Gerry Collins Memorial Football Tournament 2014
July 16, 2014"The Gerry Collins Memorial Football Tournament"
The football committee are today delighted to announce major developments in the context of our "Internal 7's Tournament" on Saturday 19th July (eve of Leinster Football Final).
We honour Gerry not alone for his contribution to the club over his long association with us, but also for his immense contribution to the "Quit Smoking" Campaign.
Gerry's very powerful anti-smoking adverts have encouraged over 100,000 people to quit smoking this year alone, and the HSE's Quit Smoking Campaign and Bank of Ireland have agreed to partner us for this event.
As many of you remember the internal 7's in unique in that it brings players together both young and old, A and B, hurlers and footballers and has proven to be a great day. The competition will start at 1pm. There will be two groups of four where all players are guaranteed three group matches. The top two in each group will go into a cup semi final and the bottom two in each final will go into a shield semi final. The shield final is scheduled for 5pm and the cup final at 5.30. Interest in the competition is huge and we hope to have a number of playing participants from the All Ireland winning team of 1995
. Michael Kinsella of our own Village Café and Bars will be providing all sorts of extras which will include Bar & Bar-B-Q out pitchside to add to a spectacular day. Live Music will be provided by Gerry's former Group, The Upbeats led by John Kelly and friends.
The philosophy behind this competition has always been to integrate young and old so the support shown by our senior managers Conor Deegan and Paul Maguire and our U16 mangers Robert Behan and Aidan Horan will ensure that this philosophy will continue.
Teams will be agreed with managers a week before so if you are interested in playing get your names to your management teams as soon as possible.
Any enquiries please contact me on 087-7749000
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