***NB: Minor Academy hurling Fri 5th is postponed****
Club fixtures
**you can view all provisional dates for minor and adult club fixtures on a link on the club communication tab on our website, the link takes you to an excel file where you can filter by team**
Link: https://eireoginis.ie/pages/club-communications
Match updates:
Our senior footballers begin the defence of their title on Saturday, we wish them and all our teams the very best of luck in their respective campaigns.
streaming here: https://page.inplayer.com/claregaa/index.html?id=3261376 (€10 per game or €25 for weekend pass)
online tickets here: https://www.universe.com/users/clare-gaa-C4SGRV (pay at gate available also, €10 or €5 for OAP/Student with valid ID)
The game will be aired live on Clare FM and will have periodic updates on the club’s Twitter (@clgeireoginis).
The very best of luck to all our teams and their respective management teams, be sure to show your support. Hon the Townies!
Next weekend our senior and junior A hurlers are out for round 2 games while our junior B hurlers get a rest with a bye in their group. Junior As v Clarecastle in Kilmaley on Saturday 13th, Seniors v Scariff in SMB on Sunday.
Éire Óg Fantasy League
A reminder to join the Éire Óg Fantasy Premier league before this evening’s deadline of 5pm. Thanks to all that have already signed up, full details at the following link:
https://eireoginis.ie/products
Church Gate 2022
This year’s Church Gate collection takes place on the 20/21st August. Covering Saturday evening and Sunday morning masses in: Cloughleigh, St Joseph’s, Friary & Cathedral.
Please note this is a ‘One Club’ fundraiser to cover all sections of the club, adult & juvenile GAA, Camogie and ladies football. Many thanks in advance.
Please contact Fergal with your availability via text or email: 085 1371421 / treasurer.eireogennis.clare@gaa.ie
Clare minor ladies All-Ireland Champions
A huge congrats to the Clare Minor C ladies who won the All-Ireland final on Wednesday. They played Wicklow in a ding dong battle that looked like heading to extra time but held on to a 1 point lead to get the win in normal time. Éire Óg’s Amelie Malice put in a strong display doing herself, her club and the County proud, well done to Amelie and team.
Video clip from @ladiesfootball on Twitter showing Amelie involved in a passage of play resulting in a goal: Ladies Football on Twitter: "What a goal from Edel McNamara 🏆@ZuCarIreland All-Ireland Minor C Final. Clare lead by a point as we enter the 16th minute of injury time @Clarelgfa 3-13 @Wicklowlgfa 3-12. https://t.co/kqQvII36VL" / Twitter
Camogie
Our U10s have a blitz away to Inagh Kilnamona on Saturday at 10.30am. U16s play the Banner on Wednesday 10th at 6.30pm in Éire Óg. Our junior and intermediate teams get their championships off to a start next Thursday and Friday respectively, the very best of luck to them.
Camp/Coaching
This week’s camp has been well attended with 177 participants joined up, despite a damp start on Tuesday morning, spirits were high and a great week of fun, games and skills has been had.
The camp training tops were very popular within and beyond the camp so we are able to offer the wider membership a chance to order one for kids (€17.50) or adults (€20) at the following link, please note the link will close this Sunday at midnight and the tops won’t be available again: https://eireoginis.ie/products
Delivery of same due the week of Aug 29th, you will be notified of collection details in advance.
!!Coach Cian’s sessions for underage restart next week!!
Academy
Hard luck to our U15 Academy football team who lost out by 3 points in last night’s final v Doora Barefield. A great performance which just fell a little short with our opponents winning 5.06 to 3.08.
Reminder of break for U5, U7, U9 and U11 Academy training. Normal sessions resume on Monday Aug 15th.
Ladies football
Well done to Ray O’Mahony and Antoinette Loftus who were drawn for the footballs signed by the Clare men’s and ladies teams, many thanks to all that supported the draw.
This weekend sees our intermediate team kick off their championship, while our juniors play round 2 (fixture details above). Our U10s have a blitz in Coolmeen on Sunday at 10am and on Saturday 13th U8s and U10s are going to Monaleen for the Munster 9-a-side blitz.
Club Lotto
04/08/2022 numbers drawn: 19, 21, 26, 28. There was no jackpot or match 3 winners. 4 x lucky dips went to Bridget McMahon, Martina Hally, Michael O’Shea and John McNamara who win €25 each. Pat McInerney won the promoters prize of €25. Well done. Next Thursday’s jackpot is €3625, thanks for your continued support, you can enter online here: https://eireoginis.ie/draws
The lotto draw has returned to the clubhouse on Thursday evenings and we are seeking volunteers to take turns to run the draw. Checking of tickets is mostly computerised and the whole process takes approx. 30 minutes. Please contact Fergal by email if you would help out: treasurer.eireogennis.clare@gaa.ie
Éire Óg Annual Ger O’Meara Golf Classic
The Éire Óg Golf Classic takes place at Ennis Golf Club on the 3rd of September. More details to follow.
Sponsorship: For tee box or prize sponsorship contact Paul Nihill on 086 8346091 as soon as possible.
