Apologies for the delay in this weeks club news and fixtures update.
In this weeks news we will cover
- Fixtures & Results
- Paddy McKenna called up for All-Star Trip to Abu Dhabi
- AGM & Proposed Constitutional Amendments
- New Menus at the Clubhouse Café & Bar
- New Helpline Number for Clane GAA Mental Health Awareness
- Clane Óg Academy
- Upcoming Events
- Xmas Draw 2019
- Club Lotto
Fixtures & Results
What a great weekend both on and off the pitch for Clane GAA last weekend. After the fantastic news regarding the Sports Capital Development grant award of almost €90,000 to Clane GAA, our U17 Footballers and Minor Ladies Footballers both won their respective championship semi finals. The U17's overcame Kilcullen to set up a final fixture this Sunday against Naas. Throw-in is at 12.30pm in Newbridge. Our Ladies Footballers put in a huge performance to overcome Celbridge in the semi-final barely 4 days after having lost to the same opposition in the final group round robin fixture. They will now face Suncroft in the final, which will take place in Rathcoffey on November 30th. The throw-in time will be confirmed this week so please keep an eye on ClubZap and the web site for fixture updates.
Best of luck to both teams and management!
Meanwhile our U21 Hurlers retained the U21 B Championship with a hard fought win against Leixlip. The team found it very hard to get going and squandered numerous chances in the first half, posting 11 wides before they found their rhythm in the 2nd half and emerged deserving winners. There were some great performances over the 60 mins particularly from Brian McLoughlin who scored 1-3, Aidan Mooney who grabbed the all important first goal, Colm O'Sullivan, Captain Brian Healy and Caolon Smith dominated the middle, Mark Doyle made a super point blank save mid way through the 2nd half when Leixlip threatened a come back, Eamonn Little was dominant in defence as was Aaron Connolly who dealt well with the threat posed by the pacy Leixlip full forward line. Cormac Vizzard also did very well when introduced both scoring and setting up a number of scores.
Congrats to the team and management!
Paddy McKenna off to Abu Dhabi!
Don't worry he's not transferring!! Huge congratulations to Paddy McKenna who has been selected as a replacement Hurling All-Star for this years trip to Abu Dhabi later this month. Paddy will play in a match between the 2018 All-Star Team and the 2019 All-Stars. Best of luck Paddy!
AGM & Proposed Constitutional Amendments
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 including proposed changes to the club constitution that will need to be discussed and ratified so we would request that all members attend.
New Menus at the Clubhouse Café & Bar
Our staff at the Clubhouse Café & Bar have just launched their exciting new food and smoothie menus. Click here for full details.
Food is served from 8.30am to 6pm daily and there is a new morning menu, afternoon menu, smoothie menu as well as our regular Sunday lunch special. Check out the latest Facebook post for photos of some of the dishes!
New Helpline Number for Clane GAA Mental Health Awareness
It has been a fantastic few weeks for our Mental Health & Awareness campaign with the Cake Sale, the talk on Gambling Addiction and now the launch of a new dedicated Clane GAA Mental Health Helpline. This helpline is manned by a qualified counsellor and all calls will be treated with the utmost confidentiality. You can phone or text 087-7212124 and we will provide more details in future posts. Please follow #ClaneGaaMHA on social media or visit our web site at clanegaa.ie to keep up to date with all the latest news and events.
Clane Óg Academy
This week the academy takes place in the sports hall at Scoil Mhuire Secondary School for kids aged 5 & 6 and in the main hall in the GAA for 4 year olds from 10-11am. The academy will run right up until December 7th, when it will break for Christmas. New Ógres are always welcome.
Follow #ClaneÓgAcademy on social media for news & schedule updates.
Upcoming Events
- Xmas Draw 2019
Our annual Clane GAA Christmas Draw, with a party extravaganza night takes place on Saturday, December 7th from 9.30pm. Music, lots of craic, Food and the draw! Tickets are widely available now and a prize fund of €10,000 including a first prize of €5,000. Please support the draw which is a very important part of our annual fund raising. All proceeds will go directly towards funding for our Games Development Officer.
- Annual Christmas Kids Funday
Our annual Christmas Kids Funday is scheduled to take place on Sunday, December 15th at the clubhouse. Save the date - More details to follow!
Club Lotto
This week's jackpot is worth €10,800 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
