St Kierans club notes
November 17, 2015
Underage Awards & Quiz Night - Report.
Our end of year awards and quiz night was held last Friday 13th November at St Anthony's Social Club Garratt Road, Edgware with a great attendance from both children and parents. A great night was had by all and it was a great way to end a very successful year for the club. The underage section of the club is growing each year with increased numbers of children playing. The individual player awards for the various age groups are as follows,
U10 Most Improved Player - Kevan Phillips.
U10 Player of the Year - Declan Prior.
U12 Most Improved Player - Lucas McPhun.
U12 Player of the Year - Paddy Ryan.
U14 Most Improved Player - Matthew McGrath.
U14 Player of the Year - Caolan Doyle.
U16 Most Improved Player - Jack Ryan.
U16 Player of the Year - Eoin O' Donnell.
A big thank you to all the people who kindly donated items for the raffle.
The quiz after the awards was enjoyed by all who took part and the club would like to thank the Dunning Family and Guthrie Family for the sponsorship of the quiz prizes.
The club would like to thank Lucia Butler of the Irish World for her attendance on the night and all the photos will be in the Irish World over the coming few weeks.
Senior Championship Final.
Our senior team will play the championship final on Sunday 29th November in Ruislip at 2pm where they will face Tir Chonaill Gaels in the final. There will be an U10 game and St Kiernan's will play TCG before the final so can you all let me know as soon as possible if you want your child to play in this game. Ten players will be allowed to play so can you confirm if you child is available.
All your support for our senior team will be greatly appreciated so can as many of you get out to Ruislip on the 29th Nov wearing your club colours.
London Minor Board Youths presentation night
London Youths presentation night will be held at Irish TV GAA Grounds in Ruislip on the Friday 20th of November with an 8.30pm start. Presentations will be made to all London GAA Underage County teams from the Under 14 London Féile Hurling and Football Teams, to the Under 16 and Under 18 Football Teams and to Player of the year for each age group. A £5 entry charge with a buffet provided on the night.
The following St Kiernan's players represented London this year.
U14.
Matthew Joyce, Caolan Doyle, Martin Sexton, Michael English & Ali Carney.
U16.
Matthew Tierney, Jack Ryan, Eoin O' Donnell & Caolan Doyle.
U18.
Ciaran Healy.
End of Year Social Drink and Race Night.
The club are holding an end of year social drink and race night on Friday 18th December at 8pm at Jameson's Bar, Mollison Way HA8 5QL. This will be a great way to end a great year for the club so I hope to see as many of you there on the night.
Foundation Coaching Course.
As I mentioned on Friday night the club is looking for more parents to step forward and get involved with coaching as we have large numbers of child playing football so with this more parents are requested to get involved. So if any one of you are interested please let me know as soon as possible. The London County Board are holding a Foundation Level Gaelic Football Coaching Course on Saturday, December 5th in the Emerald Grounds, Ruislip.
The Course is limited to 25 people and in the interest of fairness, we will only accept 5 nominations from each Club.
The Course will run from 9 am until 5 pm with a half an hour Lunch Break at 1 pm - lunch is provided.
There will theory based work and practical work involved on the Course so coaches should bring appropriate training gear/footwear.
Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis so please contact me ASAP if you are interested in attending.
Finally, I would urge as many of you as possible to please take up this opportunity to further your coaching education which can only benefit our Club and London GAA.
