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Cuman Luthchleas Gael Cinn Mhara

Kinvara GAA Juvenile Club

AGM

Sunday 3rd

February 2019

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KINVARA GAA JUVENILE CLUB

A.G.M.

SUNDAY 3RD

FEBRUARY 2019

CLUB MEETING ROOM

1. Introduction

2. Minutes of A.G.M. 2017

3. Secretary‟s report

4. Treasurer‟s report

5. Chairman‟s report

6. Child Welfare Officers report

7. Managers report

8. Election of Managers 2019

9. A.O.B.

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Minutes of Kinvara GAA Juvenile Club A.G.M.

2017

Kinvara Juvenile AGM was held on December 5th

2017 in the club meeting room.

There was 20 people in attendance.

Chairperson Paul O'Donoghue opened the meeting with a minutes silence for all those

lost during the year.

Paul also gave a detailed account of the clubs activities for the past year, in the absence

of Mary Cullen Ward ( acting secretary) and thanked all those involved.

Treasurer Paddy Barry gave a detailed account of the clubs finances. He announced he

was stepping down in his role but would remain active.

Chairperson Paul O'Donoghue, in his address, congratulated all those involved with

success during the year, but all those other teams who played and competed. He thanked

all involved from committee level to coaches, to parents and all the young players.

Paul outlined how the juvenile club is getting bigger and bigger and faces new and more

challenges each year.

He wishes all incoming managers all the best for the coming season.

Elected Juvenile Committee

Chairperson Paul o Donoghue

Secretary Mary Cullen Ward

Treasurer Tom Hayes

After there was election of all juvenile club officers and team managers, and other roles.

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Secretary‟s Report

On behalf of Paul and Tom, I‟d like to welcome you all here this evening and thank you for

attending our A.G.M.

For all those families within our club and community who have lost loved ones throughout

the year, we send our deepest sympathies and remember them all this evening. A special

acknowledgment on the passing of two of our club Presidents , who we sadly lost last

summer, Paul O‟ Shaughnessy and Paddy Kavanagh R.I.P.

2018 has been an extremely busy year within our Juvenile club, with many highlights.

Firstly and most sincerely I would like to thank all of our coaches who give up their time

weekly to train our children and attend matches. We all appreciate your efforts and

dedication to our club.

At the beginning of 2018 we started our year with our medal presentation night on January

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2018.This was a very enjoyable evening for all involved and we thank everyone who

had a part in organizing the night .

Kinvara GAA Juvenile Club Highlights 2018

Over 230 children registered in the Juvenile club.

There was approx. 135 matches played across the board in total. This does not include challenge matches or training sessions.

Record attendance at Cul Camps. There were 211 boys and girls at the Hurling Cul Camp (compared to 159 previous year).

The Football Cul Camp had 63 participants, and saw a surprise visit from county

players Damian Comer, Adrian Varley and Johnny Heaney.

U11 Hurling boys participated in Tournament in Ballyragget, Co Kilkenny.

U12 Hurling were top of their league throughout the championship but lost their Cup Final by a goal. They also travelled to Cork for Muldoon Cup Tournament in

Innishannon.

U12 Footballers – won their Shield Final.

U13 Hurling lost A1 Final by 3 points. They now go forward to play U14A hurling

in 2019.

U13 Footballers won their Div 2A Championship final.

U14 Hurlers had a very busy year. They won their B Shield final, also won the Feile Justin Cheevers Cup final, and won the Feile na nGael Div 3 Shield Final.

U14 Footballers won their Div 2 Championship final.

U15 Hurling had a great year but unfortunately lost their A1 Championship semi-final.

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U15 Footballers won their Div 3 Championship final.

U16 Hurling reached the B Championship semi-final.

Kinvara Hurling and Camogie clubs were host clubs for the 2018 Feile na nGael.

Juvenile Club had a very successful presentation night recently in December and also received a special award from Coiste Peil na nOg.

Juvenile calendar also launched on the night.

13 players have graduated to the Senior Club from the Juvenile Club.

Dr McCarthy Cup (U16 Hurling) was played in September welcoming the McCarthy family from America.

Toddie Byrne Cup (U13 hurling) and Michael O Sullivan Cup (U12 Football) were played on separate dates.

Separate hurling and football La na gClubs were successfully held in October.

15 Juvenile members were part of Galway Development Squads in Hurling and Football.

Juvenile club participated in St. Patrick‟s Day Parade in full club colours.

Kinvara are a host club for Feile Peil na nOg in 2019.

All of the above highlights are a credit and testament to both the coaches and players and

we look forward to another year ahead in our club, where these children continue to play,

develop and learn more skills under the direction of our dedicated coaches.

Kinvara GAA welcomes all our new members and look forward to meeting more children

and families in 2019.

Online registration is now open for all children, this information will be sent out via Whats

App, FB, and text from all managers.

http://www.kinvaragaa.ie/juvenile-membersship-2019/

Any queries can be emailed to kinvaragaajuvsec@gmail.com or ask any of our club

officers.

SPECIAL THANKS

I would like to firstly, thank our Chairperson Paul o Donoghue, who unfortunately is

stepping down this evening from his role. Paul has been an excellent Chairperson these past

couple of years, who has been involved in every aspect of our club in both Hurling and

Football.Your commitment and dedication to our club has been above the “ call of duty”.

We wish you well and thank you so much again from all in Kinvara Juvenile GAA.

To Tom Hayes, our Treasurer, thank you for maintaining all our finances so professionally

this year and giving your time and experience to our club.We look forward to another busy

year ahead and working alongside you.

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Kinvara GAA Juvenile club would like to thank the following

To all the parents and guardians within our club, thank you for your support and we

continue to encourage parents to get involved through training, fundraising or

helping with events. Please contact your child‟s manager or any club officer to offer

your help or any new ideas.

Sponsors of our club; a very special thank you to John Burke of Londis Plus

Kinvara who is very generous to us each year. We really appreciate your support.

To all other business who have helped us throughout the year, and to those who

donated spot prizes for various events, and Feile thank you

Keoghs Bar & Restaurant Michael Leech O‟Connors Bakery Gort

Pier Head Ellie Botique, Oranmore Haircare Hairdressing

Galway

Sexton‟s Bar &Lounge St.Joseph‟s N.S. Mick O Hara

Greene‟s Bar Garvan & Lorraine o Donnell DJ Mark Madden

Conole‟s Bar Michael o Grady & Co Accountants Hilda o Grady

Northampton N.S. P.A. Niall o Shaughnessy Daly‟s Pharmacy

Fox‟s Restaurant Secure All- Sean o Hanrahan Bus Eireann

Kinvara Pharmacy Niamh Huban, Murphy‟s Pahrmacy Enda Costello

C.Gaffney S.Moylan Fahy‟s Nogra

TyreAware The Sunflower Room PAS Accounting

Callanan FitClub Arrabawn Tire Check

Cadman Sliotars A Synch Tech Kinvara Rock and Road

Irish National Stone Seaport Dental Fallon‟s

Northampton Preschool Catwalk Modeling Agency Ard Precision LTD.

T.J.OMahony Murphy Heating Errigal Transport LTD.

Creteplant Coen Steel Quinns

Dulux Midwest Formwork Gort Comm.College

Michael Keogh Kepak Damien Mitchell

B.Murphy Agri Be Yourself Botique ODriscolls Hurls

Tully‟s Bar Gort Mart Joe Byrne

Colm Farrell Merriman Hotel Men;s Shed

Kinvara Credit Union Crinniu na mBad Murphy‟s Stone

Airwire Secure All DHKN Life

MMPS O Hanlon Sliotars Yoga Studio

Bons Secours Proviz Keg Tek

Brendan Corless Clada Medical Devices Kinvara Sailing Club

Breslin Family Doorus Construction Siar

Born for Men Galway Corrib Oil Sean Bermingham

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To any coach, club member or parent who helped and donated their time for

fundraising events, serving refreshments, cleaning, baking, helped in the

organization of any events or lighting bonfires, we sincerely thank you all.

Without your help many of these events could not take place.

A massive thanks to everyone involved in getting our village, pitch grounds

and dressing rooms ready for Feile last June. The club is indebted to a great

bunch of members, coaches and parents who helped with painting, cutting,

strimming, mopping, buntings, flags, booklets etc. Also thanks to Katie and

Bianna Meyler for singing our national anthem at this event.Paul will discuss

more on Feile in his Chairperson‟s report.

Special thanks to all in Kinvara Camoige Club for their help in organizing

our Feile weekend .We had lots of events leading up to , during and after the

Feile. Your help was greatly appreciated.

St. Joseph‟s N.S, Northamptom N.S., Dorrus N.S. and Seamount College for

their help in promoting hurling and football in school and the community.

Coaching and school liaison officers for training and developing hurling and

football within the schools.

Seamount College and St.Joseph‟s N.S. for the use of their facilities to train

our teams.

Club referees who helped throughout the year, John mc Donagh, Tommie

Hanlon, Ger o Connor, Francis Comyn and Garret Byrne.

John mc Donagh and Tommy Ivers , our club delegates for representing us at

committee and County Board level.

John Linnane for maintaining and managing our pitch.

Club physiotherapist, John Earls.

Lotto committee and sellers, thank you for all the unseen work which is done

weekly, also those at the Tuesday night draw and compiling the news letter.

Máire O‟Keefe our Irish Language and Cultural Officer for Irish translations,

facilitating the use of Gaeilge in our club, maintaining a club presence on

Twitter and in her role as Scor Officer.

I would like to commend Garret Byrne in helping me maintaining a very active and popular G.A.A. Facebook page. Our facebook has now grown to

2,650 followers.Thanks to Garret for all our local history facts and photos

and giving detailed match reports.

John Kelly and Mick o Hara for capturing a lot of photos this year , on the

ground and in the air.

To Willie o Reilly, Burren Eye Photography, thank you for all the photos throughout the year.

This year‟s Dr. McCarthy Cup was most special and historic as we welcomed for the first time two grandchildren of Dr. McCarthy. Frank Burke

and Joanne Gibson together with their spouses were guests of honour at the

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match and were the first descendants of Dr. McCarthy to see the Cup being

played in its 55 year history.

The Cup dates back to 1963 and is one of the oldest, original and still active

cups in the entire GAA. The original presentation photograph was replicated

earlier in the evening, including local descendants from the original photo.

After the match we spent a really special evening in the Pier Head with our

visitors and their spouses Karen and Chuck. John Conneely joined us on an

historical basis, and the whole occasion was recorded for Kinvara

Community Radio thanks to Ailish and Barry Kavanagh.

As it happened the match was a draw (first time ever). We thank the 26 lads

who played, their coaches, referee Tommy Hanlon and Paul O‟Donoghue for

his co-operation and assistance.

Kinvara GAA pitch development committee and finance committee for their

work throughout the year.

Thank you very much to Colm Callnan, Conor Whelan and Gary Sikes for

presenting medals recently at our awards night.

To members of Coiste Peil na nOg and Coiste Cumann na nOg for attending

and presenting medals at our recent award night.

To Catherine Kilkelly and Michael o Sullivan , our club presidents for

attending our medals presentation night also.

Thanks to the staff in Keoghs of Kinvara and the Pier Head , who gave us

excellent service and catered for all the children and families throughout the

year.

Finally a big thank you to Garret Byrne ( outgoing Chairperson ) for your

time, commitment and guidance within the club.

I hope I haven‟t omitted anyone or any organization, I sincerely apologize if I have.Your

time, effort, help and commitment to our club is very much appreciated.

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CONGRATULATIONS

Michael Burke on his election as Treasurer of the Galway GAA Co Board.

Conor Whelan and Colm Callanan on retaining their Leinster titles (Bob O Keefe Cup) and winning Wild Geese Cup in Sydney.

Conor Whelan on his All-Star nomination and making the 2018 Galway Club Intermediate All-Star Team (his 4

th in a row).

Ruairí MacSweeney who was part of the Galway minor football squad who reached

the All-Ireland final.

Seamount College Boy‟s Team who beat New Inn in the Connacht Colleges Senior C hurling final. 12 Kinvara lads were involved.

Dean Ivers and the Galway McDonagh U17 Hurling panel who won Division 1 Corn Michael Hogan Cup.

Conail Larrisey and Rossa Barry who also played U17 Celtic Challenge this year and just narrowly lost out in the semi-final.

All Juvenile teams who won silverware this year

HURLING

U12 ,13,14,15

FOOTBALL

U12,13,14,15

We congratulate the Camogie Club on all their success in the past year. We also congratulate the new officers for 2019 – Michael Kilkelly (Chairperson), Caroline

Corless (Secretary) and Paul Dalton (Treasurer).

To those new 2019 team managers ,we wish you all well in the coming year.

Scor na nOg participants and to County winners of the Ceoil/Uirlise Music Group

,they represented us in the Connacht Scor Finals earlier in 2018.

Again on 8th December last, Kinvara‟s entry to the Leiriu Staitse (Stage

presentation) saw them lift gold at the County Scor and they advanced to the

Connacht Finals on January 13th

2019. A special mention to our Scor Officer Maire

O Keeffe for her efforts.

To all the Limerick supporters, who are part of our club, on winning All Ireland

hurling title.

Finally congratulations to Dominic Gallagher , who was recently elected as

Kinvara GAA Chairperson. All in the Juvenile club wish you well for the coming

year and we look forward to working alongside you.

Congratulations to all managers, coaches and players who received some silver ware this

year. It was a very successful year for our club. Our club was well represented at both

county and national level. We thank you all for your dedication and to the parents who

supported us throughout the year.

Congratulations also to all our younger teams within the club, who have trained each week

developing their skills and knowledge of both hurling and football. It would be remiss of

me not to acknowledge their hard work and dedication also. To their coaches, managers and

parents we thank and congratulate you all on your time, efforts and commitment to the

children and Kinvara GAA Juvenile club.

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I have had the privilege to be involved within this club for the past 6/7 years, originally just

helping out on the sideline and fundraising events. In the more recent years as Child

Welfare Officer, Health & Wellbeing Committee member and officially Juvenile Secretary

this past year, although I did help in this role in previous years.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone on the Kinvara GAA Executive

committee, Senior club, Juvenile club and Camoige club for their time and efforts in

developing and maintaining our club. The amount of experience, knowledge and good will

within our club is of a high standard and has been noted by people outside our club.

To anyone who gave me guidance within the club or from County board level, I appreciate

it. It has been a pleasure working with you all and I look forward to the year ahead, busy as

it maybe!

Is mise le meas

Mary Cullen Ward

Kinvara GAA Juvenile secretary

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Child Welfare Officers Report

Over the past year I have attended courses provided by the County Board to ensure our

Club is aware of all the new Policies and Guidelines on Child Protection, which are in law

since. All relevant information have been discussed at our regular Juvenile club meetings

and all managers and coaches have been updated on these policies and guidelines.

All of our coaches in both Hurling and Football are GardaVetted .

No new volunteers are allowed to train our children unless they have Garda Vetting

completed and the Child Protection course also completed.

The majority of our coaches have these courses completed, only a small few , through no

fault of their own had to wait for the new Spring Child Protection course to become

available. They will attend this course in the coming weeks.

The Spring Hurling and Football course calendar is now available and im pleased to say at

present we have 6 coaches willing to attend more courses. We are aiming for more coaches

to attend AWARD 1 courses to gain more knowledge and receive up to date information

on training and new guidelines.In 2018 we had a number of coaches complete hurling and

football foundation courses.

During the year we hosted Feile and it was a very successful event.

All host families were Garda Vetted without any problems and all children were cared for

to the highest standard. We thank all parents involved with this.

Going forward this year, we still have an open door policy within our club, should anybody

i.e. a child, parent or coach have an issue that they would like guidance or help with. There

is a system in place provided by Croke Park to help us deal with any situation that may

arise within our club.Please contact any club officer or Mary Cullen Ward if you require

assistance.

In light of recent events that happened with another club this year, it has been said at

County Board meetings that all clubs will be audited this coming year.

Yours in sport

Mary Cullen Ward

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Manager’s Report

Hurling

U6 Colm Burke, Nigel Conneely, Colm Gill, Peter Mahon & Rob Kenny

This team had 35 training sessions from Feb- Oct 2018.

Played 6 matches against Michael Cusacks, Gort, Ballinderreen and Craughwell.

U7 Anythony Byrne, Damien Huban & Jonathan Kavanagh

23 boys in this group, who trained very well in 2018. A lot of emphasis in training was

with striking out of the hands on both sides and on the run.This group also had a cup for

hurler of the week, which was agreat incentive for the children to train at home. Thanks to

Paul for organizing the cup.They played 5 matches and finished up training on Nov 13th

in

the astro pitch.

U8 Kieran burke, Brian Carroll and Jude Kearney

Numbers 18 Coach’s Kieran Burke (Currently doing award 1)

Brian Carroll (Award 1 Completed)

Jude Kearney (Foundation)

Training sessions completed 24

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Blitz Bekan, Co. Mayo

Good group kids. Mix strong and weaker. Some struggle to grasp the game others

quiet strong in games . You can see who does bit at home. Competitive in most games we

played

Used Seamount early in year on Sat mornings plan to use again next year if we have

option.

Next year All coaches plan to move with them to under 9 next year

If we did have another set hands or even a minor who might be interested in helpin , it

would be great.

Suggestion Repair or get goal posts appropriate to age groups in pitch for games. You either

have small goals or goal posts way too big or not enough for groups up to under 12

Schools don‟t seem to promote hurling for kids until 3rd

class. Other Galway schools seem

to be doing it with younger groups. Perhaps its just up to the individual schools.

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U9 David Hawkins, Alan Mooney, Barry o Driscoll

18 players in this group.They played 3 challenge matches and took place in an u9 blitz in

Craughwell, competing in 4 games.

16 training sessions and some sessions during the holidays.

U10 Colie Mc Garry, Brian Crossan

In total we ran 30 sessions this year (This does include some Community Games matches,

U10.5).

We started with 4 weeks in Seamount (Snow'ed off on the 5th wkend), at the ball wall and

on the astro pitch. Low-ish attendance for this 12 to 13 or so.

Go Games Played:

1. Athenry (home)

2. Cusacks (away)

3. Ballinderreen (away)

4. Moycullen (away)

5. Ardrahan (away + home)

6. Gort (multiple times)

7. St Tomas's (away)

Go Game results varied - some days struggling, and most days (when we had the full panel)

the U10 were very competitive.

Finished the year with three busy Saturdays -

1. Go game in Ballinderreen

2. Niall Donoghue Festival of Hurling in Kilbeackenty

3. Go games in Bekan

Attendance numbers varied over the year - most of the time we had a match, we would have

20+ players, for training numbers were low in April/May, but after that numbers were very

strong with 18 to 20 kids.

Some of the sessions included here were for the Community Games (Under 10.5). We

played three warm up games for this, and were very competitive in all three. Afraid I was

not able to attend the actual match (v Clairnbridge), so I'm not able go give an update on

that.

I'd like to say a big thank you to Brian Crossan, Anne Heavey, John Mullane, Olga Kelly

and anyone else who helped out over the course of the year.

and all parents who helped out throughout the year.

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U12 Michael Leech, Pat Conole, Ciaran Cunningham, John Rodgers, David Huban &

Mike Curtin

Over 40 Training sessions, 12 sessions were with the U13.

Average 26 per training session, 11 x U12 and 15 x U11.

Played 5 challenge games,

Played 9 League games and lost the final to Gort. We played two matches on all League

games.

Invited to the Martin Muldoon Tournament in Cork, 20 players travelled.

Played 4 matches and lost in the final to Newtownshandrum.

A great year, played a number of teams above our level and were competitive against them

all.

Thanks to Pat, Mike, David, John and Ciaran for the year.

U13 & U14 Dvid Huban, Mike Curtin, Pat Conole, Michael Leech

There were many highlights with these group of boys this year.

U13 had a great year, but unlucky in the A1 final losing by 3 points. They play U14A this

year.

U14 won their B shield final, Justin Cheevers Cup final and Feile na nGael Div 3 final.

Thanks to all players for their commitment and to the parents who supported them also.

U15 Sean o Hanrahan,Vincent Sheedy & Mike Helebert

The u 15 hurling championship ran from Aug 30th to mid October, Kinvara competed in

the A1 section and won two of their 3 group games. They lost their cup semi final to

Cappataggle.

The coaching/management of Vincent Sheedy and Michael Hellibert would like to thank all

of the players and parents for their input and look forward to seeing them again for the 2019

u16 championship which is scheduled to commence in late March.Many Thanks

Sean O Hanrahan

U16 Mike Helebert, Paddy Barry, Bertie Linnane, Gerry mc Cormack and Sean o

Hanranhan

Kinvara u16 competed in the A1 championship with 7 teams in the group. They started

training in early February and first game was on in March. They had a good group

campaign winning 4 out of the 7 games.

They qualified for the semi final and lost narrowly to eventual winners Leitrim killnadeema

even though we played the game missing 5 players away on holidays..I would like to thank

all the players for their commitment and work ethic during the year .Also I would like to

thank the management team of Paddy Barry Gerry Mc Cormack Bertie Linnane and Sean

Hanrahan.

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Gaelic Football

U6 Nigel Conneelly, Kieran Cullinane and Aaron Hylan

Good interest in U6 football for the year, a lovely mix of Junior and Senior infants. Trained

every Thursday evening at the pitch for the summer and early Autumn, moving onto the

astro on Saturday evening till mid December.

Attendance was 15-20 children each night.We played one blitz against Clarinbridge with 22

togged.

In training we focused a lot on the basic skills of kicking, hand passing catching etc.For

games the children were divided per their class and games were refereed by the rules.

Many thanks to all who helped throughout the year.

U8 Fiona Kenny, Kevin Malone, Olive Malone & Rob Kenny

We had on average 23 children train with us regularly during the year. The kids are

enthusiastic and have really started to develop their skills. We trained through the summer

bar about 2 weeks. During the summer we still had about 10-15 players come. We played

one Blitz against Clarinbridge in September. The kids performed well, and worked well as

a team. They learned alot from it. We did notice that our side was a young side last year as

they were all under 7 , and when we played Clarinbridge, the majority of them were 8. We

are missing a year for football. We were entered into a league during the summer, but we

didn't play any of these matches as we could never make the numbers. We are hoping this

will be different next year. It was great to end the season with a 'la na club game ' in

November. The children really enjoyed it and it was a great game of football from them all.

Many thanks to all who helped throughout the year, Fiona.

U10 Declan o Boyle, Enda Moynagh & Eric Morurd

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U12 Michael o Grady, David Mc Andrew Ciaran Cunningham & John Rodgers

: MÁIRE NÍ CUILÍNN BHÁIRD

(SECRETARY) FROM: MICHAEL O’GRADY

SUBJECT: REVIEW OF 2018

YEAR DATE: NOVEMBER

21, 2018

The objective of the U12 football management team for 2018 was to ensure we develop as many players as possible to their maximum potential, thereby ensuring that they will

have the skills, fitness, physical strength and dedication necessary to progress within the

age structure. The GAA Player Pathway identifies the different Stages and Phases of development

our players progress through. The capacities that players should develop to move

along the pathway at the optimal rate have been identified according to the Total

Playing Performance (TPP) Model.

Different Philosophies help us understand our players' desires at each Stage of the

Pathway: Children - „Play to Learn‟

Youths - ‘Learn to Compete’

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Adults - „Compete to Win‟

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U12 playing numbers: The number of players registered at the U12 age level was twenty with five new players

starting football for the first time. We also welcomed players from neighboring parishes

to our underage football structure. Participation and attendance at training sessions:

U12 commenced on 22 March 2018 and finished on the 21 October 2018 (U12 Group 5 Shield Final). Overall, there were high levels of player attendance and participation.

Development of the squad:

The coaches concentrated on a number of skill development techniques with a strong

focus on team play. Management strongly believe that it was this „team philosophy‟ that

contributed to the success of this age group during 2018. Competition:

Our U12 team was entered into the Galway GAA U12 football league and were positioned in group five along with Craughwell, Loughrea, Claregalway, St James and Athenry.

The competition was planned to be run off over five rounds between 20/5/2018 and 5/6/2018 with finals arranged for July 2018.

Our schedule meant that we had matches on 20 May, 27 May, 29 May, 3 June and 5

June. Our actual match dates and results are within the following table:

Date Team Home / Away Result Score line

24/5/18 Craughwell Away Loss (K) 3-4, (C) 3-8 27/5/18 Loughrea Home Loss (K) 2-2, (L) 3-10 29/5/18 St. James Away Win (K) 3-6, (SJ) 0-9 12/6/18 Claregalway Away Loss (K) 3-15, (C) 8-13 04/9/18 Athenry Home Win (K) 8-11, (A) 5-2

07/10/18 Shield Semi-Final – St. James Away Win (K) 1-6, (SJ) 0-3 21/10/18 Shield Final - Claregalway Neutral Win (K) 1-4, (C) 0-6

The timing of the league games was inappropriate with our team playing three matches

within a five-day turnaround. There was little flexibility given by Coiste na nÓg Peil in

re- fixing/re-scheduling matches. Squad participation in matches:

U12 and U11 coaches worked together during the year and organized additional games

on league fixture days against the opposing teams. It was not always possible to have a

second match due to player numbers in the opposing team. U12 management endeavored to rotate players within match day squads as much

as possible. There were some players that did not have game time in the final.

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Success

Our U12 football squad won the shield final against a very strong Claregalway team whom had

beaten us earlier in the season on a score line of 8-13 to 3-15. The ability to overturn this result

into a winning shield final score line of 1-4 to 0-6 was down to how the squad gelled together

during the year. The boys played for each other, giving support to their team mates when

required. Future:

Management look forward to working with this group of players in 2019.

I would like to thank the players, their parents and the Juvenile Committee for their constant support.

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in day out and I would like to express my

appreciation to my fellow coaches, David McAndrew, John Rodgers and Ciaran Cunningham

whom contributed greatly to the success that we had this year. Michael O‟Grady.

U13 Tommy Ivers, Michael oGrady

The U-13 Footballers won the U-13 2A County Final V Dunmore on the 11th of November in

Claregalway. As Kinvara had already been beaten by Dunmore earlier in the year (by 4 goals!),

it was great to win the final against the favourites.

The Kinvara U-13 team had 15 training sessions throughout the year. Most of squad were also

playing football and hurling in their respective U-12 & U-14 teams. After the opening loss to

Dunmore, Kinvara enjoyed good wins over Clarinbridge & Tuam Stars. Unfortunately, Athenry

conceded their game to Kinvara.

While it was a successful year in terms of silverware and success, it would have been nice to

have had more matches and game time for the lads. We had 24 players in the squad and all

players got game in the three qualifying rounds. Unfortunately there were a few players who

didn't enjoy game time in the final which the team management were disappointed about.

However, next season we have another Feile Competition to look forward to and hopefully more

matches.

I like to thank all the parents for their support and help with lifts to matches and also to fellow

coach Michael O Grady for his great commitment throughout the year. Finally, a big thank to

you the Juvenile Committee for keeping the club going forward on and off the pitch.

Kind regards

Tommy

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U14 Vinny Martyn, Kevin Sexton,Chris Philips

The U14 Football Team had a very successful year winning the U14 Division 2B Championship.

It was the first ever football title for this group of players making it extra special.

After the long drawn out group stages we qualified to meet Kilconly in the Championship semi-

final. A tough challenge game against Menlough set us up nicely going into this game but what a

battle it was. Trailing by 5 points at half time we fought back to win by 3. The manner of the win

underlined the steely determination of this group of players and gave them great confidence

going into the final.

The County final against Carna-Caiseal/Na Piarsaigh was played in Inverin in perfect conditions.

Early tense exchanges had us level after 10 minutes. However Kinvara‟s superior skill and

fitness then began to show and there was no stopping these Kinvara boys winning by a wide

margin in the end.

There were joyous scenes when Captain Shaun Philips lifted the winning cup.

The U14 also participated in Football Feile na nOg in April winning 1 of their 3 group games.

All games were tight affairs and the experience of this weekend stood to them for the later

championship winning run.

A big thank you to players, parents and coaches for their commitment throughout the year.

U15 Mike Heavey, Vinny Martyn, Kevin Sexton and Chris Philips

The U15 Football Team had another great year culminating in winning the U15 Divisional

Championship. This is now the third year in a row that this group of players have been winners

in their Division and also last year won the U14 Football Feile na nOg and represented Galway

at the National Feile competition.

The County Final (v Killererin) was played in ideal conditions under 13-aside rules. After a great

battle, the team eventually won out on a scoreline of Kinvara 5:5 to Killererin 4:4. The win

represented a great team performance and all players deserved great credit for a wonderful

achievement. Captain Joe Meares was presented with the Divisional Cup and made a great

acceptance speech. Well done to all the players. Many thanks to all who helped throughout the

year.

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ELECTED MANAGERS 2019

HURLING

U6 Colm Burke

U7 Nigel Connelly

U8 Anthony Byrne

U9 Kieran Burke

U10 David Hawkins

U11 Colie Mc Garry

U12 Ciaran Cunningham

U13 Mike Leech

U14 David HUban

U15 David Huban

U16 Sean o Hanrahan

GAELIC FOOTBALL

U6 TBC

U7 Nigel Conneely

U8 Fiona Kenny

U10 Declan o Boyle

U12 John Rodgers

U13 Michael o Grady

U14 Tommy Ivers

U15 Vinny Martyn

U16 Mike Heavey