Easter Camp
Plenty of fun for the 50 kids who took part in our Easter Camp in the club last week. Aimee and her team of coaches did really well to keep the girls and boys busy with the grounds a little wet after all the recent rainfall. Pictured below some of our Coaches in the mud!
Happy Easter to all our members, friends and families.
Summer Camps (Girls & Boys aged 4-12 years)
Yes, the summer isnt far away! Watch out for details on Social Media of our three Summer Camps.
Try GAA for Boys Born in 2014/2015 – Under 9/10
On Friday 5th April in the club from 2pm, we are running a recruitment event to try GAA and encourage new boys at this age to join our wonderful club. Please spread the word among your friends.
To register attendance click here
Around The Teams
A quiet month of games with the weather having a massive impact on fixtures.
Under 14 Boys
A great win for our lads over Whitehall Colmcilles last weekend. A strong first half performance with the wind paved the way for a super result for this hard working team.
Under 15 Camogie
Wonderful display of Camogie from our Under 15 girls on Saturday 3oth March in a great win over Naomh Mearnog which makes it two wins out of two in the league. With players from Under 13-15 playing, there were excellent performances across the whole team. A really positive sign for the growth of the Camogie section in the club.
Under 16 Camogie
Our Under 16 Camogie team are off to Carlow this week to take part in a Leinster Camogie Under 17 Blitz with opposing teams from Kilkenny, Carlow, Dublin and Wexford so great challenges for the girls. Team Mentor, Dave Daly said “Its a great event for the girls and they are really looking forward to travelling down and experience playing against other clubs in Leinster”.
Minor Lads Hurling
Our Minor hurlers suffered their first defeat in the league last week against St Olafs. The lads put up a very good score of 5-10 but some key decisions went against the lads and Olafs saw out the win to remain top of the league.
Adult Junior Hurling
The Junior hurlers will hope to continue their winning start to the league when they entertain Na Fianna in Scoil on Sunday next. After victories over St Finnians and St Sylvesters in their opening two league encounters the mix of youth and experience is proving to be the key ingredient in their success to date.
After failing to field minor teams for a few years the club’s adult hurling teams were starved of young players coming through the ranks. This particularly affected the Junior team resulting in a failure to field in the league last year. Thankfully the addition of young blood from last year’s minor panel has provided a much needed boost to adult hurling in the club and has enabled the Junior squad to compete once again. Let’s hope this can continue when the combination of exams and travel will inevitably prove challenging in the months ahead.
Schools Update
St Pauls College with four of our Minor players are in the Dublin schools final against Colaiste Eanna.
Our Dubs Stars
Fionn Daly has been selected on the Dublin Minor Hurling panel. Fionn had some excellent displays at midfield for the Dubs in a number of recent challenge games with the Minors in championship action against Wexford on the 20th April, venue yet to be confirmed.
Catarina Almeida (pictured below) has been playing at Centre Back for the Dublin Minor ladies with very strong performances in all of Dublins games to date. The Dubs lost narrowingly to Meath but beat Kildare and Laois in the group stages. Martha De Brun is also on the Dublin Minor panel with Alex Chapman a selector and Daria Chapman managing logistics.
Jack Kennedy is on the Dublin Under 19 Hurling development panel. Jack who was on the Dublin Minor team last year is a top class hurler.
Sadhbh Moran and Ella Geraghty are on the Dublin Under 17 development squad.
Scor Senior Finals
It was a proud day for the club last Sunday with two wins for the club in the Scor Sinsir Finals which too place at Erins Isle. Aoife Maguire took gold in the singing and both Aoife Maguire and Aoife Colbert took gold in the trad instruments. We also came second in the Trath na gCeist. Special thanks to our Irish Officer, Ruairi Colbert for his work in coordinating.
Scoils M&S
A big weekend for Senior Footballer, Martin Tierney and Senior Football Logistics, Sinead Conroy who were married. A big club crew attended the celebrations over the weekend, with Sinead’s Dad, Declan our Senior Football Coach watching on with great pride. Sinead will be updating the stats over the weekend for our April newsletter!
Membership Fees 2024
Its the final call for club membership fees for the year.
Last Out
A message from the Executive, can all members please make sure to turn off all the training lights, car park lights and driveway lights and close the gate if last out!
Safeguarding
Our Child Protection Officer is Ciaran O’Murchu – childrensofficer.scoiluichonaill.dublin@gaa.ie
All coaches who work with Under 18 players have to be Garda vetted and attend safeguarding course.
Safeguarding course takes place in the club on the 10th April.
Coffee Morning
A great attendance at our March coffee morning organised by Gerry Rowley and Dick Murphy. New attendees are always welcome, keep an eye on social media for the next one.
Memory Lane
The Married team of what year?
