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Race Night Friday 15th September sees the club host a fundraiser/social evening in the form of a Race Night. This is a great opportunity for parents and coaches to get together in an early season social setting. So come down to support your club and have an enjoyable evening.

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New club appointments While playing activity eased off over the summer weeks – at least at under-age level – it’s been busy at the club off the playing field. Among the more important developments has been the appointment of John McGlynn as the new Games Development Officer (GDO) and of Ciarán Pollock as the new Games Promotion Officer (GPO). Both bring a wealth of experience with them which will be invaluable in the development and promotion of coaching standards and playing skills at the club.

L to R: Ciarán Pollock (GPO), Bernard Barron (Chairman) and John McGlynn (GDO)

John has most recently worked with St Judes and with the Oliver Plunketts Eoghan Ruadh club where he has been involved with both under-age teams and senior teams. He also spent a number of years working with the hurlers, footballers and camogie players at O’Tooles, as well as playing a role with Dublin hurling development squads and Dublin colleges hurling teams. Many of his own playing days were with the Good Counsel hurling and football teams. Ciarán comes to us from St Anne’s GAA Club where he fulfilled all the duties of a Gaelic promotion officer and in that role liaised actively with local schools and teachers. He has also been closely involved with Firhouse Taekwon-do club in teaching and designing classes for both kids and adults, as he has also been with CoachApproach in setting up and running events for kids. Recent summers have seen him working as sports counsellor with age groups 7-15 at Kamp Kohut, Maine, USA. All club mentors and coaches will have the opportunity to meet and hear from John and Ciarán at the launch of our Player Pathway programme on Friday the 8th of September at 7.30pm. This programme is a long-term player development model which should provide a consistent platform from which we can enable players to reach their full potential. So all mentors and coaches are most welcome – indeed encouraged – to attend on the 8th next.

Canadian visitors Coinciding with Ireland’s recent hosting of the Women’s Rugby World Cup, a number of the Canadian rugby squad visited the club to see for themselves what camogie was all about. A number of our club coaches and players were on hand to show them the drills.

Members of the Canadian Women’s Rugby squad with Clanns players

Canadian team member, Julianne Zussman, said: “Today was a wonderful opportunity to be able to experience one of Ireland’s traditional sports and learn camogie from a great group of young ladies. We want to thank Clanna Gael Fontenoy GAA Club for such a memorable experience.”

Pitch maintenance

The quieter summer weeks provide the opportunity for much-needed pitch maintenance work to be carried out. As our photo shows, this involves a good deal of re-sodding to ensure a good and safe playing surface for when full activity resumes.

Club News Competition - get tagging for Clanns EirGrid, the state-owned company that manages and operates the national grid, is calling all GAA fans to share their favourite moments in time for a chance to win a digital clock and scoreboard for their GAA club. The ‘EirGrid Moments in Time’ campaign encourages GAA fans to share their favourite GAA ‘Moments in Time’ - whether it be club or county on Twitter or Instagram using the #EirGridGAA and tagging their GAA club. Be it as a fan watching your county lift the Sam Maguire or Liam MacCarthy cup for the first time, or having the pre-match chats over breakfast, EirGrid want to see it all! The competition will run right up to the All-Ireland football final in September and those that enter are in with a chance of winning a brand new digital clock and scoreboard for their GAA club. One winner will be selected in each province. So get tagging for your club!

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Summer camps The success of the club summer camps was none more so evident than in the hundreds of kids who turned out this year for skills development, fun and games. This saw the new club Games Development Officer, John MGlynn, quickly get into his stride; and he was well supported by a bevy of volunteers – not least in the trojan work of Michele O’Briain. Visits by a number of the Dublin footballers added plenty of spice to the camps.

Some of the Camp participants enjoy a visit by Dublin footballer, Jack McCaffrey

Dublin footballer, Jack McCaffrey, with one of his biggest Clanns fans

Blast from the past

Club summer camp from 2001 with Kevin O’Farrell, Marian College

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Lotto Results The following numbers drawn on August 14th did not produce a winner for the €10,000 jackpot: 2, 5, 23 and 30. The lucky winners of €20 were: Abigail + Amelia, Sarah Ellis, Abigail Ryan, J. McDermott and Brian Delany. It’s never been easier to play the club Lotto as it can now be played online by clicking here.

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