Covid Update 16.04.2021

INFORMATION FOR CLUBS

Return to Training As you are aware non-contact training for underage teams in pods of 15 will be permitted from April 26th next in the 26 Counties. Our clubs in the North have returned in pods of 15 this week. “Underage teams” means any registered team at U-18 level or below.

Attached, please find the updated Guidelines for a Safe Return to Gaelic Games.

The key control measures remain completion of the online education module (which you can access here) and completion of the Health Questionnaire before each session (link to Health Questionnaire is here)

It is also important to remember that all indoor facilities must remain closed at this time, both North and South of the border.

Attendance at Training In general, only players and coaches of the relevant team should attend any training session. One Parent or Guardian per child (or per family if more than one child is attending from a particular family) is permitted to attend in a safeguarding /supervisory capacity involving any team in the U-18 or below age group, should they consider it necessary. However strict social distancing and public health guidelines should be adhered to at all times. In particular, it is important that parents do not congregate in groups before or after sessions, outside of what is permitted in current Government regulations.

Any person wishing to attend our underage training or games including coaches, parents, players and spectators shall be subject to the provisions of the Code of Behaviour (Underage).

INFORMATION FOR COUNTIES

Return to Training Inter County Senior Hurling and Football panels are permitted to return to collective, full contact Training from Monday, April 19th. Attached is an updated set of Guidelines for inter-county teams which we would ask you to ensure is circulated to all members of your county panels and backroom teams.

A key message from our Covid Advisory Group is to avoid indoor gatherings wherever possible. For instance, it is permitted to use dressing rooms or hold meetings indoors, but we would strongly encourage you to explore alternatives or minimise usage as much as possible. Keeping the majority of your interactions outdoors is the key measure to follow if you wish to ensure the safety of players and support personnel.

U20/Minor/Academy Squad Training For clarity, Counties are asked to note that the current exemptions for underage club training and senior inter county teams DO NOT extend to U20, Minor or Academy squads; only players from a county’s Senior Panel are currently covered by the player injury scheme. Return to Training dates for underage inter county panels are contingent on further relaxation of Government restrictions – the GAA will advise further once any new information is made available.

Challenge Games The current relaxations to Government restrictions do not permit Challenge games to take place (unless between members of the same panel). We have been advised that this will be the position until May 4th at the earliest. We are seeking to have this position revisited as part of any further relaxation of Government restrictions and we will communicate further with Counties as soon as we have any additional information in this context.

Use of Gyms It is now permitted to open County owned gyms for members of the County Senior Hurling or Football panel as required. If gym work, or aspects of it, can be conducted outdoors, then risk of transmission of the virus is dramatically reduced. Ideally Gym activity indoors should be conducted on an individual basis or in very small groups.

Inter County players may also use their relevant Club Gym for individual training as long as they are following the advice in the Inter County Return to Training and Play document.

Finally, we would ask you to ensure that both Return to Play Documents and this cover note are circulated to all County Team Managers and backroom personnel at your earliest convenience.

Is muide, le meas,

Labhrás Mac Carthaigh  & Tomás Ó Riain

Uachtarán & Ard Stiúrthóir

 

Guidelines for Inter County teams 2021x

UPDATED SAFE RETURN Master March 2021

16.04.2021 Covid Update

Cork Senior Hurlers “Puck for Pieta”

This weekend the Cork Senior Hurling team will undertake a 48 hour “Puck for Pieta” charity fundraiser for Pieta House. The event will see each player puck for 1 hour before passing the torch onto the next player. The event will begin this Friday at 4pm and will finish on Sunday at 4pm,  and will be streamed live on the Instagram page which has been set up for the event.  All players will be pucking from darkness into light to raise funds and awareness for Pieta House. Donations can be made online at https://www.idonate.ie/CorkHurling

Speaking about the fundraiser John Dempsey from Pieta House said ” Pieta want to wish the 2021 Cork Senior Hurling Panel all the very best, in their upcoming fundraising event -Puck for Pieta. Cork GAA over the past number of years have always and continue to support Pieta, which has been amazing, that support has helped saved so many lives, that support has created so much awareness around Pieta and our services here in Cork and across the Country”

Speaking about Pieta House, John said “Pieta Cork is the busiest Pieta House in the Country, over the past 12 months like all of society it has been an extremely difficult time, we’ve had to adjust to over the phone therapy & video therapy, and even though we’ve open back up as an essential service, we are limited in whom we can see. We have increased our therapists to help with the increased demand, our phone lines and text services has seen a huge spike in those reaching out and seeking support. Pieta Cork has delivered over 21000 hours of counselling in its Cork centre since 2019 and has helped over 2,800 people in that time.”

Those who wish to following the players over the weekend can do so at https://instagram.com/cork.hurlpuckforpieta?igshid=1skbn6jnfme5l

How to contact Pieta: To avail of Pieta services, which are free of charge, please visit www.pieta.ie for all centre contact details and our National Therapy Services phoneline 0818 111 126. Pieta provides 24/7 support – if you are suicidal, self-harming or bereaved you can contact Pieta 24/7 via the Freephone crisis helpline on 1800 247 247, you can also text HELP to 51444 (standard message rates apply

 

 

Draw for Munster Senior Hurling and Football Championship to take place on Monday morning.

 

The draws for the 2021 Senior Provincial Football and Hurling Championships will be broadcast live by RTÉ next Monday and Tuesday, April 19 and 20.

The 2021 Munster Football and Hurling Championship draws will take place on RTÉ Radio 1’s Morning Ireland show on Monday, April 19, at 7.30am and 8.30am respectively.

2021 Munster Senior Football Championship 

The Munster Senior Football Championship is a knock-out open draw. Four teams are in the pot for the quarter-finals – Kerry, Clare, Limerick, and Waterford. The two quarter-final winners will advance to the semi-finals where an open draw will pit them against either defending champions Tipperary or Cork. drawn Monday, April 19, at 7.30am

2021 Munster Senior Hurling Championship

The Munster Senior Hurling Championship is an open draw among the five teams taking part – defending champions Limerick, Waterford, Tipperary, Cork, and Clare.

The first team drawn plays the second team drawn in the first semi-final. The third team draw goes in to the second semi-final where they will play the winners of the fourth and five team drawn who must first play one another in the quarter-final. drawn Monday, April 19, at 8.30am

Download Munster Hurling Draw format

 

Download Munster Football Draw format

 

 

 

 

Then, later that same day, the 2021 Connacht Football Championship draw will televised on the 6.01 News on RTÉ 1.

The 2021 Leinster Football and Hurling Championship draws take place on Morning Ireland on Monday, April 20, at 7.30am and 8.30am respectively.

While the 2021 Ulster Football championship draw will take place later that evening on the 6.01 News.

Monday, April 19

  • Morning Ireland: Munster | Football @ 7.30 Hurling @ 8.30
  • 6.01 News: Connacht Football Draw

Tuesday, April 20

  • Morning Ireland: Leinster | Football @ 7.30 Hurling @ 8.30
  • 6.01 News: Ulster Football Draw

 

2021 Leinster Senior Football Championship

Four teams are in Bowl 1 – Dublin, Kildare, Laois, and Meath

Seven teams are in Bowl 2 – Carlow, Wexford, Wicklow, Longford, Offaly, Louth, and Westmeath.

Draw

Step 1: The first team drawn from Bowl 1 plays in Quarter Final 1, the second and third teams are drawn from Bowl 2 and play in the Round One A fixtures, and the winner of that fixture will play in Quarter Final 1.

Step 2: This is repeated for the next two Quarter-Finals (2 & 3) & Round One Fixtures (B & C).

Step 3: The last team in Bowl 1 plays the final team in Bowl 2 in Quarter Final 4.

Step 4: A separate draw will be carried out for the Semi-Finals after the Quarter Finals games are played.

2021 Ulster Senior Football Championship

Five teams are in Bowl 1: Antrim, Armagh, Donegal, Down & Fermanagh

Four teams are in Bowl 2: Cavan, Derry, Monaghan & Tyrone

Draw

Step 1: From Bowl 1, the 1st team drawn plays the 2nd team drawn in Preliminary Round.

Step 2: The four teams from Bowl 2 are added to Bowl 1, and teams are stirred.

Step 3: The third team drawn plays the winner of the Preliminary Round in the fourth quarter-final.

Step 4: The fourth team drawn plays the 5th team drawn in the first quarter-final and so on until and teams are drawn.

2021 Connacht Senior Football Championship

The Connacht Senior Football Championship is an open draw with Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo taking part.

Draw:

Step 1: The first team drawn from Bowl 1 plays the second team in the Quarter Final.

Step 2: The third-team drawn goes into Semi-Final A and will play the winner of the Quarter Final.

Step 3: The fourth team drawn plays the fifth team drawn in Semi-Final B.

2021 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

There is an open draw for the Leinster SHC Quarter-finals and Semi-Finals.

The four teams contesting the quarter-finals – Antrim Dublin, Laois, and Wexford – are placed in Bowl 1.

Kilkenny, Galway and the winners of the two Quarter-Finals will be in Bowl 2.

Draw:

Step 1 – First four slips are drawn from Bowl 1: The first team drawn plays the second team drawn in Quarter-Final A and the third team drawn plays the fourth team drawn in Quarter-Final B

Step 2 – Next four slips are drawn out from Bowl 2: The 5th team drawn plays 6th team drawn in Semi-Final A and 7th team drawn plays 8th team drawn in Semi-Final B.

Sign ups for new stewards in SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh have now closed

Thank you to everyone who supported our call for new stewards to join the SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh team. On Monday, applications closed, we have had an amazing amount of applications.

Over the next few days, all sign up’s will receive an acknowledgement email from Paric Ui Chaoimh Event Controller, they will also find out the next stage of the process.

 

 

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SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh Stadium will be recruiting Voluntary Safety Stewards in 2021. Club members are encouraged to become part of the team.

To be part of the match day action, the following is required:

 

  • Aged 18 years or older
  • Available midweek and/or weekends
  • Active and enthusiastic
  • Customer focused
  • An interest in GAA would be beneficial
  • Complete an application form on https://gaacork.ie/stewards/

 

For further information please visit www.gaacork.ie/stewards or 

email eventcontroller@paircuichaoimh.ie

Cork Minor Football ‘County Charity Run’ 2021

The Cork Minor football panel, who are training remotely have organised a group fundraising event, to raise funds and awareness for two charities. As these two charities have particular relevance to their lives, they are undertaking 5km run fundraiser. The charities they have chosen to benefit are Marymount University Hospital and Hospice and Pieta. Marymount University Hospital and Hospice and Pieta are two organisations that need no introduction due to the huge work they carry out here in Cork and further afield.

Those involved with the panel have seen how family members and relatives can be adversely affected by cancer, some have even witnessed first-hand the unbelievable work of Marymount. Our players want to ensure Marymount continues to be the heart of Cork community and support them to optimise their specialist work and services, so those they serve can receive the care and support they need. During this time of lockdowns, reduced social contacts and not having the chance to fully enjoy the things we love, our mental health can start to suffer negatively. A number of players sadly lost their club coach in recent weeks and see this fundraiser as an opportunity to promote Pieta and the valuable help and support they provide, through prevention, intervention and postvention initiatives will help provide hope to so many.

On Sunday April 11th, the panel will each run 5km within their 5km radius in accordance with Covid 19 regulations wearing their club colours. The idea behind this is to promote their fundraiser, chosen charities work and encourage others to join them. Finally, they will donate and encourage others to do likewise to the chosen charities.

There are a number of ways the public can get involved. Those who are able can run or walk a 5km in their county or club colours. You can also help promote the work undertaken by these charities by liking & sharing our event on various social media platforms. The panel would encourage people to reach out to friends, family or teammates to get involved throughout Cork city and county where we will have players and team mentors taking part in every division. Upload a picture of you in your club or county colours using the hashtag #countycharityrun after your completed your run/walk. Alternatively, you may wish to support us or a particular young person by donating through our fundraising link www.idonate.ie/countycharityrun.

All support is greatly appreciated, especially during these testing times!