Kilkenny GAA Health & Wellbeing Programme Launch
The Launch of the Kilkenny GAA Health and Wellbeing programme dealing with "Suicide and Depression Awareness in your Club" will take place on Monday evening next 28th April in the Springhill Hotel at 8.30pm. This important event is the first in a series of presentations under the rollout of the GAA's National Health and Wellbeing Programme.
Click HERE for details of Mental Fitness resource for players launched in Croke Park on Wednesday.
Dublin Branch Supporters Club - Annual Golf Classic
The 16th Annual Golf Classic will take place on Friday 23rd May 2014 at City West Golf Resort, Saggart. The Golf Classic is the main source of revenue for the Dublin Branch of the Supporters Club and to date they have raised about €200,000. They sincerely thank all who have supported them in the past. The Dublin branch make a significant contribution in looking after the cost of Kilkenny teams playing particularly in Croke Park. Kilkenny GAA encourages any Kilkenny fans in the Dublin area to support this very enjoyable event in City West Golf Resort. Click on Read More below for full details.
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Brian Cody and Mick O Dwyer in Charge for Unique Game
On the 5th of May 2014 a very special GAA football match will take place in O'Moore Park, Portlaoise. This game is different to any other in that the teams will be made up of players who themselves have received treatment for cancer. We have received letters from players from all over the Country who want to take part in this match and they all mention how the support they received from their team mates and their ambition to get back to playing on their teams again has helped them through. Each of the players involved in the match have their own personal story to tell. click on Read More below for full details.
Huge Weekend of GAA Activity Coming Up
With the Senior Hurling team safely through to the Allianz League Final on May 4th this coming weekend will see a host of activity on the local playing fields in Kilkenny. Up first will be the Minors first outing in the Electric Ireland Leinster Hurling Championship when they take on Dublin in Nowlan Park at 3pm. The two J J Kavanagh & Son Senior Football Semi-Finals are also down for decision. Mooncoin take on champions Muckalee in Ballyhale on Saturday evening at 6.30pm whilst on Sunday at 2pm in Palmerstown Railyard will play Kilmoganny. Then on Sunday the Kilkenny Under 14 Féile Competition takes place. The Paddy Grace Tier A competition takes place in St John's Park, Thomastown, Bennettsbridge and Hugginstown with the first game in each venue at 2.30. The Tier B groups will be played on Sunday morning in Canon Kearns Park and Ballyhale with the first game in each venue at 10am. The Semi-Finals and Finals are scheduled for Monday 5th May. See our Fixtures page for full details.
UCD and GAA Entrepeneurship Programme
In January of this year UCD and the GAA announced the Community entrepreneurship programme. This programme is designed to deliver entrepreneurship training courses throughout Ireland with a view to being part of the solution to sustaining Irelands rural communities. The Leinster offering of this course has just been expanded to Kilkenny city where a Graduate certificate in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and enterprise (level 9) will commence on May the 1st. Development Squad News
This week the hurling development squads will meet on Wednesday evening at 6.30 as follows:
Under 14: South - Piltown; Central: St Kierans College; North: St James Park
Under 15: South - Mullinavat; North - Muckalee
Under 16: Ballyhale
All players are asked to be on the field by 6.20pm.
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J J Kavanagh & Son Junior Team of the Year
Following the most recent rounds of Junior games played this weekend the up to date table in the JJ Kavanagh & Son sponsored Junior Team of the Year Award can be found by clicking on Read More below
Kilkenny GAA hurlers Co-Op
Members Draw 2014
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