I would like to welcome everyone back after an unexpected hiatus from GAA for 3 months. It was so exciting to see the pitches filled with a wave of maroon and white this last week as our teams returned to training.
A huge thank you is due to our members for their support with our “Safe Return to Play” protocols and of course our Team Managers and Mentors have done a huge amount of background work preparing for our teams return.
I would like to wish all our Adult Football, Hurling, LGFA and Camogie teams the best of luck in the upcoming Championship matches.
Our Juvenile section will also have a full schedule of games. Even though some competitions have been cancelled, we look forward to seeing our players in action.
The Club Executive are hopeful that some form of Club Summer Activity can be organised for our Club Juvenile section before their return to school.
See you out there, all the best.
Denise Mc Dermott
Chairperson
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St. Finians showed its fantastic spirit during the lockdown with members volunteering to be part of the Community Call initiate to reach out and support the elderly and vulnerable in our parish. Working closely with our local SuperValu to deliver groceries and other vital services, these volunteers really stepped up to the mark.
Well done all.
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Huge thanks to AFM Facilities Management Group who gave our Clubhouse a full Electrostatic Disinfection before Return To Play Free of charge. Brilliant job done.
A huge amount of effort has gone in by all the Mentors and Members to get the club back up and running in the last few weeks. You guys are amazing.
Thank You!
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Three and half months is a long time for players to be away from the game. But in our clubs case we have no excuses.
Our GPO, Aisling Kane, provided top quality football and hurling skill videos from day one. In total, over 25 fantastic educational videos can be found on our social media sites. All produced and published since the 18th of March. Another 20 skill and challenge videos were produced by our mentors with special thanks to Mark Murray.
Phenomenal job guys.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StFiniansGAASwords
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stfiniansgaaswords
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The GAA healthy clubs steps challenge was a fantastic success. The St. Finians GAA team have a grand total of 2,000,000 steps across the team and are in 44th position in the Leinster competition. Thanks to everyone for taking part on behalf of St. Finians. All the running, waking, dance class, gardening & piggy back rides for weight training have been well worth it.
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Very last call for hearts for our 'Grá dár laochra' (love for our heroes) collage, if you could get them in before next Friday 17th July it would be great. It's so much more effective with as many hearts as possible.
It's really easy to do:
You need a SQUARE piece of paper, (you can cut an A4 page into a square 21cm x 21 cm)
draw and design your heart.
Take a photo and send to pro.stfiniansswords.dublin@gaa.ie
Go raibh maith agaibh,
Miriam Satell, Oifigeach Gaeilge
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Gaelic For Mothers And Others
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Gaelic For Mothers and Others train on a Thursday Evening 8.15pm till 9.15pm at St. Finians pitch. All new players welcome whether you have played before or not... it's not all about the football! It's great to join a team, to learn a few skills, exercise, meet new people and make fab memories.
Good for the mind body and soul.
Don't be shy! We promise you won't regret it.
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Our Under 13 boys were delighted to be the first back training in the valley kicking off our Return to Play in style. Great session, with all the lads complying to the new rules for collective training.
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Under 13 & 14 Boys Hurling Team
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Our U13 & U14 boys were back hurling in Ridgewood this week. Super session #totalhurling
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Nothing was going to stop our Under 8 Girls Team from getting back out training on a very windy day last week. Great to see them all working hard. Go Girls!
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Our Under 9 Boys Returned To Play in River Valley during the week. Great work guys.
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The Under 10s Girls Team returned with a bonding trip to Footgolf today. Everyone got soaked but they all had a ball! Welcome back girls.
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Our Under 13 Girls Team had 3 great sessions last week. Fitness and touch returning and plenty of smiles and chat!
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Our Under 11 Girls Team returned in great form for their first training session in three months. Plenty of laughs was had by all and the weather even held off till the end.
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Our Under 11 Boys were back last week and finished the session of with a charge up the hill!
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The Clubhouse is closed until further notice. Check out our Webpage for details.
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Please submit news items, fixtures/results to be included in the club notes to pro.stfiniansswords.dublin@gaa.ie
Yours in Sport,
St Finian's GAA PRO's
Nicola Ryan & Dermot O'Neill
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