It’s getting busy !Great to see a buzz back around the club as everyone gets back to training. The rain will end eventually and our pitches will be open shortly hopefully. Our first fixtures start next weekend – more info below !
Around the Clubhouse
Lotto
Our draw tonight on February 6th is for €4,600 – we had no winner of our jackpot last week with John Coulston and Brian O’Malley 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
We had a good crowd in for Ireland’s opening 6 Nation game v France. Great to see everyone there, not the result we wanted but plenty more rugby and sport on this weekend ! Tonight we have the opening of the Winter Olympics – time to “brush up” on your curling rules and your quadruple axels for the figure skating ! We’ll be experts before the weekend is out !
On Saturday we have 6 Nations games – Italy v Scotland at 14.10 , and England v Wales at 16.40.
For GAA we have so much action – Saturday Waterford v Dublin in Ladies Football on TG4 start us off, with Wexford playing Carlow at 5.15pm on TG4 and then big hurling game of the night Cork v Tipperary at 7.30pm on RTE2. Then Sunday Waterford v Offaly starts us off at 1.45pm on TG4 , Kildare v Antrim is live on TG4 App if you can’t make it to Conleth’s for 2pm and then final game is Limerick v Kilkenny on TG4 at 3.45pm.
All sports are live in the Clubhouse – including all the premier league soccer. Pop in and enjoy a Firestone Pizza while you are there.
Live Music – This Saturday February 7th @10pm
We have live music this Saturday at 10pm – great music from Ken O’Brien
Seisiún Ceoil – SAVE THE DATES
We are very excited to have Comhaltas Leixlip performing on 3 different dates for the next 3 months – put the dates in the diary and bring the family over for a great Seisiún
Membership for 2026 now open !
Huge thanks to those who have already renewed. Every person who uses our facilities or plays on our teams must be a member of the club.
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
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
It’s so good to be back ! Our hurlers and camogs were back on Sundays, our U11 – U9 footballers were back Wednesday, Straffard back next Monday the 9th – its all go !
Straffard Visit of Sam Maguire
Our U13 & U12 Straffard teams had a visit from Sam Maguire at their 5k training on Saturday morning
Best of luck to the two teams as they run the Rathcoffey 5k on Sunday at 11am and well done on all the training every Monday and Saturday
Trip to Dublin for our young Hurlers
Our U9 hurlers travelled to St Vincents last Saturday for 2 fantastic games of hurling. Lovely hospitality by the St Vincent’s parents to welcome all the the kids and parents into the clubhouse after for some tea and sandwiches. Then a quick chipper and it was off to Parnell Park to meet up with the U12 & U11 hurlers to see Dublin v Kildare – with the loudest cheer on the night for our own Tim Ryan coming on right in front of our players- Ardclough Abú
Fab photos and great coverage as always on Instagram by our amazing Communications Officer May.
1968 Legends League
Our U9 & U8 hurlers have combined together to play a 1968 Legends League ! Absolutely amazing skills from these young players.
The league runs every Sunday at 11am for the next 2 Sundays – with a final on the 1st March – all welcome to support them
Noel Burke Cup 2026
Our Juvenile Hurling pre-season competition returned on Sunday with a fiercely contested first round. Tipperary took the win in the first game against Kildare ..by a point ! And in the 2nd game Kilkenny led at half time before a come back from a determined Cork team saw them win by 5 points.
We are already looking forward to next Sunday – again all support welcome – games throw in at 1pm and 2 pm with Kilkenny v Kildare at 1pm and Tipperary v Cork at 2pm
Juvenile Football
Our footballers returned on Wednesday night with our U11 , U10 and U9s braving the cold. Hopefully we’ll have our pitches open soon , we can’t wait to see everyone back.
Mothers and Others – New Members Welcome
Our amazing Mothers and Others group are looking for new members – see poster below for all details. Non Competitive LGFA for over 25s who want to get active and learn a new skill.
Fixtures
Hopefully the rain stops ! Football fixtures are back with our Edwards Minors and U16s starting us off along with our own Adult Footballers who are in action in the Dowling Cup
Please check all fixtures below – they are updated every Monday
Ardclough | Ardclough Fixtures
County Teams
Kildare
Our LGFA team are away this week in their 3rd fixture of the league v Galway in Tuam Stadium. Throw in at 2pm
And our hurlers face Antrim in St Conleth’s Park on Sunday at 2pm. Great news earlier today that both Tim Ryan and Sean Whelan are on the panel for 2026 , best of luck to them both and Richie.
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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