Midleton Hurling and Football, Ladies Football and Camogie Club News
28 March, 2021
The key messages for this week:
- COVID-19 communication from Croke Park
- Rebels’ Bounty draw a great success
- Lotto Jackpot will be €20,000 next Friday night
- Games Development Webinar next Tuesday
Midleton GAA…at the ‘Heart of the Community’. Ní neart go cur le chéile. There is no strength without unity.
COVID Update
Communication from Croke Park
Mega Lotto Results
- 4 Lucky Dip Prize Winners this week
- The re-launched Lotto is a critical component of our fundraising for Park South. The support to date has been good, especially with the number of annual subscriptions that have been submitted.
- In total Midleton GAA will give out local business vouchers to the value of €3,800 every year as part of our “Shop Local, Buy Local” campaign.
- How to play: Go to https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Midleton%20GAA/lotto select your numbers and number of draws to play. You can buy an annual ticket by selecting “50” from the “Number of Draws” to Play dropdown.
Rebels’ Bounty Draw
Go raibh maith agaibh. A big thank you to the over 350 people who bought Rebels’ Bounty tickets. Whilst the draw has been a tremendous success for the Cork County Board it has been an even greater success for GAA clubs in their fundraising efforts.
We wish all our members and supporters best of luck in the monthly draws during he year.
Click here to see winners for January, February and March draws which took place on Thursday night.
Blast from the Past
This team are celebrating the 50th anniversary of winning the East Cork U21 Championship
Games Development Webinar
Tuesday 30th at 8.30pm
Presenter: Brian Cuthbert
Topic: Creating an environment for optimum player development
Email secretarybng.midleton.cork@gaa.ie to receive a Teams link
Camogie
Healthy Club Project
HSE Health and Wellbeing Positive Psychology and Happiness webinar on Wednesday 31st March at 2pm.
As we continue to adapt our lifestyles to deal with COVID-19 and face difficult challenges HSE Health and Wellbeing are taking the opportunity to share some tips on how to build happiness into your life using positive psychology. Positive psychology focuses on the positive events and influences in life. Register Here. Building on our focus of Minding your Wellbeing guest speaker Paula King, Psychologist will
- Discuss the importance of creating meaning in our lives and living a life of purpose
- Look at the studies carried out on optimists and pessimists and creating hope in our todays and our tomorrows
- Explore the concept of compassion in particular self-compassion
- Look at creating a personal ‘Happiness Life Guide’
Minding Your Wellbeing
A new video-based mental wellbeing programme called Minding Your Wellbeing is now freely accessible HERE. This programme aims to provide simple tools and guidance to develop and maintain a positive outlook by looking after our mental health and wellbeing. Brought to you by HSE Health and Wellbeing, this evidence-based programme provides a unique opportunity for people to learn more about mindfulness, gratitude, self-care and resilience.
International Adolescent Health Week 2021
This week is international Adolescent Health Week 2021, March 21st – 27th. Celebrating Adolescent Resilience in the Face of a Global Pandemic. Let's show our young people how important they are this week. Find out more information at the following link:https://internationaladolescenthealthweek.org/index.html
Health Promoting Links:
The following links may help to support your members across various areas of Health & Wellbeing;
- https://www.choosetolivebetter.com/
- https://www.stopsmokingni.info/
- https://www2.hse.ie/quit-smoking/
- https://helplinesni.com/
- https://www.sportireland.ie/keepwell
- https://www.gov.ie/en/campaigns/healthy-ireland/
- https://www2.hse.ie/wellbeing/mental-health/covid-19/minding-your-mental-health-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak.html
Juvenile
Junior Infants Boys Pre-Registration
The ongoing Govid-19 government restrictions has meant that the most important boy’s team in the club, the new Fé6 Junior Infants Boys, haven’t been able to commence their GAA training yet. We hope that once the restrictions are lifted, this group will join all their teammates in Midleton GAA Club on the training fields. We also hope that official Club registration will take place when restrictions allow. In the meantime, if any parents of Junior Infant Boys wish to submit their details including name/ number/ email, they can do so to our Juvenile Secretary Michael Carroll at secretarybng.midleton.cork@gaa.ie or to 086-8362218.
Safeguarding, Vetting & Coaching
Safeguarding, vetting and coaching training are all mandatory requirements of any GAA club. To help us create a safe and enjoyable environment for the children who play Gaelic games in Midleton we are very active at the moment in updating our requirements.
A number of coaches have applied for Garda vetting due to the changes to the legislation which now mean that vetting is valid for three years only, as opposed to the previous rule which allowed for five years.
We recently hosted a Foundation coaching training with GDA Sean Crowley and those who participated on the night are currently completing the online piece following the introduction by Sean. This qualification will be completed with a practical session later in the year once we are back on the pitch.
Our virtual Safeguarding workshop which is booked for 2nd of March is now full. If you need to complete this workshop, please contact the Children’s Officer at ChildrensOfficer.midleton.cork@gaa.ie. We will book another session to facilitate all those who need it at the first available opportunity.
A huge correspondence drive from the club to all coaches who require updating has been ongoing for the last number of weeks. As a club there has been a phenomenal response to this with the majority active in updating requirements. This is highly appreciated by the club and will ensure our prompt and safe return to play once the restrictions are eased. Many thanks to all who are involved.
