Sublime weekend of sport but no GAA just yet
Last weekend we had a plethora of top quality sport to choose from on the television, but sadly no GAA.
The highlight must surely have been the fantastic achievement of Rachael Blackmore, Minnella Times and Henry de Bromhead in winning the Grand National. Rachael’s achievement means that every little girl that ever had a pony now dreams of winning the race, and it opens up lots of opportunities for others. Her background is not one of racing, so it just shows us all what hard work can achieve.
The next big sporting event, in terms of catapulting a sport from the back pages to the front was Hideki Matsuyama winning the Masters in Augusta. Golf is colossal in Japan, and he has become the first Japanese player to win a major. Brilliant as an amateur, it is great for the sport that a winner from Asia has won this coveted green jacket.
It is great when sport, for all of the right reasons becomes the headline act in the news stories. There was other sport as well, such as rugby, sadly no GAA action yet but hopefully the juvenile scene can start back on April 26 with adult training to start soon afterwards. That is the hope of many but also the onus is all GAA county teams and clubs to respect the present rules, and not to participate in training sessions.
You get the impression, that the Government could lose patience with all the breaches of the rules so I guess the sliotar is firmly back in our own control.
GREAT FUNDRAISING
The Cork minor football panel deserve enormous credit for the amount of money that they collectively have raised to benefit Marymount University Hospital and Hospice and Pieta. Marymount University Hospital and Hospice and Pieta are two organisations that need no introduction due to the huge work they carry out here in Cork and further afield.
At the time of writing up these notes, the amount raised was €12,124.05 against an initial target of €2,000. On Sunday last, April 11 the panel each ran 5km within their 5km radius in accordance with Covid-19 regulations wearing their club colours. That is incredible, and Killavullen GAA Club is very proud of our local panel participants, Niall Murray and Patrick O’Grady who have overcome significant injuries already, and worked their way back into consideration for the Cork team.
CLUB MEMBERSHIP
For 2021, Killavullen GAA intend that membership, can be paid online, if necessary, through the club website, or through the Central GAA website – www.foireann.ie. Our club members will be able to login to Foireann and pay the relevant club membership subscription for themselves or a dependent. After the successful transaction, the member will be registered for the current season. It is important that all underage and adult players are registered and have their subscription paid, before any activity commences on the GAA field, otherwise no insurance is available.
KILLAVULLEN LADIES CLUB GEAR
Killavullen Ladies Club has sufficient numbers in 2021 to be able to field a junior team, which is a significant advancement from before when they only had juvenile teams. The club deserve enormous credit for their endeavours, and no doubt success will follow. The real success though is in the amount of girls that are participating. The ladies club has teamed up with Lenihan Sports to make some club gear available online, with a flash sale for 2 weeks only. The gear can be viewed on Lenihansports.ie. The online link can be found on our social media pages.
CLUB SPONSOR
Howard Farm Feeds.