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ποΈDermot Earley Youth Leadership Initiative - Croke Park Regognition Day - 19th September What an amazing day for our DEYLI participants - the first in the clubs history - to attend Croke Park for their recognition dayπππ All of our participants were presented with their Module 1 & 2 certificates by Dermot's grandchildren - including our own Senan, Eimear and Aedin.
17 clubs in attendance , and guest panels, musicians and a beautiful speech by our own Anne Marie Earley - we are so lucky we have her in Ardclough π€β€οΈπ
Our participants were joined on stage by their amazing facilitators Brendan Smartt, Fiona Buggy , Jacinta Moran and Anne Marie. Thank you so much for giving up your Friday evenings to deliver this programme ππ
We are SO proud of them all ! And our participants who completed Module 3 will be heading to Galway for their conferring ceremony πin November - we are so excited !
And our next group get started this Friday night !
π Teen Drug Awareness Talk with Celbridge Community Policing
Along with Celbridge Community Policing we are hosting a Teen Drug Awareness talk for 30 mins in the club on Monday 5th October
Aimed at 3rd year to 6th year students. Please register below just so we have an idea of numbers
We would encourage all teens in the club to attend and it is open to Ardclough , Straffard and St Edwards members .
For queries contact secretary.ardclough.kildare@gaa.ie
SAVE THE DATE - HALLOWEEN DISCO - COME IF YOU DAREπ»
Always a terrify-ingly brilliant night for our young members - get the date in the diaryπ§ββοΈπ§ππββ¬π«π»and get the costume sorted !
πΆ Lotto We had no winner of our jackpot last week, congratulations to Ciaran Dempsey and Colin Griffin who was on hand to collect his winning lucky dip !!
Our jackpot for Friday 24th Sept is β¬7,900, You can purchase tickets under the link below:
A huge THANK YOU to all our weekly players - lots of ticket options available !
π Ardclough Club Draw 2026 - Second Draw Friday 15th September - Fingers Crossed π€π€π€ The second draw takes place this evening - everything crossed for an Ardclough Winner !
πΊBAR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We are looking for some volunteers to help us out in the club bar? Can you give the club some time? Ideally 4 hours a month.
Full training will be provided.
If you are interested or think you might be interested please send us a mail on secretary.ardclough.kildare@gaa.ie
π¦π§ Garda Vetting Clinic - September 25th - Friday 7pm - 8pm- LAST REMINDER ! Please call into Sharon tonight for any queries
π Race Day - Saturday 10th October We have 20 seats (2 tables) available for our race day at Naas Racecourse.
Please follow below link to Clubzap to purchase seats at what will be a fantastic social day for the club.
Thank you as always to all our members for your support
ππ₯ On the pitch
A quieter week as we reach the end of some of our competitions !
Our U12 hurlers played away to Broadford on Friday night with our U16 hurling shield semi-final moved to October 1st. On Sunday it was an early start for Our St Edwards U14 parents travelling to St Kevins and Rathangan with a win for our C team and a loss for the G team.
Hard luck to our intermediate camogie team who came up against a strong Celbridge side on Sunday in round 3.
Our U10 hurlers travelled to Carlow - A brilliant effort at what was a very high-standard blitz in Naomh Eoin, featuring some of the best U10 teams from Kilkenny, Waterford, Carlow and Dublin.
Monday saw the U16 St Edwards G team playing Rathangan in Rathcoffey and our U14 camogs played a strong Maynooth side at home , both with losses on the night.
And Wednesday our U16 camogie team played Celbridge in a great game just losing 2-7 to 4-7. And our U12s headed to neighbours Straffan for a super game.
π Coming Up
All Fixtures and Results are available below or in ClubZap
Its a big week for our Senior Hurlers πͺ as they take on Celbridge in Round 3 of the Senior Hurling Championship on Sunday at 3.30pm - get the dinner in early and head to St Conleth's - the team need your support and we can make a difference π€β€οΈπ honthecloughs
All fixtures for the week are above with our U16 St Edwards C team playing on Saturday in their shield semi final v Kilcock and our U14 hurlers also heading to Kilcock to play St Cocas on Sunday.