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Club Promotion
Off the Booze, On the Ball

Clubs interested inÓgetting ‘Off the Booze & On the Ball’ are reminded that registration for this fun health challenge is ongoing and will remain open until February 1st. 
The fundraising element remains an incentive for participating clubs, with individuals and/or teams and panels choosing to abstain from alcohol for a period of four weeks to kick start their New Year on a health footing. Everyone who registers receives an information pack with practical tips on how to implement a healthier lifestyle as well as a sponsorship card.
Traditionally focused on GAA clubs and members during the month of January, the Challenge, as it is also known, invites participants to abstain from alcohol for four weeks in order to give their New Year a healthy kick-start.

Driven by the GAA’s Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention (ASAP) programme, a partnership with the HSE, ‘The Challenge’ offers participants the opportunity to press pause following the hectic social calendar of the holiday season. For some clubs, The Challenge is also used as an opportunity to fundraise in a fun and healthy way – everyone who registers receives an information pack with practical tips on how to implement a healthier lifestyle as well as a sponsorship card.

“This is a novel way of addressing an issue that is of importance to every one of us – our health and wellbeing,” explains Uachtarán CLG, Liam O’Neill, who launched the 2014 Off the Booze & On the Ball challenge in Croke Park in November. “Engaging with your local GAA club is one of the best things you can do for your physical, mental, social, and emotional health. How we engage with alcohol has an impact on all of those aspects of our health. We are delighted to have this events as part of our annual calendar, and I hope our club members continue to take up the challenge as they have done over the past two years.”

The GAA will be promoting The Challenge through their Facebook and Twitter accounts and will be offering participants support and incentives throughout the campaign period.

Visit www.gaa.ie/thechallenge for more details and to register for ‘Off the Booze and On the Ball’.

Alternatively, email asap@gaa.ie should you need any information not available on our website.

08-Jan-14 by Colette Fox – PRO

Polar Plunge Information

Our inaugural Carrick Polar Plunge is taking place on Saturday 14th December at the Dock Theatre Carrick on Shannon.  It will involve members of the public getting sponsored to brave the freezing waters of our above ground level (4ft Water) pool in full view of the public.  We will have solo plungers, team plungers and there is an opportunity to “Toss Your Boss”.  To register, log on here   Solo plungers must raise a minimum of €100, while Teams of 4 can plunge for €300. 

There is an opportunity to Toss Your Boss for €500 – (This is where staff will fundraise the amount and get the chance to throw their boss in)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-7YvEzNw7g

Monies raised from this fun event will go towards the training and development of our 228 Athletes who will compete as Team Connaught at the Special Olympics Ireland Games which take place in Limerick in 2014.  We are looking for as many participants as possible to take part and any assistance that you could provide would be really appreciated.

Follow and LIKE Polar Plunge on Facebook 

10-Dec-13 by Colette Fox – PRO

Due to a poor registration for the child welfare/code of ethics course planned for Manorhamilton this evening (Friday 22nd Nov), we have decided to postpone the course till a later date.

22-Nov-13 by Colette Fox – PRO

The first International Rules Test will take place in Kingspan Breffni Park on Saturday 19^th October at 7 p.m.

Clubs are advised of the group, pass scheme where children under 16 can pay just €3 for admission and with every 10 children 1 adult can go free.  This is a wonderful opportunity for children and indeed adults to see Irelands finest footballers play Australia.  Clubs in the surrounding counties are advised to avail of this opportunity.  To book your club contact the ticket office in Croke Park or visit the gaa.ie website.  Additional information can be obtained from Declan Woods, Cavan PRO.

There are also a number of events happening in Cavan on the week leading up to the test.

03-Oct-13 by Colette Fox – PRO

On behalf of Leitrim GAA we wish to extend our deepest sympathy to Jim Meehan (Connacht Council Delegate, Coiste Chontae Liatroma) and family on the death of his mother Sarah Meehan. The Meehan family have a long association with Leitrim GAA and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time. 

AR DHEIS DE GO RAIBH A ANAM.

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS

Sarah Meehan of Killanamine, Dromahair, Co. Leitrim.

Peacefully at St. Phelim’s Nursing Home, Dromahair. Reposing at the residence of her daughter and son-in-law Geroadine  and Stephen Mc Inerney, Killanamina, Dromahair today (Sunday) from 12noon to 5pm with Removal to St. Mary’s Church, Killenummery arriving at 7pm. Mass of the resurrection on Monday at 12noon. Burial afterwards in Carrowcrin Cemetery. No flowers please. Donations in lieu if desired to the Northwest Hospice.

15-Sep-13 by Colette Fox – PRO

ITS a tale of two counties – the cash-rich GAA in Dublin versus smaller counties struggling to keep their teams competing on the pitch.

“The association with Leitrim GAA is worth 25 GAA club dinners a year to the hotel,” the owner of the Bush Hotel in Carrick-on-Shannon told the Sunday Independent.

Its a world away from the Dubs, whose main sponsorship by Vodafone cost more than €3m over four years, encompassing an ultra-slick corporate relationship and carefully planned “development strategies to maximise commercial development”.

The Bush Hotel, on the other hand, is a small, respected family business – “a meat and two veg” operation, as owner Joe puts it.

His five-figure sponsorship means the Bush Hotel logo emblazoned on the county jersey has been seen all over the world, including by more than 19 million TV viewers in China and millions in the UK.

“I was watching Ronnie OSullivan at the world snooker final on TV and there, near the front row in the Crucible in Sheffield, was a lad wearing a Leitrim jersey with the hotel logo. That event was seen everywhere, including on Chinese TV which showed the snooker hour after hour,” said Joe.

The hotelier is proud of his association with his native county, and admits his decision to sponsor the GAA team came from the heart as much as the head.

“Its a good fit for us,” he said. “We pride ourselves on being the peoples hotel with a strong local base.

“With the GAA involvement comes links with the IFA and so the business benefits. I give good value to Leitrim GAA and they give good value to me.

“I get more bang for my buck pro rata than Vodafone gets from Dublin.

“This is rural Ireland. People have a leaning and are drawn to the local GAA hotel, not just in Leitrim but, say, if Roscommon are playing in Carrick, where would all the fans be going for a few pints afterwards? They will all go to the local GAA place.

“You have the direct return from the GAA, but from that you would also get people coming home from England visiting friends and relatives and they will know the name and will drop in when they visit Carrick.

“And, of course, you get the other bits and pieces that go along with sponsoring the county. Its like buying a computer – you get add-ons which you didnt expect, like the hotel name at Scór functions and the county handball players, which does no harm at all.

“Its a two-way street. Yes, it comes from the heart, but we are shrewd, tough business people. We need a return and we get a return from the sponsorship.

“Its a serious commercial decision, albeit in a smaller way than the Dubs.”

Article courtesy of the Sunday Independent (25/8/13) http://shar.es/zGMja

25-Aug-13 by Colette Fox – PRO