6th Class athletics will run tomorrow morning Saturday 18th of February at 10.30am - 12 noon. There will be no athletics on Monday 20th or 27th of February as there are exams in Colaiste na Carraige. Please spread the word!

ULSTER INDOORS

Odyssey Arena

Athletes travelling to the Odyssey this week will be given a singlet at the Thursday evening training session. You will then return it the following Thursday at training or on the day of competition to your coach. You will also be informed of travel times for Saturday and Sunday.

Scotland Trip
Anyone who has a photocopy of passport details should now bring it with them and give it to one of the coaches at Thursday evening's training session.

Sportshall Trials

Trials will take place for Sportshall on 25th of February for athletes : 6th class to athletes who are 15 years of age before the 1st of September 2011. The Ulster Finals of this competition will then take place on Thursday 8th of March. The club will pay for the bus but anyone wishing to compete in this competition will be asked to pay a fee of €5. If any parents would like to accompany their child or help in a supervisory mode, you are asked to inform the club committee or coaches.

Training times now changed back to 7pm on a Thursday evening

EASTER DRAW

Club Competition
November 12th 2011

A beautiful sunny day saw Sliabh Liag athletes compete in a small club competitiion in Colaiste na Carraige.  Events were high jump, long jump, shot put, 60. 300m and 600m.  The competition was a good indicator of standards that would have to be reached, before 2nd+ students, would be able to compete at the Scottish Indoors.  There will be another club competition over the Xmas holidays. Well done to all athletes and thanks to everyone, who helped in any way.

AGM
Wednesday 10 October 2011

The following committee were elected for the year 2011-2012

Chairperson
Pat Quigg

Secretary
Colette Byrne

Treasurer

Angela Gibbons

Child Protection Officers
Pat Quigg
Veronica Mc Ginley
Katie Mc Shane

Coach

Seamus Gallagher

Registrar

Mary Doherty

PRO

Tania Byrne

AGM

Sportshall Athletics will soon begin their trials to pick County Teams.  These trials will be open for any child from 6th class to 3rd year students from Sliabh Liag Athletic Club.  Dates will be announced soon.

1st - 5th year athletes will be aiming for the Ulster Track and Field at the Odyssey in February.

There will be a Club Competition at Colaiste na Carraige on Saturday 12th of November at 10am for those athletes ( 2nd year and over) who wish to compete at the Scottish Indoors, which will be  held at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland on 3rd March 2012.There will be standards  to achieve before announcement of qualifying athletes. This competition will be the start of this process. Among the events will be: 60m, 60m hurdles, Long Jump, High Jump, Shot Put, 800m, 300m, Triple Jump.  We will need around 12 helpers for this, so any help will be much welcomed.

A Scotland Savings Scheme will begin the Thursday after competition which is 17th of November.  The cost will be €10 per week, which should make it a lot easier than paying out a substantial amount of money, when the competiton is near.  Anyone who does not reach the standard, will have their money refunded in full.

 All monies have been now collected for club hoodies  and will be ordered this weekend.  However, if you would still like to purchase one, I will have the samples with me for one last night at the Thursday evening training session.  Other than that, you will have to order them directly from All Sports in Donegal Town.

There are still a few registration forms not completed and returned to the school or club. We would appreciate these as soon as possible.

Training will continue on Monday 1st-5th year athletes from 4.15 - 5.30pm  and Thursday from 7-8.30pm.  There may possibly be another training session but this has not been totally decided yet.  6th class athletics will still take place every Monday from 6-7pm at Colaiste na Carraige. All first year athletes will join us after Xmas on a Thursday evening, This will help them prepare for up and coming competitions.

There may be a possibility of some fundraising this year as some equipment may need replacing. 

Anyone dealing with children in a supervisory or coaching environment,  must have a Garda Clearance Form completed.  It is always a priority to keep our children safe.  We also hope to run a Child Protection Course.  If you are interested in this please contact the club or Collette Byrne or Tania Byrne.  We will try and organise this,  if enough interest is generated.  We will also be sending out Garda Clearance forms to all parents and guardians of athletes registered in the club.  These will have to be completed and returned to the appropriate body or returned to the athletic club, which will return them for you.  We need this as parents will have to take their turn on the rota, which we hope to draw up soon, for attending merely in supervisory mode on trips away.  Also, if you are interested in coaching, the Garda Clearance Form is an essential.  

Coaches and helpers are always needed and if you or anyone you know may be interested in helping or becoming a coach, we would be delighted for you to come along and join us.  We need at least 6 helpers on a Thursday night and presently there are only 3 on a full time basis.  For the coach to help an athletes reach their full potential, they need to be able to spend a lot of time on instruction, this is why more helpers or coaches are needed.  Please do come along if you can spare some time on Thursday evenings.

Next meeting will be Tuesday 15th of November at 8.30pm for committee members and people who are interested in coaching or helping.

Donegal Sports Partnership

Over the past few years, Donegal Sports Partnership, has enabled Sliabh Liag Athletic Club, and many other clubs I'm sure, to benefit from funding to help, coaches, parents, students and club members to train to become coaches or coaching assistants. Without this help, many of us, even though we are enthusiastic, would still lack training. We would just like to thank them for their continued help, which will hopefully see our club benefit now and in the coming years.

COACHING COURSES

ATTENTION ALL GAISCE STUDENTS, PARENTS, COACHES.

ALL SPORTS, DONEGAL TOWN

A welcome to the 14 new 6th class athletes who joined us from Kilcar, Carrick, Meenenary and Glencolmcille. We hope to see you all back again next week! Thanks to the Gaisce students who helped myself and Siun. Well done everyone.

6th Class Athletics runs every Monday till the 19 of December at Colaiste na Carraige from 6-7pm for all Carrick, Kilcar, Meenaneary and Glencolmcille 6th class students who are interested. Bring a bottle of water and wear good supporting trainers! See you there

PRESENTATION TO BARRY QUIGG FROM THE SLIABH LIAG ATHLETIC CLUB