Flannan’s Junior Camogie final and Missionvale Coffee Morning

A flurry of activity in Éire Óg on Saturday 13th with the St. Flannan's group travelling to Missionvale in February hosting a coffee morning fundraiser from 12.30 and the schools Munster Junior B camogie final between St. Flannan's and Scoil Ruain Killenaule from 1.30pm.

Looking for plenty of support on both counts, for Ruth Nihill, Kate Talty, Sarah Broderick and Niamh McManus on duty in the fundraising department while on the pitchside of things we have Eva Loftus (C), Harlow Madden, Cara Lawlor, Sarah Fitzgerald, Ciara Hickey, Aisha Foudy, Lily Larkin and Saoirse O'Loughlin all involved with the Flannan's team.

The very best of luck to all 📷📷📷

Clare GAA Win a House in Ennis

The draw for the house in Ennis and the additional prizes has been confirmed for Monday Jan 29th. The draw will be live streamed by Clare GAA.

Anyone wishing to purchase printed tickets should contact Aileen Doohan as soon as possible on 087-683 9207. The final date for returning printed tickets is Jan 23rd. Aileen will have tickets available at the clubhouse on Sat 13th Jan from 12pm for a couple of hours. The club retains €30 from each printed ticket sold in our name.

From the 23rd, only online tickets will be available, the club retains €20 from each online sale.

Online link: https://winahouseinennis.com/

Healthy Club updates

The Breast Cancer Awareness talk with Juliette O’Connell will go ahead on March 13th 8pm, all are most welcome.

The club are in the leading spot in the Irish Life/GAA Steps Challenge. A huge thanks to all that have registered on the My Life/Irish Life app. If you haven’t signed up yet, you can do so at any stage of the 6 week challenge, so please get your steps to count for the club and help us retain the top spot!

Our Couch to 5K group has completed week 1, well done to all participants. This 6 week programme uses reps of walking and running to build up to running/jogging a 5K. The group sessions operate on Mon, Wed and Fri nights at 7pm from Éire Óg. Open to all ages and abilities, if you are interested in trying it out please text Noreen on 087-644 9781 or Assumpta on 085-8795475.

Our Walking Wednesday’s group started this week and will also run for 6 weeks, meeting at

7pm. If running is not for you, we would encourage you to take part in this sociable walk and bring along your 2 and 4 legged friends!

Our club 5k walk/fun run will take place on Sat Feb 17th with time tbc.

We were delighted to welcome ALL the participants back for module 2 of the Dermot Earley programme earlier this week, great work and commitment from all involved.

The All Stars programme is returning to astro turf 6-7pm on Tuesdays for a 6 week block starting January 23rd. As always any new volunteers would be welcome! Contact Noreen on 087-644 9781 with any queries.

U9 Hurling

Happy new year. We are back hurling next Monday 15th from 6-7 in the Astro in Éire Og. We are going to have hurling training on Mondays until the full academy training schedule is back in March. This is for U9 kids (born 2015/2016) Training will only be able to go ahead if we have enough help from parents/guardians. We will put out a message on Sunday to see who will be attending training so we have an idea of numbers. Looking forward to another fun year :D

Club Membership

Club membership for 2024 is now due, purchase your membership online here: https://eireoginis.ie/membership_signup

Should you have any membership queries, please contact club registrar by email: registrar.eireogennis.clare@gaa.ie

In accordance with GAA Rules, annual Membership expires on 31st December and falls due for renewal on 1st January. It is a requirement for Club Members to be registered so they may be eligible to submit motions/nominations, vote at the AGM and to be included in the Club Draw for match tickets.

Membership income is crucial to the financial wellbeing of Éire Óg. The income generated from the Membership Subscriptions is essential to meeting the considerable overheads faced by the Club. Many thanks for your ongoing cooperation.

Club Lotto

11/01/2024 numbers drawn: 9, 12, 24, 30. No jackpot winners. 2 x Match 3 winners with each getting €50: Eileen O’Loughlin & Michael Dinan. Adrian Kearney won the promoters prize of €25.

(NB: a member of the lotto committee will be in touch in the next week in regards to prizes)

Well done to all. The jackpot is now €6625, play online here: https://eireoginis.ie/draws, many thanks for your continued support and best of luck!