Great to see so many smiling faces out this morning in red, white and blue in St Anne's for the Parkrun 5km. Thanks to Pat Walsh for the great photos and the Healthy Club Team for organising.
Every Step Counts is back for '24 - let's get stepping!
The Every Step Counts Challenge is back and starts on Mon 8th January and runs until 12th February. We need to get lots of people signed up and recording their KMs to have a chance to compete as well as we did last year when we finished first in Leinster!
Signing up is really simple - just follow these easy steps:
📱 Download the Irish Life MyLife app either from the Google Play Store (Android Phones) or the Apple App Store (iphones)
💬 Register or log in (if you have an account already)
💪 Select your challenge (Social▶️Challenges▶️Leinster▶️Clontarf GAA❤️🤍)
🚶♀️🚶 Track your walks or runs from 8th Jan until 12th Feb!
**Important Step!!**
Connecting your phone's step counter/activity tracker is really important or we won't get the benefit of all your walking! In the MyLife App, go to ‘Track’ then ‘Trackers’ then select your device (e.g. Fitbit, Apple Watch, SmartWatch, etc.). The easiest way being to simply add your phone’s health app. If you don’t do this, we won’t get your steps!
Remember - Every Step Counts!
The challenge lasts for just over a month and it's a great excuse to get yourself and the family out for a much needed bit of air. There is some good banter back and forth between the clubs on Twitter too, so keep an eye on @clontarfgaaclub to follow all the craic!
Stay safe, stay well, and if you see anyone out in their club colours, wave or stop and say hi! There is also lots more information on our website around what the healthy club are doing (clontarfgaa.com/healthy-club) and some more specific information on physical activities to think about to stay well throughout the year (clontarfgaa.com/physical-activity)
Adult Players' Awards Night
The Adult Player of the Year Awards were held on Friday night in a packed clubhouse! A great night was had, with lots of trophies and medals handed out to our championship winners, topped off by some great entertainment from our own Neil Shanahan. Here is a list of all the deserving winners and some snaps of some of them receiving their awards.
SENIOR WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
Joint Player of the Year Carrie O’Connor
Joint Player of the Year Ciara Dunlea
JUNIOR A WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
Player of the Year Edel Nyland
Young Player of the Year Grace O’Donnell
JUNIOR B WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
Player of the Year Eva O’Connor
JUNIOR C WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
Player of the Year Louise Doyle
ADULT CAMOGIE
Player of the Year Eimear Mangan
Young Player of the Year Grace Meikle
Most Improved Player Faye Crumlish
u21 Men’s FOOTBALL
Player of the Tournament Cian Goode
u21 men’s Hurling
Player of the Tournament Mikey Devine
senior MEN'S FOOTBALL
Player of the Year Liam Howley
Young Player of the Year Ben Bolger
Intermediate MEN'S FOOTBALL
Joint Player of the Year Ciaran Giles
Joint Player of the Year Sean O’Grady
Junior Men’s FOOTBALL
Joint Player of the Year Eoghan Stanley
Joint Player of the Year Fintan Birch
Senior hurling
Player of the Year Tommy O’Brien
Young Player of the Year Paddy McKeon
junior a HURLING
Player of the Year Conor Caulfield
Young Player of the Year Robin McGill
junior b HURLING
Player of the Year Kenneth Hayes
For Dedication and Commitment to Clontarf Hurling Noel Wardick
The Second Annual Nora Arthur Memorial Tournament
On Friday 29th December we held the second Annual Nora Arthur Memorial Tournament at the club in which twelve teams of adult players, mentors and parents competed over the course of the afternoon for the memorial trophy named in honour of Nora.
The eponymous trophy was presented to the winning captain Mattias Mac Donncha (Tiz) on behalf of the winning Team 5 by Nora’s Dad, Neil.
The teams
THE FINAL AND THE OVERALL WINNERS
After 18 high-intensity and dramatic “group-stage” matches and two high-stakes semi finals, a tense and exciting final ensued between Team 12 and Team 5. Team 5 would eventually win the day by 4-0 with a second title in a row for young Cian O’Connor and a goal to boot! A worthy final for a brilliant day of sport and craic.
Not only that, but a whopping €2,900 (and still rising!) was raised for the very worthy cause of Oscar’s Kids. Well done to all involved. If you’d still like to donate, click here.
With apologies for the mediocre quality (!), some snaps from the day below.
Community Christmas Party
It was Clontarf GAA’s great privilege to host a wonderful Christmas Party for our local Ukrainian families today. Thanks to everyone who came, we hope you enjoyed it!
Huge thanks are due to all those involved in organising the event, led by Roisin Kelly in our Healthy Club team. That includes everyone who brought gifts and provided the lovely Irish and Ukrainian food and Manning’s Bakery for their seasonal delicacies. Particular thanks to the Sean Treacy Trad group, the Sean Gilligan Performing Arts group and our Ukrainian family singers and musicians for the fantastic entertainment.
Thanks also to our young leaders on the Dermot Earley Youth Leadership Programme who did the face painting and kids games - and of course to our special visitor Santa for taking time out from his busy schedule to join us to help make it such a truly special occasion!
Some great photos and videos are below.
New Hurls and Helmets for our Nursery!
Our nursery boys and girls got their first Hurls and Helmets this week, sponsored by Little Sport Bikes. Ken from Little Sport dropped in this morning to see the lads in action. Some photos below courtesy of the PRO Team.
Sponsor Night 2023
We had a great night down in the club this evening where we welcomed our sponsors and patrons to say a heartfelt THANK YOU for their support. It was great to see representatives from our players and mentors in attendance as well and a very sociable evening was had by all with some delicious food from one of our patrons, Camile Thai Artane.
Our sponsors are:
Kish Fish
Little Sport
Mason Hayes Curran
Member First Credit Union
Mkn Property Group
MSL Motors
Karen Mulvaney Property
Nolans Of Clontarf
Grimes
Staffords Funeral Homes
Teneo
Tyler Owens Architects
Valentia Partners
Arachas
Avolon
Bay
Beshoff Bros
Bright Motor Group
Clontarf Orthodontics
Ergo
Eurooil
Gilna Opticians
Hamill Estate Agents
Hayes Solicitors
Insomnia
Kinara
AGM 2023 and Lookback Video
The 2023 AGM was held in the Clubhouse Hall last night. The incoming executive for 2024 was voted on and motions were approved. At the end of the evening we enjoyed a video lookback on 2023, a very successful year for the club. That video is below if you would like to watch it now.
Pop Up Gaeltacht Thursday 16th 8:30pm
The next Clontarf GAA Club Pop Up Gaeltacht of 2023 will take place on Thursday 16th November from 8.30 pm in the Cúl Doras (Club Bar). Everyone is welcome with a ‘céad míle fáilte’ and all levels of Irish. Love to see you all there on the night to enjoy the craic and comhrá.
Táimid ar ais le Pop-Up Gaeltacht ar an 16/11/2023 (Déardaoin ag 8.30 i.n.) i gCumann Lúthchleas Gael Chluain Tarbh. Beidh fáilte mhór roimh gach duine agus gach caighdeán don Ghaeilge. Beidh craic agus comhrá agus ba bhreá linn tú féin agus do chairde a bheith ann chun an ócáid a cheiliúradh.
Eólas ó (Info from): Éanna Ó Murchú (endamurf@gmail.com) / administrator.clontarf.dublin@gaa.ie
Senior Men's Footballers are Dublin Champions!
A huge day for the club today as our Senior Men’s Football team became the first club team ever to win a Senior Championship in any code. It was the finest of margins in the end as Conor Rooney’s left boot saw the team pip Fingallians by a single point, but a magnificent team performance in the final quarter brought it all together. Massive congratulations to the whole team, the management group, physios and all the supporters who showed up in numbers to cheer the lads on to eventual victory!
A fantastic gallery of photos below from the amazing Pat Walsh. Thanks again Pat.
And, of course, thanks to the team sponsor Bright Motor Group for their brilliant support this year.
