With no end in sight to the rain, and the forecast not looking good , there’s only one thing for it .. Aerlingus announced today that they are flying to Barbados ! There are seats available Sunday – play our club lotto , your numbers come up and fly to Barbados to escape the never ending down pours and artic weather due this evening !! And it’s midterm !!
Our pitches remain closed – please keep an eye on Clubzap as a number of matches may not go ahead this weekend.
Around the Clubhouse
Lotto
Our draw tonight on February 13th is for €4,700 – Just the amount we need to get to Bridgetown ! We had no winner of our jackpot last week with Paul Ormond and Ross Kelly taking home the €50 lucky dips !
You can play online now – weekly , monthly and yearly tickets available.
https://ardcloughgaa.clubzap.com/draws
In the Lounge
Of course if you don’t win the lotto tonight, there’s nowhere better to be! The lounge opens at 5pm today with Firestone Pizza available. The Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon Cup Final is on this evening as UL play Mary I in Croke Park – live on TG4 at 7.35pm. Can UL do the double after their first victory in the Sigerson during the week, Jamie Walls’ Mary I might have other plans – a great match ahead.
Over the weekend it’s all football as All Ireland Champions Kerry face Galway at 5pm and Dublin play Monaghan at 7pm. And Sunday its Donegal v Mayo at 1.45pm, Tyrone v Cavan at 3.45pm, and finished just in time for our Seisiún – and we can wrap it all up with the League Sunday at 9.35pm. No Kildare game on TV this weekend as our footballers play Derry at 6.30pm in Cedral St Conleth’s.
On Saturday we also have 6 Nations action with Ireland home to Italy , kick off at 2.10pm followed by Scotland v England at 4.50pm. On Sunday Wales face France at 3.10pm.
Seisiún Ceoil – SUNDAY NIGHT !
We are very excited to have Comhaltas Leixlip performing their first of 3 seisiún’s on Sunday night.
Bring all the family along 5pm to 7pm
National Club Draw 2026 – Funds will be used to purchase new juvenile goals
This is a fantastic opportunity to tell Grandparents, Aunties, Uncles, cousins, all the family about our club and to support it.
GAA Healthy Clubs
We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in our application to join the GAA Healthy Clubs Programme.
The programme has 6 areas – listed below and the programme supports us identifying what we are already doing well, where we can improve and empower us to ensure everyone who engages in our club benefits in a health – enhancing way
- Physical activity
- Diversity and inclusion
- Community development
- Mental fitness
- Substance use and gambling awareness
- Healthy eating
If you are interested in helping us on our accreditation journey – please email secretary.ardclough.kildare@gaa.ie
Membership for 2026 now open !
Reminder to pay membership before returning to training. If you are not paid, then you are not registered.
If you are a family – our Family membership option is great value – 2 adult players / non players plus unlimited children for €300.
We also have payment options over 3 and 6 months
Ardclough | Membership 2026 is now open
Huge thanks to everyone who has signed up to date and welcome to our new members.
REMINDER – Garda Vetting & Membership session in the clubhouse – ADDED DATE – Friday 13th from 6pm to 8pm
We will hold one final session in the clubhouse with Sharon . Please make time to call in and answer any queries you have.
On the pitch
We have a busy weekend of football ahead – all subject to pitches being open !
Fixtures
Please check back to fixtures and Clubzap – Hopefully the rain stops !
Our U16 St Edwards game in Division 6 is POSTPONED – Clubzap updated. Rathcoffey pitches closed.
Our Minors are due to play Sunday and our own Dowling Cup fixture may be moved or postponed due to pitch closure.
Please check all fixtures below – they are updated every Monday
Ardclough | Ardclough Fixtures
Straffard U13 & U12 – Rathcoffey 5k
Our fantastic girls and coaches in Straffard U13 & U12 groups ran the Rathcoffey 5k on Saturday morning !
We are incredibly proud of these girls, some running their first race ! And well done to all participants , great to see so many familiar faces there and the weather held on !
1968 Legends League – Wk 2
Our U9 & U8 hurlers played round 2 of their Legends League – skills are off the charts and getting better each week
Round 3 this Sunday, with a break then until March 1st for our final week.
Noel Burke Cup 2026 – Round 2
Another outstanding afternoon of hurling , and a miracle to see sunshine again.
Kildare v Kilkenny was the first game of the day with Kilkenny coming away with the win. And the second game of the day saw a replica of the previous nights league game with Cork playing Tipp – the all Ireland champions losing out on both occasions!
This week –
Game 1 – Kilkenny v Tipperary at 1pm
Game 2 – Kildare v Cork at 2pm
Can anyone stop Cork !!
County Teams
More great news during the week that Aoife Burke made the U15 Kildare Camogie Development Squad – well done Aoife
Kildare
Our camogs start their league this Saturday 14th at 2 pm in Ballyforan v Roscommon.
And a home game for our footballers as they welcome Derry to St Conleth’s Park on Saturday evening.
Ticket link below –
GAA Allianz League Tickets | GAA Tickets | Ticketmaster IE
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Club Notes
We hope everyone is enjoying club notes , please remember to send in pictures or events that you would like added. Please email secretary.ardclough.kildare@gaa.ie and we will include it.
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