LADIES FOOTBALL
 

Our scheduled Adult Ladies Intermediate Championship Semi-Final against Skerries Harps has been postponed tonight.  A decision on whether it will be refixed or whether Cuala will go straight through to the Final is now in the hands of the Dublin Ladies Gaelic Football County Board.

The game was reset earlier than expected by the County Board due to a combination of County commitments and the need to field a Dublin Champion in the Leinster Championship in September.  

MEN’S FOOTBALL

Well done Dave O’Dowd and Cuan Nugent part of the Dublin Minor's that beat Wicklow last weekend.  They now face Westmeath in the Leinster Semi-Final on June 22nd.

Good luck to Michael Fitzsimons, Con O’Callaghan and Brian Mulally all part of the Dublin Senior panel taking on Kildare on Sunday.  

Well done to the second footballers who beat St Monica’s on Tuesday night.  Hard luck to the firsts who went down to a strong St Jude’s team in the League last night.

HURLING

Massive game for our lads involved with Dublin next Saturday night against Galway with the winner going into the knock out stages of the All Ireland and a potential Leinster Final.  All to play for on the final day.

All four of our hurling teams are in league action next weekend as well.  

CAMOGIE

Back with news from the Camogie section next week. 

 

MAJOR NEW SPONSORSHIP

Cuala and our neighbours US Biotechnology firm Amgen have agreed on the first ever GAA club sponsorship to include education and employment incentives.

Amgen’s support of Cuala will last for 3 years and will include an annual education bursary and mentoring for the bursary recipient, a guaranteed place on a world-renowned eight-month paid internship programme as well as funding the preparation of all the club’s adult football and camogie teams.

Read all about the new partnership here

GOING, GOING, GONE

The final counting of the money raised from the Oskars looks like nudging through €50,000 and we wil bring you a final figure shortly.

There is still one final twist in the plot – well 3 very swanky plots, actually.

This sequel to OsKaRs Night is also a fundraiser for the Cuala Development Fund.

If your planning an Irish getaway for the family or friends, this is the perfect opportunity to secure a week in one of 3 beautiful holiday locations.

Read more about the homes up for grabs and place your bids here until Monday, June 10th.

CUALA PLAYER RETENTION

Next week we will have a special survey for young players to explore why they have stayed in our gam,es or why they have left.  It will go live online next Thursday and we’ll have a link in next week’s Cuala Weekly News but just a heads up.

YOUTH LEADERSHIP

Cuala will host the return of the Dermot Earley Youth Leadership Initiative for Dublin South in September for 15-18 year years of age who are interested in developing their leadership skills and willing to commit to 20 evenings of workshops over the academic year. Participants who successfully complete the 3 modules including a 20-hour voluntary community action project will gain a Level 6 Certificate in Youth Leadership and Community Action and graduate fro  NUIG. Applications should be made via https://www.gaa.ie/news/dermot-early-youth-leadership-initiative-applications-2019/ . 

Any parental enquiries please contact Kevin Spain at kevin@coachkevin.ie

MINI ALL IRELAND 2019

The Mini All Ireland runs from June 17th to 22nd and it is the highlight of the Academy Year.  It’s a brilliant event for the whole club and do try to pencil in some time to get down to see games the week after next.

Register here if not done already.
  
U12 Boys 

Well done the U12 Boys who won four out of four in the B Competition at Fingallians Hurling Blitz last weekend to take the trophy in style.  Also to the second team we fielded who won two out of their four to finish runners up in the C Competition.

Community Games Dublin Champions

Well done to all the Cuala players involved with the Shankill team that became Dublin Champions in Skerries last week.  They now go on to represent the County in the Leinster Championship on July 6th.  Caman the girls.
 

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Not one, not two but three newly qualified Doctors emerged from UCD this week.  Well done Colm Cronin, Doireann Sheehan and Michael Fitzsimons.  Now about that tight hamstring, sore throat and inflamed toe that have been keeping us away from training...

And all the OsKars pictures are live in our Flickr account.