Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas to all involved in Kildare ladies football. Wishing you and your families a peaceful time

Kildangan Nurney Update

Kildangan Nurney Update

We would like to thank players, their parents, and trainers for their help throughout the year, and we look forward to seeing you this coming year. Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year to all players, members and supporters of Kildangan Nurney Ladies GAA. Buíochas do gach éinne a chuidigh linn i rith na bliana 2011, Beannachtaí na Nollag oraibh co léir. Kildangan Nurney Ladies AGM is scheduled for Saturday 28 January 2012 in Kildangan Hall at 5pm. All new or existing members are invited  to attend. Our underage party will take place on the 14^th January 2012 in Kildangan Hall. All players/parents will receive a text remind them, in the new year.

Kildare ladies senior county trials

Last trials are this Sunday in Hawkfield at 10.45.

Underage presentation day - Sun 11th December

Kildare Ladies Football Juvenile Presentations

Kildare Ladies Football held their 2011 Juvenile Presentations today, Sunday 11 Dec in Judge Roy Beans, Newbridge in a dry function Room. Central Council Delegate, Christy Horan, was once again the accomplished MC with new County Board Secretary Kathleen Moolick ably assisted in the running of the event by her predecessor Bernadine O'Hara, Janet Keoghegan and the various teams managements while new County Board Chairperson Arthur Corrigan oversaw the whole event. Also in attendance were new County Board Officers, Treasurer Sharon Dooley and Registrar Gillian Dunne. On hand to present the medals were County Senior Captain Donna Berry, Vice-Captain Maria Moolick and All Star Nominee Aisling Holton. The presentation of medals were to the Under 16 Team who got their Leinster Runners Up and All Ireland Shield Winners medals, the Under 14 team who were presented with their Leinster A Championship Runners Up Medals and at Under 12 one team got the Leinster Blits Div 1 Winners and another Under 12 team the Leinster Blitz Div 4 Runners Up Medals. There were Players of the Year Awards at Under 16, Under 14 where there were joint winners and at Under 12 where there were awards for a player from each of the 3 teams Kildare fielder Under 16 Player of the Year: Becky McGuirk, Suncroft Under 14 Players of the Year: Caoimhe Jameson Eadestown and Emma Lyons Sarsfields, Under 12 Players of the Year Rebecca Brereton St Kevins, Savanna Fisher Ballymore Eustace, Aoife Walsh Maynooth. There was also a Kildare Ladies Football Award to Senior Player of the Year Maria Moolick, Leixlip and this was presented to Maria by County Chairpersonn Arthur Corrigan.

Underage presentation day - Sun 11th December

An underage county presentation will take place on Sun 12th in Judge Roy Beans in Newbridge for all U12, U14 and U16 county players. 

Kildare ladies senior county trials

2nd Senior ladies trial will take place this Sunday 11th in Hawkfield. Players need to be there for registration at 10.45. Trial will be over at 1pm. Joe would like to thank all the participants in last Sunday trial. It was a good start on a cold wet morning and we hope to build on it for this weekend.

PRO Report 2011

PRO Report 2011

As 2011 comes to an end so does my first year as PRO. I would first of all like to thank the county executive who have been very supportive to my role throughout the year, often stepping up to help out with a match report.

I would like to think I have made an impact on the promotion of Kildare ladies football throughout this year.  I have made a big effort to get match reports, photos and news out to various media sources ensuring an increase in our presence online in particular. In the past couple of weeks I have set up a new Kildare blog which will be updated on a regular basis. This can be accessed at http://kildareladiesfootball.blogspot.com/ The Facebook page has been a continued success and currently has over 900 followers. This has proven to be very popular with players from all clubs. It can be accessed at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kildare-Ladies-GAA/172449979450439 I would like to thank the local newspapers – Leinster Leader, Kildare Nationalist, Liffey Champion and the Kildare times, the websites – Hoganstand and Kildare GAA. Also a huge thanks to Killian Whelan and his sports team at KFM who have been very supportive in all ladies football matters. In particular live match updates on the league games has been great in promotion of our game throughout the county.

I put together about 2 or 3 newsletters throughout the year. These are time consuming to put together but my new way of producing these will be on the Kildare blog. I got some great feedback on these and the girls were delighted to have their names/photos in the newsletter.

I was lucky to have the title of PRO for the year and although this position is for one person, I have developed a wide network of fantastic people from various clubs who have been a huge help to me throughout the year. For fear of leaving out someone, I won’t name people but you know who you are – the people who I have relied on to provide reports on various games throughout the year. This has made my job a lot easier and I have enjoyed receiving the reports always highlighting the great work and passion alive and well in our clubs.

My involvement with the county teams has been a great experience and thanks to all management teams who have been so welcoming and forthcoming with information and player updates etc. In particular I would like to thank Karen Brady, the U16 management team and Paul Kelly for their assistance to ensure I covered the job on hand.

Going forward I would like to establish a PR committee to help in covering games be it with photos or reports or both as it is difficult to be in seven parts of the county at the same time on the one day. Such a system will take some of the workload off me and cover more games overall.

Before I get to the highlights there have been thankfully only a few lows. I have a poem to read on that called ‘Do you just belong’

Are you an active member

The kind that would be missed

Or are you just contented

That your name is on the list?

Do you attend the meetings

And mingle with the crowd

Or do you stay at home

And crib both long and loud?

Do you take an active part

To help the club along

Or are you satisfied to be

The kind to “just belong”?

Do you even go to visit

A member who is sick

Leave the work for just a few

And talk about the clique?

There is quite a programme scheduled

That means success, if done

And it can be accomplished

With the help of everyone.

So attend the club regularly

And help with head and heart

Don’t  just be a member

But take an active part.

Think this over member

Are we right or are we wrong

Are you an active member

Or do you just belong.

There were many highlights throughout the year. It is hard to single out one highlight from a year of many successes and progression. However the U16 win over Limerick in the All Ireland Shield final stands out. This was a magnificent performance from a talented bunch of girls led by a great management team. Its always an easy job to report on a victory like that.

In conclusion then, a warm thanks to everyone who has helped me in any way throughout the year. It was much appreciated. And finally thanks to Joe for his support to my role throughout the year and I wish him well in his future venture of senior county manager.


Jackie Whelan