To: All IFHYL Families:

 

From: Mike Moriarty, PRO IFHYL

 

This notice is to remind all about the upcoming IFHYL Annual General Meeting.

 

This meeting takes place on Sunday January 29, 2012 at the United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Avenue., San Francisco.

The meeting will be in the 3rd floor Board room starting at 3:30 pm.

 

The AGM will conclude and close out all old business from 2011. Followed by election of officers for the year 2012. Plans for another successful year for the IFHYL in 2012 will be discussed and determined. Your appearance and contribution to keep the IFHYL program tops in youth Gaelic games in America is greatly appreciated.

 

Hope to see you at the IFHYL Annual General Meeting.

 

Irish Football and Hurling Youth League

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

to ALL

IFHYL Families

 

 

 

The IFHYL wish to express their gratitude to all the IFHYL families and players who attended the IFHYL end of year and combined Christmas party at the treasure Island GAA Clubhouse. Special thanks to all those that contributed to the pot luck buffet. Thanks to all the Hurling All Stars who participated in the training sessions with our young hurlers. The whole day was very enjoyable and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

 

Special thanks to the Chicago under 13 and under 16 teams who joined us for the weekend festivities. Colm Egan and his Chicago Youth Hurlers made it a very unique experience for the San Francisco Youth Hurlers who under the guidance of hurling coordinator Terry Walsh and his dedicated coaches put on a great display of youth hurling.

 

We hope that the Sunday All Star games were equally enjoyable for all. The day started with the recently organized College Hurling All Stars competing against San Francisco's youngest adult Hurling team, the S.F. Rovers. Following the Colleges, the San Francisco youth under 13's faced off against the Chicago youth under 13. The last youth game was played between San Francisco's under 16's and Chicago under 16's. This was a highlight for the San Francisco youth Hurlers as they won both games.  The premier game of the day was the teams and supporters from Ireland out to enjoy the 2010 Hurling All Stars versus the 2011 Hurling All Stars. The 2010 All Stars defeated the 2011's by one point.

 

IFHYL President, Con Lyons expresses his appreciation and thanks to all the IFHYL who came out to play and witness this historic event in the annals of the San Francisco GAA and to all those that participated and supported the IFHYL during the year.

 

All the IFHYL Board are looking forward to another successful year in 2012 with continued games for our young Footballers, Hurlers and Camogie players 

 

See you at the games in 2012.

 

IFHYL Board

 

P.S. Thanks to Noreen Lynch for providing the following photographs of the All Star games.

 

Just  click on the view Slide Show to see highlights of the weekend.

Slideshow
 

1. Contribute by using the attached contribution form.  Tax deductible for 2011 up until April 2012.

P.S. All money raised will be used to send the girls under 14 footballers to the Feile competition in Ireland in 2012. This will be the first San Francisco girls ream to participate in the Feile games in Ireland. What a wonderful experience this will be for these young ladies.

No Funds raised will be used toward the running of the local San Francisco IFHYL program.
 

 

 

Hurling All Stars set for San Francisco

29 November 2011

The 2011 GAA GPA All Stars Hurling Tour is set to depart for San Francisco tomorrow morning. 

The touring party is made up of players from the 2010 and 2011 All Star teams which will play in the tour's exhibition game under the guidance of team managers Liam Sheedy (2010) and Davy Fitzgerald (2011).

All in all, 33 players from eight different counties will partake in the exhibition game this Sunday afternoon (local time) at Treasurer Island, the GAA Headquarters of San Francisco. 

Six players have been selected on both the 2010 and 2011 All Stars teams and with some players unable to make the journey to California, 12 players have been added as replacements. The touring party is as follows:

Double All Stars (2010 & 2011): Paul Curran (Tipperary), Tommy Walsh (Kilkenny), Michael Fennelly (Kilkenny), Richie Power (Kilkenny), John Mullane (Waterford) and Lar Corbett (Tipperary).

2010 Travelling All Stars: Brendan Cummins (Tipperary), Jackie Tyrell (Kilkenny), Michael Walsh (Waterford), JJ Delaney (Kilkenny), Brendan Maher (Tipperary), Damien Hayes (Galway), Noel McGrath (Tipperary), Eoin Kelly (Tipperary).

2011 Travelling All Stars: Gary Maguire (Dublin), Paul Murphy (Kilkenny), Michael Cahill (Tipperary), Brian Hogan (Kilkenny), Pádraic Maher (Tipperary), Michael Rice (Kilkenny), Richie Hogan (Kilkenny).

Replacements: Ryan O' Dwyer (Dublin), Declan Hannon (Limerick), Pauric Mahony (Waterford), Shane Walsh (Waterford), Liam Watson (Antrim), Eoin Larkin (Kilkenny), Donal O' Grady (Limerick), Patrick Maher (Tipperary), Shane Dooley (Offaly), David Collins (Galway), John Dalton (Kilkenny) and Peter Kelly (Dublin).

 

Come out early to see the IFHYL  under 13 and under 16 Youth Hurlers compete against Chicago. Should be a great day for Hurling.

 

To ALL IFHYL. Mark Your Calendar for the Coming Weekend,

 

IFHYL CHRISTMAS PARTY
 

Whether you have been naughty or nice the IFHYL would like to invite you to our 2^nd annual Christmas Party @ Treasure Island on December 3^rd, 2011 @ 3pm.  The All Star Hurlers will hold a training session from 1-3pm.

All children are invited to the training session. We hope you will join us after to meet with Santa and join in some holiday cheer.  This year’s party will be pot luck so please sign up and bring a dish.

Listed below are the items on the menu.  Please email Ann McKiernan by Thursday, Dec. 1 and let her know what you will bring for the pot luck (Fill in the gaps!).  
 

CHRISTMAS PARTY LIST

 

1. 10 lb HAM                          Bill Sicord

    10 lb HAM                          Bill Sicord

    HAM

 

2. Roast Beef                         Ann McKiernan

    Roast Beef                                      

           

3. Irish Sausage                    Con Lyons      

 

4. ROLLS                                Frank McAlorum

 

5. Potato Salad                      Brian Rogers Family

    Potato Salad                      Anne ODonoghue                    

    Green Salad

    Pasta Salad

    Macaroni Salad

 

6. Juice boxes                         Terry Walsh

    Juice boxes

    Drinks

    Beer                                    Con Lyons

    Tea/Coffee                          Maureen Moriarty

    Milk/Cream/sugar

    Hot chocolate                      Maureen Moriarty

 

7. Cookies

    Cupcakes

    Chips & Dip

    Other sweet treats

 

Christmas tree, Decorations, Santa, music, table paper, candy canes, food condiments and prizes will be supplied…
 

Happy Holidays from the IFHYL    

 

On Sunday December 4, 2011, Prior to the GAA Hurling 2010 vs. 2011 Hurling All Stars from Ireland our under 13 Youth Hurlers will play the Chicago Youth at 12 followed by our under 16 versus Chicago Youth at 1 pm. The games take place on field A on Treasure Island.
 

The All Star game starts at 2:30 pm.  

 

Hurling Practice for Sunday October 30th will be on the Field A  Pairc na nGael  PRACTICE AREA from 10 am to noon.

 

The main portion of Field A plus B & C are to remain unused due to recent field cultivation work performed on those areas.

 

Have fun and get ready to beat Chicago.

 

Mike Moriarty

PRO, IFHYL

Please note your calendars that Hurling training for the upcoming game versus Chicago, continues on Sunday Octiober 23, 2011 from 10 am till noon at Pairc na nOg on Treasure Island.

All,

The following are the results from the 2011 CYC Tournament completed today in Boston. Up to 300 teams competed from last Thursday up to todays finals. Congratulations to all the winners and sporting participants.

 

Hi All,

 

Just a quick reminder of the GAA Foundation Level Coaching Course taken place this Saturday on Treasure Island from 9-5pm. The course covers both Hurling and Football. If you are interested in participating in the course please forward you name to the GDA at   or call 415-574-7534.

 

Regards,

Kathlyn

To all girls who have been registered with the IFHYL over the last two years, we are organizing travel for the first ever San Francisco Girls Youth Team heading to Ireland to play in the 2012 Feila tournament.  

 

We will be holding an informational meeting at the Irish Cultural Center on Tuesday April 19 at 7:30.  To be eligible your daughter will need to be U-14 in 2012 (her date of birth is AFTER January 1, 1998 or she turn 14 AFTER January 1, 2012).  If your daughter will still be a U-12 in 2012 and you are interested, please attend.  If we need to expand our roster to add girls, we will offer a spot to one of our U-12 girls from that year.  

 

If you cannot attend or have any questions, please contact Bill Sicord at 415-850-7569 or Frank McAlorum at 415-260-4560.

 

All boys in age groups u16 & u18 are invited to tryout for the North American County Football & Hurling teams on Saturday, April 16th starting at 5:15 p.m. on Treasure Island Field B.
 

All girls in age groups u16 & u18 are invited to tryout for the Ladies Football NACB County team on Saturday, April 16th starting at 5:15 p.m. on Treasure Island Field B

 

The county teams compete in the CYC tournament which will be held in Boston from August 4- August 7, 2011

 

If you would like more information about the County tryouts please email Maureen at   or call at 415-793-3242

To All in IFHYL,

 

Thanks to all who came out last Saturday for the first day of the IFHYL 2011. We continue again next Saturday at 5:00 pm on Treasure Island.

 

If your interest is Hurling, you can view some interesting youth games on the TG4 Irish TV channel.

 

Sign onto tg4.tv  Select sports programs, and you will be able to watch the recent youth Croke Cup Final and the Vocational Schools Hurling Final played recently in Ireland. If Hurling is your game these young players will demonstrate their high skill level to our local youth hurlers.  Enjoy the games.

 

Mike Moriarty

PRO IFHYL