St Margarets GAA Cul Camp 2023 - Summer Camp 2023 - Mon 10th to Fri 14th July (NEXT WEEK!) - Book Now!!!

Reminder that the St Margarets GAA Kellogg's Cul Camp 2023 will take place from Mon 10th to Fri 14th July

That's NEXT WEEK - so book your place ASAP as we're almost out of spots - and due to this being a Cul Camp - we can't lay on extra places!!

1st Child €75 , 2nd €60, 3rd/4th €50

Book now at https://www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie/booking/?county=Dublin+North&venue=3580&week=3

Under 6s

We are delighted to announce, we'll be running a Grasshopper camp the same week - book now at https://stmargaretsgaa.ie/event/grasshopper-summer-camp/

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St Margarets GAA Cul Camp 2023 - Summer Camp 2023 - Mon 10th to Fri 14th July - Book Now!

Reminder that the St Margarets GAA Kellogg's Cul Camp 2023 will take place from Mon 10th to Fri 14th July

Please book soon as places are filling up fast!

1st Child €75 , 2nd €60, 3rd/4th €50

Book now at https://www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie/booking/?county=Dublin+North&venue=3580&week=3

Under 6s

We are delighted to announce, we'll be running a Grasshopper camp the same week - book now at https://stmargaretsgaa.ie/event/grasshopper-summer-camp/

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Our Club Summer Camp 2022 Ends

Our Club Camp 2022 offically ended today and what a week it was!

What a great 5 days our kids have had! 140 kids rolled through the gates this week - up 60 from last year!

Training, learning, making friends and most of all - lots of fun!

It was brilliant to see our main pitch full of activity on all 5 days!

Thank you!

Where do we start?

Thank you to our once in a lifetime GPO Nigel Kennedy and his 15+ coaches who trained, looked after, entertained our kids this week - you were all amazing and the kids loved you!

Thank you to the organisers and especially Hubert Madigan who simply made this work this week!

Thank you to our club president Mary Madigan and all those that helped organise the shop this week - Sherie, Trish, Edel, Tootsie, Michelle - your help was priceless!

Thank you to Mick Kennedy in K&K Produce who supplied all our healthy fruit daily and Ivan Sutton in S&S Windows for your sponsorship now and always!

Thanks to the Dublin Port Company who we hope to work closer and closer with - and who sponsored our 60 Nursery Jerseys - and John Farrell / Hubert Madigan who made this happen! Big thank you to Declin Cowley who organised our new club wide Kit and Ross Carrig in Balon who supplied it! Thanks to Mattie for giving up your time today and taking all the pictures!

We would also like to thank you - the parents - for the taxi service you provided bringing the children to the complex.

Photos of the week

If you've any photos yo'd like to share - please Whatsapp them to Hubert Madigan.

All photos at https://photos.app.goo.gl/4DjPnm9MK8wXoYFZ9

Club Kit

I know you're sick of reading and hearing this - but thank you to Declan Cowley who organised this club wide Kit deal and the decision makers who saw a key opportunity and added the discounted Kit to the Summer Camp pricing which meant that our entire club is kitted out and branded! Unreal!

For those that don't have Kit yet - don't worry we'll let you know when it arrives.

Club Camp

This is not official yet - but our club camp will be a 3 day affair this year and will take place in August - either the 3 dates 17th/18th/19th or 24th/25th/26th. We will let you know as soon as we know.

Club Day

Our Club Day is ear marked for Sat 27th August - please save the date!!

As you may agree - last years Club day was a huge success and a blue print for all club days to come! This years format will follow suit with a few surprises!

BBQ, live music & kids entertainment. All teams will play on this day - league, cup and friendlies. We intend to have all teams playing at similar times this time around in the space of 2 hours - then we'll have a BBQ, music & bar till late evening

Come and go as you please! All welcome - members and non members! Specific itinerary to follow

Club Zap

Did you know the club now uses ClubZap for all internal (teams, member news) communications?

For anyone who isn’t currently on ClubZap - just download the ClubsZap app, search and ‘subscribe’ to ‘St Margarets GAA’, go to chats, click on the bottom right green chat icon, find your group and request to join.

Note - if you are already on ClubZap - it is imperative that you have your notifications turned 'On' so that we can deliver you news, results and fixtures. If you haven't been receiving notifications - and want to - please check your phone settings!

Lotto

Do you know about our lotto? Play at https://stmargaretsgaa.ie/lotto/playor register at https://stmargaretsgaa.ie/lotto/register to start playinf! 100% of sales go towards the running of our club and support of our teams! Our current jackpot is 12K!

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U13 Thomas Ashe "A" V Round Towers "A"

It was on the road today for the guys who made the away trip to Lusk to play the strongest team in our division Round Towers at their home ground coincidentally named Thomas Ashe Park!! The guys came flying out of the traps and raced into a very early lead with a well worked goal. It was nip and tuck throughout the whole first half with both teams putting on a decent display for the onlookers of both sides with some fantastic football played. Second half we started slow which allowed Round Towers to chalk up a couple of scores before we found our feet. The guys battled with pride throughout the whole second half and never gave up the fight driving eachother on to the final whistle. Thomas Ashe will take a lot from this game and we rue our opportunity’s today both in front of goal and been sloppy in possession as it could have been a lot tighter than the Scoreline suggested. The spirit and never say die attitude of the team is a testament to the group of players and management. Special mention to our stand in goalkeeper Ryan who never looked out of place and produced some fantastic saves and also both Harry and Clayton who were powerful in the engine room in midfield and Sean for some outstanding defence. Gracious sportsmanship shown by all Thomas Ashe at the final whistle. We go again training on Monday.

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Thomas Ashe U13A

Thomas Ashe “A” v Naomh Mearnog “A”
Friday night back under the lights in St Margarets seen Thomas Ashe “A” under 13s come up against a tough opponent in Naomh Mearnog “A” on a soggy wet night of footaball. Thomas Ashe known in recent games as been slow starters raced out of the blocks and took the game to Naomh Mearnog who had no answer to the early goals and points produced by Thomas Ashe in a wonderful display of teamwork and individual scoring which seen the lads go in at halftime worthy leaders. Unlike past weeks Thomas Ashe came out unusually flat footed in the second half which allowed their opponents a way back into the game. It was nip and tuck throughout the whole second half with nothing to split the teams come the final whistle although on near misses this game could of been Thomas Ashes for the keeping. A very enjoyable and evenly matched contest with a final score of 2-8 to 3-5 ending in a draw. Some fanatic individual displays from the guys with the highlight been a magnificent save from Goalkeeper Oisin to prevent what seemed a certain goal to keep us in it and a fantastic point from open play the last kick of the game earned us a draw. This team once again showed they are rapidly improving each game and the lads from 1-17 the whole way through the squad can be proud of their efforts tonight. Well done to all involved we go again training Monday.

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Minor Championship

The minor girls played in a thrilling opening to the championship away to Ballyboden last night. Unfortunately, they just fell short on the night losing by a single point, 1:10 - 3:3. A big night for Emma and Lena who made their club debuts. And a special mention to the younger girls Beth and Chloe who played a huge part in the game: Beth scoring 2 goals and Chloe playing a blinder in goals. With players missing we just had 12 players and all 12 worked their socks off on a full-size pitch. Looking forward to the next match at home on Monday night.
Team: Chloe, Rebecca, Ceri, Meabh, Sarah, Erica, Lena, Kaylah, Beth, Lucy, Daena, Emma

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Huge thanks to CVR Ltd for their sponsorship of our U9s and U13s!!!

A huge thanks to Anthony and Fiona from CVR Ltd - Commercial Vehicle Repair - based in St Margarets - on their generous sponsorship of not 1 but 2 sets of Jerseys!

1 set for our U9s and one to our U13s

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Our Club Summer Camp 2021 Ends

We have reached the final day of what has been a Fantastic Summer Club Camp 2021

What a great 3 days our 80 kids have had!

Training, learning, making friends and most lots of fun!

It was brilliant to see our main pitch full of activity on all 3 days!

Thank you!

Thank you to our once in a lifetime GPO Nigel Kennedy, Edel, Paul, Mary, the ladies in the shop, our caretaker James, the Juvenile committee (big thanks Hubert, Trish) who organised this and a HUGE thanks to the 15+ coaches who trained, looked after, entertained our kids this week - you were all amazing and the kids loved yous!

A big thank you to S&S Windows - Ivan Sutton - for your very generous contribution to the running of the camp this week!!

We would also like to thank you the parents for the taxi service you provide bringing the children to the complex.

Purchased Gear and Lost & Found

For those who haven't picked up their gear yet - can you please pick it up from the shop - Edel will be there and will look after you.

Also - there is a huge amount of clothing left behind each camp - and this camp is no exception - can you please pick clothing and bags you've left behind.

Club Day

Our Club Day 2021 - Reconnect & Remember - is on Sat 28th August - please save the date!!

BBQ, live music & kids entertainment

All teams will play on this day - league, cup and friendlies

The day will run from the first game in the morning to the last game in the afternoon then we'll have a BBQ, music & bar till late evening

Come and go as you please!

All welcome - members and non members!

We will remember the past and reconnect after the long year that has been 2021!!

Specific itinerary to follow

Club Zap

Did you know the club now uses ClubZap for all internal (teams, member news) communications?

Lotto

Do you know about our lotto? Register here to play each week! 100% of sales go towards the running of our club and support of our teams!

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U13A 6-13 v Erin's Isle 5-11

A very tough encounter against a strong Erin's Isle team seen our U13A lads come out on top as worthy winners by a scoreline of 6-13 to 5-11 giving us an overall win by 5 points in a game of hard battles right across the pitch and each player right through to the subs played their part.

It was an evening of mixed results as our U13B went down to a very good Na Fianna team but they never stopped battling all the way to the end and things will get better for this team soon and well done to every player also.

Really good to have two teams playing football.

Well done to all we go again in training.