County Board News

Elverys GAA GPA Youth Camps

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and Gaelic Players Association (GPA) recently launched the Elverys GAA/GPA Youth camps, offering the chance for juvenile boys aged between 13 to 15 years of age to learn the skills of Gaelic football and hurling from their GAA heroes, in high quality venues across the country over a two week period, from 24^th June to 28^th June and 1^st July to 5^th July.

The camps will be run by inter-county players and will see youths get an insight into the life of an inter-county player in an action packed week that will include conditioned games, skills development, mental preparation, sports nutrition and athletic development. All participants will receive a limited edition Elverys Sports pack while there will also be an exciting skills competition with the chance to win a Lenovo laptop in each camp. The camps will be co-ordinated by leading GAA players such as Bernard Brogan (Dublin football), Michael Murphy (Donegal football), Michael Fennelly (Kilkenny hurling), Brendan Maher (Tipperary Hurling) and Darran O’Sullivan (Kerry football).

“Into the West Magazine”

The deadline for the next edition of the Connacht GAA Magazine “Into the West” is approaching soon on this coming Friday 7^th June. If any club is interested in putting their club information, fundraising events or photos please e-mail them to magazine@connachtgaa.ie

If you are sending pictures please include captions.

Kelloggs Cul Camps

The annual Kelloggs Cul Camps are fast approaching from the 1^st of July until 2^nd August. The Sligo County Co-Ordinator is games manager Liam Og Gormley. The Camps will run in various grounds around the county. From the 1^st of July to the 5^th of July camps will be held in the following grounds: Tourlestrane, Geevagh and Coolera/Strandhill. From the 8^th of July to the 12^th of July camps will be held in the following grounds: St. Mary’s, Ballymote and St. Michaels. From the 15^th of July to the 19^th of July camps will be held in the following grounds: Tubbercurry, Drumcliffe/Rosses Point (Oxfield) and Eeastern Harps(Keash). From the 22^nd of July to the 26^th of July camps will be held in the following grounds: Enniscrone/Kilglass, St. Moliase Gaels and Shamrock Gaels. From the 29^th of July to the 2^nd August camps will be held in the following grounds: Calry/St. Josephs, St. Farnan’s, Owenmore Gaels and Curry. For more information about the Kelloggs Cul Camps you can find it on www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie and in select county put Sligo and the various details about each camp can be found there or if you wish you can contact the Sligo games manager Liam Og Gormley on 086-8254420.

U-16 Fr. Manning Cup

The U-16 Football Development Squad will be taking part in the Fr. Manning Cup Tournament at the end of this month with 5 rounds to be played each Wednesday respectively from the 26^th of June, starting with a home game against Westmeath followed by two away games to Offaly on the 3^rd of July and Roscommon on the 10^th of July and then two final home games against Longford on the 24^th of July & Leitrim 24^th July with play-offs if necessary on the 31^st of July with Cup & Shield finals on the 7^th of August. Aidan Rooney is the manager of our U-16 Development Squad so we wish them the very best of luck in this tournament.

Puck Fada,

The Hurling Board is running a Puck Fada competition on Friday 21st of June.

To Coney Island and back from Coolera. Competition is open to all hurling clubs in the county for U-16’s age group and Senior level. With either 1 or 2 from each club allowed to- take part. Winners will become County Sligo Champions, then go on to represent the county at Connacht level followed by All-Ireland Series. More detailed information will follow.