Ulster GAA Strategic Vision and Action Plan - Croke Park

Taking Ulster GAA to 2015 Taking Ulster GAA to 2015Action Timing Outcome SoughtCommittee/OfficerResponsibilitySeniorStaffLeadAction Timing Outcome SoughtCommittee/OfficerResponsibilitySeniorStaffLead• Hurling walls• Funding opportunities• Branding facilities asGAA facilities.Continue to invest in themodernisation of the mainCounty grounds to improvespectator comfort.Complete Ulster GAA floodlighting programme in ninthCounty venue.200920122012• Fit-for-purposeCounty facilities.• Flood lights installed inClones by 2012• Province-wide capacity todeliver after-hoursgaelic games.Coiste BainistíCoiste BainistíOperationsManagerOperationsManager• Conditioning facilities• Plunge pools• Access by women’sgaelic games• Access by schools & Colleges• Clear GAA branding• Provision for HandballDevelop, ideally in collaborationwith a County, an Ulster GAAPerformance Centrewhich includes:• High performance provision• An Ulster GAA administrativeheadquarters.2015• Improved deliveryof Ulster GAA’s corebusiness activities.Coiste BainistíProvincialDirectorOperationsManagerUpgrade secondary Countygrounds (on a phased, prioritybasis reflecting geographicalspread and current facilities) toinclude floodlights, improvedmedia facilities and player/spectator facilities.Achieve Ulster’s GAA strategicrequirement for a 40,000-45,000 capacity stadium.Support the development ofRegional GAA centresas follows:• One per County• One urban cluster each inBelfast and Derry• Three sub-regional ruralcluster bases.Each County centre shouldinclude one regional thirdgeneration full-size pitch. EachGAA Centre should include:• Support facilities• Hurling Wall• Indoor training provision201520152015• Nine secondary groundsflood-lit by 2015.• A fit-for-purpose stadiumin Ulster meeting the“Enhancing CommunityIdentity” target of 40,000-60,000 capacity.• 14 centres in place by 2015• Improved delivery of UlsterGAA’s core games andother activities.Coiste BainistíCoiste BainistíUachtaránCoiste BainistíOperationsManagerProvincialDirectorProvincialDirectorOperationsManagerEstablish three regionalHandball centres as part ofthe physical developmentprogramme.Work with local and centralgovernment and educationalauthorities to ensure thatpublicly-funded sportsprovision is fit-for-purpose forgaelic games in that they:• Are of a size/layout suitablefor gaelic games• Accommodate specificprovision such as hurling walls• Include changing facilities forteam panels of 30 players• Include (where provided)flood-lighting whichfacilitates gaelic games• Have suitable facilitiesfor the roll out of ActiveCommunities andDENI Programme.Continue to invest in Clubfacilities through the Council’sgrant aid and supportprogrammes managed by theParks and Safety Committee.2015OngoingOngoing• Improved visibility of andparticipation in handball.• All new public sportsfacilities provided from2010 onwards are fit-forpurposein terms ofgaelic games.• All GAA Clubs have accessto at least two locallybasedfit-for-purpose GAApitches by 2015.• Partnerships withlocal authorities in thedevelopment of facilities.• Improved GAA facilitiesand infrastructureacross Ulster.Coiste BainistíCoiste LiathróidLáimhe UladhCoiste BainistíCoistePáirceanna agusSábháileachtaOperationsManagerProvincialDirectorOperationsManagerCommunityDevelopmentand PublicAffairs ManagerOperationsManager50 Comhairle Uladh CLG Lifelong promotion of Gaelic Games, Culture, Community and FamilyUlster GAA Strategic Vision and Action Plan 2009-2015 51