St Brigids GAA club notes

Date for your diary

We will be hosting a reunion of the 1997 senior county winning team on Saturday 22nd October in the clubhouse to mark the 25th Anniversary of the occasion. More details to follow closer to the time.

U13 Division 4

St. Brigid’s 2-16, Roscommon Gaels 2-03

Our U13 division 4 team made it three championship wins out of three with another great win in Kiltoom. Well done to all the boys that played. There was some super football on display. Next match against St Dominics on Monday 25th of July.

Team: D Feeley, A Walsh, P Walsh, D Higgins, J O Brien, S O Rourke, S Starken, B Rourke, T Lennon, C Duggan, D Fogarty, A Lally, E Tully, C O Sullivan, J Coyne, B Crehan, T Gallagher, E Walsh.

U19 Ladies Championship

Our u19 ladies made it two wins from two beating Shannon Gaels on Friday night in Croghan. Next up is St. Dominic’s on Wednesday 20th at 7pm in Kiltoom.

U20 Championship Round 1

St. Brigid’s 3-10, Strokestown 3-10

Our u20 men started their championship with a draw against Strokestown on Friday night last. They face Boyle next on Saturday 23rd July at 6pm in Kiltoom.

Team: B. Monaghan, H. Griselain, M. Sugrue, D. Dolan 0-1, R. Doyle 0-1, S. Keenan, B. Nestor, M. Dillon, B. O’Hara Duggan 1-0, S. Trundle 0-1, R. Fallon, U. O’Ruairc, B. O’Carroll 1-5, J. Rourke, D. Keenan.

Subs: J. Dillon, A. Flanagan, G. Daly, L. Sylvester 1-0, B. Murphy 0-2.

Cardiac Screening

With all the football related activities recently, this may have been overlooked by many, but it is very important that young people look after their overall health. No one is bullet proof, even though we all think "we" are.

We have organised a certified company to come to the club on Saturday 23 July to carry out cardiac screening on players and anyone within the community who want to get checked. It will cost €72 or free if you have laya health insurance. It needs to be booked online. Go to www.ameds.ie.

Click on the ‘Online Booking’ Enter the clinic code brigids

Or use this link which can be sent by text or WhatApp https://bookings.ameds.ie/booking/from-code?code=brigids

Why undergo a Cardiac Screening?

Up to 100 young people die each year in Ireland from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS)
1 in 300 people may have a cardiac abnormality
The national register recently reported that the incidents of SADS are higher in Ireland than many other European countries.
In Italy cardiac screening is mandatory for anyone aged 12 to 35 years involved in competitive sport for the past 25 years. They have reduced the incidents of SADS by 89%.
The GAA’s Medical Scientific and Welfare Committee and the International Rugby Board recommend cardiac screening for all players over the age of 14 years
The European Society of Cardiology & the International Olympic Committee recommends cardiac screening.

Summer Camp

The club will be running two summer Camps this year. 18th July until 22nd July and August eighth until August 12^th.

Camps are for all primary school aged kids and will run from 10am to 2pm daily. €50 per child, €80 for 2 children from the same family and €100 for 3 children from the same family.

To book your child’s place, email [email protected] with the child’s name, contact number, child’s age, date of camp you want to book and number of places.

Club PRO/Social Media Manager

We are looking for a club PRO or Social Media Manager to look after all things media related both press and social media.

There are a number of people that currently help out in different areas of the role and we are looking for more people to get involved. If you are interested or want to know more please contact club secretary Áine Martin on 086-3791294 or any of the club executive members.