30 May 2013

Congratulations to all our winners at the end of season awards that were held recently at the Galway Bay Hotel.  Galway president, Donal Dempsey, thanked everyone, players, committee, coaches, parents for the support, dedication and hard work throughout what started as a very tough year for Galway Hockey Club.  However, despite this, he also congratulated the players for pulling together and doing exceptionally well in the league, with the 1st team, coming in 2nd place, and the 2nd team coming in 5th place.  Galway 3 too were to be congratulated for coming in third place in their league.  

In the underage leagues, there was success and cups won, with the Under 16b squad winning their league and the Under 14A squad winning both their league and their cup.  Both teams were congratulated and medals were given out to the team members to mark the occasion.  

A number of awards were presented by Donal on the night:

Club person of the year: Kate Benson, for her tireless work in the club in both coaching, managing and umpiring in the Junior section and her attitude both on and off the pitch in the senior section.

Club coach of the year: Cliodhna Reagan, for her work with the primary school girls in the club in both this and in past seasons.  

Ladies Sponsor, Anthony Flaherty, presented the club with a beautiful cup to present to the overall ladies player of the year and this was presented to Elaine Carey, Ladies 1st team captain and current Irish Under 18 team member.  Elaine was also awarded with the occolade of Irish Under 18 player of the year earlier in the season.  

Other award winners on the night were:

Galway 1st team best player: Catherine Clancy

Galway 2nd team best player: Sarah Johnson

Galway 3rd team best player: Tracey Murphy

Under 16 awards were given to:

A team player: Rachel Heskin

B team player: Ellie Costelloe

C team player: Annelene Barry

Overall Under 16 player of the year: Cara Withero

Donal, thanked Damien Kelly especially for all his work on the men's section in getting the team back together and playing in various Munster cup competitions reaching a very credible semi-final in one of them.  Next season, the aim is to be back playing in the Munster league and all in GHC wish them well for the season.  The men's award was then given to Cathal Connolly for despite being relatively new to the sport, showed great skill and goalscoring capabilities in the games.

16 May 2013

It that time of the year again folks!! This years annual BBQ and awards ceremony will be held in the Galway Bay Hotel at 7:30pm sharp on Friday the 24th of May!! All the GHC players, friends and family are more than welcome! €10 pp See ye all there!! Reduced prices for families!! Contact Donal for more info on 0872427873.

07 May 2013

Following the success of our now annual Easter Hockey Camp, Galway Hockey Club are delighted to announce that it will also be running a summer camp for all our junior hockey players.

Monday 8th - Friday 12th July from 10 am to 1pm.

Registration will be open to primary school boys and girls and is open to members and non-members alike.  

Small groups - Lots of Attention - Lots of FUN.

Cost €50 per player (reductions for families)

To book your place:

Text Donal @ 087-2427873 or Ann @ 087-9450010

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07 May 2013

Galway is an ambitious club who are seeking to build on previous league and cup successes to gain IHL status and become Connacht’s premier club.  We boast three senior teams and many junior and development sides who have produced a long line of provincial and junior international players.  We have competed in the IHL Wildcards for the past two seasons.

The club seeks to appoint a dynamic and ambitious coach who shares our vision for the club building on a strong base of juniors.  We will accept applicants seeking a Coach or Player Coaching position and provide the springboard for an up and coming talented coach.  We are aiming to put a remuneration package together that will allow a coach to travel from other provinces.  Training slots and match times may be molded to suit any other commitments the coach may have.

Applicants will ideally have:

• A dynamic, hard working personality
• Passion to develop a young and emerging squad
• The ability to deliver fun and enjoyable sessions
• A coaching qualification and Code of Ethics certification

Responsibilities:

• Provide the technical and tactical direction for the 1^st XI and support the 2^nd XI and other teams within the club through an annual training plan
• Provide effective on pitch training sessions to a high technical and tactical standard
• To manage support staff to be effective in their roles (manager, assistant coach, fitness coach    etc)
• Manage individual players to maximise team performance
• Work with other coaches within the club to provide a unified coaching pathway

Moderate remuneration and travel allowances payable to suitable candidates.

Queries can be made (in confidence) to Donal Dempsey on 087 2427873.  Applications should be made in writing, including an up to date CV to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it