CROMANE

CROMANE GAA

CLUB MEMBERSHIP 2020: If you have yet to pay your annual club membership, then please get in touch with our club registrars as soon as possible. Our registrars are Paul Patrick O’Sullivan, Patrick Casey, Orla O’Connor, and Liam Teahan.

Your membership is very important, here’s why:

- Insurance: Playing football is a contact sport and injuries are common. By being a paidup club member you are also covered for insurance purposes so no headaches when you or someone in your family picks up an injury.

- Become part of a great club: Being a Cromane GAA Club member you get access to our facilities and to our growing group of qualified GAA coaches. It’s also great craic, making new friends along the way.

- Ticket draws: Every so often the Kerry team get to the final stages of the All-Ireland championship! Being a member gives you a much better chance of getting a ticket for these games.

The Cromane GAA Membership rates for 2020 are as follows:

Senior player: €60 Family: €60 Couple: €50 One Adult: €30 Students: €30 Underage: €20

Please note that you must be a club member to train and play with our club teams. Remember, your membership must be paid to one of our club registrars Paul Patrick O’Sullivan, Patrick Casey, Orla O’Connor, and Liam Teahan.

PITCH REOPENS - The Cromane GAA pitch – as per GAA guidelines issued last week – reopened for adult training last Wednesday, June 24. The pitch reopened for minor and other underage training on Saturday, June 27.

These training sessions are still on a non-contact basis. These sessions take place on the understanding that players and all participants have completed the GAA eLearning module.

The module takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. Those who pass a simple quiz will be able to generate a certificate of completion.

You should print – or take a screen-grab of this certificate – to show to Covid Supervisors that you are compliant for the teams you are involved with before their return. The Covid-19 Club Education eLearning module for Gaelic Games is available here: https://courses.gaa.ie/Covid19ClubEd

CLUB LOTTO - The Cromane GAA Club lotto draw is set to return on Wednesday, July 15. The draw is scheduled to take place in Cromane Community Centre. Tickets are available online and in the usual local outlets. The local jackpot (which was paused back in March) is €17,300.

SENIOR FIXTURES - We have one confirmed fixture on the horizon and that is our County Junior Football Championship preliminary round game against Ballylongford. It is provisionally fixed for the weekend of July 18/19. The winner of this game will play in Group 4 of the County Junior Football Championship, this group already contains Castlegregory, Tarbert, and Lispole.

MINORS - There is a provisional restart date for the Minor County League of Friday, July 17. Further rounds are provisionally pencilled in for Saturday, August 15, Saturday, September 5. At the time of writing, there was no more detail on groupings.

UNDER-16s - Our under-16s are provisionally due to start their county league campaign on Monday, July 20. The other phase one rounds are provisionally fixed for Monday, July 27, and Monday, August 10.

As per the draft Coiste na nÓg fixtures for 2020, the Glenbeigh-Glencar/Cromane (GGC) under-16s will play in a group with Beaufort, Firies, and Milltown-Castlemaine in phase one of the county league.

Depending on national Covid-19 guidelines, phase two is planned to start on Monday, August 17, with additional rounds on Monday, August 24, and Monday, August 31.

UNDER-14s - Our under-14s are provisionally due to start their county league campaign on Wednesday, July 29. The other phase one rounds are provisionally fixed for Wednesday, August 5, and Wednesday, August 12.

As per the draft Coiste na nÓg fixtures for 2020, the Glenbeigh-Glencar/Cromane (GGC) under-14s will play in a group with St Mary’s, Skellig Rangers, and Kenmare B in phase one of the county league.

Depending on national Covid-19 guidelines, phase two is planned to start on Wednesday, August 19, with additional rounds on Wednesday, August 26, and Wednesday, September 2.

UNDER-12s - Our under-12s are provisionally due to start their county league campaign on Sunday, July 19. The other phase one rounds are provisionally fixed for Sunday, July 26, and Sunday, August 2.

As per the draft Coiste na nÓg fixtures for 2020, Cromane under-12s will play in a group with Glenbeigh-Glencar, Laune Rangers B, and Legion B in phase one of the county league.

Depending on national Covid-19 guidelines, phase two is planned to start on Sunday, August 16, with additional rounds on Sunday, August 23, and Sunday, August 30.

LAST MAN STANDING - Many thanks to all of those who joined our ‘Last Man Standing’ competition. We are now in week 3 and we still have 46 players left in the race to win over €500. You can keep track of what is happening on our Facebook and Twitter pages, just search for ‘Cromane GAA Club’. Your continued support is much appreciated. Thanks also to our senior player Sean O’Sullivan for organising the competition.

CUL CAMPS 2020

Cromane GAA Club will be hosting a Kelloggs GAA Cúl Camp this year. It will take place from Monday, August 17, until Friday, August 21. The camp sold out within an hour of going live last Wednesday morning. There was phenomenal demand due to the limitation on numbers (max 80 children) this year. Many thanks to all of our club members who have registered for the Cúl Camp, it’s a great week for the children to make friends and improve their GAA skills.

REOPENING: STAR OF THE SEA CHURCH CROMANE

Mass Fri 3rd July at 8pm and Sun 5th July at 10am. Seats will be designated for use. To ensure one is not disappointed, it is possible to ring 087 7856695 10 to 12 Mon to Fri to reserve a place for Mass.

REOPENING: WELCOME BACK TO ST. MICHAEL’S!

At long last our wait to worship together is coming to an end. And we all need to be prepared for changes to the way we use our church buildings, when we return on the 5th July! At 11am.

We hope that the following arrangements, are not too off putting, they are in place solely to keep you safe. All Church of Ireland clergy have been asked to put similar arrangements in place in their respective churches.

Understandably, we cannot use our church buildings in quite the same way as previously, and the way in which we all arrive in the building and what we may do within it will be different but the people of Kerry are nothing if not resilient and capable of change and innovation.

POSTMAN

June 26th was the last day in Cromane for our fabulous Post Man Peter O.Brien. Ever so kind and obliging and always in good form which he reflected on all households in these challenging times. We wish him well in his new location and we will miss him.

QUOTE

“Money is the root of all evil and we all need roots”.