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AGM:
The format for our 2020 AGM on Friday night last, because of Covid-19 restrictions was quite a change from other years.
At the outset, sympathy was extended to the family of our late president John Burke, who sadly passed away during the year.
Equally, our executive going forward has seen changes in personnel too. All at the club wish to pay a sincere thank you to all the outgoing executive, who put in a tremendous effort for our club here in Milltown/Castlemaine GAA club.
Thank you to Podge Leane, Mike Carroll, Colin O’ Grady, John Joe Harmon, Eileen Spring Damian McCarthy, Emir Bevan, Mike Hickey, Gary Murphy, Deirdre O’ Sullivan, Sinead Clendenin, Adele O’Dwyer, Philip O’ Reilly, Eileen Lovett, Timmy Teahan and David Bevan for the fantastic work they have all done for Milltown/Castlemaine GAA club.
We would also like to give a warm welcome and best wishes to the incoming executive who are listed below, some of who have been with us for a number of years now but also a lot of new faces coming on board. Wishing everyone all the very best for the coming year and beyond.
At our AGM a number of new roles were elected and Sunday evening saw the first meeting of the new executive here at Milltown/Castlemaine GAA where the roles for the coming year were confirmed and the team had a chance to introduce themselves.
The full team is listed below:
President: Tom Griffin
Vice Presidents: Danny Roberts, Jimmy Boyle, George McKenna, Jack Kerins, Pat Twiss, Brother John Guinane
Chairperson: John Foley,
Vice Chair: Emmett Spring.
Secretary: Susan Joy Sheehan / Assist. Secretary – Insurance Officer: Catherine O’Connor
Treasurer: Ann Hogan / Assist. Treasurers: Derek Twiss & Andy Fitzpatrick.
PRO’s: Danny McClure / Dara O’ Connor.
Cultural Officer: Catherine Dennehy.
Children’s Officer: Shane Dinham
Players Rep: Brendan Delaney
Registrar: Karena Spring
Coaching Officers: Ian Twiss / Liam Doherty.
Coiste Na nÓg Chairperson: Ollie Kirwan
Assist Secretary / Coiste na nÓg Secretary: Joan O’Shea
Health and Well Being Officer: John Hegarty.
County Board Delegate: Linus Burke
Mid Kerry Board Delegate: Paud Hogan
Covid Officer: Claire O’Sullivan
Match 3 Winner Lotto:
Comhghairdeas mór to Muireann McAuliffe who was our Match 3 winner in our Lotto Jackpot draw at the weekend.
The drawn numbers were with the bonus number of 27. Our next draw for a jackpot of €12,600 will be on Friday February 19th 2021.
Buíochas ó chroí to all who continue to support our fundraising Lotto Jackpot Draw. We very much appreciate your support.
Thank you once again to Eileen Spring for the fantastic work she has done in co-ordinating our club Lotto over the past five years and best wishes to Rosanne O’Sullivan and Suzy Doherty who will take on this role.
New Sports Tracking App:
The very best of luck to Ollie Kirwan, our newly elected Coiste Na nÓg Chairman and U8 coach, with his new sports tracking app coming soon from his company Elite Events Management. Many of you may have participated in one of their Quest Adventure Series in the past, watch this space for the company’s exciting new venture
GAA for ALL
We would like to thank Gearóid (Kerry) and Kate (Cork) at the Kerry and the Cork Recreation and Sports Partnership for providing their Sports Inclusion webinar earlier this week. Over the past few months and going forward, our fantastic GAA for ALL team have and will be attending lots of training courses ahead of what we hope will be a safe return to football in the not too distant future.
Thanks to our organising team of Gillian, Stephanie, Marie, Dara and Danny for all the work and we are proud to say that we will be ready to hit the ground running when the go ahead is given for a return to football. If you want to get involved in any capacity either as a coach or group Covid Officer, please let Danny McClure know on 087/6536631.
Whether your child has a specific need or if they have never played sport before, our aim is (through the ethos of the charter that we have signed up for) to provide the opportunity for all to play sport. Please spread the word and keep an eye on our Facebook page- so that any children out there that may wish to join our training sessions will be aware of this wonderful GAA for ALL experience.
PRO
Finally, as the incoming PRO team (Danny McClure and Dara O’Connor) we would like to give a sincere thank you to Deirdre O’Sullivan our outgoing PRO who has done incredible work for the club over the last six years.
Deirdre not only represented the club superbly as PRO over the last number of years but was also involved in a number of other roles. Of these many roles, providing our club/community with informative weekly notes was one of her most important which she did fantastically each and every week.
We have big shoes to fill but we have been well trained having worked with Deirdre for the last number of years. Míle buíochas Deirdre.
