MAI 2019 Programme

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CLUB COACH DUBLIN 8 & 6W
A note on the past years developments as Club Coach for TSS in Dublin 6W & Dublin 8.
Hi All,
In my role as Club Coach for TSS I have had the privilege to extend my Gaelic Football knowledge
onto the next generation and future TSS & Dublin stars!! Since starting the role last October, I’ve
coached hundreds of fantastic young girls & boys in local primary schools such as St Clares in
Harolds Cross, Bunscoil Synge Street, Educate Together Canal Way, St Endas Whitefriar st, St
Audoens and Educate Together Dublin south city and I’d like to thank the principals and teachers
of those schools for giving me the opportunity to coach in their wonderful schools! The goal was
to make sure all boys and girls were included in the learning of key skills of the game whilst
having lots of fun doing so! I encouraged them all to practice their skills at home if they wanted
to become footballers and was delighted to see so many faces come along to our brand new
academy in Dolphin Park - home of Templeogue Synge Street GAA! It has been a pleasure to see the
development of the boys & girls’ football skills and also other important life skills such as teamwork
and sportsmanship!
Dolphin Academy
The Dolphin Academy began in late October 2018 with the great help of Dinny Boland who put in
huge work so that it ran like clockwork. He organised flyers for me to hand out in schools, made
sure we had coaches at the ready, he even coached himself and always had treats for the kids
every Saturday! Without him or all the coaches that have gave a hand since October, none of it
was possible - so a massive thank you goes out to them, especially Dinny, Joe O’Reilly, Hannah
O’Brien, Gemma Murphy & Chloe Duffy who were there every week doing phenomenal work and
representing the club so well! Thanks guys! A huge thank you goes out to the parents for bringing
their children along and getting involved in some coaching themselves. It was great to see such
a level of engagement as the parents will have an important part to play in the future of their
children’s success with TSS! Finally to the ‘Tea Ladies’ Ann & Fergal O’Gara who provided tea, coffee
& treats for the parents every Saturday morning rain or shine, thank you!
The goal of the academy was to invite and encourage all boys & girls from the local schools around
Dolphins Barn area to come along and try it out and eventually become TSS players! What began
with 10 boys & girls the first day is now close to 50 boys & girls!! We hope to grow the academy
even more this year and invite all boys & girls aged 4-7 to come try it out to learn some new skills,
make some friends and have fun!
Beir bua,
Killian O’Gara
Club Coach, Templeogue Synge Street GAA , Killian.Tssgfc@gmail.com 089 256 9549
Templeogue Synge Street GFC