Coaching News

FOUNDATION LEVEL COURSES
Foundation Coaching Courses were completed in Mohill and Dromahair over last weekend and in Aughnasheelin on Monday night last.

LEVEL ONE COACHING COURSE
Our Level One Coaching Course is due to commence on this Friday night in the Carrick Community School at 7.30pm. This course can only proceed if numbers are adequate and clubs should ensure that they have at least one member completing this course.

U-14 SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE
Clubs should return the names of those players they feel are good enough for the U-14 school of GPO Michael Charles before this weekend.

 

 

10-Mar-05 by Thomas Keenan – Coaching Officer

County Under 16

The County U-16 management would like to ask all clubs to nominate players for the upcoming year.

Could coaches or secretaries please forward player names to Derek Kelleher at (087) 6624918 or Kevin Ludlow (087) 8132242.

Names to be submitted no later than Saturday, March 12, as first trials will be held on Saturday, March 19 in Annaduff at 10.30.

See next week?s news for bus times.

 

 

10-Mar-05 by Thomas Keenan – Coaching Officer

The Leitrim Team to lineout against Clare

The Leitrim team to face Clare today is as follows:

Team
1. Cathal McCrann (Gortletteragh)
2. Michael McGuinness (Mohill)
3. John McKeon (Drumreilly)
4. Dermot Reynolds (St. Marys)
5. Niall Gilbane (Allen Gaels)
6. Barry McWeeney (Aughnasheelin)
19. Barry Butler (St. Marys)
8. Christopher Carroll (Kiltubrid)
9. Gary McCloskey (Bornacoola)
10. Johnny Goldrick (St. Marys)
11. Barry Prior (Aughawillan)
12. Michael Foley (Drumkeerin)
13. Ray Cox (Annaduff)
14. Darren Duignan (Gortletteragh)
15. James Glancy (Glencar/Manorhamilton)

Subs
7. Shane Foley (Kiltubrid)
16. Ciaran Meehan (Dromahair)
17. Dermot Kennedy (Gortletteragh)
18. David McHugh (Annaduff)
20. Gabriel Prior (Aughnasheelin)
21. Dara McKiernan (Kiltubrid)
22. Michael Duignan (Bornacoola)
23. James Holohan (Drumreilly)
24. Donal Brennan (Cloone)

Don t forget that this website will be updated live from Pairc Sean with the scores and events as the happen. Check out the Live link on Sunday afternoon.

 

 

04-Mar-05 by Sean McGoldrick – PRO

Live scores available worldwide as they happen

The latest in modern technology is being used to keep this website updated live from P?irc Sean with the scores and main events as they happen. This is the second of many initiatives by the IT Committee in assisting and promoting Leitrim GAA.

The Live scores was initiated last year and was revived for the last NFL game against Fermanagh. With only short notice it attracted very favourable viewing figures.

This time out we are going to enhance the service and make it a more dynamic experience with the addition of comments on the play, as it happens, in addition to the scores.

So Sunday afternoon, 2:30pm – Carrick time, no matter where you are in the world you can keep up with the action is it happens ? interactively from P?irc Sean.

Check out the Live link on this website on Sunday afternoon.

 

 

04-Mar-05 by Brendan Doyle – Chairman, IT Committee

Leitrim Supporters Club – Athlone Branch

A very successful Leitrim GAA Supporters night was held last night in Dans Tavern, Garrycastle, Athlone. MC for the night was Tommy Moran and present on was Eurovision winner Charlie McGettigan. The organising committee Gerry Duignan, JohnÓgibbons and Jim Keaney put a lot of work into the night and the committee successfully raised over ?1000 for Leitrim GAA. Many thanks to the committee, to all those people from the midlands and those further a field who showed their support on the night.

 

 

04-Mar-05 by Sean McGoldrick – PRO

Leitrims Switch Over to Email Initiative

The recently formed IT Committee have announced a Webmail (email) training evening for Club Secretaries to be held on next Wednesday (8th Mar) in Carrick Community School.

This is one of many initiatives by the IT Committee to assist all Clubs and County Officers to switch over the use of IT within their structures. The email initiative is very important as it will be the main means of communication at all levels within the county. This is in line with the Croke Park recommendation of October 2004 that all communications are made by the use of email.

April 1st has been chosen as the changeover date and a lot of effort has already been made by Clubs, County Officers and the IT Committee to meet this deadline. Each of the 26 Clubs have already established a contact person within their clubs for the purposes of communicating by email.

Approximately 4 weeks are left and starting this weekend each club will be issued with a new email address for use on the GAA Official Webmail site ? mail.gaa.ie.

In line with this rollout to each club a training day is arranged for next week. The venue is Carrick Community School on Wednesday, 8th March from 7:30pm to 9:30pm. With a follow-up session provisionally arranged depending on demand. It is hoped that Secretaries and/or Contact person requiring assistance will attend this event.

All interested parties are asked to confirm their attendance by contacting Brendan by email ithelp@leitrim.gaa.ie or by text/phone on 086-8104200 by Tuesday March 8th.

 

 

04-Mar-05 by Brendan Doyle – Chairman, IT Committee

Leitrim U18 player makes Aussie rules panel

Leitrim U18 Player makes Aussie rules panel.

Adrian Fowley from Dromahaire who is still a minor next year has made the panel for the U18 Compromise rules. Word has it that Adrian is in with a great chance of the full back roll when Ireland play the Aussies later in the year.

 

 

02-Mar-05 by Brendan Doyle

Club Planning and Development

At the 2003 Congress an tUachtarain Sean Uas O?Ceallaigh made some major changes to committee structures.

The primary aim of this committee is to conduct an audit of each club and assist them in their efforts to address any issues by providing both club and officer training.
To this end Leitrim County Development Committee actively encourage all clubs to participate in this very worthwhile programme.
The recent Seminar attended by all clubs and officers has had a very positive impact with a number of clubs already willing to participate.

Officer Training will form part of this programme and with this in mind this news column will carry the dates for clubs to follow. Also appearing weekly in this column will be an outline of the qualities, duties etc of individual club officers starting this week with An Cathaoirleach.

The Club Chairperson?..
Qualities.
As a leader and a Manager, He/she must have?..
? Dedication to the GAA and the club.
? Knowledge?.He/she must prepare by knowing what the GAA is all about. He/she must become familiar with An Treorai Oifiguil
? Power of Persuasion?.He/she is not a dictator. He/she must be able to motivate and work with people.
? Integrity?.He/she is the symbol of the Club and must guard its reputation jealously.

Recommended.
? He/she must have time to do the job.
? Must have a genuine interest in the Association and the necessary background knowledge.
? Have a good standing in the community.
? Have leadership qualities.

Duties.
? To act as Cathaoirleach at committee and other meetings.
? To cooperate with each other club officer to improve the club.
? To act on behalf of the club in the interval between meetings.
? Decide priorities of meetings, having them finalised, leaving less important matters to a later date if necessary.
? Prepare for meetings in close liaison with club Runai.
? Be a Manager of the club with Prime Responsibility for Planning, Organising, Delegating and Controlling.

The contribution of An Cathaoirleach to the effective working of a committee and the Club can never be underestimated.

The Assistant Chairperson ( An Leas Cathaoirleach) should be seen as the ?Cathaoirleach in waiting?. He/she should be assigned to chair a high profile/busy sub-committee in order to gain as much experience of Club Administration as possible.

Next Week?s Officer Profile?.. An Runai ( Club Secretary )

Leitrim GAA?..Club Planning and Development

On Thursday 10th March 2005 participation will commence for two clubs Glenfarne/Kilty and St Caillins Fenagh with Trained Facilitators attending at both venues. Other clubs will follow as soon as can be scheduled.

 

 

02-Mar-05 by PJ Meehan – Development Officer

Masonite Senior Championship Draw 2005

19 Leitrim Senior Clubs will participate in the Senior championship of 2005. The draw has provided us with some very appetising fixtures with Group 1 the much talked about Group of Death . Group 2 have 4 teams while Annaduff are inÓgroup 4 and have already been touted as favourites in that group by Ex-County Board Chairman Michael McGowan.

The Groups are as follows:

Group 1
St. Marys
Allen Gaels
Aughavas
Glencar/Manor
Kiltubrid

Group 2
Cloone
Bornacoola
Sean O Heslins
Drumkeerin

Group 3
Gortletteragh
Glenfarne/Kilty
Mohill
Aughawillan
Drumreilly

Group 4
Melvin Gaels
Annaduff
Carrigallen
Fenagh-St.Caillins
Ballinaglera

 

 

28-Feb-05 by Sean McGoldrick – PRO

GWP Intermediate Championship Draw 2005

The Intermediate Groups line up as follows:

Group 1
Aughavas
Allen Gaels
Sean O Heslins

Group 2
Aughnasheelin
Annaduff
Bornacoola
Dromahaire

Group 3
Glencar/Manor
Aughawillan
Mohill
St. Marys

 

 

28-Feb-05 by Sean McGoldrick – PRO

Leitrim GAA Development News

This ( tonight)Wednesday night 23rd February 2005 sees the clubs of our county coming together for an Information Seminar on the Comhairle Programme in the Bush Hotel, Carrick on Shannon starting at 8.00 pm.
The aim of the programme is to enable club members take ownership of their clubs by participating in the process of planning for the club?s future. The programme will encourage clubs to plan in a systematic way to meet their short term and long term needs while also seeking to encourage more members to become actively involved in the running of the club.

This programme was devised by the National Club Planning and Development committee under the Chairmanship of Pat Fitzgerald of Limerick who will attend this Seminar along with National Co-ordinator Shane Flanagan of Croke Park, Liam O?Neill Leinster Council and Mick Rock Connaught Council.
It is very important that each club have in attendance their Chairperson, Secretary, Development Officer and Club PRO.

?We all have a duty to pass on what we took responsibility for in our club and ensure we leave it in as healthy a state as we were given it or better?.

 

 

23-Feb-05 by PJ Meehan – Development Officer

Under 10 Blitz

The following is a list of teams and venues. Games will be 10 minutes per half:

[b]Saturday, 26th March commencing at 10:30am:[/b]

in Aughnasheelin:
Aughnasheelin, Ballinamore, Carrigallen, Aughawillan/Drumreilly,

in Cloone:
Cloone, Aughavas, Gortletteragh, Mohill

in Annaduff:
Annaduff, Bornacoola, St. Marys, Leitrim Gaels.

[b]Saturday, 4th April commencing at 10:30am:[/b]

in Manorhamilton:
Manorhamilton, Drumkeeran, Melvin Gaels, Dromahair,

in Fenagh:
Fenagh, Allen Gaels, Kiltubrid, Aughnasheelin

in Ballinaglera:
Ballinaglera, Glenfarne, St. Osnats, Eslin.

For any further information contact any of our GPOs: Jimmy Holohan, Michael Charles and Enda Stenson.

 

 

23-Feb-05 by Thomas Keenan – Coaching Officer