Midleton GAA Club

17 December, 2017

Post Primary Schools Hurling
Last Wednesday Midleton CBS made it back to back titles when they defeated North Monastery in the Dr O’ Callaghan Cup Hurling final at Riverstown by 1-20 to 0-13.
Team: Alan Power (Midleton), Jamie Landers (Killeagh), Sean O’Sullivan (Midleton), Dylan Hogan (Killeagh), Eoghan O’Sullivan (St Colmans), Aaron Walsh Barry (Carrigtwohill, Sean O’Leary Hayes (Midleton), Ger Millerick (Fr O’Neills), Daragh Moran (Kiltha Óg), Joe Stack (Kiltha Óg), Liam O’Shea (Lisgoold), Cathal Hickey (Lisgoold), Kian Farmer (Midleton), Arthur Nganou (Midleton) & Liam Gosnell (Carrigtwohill).
 
The Harty Cup quarter final draw took place during the week, Midleton CBS will face Thurles CBS and CBC will play St Colman’s in an all Cork derby, these games have been fixed for the 10th of January.   

Annual Long Puck (Puc Fada)
The annual Sean Keohane Memorial Puc Fada will take place on St Stephens’s morning December 26th over the usual course. The Juvenile section will have a Fun puck whilst the Adults will compete in teams of 3 @ €10each, the buses will depart the Club at 9.30am sharp for Lisgoold. Please note that Vis vests are essential, everybody is welcome and refreshments will be served in the Club immediately afterwards.

Happy Xmas and Healthy New Year
The Executive committee of the Club would like to wish all our members, players, officers and supporters a Happy Xmas and a Healthy New Year.

Ladies Football (Peil na mBan)
Many thanks to all the girls who turned out in their festive gear. We would like to wish all our girls and their families a wonderful Christmas and hope to see ye all in the New Year. Training times and venues will be decided in 2018 and all parents will be contacted.
Food Appeal: This Year Midleton Ladies Football took on the task of organising the St Vincent de Paul Food Appeal on behalf of Midleton Gaa, Ladies Football and Camogie Clubs. We had a huge amount of Food donated and we would like to Thank all the Parents and Children who dropped donations into the Club Shop on Saturdays mornings and to the Juvenile Socials held at the Club. Members from Ladies Football, the Juvenile and Camogie Clubs presented Dick McSweeney from St Vincent de Paul with all the donations yesterday.

Lip Sync Fundraiser
Midleton GAA, Ladies Football and Camogie clubs are coming together with Midleton Rugby Club for a joint Fundraiser in 2018. The Radisson Hotel will be the place to be on March 18th. How does it work?
We need 30-35 people, we are looking for club members, parents of club members, friends, and local business people from the surrounding areas and we need both men and women! Acts will be trained by a professional choreographer in the weeks preceding the event and so will be fully prepared to perform on the night of the Live Show. We need to have our act volunteers in place by mid January so if you are interested in volunteering we need to hear from you ASAP. Please contact Tracy on 087-6625544 or email midletonladiesfootballpro@gmail.com

St Stephens Night Entertainment
Local band FLAKE the GANDER will play in the Club on St Stephens night supported by The Two Dans, Eoghan Hennessy and DJ Aaron Stanton, doors open at 7.30pm, tickets are only €15 and are available from Pat O Brien at 086/8118815 and 083/8406390.

Lotto (An Lató)
Our Lotto Jackpot was €4,000, there was no winner, no’s were 2,7,17, & 20 , the Lucky Dip winners were Bridgett Botrel, Irene Ahern, Willie O’Brien, Liam Walsh Snr. & Michael Cahill, next week’s Jackpot will be €4,200
Tickets are on sale at the Club Bar, O‘Neills Bar, Linehan’s Bar, Maple Leaf Bar, O’ Farrell’s Butchers, Frank Murphy Butchers, Pat Walsh Paints, Chadwicks, Teach Beag, Niall Mac’s Bar & Wallis’s Bar.
Our Online Lotto is now available, logon to the Club homepage www.midletongaa.com to purchase your ticket.

BINGO each Friday at 8 pm, the €1,000 Jackpot this week is on 53 calls. Green Sheet is €1,200 on 5 numbers. Bingo will be run on 22nd & 29th of December

Juvenile

Red Cross Certified Course
On Wednesday Evening Ber Cotter, Health & Social Care Officer in Midleton/Carrigtwohil Red Cross provided a fully qualified First Aid Training Course along with her colleagues Cath de Landre and Mick Bolger. In attendance were members from the Juvenile and Senior Club and Ladies Football Club. The fully certified course covered Adult and Junior CPR, how to recognise the signs of a Stroke and also how to use and operate an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) Unit. Midleton GAA Club is extremely fortunate to have a Defibrillator Unit located on the Club grounds in the event of an emergency. Each participant of the course was guided through the techniques of CPR and also had the chance to practice the skills they learned on Adult, junior and baby mannequins. They were also given the chance to practice the operational use of training AED units.  The Club would like to thank Ber most sincerely for providing such an extremely important course to our coaches and players. The feedback from the participants who attended the course was overwhelmingly positive and all were delighted to have had the opportunity to learn from Ber and her colleagues.
Course Participants: Liam Walsh, Michael O’ Connell, Aidan, Moloney, Deirdre Kenny, Mark Savage, Ingrid Connoughton, Tracy Saunderson, Ray Fitzgerald, Amy Quirke, Caoimhe Morrison, Steve Kane and Paul Britton.

SVP Food Appeal
The Midleton Juvenile Committee would like to express our sincere thanks and gratitudes to all our players and families who helped support the Clubs St. Vincent De Paul food appeal this Christmas.  We would also like to acknowledge and thank our friends in Midleton Ladies Football Club who co-ordinated the food appeal this year on behalf of Midleton Hurling & Football Club, Midleton Juvenile GAA, Midleton Ladies Football & Midleton Camogie Club.  All the clubs donations were collected Saturday December 16th and will be circulated to families within our community in time for Christmas.  Thank you.

Munster GAA Club Forum
The 2018 Munster GAA Club Forum will take place on Saturday January 20th at Pairc Ui Chaoimh with an impressive line-up of topics and speakers. Ruth Walsh is co-ordinating a Club booking on behalf of Midleton GAA Club for all persons wanting to attend.  If you haven’t done so already please email Ruth at walshruth100@gmail.com to book your place.

Club Shop (Siopa Clubanna)
The Club Shop is open next Saturday 16th from 10 to 11.30am and then will close until the 3rd of February. Thanks to everyone for your support throughout the year, have a Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year.