We thought we were away… just like those horses in Cheltenham this week, but our main pitch is closed …again… due to heavy rain on Thursday. And there was snow this morning!
International Women’s Day
Last Saturday was International Women’s Day – a day to celebrate the achievements of women. We are incredibly lucky to have so many amazing women in our club, some who are no longer with us but that we remember every day. From our players , our coaches , our committees , our members, our parents – we as a club are blessed with extraordinary women who contribute massively to the running of our club and the successes of our club – every day. What a great International Women’s Day for us to be looking forward to – our first adult Straffard LGFA team – years in the making we finally will see them take to the field.
Confirmations
Best of luck to all our members making their confirmation in Scoil Bhríde, Straffan today
Around the Clubhouse
Lotto
Our draw tonight on March 13th is for €5,100. We had no winner of our jackpot last week with Breda Kelly and Brian Coulston picking up the €50 lucky dips.
You can play online now – weekly , monthly and yearly tickets available.
https://ardcloughgaa.clubzap.com/draws
We are also looking for some help with our lotto rota for online checks – we need 1/2 people – one Friday a month for 15 mins.
In the Lounge
The lounge opens at 5pm today Friday. It’s the final 6 Nations week – its a big one ! The clubhouse opens at 1.30pm on Saturday as Ireland take on Scotland at 14.10pm, Wales play Italy at 16.40pm and France take on England at 20.10pm.
We’re back to football this weekend with some big games on TV. Kerry v Mayo at 4pm on Saturday , followed by Dublin v Armagh at 7pm – Meath v Tyrone available on the TG4 app at 5pm. Then on Sunday Carlow v Wexford throws in at 1pm , Roscommon v Donegal at 1.30pm and Monaghan play Galway at 3.45pm – with Clare v Wexford on the TG4 app at 1pm.
GAA Healthy Clubs
The GAA Healthy Clubs Orientation Day took place in Croke Park last Saturday with 800 clubs now participating in phase 7. There are some great initiatives that we as a club can organise such as walking groups, nutrition workshops, mens health, female athlete toolkit , mental health … lots of topics and these work really well with our Green Club team also.
If you are interested in joining the Heatlthy Clubs team please contact secretary.ardclough.kildare@gaa.ie . Our next step is our community mapping exercise where we look at other groups in our community that we can work with.
Seisiún Ceoil – Great night of Ceol on Sunday March 8th
What a great evenings entertainment last Sunday as CCE Leixlip came to the clubhouse.
Our final night is 12th April and we encourage and ask all members to attend. Put it in the diary today and bring the whole family for a big seisiún
National Club Draw 2026 – Ticket sales closed
A huge thank you to everyone who purchased tickets for the National Club Draw. We raised €1,485 and our goal post order will be sent in next week.
All tickets have been uploaded for the draw – best of luck to everyone and hopefully we get an Ardclough winner ! Draw takes place on March 25th in Croke Park.
Leaving Certificate Irish Oral (Scrúdú Béil) Classes in Ardclough GAA
On Monday evening – 8 of our leaving certificate members attended our first class with our muinteoir Patricia to practice for their scrúdú béíl at Easter.
This is the first time running language classes and we hope our members find it helpful.
Seachtain na Gaeilge
Seachtain na Gaeilge runs from 1st to 17th March and we encourage everyone to use their cúpla focail. We’ll be posting some handy words as gaeilge that you can use around the club !
Scór Sínsír – Bígí Linn – 15ú Márta – CLG Fhiodh Alúíne (Allenwood GAA)
Due to clash with multiple Club Fixtures, Scór Sinsir will now take place on Sunday 15th March in Allenwood GAA. Best of luck to those taking part
Any queries please send to ardclougheastercamp@gmail.comPlaces fill up fast so book early !
Link to book: tinyurl.com/Ardcloughcamp2026
Club Clean Up – March 21st @10am
We will have a club clean up before our season gets into full swing – many hands make light work !
Please bring gloves , brushes etc
On the pitch
Save The Date – Feile !
Very important dates for the diaries – keep an eye on socials for any changes
LGFA – March 17th
Footabll – March 21st
Hurling – March 28th
Camogie – April 19th
Fixtures
Please check fixtures on Clubzap regularly and before you head to the game as venues and times are changing as pitches are being assessed.
Link to Fixtures: Ardclough | Ardclough Fixtures
It’s been a busy week already, our St Edwards U16 teams are travelling around Kildare – Friday saw our U16 D6 head to Rathangan and our D4 team were off to Castlemitchell on Saturday afternoon – a mixed weekend with a win and a loss. Our Minor Edwards team took to field in Ardclough on Wednesday v Milltown on the back of a win over Abbeyrangers in their last game – unfortunately not their night with a 4 point loss 1-9 to 1-13 – we go again !
In hurling our minor hurlers got their league campaign underway on Sunday as the sun came out in Moorefield, a 2-4 to 1-18 win v Droichead Nua got the league off to a good start. Meanwhile back at home our U14 hurling teams were hosting Naas early Sunday and Confey later in the afternoon. Naas came away with the win on the day as did Confey but a great show of skills from our young teams.
And some of our U13 camogs had a challenge match on Sunday playing Cappagh and Straffan, great to get a game in before their league starts on Monday
COMING UP
Our most important members are back this weekend (hopefully pitches will be ok !) as our Go Games are back !!! Our U7 / U9 / U11 footballers are out on Saturday and our U8 / U10 hurlers are out Sunday .
Senior Football League – Back this Friday – Round 1 – POSTPONED
We were all set for a night of football as our senior football league was due to get underway this evening at home , the game is now postponed due to unplayable pitch. We will update the fixtures when we have a rescheduled time.
Please check all fixtures this weekend – it’s likely that more games will be rescheduled as pitches around the county are waterlogged after rain yesterday. Huge thanks to Liz for checking the pitches and for all the bookings at the moment as the start of the season is always the busiest until we settle into our routine nights.
County Teams
More county news for our hurlers ! Well done to Ronan and Tim being named on the U20 Kildare Hurling Panel
Kildare
Hurling
What a fantastic weekend for Ardclough and Kildare hurling! Tim and Sean named on the team to play Carlow… Tim starting … our fantastic juvenile player Charlie Dunne who was team mascot and Division 1B secured for next year. Nothing like settling in to watch the Sunday Game after a day like that ! They have made a dream come true for so many young hurlers who dreamed of walking up the steps of the Hogan Stand to pick up the Liam McCarthy .. nothing is impossible if you work hard and believe !
Before the game !
After the win ! Well done Sean , Tim and Charlie
Football
Our footballers travel to Cork this weekend to Páirc Uí Rinn in round 6 – after defeat to Meath we’re looking for a win away from home. Comon the Lillies !!!
Ticket link below –
GAA Allianz League Tickets | GAA Tickets | Ticketmaster IE
Camogie
Our camogs travel to Roscommon for their refixed opening game on Saturday 14th at 2pm in St Aidan’s GAA, Ballyforan – Best of luck to the team and Michelle Brogan representing Ardclough ! The team have one game left after that v Tyrone at home so we need to get a big crowd out to support the team.
Tickets – Centra Camogie League Division 3A Roscommon v Kildare – Universe
Ladies Football
Our ladies footballers are on a break until 21st March when they take on Waterford and then one last game against Kerry at home
Cill Dara Abú
Club Notes
Please send in pictures or events that you would like added to secretary.ardclough.kildare@gaa.ie and we will include it.
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