Midleton Notes (23rd Jan)
- Jan 23,2025
140th Anniversary
Last Friday evening we hosted a wonderful evening for the 140th Anniversary of the Official Foundation of Cumann Luthchleas Gael Mainistir na Corann. There was an array of historical material on display including All Ireland Medals, Jerseys and documents dating back to 1890. Well done to Vincent O Neill and John Fenton for giving a fabulous presentation to a packed lounge.
Paddy Fitzgerald presenting John Fenton with the Hurley he used in the 1966 All Ireland Hurling Final.
Management Teams
We are delighted to announce that the following Management teams have been ratified by the Club Executive:
Senior: Michéal Keohane, Frank Flannery, Liam Walsh, Barry Fitzgerald, Stephen Casey
Intermediate: Keith Ryan, Ian Kennifeck, Davy O Brien, Barry Fitzgerald
U21 Football: Vincent O Neill, Pearce McCarthy, Eoin Ferriter and Aidan Moloney
Junior C Hurling: Jerome Curtin, Eoin Ferriter, Brendan Ferriter
Junior C Football: Eoin Ferriter, Brendan Ferriter, Jerome Curtin
Best of luck to all teams in 2025. Magpies Abú
Child Protection
Midleton GAA One Club Children's Officer- Jerome Curtin:
Vetting: Needs to be renewed every three years. Use the following link to Foireann, please remember to attach the vetting ID form: https://www.gaa.ie/the-gaa/child-safeguarding-and-protection/vetting
Safeguarding: Also needs to be renewed every three years. Safeguarding can be done in-person or via an online refresher. This can be done every second time, i.e. 2025 in-person, 2028 online refresher, 2031 in-person. If you are a new coach, your first safeguarding needs to be in-person. Here is the link to the online safeguarding refresher: https://learning.gaa.ie
A safeguarding workshop has been scheduled for Monday 24th February in the lounge in the club. To reserve a place please email Jerome on childrensofficer.midleton.cork@gaa.com.
Membership Renewal
Membership is Now Due. You must pay your membership in order to train/play.
Please read the following important details:
Monday Club
We will be back again on this coming Monday Jan 27th at 10.30am in our clubhouse in Clonmult Memorial Park. All welcome.
Lotto
Here are the lotto results for this week. Well done to our lucky dip winners. We had no jackpot or Match three winners.
Thanks to everyone who supports our lotto. It is a vital weekly fundraiser for our club. Remember you can play anytime :
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).
Thanks to everyone that supports our lotto....
Bingo
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.
U6 Camogie and Ladies Football recruitment
Parents, we are now taking names for girls who may be interested in joining Camogie and Ladies Football for the 2025 season. Please see details below for more information.
Camogie
Huge congratulations to Ciara Hynes who has been selected for the Cork U16A panel and to Gabrielle Smith who has been selected on the Cork U16 (B) panel. Well done girls.
Starbox Coffee
Starbox Coffee has made a great addition with their new covered extension to their Coffee shop. Access is now available from both sides so you can now order your coffee/tea from inside or outside the Club grounds. Please show your support if you are in the area.
Email Communications
We are updating our email database for Club Communications. If you wish to be added to it to receive our Weekly Club News or need to update a current one, please send an email to pro.midleton.cork@gaa.ie
Family Fun Table Quiz
See details below for the upcoming table quiz which may be of interest to our members.
