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Please note we are expanding our annual Nursery Coaching Conference to cater for Youth Coaches and also Club Coaching Officers/Club Personnel in Nemo Rangers GAA club on Saturday 22nd February from 1-4.30pm.  There are a limited number of tickets available to purchase here:  https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/rebel-og-coaching-conference-for-child-youth-tickets-93277330005  There will be 3 parallel sessions at a time focusing on Child (5-10 year olds), Youth (11-18 year olds) and Best Practice Club structures, with it…

Role Profile The Cork County Committee wish to recruit a County Games Development Administrator. The role holder will be responsible for the implementation of specific GAA Games Development Policy within County Cork. The role holder will work as part of a team, in conjunction with other full time and voluntary personnel, to deliver the goals and objectives of the County Games Development Plan. Reporting to the County Games Development Manager,…

The Finals of the club GAA football skills competition was held in Pairc Ui Chaoimh, 4G pitch on Monday 28th October. This new club football skills development programme saw over 1000 boys between the ages of 12 and 14 show off their skills in a county wide competition. Clubs were invited to host a kicking skills competition in their own clubs with the 3 highest scoring players advancing to Divisional…

Cork Sports Partnership and Cork Volunteer Centre are delighted to announce a new FREE workshop for clubs which aims to address volunteer recruiting, challenges, retention, rewarding and much more! Volunteers are people from all walks of life, all ages and stages. What they have in common is the desire to make a difference in their community and their club! What are the Objectives of the workshop What is Volunteering? Expectations of…

The Blarney and Bishopstown GAA clubs have joined together to fund a games promotion officer who will promote Gaelic games in eight local schools a unique initiative funded completely by the two clubs, the first of its kind in Cork. The clubs have jointly appointed Fachtna O’Connor as Games Promotion Officer. An active member and PRO of his club, Cullen, he has played U16 football for Cork and has coached…

Its that time of the year where clubs Benchmarking Submissions are now due. The Benchmarking Accreditation submission form for this year 2019 is live online at the link below.  This may make it easier for clubs to fill in rather then sending in the paper documents. You can submit any other documents as well for inclusion by email to corkgda@gmail.com To complete the document please click on the attached link. 2019…

Cork Sports Partnership are delighted to offer a discount for the next Sport Ireland Coaching – Coaching Children Series, please see details below and poster attached! Course Info: Sport Ireland Coaching have developed 4 modules, specifically to provide candidates with a basic understanding of children’s sport and physical activity and the best ways to optimise children’s enjoyment, participation and positive outcomes. The concepts of Physical Literacy and Holistic Development run…