Club Development
PROPOSED CLUB DEVELOPMENT
our club today
- • Over 50 Underage Football, Hurling, Ladies Football
- • Over 10 Adult Football, Hurling and Ladies Football Teams
- • Over 150 voluntary Committee members and Team mentors
- • Two Juvenile Playing pitches
- • A Members lounge & Bar (fully licensed)
- • A Sports Hall (standard basketball court size) & stage
- • Two indoor Squash Courts
- • 2 Dressing rooms
What does the future hold for Midleton GAA Club?
Although the existing Club facilities have served the Community well over the last 40 years they are now seriously over-used and in need of enhancement. This may be attributed to the fact that the number of inhabitants in the area has grown significantly since 1970. The time has now come for us to take steps to upgrade our facilities and to ask ourselves: “What will be our legacy to the future generations of children and families who live in the Community”?
What will the proposed development project consist of?
Midleton is about to embark upon an ambitious development project to ensure its continued position as one of the best Sporting clubs in the Community. As “access to” and “use of” all of the Club’s existing facilities must be maintained throughout the redevelopment project, the Club has decided to undertake all works on a phased basis. The immediate objectives may be summarised as follows:
PHASE 1
• The redevelopment of squash courts and changing facilities to provide
- 2 new modern changing rooms
- new meeting room
- first floor gymnasium
PHASE 2
- • The construction of a Floodlit “All Weather” Playing pitch
- • The expansion of existing car parking area
- • A Hurling Wall
Once Phases 1 and 2 have been completed, the Club intends to provide the following additional facilities:
PHASE 3
- • The demolition of existing changing rooms, kitchen and bar storage area
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• The construction of new two storey block including:
- - Additional Modern Changing rooms and Shower facilities
- - referees room
- - Toilets
- - Kitchen
- - Bar storage area
- - First floor flexible function space with main pitch viewing area
PHASE 4
Following the completion of Phase 3, the Club intends to upgrade the existing premises to provide the following additional facilities:
- • New Club Shop
- • Office/Meeting room
- • Electronic score board
- • New entrance and toilet block
- • Bar/Lounge refurbishment
How can all this be achieved?
All of this can be achieved and quite quickly but only with the strong support of the community. Much hard work needs to be done to raise the funds required and so the support of all well wishers is earnestly sought. We will be asking anybody who would like to see these plans turn into reality to sign up to a pay monthly scheme (cash or standing order) and become a MIDLETON GAA CLUBMAN!!
We are currently preparing the scheme and hope to build to 200 contributing members
What is a ‘CLUBMAN’?
A ‘CLUBMAN’ will be somebody who agrees to sign up to a Monthly Payment of €20 a month (€5 a week) with all funds raised going directly into a specially set up 'Development Account' where all funds will be used solely for the purpose of club development. The payments can be made by Cash or the more popular option of Standing Order from your bank account.
When will this project be completed?
One of the advantages of the CLUBMAN is that this will enable us to borrow the money immediately on the strength that we have regular income coming into the club to meet repayments. Therefore all of the above plans can be rolled out as long as our funding scheme continues.
However, it is important to remember this can only be done if we achieve our target number of ‘CLUBMEN’. If we do not succeed in getting the required support and development does not go ahead- all contributions will be fully refunded.
Club Development is essential for MIDLETON GAA as we approach our 125 year Anniversary. We want to ensure that our future generations have the best possible facilities. We want our facilities to rival the top clubs in the County. MIDLETON GAA has long be associated with hurling and football coming from our very proud past enriched with colourful characters, skillful players, triumphs, great supporters and community kinship. With the completion of this plan we hope to set ourselves up for another 125 years of the same...........!!