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1 EXTRA TIME DOWN GAA NEWSLETTER INSIDE THIS ISSUE ALL-IRELAND U-14 & U-16 NATION- AL HURLING BLITZ FREE CONCERT AND 'BIRTHDAY PARTY' TO CELEBRATE TWO YEARS OF THE 'LÍOFA' IRISH LANGUAGE SCHEME. "CLUB PLANNERS" & CLUB MAITH FACILI- TATOR TRAINING BITING CONSTITUTE A CATEGORY III IN- FRACTION FUNDRAISING AWARENESS NIGHT GAA MUSEUM CLUBS DATABASE SPECIAL OFFER WALKING IN YOUR COMMUNITY DOWN GAA STRAGEGY CALLING ALL GAA CLUBS DOWN GAA SCHOOLS DRAW 2013 GAA KELLOGG'S CUL CAMPS NEW GAA FACILITIES AT QUEEN S UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONSHIP DETAILS DOWN GAA ÓG SPÓRT FINAL 2013 UPCOMING CHAMPI- ONSHIP FIXTUES THIS WEEKEND DOWN CLUB DRAW AUGUST Volume II Issue VIII LORD MAYOR OF BELFAST HOSTS RECEPTION FOR THE COUNTY SENIOR HURLERS On Wednesday 28th August, The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Máirtín Ó Muilleoir hosted a reception for the Christy Ring Cup All Ireland winners in Belfast City Hall. CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to our County Footballer and Schools Coach Ambrose Rogers and Pauline Quinn who were married on Friday in Cullyhanna. The future is definitely Red and Black! EXTRA TIME DOWN GAA NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2013 DATE FOR YOUR DIARY Down County Convention will be held on Wednesday 11 th December in the Canal Court Hotel, Newry. PATH TO THE 2013 FINALS Following on from the success of the ticket for the Round Robin Series of our Club Championship, the Down County Committee will put on sale next week the Path to the 2013 Finals Ticket. This Ticket will guarantee admission to all Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Finals including replays in the Junior, Intermediate and Senior Football Championships and the Senior Hurling Semi Final and Final. This once again represents great value for Gaels with a guarantee of admission to 19 games for 30.00, less than 2.00 per game. Tickets will go on sale from Wednesday 4th September at the County Office in Castlewellan or can be obtained through your Club Secretary. PADDY MCFLYNN We ask you all to keep our Uachtarain Paddy McFlynn in your prayers at this time. We at Coiste Chontae an Duin send Paddy all our best wishes. OfficialDownGAA OfficialDownGAA

2 Page 2 EXTRA TIME DOWN GAA NEWSLETTER Down GAA hosted the National GAA U14 and U16 grade B Hurling Blitzes on Saturday, 31st August 2103 in Newry. In total 25 teams from 12 different Counties and over 700 players took part. The initial group stages of the U-14 competition took place in the Abbey CBS Newry with the U-16 equivalent being held in St Colman's College Newry, with the finals being played in Pairc Esler. As well as the day being very successfully run, Down won the U14 Shield title while the U16 squad claimed the Cup defeating Carlow (after extra time) 2-12 to Final Results: U14 Plate Mayo 1-06 v Sligo 2-05 U14 Shield Down 3-07 v Donegal 1-08 U14 Cup Meath 2-09 v Westmeath 1-06 U16 Plate Derry 2-10 v Meath B 1-01 U16 Shield Meath 1-05 v Wicklow 2-08 U16 Cup Down 2-12 v Carlow 0-14 FREE CONCERT AND 'BIRTHDAY PARTY' EVENT TO BE HELD IN DERRY CITY ON SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER TO CELEBRATE TWO YEARS OF THE 'LÍOFA' IRISH LANGUAGE SCHEME.

3 Volume I1 Issue VIII - AUGUST 2013 Page 3 "CLUB PLANNERS" & CLUB MAITH FACILITATOR TRAINING As you may be aware all clubs are advised that they must have a Club Development Plan in place by 2015, as set-out in the GAA Strategic Vision and Action Plan "Club Planners" The Club Planning Programme is being run through county boards in conjunction with Ulster GAA. We are seeking GAA volunteers to become "Club Planners" who will assist clubs in their county to create their plan. The role of the Club Planner is to Facilitate the club's work in bringing their plan to fruition. Full training for Club Planners will take place on Saturday 14th September from 10am - 2pm in the Tyrone GAA Centre at Garvaghey. Club Maith Facilitators Ulster GAA are also seeking GAA volunteers who would like to become Club Maith Facilitators. All Clubs are strongly encouraged to become Club Maith accredited, and as a Club Maith Facilitator you will be asked to assess a Club's submission. Full training for Club Maith Facilitators will take place on Saturday 14th September from 10am - 2pm in the Tyrone GAA Centre at Garvaghey. 10am 10am 10.20am Arrival and Welcome Club Development Overview 10.20am 11.50am Workshop Rotation 1: Club Planners Training Club Maith Facilitator Training 11.50am 12noon Comfort Break 12noon 1.30pm Workshop Rotation 2: Club Planners Training Club Maith Facilitator Training 1.30pm 1.40pm 1.40pm 2pm Round-up & Close Lunch and Departure Anyone interested in attending either strand of the training should maura.kelly.ulster@gaa.ie or contact their County Development Officer Maureen O Higins (developmentofficer.down@gaa.ie) by Tuesday 10th September. Volunteers are welcome to stay for one or both workshops. Lunch will be provided at 1.40pm. BITING CONSTITUTE A CATEGORY III INFRACTION At a recent meeting of the Medical, Scientific and Welfare Committee, the issue of biting and the provision in Rule for dealing with same was referred to Coiste Bainistí. Ard Chomhairle, at its meeting on 17 Lúnasa 2013, issued the following Directive in accordance with Rule 3.44 (b) T.O and on the basis of the advice of the Rules Advisory Committee: Coiste Bainistí requested advice from the Rules Advisory Committee. The Rules Advisory Committee was reluctant to specify biting in Rule as a specific Infraction. The Committee recommended to Coiste Bainistí that Ard Chomhairle be requested to issue a Directive dealing with issue. That biting shall constitute a Category III Infraction. Where a Referee s Report discloses an alleged biting incident, or a Competitions Control Committee decides that Disciplinary Action is appropriate in relation to an alleged biting incident, the Competitions Control Committee shall propose a penalty, no less than the minimum, applicable to 7.2 (b) Category III (vii) Inflicting injury recklessly by means other than those stated above. FUNDRAISING AWARENESS NIGHT Clubs are asked to make a big effort to attend the Fundraising Awareness night this coming Wednesday evening (4th September) in the Burrendale hotel commencing at 7pm sharp. Registration will commence at 6.30pm. All club development officers are asked to attend along with those in your club responsible for pursuing funding for projects within your club including cross community events. Everyone welcome. The following bodies will be in attendance: Ulster GAA - Paul Sanders NICVA - James Laverty Neighbourhood Renewal - Jerome Burns DSD Local Councils - Individual Sports Development Officers Information will also be provided on capital funding available from the Office of the First and Deputy First minister and the Big Lottery fund. GAA MUSEUM CLUBS DATABASE SPECIAL OFFER Is your club s information up-todate on the GAA Clubs database in the GAA Museum at Croke Park? This user-friendly and very popular touch screen exhibit is easy to update add a photo of a winning team, add a recent honour won by your club all of this can be done in a matter of minutes. Get in touch with us at tours@crokepark.ie to obtain your log-in details. Update your club s entry before September 30 and avail of a 25% discount on a group booking for a visit to the GAA Museum and Croke Park Stadium Tour.* *Valid for group bookings from September 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014 only.

4 Page 4 Ulster GAA are working alongside Outdoor Recreation NI to deliver a Community Walk Leader Training Course that may be of interest to some of your club members. Places are limited on the course so I advise that anyone who is interested to register their details as soon as possible. Details of the course and how you can apply are outlined below. EXTRA TIME DOWN GAA NEWSLETTER Why you should attend This training will provide you with the skills to lead short, accessible, community based walks within your local area. If you have any further questions feel free to contact me on fionntan.odowd.ulster@gaa.ie or WALKING IN YOUR COMMUNITY A NEW INITIATIVE Walking in Your Community is a new initiative of Outdoor Recreation Northern Ireland. The scheme will encourage people to get walking in their local area by providing training and other support for Community Walk Leaders. The scheme was developed in response to feedback expressed by community groups in the Venture Outdoors project. The scheme is designed as an introduction to walk leadership and group management for community group leaders, volunteers and organisations. The support offered includes a one day training course, insurance, ongoing support for your walking group and further training & events. WALKING IN YOUR COMMUNITY Opportunity to attend, a one day, Community Walk Leader training. This training will provide you with the skills to lead short, accessible, community walks within your local area. The training is facilitated by qualifed Walking In Your Community Tutors, who will guide and support you to learn basic walking skills. Date - 28th September 2013 Time am pm Venue - Peatlands Park, Dungannon Cost - 45pp The training will also help you encourage local people to increase their participation in walking and develop healthy communities. Insurance cover for all successful CWL participants. You will learn some basic walking skills to give you the confidence to take your groups out walking. Support and further training opportunities are also available to develop your walking leadership skills To book your place on the Community Walk Leader Training please follow this link. **All Community Walk Leaders must have a valid First Aid certificate, Walking In Your Community will be running First Aid courses alongside the walking training, this will be at available to Community Walk Leaders at subsidised cost of 20pp. The proposed date for this training is October For further information about the First Aid course, please c.overend@outdoorrecreationni.com

5 Volume I1 Issue VIII - AUGUST 2013 Page 5 Chapter 9, Urban Down Recommendation 9.1 : Urban Task- Force Establish an Urban Task-Force to examine the needs of the Urban GAA Clubs and to formulate action plans in consultation with the Clubs concerned. Outcomes Sought Review of the needs of urban areas and practical action plans based on needs. Recommendation 9.2 : Urban Plan Develop a plan for improving the provision for Gaelic Games in the urban areas of the county in conjunction with the local Clubs concerned e.g. North Down, Newry, Downpatrick and other urban areas. Ulster Bank GAA Force an initiative which supports local GAA clubs by offering them the chance to win support packages to refurbish and upgrade their facilities has returned, for the third year running. Once again, one lucky GAA club will receive the top prize of a support package worth 22,000 or 25,000 and four runners-up (one from each province) will receive a support package worth 4,400 or 5,000 each. The winning clubs will then carry out improvements to their GAA facilities during the planned 2013 Ulster Bank GAA Force Winning Weekends. Over 500 clubs, from across the island of Ireland entered the programme last year, which saw St. Ergnat s GAC Moneyglass in DOWN GAA STRAGEGY WHAT GETS MEASURED GETS DONE The plan to include initiatives to increase GAA participation, Club capacity and facilities. The overall county review of Coaching and Games provision (3.1) to include a special section focusing on the County s urban areas. Outcomes Sought Increase in GAA provision and participation in urban areas. Comment The Report and Recommendations of the Urban Task-Force, presented to the county Management Committee in February, 2011, can be accessed on the Down GAA Website, Resources/Downloads. The Implementation and Review Committee met with Representatives of the urban Antrim receive a provincial support package worth 4,400 while Erin s Own GAA Club in Waterford won the overall support package worth 25,000. Three other provincial clubs were also awarded a support packages worth 5,000 (Clooney Quin GAA Club in Clare, Two Mile House GAA Club in Kildare, Eire Óg GAA Club in Roscommon ). Ulster Bank, Official Sponsor of the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship, is now calling on clubs to register for this year s competition on Speaking about the initiative, Seán Óg ÓhAilpin, Ulster Bank, said: Ulster Bank GAA Force received a record number of entries in 2012 and we are hoping to break that record again, this year. Supporting grassroots GAA, clubs and communities is extremely important to Ulster Bank and Task-Force in April, 2013 with the Urban Task-Force agreed to exercise a watching brief for Urban Clubs by the way of identifying their practical needs and liaising with the respective County Sub-Committees e.g. Coaching and Games Development Committee, club Planning and Physical Development Committee. Lead Committee The County Management Committee to whom the Urban Task-Force reports. Lead Officers The Senior Officiers of the County Committee in association with the Officers of the Urban Task-Force and the specialist County Sub-Committees concerned. CALLING ALL GAA CLUBS Ulster Bank GAA Force club initiative open for entries we are overwhelmed with the success of the initiative, since its inception. Ulster Bank GAA Force is about highlighting the important role that GAA clubs play within their communities. The initiative is also about getting the community together to get behind their local club and show their support for their clubs sides. Paul Dermody from the GAA welcoming the return of Ulster Bank GAAForce said: I wish football sponsors Ulster Bank every success with their own promotional activity around our games and already note the popularity of their GAA Force campaign, which, in seasons past, has helped clubs across the country. Registration for Ulster Bank GAA Force is now open and clubs can register until on 6th September gaa. The first 100 clubs to register for the initiative will also receive a support package worth 100 or 100. DOWN GAA SCHOOLS DRAW 2013 Down GAA in conjunction with all of our Primary Schools will soon be launching the Down GAA Schools Draw for The Draw will run from the 15th September to the 31st October with some wonderful prizes on offer. Tickets are priced at 2.00 each, with 1.00 going to the School and 1.00 going to Down GAA. Monies raised from the Draw helps to ensure that we can continue to the top level coaching available in our Schools. The Prizes are sponsored by Down GAA. We encourage all of our Clubs to support the Draw and support their local School. Tickets on sale from: 15th September

6 Page 6 EXTRA TIME DOWN GAA NEWSLETTER As September 1st draws near, we have reached the end of another fantastic and action packed Summer of GAA Kellogg's Cul Camps in Down. Following 8 weeks of camps at 43 clubs involving hundreds of coaches and thousands of children, the summer has been a wonderful period and a huge success!! Down GAA would like to take the opportunity the thank all those who have contributed to the success of the camps in any way. Our Clubs: We must start by thanking the clubs, who welcome the camps on a now annual basis. The camps are very much the focal part of the summer for many of our clubs. The club co-ordinators do a huge amount of work in advance of the camps taking place, promoting the camps locally and most importantly, enrolling the children who wish to attend. On a daily basis club volunteers give up their time to be onsite to assist with any duties that need done. Their presence alone provides a familiar and reassuring face for the children attending. Our Coaches: The success of the camps relies heavily on the quality of people delivering. In Co. Down we are fortunate to have a wonderful team of both full time staff and volunteer coaches who work on a daily basis in the Nursery and Cul Camps. The coaches we use are some of the most qualified, dedicated and motivated young (and not so young) people within this County. They are a credit to their families, their clubs and to Down GAA as a whole. Thank You. Our Parents: Without the parents who travel twice daily to the camps to drop off and collect their children, the camps would not take GAA KELLOGG'S CUL CAMPS place. The parents are the people who choose the Kellogg's GAA Cul Camps for their children. We strive to make the camps as enjoyable, beneficial and educational as possible for your children. We believe that our camps represent great value for money, and the numbers of parents who send their children to our Cul Camps is testament to this. Our games are the best in the world, and our association has much more to offer than a 1 week camp. We would encourage our parents to bring their children to their local club. The benefits are endless. Our Children: On the behalf of the coaches, the clubs and the Down GAA family I would like to thank each and every one of the 3269 children who attended this years camps. As ever you have made the summer as enjoyable for us, as hopefully the we have for you. You are the future of our association in Co. Down. Get to your club training and develop your skills on a daily basis at home and in school. We look forward to seeing you all again in 12 months, a year older and in SOME cases hopefully a year wiser!! * There is some surplus stock of Cul Camp kits and Bags available for purchase. They make ideal training kits or schools bags!!! If you are interested in purchasing either or both of the above please contact Grainne Stacey at the County Office ( ) Bags - 5 Kits - 10 Conor O'Toole Down Games Development Manager

7 Volume I1 Issue VIII - AUGUST 2013 Page 7 NEW GAA FACILITIES AT QUEEN S UNIVERSITY Queen s University have invested in excess of 20m in recent years to transform Upper Malone facilities into a world class centre of excellence in the provision of high quality, community-focused training and competition facilities that benefits students and the wider community and helps cement Queen s University as one of Ireland s premier sporting universities. This investment allows more people access to world-class, high performance facilities gives the community a greater degree of participation in sport and provides Queen s students with the tools and the platform to become some of Ireland s top sports men and women, for generations to come. The most recent addition to our portfolio is a fully floodlit grass pitch for dedicated GAA use all year round and this project is approaching completion, in time for the hosting of the GAA14 Festival at the University this Academic year. The pitch also incorporates a substantial training area, which is independently floodlit. Both facilities are serviced by an adjacent changing area which also caters for our other two external grass pitches. The pitch will be prioritized for student GAA but substantial time every week will be available for external and partner bookings. We are officially opening the new pitch on Friday 6th September with a high profile football & hurling double header. We would like to invite you, as a valued partner of the GAA family at Queen s, to a hospitality event at Upper Malone to showcase & open the Academy pitch (Old Sigerson pitch). We hope that this evening will give you an opportunity to sample the fantastic new facilities and to enjoy some high quality games. The running order is as follows: 6.30pm Queen s Ladies (O Connor Cup Champions) Vs Down 7.45pm Hospitality & formalities (Pitch side) with Kevin Ryan & James MccCartan 8.00pm Loughiel Shamrocks (2012 All Ireland Champions) Vs Lucan Sarsfields The Q/Finals of the SFC and IFC will take place the weekend of Fri 13th Sept. The S/Finals of the SFC, IFC and the JFC Football Championship will take place on the weekend of Fri Sept 27th. County Finals in Football will be as follows; Intermediate and Junior Sunday Oct 13th. There will be extra time in the event of a Draw in the JFC as the winners go on to represent Down in a preliminary Ulster JFC game on October 20th (away to Antrim winners) Senior and Minor on Sunday Oct 20th The Minor Football Quarter Finals will be Fri 13th/Sat 14th Sept. CHAMPIONSHIP DETAILS Semi's Fri 27th/ Sat 28th Sept with the A Final being on Oct 20th. The U16 Football Q/ Finals will be Fri 6th/Sat 7th Sept Semi's Fri 20th/ Sat 21st with the Finals being on Sat 28th or Sat 5th Oct, the U16 Knock -out Rounds are earlier due to the Paul Mc Girr Ulster Tournament being brought forward this year In relation to the Draws for the SFC & IFC Q/ Finals. The Group winners play a runner-up from another Group. Teams from the same Group will not play a runner- Up from their own Group. The Draws for these will take place after the last Round 3 SFC game on Monday Sept 2nd. The JFC Semi-finals Draw will also take place that evening with the best runner-up joining the three Group winners in the Semifinals. This best placed runner-up cannot play their own Group winner. The SHC Semi-Final between Ballycran and Portaferry will take place on Sunday Sept 15th with the Final against Ballygalget scheduled for Sunday Sept 29th. The dates of the Semifinals of the JHC will be decided upon once the the winners are known as there is also the IHC to start with the three Ards 2nd's teams, Bredagh and the amalgamated team Iveagh competing.

8 County Management Committee 2013 Contact Information PRESIDENT: P Mc Flynn CHAIRMAN: Seamus Walsh chairperson.down@gaa.ie VICE CHAIRMAN: William Smith vicechairperson.down@gaa.ie SECRETARY: Sean Og McAteer secretary.down@gaa.ie ASSISTANT SECRETARY: Paul Blaney assistantsecretary.down@gaa.ie TREASURER: Brendan Fitzpatrick treasurer.down@gaa.ie ASSISTANT TREASURER: Seamus Ryan assistanttreasurer.down@gaa.ie COUNTY PRO: Paul Rooney pro.down@gaa.ie CENTRAL COUNCIL REP: Sean Rooney centralcouncildelegate.down@gaa.ie ULSTER COUNCIL REP: Diarmuid Cahill ulstercouncildelegate1.down@gaa.ie ULSTER COUNCIL REP: John Devaney Ulstercouncildelegate2.down@gaa.ie DEVELOPMENT OFFICER: Maureen O Higgins developmentofficer.down@gaa.ie COACHING OFFICER: Seamus Ennis coachingofficer.down@gaa.ie IRISH & CULTURE OFFICER: Paula Magee irishculturalofficer.down@gaa.ie SOUTH DOWN CHAIRMAN: Michael Mc Ardle chairman.southdown. down@gaa.ie EAST DOWN CHAIRMAN: Sean McCashin chairman.eastdown.down@gaa.ie HURLING CHAIRMAN: Gerard Mc Shane Down GAA 2013 Edited and Produced by Diarmuid Cahill Sean Og McAteer Down GAA - Working Together DOWN GAA ÓG SPÓRT FINAL 2013 South Down winners An Ríocht will take on the East Down winners in the All County Final on Monday the 2nd September at halt time of the Downpatrick and Loughnisland SFC Game in St Patrick's Park, Newcastle. The winner will represent Down at the Ulster GAA Óg Spórt finals which will be held in Glen GAC, Maghera, Co Derry on Saturday 7th September In the South Down Final An Riocht overcame Glenn in the final, while they also defeated Newry Shamrocks, Ballyholland and Drumgath. Saul defeated Loughinisland in the East Down final, while they over came Carryduff, Aughlisnafin and Castlewellan in the group stages. The competition is for Players who are Over 13 and Under 15 on January 1st It is a 7-A-Side Tournament, with panels consisting of no more than 10 players. In the All-County final the game between An Riocht and Saul will be 6mins per half. East Down Óg Spórt Winners: SAUL South Down Óg Spórt Winners: AN RÍOCHT UPCOMING CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTUES THIS WEEKEND MORGAN FUELS SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday 1st September Clonduff 6.30pm Mayobridge v Saval Sunday 1st September Burren 6.30pm Warrenpoint v Rostrevor Monday 2nd September St Patrick's Park 8.30pm Loughinisland v Downpatrick AROUND A POUND INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday 1st September Burren 5.00pm Shamrocks v Drumgath Sunday 1st September Clonduff 5.00pm Dundrum v Ballymartin Monday 2nd September St Patrick's Park 7.00pm Saul v Carryduff Monday 2nd September Drumaness 6.45pm Darragh Cross v St Johns AROUND A POUND JUNIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday Sept 2nd Darragh Cross 1:00pm Bright v Drumaness Sunday Sept 2nd Darragh Cross 2:30pm Aughlisnafin v Killyleagh Sunday Sept 2nd Drumaness 1:00pm St Michael's v St Pauls Sunday Sept 2nd Drumaness 2:30pm Dromara v Ardglass Sunday Sept 2nd Annaclone 1:00pm Teconnaught v Mitchels Sunday Sept 2nd Annaclone 2:30pm Aghaderg v Ballykinlar DOWN CLUB DRAW AUGUST 2013 INDIVIDUAL PRIZE DRAW WINNERS No Club Name Address 2,000 AR 005 An Riocht Peter Morgan 22 Grove Hill Kilkeel 1,000 WP 020 CPN Michael Ruane 27 Ardfield Cres Warrenpoint 1,000 KF 133 Kilclief John Clarke 109 Ballyhornan Rd Downpatrick 1,000 GN 014 Glasdrumman Colm Cunningham 24 School Rd Ballymartin CLUB 200 WINNERS CL 018 Clonduff Josie McGreevy 9 Main St Hilltown DH 005 Drumgath Moira Fegan 31 Bavan Rd Mayobridge BD 185 Bryansford David McKibben 6 Village Manor Bryansford LM 157 Liatroim Stephen & Ryan McElroy 93 Drumgooland Rd Liatroim