Leitrim GAA Coaching & Games Development
Kellogg’s GAA Cúl camps
Kellogg’s are the new National sponser for the GAA Cúl camps. Currently in the shops are promotional packs of Kelloggs Cornflakes and Rice Krispies containing a special code which if used when registering on line will give a €5 reduction. Leitrim GAA coaching and games will operate 12 regional camps during the month of July. All children attending will receive a full camp kit including bag. On line booking has commenced, see Leitrim GAA or National GAA website for details, and written application forms have been distributed.
This year the cost of attending our camps has been reduced and are as follows, 1st child €55, 2nd child €45, with all additional brothers or sisters only €40. This reduction along with the Kellogg’s promotion make our camps really great value.
Kellogg’s GAA Cúl camps Free Places competition
Look out in next weeks edition of the Leitrim Observer for the start of this years free places competition. One free place each week for the next four weeks, so get your copy of the Leitrim Observer, answer the simple question and you could be the lucky winner of one of the free places on this year’s Kellogg’s GAA Cúl camps.
Under 8 & 10 Blitz
The next round of blitz will take place on Saturday next, June 2nd. The following are the groupings.
St. Mary’s & Annaduff, Glencar Manor & Drumkeerin, Carrigallen & Leitrim Gaels, Melvin Gaels & Dromahair, Allen Gaels & Fenagh St. Caillins, Aughavas & Cloone, Ballinamore SOH & Kiltubrid, Bornacoola & Aughnasheelin, Garadice Gaels & Gortletteragh & Mohill, Glenfarne & St. Osnats.
Club mentors should make contact with each other if for some reason they are unable to attend on Saturday morning. All clubs please note that if you intend organising blitz games other than those organised by Coiste na nÓg, you now need to apply to the CCC for approval for same.
Camoige training
Training continues on Monday evenings at 7.30pm in the Carriock community school pitch in preperation for feile 2012. This year Feile takes place in Dublin on the 5th,6th & 7th of July. Girls need to be over 10 yrs and under 14 to participate in Feile. This is a great opportunity for girls to experience camogie in the County and we would ask any girls interested to contact Yvonne Beirne on 087-6235855 or Miream Cunniffe on 086-1693563 for more details.
Under 14 Development Squad
The squad play Longford in Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada on Saturday next in a double game. The first game will commence at 11am with the second game at 12.15. Players will be contacted with details of which game they will be playing in.
For further details on any of the above contact.
Padraig McGourty coachingofficer.leitrim@gaa.ie
Thomas Keenan thomas.keenan.gm.leitrim@gaa.ie
30-May-12 by Colette Fox – PRO
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Going for a win
County FootballGoing for a win
Queen Elizabeth II may find her Jubilee Celebrations a little bit upstaged on this special Bank Holiday weekend – at least on Sunday — as Leitrim takes over London. There will be more Leitrim faces in Ruislip for the Connacht Championship clash than there were in Páirc Seán for some of our Allianz League encounters. We travel well.
At the tail end of the League no one was travelling, as concerns about a possible defeat seemed to gain momentum. But in recent weeks the green and gold in the veins of everyone from Bornacoola to Tullaghan began to take hold again and frantic fingers logged in to Ryanair and Aer Lingus and to the Crown Moran in Cricklewood, the base for the Leitrim players for the weekend. All of a sudden the mood changed, we were going and going for a win.
Some are heading off on Thursday, might as well make a long weekend of it; others fly out Friday; some wait till Saturday, while others who were late searching for flights are still happy to pay through the nose to go out and back Sunday. Brian and George and the team and the County Board will not be lacking in support from the home county, nor from the hundreds of Leitrim souls scattered throughout England who will join the throng in Ruislip. Willie Donnellan will be extra busy, snapping hundreds of faces for the Observer –“just one more, keep the eyes open and for the love of God smile”.
The officers and members of the Leitrim Association will be busy meeting and greeting their fellow county men and women around the GAA centre and along the sidelines, warm handshakes and a genuine welcome, especially for anyone from their own corner back home. Even the London team has a sort of a Leitrim ring to it, with names like Byrne, McGreevy, Mulligan, Mulvey, Kelly. McGoldrick and O’Neill, not to mention our own former county star, Paul McDermott, who will likely see action in the green and white as the game progresses.
Back home eager ears will be tuned into Shannonside and to Ocean FM and to national radio, while tweeters will be following the action as it is continually updated by Leitrim GAA, by Connacht Council and by gaa.ie. Later in the week they will soak up the reports and blow by blow accounts in the Observer.
The game is expected “to go down to the wire”. Leitrim won’t mind that, a last minute point to clinch it will only add to the excitement and will maintain the buzz as green and gold jerseys swarm around the dressing room before heading back to the city and to the favourite establishments owned by county exiles as they toast Paddy Maguire and his fellow players.
By Monday evening Heathrow, Gatwick, Stanstead and Luton will have shuttled hundreds of hopefully happy Leitrim supporters back to Belfast, Dublin or Knock and Buckingham Palace can take over from Ruislip for the rest of the weekend!
Collette Fox PRO
01-Jun-12 by Colette Fox – PRO
Connacht GAA Football Championship
County FootballConnacht GAA Senior Championship
Sunday 3rd June 2012
Quarter Final
London vs. Leitrim
Venue: Ruislip, London
Throw In: 3pm.
Match tickets will be on sale on the day at the venue.
Adults £10
U16 free
Students + OAP- Half price with I.D.
The London starting 15 is available on the Connacht GAA website (www.connachtgaa.ie)
30-May-12 by Colette Fox – PRO
Leitrim team to play London
County FootballConnacht GAA Senior Football Championship
Sunday 3rd June 2012
London vs. Leitrim
Ruislip, London
Throw in: 3pm
Referee: R. Hickey, (An Clár).
The Leitrim team announced to play London in the quarter final of the Connacht Football Championship features two championship debutants in Paddy McGowan from St Patrick’s Dromahair and Fabian McMorrow from Melvin Gaels.
Foireann Liatroim
Leitrim: 1. Cathal McCrann, (Gortletteragh), 2. James Glancy, (St Marys), 3. Ciaran Egan, (Gortletteragh), 4. Paddy Maguire (Capt), (Glencar Manorhamilton), 5. Colm Clarke, (Drumkeerin), 6. Fabian McMorrow, (Melvin Gaels), 7. Wayne McKeon, (Ballinamore Seán OHeslins), 8. Darren Sweeney, (Glencar Manorhamilton), 9. Daniel Lowe, (St Marys), 10. Paddy McGowan, (St Patricks Dromahair), 11. Emlyn Mulligan, (Melvin Gaels), 12. Paul Brennan, (Melvin Gaels), 13. Ray Cox, (Annaduff), 14. James Glancy, (Glencar Manorhamilton), 15. Adrian Croal, (Glencar Manorhamilton).
Bainisteoirí Barney Breen and George Dugdale
We take this opportunity to wish the management and players all the very best on Sunday.
30-May-12 by Colette Fox – PRO
Leitrim GAA Coaching & Games Development
CoachingLeitrim GAA Coaching & Games Development
Kellogg’s GAA Cúl camps
Kellogg’s are the new National sponser for the GAA Cúl camps. Currently in the shops are promotional packs of Kelloggs Cornflakes and Rice Krispies containing a special code which if used when registering on line will give a €5 reduction. Leitrim GAA coaching and games will operate 12 regional camps during the month of July. All children attending will receive a full camp kit including bag. On line booking has commenced, see Leitrim GAA or National GAA website for details, and written application forms have been distributed.
This year the cost of attending our camps has been reduced and are as follows, 1st child €55, 2nd child €45, with all additional brothers or sisters only €40. This reduction along with the Kellogg’s promotion make our camps really great value.
Kellogg’s GAA Cúl camps Free Places competition
Look out in next weeks edition of the Leitrim Observer for the start of this years free places competition. One free place each week for the next four weeks, so get your copy of the Leitrim Observer, answer the simple question and you could be the lucky winner of one of the free places on this year’s Kellogg’s GAA Cúl camps.
Under 8 & 10 Blitz
The next round of blitz will take place on Saturday next, June 2nd. The following are the groupings.
St. Mary’s & Annaduff, Glencar Manor & Drumkeerin, Carrigallen & Leitrim Gaels, Melvin Gaels & Dromahair, Allen Gaels & Fenagh St. Caillins, Aughavas & Cloone, Ballinamore SOH & Kiltubrid, Bornacoola & Aughnasheelin, Garadice Gaels & Gortletteragh & Mohill, Glenfarne & St. Osnats.
Club mentors should make contact with each other if for some reason they are unable to attend on Saturday morning. All clubs please note that if you intend organising blitz games other than those organised by Coiste na nÓg, you now need to apply to the CCC for approval for same.
Camoige training
Training continues on Monday evenings at 7.30pm in the Carriock community school pitch in preperation for feile 2012. This year Feile takes place in Dublin on the 5th,6th & 7th of July. Girls need to be over 10 yrs and under 14 to participate in Feile. This is a great opportunity for girls to experience camogie in the County and we would ask any girls interested to contact Yvonne Beirne on 087-6235855 or Miream Cunniffe on 086-1693563 for more details.
Under 14 Development Squad
The squad play Longford in Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada on Saturday next in a double game. The first game will commence at 11am with the second game at 12.15. Players will be contacted with details of which game they will be playing in.
For further details on any of the above contact.
Padraig McGourty coachingofficer.leitrim@gaa.ie
Thomas Keenan thomas.keenan.gm.leitrim@gaa.ie
30-May-12 by Colette Fox – PRO
Ronnie Delany Special Guest at Golf Classic
GeneralCoiste Chontae Liatroma would like to record our sincere thanks to Barry Donnellan and his hard working committee for having organised the Leitrim Golf Classic in Edmondstown golf Club on May 18th. Once again the annual outing was a great success and we would like to acknowledge the generous sponsorship of the main tournament sponsor Joe Leydon and also to Mel Sorohan for his sponsorship. Attendees at the post tournament dinner were delighted to have the opportunity to meet with Ronnie Delany, Irelands Olympic 1500m gold medal winner in Melbourne in 1956 who was Joe Leydons special guest. Finally, thanks to all who participated in the event – your continued support for our associations activities is greatly appreciated. Courtesy of Barry Donnellan, some photographs from the event are available here.
Prize Winners on the night were:
1st: Sorohan Builders Ltd
2nd: Team Seamus Lavin
3rd: Grosvenor Services
4th: Team Joe Flynn
5th: Motor Distributors
26-May-12 by Colette Fox – PRO
U12 Blitz 2012
Club FootballUnder 12 Groupings Blitz 2012
St Marys Allen Gaels Mohill Aughnasheelin
Fenagh-St Caillins Glencar-Manor Leitrim Gaels Gortletteragh
Melvin Gaels Kiltubrid DromahairGlenfarne-Kilty
Drumkeerin Annaduff CarrigallenSt Osnats
Garadice Gaels Ballinamore-SOH Aughavas Bornacoola
Cloone
Round 1 St Marys v Fenagh-St Caillins Allen Gaels v Glencar-Manor Mohill v Leitrim Gaels Aughnasheelin v Gortletteragh Melvin Gaels v Drumkeerin Kiltubrid v Annaduff Dromahair v CarrigallenÓglenfarne-Kilty v St Osnats Garadice Gaels- Bye Ballinamore-Soh- Bye Aughavas- Bye Cloone v Bornacoola
Round 2 Fenagh-St Caillins v Melvin Gaels Glencar-Manor v Kiltubrid Leitrim Gaels v Dromahair Gortletteragh v St Osnats Drumkeerin v Garadice Gaels Annaduff v Ballinamore-Soh Carrigallen v Aughavas Bornacoola v Aughnasheelin St Marys-Bye Allen Gaels-Bye Mohill-Bye Cloone v Glenfarne-Kilty
Round 3 Garadice Gaels v St Marys Ballinamore-Soh v Allen Gaels Aughavas v Mohill St Osnats v Cloone Fenagh-St Caillins v DrumkeerinÓglencar-Manor v Annaduff Leitrim Gaels v Carrigallen Bornacoola v Gortletteragh Melvin Gaels-Bye Kiltubrid-Bye Dromahair-Bye Aughnasheelin v Glenfarne-Kilty
Round 4 Melvin Gaels v Garadice Gaels Kiltubrid v Ballinamore-Soh Dromahair v Aughavas Gortletteragh v Cloone Drumkeerin v St Marys Annaduff v Allen Gaels Carrigallen v Mohill St Osnats v Aughnasheelin Fenagh-St Caillins- Bye Glencar-Manor-Bye Leitrim Gaels-Bye Glenfarne-Kilty v Bornacoola
Round 5 Garadice Gaels v Fenagh-St Caillins Ballinamore-Soh v Glencar-Manor Aughavas v Leitrim Gaels Bornacoola v Sy Osnats St Marys v Melvin Gaels Allen Gaels v Kiltubrid Mohill v Dromahair Aughnasheelin v Cloone Drumkeerin-Bye Annaduff-Bye Carrigallen-Bye Glenfarne-Kilty v Gortletteragh
23-May-12 by Colette Fox – PRO
Under 12 Mini League
Coiste na nÓgUnder 12 mini leagues playing rules & regulations
Pitch dimensions 90-100m x 40-50m.
2 x 20 min halves.
Max. 11 players per team, but can be less.
All players must get meaninfull playing time.
Play commences with a throw-in as normal.
All kick outs from the 20m line.
Kick outs can be from the hand or from the ground.
The side to side (shoulder) charge is permitted.
Four steps rule as normal.
Players are restricted to two plays per possession after which the ball must be passed or kicked. Note:-Droping the ball and picking again or dribbling by the player who had possession will be deemed a third play.
Free kicks may be taken from the hand or from the ground.
The player who is fouled takes the free and when an opponent fouls the ball e.g. overcarries it, the player nearest the ball takes the free.
The opponent nearest to where the ball crosses the sideline, takes the sideline kick from the hands.
When a defender playes the ball over his/her own endline, the other team are awarded a free kick (45) from the centre of the field opposite where the ball crossed the endline.
Opposing players to be at least 5m fromthe player taking a free kick, sideline kick or kick out. Free kicks should be no closer that 13m from the opposing endline.
No penalty kicks.
Respect Initiative
Players line up and shake hands before and after the game.
Mentors to wear the respect bibs.
Referee’s are requested to record on their report form if respect initiative has been observed.
23-May-12 by Colette Fox – PRO
Coiste Chontae Liatroma Church Gate Collection
GeneralThe Leitrim GAA Annual Church Gate Collection took place last weekend (19/20th May) in parishes throughout the County.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all who supported our annual fundraiser and the clubs in the county who co-ordinated the collections on behalf of Coiste Chontae Liatroma.
We gratefully appreciate the continued support of the public in this annual fundraiser.
22-May-12 by Colette Fox – PRO
Leitrim Ladies News
Ladies22-May-12 by Claire Noone PRO LGFA
Handball News
HandballLeitrim Ladies 40×20 Final
Mary Shanley successfully defended her county title against a very strong challenge from Fenaghs Ciara McLoughlin in the Ladies 40×20 Final played on Friday on a scoreline of 21-12, 21-10. In a very entertaining final with some great rallies Mary dominated both games putting an end to Ciaras challenge.
Williamstown One Wall Tournament
The Williamstown One Wall Tournament takes place this week-end with compeditors from Fenagh Handball Club taking part.
All-Ireland 60×30 Club Team Championship
Fenagh Handball Club are entering a Junior Team in the 60×30 Club Championship having lifted the 40×20 Junior Title in 2011. The team is made up of Jamie Murray, Donal Wrynn, Ed Lee, Martin Raftery and Leo Logan and they are in action on June 8th-10th.
Fenagh Development
Fenagh Handball Club are planning to develop a 40×20 alley along side their 60×30 facility if they secure funding under The Sports Capital Program which would complete a state of the art complex.
22-May-12 by Niall Scollan – Handball PRO
Leitrim GAA Open night
GeneralA video from the Leitrim GAA Open night is now loaded on the website. It is edited down to almost 8 minutes. Please take time to have a look!
Many thanks to Brian Blake for all his hard work in compiling same.
15-May-12 by Colette Fox – PRO
Leitrim Ladies U14
Ladies15-May-12 by Claire Noone PRO LGFA