Why not include Camogie as part of your schools Active School Week?
The Department of Education and Skills (DES) is encouraging ALL schools (primary, post primary) to include Active School Week as part of their annual school calendar. The ASW initiative is about providing FUN and INCLUSIVE physical activity opportunities for ALL members of the school community. It allows schools to reinforce the message that not only is physical activity good for you but it is also very enjoyable. It provides schools with an excellent opportunity to raise awareness about the physical activity opportunities that are available in their locality and to work collaboratively with pupils, parents and members of the community.
Other development News includes:
· GAA Health and Wellbeing Conference
· Leinster Development Officer Event
· Get a Grip Courses in Limerick, Tipperary and Galway
· Camán Get Hooked Westmeath
· Pan Celtic 2015
· ‘Camogie’ makes it onto Countdown
· Kildare Second Level Schools Final
· Up coming events..
GAA Health and Wellbeing Conference
This is the second year of the GAA Health and Wellbeing Conference and it takes place in Croke Park on Saturday the 21st March. Please see schedule for the conference below. For more information click here
Leinster Development Officer Event
A Leinster county development officer meeting took place in Portlaoise on Tuesday the 10th March with Pat Martin the Leinster Provincial Development Officer. 10 counties development Officers attended the meeting. Mary O’Connor Director of Camogie Development gave a presentation on the night to all on their roles as County Development Officers.
Back row: Ger Power Carlow, Brendan Hanamy Offaly, Laura Heffernan Westmeath, Pat Martin Leinster Developemnt Officer, Brendan Kenny Kildare
Front row: Lizzy Byrne KK, Breda Donnelly Wicklow, Roisin Soraghan Louth, Tina Cuddy Laois, Joe Roche Wexford, Martin Henegan Meath
Get a Grip Courses in Limerick, Tipperary and Galway
A Caman Get a Grip foundation course took place in Tournafulla Limerick on Saturday the 14th March. There were 21 coaches on the course tutored by Eileen Gleeson and Martin Connolly. Another course took place in New Inn, Co. Tipperary on the same date with 16 coaches from Gortnahoe-Glengoole, New Inn, Moycarkey-Borris and Brian Borus taking part. The course was tutored by April Purcell. 13 attended a Get a Grip course in Carnmore Galway on Saturday 14th March tutored by Richard McNicholas.
Limerick Camán Get a Grip Course
Camán Get Hooked Westmeath
12 coaches from Westmeath & Meath participated in the first weekend of a Level 1 camogie coaching course on Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th March. The final modules of the course will be delivered this Saturday the 21st March in Killucan Co. Westmeath. Lizzie Flynn RDO tutored on the course with assistance from Shauna Curtis.
Working hard at the Westmeath Level 1 Course
Pan Celtic 2015
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‘Camogie’ makes it onto Countdown
Countdown, the mid-afternoon Channel 4 TV show piqued the interest of GAA fans last week when the word ‘Camogie’ was unscrambled by dictionary Corner’s Susie Dent from the nine letters presented. It was just added to the Oxford English Dictionary last year.
Click here to see the clip from the show.
Kildare Second Level Schools Final
On Wednesday the 18th of March Scoil Mhuire Clane played Scoil Dara of kilcock in the junior camogie final in Kildare. It was a thrilling game with goals being the important factor on the day. Scoil Mhuire of Clane won on a score line 5-7 to 3-4.
Kildare camogie would like to thank all schools who took part and also to the teachers who put in a lot of time and effort into coaching the players.
Scoil Mhuire Clane
Scoil Dara Kilcock
Kinsale Hurl With Me Course
A Hurl With Me course began in Cork’s newest club Kinsale on Sunday March 15th with 15 parents in attendance. The course is being tutored by former Cork star Sarah Hayes from neighbouring Courcey Rovers. The course will run for the next 5 weeks.
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Upcoming Events…
Venue: St Louis Ballymena
Date: 19th March
Time: 7 – 9pm
Topic: Wall ball and Coaching conditioned games in Camogie
Tutor: Sean Paul McKillop
Venue: Our Ladys and St Patricks Knock
Date: 23rd March
Time: 6:30-8pm
Topic: Attacking play through conditioned games
Tutor: Catherine McGourty
Venue: Derry
Date: 26th March
Time: 7 – 9pm
Topic: Attacking play through conditioned games
Tutor: John O’Dwyer
Venue: Derry
Date: 9th April
Time: 7 – 9pm
Topic: Attacking play through conditioned games
Tutor: Padraig Groogan
Venue: Castledawson
Date:16th April
Time: 7-9pm
Topic: Goalkeeping
Tutor: Lisa McAliskey
register with lisa@camogie.ie
