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Gaeil Roscomáin May 20th 2018

Roscommon Gaels GAA

Lotto Draw

Sunday 20th of May 2018

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€10,000 NO WINNER

Numbers Drawn

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The weekly winners of €30 were

• David Mullanney, Fourmilehouse.

• Benny and Paula, C/o Railway Bar.

• Bernie and Bingo, C/o Hyde.

• Caoimhe Bance Lannon, Strokestown.

Thanks to everyone who bought and sold tickets your support is very much appreciated.

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COACHING NEWS (WK 21 2018)

A. Plan Your Coaching Session

Always plan sessions in advance.

1. Always make sure all footballs/sliotars are on the ground or in front of you

when you are speaking to the group to achieve full attention.

2. Keep all instructions short and precise. No rambling, children will lose focus.

3. Use the IDEA method. (Introduce, Demonstrate, Execute, And Attend). A child

remembers more of what they see rather than what they hear.

4. Keep your head up and speak loud and clear to the whole group while using

your body language to assert yourself.

5. Fill your sessions with encouragement. Children will learn more in a positive

environment. Always find a way to compliment every child within your group.

6. If a drill is not working for you - change it!! Have the confidence to say "let's try

something different".

7. Most important - HAVE FUN. If you are having fun that will always transfer to

the children which will make for a great training session.

B. Girls Participation in Sport & Physical Activity

Please find attached details of an upcoming talk by Mr. David

Coleman, Clinical Psychologist, TV and Radio Broadcaster, Author and

Columnist, in respect of 'Girls Participation in Sport' which is an initiative being

funded through Healthy Ireland.

Please note that booking is essential as places are limited.

David Coleman Clinical Psychologist, TV and Radio Broadcaster, Author and

Columnist Girls Participation in Sport and Physical Activity Girls who play sport

have a more positive body image, an increased ability to manage stress and

enjoy better health and mood overall - but if it's so beneficial, why are so many

girls dropping out? A talk for parents and daughters (13+), mentors and

educators. Event hosted by Roscommon County Council in Roscommon

Arts Centre, Roscommon Town on Thursday 24th May 2018 at 7.30pm

through funding granted by Healthy Ireland. Enquiries and bookings to

090 6637235 or email [email protected] Booking Essential

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U8:- U8 camogie training continues every Friday evening 6.30-7.30pm. The girls and

their coaches are having lots of fun and are making great progress. We will be

starting our blitzes soon and a letter will be sent with details next week at training.

Encourage them to get out with their hurl and practise in the bright evenings if

possible.

U12- U12 Camogie continues every Friday Evening from 6.30-7.30pm.

U14:- The Under 14 camogie team continued their incredible year with the winning of

the Feile B County Final this evening against Padraig Pearses in Four Roads. The

decisive 3-7 to 1-2 win against Padraig Pearses gave the team the pick up they

needed. Maintaining impressive possession of the ball, the deserved win was down

to skilful catching, point scoring and incredible teamwork. And the support on the

sideline from parents and wider Gaels community was great. Well done girls we are

all super proud of you.

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Minor/Junior CamogieMinor/Junior camogie continues in Lisnamult Thursday

evenings at 8pm.

HURLING

Following their county final victory the U-14 hurlers returned to action last

Wednesday when they played Carrick-on-Shannon in the first round of the county

league in Lisnamult. Almost inevitably, after the drama of the win over Four Roads

the team struggled to hit top form. The team kept battling and scored 1-1 in the

closing stages to win by two points.

Training is on Tuesday in Lisnamult at 6.15 p.m. The next match is away to Oran on

Wednesday week, 30th May.

Christy Ring Cup:

Well done to Brothers Cillian Egan and Georoid Egan for both making the

Roscommon senior hurling team against Wicklow in the second round of the Christy

Ring Cup on Saturday May 19th in Athleague unfortunately it wasn't to be

Roscommon's Day.

Poc Fada

The Provincial Poc Fada is fixed for Connacht Centre Bekan on Monday July 2nd.

All county competitions should be run in advance and winners / Runner-up only at

adult, winner only at U16 should be forwarded to Adrian Hassett (Connacht

operations) or Damien Coleman by Friday June 22nd.

Provincial winners will go forward to national poc fada competition in the Cooley

Mountains.

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U8 & U10's: Training continues every Wednesday evening 6.30-7.30pm. The girls

and their coaches are having lots of fun and are making great progress. We are

having an U10 challenge game next Wednesday evening the 23rd of May in

Lisnamult at 7pm against St Brigids. Encourage them to get out with their footballs

and practise in the bright evenings if possible.

U12:-The girls had a challenge match against St Brendan's of Ballygar last Tuesday

evening in preparation for the 2nd round of the championship against Padraig

Pearses. Our girls played their hearts out and despite being 3 points down with 2

minutes to go dug deep to come away with a well deserved draw.

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All girls got game time which isn't easy when you have a 30 plus panel. A big thank

you to St Brendan's for coming in to us and to our Referee Tom Killion. Next up

Padraig Pearses on Monday 21st in Lisnamult, Ballinameen on Monday 28th of May

@ 7pm in Lisnamult and then Boyle on Monday 4th of June in Boyle at 6pm. We are

currently on top of the table in our group in Division 2. Semi Finals will be played on

Monday the 11th June with the County Final being played on the 16th of June.

Pictured our The U12 girls who played St Brendan's in a challenge.

U14: Round 3 we were to play Castlrea last Wednesday but unfortunately Castlrea

were unable to field. Next up in Round 4 we play St Croans in Lisnamult Tuesday

22rd of May at 7.30pm.

U16: Training Continues Wednesday evenings in The Hyde for our U16's.

Junior Ladies: Training will continue for our Junior Team Tuesday Evenings at 8pm.

We are in preparation for the 7's that is happening in the centre of excellence on the

26th of May.

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Roscommon Gaels Nursery:

Roscommon Gaels Nursery training continues Thursday 24th @ 7pm to 745pm on

the Hyde training pitch weather permitting .In Hyde centre if weather is not suitable .

The nursery is for boys born in 2012/2013 but parents are requested to stay in

vicinity of pitch/centre if child has not already started school.

U12 Football: Our U12 Div 1 team lost by a point to Clann na nGael this evening in

the spring league Semi Final. It was an epic battle and the lads can be very proud of

themselves. Our Div 5 team play in the shield semi final on Wednesday evening in

Kiltoom vs. St. Brigids.

U14 Football: Our Div 4 lads have been drawn to play St Dominic's in the league

playoff. Date TBC Our Div 1 lads have been drawn to play Boyle in the league

playoff on Thursday 24 May.

U16 Football: Well done to our U16 Footballers who defeated St. Ciaran's today in

the Div 2 League Final Score Roscommon Gaels 3-5 St. Ciaran's 1-9.

Hard Luck to the Cbs 1st year schools team who were defeated by Garbally in the final.

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Garbally College defeated Roscommon CBS (AET) in a thrilling Roscommon

Secondary Schools 1st year a football championship final in Ballyforan on

Thursday by 4-17 to 3-14. Roscommon CBS lead by 3-4 to 0-10 at half time and by

full time sides were dead-locked 3-12 to 2-15. Garbally College eventually pulled

away after a wonderful game in extra time to win the title.

Both sets of players must be complimented on their skill level, effort and

determination over the eighty minutes.

Cumann Na mBunscol Ros Comàin

Congratulations to our @ComansWoodPS Girls' Football team who are through to

the County Semi Final. Well done girls, we are very proud of you!

The Gaelscoil and St Coman's Wood are in the B Camogie Final next Wednesday

23rd at 5pm in Four Roads.

Goal setting by Paul Aherne

Mentally preparing yourself and your team is becoming a key role of any coach. It is

particularly relevant as one season finishes and another season looms large on the

horizon with the fast-approaching New Year. As a coach, you begin to dream of a

successful season ahead, you can imagine that moment in late summer when your

team puts together that perfect performance to finally win the championship. But how

do we move from hopes and dreams to the reality of training a squad of players in a

soft mucky field under lights as the rain falls in January. This requires some soul-

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searching, asking some fundamental questions of yourself and the team. What do

we want to achieve? How do we want to achieve it? How will we know we are getting

there? These basic questions should be a fundamental part of a team's start to the

season. Mentally planning the season ahead requires a focus, honesty and discipline

to move from dreams to reality. An underrated part of mentally preparing a team is

goal-setting with the focus of preparing them mentally for the season ahead.

Effective goal-setting and planning can help guide you're coaching and enable your

players to keep sight of what they should focus on. We are all familiar with the

concept of goal-setting and probably use it in some form in our daily lives, however

moving from the goal of "winning the championship" to a more focussed and

controlled approach to goal-setting will help coaches and teams perform.

Goal-setting can help motivate as it directs coaches and players effort and energy to

focus on the things that will contribute to performance. Goals have been found to

improve sporting performance by up to a third. The greatest effects found when

goals were moderately difficult, were focused on an outcome combined with

elements of performance and were self-set by the players themselves. Goals

enhance performance by directing attention towards relevant actions, help elicit effort

and commitment from players, boost self-confidence, enhance team cohesion, help

players break large problems into smaller components and develop action plans.

Goals help you sustain your focus and have a sense of achievement whilst,

reminding players what they are striving for collectively (especially when

championship is a long time away).

Achievement of goals (no matter how small) has been shown to develop self

confidence so realistic goal-setting can also improve the confidence of your players

and team. So, what does effective goal-setting look like? How should you approach

this with your team? Plan a training session with team focused on discussing and

developing goals for the coming season. You should try to facilitate and structure the

session bearing in mind that it is better if the goals are developed by the players

themselves, enabling them to take ownership of the goals and become more

committed to them. Look to structure your goals positively on three sequential

levels: Based on the result or outcome of a specific event for example: "win the

league, reach championship semi-final".

Performance Goals

What standards do you want to attain in a game? For example: "win 60% of your

own puck outs/kick outs, score more than 10 points from play, concede less than five

frees in scoring zone".

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Process Goals

These are the goals you focus on in every training session which enable you to

achieve your performance goals such as: "practice shooting in every training

session, players attend 80% of training sessions, work on first touch in every training

session, practice 30 puck-outs/kick outs in every session" Write these goals down to

re-enforce your and the team's commitment to working on them. Use these to plan

your season's training around specific "process and performance goals", review

progress in games with performance goals and enable players to set their own

individual goals for their own performance and development. Goals should be

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time bound, using this SMART

logic will ensure the goals you develop are meaningful. Regularly review goals and

progress towards attaining them, this will enable you to keep everyone focused and

provide opportunity for review or modification based on progress, ensuring they stay

current and relevant. Encourage players to create their own individual goals; these

can include all elements of the game such as: position, skills, conditioning,

behaviour, mental preparation. Emphasise that they should be within their reach,

relevant and attainable. Review every training session and match to ensure that it

has been focused on making progress towards your performance and process goals.

Exceptional players immerse themselves in process goals, guiding their training. Use

goals and progress to provide constructive feedback to your team. Be creative to

keep goals top of mind and in focus for example: posters in dressing room,

customised wristbands. Celebrate the attainment of goals; provide positive re-

enforcement and feedback to players on their progress. Remember goals relate to

performance and progress not an individual's self-worth, not achieving a goal does

not mean you is a failure, you just haven't got there yet.

Using goals to develop a growth mindset as highlighted in "Mindset" by Carol Dweck

will enable players to find success in learning and improving their Camogie skills

through continually seeking to achieve their goals. Those who develop a growth

mindset were found to thrive during challenging times and continually develop and

progress. You may not achieve an outcome goal such as winning the championship,

only one team can do this, however making sustainable progress towards achieving

performance and process goals will enable you to focus on building capability, skills,

motivation and confidence in your players which can support their development as

players over the long-term and enable them to remain committed to Camogie in the

long-term. The most successful players are known to be goal-setters, goal-setting is

a fundamental psychological skill that you can help your team and players to

develop, to maximise their potential. Paul Aherne Paul is a practising performance

and sports psychologist and can be contacted on [email protected] and

p2yp.ie.

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FINAL FIXTURES LIST FOR FEILE NA nGAEL 2018 ANNOUNCED

Connacht GAA in conjunction with the National Feile na nGael committee have

released the list of fixtures for the 16 divisions of hurling and camogie which will take

place on the weekend of 8th to 10th June. There are nine hurling and seven camogie

divisions. 256 clubs will be in action with 576 games to be played over the weekend

in the John West Feile na nGael. The five Connacht counties as well as Westmeath

and Longford will host the games. On Friday evening 64 venues will be action with

four sides playing two games. On Saturday morning 128 venues will be used as the

host team takes on their guests. Following the league series the knockout stages

commence with cup and shield quarter finals in all divisions at 64 venues.

On Sunday morning action moves to the semi final of each cup and shield

competition. The main centre of interest will be the Connacht GAA Centre in Bekan

which will host 18 finals inclusive. Duggan Park, Ballinasloe, Pairc Sean

MacDhiarmada, Pairc Chiarain and Cusack Park, Mullingar will also host finals in this

special day of hurling and camogie action. Over 15,000 people are expected to

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attend the Connacht GAA Centre on Saturday afternoon and for decision day on

Sunday.

Close on 5000 hurlers and camogie players allied to over 1,000 mentors will be

present at the 128 venues over the weekend as club grounds throughout the

designated counties will be in use. Connacht Féile na nGael chairperson John

Hopkins has wished all involved the very best in sporting and social activities as the

biggest movement of people for one event over the year takes place in the West of

Ireland.

Hurlers Division 7 in Group C.

Friday 8th Roscommon Gaels V Castleblayney Monaghan in Tremane at 5.45pm.

Saturday 9th Roscommon Gaels V Ennistymon in Roscommon at 10.15am.

Quarter finals Saturday 3.30pm and 4.15pm in the Centre of Excellence.

Semi Finals and final to be played on the Sunday in the Centre of Excellence in

Ballyhaunis.

Camogie we have two teams in Feile. Our first team are in Division 5 Group A.

Friday 8th Roscommon Gaels V Causeway from Kerry in Roscommon at 5pm.

Friday 8th Roscommon Gaels V Oran in Roscommon at 6.30pm.

Saturday 9th Roscommon Gaels V St Mullins of Carlow at 11am.

Saturday 9th Quarter finals to be played in Athlone Gaa at 2.30pm.

Semi finals to be played in St Brigid's Kiltoom on Sunday and final to be played in

Pairc Chiarain Athlone on the Sunday.

Roscommon Gaels B camogie girls are in Division 7 Group D.

Friday 8th Roscommon Gaels V St Ailbes of Limerick in Tulsk at 5.45pm.

Friday 8th Roscommon Gaels Tulsk in Tulsk at 6.30pm.

Saturday 9th Roscommon Gaels V Fermangh in Roscommon at 9.30pm.

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Quarter finals will be played in Roscommon/Castlrea depending on where we finish.

Semi finals to be played in Athlone Gaa on Sunday and final Pairc Chiaran Athlone

GAA on Sunday.

The best of luck to all our teams taking part.

Well done to our Gaels Girls who took part in the Aviva Minis Yesterday. Pictured

with them is Kim Flood of the Irish Rugby Team.

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Well done to all coaches who attended the workshop with Paul Earley. See if you

can spot the Gaels Coaches!

Zara Fallon pictures at the Roscommon Primary Schools Camogie activity day in the

centre of excellence on Thursday.

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