Intercounty pre-season leagues

The McGrath Cup football league started during the week with Éire Óg players Manus Doherty, Ronan Lanigan, Gavin Murray, Mark McInerney, Darren O’Brien and Einne O’Connor listed on starting team and subs.

Fixture details and league tables can be found here: https://munster.gaa.ie/fixtures/mcgrath-cup-football/

The Munster hurling league starts on Wednesday 10th v Limerick in the Clarecastle astro pitch. Fixture and league tables here: https://munster.gaa.ie/fixtures/munster-senior-hurling-league/

Keep an eye on the Munster GAA X (Twitter) page for any fixture/venue updates and teamsheets: @MunsterGAA

Win a House in Ennis

The County Board is looking for everyone’s assistance in selling as many tickets as possible for Win a House In Ennis. The draw will go ahead on 29th January regardless of reaching the target.

Éire Óg are still in first place with total sales of 427 with Doora Barefield next at 319

Total ticket sales to date 9,500, last year 11,500.

Éire Óg has earned €9260 in revenue but last year we earned €12,000 so if you are considering buying a ticket please do so as soon as possible and ensure to purchase in the clubs name.

Get your Win a House tickets from Aileen Doohan 087-683 9207 or online here: https://winahouseinennis.com/

Irish Life/GAA Steps Challenge

Thanks to all that have signed up on the app for this years Steps Challenge. If you haven’t done so please do as soon as possible, every participants steps count will add to our total tally and get us to and beyond the target of 4000km collectively tracked. With this target reached we will be included in the draw with 3 prizes of €2500 per province.

To join, download the My Life Irish Life app, join the Munster GAA – Every Step Counts Challenge and select Éire Óg Inis as your club. Ensure your activity is being synched to the app via your fitness tracker/health app on your phone/track via app feature or manually add your exercise. The challenge starts on Mon 8th Jan and runs for 6 weeks, so get signed up now to ensure you are set up properly in time for the starting gun.

Walking Wednesdays

Our Wednesday walking group sessions return at 7pm on Wednesday 10th Jan and runs for the 6 weeks of the challenge. Please register for this on the form link below and arrive a few minutes early for the group to ensure we get started promptly.

Couch to 5K running group

There has been good interest in the Couch to 5K running initiative. This is also a 6 week programme that starts off easy and builds up to running a 5k without stopping. Dual player Rae Wall has kindly agreed to help out with warm up and warm downs. You can register for this on the form also, and indicate your preference for days. There will be 2 group running days per week and you will be given a ‘homework’ session to complete also. A WhatsApp group will be set up for this to communicate homework and give people the opportunity to organise to meet up to complete the homework runs should they desire to.

Form link for Walking and Couch to 5K: https://forms.office.com/e/RtaQwgLvYv

Safety Note:

A reminder that there is no insurance for the walking/running initiatives, all activities are taken at your own risk.

You will need to wear hi vis tops for activities.

Dermot Earley Initiative

The Dermot Earley project has been running very successfully and will return early in the New Year for the next 7 week block. Parents/Guardians will be contacted directly in the coming days.