Cork County Board children’s officer Eoghan O’Connor wishes to inform clubs about a change to the garda vetting system.
In an email sent to all clubs he said: “I am writing to inform you that GAA garda vetting will be moving to a new vetting system on March 31. The new system has been built into Foireann.
“The current system has closed. This is to allow each county process the current applications on their site. The garda vetting system will then be part of Foireann and it is through this system that a coach/mentor will in the future apply to be vetted.
“The new system will permit the Children’s Officer access to confirm when a person is vetted.
“The CO will also play a key role by validating the ID documentation of each club application before it will be processed. The closure of the site is not to create any alarm amongst our members but to allow all applications currently on the system to be processed along with the current applications being processed by the National Vetting Bureau.
“I thank you for your ongoing work in all matters regarding child welfare in your clubs and I regret any inconvenience this may cause in your club.”
THIS year, Rebel Óg coaching are partnering with ‘Play Us GAA’ in the promotion of their Go Games Program.
Colm Crowley, GDA, said: “Over the years, whilst planning Go Games, we have dealt with common queries from mentors who have had opposition withdraw at short notice.<“Mark, the founder of the Play Us GAA app noticed that his app could be useful for clubs who are left high and dry at short notice.
“We ask that all mentors complete the enquiry form here which will allow them to use the app for free https://www.playusgaa.com/
“They will then receive one years free membership to the app for their team.”
How it works?
The PlayUs GAA is a system that has been designed to facilitate all GAA, LGFA and camogie teams to search for and arrange challenge games, tournaments and blitzes.
Coaches seeking to organise games can simply use our app to enter the proposed game details, our app then sends out invites to appropriate teams within a designated distance.
PlayUs can be a very useful tool for coaches and will provide more games for club players.
How the app works:
Choose challenge, blitz or tournament.
Select home or away.
Next choose your date and time.
Confirm your location.
Next set the range you wish your game invite to cover.
Then simply select the team/s that you want to play from your invite responses.
It is as simple as that. It will be extremely useful for all coaches in the club but in particular Go Games Level coaches who are let down at short notice.
