St Brigids GAA Club notes July 11

Date for your diary

We will be hosting a reunion of the 1997 senior county winning team in early October to mark the 25th Anniversary of the occasion. More details to follow soon.

Junior B League Final

St. Brigid’s 3-8 Michael Glaveys 2-13

Commiserations to our junior team who were defeated by Michael Glaveys in a super game of football in the league final following extra time on Saturday last in Fuerty.

Team: E. Gallagher, D. Dolan, S. Keenan, R. Doyle, B. Nestor, E. Menton, C. Quinn, B. McDonnell, M. Haran, U. O’Ruairc, D. Cunniffe 2-1, K. Byrne 0-1, G. Byrne 0-1, S. Kilbride 1-1, K. Quinn

Subs: J. McDonnell 0-4, R. Smith, C. Quinn

Cardiac Screening

With all the football related activities recently, this may have been overlooked by many, but it is very important that young people look after their overall health.

No one is bullet proof, even though we all think "we" are.

We have organised a certified company to come to the club on Saturday 23 July to carry out cardiac screening on players and anyone within the community who want to get checked. It will cost €72 or free if you have laya health insurance. It needs to be booked online.

Click here and then on the ‘Online Booking’

Enter the clinic code brigids

Or use this link which can be sent by text or WhatApp https://bookings.ameds.ie/booking/from-code?code=brigids

Why undergo a Cardiac Screening?

Up to 100 young people die each year in Ireland from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS)
1 in 300 people may have a cardiac abnormality
The national register recently reported that the incidents of SADS are higher in Ireland than many other European countries.
In Italy cardiac screening is mandatory for anyone aged 12 to 35 years involved in competitive sport for the past 25 years. They have reduced the incidents of SADS by 89%.
The GAA’s Medical Scientific and Welfare Committee and the International Rugby Board recommend cardiac screening for all players over the age of 14 years
The European Society of Cardiology & the International Olympic Committee recommends cardiac screening.

Summer Camp

The club will be running 2 Summer Camps this year. July 18^th until 22^nd and August 8^th until 12^th.

Camps are for all primary school aged kids and will run from 10am to 2pm daily. €50 per child, €80 for two children from the same family and €100 for three children from the same family.

To book your child’s place, email [email protected] with the child’s name, contact number, child’s age, date of camp you want to book and number of places.

Club PRO/Social Media Manager

We are looking for a club PRO or Social Media Manager to look after all things media related both press and social media.

There are a number of people that currently help out in different areas of the role and we are looking for more people to get involved. If you are interested or want to know more please contact club secretary Áine Martin on 086-3791294 or any of the club executive members.