Midleton GAA Club

Midleton Hurling and Football, Ladies Football and Camogie Club News

09 May, 2021

The key messages for this week:

COVID-19 Update… Safe Return to Play
Lotto Jackpot will be €20,000 next Friday night
Membership 2021
Club Shop is open for ‘Click and Collect’
New intake of Camogie players at U6 train for the first time

Midleton GAA…at the ‘Heart of the Community’. Ní neart go cur le chéile. There is no strength without unity.

COVID Update & Return to Play

Next week will see adult teams ‘Return to Play’. Welcome Back!!

Team managers will advise of date, time and venue for training. Please remember that players/parents are required to complete a Health Questionnaire declaration BEFORE each training session or match.

Midleton GAA ‘One Club’ have put together a comprehensive guide to the Safe Return to Play for all teams. All parents, players and coaches are asked to familiarise themselves with these guidelines including, but not limited to, the Health Questionnaire requirements and access maps to the 4 facilities being used by Midelton GAA ‘One Club’.

Key links:

Midleton GAA ‘One Club’ Guide and other Return to Play information: covid-19-news

FOIREANN (was Return to Play) where Health Questionnaire can be completed prior to each training session/match (FYI, use the same email and password from last year):

https://foireann.ie

https://returntoplay.ie

Mega Lotto Results

Our Lotto Jackpot was €20,000 the numbers 6, 7, 30 Bonus 10. There was no winner of the jackpot so next Friday’s jackpot will remain €20,000.
4 Lucky Dip Prize Winners this week were Lorraine Keegan O’Connell, Gillian Horgan, Sinéad Quirke, Nora O’Reilly.
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: Tickets are on sale at Pat Walsh Paints, Chadwicks, Frank Murphy Butchers, Murphy’s Pharmacy, Crowley Butchers, or buy online, through Klubfunder, at 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.

Letter to Members - 2021 Membership

Midleton GAA, Midleton Camogie & Midleton Ladies Football One Club Membership 2021

Dear Fellow Member,

I hope you and your family are keeping well.

We are writing to you to let you know your Club Membership for 2021 is now due and we outline below the steps you can follow at make this payment.

Membership income is a key source of revenue for our Club in any year, but in 2021 it is more important than ever. While a lot of our revenue streams are in hibernation because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, our liabilities are still falling due. As you are aware, we have ambitious and hugely exciting plans for Park South and to keep these on track our membership income is more important than ever. To play, act as a Team Mentor or Club Officer you need to be a paid-up member, and, if you are a Full Member and have paid your membership before 31^st May you may vote at the Club AGM.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions there are no current plans to have Membership Day in the Club as in previous years, therefore the summary below outlines how Midleton GAA One Club will facilitate membership 2021. Your membership payment and your continued support in general is greatly appreciated and we hope that we all be back participating and contributing to our thriving Club over the next couple of weeks /months.

Summary points to note for 2021 Membership:

Membership is due to be paid by 31^st May. Normally it is March 31^st but Croke Park has extended for this year until 31^st may.
You may pay your membership in several ways.
If paying in one single payment you have two options:

By using KlubApp:

You can follow a link to KlubApp from the Midleton GAA website (click here);

Fill out all relevant details on KlubApp and process your payment using KlubApp;

By Cheque or Cash:

Download the membership form from Midleton GAA website, complete all relevant sections of the form.
Contact any of the following Registrars to arrange taking your payment and your completed membership forms - Tracy Saunderson, GAA Registrar 087 662 5544, Amy Quirke, Ladies Football Registrar 086 266 4659 or Shirley Garde Camogie Registrar 086 198 5207.

Members this year also have the option of paying their membership in three instalments. If you wish to pay in instalments you must follow the following process, no other options are available if paying in instalments:
Download the membership form from the Club website and complete all relevant sections.

Contact GAA Club Registrar Tracy Saunderson by email at midletongaaregistrar@gmail.com to arrange payment.
Completed Membership form must accompany first payment.
You must pay in three equal size instalments.
You may pay Tracy either by cheque, two of which may be post-dated for June and July or by three equal sized cash payments.
All cheques should be made payable to ‘Midleton Hurling & Football Club’
You must pay first instalment by 15^th May, second instalment by 15^th June and third and final instalment by 15^th July.

However, from an administrative perspective and ease for our members, we would encourage members where possible to complete this year’s membership through the KlubApp.

Membership Weekend

Given the current Covid 19 restrictions we cannot have a Membership Day in our Club Pavilion at Clonmult Memorial Park as we have done in recent years.

With that in mind we have designated Saturday May 8th and Sunday May 9th as our Membership Weekend.

We are asking all Members to pay their Membership online over the course of that weekend.

This is timely as all teams, adult as well as underage are back training from Monday May 10th.

Membership Rates 2021

Adult Full Member, Voting Rights (GAA only):

Adult Non-Player, Team Mentor, Officer, Committee Member €100
Adult Player (including Gym) €200
Adult Player, Full Time Student (3rd Level), Apprentice or Unemployed (including Gym)€100
Non-Player, OAP (65+), Unemployed €50

Youth membership

Player in Junior Infants or Magpie All Stars €50
Player Senior Infants – Fe18 €135 (U18 on Jan 1st, 2021)

Family Membership €300

Diaspora Membership (NEW for 2021) €50

Notes:

Employed Child/Children do not qualify for Family Membership.
A Child/Children born in 2002 or before do not qualify for Family Membership.
Gym Membership for Adults is not included in Family Membership, Annual Gym membership is an additional charge of €100.00 per Adult per year.
Diaspora Membership is for those supporters living away from Midleton. It is a non-voting social membership.
There will be a cap of a maximum of €500 per household. Children in full time employment cannot be included in this calculation.

Thank you for your continued support.

Yours sincerely.

Liam Ryan, Chairperson Midleton GAA

Ingrid Connaughton, Chairperson Midleton Camogie

Paddy Corcoran, Chairperson, Midleton Ladies Football

Club Shop

The club shop is back open online. You can order and pay for club gear online through Klubfunder.

Go to https://tinyurl.com/y3os6hus

Once ordered you will be contacted to arrange for collection. For any queries email: midletongaaclubshop@gmail.com

Camogie

We are so thankful to have all groups are back training safely in the last week. On Friday 7^th May we welcomed our Mini Magpies to our Club as they trained for the first time. We would like to thank Head Coach Niall Ring for the huge amount of time and effort he put into organising the drills and games the girls played on the evening. Also we were overwhelmed by the support from parents and guardians who turned up on the night and especially the parents who volunteered and gave up their time to make all this possible. If you would like to volunteer within our club please contact us and we would be happy to welcome you on board. A big Thank you to Mary and Coleman Quinn and also to Sheila McSweeney who set up a ‘Club Shop’ at the beginning of training so all our budding stars could be kitted out with new Hurleys and Helmets.

It is great to see our club going from strength to strength in the last few years and we always welcome new players from U6 right up to our Adult Team. Regular updates will be posted on our Social Media Pages along with photos and training times.

Huge congratulations on Saturday 8^th May 2021 to our Coaching Officer Mark O Sullivan AKA Fanta, who completed a gruelling walk from Aghada to Midleton in full Fire Fighter suit carrying an oxygen tank on his back. Fanta gave up his time and fundraised for local man Ryan Murphy. Thank you to all who supported him along the way and on the day.