Midleton Notes (17th Jan)
- Jan 17,2025
Midleton Gaa, Ladies Football and Camogie Club Notes Jan 17th 2025
140th Anniversary
Just three months after the founding of the Gaelic Athletic Association in November 1884 Midleton GAA was first registered with the fledgling organisation on 17 January 1885. This was done at a meeting of the Association by Jeremiah J. Coffey the driving force behind the club in Midleton at the time. Not alone was Jeremiah J. Coffey a leading light in the club but he was also one of the most prominent businessmen in the town. He was responsible for the building of our Catholic church, the church of the Most Holy Rosary as well as may other churches and other buildings around Munster. His company was based in the Coolbawn stretching from where the Farmgate Restaurant was located down to where Messy Buns is. After the club was officially registered with the GAA is was not long before the football team made a major impact on local and national GAA affairs winning Cork, Munster and All-Ireland senior football championships within six years of the founding of the Association. To mark the 140th anniversary of the founding of the club we will have a display of medals, jerseys and other historical material dating back to the founding of the club in our Tom Powell pavilion on Friday 17th January at 20.00. This will be the first time that this treasure trove of medals, photographs, record books will all be on display at the same time. Due to bingo being on in the hall at the same time parking will be available in the rear car park. All are welcome.
Rebels Bounty
Reminder to all members and supporters that the Rebels Bounty draw for 2025 is now open! We have already met our county board quota, so 100% of all tickets sold will now go directly back to Midleton GAA. This is a great chance to support your local club while being in with the chance to win your share of a total prize fund of €500,000 in cash across twelve monthly draws.We will also run some additional prize draws exclusive to our Rebels Bounty members, The first of these will be for a pair of premium tickets for Pairc Ui Chaoimh for Cork’s home National Hurling and Football league games for all our draw members who have joined by Wednesday 22nd January.
You can support by paying a once-off payment of €100 or 10 payments of €10 by Direct Debit. The same link is used for both: https://rebelsbounty.ergogroup.ie/prod/rebelsbounty/join-draw
This is a vital fundraiser for our club at a time of vast expansion to our facilities at Park South, so your support would be greatly appreciated.
IMPORTANT MEMBERSHIP NOTICE
From January 1 2025, Midleton GAA One Club (GAA, Ladies Football, Camogie, Magpie All Stars, Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others) will transition from Klubfunder to Foireann for payment of annual membership. All members will be required to pay annual membership through the Foireann system. Klubfunder will no longer be used as the payment system for membership This will ensure a streamlined system for managing Midleton GAA club membership and aligns GAA systems
What you need to do Now:
Foireann is now active for all members and they are asked to: Check that you have access to the Foireann system Check that all information is accurate and up to date for yourself and any family members. Ensure anyone over the age of 18 has an individual email and phone number. If you are a current (or previous) member of Midleton GAA One Club, you will have access to a Foireann account.
If you cannot access your Foireann account due to password or username issues, please use the “Forgot Password/ Username” function on the home screen. If the above does not resolve the issue, DO NOT CREATE another account, please contact Kieran Denihan (Club Registrar) (087 410 5991), Mairead Beausang (087 2412010) or Tracy Saunderson (087 6625544) for support.
Foireann can be accessed through the following link: http://www.foireann/user-name
Healthy Club
Get your walking shoes out and count your steps for Midleton Gaa. The challenge has begun and is divided across 4 provinces, the goal is for your club team to collectively track 4,000km (approx. the distance around Ireland).Any clubs that achieve the target will be included in our prize draw. There are 3 donations of €2,500 to give away per province. Track your activity with a fitness wearable (e.g. Fitbit) or fitness app (e.g. Samsung Health for Android or Apple Health for iPhone) connected to the MyLife app.Just download the My Life by Irish Life App. Register and click on social; challenges and select Munster.; Cork and then Midleton.
Club Lotto
Here are the lotto results for last Friday week. There was no winner or match 3 winner. Well done to our lucky dip winners.
Thanks to everyone who supports our lotto. It is a vital weekly fundraiser for our club.
Remember you can play anytime at: http://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Midleton%20GAA/lotto
In total Midleton GAA will give out local business vouchers to the value of €3,800 every year as part of our “Shop Local, Buy Local” campaign.
How to play: tickets are on sale at Pat Walsh Paints, Chadwicks, Frank Murphy Butchers, Murphy’s Pharmacy, Crowley Butchers, or buy online (see above).
Bingo
U6 Camogie and Ladies Football recruitment
Parents, we are now taking names for girls who may be interested in joining Camogie and Ladies Football. Please see details below for more information.
