COMHDHÁIL BLIANTIÚIL 2016 Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Bhreifne Uí Raghallaigh
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CÓISTE BHREIFNE ÚI RAGHALLAIGH Ramor United Senior Football Champions 2016 Arvagh Intermediate Football Champions 2016 Cornafean Junior Football Champions 2016 COMHDHÁIL BLIANTIÚIL 2016 Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Bhreifne Uí Raghallaigh COMHDHÁIL BLIANTIÚIL 2016 elqbi =hfijlobI=`^ s ^k A chara, The Annual Convention of County Cavan G.A.A. clubs will be held in The Hotel Kilmore, Cavan on Thursday 15 th December 2016 . Each club is entitled to TWO voting delegates in addition to the representative(s) on the outgoing County Committee, i.e., each club will have 4 votes. Please note that Convention delegates must be present at 6.30p.m. for registration and Convention itself will start at 7.00p.m. sharp. A full attendance is requested. AN CLÁR (The Agenda) 1. Minutes of last Convention. 2. Adoption of Standing Orders. 3. (a) Treasurers Report (b) Secretary's Report (c) Youth Board Report (d) Vocational Schools Report (e) Cumann na mBunscol Report (f) Competition Control Committee Report (g) Hearings Report (h) Cultural Officers Report (i) Coaching Report (j) Children’s Officers Report (k) PR IT and Communications Report (l) Ladies Football Report (m) Camogie Report (n) Club Development Officers Report (o) Health and Well Being Report (p) Kingspan Breffni Park Report (q) Insurance Report 4. Election of Officers. 5. Chairman's Address Minutes Cavan County Board Convention. • Venue: Hotel Kilmore • Date: 10th Dec 2015 • Time: 8pm Welcome: The Chairman Gerry Brady opened the meeting and welcomed all delegates to the 2015 County Convention. Andrius McGovern, Chairperson of Killygarry GAA and as host club officially opened the convention by addressing the crowd and welcoming all delegates. Minutes from 2015 Convention: Proposed by Declan Timmons agus David McDonald. Standing Orders: Proposed by Jimmy Cooney agus Niall Brady. Treasures report: Martin Cahill gave a detailed report on the audited accounts presented in the Convention booklet. He also outlined the following: • A special word of thanks to Tom Moore and Matt Kiernan for all their tireless work. • Thanks to all of the finance committee and to all clubs for hosting games. • Thanks to all of those who work the gates county wide. • Thanks to the Youth Board for the half time draw. • The finance review committee would continue to work in 2016. • Martin also answered questions from the floor regarding the New York trip, reducing expenditure in 2016 and insurance. Gerry Brady concluded by thanking Martin Cahill, Tom Moore, Brendan Young and Bernie Lynch and Eileen Murphy in the office in Kingspan Breffni Park. • Finally Martin Cahill wished Dan Daly a speedy recovery and hoped to see him back soon. Proposed by Susan Brady agus Michael Gilmartin Secretary's report: Liam McCabe full report was also presented in the Convention booklet. Proposed by Michael Walsh agus Tony McCann Other reports: • Youth Board - Brian Seagrave • Cumann na mBunscol - All committee and coaches • Cultural Officer report - Paddy McDermott • Coaching and Games – Jody Clarke • Children's Officer – Anne Fortune • Kingspan Breffni Park report - Kieran Callaghan • IT- Tommy McGibney • PR and Communications Committee report – Mark O’Rourke • County Development Planning – Gerry Soden • ASAP - Gerry Soden • Insurance - Hugh Reilly • CCC – Angela Hamilton Gerry Brady thanked all of the above. Proposed in block by Larry McCluskey agus Brendan Sweeney Hurling: • Peter Brady advised we needed a Senior Hurling team. More work is needed by the clubs to promote this sport. • Mullahoran St Josephs said hurling is our national game and needs promoted, club participation is key here. The president of the GAA wants Cavan to promote hurling much in the same way he wants Kilkenny to promote football. Also a better time of the year should be chosen to play hurling. • Liam concluded that the decision to have no Senior Hurling team stands and we should build from underage upwards with a possible participation in the Lory Meagher Cup in 2017/2018. Vote Tellers and Counters: • Liam McCabe • Brendan Young • Angela Hamilton • George Cartwright Proposed by Pauric Rudden agus Suzann Reilly Constitution: Liam McCabe read through the constitution and all present acknowledged same. The total votes on the night would be 173 in total. 87 votes to win a contest Contests and Results: Central Council Delegate: Nominated: Niall Brady, Gerry Soden, Kieran Callaghan Kieran Callaghan was elected. Gerry Brady addresses Convention: A chairde Gael, It is a great honour for me to address you all at the end of my first year in office as chairman of Cavan county board. I am delighted to see that once again we have an excellent representation from all the clubs for our annual Convention. I wish to thank you all for your presence and valued participation. I express my sincere gratitude to you all for your dedication and commitment in promoting our games in your communities. Club Visits I had the great pleasure of visiting all forty clubs during the past year and firstly I wish to thank you all for the warm welcome, courtesy and hospitality afforded to me and the officers who accompanied me. I feel the club visits was a very worthwhile exercise as I witnessed first-hand the enormous amount of work being carried out by club officers and members throughout the county. One of my fears prior to my club visits was in relation to juvenile structures and player numbers. Overall I found that the vast majority of clubs are very well structured at juvenile level and have reasonable numbers however there are a number of clubs who need to improve their structures. Some clubs are struggling greatly for numbers and this may lead to them having to give serious consideration to amalgamating at adult level in the future. I cannot emphasise enough to you all the importance of catering for the youth in your community they are the life blood and future of your club. I stress once again the importance of developing the skill levels of your juvenile players and for clubs to put a long term player development plan in place. Please remember that underage coaching is not about winning trophies but developing a conveyor belt of skilful players for your senior teams of the future. I wish to thank Anne Fortune, Liam McCabe & Paddy Sheanon for accompanying me on the club visits. Finance During the year we took a root and branch look at the finances of the county board and after long debate, advice from our auditor’s and consideration of a number of proposals it was agreed to restructure our loans over a 15 year term. I feel that this was the right approach as the board can now meet our loan repayments, day to day expenditure and also plan for the future with confidence. I wish to stress that we need to be extremely prudent with all future expenditure and increase our income through new sponsorship agreements and fundraising projects. At this point I wish to express my gratitude to you the clubs for agreeing to continue with and increase the Kingspan Breffni Park Levy. Without your agreement we would not have been able to renegotiate our bank loans. I also wish to thank the members of the finance committee who agreed to volunteer their time and expertise in assisting with this project. I am delighted with the response to the recent launch of our Jailbreak fundraiser under the chairmanship of Kieran Callaghan and I wish to thank the 50 + people who have agreed to participate and raise €3,000 each for this event. I ask you all to support this fundraiser in whatever way possible to ensure its success. I am also committed to developing a Friends of Cavan fundraiser both in the UK and the USA and a number of conversations have already taken place with interested parties overseas. I wish to thank our senior team manager Terry Hyland for his help in exploring and developing these relationships. To all our existing sponsors I say a very sincere thank you for your loyal support of Cavan GAA and I welcome the new sponsors who have come on board during 2015. I encourage our patrons to support all our sponsors both at club and county level at every opportunity. I want to acknowledge the work of our County Treasurer Martin Cahill and his assistant Tom Moore. Together with Club Bréifne chairman Paddy Sheanon and our finance committee they have all played a vital role during the past year. Competitions & Fixtures In my address to last year’s convention I stated that I proposed to set up a committee to review our competitions and fixtures. I am pleased to say that this committee under the chairmanship of Paddy Sheanon are currently in the process of holding regional information meetings to outline their proposals to the clubs for consideration. I ask clubs to take the proposals back to a club meeting and have a genuine debate on them and remember that whatever structures are put in place for 2016 it will be you the clubs who have agreed them and I expect all clubs to fully participate in all competitions. The board will not tolerate a repeat of the attitude of some clubs to the Breffni League. Scór I want to acknowledge the outstanding contribution our outgoing Cultural Officer Paddy McDermott has made during his 5 years in office. Paddy along with his Scór committee has ensured that the numbers participating in Junior and Senior Scór are among the highest in the country. It is a pleasure to attend Scór and witness the enthusiasm of the competitors and the enjoyment they get from being involved and this would not happen without Paddy’s leadership. He has also promoted our Gaeltacht scholarships and by doing so greatly increased the numbers of young people applying each year.