Tuesday 6th November

7pm Spanish Class; 7pm to 9pm Boys (8 to 12 years) activity-based programme; 7pm Youth Culture & ME, raising awareness around discrimination, bullying, identity and gender; 8pm An Riocht Executive committee meeting.

Wednesday 7th November

11am Men’s Shed; 3pm Grange Gaelic; 6.30pm P1&P2 Camogie; 7.30pm u12 (born 07/08) Camogie; 7pm Kittys Road @ Dunavil; 7pm Football Committee meeting; 8pm Cards – 45 – at Dunavil; 8.30pm boys Gaelic born 2001 or 2002, bring indoor and outdoor footwear.

Thursday 8th November

6pm Ladies Circuits; 6.30pm u11 Gaelic; 6.30pm to 8.30pm aged 4 to 7 years boys/girls activity based; 7pm to 9pm Girls Night for aged 8 to11.

Friday 9th November

11am Men’s Shed; No St Colmans Gaelic today; 5.30pm P5 Gaelic; Drop-in Night 6.30pm to 8pm for Primary School age and 8pm to 9.30pm for High School age; avail of our games room, sports hall and new music room or just come in for a chat or hang out; 7.30pm An Riocht Annual Mass for deceased members

Saturday 10th November

11am P1/P2 Gaelic; 12pm P3/P4 Gaelic; 2pm Birthday Party

Sunday 11th November

10.30am Breakfast; 11am Camogie and a chat for everyone aged 15+ who is interested in playing Camogie with An Riocht in 2019, so if that’s you be there! How many teams (Senior / Junior / Minor) we enter for 2019 and what pre-season programme we organise will be decided by the size of the attendance, so it’s very important that there is a full turnout of those interested in playing; 2.30pm Band; 8pm Bingo.

Monday 12th November

11am Men’s Shed; 6.30pm P3&P4 Camogie; 7.30pm P5&P6 Camogie; 8.30pm u15 (born 04/05/06) Camogie; 9pm Lotto

Tuesday 13th November

6pm Irish Dancing; 7pm Spanish Class; 7pm to 9pm Boys (8 to 12 years) activity-based programme; 7pm Youth Culture & ME, raising awareness around discrimination, bullying, identity and gender.

 

Given all that is ongoing and all that has taken place during the season, there was a disappointingly small turnout for the An Riocht Camogie Annual General Meeting. Every one of us must understand that we have a role to play, whether a player, a parent or a supporter, whether for one hour a week or for one hour a day, whatever we can give, we must give, if we are to see camogie prosper.

In October there were 50 girls who attended the Camogie Academy more than once but there were a further 20 girls who have not attended regularly and are missing out on the opportunity to develop their skill levels over this otherwise quiet time. Thanks to all who have helped over the first four weeks, eight of the coaches have signed up to the Goldmark Volunteer programme. The final four weeks are now underway and it’s not too late to join in as a player or as a helper.

An Riocht Camogie aims for 2018 were partly met. They were

1/ to promote a healthy lifestyle which would maximise the potential of all individuals. This is ongoing: through the Kingdom Camogie Academy we provide the opportunity for girls to be active each day; by providing personalised water bottles and excluding energy drinks from the vending machine we encourage girls to choose water as a drink; by providing fruit after practice we encourage healthier eating alternatives. In the near future, we hope to facilitate a series of personal development programmes in association with An Riocht Healthy Club Officer and Kingdom Youth Club.

2/ to give every camogie player the opportunity to learn, develop and improve their camogie skills in a friendly, fun and safe environment. Fewer teams better mentored may realise this aspiration more than more teams understaffed. This depends on having enough mentors with each age group as there is a direct correlation between behaviour and the ratio of coaches to players and we struggled at times to achieve the desired ratio so going forward we may need to look tactically at our numbers and perhaps ditch a team(s) and play girls out of their age group. We will also need to recruit more coaches from families and from adult players and train them up ahead of the new season, if not you, then who?

3/ to give every player the opportunity to play in ‘Go Games’, friendly, league and championship games. This was achieved by entering two adult teams and at every underage level, however going forward unless there is an increase in assistance it will not be possible to repeat as mentors were on occasions overstretched and left in unsafe circumstances.

4/ to develop a progressive structure to sustain a senior graded team in the Down league & championship. There is ground to be made up here, certainly in 2018 we competed well in Division One and won a Senior Championship match for the first time in over 30 years but sustainability relies on current adult players upping their game and at underage, a process put in place to develop skilful players who aspire to play top level camogie for An Riocht. More coaching, less training should be the mantra here.

5/ to ensure support and respect for team mentors and players. Again, the ratio of coach to player and the implementation of Codes of Conduct are essential in establishing ‘best practice’ and there should be no compromise in demanding high standards of everyone involved in An Riocht Camogie.

6/ to support all cultural and administrative initiatives which would promote a wider skill set necessary to develop and sustain the club. To this end we took part in administrative and coaching courses but the same few going to everything is not the best way forward, we need to spread the base. We need to build club capacity, that is the process of developing and strengthening the skills, instincts, abilities, processes and resources needed to survive, adapt, and thrive as a Camogie club.

Club Chairperson Tara Campbell took the chair for the election of officers which resulted as follows:

Camogie Chairperson Paula Fearon, Vice-Chair Aine Donnan, Secretary/PRO Clara Killen, Registrar/Treasurer Marie Trainor, Schools Liaison Officer Sheila McAlinden, Coaching Officer Rosanne Small; Player Representatives to be selected at players first get-together on Sunday 11th November and Children’s Officer to be appointed at first committee meeting on Thursday 15th November.

Anyone who feels they have something to offer during the next twelve months should contact any of the Camogie committee listed above before the first committee meeting on 15th November.

Camogie Coach Application forms are available and need to be completed and returned on or before Wednesday 21st November.

 

In the Senior Gaelic playoff An Riocht v Downpatrick, we came up short losing on a 1-7 to 0-9 score; thanks to all the players and mentors for all their efforts throughout the season.

 

There were good turn outs for the two days of youth club Halloween activities.

 

Home Bingo Week 13 (orange) £200 Jackpot winners were Eleanor Flanagan & Teresa Farrell; Week 14 (purple) Bingo on sale now.

 

An Riocht Down Draw October Winners £1,000 Noel McArdle, £50 Martin McConville, £50 Aodh Hannon.

 

Commiserations to Nicole Kelly, it was a great honour to be nominated at the National Camogie All Star Awards in Dublin on Saturday.

 

u14 Boys indoor Gaelic starting Thursday 15th November at 7pm.

 

Super Draw Tickets on sale from the club only £10 each, prizes include Car, Travel vouchers, All Ireland Final tickets, Shopping vouchers, etc.

 

An Riocht Annual Awards Night will take place at 7pm on Saturday 17th November in the Balmoral Hotel; tickets can be bought online.

 

An Riocht u16 Gaelic Presentation at 8pm on Tuesday 20th November at Dunavil.

 

An Riocht Annual General Meeting will take place at 7.30pm on Wednesday 21st November. In accordance with GAA ‘Best Practice’ any nominations to An Ríocht Executive Committee or motions or any other business for the Annual General Meeting should be lodged with the Club Secretary before 9pm on Wednesday 7th November. Nomination Forms can be had from the Club Office if required. All information relating to the AGM – agenda – nominations – reports – motions – any other notified business – will be available to Club Members from 11th November.

 

An Riocht Camogie Christmas Fayre will take place on Sunday 25th November from 2pm to 5pm.

 

Kingdom Youth Club will have a Christmas Bag Pack at ASDA on Thursday 20th December, all offers of help appreciated.

 

The Camogs will host a ‘Christmas Jumper’ children’s disco at Dunavil on Friday 21st December.

 

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