The Training Programme commences on Saturday 5th January 2019 at Holy Trinity College, Cookstown

Ulster GAA has announced details of its 2019 Volunteer Development Pathway for all club officers across Ulster to help develop capacity of clubs in 2019 across key issues.

The Training Programme commences on Saturday 5th January 2019 at Holy Trinity College, Cookstown with the Club Officer Induction Award. This Provincial training course is designed for volunteers NEW to their role in 2019 across the following five key club executive roles: Registrar (Or whoever in charge of registering members), Children’s Officer, Coaching Officer, Development Officer and Cultural Officer. Demand is always high for this Club Officer Induction Award and clubs are urged to register for places as soon as possible at the following link: www.ulster.gaa.ie/Volunteer Development2019

In addition to this National GAA will be rolling out their Leadership Programme for Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer and PRO across all nine counties and Ulster GAA encourages volunteers new to those roles to attend that training. These will be promoted through county boards.

The second element of the 2019 Volunteer Development Pathway is Ulster GAA’s Club Officer Development Course, which will be held in five locations across Ulster and clubs are asked to attend their nearest venue. The Development Course will provide club officers with key information and training across a range of important areas, including: Club Maith and Planning; Health and Wellbeing; Using Office 365; and Culture and Language.

These training sessions will be held at evening time, with registration at 6:45pm and workshops starting at 7pm sharp. All clubs are asked to have representation at all workshops at their nearest venue or most convenient date:

Tuesday 15th January 2019: Largy College Clones

Thursday 17th January 2019: Holy Cross College, Strabane

Tuesday 22nd January 2019: St Paul’s School, Bessbrook

Thursday 24th January 2019: Belfast, Venue TBC

Tuesday 29th January 2019: St Mary’s School Magherafelt

Registration is now open for all these training sessions by logging onto www.ulster.gaa.ie/VolunteerDevelopment2019 or contact Sharon Haughey-Grimley on 028 37517 180 or email sharon.haughey.ulster@gaa.ie

Ulster GAA’s Volunteer Development Pathway is designed to build capacity among club officers providing them with relevant knowledge and understanding of key issues facing them in their roles in

Tickets are now available for the Down GAA Clubs Draw.

The tickets are £120 and are available from ALL Down Clubs.

As £96 goes back to clubs for every ticket after the first 24 are sold this is a very important source of revenue for club.

The 2019 Ulster Club Football League will consist of three divisions, Senior, Intermediate and Junior. The application form is available below:

Application Form 2019 USFCL

The closing date for applications is 1.00pm on Monday 7th January 2018. Applications must be signed by the County Secretary and the appropriate fee (€200 or £175) must accompany the hard copy application, which should be sent to:

Ulster Club Football League
c/o Niall Muldoon
Ulster GAA
8-10 Market Street
Armagh
BT61 7BX

It is intended that the league will commence on Sunday 27th January and the group games will run for four / five consecutive weekends. Please note all matches are fixed for the Sunday at 12 noon. The draft schedule is as follows with all participating clubs receiving a minimum of four games:

Sunday 27th January – Round 1
Sunday 3rd February – Round 2
Sunday 10th February – Round 3
Sunday 17th February – Round 4
Sunday 24th February – Round 5
Sunday 3rd March –  Quarter-Finals
Sunday 10th March –  Semi-Finals
Saturday 16th March – Finals