. We hope to make this newsletter bigger and better as the months go by and we would appreciate any feedback from you. We both will be hoping to build the base of recipients of this newsletter but for now we ask you to circulate this to as many contacts as possible as we hope to keep Limerick gaels all over the world and at home informed and up to date with all the progress that the county is making at underage hurling and football! To subscribe or unsubscribe to our newsletter or the provide feedback then please feel free to email us at [email protected] For now enjoy this edition and lets keep the flag flying high for the months ahead! Luimneach Abú!!! Aidan Ryan & Ger Downes (Joint editors) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contents ● Coaching Conference ● Féile Draws ● Upcoming Events ● Awards Night ● Underage Selectors Hurling ● Underage Selectors Football ● Harty Cup Final ● New Bord na n-Óg website ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------t Limerick GAA Coaching Conference - this Saturday! The Limerick GAA Coaching conference will take place in LIT College on this Saturday March 5th. The conference promises to be a fantastic event with some of the top coaches in the country presenting a host of topics. The Conference is mainly practical based and will give all coaches an opportunity to see and hear how these coaches will work on various techniques to improve a players ability. The Coaching and Games committee will be launching our new coaching website at this conference. This website will contain details of all underage Coaching and Games activities including fixtures and coach education workshops. We would encourage every club to have some of their underage coaches in attendance. The Cost of the conference is €30 and this includes lunch and coaching pack. Place are still available and coaches interested in attending the conference should contact Noel Hartigan at 087-9581568 or email [email protected] Donie Buckley (above) & Paudie Butler who will both deliver workshops at the conference this Saturday Supermacs 2011 Feile Draws National Féile Iomáint returns to Limerick 2013 The Supermacs Feile Peil and Iomaint draws were made at a full delegate meeting in Claughaun GAA Club last Thursday. Football: The ‘A football competition commences next Sunday, March 6th at 11am with all first named clubs at home. Round 1 Features: Fr. Casey’s v Ahane, Kilmallock v Pallasgreen, Na Piarsaigh v Adare, Askeaton -Ballysteen v last year’s champions Monaleen and Mungret v Pallaskenry. This year, for the first time, we will have a ‘B competition in both hurling & football but there will be no progression to the National finals for the ‘B winners. The first round of the ‘B competition also taking place on Sunday March 6th at 11am is as follows: Ballybricken- Bohermore host Athea, Granagh-Balingarry host Sean-Finns, Kildimo host Deel Rangers, St. Patricks host Cappamore and finally Galbally take on Murroe-Boher. Hurling: In the hurling draw, the first round begins on March 20th and features some interesting pairings. In the ‘A competition, last year’s U/13 finalists, Murroe-Boher face a difficult away trip to Mungret. South Liberties host Pallaskenry, U/13 winners 2010, Na Piarsaigh host Adare, Ballybrown host Ahane, Deel Rangers take on Newcastle West in an all West derby, Pallasgreen take on Patrickswell and finally, Doon take on Monaleen. The two finalists will go onto Galway for the National finals. Also, Limerick will host the National Féile na nGael finals in 2013 for the first time since 1995. Meanwhile, in the ‘B competition, Askeaton and Cappamore will play a preliminary round. Awaiting them in the last 16 are: Kildimo v St. Patricks, Na Piarsaigh ‘B v Old Christians, Granagh- Balingarry v Garryspillane, Ballyhoura Gaels v winners pre-lim round, Ballybricken v Bruree, Tournafulla v Bruff, Glenroe v Claughaun, Drom-Broadford v Crecora. The full Feile fixture has been distributed to the clubs and will shortly appear on our website https://sites.google.com/a/gaa.ie/bord-na-nog-limerick/home the Trea Action from last year’s Feile Hurling Final between Monaleen and Na Piarsaigh Bord na n-Óg Awards Night Our annual awards night took place in the Woodlands house in Adare last Sunday and over 160 guests honoured our inter-county teams from 2010. Our U15 Hurling panel which won the Shield in the Carrigdhoun tournament received their medals from team selectors Patsy Hall and Gerry O’Brien. The team that did Limerick proud last August were: John Tuohy, (Patrickswell), Kevin Hosford (Blackrock), Richard English (Doon), Pat O’Kane (Monaleen), Stephen Power & Jeffrey Enright (Ahane), Stephen Cahill (Tournafulla), Josh O’Halloran (Na Piarsaigh), Dara Kennedy & Michael Dee (Murroe-Boher), Jamie Butler (Deel Rangers), Charles McCarthy (Adare), Graham Whelan & Eric Finn (Bruff), John Lacey (Drom-Broadford), Pat Ryan, Darragh O’Donovan & Stephen Ryan (Doon), Eoin Cuddihy (Askeaton-Ballysteen), Conor Laffan (Croom), Noel Foley (Kilmallock), Brian O’Connell (Glenroe), Jack O’Keeffe (Killulta Gaels), Gearoid Lyons & Dean Jordan (Mungret). The management team were the aforementioned Patsy Hall, Gerry O’Brien, Eamon Cregan and Conor Sheils. Individual award winners were Cian O’Brien (Mungret) of the U/14 Tony Forristal Panel, Kieran Daly of Na Piarsaigh from the U/14 Sonny Walsh Panel, Feile Skills award winner, Colin Ryan or Pallasgreen, U/15 hurling, Pat O’Kane (Monaleen), and Jack Kelleher (Patrickswell) for U/16 hurling. The overall 2010 hurler of the year was Diarmuid Dee of Mungret. Diarmuid Dee (Mungret) Speakers included Liam Lenihan and Eoin Hayes (Chairman and Treasurer of the Co. Senior Board respectively who remarked on the strong state of Limerick hurling with such large Limerick representation on the Fitzgibbon Cup weekend and at the Harty Cup Finals. Eoin Hayes appealed for increased participation in the Development Draw which was vital for funding Bord na n-Og and the Rathkeale development. Bord na n-Og Chairman Tony Roche paid tribute to all our award winners and stated that Limerick underage teams were now feared again following a no of years in which we were not competitive. He thanked all our sponsors but particularly Golden Vale and Supermacs who were very loyal to Bord na n-Og. Former GAA President and current MEP, Sean Kelly was special guest. He too noted that Limerick hurling was strengthening with the Harty Cup and Fitzgibon Cup representation. He echoed recent calls by Munster Council CEO, Pat Fitzgerald that the Munster Championship trophy would be renamed the Mick Mackey Cup and that he believed that given all the positive developments in underage hurling, it would be a matter of time that Limerick would secure this trophy. All speakers congratulated Ardscoil Ris on their magnificent back to back Harty Cup wins and noted the amount of players on both Ardscoil and Charleville that came through the Bord na n- Og system. The night was compared by excellent organiser, host & vice-chairperson Breda Breen. Ard Scoil reign supreme!!!! Congratulations to Ard Scoil Ris who on Sunday last retained the Dr Harty cup with a resounding 3-19 to 3 points victory over Charleville CBS at the Gaelic Grounds. In what was the first all Limerick colleges Munster final showdown, Charleville playing in the Limerick colleges competition, it was the Limerick city school who dominated from start to finish. Niall Moran’s men got the perfect start with John Fitzgibon (Adare) goaling after just 45seconds of play. Further goals from Kevin O Brien (Patrickswell) and Oisin Hickey (Meelick) put the game well and truly beyond Charleville and gave the Ard Scoil thier second Dr Harty cup title in as many years. Shane Dowling & Declan Hannon, joint captains, were on hand to lift the Harty Cup in front of a jubilant crowd in what can only be described as one of the great days for underage hurling in Limerick. Spare a taught for Charleville who gave it their all for the full sixty minutes and we say well done to you and your captain David Reidy (Dromin/Athlaca) for your valiant efforts. Both sides continue their involvement in the All Ireland colleges competition in the coming weeks with Ard Scoil advancing to the semi final stage awaiting the losers of the Leinster final or the Galway champions while Charleville will be meeting the winners of that Leinter decider. Congratulations once again to both schools on reaching the final, both panels were heavily loaded with Limerick stars and we wish both schools all the very best going forward to in the All Ireland competition!! Limerick unveil underage inter-county football management teams Limerick Coaching and Games in consultation with the Limerick Football committee are pleased to announce the management teams of their underage inter-county football teams for 2011.