PR Weekly Update

A Chairde,

We hope you are keeping well and are enjoying the weekly updates. This week’s edition focuses on “Bits & Bytes” from the past week.

“Bits & Bytes”

• Best wishes to the Kildare Senior Hurlers who take on Meath in the Joe McDonagh Relegation Play-Off in Parnell Park tomorrow. The fixture throws-in at 3pm with the match being streamed live on the Meath GAA Facebook page. Kfm will have full commentary.

• The Senior Footballers also play this weekend when they take on Westmeath in the Leinster Senior Football Championship Semi-Final at 2pm in Croke Park. The fixture will be streamed live on GAAGo with Kfm also having full commentary. Match programmes will be available to purchase from tomorrow on dbapublications.ie

• Both the Minor & U20 Hurlers bowed out of their respective Leinster Championships after hard fought battles against Wexford and Offaly during the week. The players displayed a high level of skill and determination in each of their three fixtures and deserve huge credit for their performances over the last three weeks. The future is certainly very bright!!

• RTÉjr have teamed up with the Gaelic Players Association to hook you up with a championship prize. They are asking young fans to tell them who their favourite male or female player is and why. There are two prizes on offer – one with a Gaelic Footballer/ Hurler and another one with a LGFA/ Camogie star. Full details can be found on https://www.rte.ie/learn/2021/0701/1232523-win-with-rtejr-and-the-gaelic-players-association/

• The GAA this week released the July edition of the GAA Club Newsletter and can be accessed via https://www.gaa.ie/news/read-the-latest-club-newsletter-july-2021/ Anyone with articles of interest for future editions are asked to forward them to clubnewsletter@gaa.ie.

• Croke Park issued a further Covid update re process for “Close Contacts” during the week. Adults and children over the age of 13 who are not displaying symptoms and who are designated as a close contact of a positive case DO NOT need to restrict their movements or be tested for Covid-19 if it is more than: 7 days after your 2nd Pfizer-BioNTech dose, 14 days after your 2nd Moderna dose, 14 days after the Janssen vaccine, 15 days after your 2nd AstraZeneca dose.

• Six broad sections of resources are available for GAA Club Officers and Volunteers through the Club Officer Online to assist you in carrying out your roles effectively. Full details can be found on https://www.gaa.ie/news/online-resources-available-to-club-officers/

• The CCC issued fixtures for the concluding stages of the 2020 Haven Hire Hurling Championships. The SHC final (Naas v Confey) will be played on Sat 31^st July with the IHC Final (Naas v Maynooth) fixed for 25^th July and the JHC Final (Maynooth v Sarsfields) scheduled for the preceding day 24^th

• Upcoming Inter County Fixture

  • Saturday 24^th July – Electric Ireland Leinster Minor Football Championship Semi-Final – Kildare v Dublin – 12noon in Parnell Park.