Syls Club News - April 2021

Return To Training

The Government announcement that, with ongoing reduction of Covid numbers, there is hope that our juvenile boys and girls can make a long awaited return to training in. On-contact pods. It’s much needed news following a particularly tough Winter months when everyone has been feeling the worst of the restrictions. We hope the return can go ahead as planned with everyone’s continued effort and that news of our adult training return is not long afterwards.

Support for Facilities Group in Broomfield

We are actively seeking volunteers to help our small facilities team look after our assets in Broomfield.

The commitment would be for a couple of hours each month helping the team with small improvement works, facilitating access for contractors etc

If you are interested or know of anyone who would be able to help, please contact Aidan Lillis – 085 7718612

Club Playing Facilities

Under the GAA COVID 19 directive all of our playing facilities remain closed. Unfortunately, in recent weeks we have experienced continued widespread use of the AWP by large groups of members and non-members for casual usage, much of this facilitated by individuals who have access to keys to open up this facility. As a consequence, we have been forced to change locks to Pitch #1 and the AWP. These locks will remain in place until at least the 26th April.

Minor Hurling Manager

We are still urgently seeking a manager for this vital team for the 2021 season. We do have a number of volunteers who will help support the group however still have no expressions of interest.

We would again encourage any individuals who could help to make contact as soon as possible.

Broomfield Sports Campus

We have recently submitted another grant claim under the Sports Capital Grant Programme. This is focused on the continued development of Pitch #1 and the AWP.

Strong feedback has been received from across the club about the poor quality of the playing surfaces on the remaining areas of Broomfield – particularly in respect to the growth in our juvenile games playing numbers and the emergence of our Camogie section. Consultations with Fingal CC continue and the Executive hope to be in a position to engage the membership in the coming months.

Church Road

Whilst the club premises on Church Road remain closed, we are continuing to invest in this key club facility.

The current activity is focused on upgrading the preservation infrastructure and will be completed in the next few weeks.

We look forward to some date in the future when we can welcome our members back into the building.

Membership Renewal 2021

As we approach our ‘Return to Play’ in the coming weeks, we encourage all members who have not already done so to renew your membership for 2021.  Please click on the link below where membership can be registered and paid online, including a 3 month instalment payment option: https://stsylvesters.clubifyapp.com/membership_products

More info: https://stsylvesters.ie/news-detail/10070378/

Juvenile Boys Section

A juvenile committee meeting will be held virtually in the coming fortnight to plan the safe return to training. Details will be emailed in due course.

Ladies Section;

Last Chance For Lidl Stamp Collection

Many thanks to all who have shopped using the Lidl app to earn stamps for our ladies teams. There’s still time until Sunday 11th April to submit completed cards on the app so we can maximise our prize total.

Thank You To Sponsors from The U12 Girls

Huge thanks to the generous sponsors who donated for new training tops for the girls. They’re looking forward to getting back to training to show them off!

Senior Team Super 7 Skills Continues;

We have reached week 6 in our series of skills devised by our Senior Men Teams. This week we bring ‘The High Catch’ thanks to Andrew & Stephen Cunningham, Glenn Hazely & Michael Shiel.

See the full series on our You tube channel or on our social media channels @officialsylsgaa

Academy;

Easter Bake Off

Huge thanks and well done to all our young Academy players who baked wonderful creations for our ‘Ready..Syls..Bake!’ Competition. Everyone received a chocolately treat as reward for their efforts.

GAA Newsletter

Useful information on the GAA Return To Play initiative and more in this month’s GAA newsletter:

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