AN RIOCHT / KINGDOM

Upcoming Events!!
An Riocht Dinner Dance on Saturday 24th January in the Downshire Arms, Hilltown. Tickets on sale, a perfect Christmas gift for those hard to buy for! Presentations to Senior Camogs League Winners, Minor Footballers Feis Winners, Young Player of the Year, Club Volunteer of the Year, plus Players of the Year Awards.
At the end of February there will be a chance to get your cowboy boots on as we are having a Fancy Dress Barn Dance with a difference at Dunavil!!
In May/June we are having our second Charity Cycle.  Kingdom to ? ???? Ideas are welcome as to a suitable venue and also suggestions for the Charity to benefit. Last year's cycle helped raise £4,000 for Southern Area Hospice. Please contact Tara on 07921 829 544 with any suggestions.
In the past two years we have raised over £10,000 for charitable causes.
October will see Kingdom Go Strictly Crazy for a third time. We already have some dancers who are willing to strut their stuff, if you are interested in taking part please contact one of the fund raising committee.
We are always looking for new ideas, if you have any suggestions or ideas to help raise funds for our club, please feel free to come along to our next fund raising meeting at 7.30pm on Monday 12th January.

SELB Leadership Training for Young People and Adult Volunteers / Staff.
Two courses currently recruiting in the Newry & Mourne Area:
1. OCN Leadership For Young People Course, introducing Senior Members into the art of leadership through offering training workshops and the opportunities to lead up a project in their own unit. The training will introduce them to similar people from other local youth groups and encourage the development of a broad range of leadership skills and awareness. Course starts Monday 19th January 2015; closing date for applications is the 12th January. Course will be based in the Newry Youth Resource Centre. The course is open to applicants aged 15-17. Names asap.
2. OCN Trainee Leader Course which is the first step for adult volunteers and staff in to the understanding of modern youth work practice. The course is pitched at a level to suit even those who have just recently been recruited into the club and is a sound basis for those hoping to move on to undertake the Youth Support Worker Certificate training in the future. Course starts Monday 19th January 2015; Closing date for applications is the 12th January. Course will be held in the Newry Gateway Club. Course applicants must be 17+. Names asap.
For further information and application forms contact the Club asap.

Camogie Foundation Coaching Course @ Dunavil on Wednesdays 14th & 21st January, the perfect introduction to Camogie coaching for parents or adult players willing to give a hand with underage in 2015.

Child Protection Training @ Dunavil over 2 Mondays in February, 9th & 16th, only if enough people sign up to it! Names to the Club asap; don't wait until the last moment, it may be too late!

Down Draw 2015 tickets on sale now, have you got yours yet? Congrats to Darren Curran another big £1,000 winner for An Riocht on Sunday. Remember if you're not in, you can't win!

HAVE YOUR SAY-WE NEED YOUR INPUT
Club Surveys are now available which all those over 16 years - players, parents and supporters - should complete and return before 4th January. We need your input now more than ever as we plan the 2015 itinerary and beyond. What do you want to do? Where do you want to go? How often do you want to do it? Fill in a SURVEY FORM & return it before 4th January. We in the GAA are talking to a number of different groups to help us put together a plan for our future. Our 5 year plan will be launched at our bi-annual General Meeting at Easter 2015. Every voice is important and as a result we want YOU to fill out a survey as part of our consultation. So please give us your views and opinions, good and bad.

Vacancies on the committee which need to be filed asap are Assistant Secretary, Development, Recruitment & Culture. Contact the Secretary if willing to get involved.

An Riocht Membership for 2015 is now due: Full Adult £25; Senior Citizen and U18 £10; Family £60.

Boot Camp continues on Tuesday at 9pm and Saturday at 9am.

Last Irish Language Classes before Christmas from 7pm on Thursday.

Ladies Group Christmas Wreath Making on at 7.30pm Thursday 18th December at Dunavil

Christmas Movie Night on Friday at 7pm in the Kingdom Cinema.

Tuesday 16 December 7.30pm to 9pm Houston's Christmas Table Quiz, come as a team or come join a team

Sunday 21 December at 10.30am Breakfast Club, come along for a chat and a bite

Monday 22 December 7pm to 9pm Christmas Disco for primary school kids at Dunavil

Monday 22 & Tuesday 23 December Christmas Pool, Darts & Snooker tournaments.

Christmas Dinner on Christmas Day, anyone interested in attending should call in or contact the Club on 028 417 63681 as soon as possible.

FIFA Tournament all week at Dunavil

Cinema Nights @ Dunavil See the Latest Movies & Major Sports Events on our Big Screen

SDFHI Circuits for Women restart 6pm on Wednesday 7th January.

"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live" The Kingdom Community FITNESS SUITE is affordable and on your doorstep, call in for a free trial. "I'm not telling you it is going to be easy, I'm telling you it is going to be worth it"

CONOR CLARKE ULSTER COLLEGES ALL STAR 2014
Well done to Conor - an Ulster Colleges' All Star Award is to rightly earn a place in football's Hall of Fame. Conor won the award at Right Half Back and is the first player from St Columbans, Kilkeel to win this award. This is the first year that St Columbans have played in the Colleges football competitions. Conor is still U16 in 2015. He follows An Riocht club mates Martin Clarke (2005/06), John Clarke (2000/01) and Stephen Flanagan (2000). The 15 players selected are setting the benchmark in youth football and they can be justifiably proud of their achievement in being selected as All Stars. These All Stars are known as the 2014/15 Danske Bank Football All Stars and this is the 28th year of the Ulster Colleges' All Star scheme.
Players are selected over the course of two trial games, after being initially nominated by their own school to attend the trials. The scheme rewards excellence in skill and in sportsmanship and a player who has been sent off in any game between 1st September and the dates of the trials is ineligible for selection.

NEW HEALTH & WELLBEING COMMITTEE
The Club Health & Wellbeing committee will work with other elements of the Association at national, provincial, county, and club level in identifying and responding to the health and wellbeing needs of all our club members. The committee will work in a planned and proactive manner, both directly through appropriate GAA programmes and by way of signposting to and partnering with national and local service providers and organisations. It shall do this by promoting the health agenda at every level of the Association; promoting opportunities that assist GAA units to enhance the health and wellbeing of its members; promoting policies that ensure governance and accountability in matters relating to health and wellbeing. Maybe this is your niche in our community club? See June Cunningham, Leo Sloan or any committee member to get involved.

A Coaching Conference will take place at Croke Park on Friday 9th / Saturday 10th January entitled 'Putting Youth into Perspective' taking in player retention in the mid to late teens and increasing club coaching capacity. Anyone interested in attending let Club Coaching Officer Seamus Curran know asap.

A First Aid and Defib course will be organised once all coaches are in place; the wearing of mouth guards must be enforced at all ages.

All football has taken a break for Christmas; restart details are Friday 9th January630pm P5 & P6; Saturday 10th January 11am P1 & P2; 12pm P3 & P4; Monday 12th January 6.30pm U12 (born 2003/04).

The next meeting of the football sub-committee is arranged for 7.30pm on Friday 9th January. Everyone interested in the furtherance of football in the club is invited to attend.

The Knights basketball team moved to within 3 points of the league leaders Ulster Elks with a game in hand following Saturday's win over North Star from Derry. In the Cup the Knights play Phoenix from Lisburn in the Quarter-finals.

The An Riocht/Kingdom Newsletter for December 2014, "Sideline View" is now available via the website. You can join the An Ríocht Club E-Mailing list by either sending an E-Mail to [email protected] giving your E-Mail Address and Name or by using the "Join our Mailing List" link to the club website. Alternatively printed copies are available from the Club.

Well done to St Louis U16 Camogs who reached the Ulster Final and commiserations on a narrow defeat.

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