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The GAA have announced details of their upcoming Club forum which will be held in Croke Park on February 9th next. The forum, which will involve representatives from over 300 clubs, is intended as one of a series of initiatives which will contribute to the development of a National Strategic Plan for the Association which will be launched later in the year by incoming Director General of the GAA, Mr Paraic Duffy.

The development of this plan will involve an extensive consultation process which will see the GAA canvassing a broad range of views from across a wide spectrum of Irish society and from within the Association itself. Each County committee will be nominating ten club representatives to attend the forum where they will be involved in a series of workshops covering many areas of GAA activity. The forum has been designed to allow discussion on key aspects of Association policy and to elicit feedback as to the direction and emphasis that club members feel the GAA should be taking over the next five years.

The President of the GAA, Mr Nickey Brennan said that the forum was a great opportunity for club members from around the country to put their points across in relation to matters of importance to them and to their clubs generally.

Paraic Duffy said the Club Forum will play an important role in the development of the National Strategic Plan: "It is intended that the plan will identify priority areas for the Association in the short to medium term, outline our goals in these areas and most importantly, how we intend to achieve them. The club forum will be the first step in identifying what club members see as the main areas of immediate concern for the Association", he said.

Mr Duffy said that ideally the Forum would have featured representation from every single club in the country, but that the numbers involved would have proven unmanÓgeable and that for the Forum to best achieve its goals effectively, it was necessary to limit the numbers involved.

31-Jan-08 by Croke Park

Coaching news

Development plan Launch and seminar.
Our 2008 programme of coaching events commenced on Wednesday night last with the launch of our coaching and games development plan 2008 to 2011.This document outlines the aims and objectives of Leitrim GAA coaching and games development committee for the next three years. It also contains some recommendations for changes to our current competition which will no doubt generate much discussion and debate. Copies are available from Pairc Sean and will also be available at the next meetings of the senior and minor boards. Following the launch of our development plan John TobinÓgave an excellent presentation on recommended coaching structures for clubs. We would appeal to all clubs to use this model and we will offer assistance and advice if required.

Workshop – Fundamentals for hurling.
Next coaching workshop on our calendar takes place on this Tuesday evening 22/01 at 8pm in the sports complex Ck-on-Shannon. Paudi Butler, the National director of hurling and Damien Coleman will present a workshop on Fundamentals for hurling. Everybody with an interest in hurling/camogie coaching should ensure they attend this workshop.

Referees Workshop.
A workshop for all current referees in the County will be held on Friday next 25/01 in the Bush hotel commencing at 8.00pm. All referees are asked to make a special effort to attend this workshop as we will have some guest speakers on the night. A foundation level course for all new referees will be held shortly and all clubs are asked to please forward the names of club members interested in taking up refereeing at any level to Seamus Prior 086 6016086 or Thomas Keenan 087 6591049.

Coaching the tackle.
A practical workshop "coaching the tackle" will be presented by Des Newton on Saturday 26/01 in the sports complex Ck-on-Shannon commencing at 11.00am. Coaches working at all levels should note this workshop as one not to be missed.

Fun Do Resource Pack.
Clubs and coaches are reminded that the new Fun Do packs are available from our offices in Pairc Sean, or by contacting Thomas Keenan 087-6591049. Packs are available for a limited time at the special price of €50 each.

Coaching Calendar 2008
Our coaching calendar for 2008 is now available from our office in Pairc Sean and will also be distributed at all coaching related events, and at the next Coiste na nÓg and senior board meetings. This publication outlines all our coaching projects, workshops and seminars planned for 2008 and all clubs should ensure that there coaches attend as many of these as possible.

GAA Vhi Cul Camps 2008
Following a number of inquires in relation to the dates for our 2008 Vhi GAA summer camps, the following is the list of dates and venues. Please note new camp in Leitrim Gaels GAA grounds from Monday 21/07/08 to Friday 25/07/08.

Monday 30/06/2008 – Manorhamilton, Ck-on-Shannon, Aughawillan.
Monday 07/07/2008 – Kinlough, Drumshanbo, Mohill.
Monday 14/07/2008 – Aughavas, Gortletteragh, Dromahair.
Monday 21/07/2008 – Fenagh, Drumkeerin, Leitrim.

22-Jan-08 by Thomas Keenan

Senior board Convention.

At last Sunday’s senior board convention, treasurer for the last six years, Mr. Jim Meehan stepped down from his position. The professional manner in which Jim carried out his duties as treasurer is a credit to him and this has been acknowledged at both provincial and National level. We would like to thank Jim for all his help and cooperation during his time as treasurer and wish him well in his new role as central council delegate.

Level One Coaching Course.

Would all coaches who completed the Level one coaching course earlier this year please return your log book to Thomas Keenan, Páirc Séan MacDiarmada, Ck-on-Shannon, Co.Leitrim., on or before Wednesday 12/12/07, so that we may organise cert’s for the course before the end of the year. Please note only those who return completed log books will be issued with a cert and those who fail to return their log book will have to wait till next year to complete the course.

Fun Do Resource Pack.

Clubs and coaches are reminded that the new Fun Do packs are available from our offices in Pairc Sean, or by contacting Thomas Keenan 087-6591049. Packs are available for a limited time at the special price of €50 each.

Coaching Calendar 2008

Our coaching calendar for 2008 is now available from our office in Páirc Sean and will also be distributed at the next Coiste na nÓg and senior board meetings. This publication outline’s all our coaching projects, workshops and seminars planned for 2008 and all clubs should ensure that there coaches attend as many of these as possible.

Following a number of inquires in relation to the dates for our 2008 Vhi GAA summer camp’s, the following is the list of dates and venues. Please note new camp in Leitrim Gaels GAA grounds from Monday 21/07/08 to Friday 25/07/08.

Monday 30/06/2008 – Manorhamilton, Ck-on-Shannon, Aughawillan.

Monday 07/07/2008 – Kinlough, Drumshanbo, Mohill.

Monday 14/07/2008 – Aughavas, Gortletteragh, Dromahair.

Monday 21/07/2008 – Fenagh, Drumkeerin, Leitrim.

Christmas holidays.

As this will be our final coaching news item for 2007, I would like to thank everybody who helped us out in any way during the year, it was much appreciated and to wish everybody a very happy, peaceful and safe Christmas and best wishes for a successful 2008. Beannachtai na Nollag agus athbhliain faoi mhaise duit.

17-Dec-07 by Thomas Keenan

Level One Coaching Course.
Would all coaches who completed the Level one coaching course earlier this year please return your log book to Thomas Keenan, Pairc Sean Mac Diarmuida, Ck-on-Shannon, Co.Leitrim., on or before Wednesday 12/12/07, so that we may organise certs for the course before the end of the year. Please note only those who return completed log books will be issued with a cert and those who fail to return their log book will have to wait till next year to complete the course.

Fun Do Resource Pack.
Clubs and coaches are reminded that the new Fun Do packs are available from our offices in Pairc Sean, or by contacting Thomas Keenan 087-6591049. Packs are available for a limited time at the special price of €50 each.

Coaching Calendar 2008
Our coaching calendar for 2008 will be available from next week. This publication will outline all our coaching projects, workshops and seminars planned for 2008 and all clubs should ensure that there coaches attend as many of these as possible.

GAA Vhi Cul Camps 2008
Following a number of inquires in relation to the dates for our 2008 Vhi GAA summer camps, the following is the list of dates and venues. Please note new camp in Leitrim Gaels GAA grounds from Monday 21/07/08 to Friday 25/07/08.

Monday 30/06/2008 – Manorhamilton, Ck-on-Shannon, Aughawillan.
Monday 07/07/2008 – Kinlough, Drumshanbo, Mohill.
Monday 14/07/2008 – Aughavas, Gortletteragh, Dromahair.
Monday 21/07/2008 – Fenagh, Drumkeerin, Leitrim.

Fit Frame Demonstration
A Fit Frame demonstration will be held in Tubbercurry GAA grounds on Thursday next 06/12/07 commencing at 7.30pm. Clubs can go along and see how to maximise usage of this very useful piece of training equipment.

05-Dec-07 by Thomas Keenan

Level One Coaching Course.

Would all coaches who completed the Level one coaching course earlier this year please return your log book to Thomas Keenan, Páirc Sean Mac Diarmada, Ck-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim., so that we may organise cert’s for the course. Please note only those who return completed log books will be issued with a cert and those who fail to return their log book will have to wait till next year to complete the course.

Fun Do Resource Pack.

Clubs and coaches are reminded that the new Fun Do packs are available from our offices in Páirc Sean, or by contacting Thomas Keenan 087-6591049. Packs are available for a limited time at the special price of €50 each.

National Coaching Conference.

This years National Games Development conference will take place in Croke Park on Friday 23^rd and Saturday 24^th of November. The theme of this year’s conference is

“Creating a platform for people to Play and Stay with the GAA.”

Sessions will cover a wide range of topics from, underage competition; is there an over emphasis on winning? To, pitch maintenance for clubs. Last year 771 delegates from all 32 Counties and 9 Countries attended and all clubs in Leitrim should ensure that they have at least one delegate attending this year. Further details can be had by contacting the conference office at 01-7007578 or www.gamesdevelopment.gaa.ie or Email : gaaconference07@2xlsports.ie

Following a number of inquires in relation to the dates for our 2008 camp’s, the following is the list of dates and venues.

Monday 30/06/2008 – Manorhamilton, Ck-on-Shannon, Aughawillan.

Monday 07/07/2008 – Kinlough, Drumshanbo, Mohill.

Monday 14/07/2008 – Aughavas, Gortletteragh, Dromahair.

Monday 21/07/2008 – Fenagh, Drumkeerin, Ck-on-Shannon.

21-Nov-07 by Thomas Keenan