Rebel Og have announced details of dates for 2018 Feile Peile and Feile na nGael competitions.
Details
Feile na nGael (Hurling)
Qualifying Rounds on Saturday 21st April with Semi Finals and Finals taking place on Friday 27th April.
Feile na nÓg (Football)
Qualifying Rounds will take place on Saturday 5th May with Semi Finals and Finals on Monday 7th May.
A chairde,
As part of our collective efforts in dealing with the Covid-19 outbreak, it is our intention to communicate with our units on a regular basis and keep you informed of developments as they happen.
The GAA can today confirm that a number of coaching and games initiatives will not proceed in light of the prevailing circumstances.
These include the 2020 Féile competitions, the Celtic Challenge and activity involving Academy Squads.
It has also been confirmed that the Connacht Senior Football Championship meeting between New York and Galway, scheduled to take place in Gaelic Park, New York on May 3rd, has been postponed
The future for this fixture will be considered at a later date and in the context of the anticipated overall re-drawing of the national fixtures calendar for 2020 as necessitated by the ongoing disruption to the GAA games programme.
We will add to this list as further cancellations arise.
The Association would like to reassure our members that when games activity re-commences we will provide an adequate games schedule for our players at all ages and grades.
In the meantime, we are working on a unified approach for all of our units on the issue of Games Development and Administration personnel and will be liaising with our Provincial Councils and County Committees in the coming days.
Thank you for your combined efforts to date.
These efforts have the potential to make a massive difference and it is in this vein that we ask you to continue to mobilise the GAA network and our wider membership in the interests of public health and the greater good.
Please continue to exercise caution relating to social distancing and coughing and sneezing etiquette and continue to refer to HSE.ie for more detailed advice.
Tom Ryan
Director General
The Executive of Cork County Board met via video-conference on March 17th and, primarily with regard to the safety of our members and of the wider community, has decided to postpone the all first round games in the Premier Senior, Senior A, Premier Intermediate, Intermediate A and Lower Intermediate Championships in both football and hurling, as well as the County stages of the U21 football competitions and the County Junior B & C competitions.
These first round club championship games had been scheduled across the four weekends in April and the first two weekends in May, but are now postponed en bloc.
All other games and activities, including those under the jurisdiction of Rebel Óg, remain suspended as per GAA directive and advice from the HSE / Department of Health. This will continue until we are directed otherwise.
The scheduling and format of the County Championships for 2020 is now subject to review, in consultation with Munster Council, the National Competitions Control Committee and our Clubs.
Club league regulations and completion dates will also be reviewed once a resumption of activities is confirmed.
The offices at Páirc Uí Chaoimh will be closed until such time as current restrictions are lifted. County Board staff will work remotely and are contactable by email or via the office phone as normal . The office phone (0214963311) has been diverted to a staff member’s phone and will be answered during office hours.
We can also confirm that Páirc Uí Chaoimh is now available to the HSE, who are considering possible uses for the stadium and we hereby wish to acknowledge the efforts that our club units have already undertaken in assisting local health services and in assisting vulnerable people in our communities at this difficult time.
The County Board meeting scheduled for April 7th has been cancelled. The Executive and CCC will continue to meet regularly via video-conference and will provide a report to clubs by email after all meetings.
Once again, we urge all our members to adhere to directives from the GAA, the HSE and the Department of Health during the current pandemic.
In light of this morning’s Government announcement, the GAA, An Cumann Camógaíochta and the Ladies Gaelic Football Association have decided to suspend all activity at club, inter-county and educational levels until March 29 (inclusive) from midnight.
This is to include all games, training and team gatherings at all ages and all grades. We will continue to liaise with Government officials and review the situation between now and the end of the month, assessing the impact of these measures on our competitions.
In the meantime, the Association is encouraging all members to continue to follow the guidelines which have been provided by the health authorities.
The Castletownbere team, top, who played Ballingeary, above, in the first ever game under Rebel Óg held on Bere Island.
Board chairman Kevin Greene officiated at the game and the score was
Castletownbere 2-10, Ballingeary 1-6.
A chara
In the current climate, we are asking clubs to follow some simple steps in and around club activities, games, and training.
Players should have their own water bottles rather than sharing.
No handshakes at the end of games.
Players use their own towels, soap, hand cleaner, etc when washing and drying after games, etc.
An email is also being sent to all club secretary accounts with these instructions.
We are delighted to announce that we will have 2 guest speakers on the night.
Brian Coniery, with referees from the Mid, South East and City Divisions that will talk to us on:-
What is it like to referee a match ?
Light refreshments will follow the meeting.
Newcestown players, David Buckley, Gavin Kelleher, Daire McAree and Eoin Callinan, with the February Rebel Óg award.
NEWCESTOWN minor and U16 teams are the winners of the February Rebel Óg Monthly Award following their three recent wins at championship level.
This monthly event awards scheme are sponsored by the Clayton Hotel Silver Springs, main sponsor; Cummins Sports, award sponsors and in association with The Echo and RedFM, media partnerd.
Newcestown were chosen as this month’s winners following their minors making it a championship double and their U16 hurlers also winning the Division Two championship.
Last year was a very successful year for the club with their U21 B footballers winning the county championship for the first time. In particular it was a great year for the underage section, with the U16 hurlers having won the B hurling county championship overcoming Killavullen in the final.
The minor A double was achieved for the second time in recent years emulating the same feat as the 2012 side. The minor hurlers defeated Kanturk in a game that was close right to the end.
The minor footballers faced Clyda Rovers and extra-time couldn’t separate them in the first game and it went to a replay. In that they looked like losing but came from four points down to take it to extra-time again and there they managed to complete the double.
Newcestown GAA club was formed in December 1958 and played its first game, against Kilmeen, in the spring of 1959.
The first county title was won in 1967, when the junior footballers defeated Midleton in the final and the club has gone from strength to strength since then.
The Club Season Ticket does not include games at Divisional level or games under the remit of Rebel Óg, nor does it cover inter-county games.
The First Meeting of the Rebel Og East Region will take place on Monday next 17th February 2020, 7:30 p.m. at Nemo Rangers GAA CLUB.
Please note change of venue from 2019.
The various Competitions for 2020, League and Championships may presently be viewed on the Rebel Og East Region website.
