2019 Clane GAA AGM
Our club AGM takes place on Thursday, December 5th at 8pm in the clubhouse. There are some very important matters regarding the future of our club that will need to be discussed and ratified so we would request that all members attend. Executive Committee and Motion Nomination papers - DOWNLOAD HERE. Printed copies are also available behind the bar at the clubhouse.
Signed nomination papers and motions must be returned by post to the secretary Tadhg O Murchu, Clane GAA, Conneff Park, Prosperous Road, Clane, Co. Kildare, (or by email to secretary.clane.kildare@gaa.ie) before 5.00pm. Friday 15th November 2019.
Football Notes
Congratulations to Adam Fanning, Harry O' Neill, Oisín O' Sullivan, Hugh Prendergast and Oisín Tighe who have been selected for the 2020 Kildare Minor Football Panel. It's a tremendous achievement to have five players representing our club at this level. We wish them all the best of luck in their 2020 Minor Football campaign.
Fixtures:
Best of luck to our U17 Footballers who face a tough away trip to Naas this Saturday - throw-in is at 3pm in Naas. Both teams are 2 from 2 in their group so it should be a great game. Please get along and support the team.
Hurling Notes
Our U21 Hurlers were due to play the county final last weekend against Leixlip but the game was called off early Sunday morning when Leixlip were unable to field a team. We are awaiting confirmation from the CCC on whether or not the fixture will be replayed at a later date or if the match will be awarded to Clane.
The Hurling end of year review will take place on Friday evening, November 22nd at 8pm in the upstairs bar with special guest speaker former Kilkenny Hurler and 5 time All-Ireland winner Aidan 'Taggy' Fogarty. All members are welcome! Check out the events page on our web site for further details.
Congrats to Sam Hillyer, Eamonn Little, Cormac Vizzard, Charlie Connolly & Ger D’Arcy who were all part of the Kildare Celtic Challenge Hurling panel for 2019. The Bank of Ireland Celtic Challenge is a hurling competition for 16/17 year olds. 1,300 players on 44 teams from 32 counties played 138 games!
The lads were presented with their jerseys recently after a very successful year.
Clane Óg Academy
The Clane Óg Academy will not take place this weekend as the Clane 10K & 5K Family Fun Run for Acquired Brain Injury Ireland takes place at the club on Saturday morning. See our events page for further details and registration info.
Vacant Management Positions
Applications are being sought for the position of Senior Camogie Manager and Senior Ladies Football Manager for 2020. Please email your expression of interest for Camogie to secretary.clane.kildare@camogie.ie and for Ladies Football to marydeay@hotmail.com
Clubhouse Café & Bar
Our staff at the Clubhouse Café & Bar will be launching some exciting new menus next week, so stay tuned and watch out for more information on that.
Sunday Lunch Menu
Our staff have put together a lovely menu for Sunday lunch…
Live Matches on the Big Screen
Friday: Pro14 Rugby - Connaught v Leinster (Live from 7.20pm)
Saturday: Pro14 Rugby - Munster v Ulster (Deferred Coverage from 7.15pm)
Sunday: Munster Club Hurling Semi-Final - Ballygunner v Patrickswell (Live from 1.15pm)
Sunday: Connaught Club Football Semi-Final - Ballintubber v Corofin (Deferred coverage from 3.25pm)
Club Lotto
This week's jackpot is worth €10,500 and you can buy tickets at the clubhouse café & bar (€2 per ticket or 3 for €5) or outside Supervalu in Clane each Sunday. The draw takes place each Monday night and the results are published on our social media channels, search for #ClaneGaaLotto
Cake Sale for Clane GAA Mental Health & Well Being Activities
The Clane GAA Mental Health & Well Being Committee are running a Cake Sale in the Parish Hall after each mass this weekend, Saturday, November 9th and Sunday, November 10th to raise funds for upcoming activities and events. Click here for further details.
Please support this VERY important resource and work!
Clane GAA - Gambling Addiction Talk
Our Clane GAA Mental Health & Well Being Committee will be hosting a Gambling Addiction Talk on November 13th at 8pm. Former inter county footballer Niall McNamee will speak on his experiences dealing with gambling addiction. It will be the first in a series of speakers and talks we hope to present on Mental Health and Well Being issues at the club for our members and the Community of Clane.
Clane Bingo
Clane Bingo takes place every Tuesday night at the Clane Gaa Hall. Throw in is 8:30... Usually finishes around 10:10...
Almost €2,000 in prizes every night. Jackpot currently stands at €2,075 (as of Oct 31st).
Very friendly/fun atmosphere
Books :
€9 for a double book
€5 for a single book
€3 for a half book.
All (ages) welcome.
Clane GAA - 2019 Christmas Draw
Tickets are now available for our Christmas Draw and all of the proceeds will go directly towards the funding of our recently appointed Clane GAA Games Development Officer. This is a very important part of our overall club development plan and we ask all of our members to please support the draw. There are some fantastic prizes with €10,000 in prizes to be won including a 1st Prize of €5,000.
You can purchase tickets from any team coach or at the Clubhouse Café & Bar.
Dates for your Diary
- November 9th - Clane 10K & 5K Family Fun Run for Acquired Brain Injury Ireland
- November 9th & 10th - Clane Gaa Mental Health & Well Being Committee Cake Sale after masses in Clane Parish Hall
- November 13th - Gambling Addiction Talk at Clane Gaa at 7pm
- November 15th - Clane Gaa Rememberance Mass at 7.30pm
- November 22nd - Hurling End of Year Review with Special Guest Speaker Aidan 'Taggy' Fogarty
- December 5th - Annual General Meeting
- December 7th - Christmas Draw & Party Night
- December 15th - Annual Christmas Kids Funday
You can keep up to date and find full details on all our events by visiting the Events page on our web site at clanegaa.ie
Best of luck to all of our teams in action this weekend.
Please note if you would like your news, event or fixtures to appear in our weekly news update, please eMail our club PRO James Henry at pro.clane.kildare@gaa.ie before 12pm on Friday.
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