Subject: Crecora Manister GAA Club Notes 10th March 2024

Munster U15A O’Dowd Cup Champions
Congratulations to Sam Collins, Cian Hickey and Patrick Concannon on winning the Munster U15A Hurling Final with Ard Scoil Ris on a score line of 3:17 to 2:08. Pictured with the cup are Sam and Cian. Great to have 3 fantastic club men part of this winning team.

Intermediate Football
After a couple of postponements due to weather, our Intermediate footballers will begin their League campaign next Saturday 16th with an away game to Claughan at 2pm in Childers Road, fol-lowed by 2 home games against St Patricks on Sat 23rd at 2pm and Galbally on Sunday 31st at 6:30pm.

Also, this coming weekend, along with looking forward to the St Patrick’s weekend festivities, our Feile footballers will be playing their group games on Saturday 16th with games against St Pats, Granagh Ballingarry and Monaleen at the Rhebogue Venue from 10am on Saturday morning and if successful will qualify for the finals on Bank Holiday Monday. Best of luck to all our players and coaches.

Cumann Na mBunscol Náisiúnta Mini 7 Competition
Wishing our Crecora boys all the best in the Primary schools Mini 7 Final this week against Lisnagry N.S.

Mackey Cup Competition
3 of our U14 boys, Lewis O’Mahoney, Conor Hickey and Fionn Kennedy will represent Crecora N.S. on Wednesday playing on the East Limerick Squad. We wish them the best of luck.

Lá Na GClub 2024 / Easter Egg Hunt
We will be hosting our annual Easter Egg Hunt with some fun activities on March 24th at 12pm at Crecora pitch. All are welcome to attend and we are looking forward to a fun afternoon with all the children from the club. https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Crecora_manister_GAA/EventRegistration#EventRegistrationOptions?prod=Crecora

Club Limerick Draw
Membership of the Club Limerick Draw is now open. By becoming a member, you are supporting club and county, as well as having the chance to win a fantastic monthly prize. Follow the link below to join on-line, and be sure to select ‘Crecora Manister’ as your club. Your support would be most appreciated. www.clublimerick.ie/draw

Team Limerick Clean-Up 9
On Thursday we also attended a safety briefing at Limerick City & County council offices for the 9th Team Limerick Clean up – TLC – where we ask all our club members and the wider community to walk the roads of the community and pick up any loose rubbish on Good Friday morning and then join us for a coffee and scone after. More details will follow on our social media platforms in the coming weeks.

Con & Annie Kirby Memorial
On Thursday we attended the launch of the Con & Annie Kirby memorial stakes at Limerick Grey-hound stadium. Limerick Greyhound stadium also launched their sustainability initiative where they invited all Limerick GAA Clubs to plant a tree at the entrance to the track and we were delighted to have our club secretary Ger Riordan and current dual player Sam on hand to plant the tree. The draw for the memorial stakes will be held next week where Crecora GAA Club will be assigned a dog to fol-low for the duration of the competition. We will have complimentary Passes for each week up to the semi-finals which can be obtained by contacting our club secretary.

Subject: Crecora Manister GAA Club Notes 03rd March 2024

 

Team of the Week – Cathal O’Neill

We would like to congratulate our own Cathal O’Neill on being included in the Team of the Week last week at Centre Back. Cathal was named at Centre Forward but took up the role at Centre Back and did a superb job. He contributed 4 points from play in a big Limerick win against Dublin in Croke Park.

 

County Players
Best of luck to Niall Conheady who has been chosen for the Limerick Celtic Challenge team for the coming season. Three of our under 15 club Players, Sam Collins, Cian Hickey & Pierce Griffin will also be lining out for Limerick this year. Sam and Cian have been selected on the Limerick U15 Hurling squad for 2024 and Pierce has been selected for the Limerick U15 Football squad for 2024.

This is great recognition of all the training and the time these 4 young men have spent improving their skills.
Well done Niall, Sam, Cian & Pierce, Crecora Manister GAA Club wish you the best of luck for the season ahead.

 

Munster U15A O’Dowd Cup Hurling Final

Best of Luck to Patrick Concannon, Cian Hickey, Sam Collins and Ardscoil Rís who play Midleton CBS next Wednesday March 06th at 1.30pm in Fethard.

 

Limerick Mackey Cup

Lewis O’Mahoney, Conor Hickey and Fionn Kennedy were all successful in being selected to represent Crecora N.S. on the East Limerick squad. The Mackey Cup Competition takes place on Wednesday 13^th in Rathkeale. Again, were are very proud of the four boys and wish them every success.

 

Juvenile Athletic Development

Our Juvenile Athletic Development was completed last Wednesday evening after a highly successful 15 week block. We would like to thank our club Coaching Officer Ger Hickey and Club Bord nÓg Chairman Ger Browne for driving this initiative.

 

 

Fundraising

We would like to thank everyone for their support of the clothing drive for the underage. All monies raised will be put to good use for the underage boys in the coming year.

 

 

Club Limerick Draw
Limerick GAA have launched the 2024 CLUB Limerick Draw.
Representatives from our Club will be out on the roads in the coming weeks, calling into houses, dropping in the brochures and asking for your support for this great fundraiser for both our Club and for Limerick GAA.
10 draws in the year, €10 per draw. Next draw date is 30^th March.
Exclusive Star Prize for March – €500 Voucher for the Woodlands House Hotel Adare
Visit www.clublimerick.ie/draw

 

Player Registration & Club Membership

It is possible to renew Player Registration and Membership on the GAA Foireann website.
Please log onto to www.foireann.ie and then select the option you require.

 

Walking Club

All are welcome to use our 750 metre walking track.
It is flood lit to allow for walking later in the day.
For anyone wishing to support the running costs for the lighting and the general upkeep of the walking track, a voluntary Annual Walking Club Membership of €30 can be paid online via the GAA Foireann website.
Go to www.foireann.ie and Register.
Click on Membership on the left of the screen, then select Membership Options at the top of the screen. You can then select the Social Walking Club option.

 

Scór Sinsear

The Scór Sinear Stage Competition will take place on March 22nd in Pallasgreen @7pm. Tráth na gCeist will be held on March 21^st @8:30pm in Mungret. Both very exciting events and anyone interested in taking part can contact our Irish Officer, Annette Byres on 087 6970754.

 

Scór Gaeltach

If any of our second level students are interested in Irish college this year and would like to apply for a scholarship please contact our Irish Officer Annette Byrnes on 087 6970754. Application deadline is March 31^st.

 

Strategic Development

A planning application has been lodged this week with Limerick City and Council for a club gym. Other developments plans will be advised in the coming weeks. Special word of thanks to Mark Leahy and Aidan Malone for their ongoing work.

 

Healthy Club Committee

Our healthy club representatives, Donnacha Ryan, Tara O’Doherty, Deirdre Clarke and John Power would like to thank everyone who took part in the recent walking challenge. We exceeded our goal of 4,000 km. The next initiative to be undertaken is to make our grounds a smoking and vaping free zone. Further information to follow.