Welcome to the January edition of the GAA Club Newsletter.
Welcome to 2015’s first edition of the GAA Club Newsletter. The GAA would like to extend a Happy New Year to all its
members and supporters.
As this New Year begins we can look forward to 2015 producing some fantastic moments across all levels of our Games.
I particularly want to welcome all the new club officers who have joined us for 2015. I hope that you find the content in
this GAA Club Newsletter helpful and would ask that when you receive it, it is shared with your club’s administrators,
coaches, players, etc.
2015 is set to be another exciting year for our Games and the OfficialGAA communications channels will ensure that
you miss out on nothing along the way, whether you are at home or abroad. We look forward to sharing a wonderful
year of GAA Games with you.
Thank you,
Lisa Clancy, Communications Director
Nuachtlitir na gClubanna - Eanáir 2015
GAMES DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
The 2015 Liberty Insurance GAA Coaching Conference ‘Putting Youth Into Perspective’ will be held in Croke Park from 9-10 January 2015. Reserve your tickets here:
NATIONAL CLUB DRAW
Following the success of the first ever GAA National Club Draw last year we are happy to announce that it will become an annual event. The Draw raised in excess of €2.4m for clubs throughout Ireland last year. All funds raised were retained solely by the club to assist in funding the development and the promotion of our games. 945 clubs took part in last year’s Draw which included Handball clubs and clubs from our sister Associations. This year there will be a larger number of prizes, all of which are provided by Ard Chomhairle.
You can find a list of last year’s winners here
The purpose of running the GAA National Club Draw is to assist clubs in their drive to fundraise much needed funds. In the current economic climate clubs are struggling to raise sufficient funds to develop and promote our National games at all levels. The GAA National Club Draw is an opportunity for clubs to raise up to €20,000. Each club retains all the proceeds from the tickets sold by their club.
GAA NATIONAL CLUB DRAW DETAILS:
* Tickets are €10 each and are printed in books of 5 tickets.
* Each club will receive an initial allocation of 400 tickets (80 books).
* Each club can apply for additional tickets if required. The maximum tickets per club is 2,000. * Prizes are provided by Ard Chomhairle as outlined below.
* Each club will retain the proceeds of the tickets sold by their club. * Clubs cannot purchase tickets in their own club name.
* Participation in the Draw is not compulsory.
* The Draw is subject to terms and conditions as outlined below.
* Each County has assigned a designated GAA National Club Draw Liaison Officer who will coordinate the collection of tickets from Croke Park, the distribution of tickets to each club and the collection of tickets stubs sold by each club.
* Additional tickets can be requested through the club’s County Liaison Officer.
* Each club must use the online ticket recording system to reconcile their ticket sales before all ticket stubs are returned to the County Liaison Officer. * Each club secretary or designated club officer will receive the details on accessing and using the online system prior to the tickets being distributed. * For any questions or support required in accessing the online ticket recording system please contact: nationalclubdraw@gaa.ie
GAA REFEREE RECRUITMENT
Are you interested in becoming a referee? Think you can do better? Then “Put your whistle where your mouth is” and “Become a GAA Referee”!
The GAA have Referee Administrators & Recruitment Officers in each of the 32 Counties to help you get started and assist you in progress as a referee.
Why Become a GAA Referee?
• Stay involved with the game as an alternative to playing • Fitness – It’s a great way to keep fit
• Ambition – could you referee a County Final or even an All-Ireland? • Learn more about the game
• Give Something Back - offers players, at the end of their playing days, the opportunity to continue in the sport • Personal Development - helps to develop personal skills that are of value in all walks of life
What qualities are required to become a GAA Referee?
• Good knowledge of the playing rules • Be physically and mentally fit
• Have the ability to remain calm
• Have the moral courage to take decisions which are correct
How do I become a Referee?
The first thing to do, is to contact your local Referee Administrator or Recruitment Officer who will give you details on upcoming GAA Referee Foundation Course in your local area, which you will have to complete before you can referee games. GAA Club Referee Course will take 3 nights to complete and will be delivered by GAA Referee Tutors.
MEMBER REGISTRATION
Club Registrars can now register their players and members for the 2015 season on the GAA’s online registration system (people.gaa.ie/admin). When logged on, go to the ‘Register Members’ page and complete the necessary steps.
This page will contain the details of all of those people who have been registered with the Club in previous years. To add new members to the Club, go to ‘Add and View Members’, click on the ‘Add’ button, select ‘Member’ and complete the necessary steps.
Please note that anyone whose name is in red on either the ‘register’ page or the ‘add and view member page’, is unregistered for the current year. Please ensure that all members, including all players, are registered. The deadline for registration to allow voting rights is March 31 2015. Over 500,000 people were registered on the system in 2014.
E-mail and Telephone Support Each Club will have access to the system either through their Secretary or Registrar. For any queries on access to the system, or on the system functionality, please e-mail or call the Servasport Helpdesk on:
Email: gaasupport@servasport.com
Phone: ROI: 04890 313 845 NI: 02890 313 845
OFFICER TRAINING
Training will take place in Croke Park on 17 January for the Officers that Counties assign with responsibility for membership. Counties will then be encouraged to arrange a training evening within their Counties for Club Registrars, which is likely to cover the following topics:
• Getting Started
• Overview for New Registrars • Add, View, Register Members • Duplicate Member Detection
• Communicating by bulk text message and e-mail • Setting up Teams, Groups, Committees, Families • Generating Team Sheets in Irish and English • Player Transfers
• Generating Reports
• Paying and recording Fees • Helpdesk and Resources
More information will be available in the February edition of the Club Newsletter.
Accessing the GAA Management System - New Registrars/Secretaries
If you are a new Registrar that will be doing registrations for your Club, your Club Secretary through their official GAA e-mail account must contact
gaasupport@servasport.com to update the Registrar details on the GAA Management System. This will ensure that you can access the system.
If you are a new Secretary and would like access to the system, you should obtain the password for your Club Secretary’s official GAA e-mail account (e.g. ) from your predecessor. At that stage, contact gaasupport@servasport.com and request administrator access
for your Club.
The GAA Management System consists of several sections such as Members Management (adding and registering members), Competition Management, Competition Creation, Fixture Generation, Match Official Management, Match Official SMS, Venue Management, Competition Calendar, Communications, Fees Management, Player Injury Scheme and Club Administration. A number of helpful online forums are available where you will find User Guides and FAQs for these sections.
Please visit here
The GAA Learning and Development Portal contains a GAA Membership Training Manual and videos explaining the system.
To access this information, visit here
SERVASPORT HELP DESK
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IF YOU WERE THE REF (HURLING)
Test your knowledge of the rules of Hurling and Football with the following questions.JUST CLICK ON THE GREY BUTTON ON THE LEFT TO CHOOSE YOUR ANSWER AND SEE IF YOU ARE CORRECT HURLING
1. Which of the following is not a Noting Infraction?
2. The penalty for charging, in a manner otherwise permissible the goalkeeper within the small rectangle is;
3. A player who suffers an injury involving bleeding refuses to leave the field of play for attention. Must the referee;
To charge an opponent in the back To hold an opponent with the hands
For a player in possession of the ball to charge an opponent
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Free only
Free and Noting Free and Caution
Allow the doctor onto the field to attend him Caution the player
Ignore him and restart play
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IF YOU WERE THE REF (FOOTBALL)
Test your knowledge of the rules of Hurling and Football with the following questions.JUST CLICK ON THE GREY BUTTON ON THE LEFT TO CHOOSE YOUR ANSWER AND SEE IF YOU ARE CORRECT
FOOTBALL
1. How far are defenders and attackers obliged to be from the player taking a free or sideline kick?
2. A player in possession of the ball falls to the ground. He then fists the ball on the ground resulting in the ball crossing the goal-line. What is the correct award?
3. When a player feigns a foul to gain an advantage the referee shall; 10 Metres
13 Metres 20 Metres
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Throw in on the 13m line
Free to the defending team from where the player fisted the ball A goal
Play On
Award a free against the player who feigns the foul and note him
Award a free against the player who feigns the foul and Caution (Yellow Card) him
