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INTO/GAA SKILLS AWARDS 1990. This scheme, jointly sponsored by the INTO and the GAA, is designed to give children the opportunity to participate in Gaelic Games with the emphasis on fun and enjoyment, and the display of skills in the mini game situation. At County level, these awards will take the form of a round robin 7-a-side blitz competition for School teams and will be organised in (a) Hurling, (b) Camogie,(c) Boys Football (d) Girls Football. The winners of the County Mini Sevens in each category will then participate in a mini Sevens festival at provincial level. At this level, the participating Children will be formed into panels of ten, and in no case will a team contain more than two Children from the same School. The host Coiste in each category for each provincial festival will apoint an adjudicating panel of three persons who shall select the 10 most skilful players to participate in an All Ireland series of Mini Sevens exhibition games at all the All Ireland GAA Hurling and Football Semi Finals and Finals in August and September Guidelines:
1. All games are on a round Robin system- each team plays the other teams in their section. 2. Entries should be divided into groups of 8, with a further subdivision into two sections on a regional basis. The winner of each regional grouping to advance to a County final which will follow on a similar round Robin basis. 3. Games will be 14 minutes minimum to 20 minutes maximum. 4. 70m by 50m are the recommended pitch dimensions. 5. Entries must be with the co- ordinating Secretary, before 19th Feb., 1990, and must have the prior approval of the Board Of Management. 6. A pupil may not be entered on more than one team. 7. Teams may be entered from an amalgamation of small Schools where the combined number of Teachers does not exceed 6-excluding remedial and special Teachers. Dermot Keane, The Neale. Community Award. This award goes to a man who has devoted much of his free time catering for the Youth in Sporting matters. Dermot Keane, who has been Secretary of the Council National Schools Sports Council for the past two years, had achieved so much in such a short space of time in the promotion of Hurling, Football, Camogie and Rounders at School level. Teachers all over the County are seeking his advice in many Sports. The huge volume of correspondence which Dermot has to deal with is enormous and the panel of judges felt that this award would in some small way give him encouragement to continue the good work. SPORTS DEVELOPMENT PROMOTION FOR MAYO SCHOOLS.
Recent cutbacks in Primary School funding has inevitably led to fundraising activities by Schools themselves. Even with this funding raising some aspects of the Primary School curriculum are still severely under financed and one example is Sport. The number of Primary Schools in Mayo with their own playing in Mayo facilities is substantially below the national average, while the ongoing purchase of equipment, e.g., goalposts, jerseys, footballs is putting increasing strain on Board of Management funds. With this expertise, and the result is a major Sports development promotion for Mayo Primary Schools. The promotion involves the direct sales and raffle of two limited autographed prints of two of Mayo's best known fotballers-Liam Mc Hale and Willie Joe Padden, and has been designed to give max. financial benefit to the participating Schools. This is a major opportunity for Schools to raise much needed funds for their School funds and each participating School is guaranteed prize winners appropriate to the number of draw cards sold. Cumann na mBunscol Mhaigheo will receive no financial gain from the promotion, all profits are retained by individual Schools. Individual members of the public can purchase the limited editions of the prints from Primary Schools, Secretary, Dermot Keane, Carrowkeel, Ballinrobe, enclosing cheque for £19.95 per print. Schools will receive full details of the promotion during the week. The draw for prizes will be held in Castlebar on April 6th and winners will be announced in the local papers on April 17th. Schools and individuals will be able to inspect the prints at outlets throughout Mayo over the next week, or by contacting any of the Primary School executive. Cumann na mBunscol Mhaigheo wish to publicly express their appreciation to Willie Joe Padden and Liam Mc Hale for their wholehearted support for the Sports development promotion. In recognition of that support Cumann na mBunscol will present Liam and Willie Joe with the originals of the prints at a special Function in Breaffy House Hotel, Castlebar, next Thursday evening at 9.30 pm. Also being presented are the prizes for the All Stars competition to the various winners.
Award For Tomas. 9 year old Tomas Colleran from Doogra, Ballaghaderreen, has won the top prize in the B section of the special "All Stars" forecast competition organised by Cumann na mBunscol Mhaigh Eo. Tomas will receive his prize at a ceremony in Breaffy House Hotel, Castlebar, on this Thursday night. Among the attendance will be Willie Joe Padden, Liam Mc Hale and Mayo Youth Officer Pat Byrne.
CUMANN NA MBUNSCOL MHAIGHEO. Primary Schools Development Quiz sponsored by Cumann na mBunscoil. Q: With which GAA Clubs do Willie Joe Padden and Liam Mc Hale play? Prize: A choice of framed autographed print of W J Padded/Liam Mc Hale(20x16) valued at £19.95. Postcards only with name and address, to Dermot Keane, Carrowkeel, Ballinrobe before April 1.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS FOOTBALL. The following fixtures and dates were made at a recent meeting by The South Mayo School Representative. Division 3-3 and 4 Teacher: Venue-Claremorris GAA pitch-Round 1, Friday, March 30th, 5.30-Barnacarroll V Tooreen, 6.15-Robeen V Taugheen, 7.00-Irishtown V Coogue. Meelickmore bye. Round 2:Tues.,April 3, 5.30-Tooreen V Robeen, 6.15-Taugheen V Irishtown, 7.00-Coogue V Meelickmore. Barnacarroll bye. Round 3: Fri.,April 6, 5.30-Irishtown V Robeen, 6.15-Meelickmore V Barnacarroll, 7.00-Tooreen V Taugheen. Coogue bye. Round 4: Tues., April 10th, 5.30-Irishtown V Barnacarroll, 6.15-Meelickmore V Tooreen, 7.00-Coogue V Robeen. Taugheen bye. Division 4 -2 Teacher: Garrymore GAA pitch-Round 1: Friday,March 30th: 6.30-Gortskehy V Logboy, 7.00-Lehinch V Aughamore. Aughamore bye. Round 2:Fri.,April 6, 6.30- Logboy V Mayo Abbey, 7.00-Aughamore V Gortskehy. Lehinch bye. Round 3: Tues., April 10th, 6.30-Gortskehy V Lehinch, 7.00-Mayo Abbey V Aughamore. Logboy bye. Round 4: Fri.,April 27, 6.30-Lehinch V Mayo Abbey, 7-Aughamore V Logboy. Gortskehy bye. Round 5: Fri., May 4th, 6.30-Mayo Abbey V Gortskehy, 7-Logboy V Lehinch. Aughamore bye. Final-7 pm-May 11th, in Claremorris-top two. Referees later.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS FUND RAISING DRIVE. The Mayo Primary Schools GAA. Board is to promote a fundraising drive part of which will be the sale of two autographed photographs of Mayo footballers Willie Joe Padden and Liam Mc Hale. Money raised will go towards improving the Sporting facilities in Schools throughout the County with particular emphasies on the upgrading of pitches and equipment and the provision of Footballs and Jerseys. Mr Dermot Keane, Secretary of the Primary Schools Board said that the number of Primary Schools in Mayo with their own pitches is substantially below the national average. He said recent cutbacks and the shortage of funds was putting an extra strain on the finances of School Management Boards. He said this was an opportunity for all Schools to raise extra funds and all the money would be retained by the Schools involved. He said part of the fund raising would be the sale of photographs of Liam Mc Hale and W J Padden. The set could be bought for £19.95 and Schools will be informed of the promotion during the coming weeks. McHALE AND PADDEN FOR PROMOTION. Recent cutbacks in Primary School funding has inevitably led to fundraising activities by Schools themselves. Even with this fundraising, some aspects of the Primary School curriculum are still severely under financed, and one example is Sport. With this background, Cumann na mBunscol sought professional marketing expertise, and the result is a major Sports dev. Promotion for Mayo Primaary Schools. The Promotion involves the direct sales and raffle of two limited autographed prints of two of Mayo's best known Footballers-Liam Mc Hale and Willie Joe Padden-and has been designed to give maximum financial benefit to the participating Schools. This is a major opportunity for Schools to raise much needed funds for their School funds, and each participating School is guaranteed prize winners appropriate to the number of draw cards sold. Cumann na mBunscol Mhaigh Eo will receive no financial gain from the promotion. All profits are retained by the individual Schools. Individual members of the public purchase the limited editors of the prints from Dermot Keane, Carrowkeel, Ballinrobe, Schools Secretary, enclosing cheque for £19.95 per print. Schools will receive full details of the promotion during the week. The draw for prizes will be held in Castlebar on April 17th. Schools and individuals will be able to inspect the prints at outlets throughout Mayo over the next week, or by contacting any of the Primary School executive. Cumannna mBunscol wish to publicly express their appreciation to W J Padden and Liam Mc Hale for their wholehearted support for the Sports Development Promotion. In recognition of that support, Cumann na mBunscol will be present Liam and Willie with the originals of the prints at a special function in Breaffy House, Castlebar, March 8th, 9.30 pm.
TOM McDONNELL JUVENILE HURLING COACHING SCHOOL. Details of the Tom Mc Donnell Juvenile Hurling Coaching School were announced at Ballina Stephenites Clubhouse last Week. The School, which is sponsored by Barry and Lidia Mc Loughlin of Cafolla's, Bridge St., commences on Friday, May 4th, and continues on Sat. May 5th. The School, which is being organised by the Ballina Stephenites Juvenile Hurling Club and P J Qualter, Connacht Hurling Coach, will host on the Fri. night a seminar and dinner for Primary School Teachers in the area. This will be attended by the other Coaches who will include Noel Lane, Joe Cooney, Joe Connolly and Joe Mc Donagh, all senior All Ireland medal holders with Galway. The following day 100 young Hurlers from all the Primary Schools in the area will be Coached on all skills of the game. A bus will collect them at the various Schools and take them to and from James Stephen's Park. Meals will be provided in the Clubhouse for all partcipants, courtesy of Barry and Lidia Mc Loughlin. The programme will include Personal Coaching, Videos, Skills, Competition and later in the Summer a competition between the 6 participating Schools. The Ballina Stephenites Juvenile Hurling Club Chairman, T.J Tyrrell,, thanked Barry and Lidia for the generous sponsorship of the School and for providing Hurleys for all participants. He hoped the School which is a fitting tribute to the late Tom Mc Donnell, himself a loyal Stephenite, would be a success and be a nursery for underage teams in the years ahead and ultimately for a senior team within the Stephenite club and players for the County. P.J Qualter also thanked Barry and Lidia, he was impressed with the progress of Hurling in Ballina in the last 2 years and congratulated the Stephenites U 14 team on winning Feile and the County Championship for the past two years. With support from people like Barry and Lidia Mc Loughlin, the future of Hurling in Ballina is assured. Speaking on behalf of the sponsors, Barry, said they were delighted to be associated with the School which he thought was a positive way of commemorating his uncle, Tom, who gave many years service to Ballina Stephenites. He wished the officers and teams of the Juvenile Hurling Club every success and hoped they would bring off a 3-in-a-row at U 14 this year and win the U 16 Championship for the first time this year.
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