County Intermediate Football Championship
After a tough battle in the opening round of the Championship we earned 2 valuable points after defeating Athea on a scoreline of 1-06 to 1-05 in Tournafulla. We now look forward to our next championship match against Croom. Other games in Group-2 saw St Senans easily account for Claughaun in Askeaton while the Mungret/Croom game was put back to the 14th May.
Our upcoming fixtures are currently scheduled as follows (times & Venues to be allocated):
Early June v Croom, 12th Aug v Claughaun, 19th Aug v St Senans, 2nd Sept v Mungret.

County Senior Football League.
We travelled to Tournafulla last night to play Mountcollins in the Senior Football league. Featuring a team short on regulars (due to exams/work etc) we were well beaten on a final score of 1-10 to 5-09.
We recorded a win against Hospital/Herbertstown in our only other game played to date.
Upcoming games remain against:
Away V Oola - TBC
26-May Home v Mungret at 7.30pm
2-June away v Galbally at 7.30pm
29-June home v Pallasgreen at 7.30pm
6-July Home v Ballysteen at 7.30pm


West Junior Hurling League
We travelled to play Askeaton last Saturday night and after an entertaining game we were beaten 1-12 to 0-08. This was a game that could have gone our way if we were more clinical in taking our chances, the numerous wides from both open play and placed balls were a major factor in the game. Team Willie Coffey, James O'Connor, Patrick Enright, Gary Enright, Patrick Wilmoth, Sean O'Shea, Darren Jones, Patrick Sheahan, Sean Sheahan, Jason Jones, Johnny Enright, Padraig Jones, Mark O'Sullivan, Shane Hourigan, Conor Lyons. Liam Walsh, Eoin Dillon.

We were due to play Adare last night (Tuesday) but this was postponed at the request of Adare.
Semi-finals are on 11th Jun with the final on 25th Jun.

West Junior Hurling Championship
Due to the Limerick Senior Footballers game, our opening Junior Championship game against Feohanagh was put back to weekending 2-June. We are in Group-1 with games against Feohanagh 2-June), Tour (16-Jun), Adare, Monagea and a bye on 14th July. Quarter finals on 11th Aug, semi-final on 25th Aug, Final on 8th Sept. (all dates are weekend of)


Junior-B Football Championship
The championship will begin on 26th May with a game against Athea. This is followed by St Kierans (9th Jun), Knockaderry (23rd Jun), Drom/B'ford (7th July) and Glin (21st July). Quarter finals on 18th Aug, semis on 1st Sept and Final on 15th Sept


Minor Hurling Championship
This competition is now gone into the exam break. We lost to Tournafulla in the opening round and the 2nd round game against Drom/Broadford was deferred.
Full list of games for us in the group stages are:
Away v Drom B'ford - to be re-arranged
28-Jun Home v NCW at 7.30pm
12-Jul away v Kileedy at 7.30pm
26-July Home v Askeaton at 7.30pm
9 Aug away v Deel Rangers at 7pm
23-Aug - Bye

County Premier Minor Football Championship
This competition is also gone into the exam break. A good win over Ballybrown in the opening round was followed up with a defeat to Fr Caseys in round-2. The full list of remaining fixtures are as follows:
5-July home v Oola at 7.30pm
19-July away v NCW at 7.30pm
2-Aug Home v Galbally at 7pm
16- Aug - Bye
30-Aug away v Monaleen



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Upcoming fixtures for the club:
Tues 14-May - County Int Football Championship: Mungret V Croom in the Bog Garden at 7.30pm
Fri 17-May Jun-B Hurling C'ship, Croagh/Kilfinny V Granagh/Ballingarry at 7.30pm in the Bog Garden
Sun 19-May West Int Hurling Championship NCW v Knockaderry at 2pm in the Bog Garden
Sun 26-May, Co SFL, home v Mungret 7.30pm
Weekending 26-May Jun-B football championship, v Athea, time/venue tbc.
Sun 2-Jun Co SFL away v Galbally at 7.30pm
Weekending 2-Jun - Jun Hurling Championship, v Feohanagh, time/venue tbc.
Weekending 16-Jun, Jun Hurling Championship v Tournafulla, time/venue tbc.



Club na nOg
Gumshields Compulsory for Underage Footballers
Please note that Gumshields are now compulsory for all underage footballers up to and including Minors. The new rule will be strictly enforced in all training sessions and matches.

St Mary's/Sean Finn's Cul Camp
St Marys/Sean Finns Cul Camp will be held on July 15th-July19th 
A great way for children aged 6-13 to learn GAA skills in a fun child-friendly environment- and maybe even help make them a GAA star of the future! Can be booked online www.gaa.ie/kelloggsculcamps

Bord na nOg Results   
Our under 16 footballers had a great win over Athea and at the final whistle the scoreboard read Sean Finn's 3-15 Athea 2-07. Well done to all the players and management involved, this team will now take a break for exams.

The U-12 hurlers played a good game and drew with near neighbours Askeaton scoring 5 points to Askeaton's 1-02 while our U-15 hurlers enjoyed an impressive win over Glenroe scoring 2-09 to 2-02.

Well done to all of the above.
Upcoming Bord na nOg Fixtures
U15 Hurling Wed 15th May home to Kilteely
U12 Football Thurs 16th May home to Fr Casey's

U8 Training
U8 training continues this Wednesday in the Bog Garden at 6.30pm. Helmets can also be purchase at a reduced rate, come along to training for further details.

Feile Fundraiser
To cover the cost of hosting the Feile Bord Na nOg, we are running a 'Predict the Score Competition' on Limerick v Tipperary in the upcoming Munster Senior Hurling Championship clash on 9th June. Entry cards are currently being distributed so please sign up and support the Club with a nominal entry charge of only €2. If you successfully predict the score you will win or share the pot of money, valued at €150, if you're not in you can't win!

Feile School Visits
Preparation continues for the Feile competition and it has now been confirmed that we play Eire Og an Charraigmhor of Tyrone, Askeaton and the Monaghan representatives so we have plenty to look forward to. There is a Feile School Visit scheduled for Tuesday 21st May, with the Boys National School pencilled in for 12:30pm while Colaiste na Trocaire scheduled for 1.30pm on the same day.

Club Membership now due - You cannot play or train if you haven't paid!
Club membership for the 2013 season is now due. Rates for 2013 remain unchanged from last year and are as follows: Adult €20, Under-18 €10 and a family rate of €50. All players must pay their membership prior to taking part in any games or training. This will be strictly enforced this year so make sure you contact Philip O'Donnell, who is the club registrar again for 2013. Please remember that you are not insured unless you are a registered member so it must be paid prior to playing or training.

OFP Presents…
Strength & Conditioning Summer Camp for Young People 14-19 years
Through OFP's dealings with both high level sports persons and developing sports persons we have seen a massive need for teaching movement quality based strength and conditioning. We believe the introduction of functional movement screening and movement based functional strength training will not only enhance performance but will also dramatically reduce the likelihood of non-contact injuries in our developing athletes.
Most developing athletes are introduced to the gym environment without the correct screening and are never given an education on correct performance orientated strength training. At best they receive advice from some fitness publication and hit the gym with many a training myth been taken as fact based on hard science. This places our young developing athletes in danger of injury first and foremost and secondly places them in a poor environment for turning their potential into performance.
Objective:
It is our intention to provide a number of summer camp training opportunities for such developing athletes. We will offer these camps across the A to Z of sporting codes.
The camps will be structured with a theory and practical component each day. The theory of Strength & Conditioning will be shared to educate each participant to a safe level which will allow sound judgement and safety to be exercised in the gym environment. We will cover topics such as screening, nutrition & supplementation, lifting technique, gym etiquette, injury reduction, performance training, performance testing, sport specific training and recovery. In the practical components we will cover topics such as movement skill development, exercise technique, speed & agility drills, power development, Olympic lifting development, mobility/stability ratios to name a few.
The camps will run for two & a half hours on three days per week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) for 5 weeks totalling 40 contact hours and this will allow us to develop and over see each person's athletic development. We will be functionally screening and designing programs of training for each participant as part of the camp experience. It will be performance orientated so each participant will see and experience first hand how to positively affect their athletic development through correct progressive functional training. We feel that if your child has the sporting potential, this camp will offer the strength & conditioning performance.
Cost:
€250 per person. Each camp group will be strictly restricted to 12 participants to ensure our high quality of instruction is maintained. Camps will run from June 10th to July 12th and will be open to athletes aged between 14-19 years old.
Check - www.ofplimerick.com for more details about our facility or see the information sheet attached. If you have more questions or would like to speak with Willie - please call 061-603681 or email [email protected] Tweet

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