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📢 Go Games Findings
This year, we moved our U7 & U8s to 5 a-side, down from the recommended 7 a-side.
Here is a small thread on the process and the results..
(As you can see from the graphics, the findings were similar in both codes)
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Round out the full collection.
Fair play to GAA Fan Zone
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Parents, Mentors and all adults attending GAA Go Games have a responsibility to the children, themselves, their clubs and their families to behave in a responsible manner at all.
Below is a mail sent to all mentors and it is important all adults note some of the points.
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Every lad in this picture won an all Ireland today for
@OfficialCorkGAA
Winners of the
@TonyForristal
& Sonny Walsh trophies. Thanks to all parents, school & club coaches who have spent years fostering a love of Hurling in these men.
Out to the big bad world of U15 for them now
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6 different ways to get the ball from the ground to the hand.
Try them out and if you have any other versions, video them and throw them up.
@GDACrowley
was always better for the little flicks, let's see what he can add to the list.
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Tomorrow morning, over 1,000 U7s descend on Pairc ui Chaoimh for their first
@CorkGAACoaching
Monster Blitz.
Remember this is a fun occasion for the kids. Applaud all players after each match. Don't worry about winning & losing. Just ensure they have FUN & a positive experience.
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Gentlemen of
@OfficialCorkGAA
Are you over 30?
Are you interested in GAA?
Would you like to play "a modified version" of Hurling/Football every week?
Would you like to get healthier doing something enjoyable with like minded people?
If yes to any of the above, Then see below ⬇️⬇️
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Announcement:
Thanks to everyone who made my job so enjoyable.
(Will keep this twitter page active as there is some useful information on it)
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Entries are in for the
@OfficialCorkGAA
@RebelOg_
Go Games Program for 2021.. 🥳🥳
🔜 On a Saturday morning, not long from now, all of the following clubs will be getting ready for Go Games matches from U7 to U11 with upwards of 10,000 kids playing Hurling and Football in Cork.
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Simple game of competitive "No Mans Land".
Complete 3 passes on your own side before passing to the teammates across no mans land.
Kick passing only and for the groups 2nd session together, was good communication and team play
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Is 5-a-side better than 7-a-side??
Just a small snapshot from the recent Blitz.
Meaningful strikes:
1 per 5 secs vs 1 per 10 secs
Players:
100% touched the ball in 1 minute vs 64% touched the ball in 1 minute
Goal Chance:
2 per min vs 1 per min
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Cork U15 Hurlers are in
@KilleaghGAA
Saturday morning for a training session.
Noel Furlong has designed the session plan and all coaches are welcome tipp attend and observe.
9.30-11am.
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The
@OfficialCorkGAA
U15 Hurling Development squad are training in
@SaintMarysGAA
in Enniskeane this Saturday morning at 9.15am.
Below is the session plan by
@tgoregan
and club coaches are welcome to attend, observe & speak to the coaches afterwards.
#BringingHurlingToThePeople
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A 2 year wait to resume our
@PaircUiCha0imh
Monster Blitzes.
160 U7 teams playing 240 matches on the 4G pitch today...
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Full pitch x4 today.
Approx 800 kids, playing for 96 teams, playing for 32 clubs..
Excellent standard of hurling on display from all teams
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A quick look at some of the resources we are making available to teachers of Junior & Senior Infant classes in Cork. We will be rolling out the program in the coming weeks.
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Eugene Carey U16 A Final
Full Time
Cork 3-21
Tipperary 3-16
Well done to players and management
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"What's Pacman?"
Great fun in Dunderrow NS today.
Fun game of pacman. Players have to stay on the white lines and if they get caught, they also become a catcher.
Catcher starts closest to the camera
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With the arrival of the very cold 🥶 weather this week, we focused on lots of movement in primary schools, with games like below:
•Flush the Toilet
•Cups & Saucers
•Ship, sea, shore
•Head, shoulders, knees & cone
•Red Lights (See Squid Game, without the shooting)
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With over 150 new Young referees trained up so far in
@OfficialCorkGAA
we want to make sure that Mentors and Parents
#TrustOurReferees
These are kids learning the art of refereeing and ensuring games get played.
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🤚Attention
We are putting together a little resource on Padlet for all coaches in the Nursery to U8 age groups.
We will gradually add little bits that we think may be useful to coaches over the coming weeks.
🎲🧢🤸♂️👏🎈
Check it out here
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Go Games Schedule for 2023 released.
4 Monster Blitz days in each code for U7.
5 Monster Blitz days in each code for U8.
9 Blitz days for each code U9-11.
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Session for
@OfficialCorkGAA
U15 Hurlers designed by
@wongerj
This session will be carried out this Saturday at 10.30am in
@ButtevantGAA
All coaches from the area welcome to attend to observe and speak to the coaches after
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📢 Great news for U8-11 players in Cork.
🏐 We will be rolling out a games program on the following dates.
📒 Correspondence going to juvenile secretaries today with more details on format etc.
👍 Time to put all that skill challenges into practice in matches.
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⛔️Summer League Finals Day⛔️
This Saturday, Pairc ui Chaoimh and Pairc ui Rinn will host 171 U9-U11 Hurling & Football teams in the finals day of our Go Games Summer League.
12 teams per hour will take part in approx 180 matches, 1,600 players representing 72 clubs.
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37 players. All in the picture. All a part of the winning team. Well done to team and management
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The calm after the storm. Thanks to all the GDAs who helped run the U8 Blitz in
@PaircUiCha0imh
and U10 Blitzes in Mallow and Clonakilty.
Till next Saturday, same time, same place for U7 Hurling Finale.
1,800+ kids played in Pairc ui Chaoimh astro today.
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Go Games Schedule 2019
8 Hurling and 8 football blitzes for u8s.
10 Hurling and 10 football matches for u9-u11 with the opportunity to participate in the Summer league program also.
An exciting year ahead for all children in
@GoGamesGAA
with
@RebelOg_
and
@OfficialCorkGAA
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Our U8 Go Games program in
@OfficialCorkGAA
is the largest U8 program country wide, with more players taking part and more games played than any other country.
This year we have 97 clubs registered to take part, with blitzes due to begin on March 21st in
@PaircUiCha0imh
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Go Games Update
Tomorrow is Match Day 1 of our 2021 Go Games.
There are 977 teams due to play between 1000-1,100 matches.
7,000+ young boys (and some girls) will be playing for their clubs.
2,700+ playing their first ever Go Games Match for their clubs..
@OfficialCorkGAA
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Lots and lots of hurling happening around the county at Go Games Level this morning.
Mini Blitzes for U7, U9, U10 and U11.
No tickets needed, just turn up and watch the future generations of club & county hurlers in Cork at a club near you..
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As the great Peter Power from
@WaterfordGAA
said "there's a billion people in China, and none of them know this game is going ahead today"
Parents, coaches & supporters, Remember that matches are supposed to be fun...
Positive words only please...
@OfficialCorkGAA
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Video of recent workshop with
@murraykevin13
on Functional movement. Might give an insight into the content on the night and some of the exercises done
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📢 Go Games 2022 are back
This weekend, we launch our Go Games Program for 2022 in
@OfficialCorkGAA
with scheduled Blitzes & Matches for U7, U8, U9, U10 and U11 age groups in both Hurling & Football.
Here is a brief run down of what it entails this year..
Thread ⬇️
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Delighted to finally have this printed and ready. Will start distributing to clubs in the coming weeks.
@OfficialCorkGAA
@GAAlearning
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188 teams from 85 clubs taking part in this Saturday's U8 Monster Blitz in Pairc ui Chaoimh on one of our biggest blitz days ever, with 280 matches planned between 9am and 5pm. The future of Cork Football on display.
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Go Games Report:
@CorkGAACoaching
coordinates the Go Games (Fé7-Fé11) each year.
In total nearly 11,000 games were played this year.
Huge credit to the mentors, clubs, parents, young referees & players for ensuring it happened. A huge investment in the future of
@OfficialCorkGAA
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Cork have qualified for both the Tony Forristal and Sonny Walsh finals at U14 level.
Sonny Walsh at 5.40pm and Tony Forristal at 6.45pm.
@RebelOg_
@OfficialCorkGAA
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U7-U11 Go Games Dates and Schedule for 2018 finalised. Venues at u7/u8 subject to change based on availability. We are expecting to host over 9,000 games in 2018 in
@OfficialCorkGAA
between u7 and u11. Still looking for a sponsor if anyone is interested.
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First round of matches up and running at a foggy Pairc ui Chaoimh.
90 Fé8 Football teams in action with nearly 700 players getting game time today
@OfficialCorkGAA
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PE sessions for all classes available here.
Whilst schools are closed, it is important that children get done form of physical activity.
Junior infant to 6th class can find this week's videos here:
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Well done to Cork East (Cup Winners) and Cork North (Shield Winners) and all the players who participated in today's Munster U15 semi finals and finals.
Over 50 clubs and 30 schools represented
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Best of luck to the Cork Minor Footballers in the All Ireland final Sunday.
Saturday, Cork U14, U15 and U16 Hurlers are playing in their respective competitions in Pairc ui Rinn (U14), Thurles & Templetuohy (U15) and Mallow (U16).
Best of luck to all involved
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Well done to West Cork U17 Celtic Challenge team today. A 1 point win after extra time in the Corn John Scott.
My job is to hand out the jerseys. My sincere gratitude to the Clubs, Schools, Coaches & Parents for Fostering a love of the game in each player. So thanks to everyone
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Full house in
@PaircUiCha0imh
24 teams every hour playing 3 matches each.
Please park on stadium grounds, enter via The Marina rd..
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Today was our final day of the year for
#GoGames
in Cork.
Thanks to all the players, parents, mentors and clubs who took part in games and blitzes since last March. Will have final figures next week but this year has been a record year for games played for the U7-U11 age groups
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Next week marks our Inaugural Club Based Mini Blitz for Fé8s.
113 Clubs
234 Teams
24 Host Venues
351 Games
2,000+ Happy Kids
#GoGames
#GAA
@OfficialCorkGAA
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Looking forward to welcoming 133 teams to
@PaircUiCha0imh
tomorrow for our 1st Fé8 Go Games Blitz of the year.
200 matches fixed for the new Astro turf pitch between 9.30 and 3.30pm.
Come down to see the
@OfficialCorkGAA
stars of the future
#GAA
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Go Games Rules in Cork for 2021
Document will be distributed to all clubs and mentors in the coming days.
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Season in Review from Go Games & Coach Ed
1. Go Games
Mar-Oct 2023
(If you are wondering, where are the 260 Clubs in those numbers, between Amalgamations & Independent teams, we had 128 Clubs in total entered Go Games in 2023)
U7/8 - 5 a-side
U9/10 - 7 a-side
U11 - 9 a-side
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A long, busy day of Development Squad activity in the Mid and West.
103 U13 Hurlers from the Mid region in Eire og this evening.
41 U14 Footballers from the Mid in St Vincents this morning
And finally, 26 West U15 Hurlers in Eire og this evening as well.
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Go Games (U7-U11) Match Dates for 2021
Fixtures & opposition are currently being finalised and will be released to clubs in coming days through club secretary.
8 match days for every child in each code over the summer and autumn for every club in
@OfficialCorkGAA
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Great story here.
Husband vs Wife.
Parish rivalry and 70 players togged out.
@AllianzIreland
Sciath Na Scol Finals 2018. Our games don’t get much more family related than this
@LadiesFootball
final!
@cnambnaisiunta
@MunsterLGFA
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Another busy day in
@PaircUiCha0imh
for
@OfficialCorkGAA
Go Games Monster Blitz for U7 Football.
Huge turn out as always.
A lot of happy children leaving Pairc Ui Chaoimh today..
U8 Hurling and football the next two weeks.
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Big day Saturday.
Our biggest individual blitz ever.
Going to be a special occasion for all players
U8 Football Monster Blitz Finale Sat 6th October on the 4G in
@PaircUiCha0imh
:
-87 clubs entered
-192 teams taking part
-288 matches
-1,600+ kids
-3 matches each
-12 matches at a time
-216 hours of matches
-1 day
-8 hours
What will you be doing next Saturday??
@OfficialCorkGAA
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Great day for Cork U15 Hurling.
Winning the Arrabawn Cup and Plate.
Over the course of the comp:
Corcaigh had wins over Clare, Wexford, Dublin and Galway.
Cork lost to Galway (who reached Div 1 final), Drew with Limerick (who won the Div 2 final) and beat Laois and Waterford
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Go Games Entries 2023
@OfficialCorkGAA
118 clubs registered to take part in our U7-U11 Games Program.
Any clubs not yet registered have a final extended deadline of 6pm Tuesday 28th Feb to ensure entry into the March-June Games Program.
List continued on next tweet
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Thanks to all the coaches in
@BallincolligGAA
who have joined in the Coaching sessions recently.
As promised to the Nursery group tonight, here is a link to the Padlet with resources
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Thanks to the sun for finally coming out (9 hours late) and especially thanks to the 132 teams who participated in the blitz today, in not ideal conditions. Cork Football is in a good place
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Half way through the year and
@GoGamesGAA
in
@OfficialCorkGAA
coordinated by
@CorkGAACoaching
is going from strength to strength.
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113 Clubs registered for the upcoming U8 Football Mini Blitz and 95 Clubs for the U8 Hurling Mini Blitz with clubs fielding between 1 and 7 teams, with the groups outlined below.
An exciting month with another 2 dates in Pairc ui Chaoimh ahead for the U8s in
@OfficialCorkGAA
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Final thank you to the organisers of
@TonyForristal
and our two host clubs today
@StSavioursGAA
and
@DeLaSalleGAA1
who, as always provide us with the warmest of welcomes and the best of facilities.
Best day of the year and the countdown to 2019 is already on
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40+ training, 5 stations for 9 minutes each:
1.) Technical: Kicking points off left and right
2.) Team play: No mans land, 3 passes on own side before passing across
3.) Tactical: Modified game
4.) Tactical: Conditioned match
5.) Team play: 5 passes in a row to hand pass over bar
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Slides from last night's workshop.
1.) Play Games where possible
2.) Develop skill levels gradually
3.) Increase Decision making opportunities
4.) Increase Game Like situations I training
5.) Can a point/goal be worked into the exercise?
6.) Know WHY you are doing the activity
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Well done to the Mid U14 Football team who won the Regional competition in MTU today.
Thanks all the players, coaches and clubs for their efforts so far.
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⚠️ With Primary Schools returning for Infants-2nd class this week,
@GAAlearning
along with
@insight_centre
in
@DCU
have developed the "Moving Well Being Well" Movement Breaks
To help teachers, we have planned a 19 day activity program for March.
@OfficialCorkGAA
@sciathnascol
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Giving every child who enters the school an opportunity to wear the school Jersey in a meaningful game. Well done to Midleton CBSon providing these opportunities
What a fabulous day for our u.14 squads, 4 games & 80+ players representing
@CbsMidleton
today. Huge thank you to Mr. Faherty, McCarthy & Miss Murphy in organising our teams. Huge thank you to
@GDACrowley
for organising the games.
#gohardorgohome
#eastcorkfootball
#cbsforever
⚪️🔴
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Brilliant result for Roco. Great to see a Cork school winning at A level in Munster Football.
A very strong bunch won did the U14 Hurling and Football double in Cork last year.
Well done to all involved, players, teachers, school and clubs..
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One of our busiest ever Winter Coach Education programs with
@OfficialCorkGAA
with over 1500 coaches engaging in over 110 Coach Ed sessions..
Will continue to roll out Formal & Informal Coach Education Workshops in the coming months.
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6 vs 6
Team in possession must carry ball beyond poles on 45m line before turning to try to score a point.
If they score, they restart possession from goal and work it it.
If a wide, opponents restart possession.
Quick transition from defence to attack.
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We have done these changes with one goal in mind. To ensure the kids have more fun. We would encourage all clubs and counties to give it a try. Smaller is better, when it comes to Go Games..
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Well done to
@OfficialCorkGAA
U15 Regional Hurling teams who have all qualified for the
@MunsterGAA
Semi finals in Mallow Monday at 11am.
Great opportunity to see the future of Cork Hurling
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This weeks "Online Coaching Session" template for the Nursery to U8 group is Snakes & Ladders.
📆Set up online meeting for your players
👨💻Share your screen with the Snakes & Ladders pic
🎲Roll the virtual or real dice
🚶♂️Move up the board
🤸♂️Everybody does the activity
😀 Have fun
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Last Monster Blitz of the year about to get underway this morning. 1000 U7 hurlers on their way to Pairc ui Chaoimh
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Cork clubs child be getting between €400-500 from this generous offering.
Each clubs executive should ensure that this goes to providing further Primary School Coaching assistance.
Exclusive: JP McManus has donated €100,000 to every Gaelic Games county board in Ireland to be divided equally among their local clubs.
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What if I told you that it was a child on the team that you coach who wrote this piece.
Could you be guilty of being the coach the child speaks about?
Are you willing to change your way?
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I am establishing a Coaching Support/Sharing network for GAA Coaches specifically in the Mid Cork Region but open to all. We will use workshops/social media/email to share info
If you want to be included in the group, complete the form attached.
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This Saturday the U7 players in
@OfficialCorkGAA
finally get a day out on the Astro Turf surface in Pairc ui Chaoimh.
Each team will get 3 matches vs other clubs and in total, 154+ matches will be played over 5 hours. A feast of Hurling awaits.
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159 U7 Hurling games played today.
Nothing but positive words, encouragement and fair play from players and mentors.
Games played for the benefit of children.
A fantastic experience to be apart of and long may it continue. Well done to the 106 teams who took part
#LetThemPlay
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Well done to our Cork Mid U14 Footballers who had their final day out today playing against Kerry & Tipperary in Mallow.
Our best wishes to Sean O'Sullivan who suffered a leg injury today and was missing from team photo.
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Thanks to
@TonyForristal
committee for hosting a wonderful tournament and all the host clubs for facilitating 4 Cork teams today in
@DeLaSalleWat
@MountSionGAA
@StSavioursGAA
@roanmoreclg
@ErinsOwnGaaClub
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Launching a very exciting Hurling Initiative for Post Primary schools in Bandon next week.
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Great day so far at the Summer League Go Games Finals day.
Huge numbers in attendance in both Pairc ui Chaoimh and Pairc ui Rinn
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✅ Go Games Program 2021
↪ Secretaries have received correspondence to register teams.
↪ Waiting for "Go Ahead" from GAA Covid Advisory Group for start date.
9️⃣ Fixtures, in each code, for every age group if we get started on June 5th
⬇️ More Info below & in coming weeks
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165 teams at today's U8 Hurling blitz in pairc ui Chaoimh
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Busy year of Go Games action ahead in
@OfficialCorkGAA
Great credit to all the clubs for putting out a record number of teams and players between Fé7 & Fé11
1️⃣0️⃣,1️⃣6️⃣6️⃣ players
2️⃣, 4️⃣3️⃣1️⃣ teams
Some interesting news on our link with
@PlayUsGAA
coming soon for all clubs also 👀
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Reminder:
Things your club can control, to ensure best practice (obviously plenty more but this is a good base line)
Check out the Benchmarking program from
@CorkGAACoaching
below.
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Busy day in Pairc ui Chaoimh yesterday with the Mid U14 Hurlers, U15 Football and West U15 Hurlers all in action.
The value of the 4G pitch is really evident at this time of year.
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The final minutes of our Summer League Finals day.
Over 200 teams, over 300 matches played in Pairc ui Chaoimh and Pairc ui Rinn from 9am to 6.10pm today.
Thanks to all the referees, stewards, helpers and teams for making today a success..
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4th Class Blitz
Unfortunately, we lost our regional venues to the weather but thankfully we were able to bring 96 teams from 32 schools with over 800 boys & girls into Pairc ui Chaoimh for a football blitz & stadium tour.
@OfficialCorkGAA
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Social GAA is an initiative started 3 years ago for Hurlers & Footballers who may be slightly over the hill/ retired/ a long time away from GAA.
It is the equivalent of 5-a-side soccer or tag rugby, but for Hurling and Football.
Could you or someone you know be interested??
WE ARE BACK
IN PAIRC UI CHAOIMH
EVERY THURSDAY, IN NOVEMBER (4TH-25TH)
8-9PM
PLAYERS CAN PLAY HURLING OR FOOTBALL
GET ACTIVE
GET HEALTHY
GET PLAYING
NO DRILLS
NO SUBS
JUST MATCHES
Any questions, ask away.
Need 40+ players every night, so new players welcome & needed
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Very evident at the U8 Hurling Blitz yesterday was some kids using Hurleys too big. Paudie Butler had a clip online during the week about this also.
Really is crucial for a child's development. Also, good points about clubs playing more games
Tommy Walsh outlines how the size of the hurl is important for the development of young camogie and hurling players...
@BoyleSports
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Schedule for Tomorrow's Fé8 Football Monster Blitz in
@PaircUiCha0imh
new Astroturf with 162 teams taking part between 9.30 and 4.30pm.
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Full House in
@PassageGAA
today for the U8 Football Blitz.
40 teams in total with 200 kids playing 3 x20 minute matches on 20 pitches.
Thanks to the club for hosting and providing support with parking and logistics etc
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Thanks to
@StMichaelsCork
for the use of their facilities this morning.
100 U7 teams in action this morning with just over 500 children representing their clubs.
@OfficialCorkGAA
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166 Fé8 Football teams in
@PaircUiCha0imh
for the Monster Blitz today.
Over 1,400 players getting a chance to play.
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