The Dublin County Board’s decision to suspend all club activity in April at Adult level means that the opening rounds of this year’s Dublin Club Championships have been postponed until later in the year. Juvenile competitions have also been put on hold until May 1 at the very earliest.

Our Games Promotion Officer Maria Bergin has been continuing to do just that – promote our games by inviting our senior players across all four codes to provide members with skill challenges to ensure there is no diminution in skill levels while the Covid-19 shutdown continues. You can view them on the Club twitter, facebook or Instagram pages. Check out Aoife Whelan’s most recent Camogie challenge. Remember – Be Ready To Resume.

Somerton remains off-limits to all activity including training/exercising but for those of you who want to stay active and fit while adhering to the Government directives there is a very helpful new site https://2kmfromhome.com/ which once you allow your location information shows you a map of where you can go for a walk or run while staying within a 2km radius of your own home.

Former Meath great Colm O’Rourke also of RTE and the Sunday Independent and the man who launched our own Website has chosen what he considers to be the best Dublin fifteen of the last 50 years and we are delighted to note that Ciarán Kilkenny has been selected at left-half-forward. See Colm’s full Sunday Indo selection below and don’t forget to follow Ciaran’s Skill Challenges on our twitter feed as well.

Anyone interested in local history/sports history may be surprised to note that the 1893 All-Ireland Hurling and Football Finals were scheduled to be played along Castleknock Road where the Chesterfield estate is situated today (near the Castleknock Gate into the Phoenix Park). As you may have plenty of time on yours hands (and hopefully nothing else) you can read the full, bizarre story of what transpired on http://gaathenandnow.com/ .

And remember wash your hands regularly, maintain your social distance and to do what you can for your older neighbours. Stay safe – stay healthy.

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