We have collected all the lost property around the club and left it in a box outside the office (upstairs and down the corridor from the bar). We are going to give all unclaimed items to charity in 2 weeks. The items are mostly coats and jackets. If anyone wants to reclaim lost property, please do so by 9th December.
Pop Up Shop
The Club Shop clearance sale of left over stock will be on this Thursday 1st Dec at 7pm to 9pm. It will be downstairs, in through the main doors of the clubhouse and into the room on the right.
Please note is is a clearance sale of old stock and shorts & socks & hurleys we won’t have any of the new range that is on the online shop. When they're gone they're gone!
Click here for a list of items we have with the sizes available and the prices they will be at (greatly reduced from the current web price) and also we have a number of items which are not on the web shop which are discontinued.
AGM - Friday 11th November 8pm in the Áras/Clubhouse
For the first time in three years, we were able to hold our AGM in person last week. It was a really well attended night as we welcomed our incoming Chair, Kevin Hoy and his new executive committee and we thanked our outgoing Chairman Ollie Mangan and his committee for their years of service. Ollie has agreed to serve one more year as Kevin’s vice-chair.
We also recognised the services of previous Chairmen, Stephen McGinn (collected by his Dad Chris) and Donal Nolan, presenting their medals delayed by the pandemic restrictions.
After presentation of the Chairman’s report, the Finance update and the review and ratification of the Club Constitution, there was some good debate on AOB matters.
Thanks to the great numbers that attended on the night and made it such a success.
We showed a “look back” video on the night also which is available to watch here. If you would like to share it with your teams, send them this link: https://vimeo.com/764476476/2738bf7a18
After the meeting, Ollie and Kevin both enjoyed a pint of the finest to celebrate the occasion… well deserved both of you.
Later on we were joined in An Culdoras by a number of Ex-Chairmen and we were lucky enough to grab the “council of elders” for a quick snap with our new Chairman. I’m sure they all had some sage wisdom to impart…
Under 21 Hurlers
See below a selection of photographs taken by Sean O’Sullivan at last weekend’s Under 21 Hurling Championship match versus Commercials in Rathcoole.
Sponsor Night
We had a great evening in the club on Friday celebrating our fantastic sponsors. Pat Walsh was on hand to capture the moment. Pictures below.
If you or your company would like to be a part of our sponsor community give Mike Kavanagh a call on 087-2260072
Senior 3 Hurling Final - Saturday in Parnell Park
This weekend is a huge one for our club.
Our Senior Men's Hurlers are in the Senior 3 Hurling Championship final on Saturday in Parnell Park at 4pm against our near neighbours Naomh Barróg. Make no mistake, this is a big deal! It is only the second occasion in the history of the club that we have reached a Senior Championship final in any code.
The club has produced a commemorative programme for the match that can be downloaded for free from here
We would ask members to come out in force in support of the team (Click here to purchase tickets). If any of the kids would like to bring along their hurls, they can go on to the pitch at half time for a puckaround! Also, the Club Bar and Astro will be open early after the game.
Please note that unlike previous matches there IS a charge for juveniles and tickets are required.
Many of our senior hurlers are involved in coaching in the nursery or juvenile teams so it is important we now support them. They are taking on a Division 1 Team in the final so all support will be welcomed.
Tickets Can Be Purchased Here: https://www.universe.com/events/go-ahead-senior-3-club-hurling-championship-final-tickets-Y02FB7
One final note - to celebrate the lads making the final, we will have a special €500 prize draw next week (27th October) in the Club Lotto (assuming the jackpot isn't won!). Click here to join in the lotto if you're not already in!
National Draw Grand Prize Winner - Aidan Conlon receives his brand new Dacia Duster!
As you may remember from earlier in the summer, Clontarf GAA member and mentor Aidan Conlon won the grand prize in the GAA National Draw! Aidan was recently presented with his prize - a brand new Dacia Duster. Some great pictures here from Windsor Airside of Aidan receiving his new wheels! Club Chairman, Ollie Mangan is also pictured.
Gallery: Men's Junior 3 Football Quarter Final v St. Jude's 18/09/2022
Some great photos here from Sunday’s Junior 3 Quarter Final. A great championship match, but unfortunately Jude’s held on for the win in the end. Still, a very good season overall for this team.
Thanks to Pat Walsh who raced back from Skerries to get these wonderful action shots!
Senior Men's Football Relegation Playoff
The Senior Men's Football Relegation Playoff match against Raheny is on Sunday 18th September at 12:00pm. The match is taking place in St. Margaret's GAA Club and is an all ticket game. Please come along if you can and support our lads for this important game and be the 16th Man for the team! Note that this is a venue change from the original plan of Parnell Park and also a further change from the second proposed location of O'Toole Park!
Tickets (€10) can be purchased here: https://www.universe.com/events/clontarf-v-raheny-tickets-P8QZ3J
Under 16s are free and no ticket is required.
Our Men's Footballers are all sponsored by Member First Credit Union.
Chairman's Night 2022
A great night was had last Saturday for Chairman’s Night with our very interesting, generous and straight-talking guest speaker Davy Fitzgerald. We hope everyone who came in such great numbers enjoyed the night. It was great to see everyone together again and hopefully this will be the first of more events to come over the next few months.
It was great also to see the Club Person of the Year awards finally given out for 2021 and 2022. These were given to Mick Cronin for all his work on the Pitch Allocation system over 10+ years and Carmel Maxwell for her tireless work setting up and running the wonderful All Stars Program. Congratulations to both very deserving recipients.
A huge thanks must go out to the Exec and PRO Teams who worked really hard to make the event such a great success. Thanks also to Sean O’Sullivan for taking the photos on the night.
Particular thanks of course to Damien O’Meara who did a fantastic job interviewing our guest and pushing the envelope just enough! I think they are still friends after it… Well done Damien!
The night was generously sponsored by Avolon Aerospace who, appropriately enough, sponsor our Men’s Hurling teams also.
