Midleton GAA Club

16 March, 2022

DINNER DANCE

2021 County Senior Hurling Championsship winning panel at the Dinner Dance.

2019 County Minor Hurling champions.

2020 East Cork Junior A Football champions.

2020 County Junior B Hurling champions.

2021 East Cork Junior C football champions.

The 2021 senior hurling management team with the Sean Og Murphy Cup and outgoing chairman Liam Ryan.

County and multiple East Cork winning Junior B manager, Gavin Power, received a presentation on the night from Barry Fitzgerald on behalf of the Junior B panel.

On Friday night last Midleton GAA Club held a dinner dance in Midleton Park Hotel to celebrate the fantastic successes of our teams over the past three years.  On the night the following teams were honoured:

2019 Minor Hurling County Champions

2019 Junior A Ladies Football East Cork Champions

2020 Junior A Football East Cork Champions

2020 Junior C Football East Cork Champions

2020 Junior B Hurling East Cork & County Champions

2021 Senior Hurling County Champions

The organising committee of Cormac Walsh, Tracy Saunderson, Terence McCarthy and Mairéad Beausang would like to thank most sincerely Midleton Park Hotel, in particular Martina McAteer and Diarmuid Vaughan for their help and professionalism, there is no doubt they pulled out all the stops on the night for us.  Midleton GAA wishes Midleton Park Hotel every success for the future. 

Many thanks to Pat Horgan and Liam Ryan who presented medals.  Thank you to our MC John Hogan who did a great job on the night.  Thank you to players, members and friends without your support nights like this cannot happen.  Wishing all teams in the club every success for 2022! Magpies Abú!

 

SENIOR HURLING LEAGUE

Our senior hurlers began their RedFM Senior Hurling League campaign at home to Douglas on Sunday last.

After a strong opening half we led at the break on a scoreline of 1-8 to 0-5 with the goal coming from Cormac Beausang.

Douglas were the better team in the second-half and they ran out winners at the full-time whistle on a score of 1-17 to 1-11.

Scorers: Cormac Beausang 1-3; David Cremin 0-2, Sean O’Leary Hayes, Pa White, Sam Quirke, James Nagle, Tommy O’Connell (F) and Aaron Mulcahy (F) 0-1 each.

MIDLETON: Brion Saunderson, Sean O’Leary Hayes, David Scanlon, Seadnaidh Smyth, Ciarmhac Smyth, Tommy O’Connell, Sam Quirke, Sean O’Meara, Aaron Mulchay, David Cremin, Ross O’Regan, Pa White, Garan Manley, Cormac Beausang, Alex Quirke. Subs used: Sean O’Farrell, Christian Murphy, Darragh McCarthy, James Nagle and Padraig O’Keeffe.

Our next league game is away to Newtownshandrum on Sunday week (March 27) at 12 noon.

 

EAST CORK FIXTURE

Junior A Football League: Sunday, March 20: Midleton v Cobh at home at 3pm.

 

JUVENILE FIXTURES

March 17 - Fe15 Premier 1 Hurling League: Midleton v Sars (Home) at 1pm.

March 17 – Fe 16 Hurling League: Inniscarra v Midleton (Away) at 4pm

March 18 – Fe 14 Hurling League: Midleton v Glen Rovers (Home) at 4pm

March 19 – Fe 17 Premier I Hurling League: Glen Rovers v Midleton (Away) at 11am

March 19 – Fe 13 Premier 1 Hurling League: Midleton v Sarsfield (Home) at 4pm

March 20 – Fe 17 C3 Hurling League: Douglas 3 v Midleton 2 (Away) at 5pm

 

LADIES FOOTBALL

DINNER DANCE

Congratulations to our Junior Ladies who were presented with their 2019 Junior A East Cork Championship Medals at last Friday night’s dinner dance. A great night was had by all. Many thanks to the organising committee for bringing everyone together to celebrate the huge success across all teams in the club.

Congratulations to our Junior Player Abby Quirke who played with the winning MTU team that won the All-Ireland Colleges Football final last Friday.

UPCOMING FIXTURE

U21 County Championship (away) Sunday 20th March v Killavullen. Throw in 3pm.

TRAINING - MONDAY, MARCH 21

U8s at Midleton Rugby Club 6.30-7.30pm

U10/12s at Midleton Rugby Club 6-7pm

Midleton Gaa Club: U14 at 6.30-7.30pm

U16/Minor and Junior at 7.30-8.30pm

Thursday Training for U16, Minor and Junior venue tbc. A text will be sent once we have details.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership for 2022 is NOW DUE. There are no changes to the membership rates from last year. Existing or New members can pay your membership immediately on Klubfunder by using this link: https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Midleton%20GAA/Membership#MembershipOptions0

For anyone who needs help using the link, we will be available in the Club on Saturday 26th March from 10am to 2pm to guide you through the online process. If you've any queries or need help with anything, please contact our Membership Officer Kieran Denihan 087-4105991 or email midletongaaregistrar@gmail.com. 

 

CAMOGIE

IMOKILLY U-15

Congratulations to our Fe15 girls Sorcha, Kate and Pippa who represented Imokilly recently coming up against Avondhu. Well done girls!

OPEN DAY & SWAP SHOP

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Camogie Open Day & Swap Shop  on Saturday Morning Last 12th March. Great to see all the new faces and much enthusiasm on show ahead of the new season .Thank you to the Committee for organising, our Coaching Officer Mark O’Sullivan and the club for use of the hall.

A special thank you to all who donated to our Swap Shop and for the kind donations we received to our Local Charity, we will advise with final figure shortly.

CORK MINORS

Huge Congratulations to Jerry Wallace and the Cork Minor team on another win in the All-Ireland Quarter Final against Waterford on Sunday at Castle Road. Another cleansheet for our own Jill Connaughton as she stood between the posts representing her club and county. Final score: Cork 0-10 to Waterford 0-9 (after extra-time).

 

MEMBERSHIP

It’s that time of year again. Membership for 2022 is now due. The membership rates are the same as last year. These are the different categories and fees.

ADULT NON PLAYER - €100

Non Player, Team Mentor, Officer, Committee Member: Must be paid by 31st March 2022 for Membership to 31st March 2023.

ADULT PLAYER (INCLUDING GYM) - €200

Employed Player 18 years+ including Gym. Must be paid by 31st March 2022 for membership to 31st March 2023.

ADULT PLAYER (INCLUDING GYM) – FULL-TIME STUDENT/APPRENTICE/UNEMPLOYED - €100

18yrs+ Adult Player Including Gym - You must be a Full Time Student or Apprentice or be Unemployed to avail of this option. Must be paid by 31st March 2022 for Membership to 31st March 2023.

ADULT NON PLAYER OAP OR UNEMPLOYED - €50

Non Player, OAP (65+), Unemployed: Must be paid by 31st May to have Voting Rights. Must be paid by 31st March 2022 for Membership to 31st March 2023

DIASPORA MEMBER - €50

A member who lives away from the club perhaps elsewhere in Ireland or abroad. This is a Social Membership only with no voting rights. Must be paid by 31st March 2022 for Membership to 31st March 2023

FAMILY REGISTRATION - €300

Employed Child/Children do not qualify for Family Membership. Child/Children born in 2003 or before do not qualify for Family Membership. Family Membership does not include the Gym. Additional Gym costs are €100pp per year. Must be over 18 years of age. Must be paid by 31st March 2022 for Membership to 31st March 2023.

YOUTH PLAYER – SENIOR INFANTS TO FE 18 - €135

Player must be under 18 Years of Age on 1st Jan 2022. Players in this category do not have Voting Rights until they reach their 18th Birthday. Must be paid by 31st March 2022 for Membership to 31st March 2023.

JUNIOR INFANTS PLAYERS OR MAGPIE ALL-STARS - €50

Player in Junior Infants Or Magpie All Stars. Must be paid by 31st March 2022 for membership to 31st March 2023.

The quickest way to pay is by the Klubfunder page: https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Midleton%20GAA/Membership#MembershipOptions

For anyone who needs help using the link, we will be available in the Club on Saturday 26th March from 10.00 to 14.00 hrs to guide you through the online process. If you've any queries or need help with anything, please contact our Membership Officer Kieran Denihan 087-410 5991 or email midletongaaregistrar@gmail.com 

Thank you to all those who have already paid their membership for 2022.

 

CHILD SAFEGUARDING WORKSHOP

Midleton GAA will run a child safeguarding 1 workshop on 27th April 2022 in the club. To book a place on the course please email childrensofficer.midleton.cork@gaa.ie.

 

GYM REOPENED

Our club Gym has now re-opened to members. Access FOBs have been re activated.

Please note that some of the equipment will be undergoing some service work over the coming weeks so apologies in advance for any inconvenience.

 

LOTTO

Our Lotto Jackpot was a choice of €20,000 or a VW Golf 1.0 TSI (in partnership with Blackwater Motors) the numbers were 4, 15 & 27 Bonus 7. 

There was no winner of the jackpot so next Friday’s jackpot will remain the same. There was also no winner of the Match 3 jackpot worth €400.

The Lucky Dip Prize winners this week were: Aidan Ryan, Carmel McDonagh, Patrick O’Brien and Cathy Cunningham, who won €25 cash each.

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

 

BINGO

Our Bingo continues on Friday nights with an early game at 7.25pm. Everyone is welcome.

 

CLUB SHOP

The Midleton GAA club shop is back up and running for the 2022 season but please note that it’s still online with collection only at the club on a Saturday morning.

All you have to do is go to the Klubfunder website

https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Midleton%20GAA/ShopItems

and you will see the full range of what’s available to buy. You can shop away to your heart’s content, pay for it online and then collect your purchases at the club shop on Saturday morning between 9.30am and 10am. Thank you.

 

ST. PATRICK'S DAY & GOLD CUP DAY

Please note that we will have loads of boys and girls taking part in the Midleton St. Patrick's Day, which gets underway at 3pm so get out and give them some support. 

All members, families and their friends are more than welcome to return to the club house for refreshments after the parade. 

The club bar will also be open on Friday, also a holiday, for the Cheltenham Gold Cup. First race is 1.30pm and all members and friends are welcome.