2023 Connacht Gold Senior Football Championship Ticket Information

2023 Connacht Gold Senior Football Championship Ticket Information
As we have reached the knock-out stages of the Connacht Gold Senior Football Championship, including the relegation series, it is important to note that admission for the remaining games will be by ticket only, in line with what was in operation for the concluding stages of last year’s competitions.  The same procedure will apply at the knockout stages of the Smith Monumentals and Vistamed JFCA knockout matches.
Tickets for General Admission will be priced at €15 each for next weekend’s SFC games (Quarter Finals) with no concessions for Students/OAPs.   Under 16s will be admitted FOC.

It is imperative to note that admission will be by pre-purchased ticket only. 

Tickets available now at:   https://www.leitrimgaa.ie/tickets/

2023 Club Championship Fixtures for w/e 8-10 Sept – Senior, Intermediate & Junior A,B & C

The Connacht Gold SFC group stages have ended and we enter the knockout stage of the competition.   The championship moves to Avant Money Páirc Seán MacDiarmada and with that the Livestreams begin.  Early in the week we will announce the opening of the livestream system plus details of the streaming packages and also our official livestream sponsor.  Ticketing arrangements for entry to the games in Avant Money Páirc Seán MacDiarmada will also be announced later this week.

 

The fixture details for the Connacht Gold SFC – Quarter Finals have been released and are as follows:

 

 

The fixture details for the Smith Monumentals IFC – Round 4 have been released and are as follows:

 

 

The fixture details for the Vistamed Junior A – Round 3 have been released and are as follows:

 

 

 

The fixture details for the Vistamed Junior B – Round 2 have been released and are as follows:

 

 

The fixture details for the Vistamed Junior C – Round 3 have been released and are as follows:

 

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2023 Club Championship Fixtures for w/e 2-3 Sept – Senior Rd 4, Inter Draw & Junior A, B & C – Rd 2

The fixture details for the Connacht Gold SFC – Round 4 have been released and are as follows:

 

 

The fixture details for the Vistamed Junior A – Round 2 have been released and are as follows:

 

 

The fixture details for the Vistamed Junior B – Round 2 have been released and are as follows:

 

 

The fixture details for the Vistamed Junior C – Round 2 have been released and are as follows:

 

 

Earlier today the Draw for Intermediate Round 4 was completed and is as follows:

2023 Club Championship Fixtures for w/e 25-27 Aug – Intermediate Round 3 & Junior A Round 2

 

The fixture details for the Smith Monumentals IFC – Round 3 have been released and are as follows:

 

 

 

The fixture details for the Vistamed Junior A – Round 2 have been released and are as follows:

 

 

2023 Connacht Play And Stay Days

The 2023 Connacht GAA Play & Stay days took place in Croke park on Monday and Tuesday last. Six clubs from Leitrim took part, Allen Gaels, Aughnasheelin, Garadice Gaels, Glencar Manorhamilton, Glenfarne and St. Mary’s. We hope that all the players, coaches and family members had a very enjoyable day. A word of thanks to Connacht GAA for organising the event, to the staff in Croke park and to Leitrim GAA GDA’s Cormac Haslam and James Mitchell for helping with the running of the games on both days. Well done everyone.
@ConnachtGAA, @officialgaa, @leitrimGAA, @allengaels, @aughnasheelinGC, @AughawillanGAA, @DrumreillyG, @glenfarnekilty, @ManorGaa, @MarysKiltoghert.
 

2023 Club Championship Fixtures for w/e 18-20 Aug – Senior Round 3, Int Round 2 & Junior B + C Round 1

The fixture details for the Connacht Gold SFC – Round 3 have been released and are as follows:

 

The fixture details for the Smith Monumentals IFC – Round 2 have been released and are as follows:

 

 

 

The fixture details for the Vistamed Junior B – Round 1 have been released and are as follows:

 

 

The fixture details for the Vistamed Junior C – Round 1 have been released and are as follows:

 

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2023 Club Championship Fixtures for Int Round 1 & Senior Round 2 on w/e 11-13 Aug

The remaining fixture details for the Smith Monumentals IFC Round 1 have been released and are as follows:

 

 

Following this afternoon’s draw the fixture details for the Connacht Gold SFC Round 2 have been released and are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2023 Club Championship Fixtures for Round 1 on w/e 4-5 Aug

Following yesterday evenings draw for the 1st round of the Connacht Gold SFC – Round 1 the following fixture details have been released and are as follows:

 

 

 

 

The fixture details for the Smith Monumentals IFC – Round 1 have been released and are as follows:

(note that only 1 fixture is next weekend, the remaining 4 fixtures will be the following weekend 11/12 Aug)

 

 

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Carrick Camogie Club Plays First Ever Match

Wednesday, July 20th 2023, may prove to be a significant milestone in the more recent history of Leitrim Gaelic Games activities as Carrick Camogie Club played its first-ever match. A group of Under 12 Girls drawn together from the catchment area of Carrick Hurling Club have been practicing the skills of the game recently and this evening they played their first match, a challenge game with Boyle Camogie, The game was hosted at the excellent facilities of Carrick RFC and it was a most enjoyable evening for all the girls and indeed their coaches and parents. After a close encounter, in the true tradition of many underage challenge games, the result may have been a draw, but the real accomplishment and result was succeeding in fielding a team for the first time ever.

Onwards and upwards for this group of players and hopefully it’s the start of something that will flourish! Well done all!

Carrick Camogie Club Under 12s

 

Carrick and Boyle U12 Camogie Teams

End of an Era at JP Clarke’s, Yonkers, New York.

It has been a roller coaster 28 years for Séamus and Caitríona Clarke at JP Clarke’s Saloon, Yonkers, New York, but the curtain has finally come down as Séamus and Caitríona have now retired from the business. A well-known hostelry for many Irish who have either visited New York, or have chosen the area to be their home over the best part of three decades, JP Calrke’s never failed in its efforts to extend a Céad Míle Failte to all comers.

Those of us associated with Leitrim GAA will have many fond memories of visits there over five trips to Gaelic Park to face New York in the Connacht SFC since 2003 and we were most diligently cared for on these visits, never wanting for anything. It was indeed appropriate that on our most recent trip in April, the team proudly wore the JP Clarke, New York, jerseys as Seamus and Caitríona’s five-year sponsorship deal edged towards its conclusion.

We wish to thank Séamus, Caitríona and staff for all their combined generosity and kindness shown towards us over the years and we wish them the very best in the next chapter of their lives.

Seamus and Caitríona Clarke and staff celebrating 28 years in business and retirement. 

Brendan Delaney GDA

Brendan Delaney left his role as GDA at the end of June to move back to Cork. We would like to thank Brendan for his dedication and commitment to the GDA role over the past two years and wish him every success in the future. He will be a serious loss to both our hurling panel and our clubs and Academies. We wish Brendan all the best for the future.

 

In recognition of his work with our academies, coaching and games presented Brendan with a Leitrim jersey, signed by all the academy players Brendan had coached during his time in Leitrim.

Pictured is the Leitrim U16 squad who defeated Wicklow on Saturday last in a very exciting game in the Fr. Manning Cup semi-final. They now play Longford in the final on Saturday August 12th.

GAA Media Release: GAA & GPA team up to tackle online abuse

NUACHT RÁITEAS | MEDIA RELEASE

6ú Iúil, 2023

 

GAA and GPA collaborate for a campaign to tackle online abuse of players, referees, managers and officials

 

The Gaelic Athletic Association and the Gaelic Players’ Association have today launched a major new campaign that seeks to target and tackle the online social media abuse of players, referees, managers and officials.

The ‘In their Boots’ campaign is a series of specially commissioned videos which over the coming weeks will heighten awareness around the damage caused by vitriolic targeting and abuse of players, referees, managers and officials online in an effort to create a better online sideline.

Uachtarán CLG Larry McCarthy said: “As members of the GAA it is up to us to insist on the type of culture that we want to exist, and the Association is adamant that it is one where respect is paramount.

“This campaign, produced in collaboration with the GPA, is a critically important initiative that targets the culture of online abuse and the use of social media to attack players, coaches, referees and officials.

“The campaign asks people who are trigger-happy to spew bile online to stop and think and put themselves in the boots of those they are looking to castigate. Our supporters are passionate and our games feed on that passion, but that passion must exist in a way that does not accept a culture where that is an excuse to target and abuse people on or offline.”

Tom Parsons, CEO of the GPA said: “Inter-county players know that criticism comes with the territory of playing the game at the highest level.  Criticism is part and parcel of the debates and conversations that are had the length and breadth of the country.  However, it is when criticism veers into abuse that we must draw a line.

“Social media and the online world can be a positive way of communicating and staying in touch but unfortunately, there are those who want to hijack it and use it to say things they would be very unlikely to say face to face.  This campaign asks supporters of our games to turn your back on those who share abuse and instead to be real supporters.  Real supporters get behind their teams in good times and bad.

“Let’s show other parts of our society how, in Gaelic games, we can critique, debate and even argue without getting drawn into personal attacks and abuse.”

Niamh Boyle, GAA Digital Manager, added: “We live in a digital world where so many people interact online, and it is a place of possibility. But it can be undermined and become detrimental when it is a place that is hijacked by those looking to target individuals after matches. It doesn’t stay on the pitch, it goes beyond the final whistle, coming home to families and friends. This is an issue that goes against what we hold dear in the GAA and sport. For referees, coaches, volunteers, and amateur players the vitriol that can be directed at them after matches is simply unacceptable and this campaign is about tackling that culture.

“The true value of our games is in the people involved and the culture around it, and this behaviour would not be accepted in the GAA community offline so it should not be tolerated online.”

Tommy Doyle, GPA Digital Media Manager added: “As part of my masters in digital marketing I looked at the whole area of online abuse of inter-county players.  Through this work and as a current player I know the negative impact it can have.  It was from here that this project emerged.  I am delighted to see it come to fruition and want to say thank you to Niamh Boyle and the team at the GAA for their partnership.

“I would encourage all of us in the Gaelic games’ community and more generally in Irish society to consider the language we use online and the material we share. “

In his address to Seanad Éireann last April, Uachtarán McCarthy sought the assistance of politicians and requested that they consider legislation that will make it harder for a culture of online abuse and the ability of individuals to anonymously wage personal attacks online to be permitted.

The GPA has proactively provided social media guidelines to players in recent years, encouraging positive online behaviour.  As role models, players know what they say and do has an impact far beyond just themselves.

 

The GAA/GPA ‘In their Boots’ campaign can be found on the Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts of both bodies.

The content for the campaign was produced by the Fifty-Three Six Sports Marketing Agency.

 

 

 

For further information, contact:

 

Alan Milton, GAA Director of Communications: alan.milton@gaa.ie  

 

Kieran McSweeney, GPA Head of Communications: kieran@gaelicplayers.com