County
Board News Up-Date
1 Sligo
GAA County Board Development Draw:
The
Date for the Sligo GAA County Board Development Draw has been deferred to
Sunday 6th of October. The Draw will now take place in Markievicz
Park at half time during the Senior Football Championship Final between
Tubbercurry and Tourlestrane.
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Prizes are Up for grabs: 1st Prize €1,000: 2nd
€500: 3rd €100: 4th €100:
5th
€100: 6th €100: & 7th €100. The County Board
would kindly ask all GAA supporters in the County & further afield to
support this fundraising initiative. Tickets are Available from all members of
the County Board Executive & All Clubs in the County! Thank you for your Continued Support
2 Ard-Chomhairle report
to County Board:
Scór Competitions: The following decisions were taken. That the
Novelty Act be discontinued in its present form and that the National Scor
Committee be requested to introduce a new competition to replace it. That the
National Scór Committee be requested to draft guidelines, to be approved by
Coiste Bainistí, for the Recitation competition.
That
the Tráth na gCeist be removed from Scór as currently structured. Instead, a
Table Quiz would be held in each county with the county winners participating
in a National Table Quiz to take place in Croke Park. (I have met with our
County Scor Committee at their request and explained the rationale behind these
proposed changes. They are in general agreement that the Scor competitions do
need a reappraisal at this stage.)
Gambling & the
GAA: A
draft document containing material and guidelines to be included in an
information campaign on concerns around gambling was accepted. This campaign
will target all GAA clubs and inter-county players with advice and guidelines
about the dangers of gambling.
Hurling Development
Plan: The
Uachtarán reported on a meeting that had taken place recently with 16 counties
to discuss progress on the delivery of the Hurling Development Plan. A meeting with the remaining counties is
scheduled for 11 Meán Fómhair. The
Uachtarán stated that he intended to defer discussion on possible amendments to
the Plan until the next meeting of Ard Chomhairle when the views of all
counties will be known. National Club
Draw: The Ard-Stiúrthoir said the
arrangements for this have proven very complex.
Licences north and south won’t be in place until October. A proposal
prepared by the Association’s legal representatives in relation to the
structure of the Draw was discussed in detail.
The following was agreed: Draws
to take place on St Patrick’s Day. All
proceeds will go to clubs. Tickets
sales will be confined to individuals i.e. Club name not accepted on tickets.
Directive: The
following has been issued to counties.
‘Biting’ shall constitute a Category III Infraction. In relation to an alleged
‘biting’ incident, a Competitions Control Committee shall propose a minimum
penalty of eight weeks suspension.
Entry to Pitches: A
new policy restricting entry of unauthorized persons to pitches at half-time
and between games has been adopted.
Details of this [policy will be communicated to counties between
September and December this year and the policy will have to be built in to
County Safety Statements from 1st January, 2014.
All-Stars Banquet: This will be held in Croke Park this year
for the first time. The last few years it has been held at the National
Convention Centre and prior to that at a hotel.
3 Coaching & Games
Report:
Padraig
Clancy Coaching Officer reported on the follow:
The
Kelloggs Cul Camps finished up in the last week of July with 1240 kids taking
part in a very successful and enjoyable camp! An U-14 3 day camp was held with
80 players taking part in a Connacht Blitz. The U-15 squad are continuing their
training programme, having played and beating Leitrim, Antrim, Carlow and
Roscommon. They also, took part in a Connacht Blitz last weekend. The U-16
Development are going extremely well, winning the Ted Webb Shield & unlucky
to be defeated in the Manning Shield by Kildare.
They
also competed in the National blitz beating Limerick & Roscommon &
losing to Kildare. An U-12 & U-13 two day skills camp took place in
Owenmore Gaels grounds with 72 kids taking part. The Coaching Committee of
Croke Park had a mid-term review with the Sligo Coaching Committee & they
were very happy with the progress of Sligo’s coaching plans.
The
U-14/16 Hurlers took part in a national blitz at the weekend. The U-16’s
reached the over-all semi-final losing to eventual winners Down. The U-14’s
retained the National Plate.
Our
Coaching staff are preparing for another season of coaching in schools around
the county. Well done to the Coaching committee who are continuing to work on
helping to fundraise for under age development and we would like to thank most
sincerely EJ’s Menswear & Flanagan’s Cycles for their financial support in
sponsoring jerseys for the development squads.
The
Coaching Officer Padraig Clancy thanked Charlie Harrison for his work done so
far as a GPO (Games Promotions Officer) with Sligo as he now takes a 9 month
leave of absents from his role to return to study for a H. Dip. And Padraig
said he looks forward to seeing Charlie return next June. The County Executive
would also like to express their gratitude to Charlie for his work as a G.P.O.
and wish him well in his studies for the coming year and also looking forward
to welcoming him back next June! In the mean-time, Interviews were conducted
for a replacement for Charlie and the successful candidate was Jason Farrell of
Owenmore Gaels. Padraig Clancy thanked Gerry O’Connor Secretary of the County
Board and Denis O’Boyle of Connacht Council for sitting in on the interviews.
All the candidates were thanked for taking the time to go for interview &
wished them well in the future and it was noted that there was a very high
calibre of coaches for interviews. The coaching committee look forward to
working with Jason Farrell for the coming months.
Connacht
Council have informed the county that they have a strength & conditioning
coach Cathal Cregg (Roscommon County Footballer) and he is available to all
Counties, development squads & clubs.
4 Saturdays Double Header
in Markieivicz Park
The
Division 3 Title was up for grabs last Saturday afternoon in the opening game
where Cloonacool and St. Michaels battled for the Division 3 title. St.
Michaels emerged victorious on a scoreline of 1-12 to Cloonacools 1-6. This
Division 3 final was followed by the eagerly awaited first of the Belfry Senior
Football Championship semi-finals between St.Molaise Gaels and Tubbercurry. In
an entertaining game Tubbercurry emerged victorious to reach their 1st
Senior Championship since 1991!
5 Sundays Double Header
in Tubbercurry
The
Belfry Senior Relegation Final was the opening game in last Sunday’s double
header with both Coolaney/Mullinabreena and Bunninadden doing battle for the
hope of avoiding the drop to Intermediate Championship for next year! In an
enthralling final Coolaney/Mullinabreena emerged victorious with the narrowest
of margins on a score line of 1-12 to 1-11. In the second game it was a battle
of the big guns, Curry 2012 defending champions up against well tipped
Tourlestrane for the final place in the this year’s Belfry Senior Football
Championship against near neighbours Tubbercurry. This tie was expected to be
the game of the championship in many GAA followers eyes across the county but
unfortunately it failed to live up to expectation as Curry really failed to
show on the day. Tourlestrane were eager to get back to the top of the pile in
Sligo GAA with an impressive win on a score line of 14pts to 4 to reach the
Belfry Football Championship of 2013 against near neighbours Tubbercurry on
Sunday 6th of October.