2023 TSS MAI eProgramme v1

Hi All
Here’s an update on progress made
throughout this year as TSS Games
Promotion officer.
ACADEMY
Our TSS Boys and Girls Academy is held in
Bushy Park every Saturday morning at
10.00am to 12.00am. Our recruitment
drive for our 4 to 7 year olds remains our
priority and the goals are simple –
enjoyment, participation and basic skills.
Feel free to drop by next Saturday and
check out the fun!!!
A number of people continue to provide
invaluable support to me every Saturday
morning at the Academy with Frank
Deasy, Roisin McGarry and Liz Upton
working alongside me doing trojan work.
As the number of boys and girls taking
part increases, we aim to keep them with
their own age group for example our 2017
group are looked after by Cormac Neill,
Aoibheann Coffey and Sean Clancy with
other parents providing mentoring
assistance in the academy on a weekly
basis. The youngest players in the
Academy group are our 2018/2019
children. We are focused on recruitment
of new players whilst also coaching and
developing the children’s GAA Skills for
the future.
As an extension of our academy, we have
two squads for Boys and Girls made up of
U/7 (2016) players. These teams are run
by Colin Dunlevy and Keith Matthews. We
are training every Saturday morning and
planning to roll them out for next years
U8s Team. We organised a few friendly
matches throughout the year that went
down a treat with children and parents
alike. Although we are at an early stage
with this team, they have great potential
and if they are anything like the current
U8s team they have a very bright future!
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A S A C L U B W E H A V E G R E A T N U M B E R S A T J U V E N I L E
L E V E L A N D O U R S E A R C H F O R N E W P L A Y E R S A N D
M E N T O R S N E V E R C E A S E S . I W O U L D E N C O U R A G E
A N Y B O D Y W H O H A S A N I N T E R E S T I N H E L P I N G O U T T O
P L E A S E C O N T A C T M E .
EASTER & SUMMER CAMPS
The TSS Easter/Summer camps continue to
thrive with over 250 children participating
in the Kellogg’s Camp in August. It was a
phenomenal success. I would like to thank
all the coaches who did a great job and a
special mention to Frank Deasy, Sean
McKiernan, Kate Timmons and Brian Kelly,
along with the Teachers from the local
schools that made the camp a very
enjoyable one.
SCHOOLS
Our strong club/school links continue to be
one of our key assets. We are very lucky to
have such a strong relationship with all
the schools in our catchment area. The
principals and teachers help us greatly in
promoting our games and our club at every
opportunity with the boys and girls from
TSS representing the club very well in this
years Cuman na Mbunscoil competition.
A key part of my role as GPO is to continue
to build on these already well-established
relationships, visiting the schools on a
daily basis providing coaching at all age
groups and encouraging them to join us in
TSS.
I W O U L D L I K E T O T A K E T H I S O P P O R T U N I T Y T O T H A N K
E V E R Y O N E I N T H E C L U B F O R T H E I R C O N T I N U E D
S U P P O R T A N D A L S O A V E R Y B I G T H A N K Y O U T O T H E
P R I N C I P A L S A N D T E A C H E R S I N T H E L O C A L S C H O O L S .
Kevin
KEVIN O'DONOVAN
GAMES PROMOTION OFFICER
TEMPLEOGUE SYNGE STREET GAA CLUB
KEVIN.ODONOVAN.GPO.DUBLIN@GAA.IE
O86-1677748
HAVE
FUN!