Come And Join The Fun in 2021
Newtown GAA Club run the club nursery for children aged between 4 to 6 years of age every Saturday morning from 11.00 to 12:00 on the club pitch. The 2021 season kicks off on Saturday 1st May next. The Newtown nursery has grown over the last few years and each new year we welcome new face whom we hope will become like life-long members.

In the nursery the children are in a friendly, safe, and fun environment where they are showered with the skills of Gaelic Football, Hurling, & Camogie. Every Saturday morning there are different skills and exercises for the children to enjoy. The nursery intends to give boys and girls a basic foundation in the core skills of Gaelic football, Hurling & Camogie, where encouragement and support is offered to the kids by the mentors and coaches.

Structure of the Nursery 
- Fun Warm Up Game (chasing based game, working on acceleration, deceleration, lateral movement, linear movement, agility, evasion skills and most of all FUN)
- Football Stations
- Drill based stations to work on technique
- Fun games stations
- ABC station to work on Fundamental movements
- Match stations to work on skills learned in a game environment
- Hurling Stations

Objectives of the Nursery

To encourage boys and girls to participate in playing football and hurling in a structured and fun environment by:

• Introducing the child to the skills of hurling and football
• Preparing the child to participate at competitive or recreational level as a player
• Producing players who have a basic command of all fundamental playing skills.
• Developing the balance, co-ordination and footwork of the players

Ethos of the Nursery

The ethos of the Nursery is "skills with fun". In order to ensure that this ethos becomes a reality the following guidelines are applied to the hurling and football sessions:

We request that parents remain in the grounds for the duration of the training session

Parents are always more than welcome to help out at the various exercises and are made feel apart of everything, as Newtown GAA prides itself on being a friendly club and club is family. There is always a need for additional mentors & help, if anybody would like to volunteer, please make yourself known to Dominic or Ciaran on the Saturday morning, there is always a job to be done regardless of the qualification.

For information contact-
Ciaran Mc Guirl 0863028349. Dominic Leech 0866023330 or by E-mail on pronewtown@gmail.com 

Give a call first or just arrive down next Saturday.

Annual Subscriptions

Subscriptions for 2021 are due at registration for the season (€20 per child). Members subscriptions cover insurance costs. Children are not insured to participate unless their subscriptions are fully paid. The club is managed and operated on a voluntary basis by the members. Monies received are utilised to fund the following:

• Lighting costs and general maintenance
• Maintenance of grass pitch.
• Development of new dressing rooms and club facilities
• The purchasing of various types of equipment needed to run a GAA club including footballs, sliotars, hurleys, helmets, cones, portable goals, bibs, first aid kits. Equipment is also provided to children for the duration of a training session if required.
• Referees fees

• Benefits of Membership:

  • The opportunity for your child to train and play Gaelic football & hurling in a very friendly and safe environment.
  • The opportunity to get involved in operation of the club and have a vote at club AGM.
  • To enlist to purchase tickets for County Games subject to the club draw

• Key information for the year 2021

  - The Nursery runs from Saturday 1stMay 11.00 - 12:00
  - It will run every Saturday weather permitting for a period of ~6months
  - If the conditions outside are unplayable a text message/email will be sent out to cancel the session

  
  

  CODES OF BEHAVIOUR

  Code of Behaviour Juvenile Players

  Code of Behaviour Parent Guardian

  Clubs Disciplinary Procedures

  Clubs Disciplinary Sanctions