Tipperary GAA Scene

Jonathan Cullen PRO

IRELAND LIGHTS UP 2024

The ever popular ‘Ireland Lights Up’ returns to GAA clubs in January in partnership with RTÉ’s Operation Transformation and Get Ireland Walking.

Ireland Lights Up encourages GAA clubs across the 32 counties to light up and bring communities together to walk and talk in a safe environment during the dark winter evenings. As ever, a club participating in Ireland Lights Up will be showcased each week on RTÉ’s Operation Transformation.

In 2023, over 1,000 GAA clubs signed up for Ireland Lights Up helping tens of thousands of participants improve their physical, mental, and social wellbeing. Clubs also recruited over 29,600 walkers to participate in the ‘Every Steps Counts Challenge’ delivered through the ‘MyLife’ app, in partnership with the Irish Life GAA Healthy Clubs programme.

Participants walked over 5,500,000 kms during the five-week challenge.

Registrations for the 2024 ‘Ireland Lights Up’ and ‘Every Step Counts’ MyLife Challenge is now open.

Ireland Lights Up commences on Wednesday, January 10, to coincide with the broadcast of the second episode of Operation Transformation on RTÉ.

CLUB OFFICER TRAINING 2024

The GAA, LGFA and Camogie Association are pleased to confirm the next phase of Club Officer training scheduled for the first few months of 2024.

The Association’s Officer Development Committee has worked closely with the Provincial Councils, LGFA and Camogie Association to make a range of modules from the Club Leadership Development.

Programme (CLDP) available to both new and existing Club Officers.

A new format for 2024 has been developed. Visit www.learning.gaa.ie for information.

Enrolment for all upcoming events is now open via the Officer Training Calendar and queries can be directed to officertraining@gaa.ie.

FOIREANN WEBINARS

There will be a number of Foireann webinars taking place over the coming weeks covering a number of areas. All clubs have now been sent details of the upcoming webinars by County Planning and Training Officer Mark McLoughlin.

TIPP REFEREE FOR IHC FINAL

Congratulations to Michael Kennedy of Newcastle, who has been appointed to referee next weekend’s All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Final between Cork’s Castlelyons and Thomastown, which takes place in Croke Park on Saturday evening at 7pm. The game will be broadcast live on TG4. We wish Michael and his team of officials the very best of good luck.

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