‘Ireland Lights Up’ walking initiative returns in January 2020 in partnership with the GAA, Operation Transformation, and Get Ireland Walking.

In a bid to walk off the turkey and make exercise more accessible on the darker nights, clubs across the 32 counties are once more encouraged to turn on their floodlights and host community walking groups during the broadcast period of the hit RTÉ show.

Registration for clubs is now open: www.getirelandwalking.ie/GAA/

Ulster GAA are currently undertaking an audit of all GAA units to get an accurate picture of the sheer volume of work that our clubs are carrying out across the Province.

This audit, of all of our clubs, has been commissioned to present an accurate picture of the health of the GAA in Ulster.

The information gathered from the audit will help:

• Set the baselines and inform our local councils, sports council and other funding agencies when your county and clubs make presentations for support
• Clubs to get a snapshot of where they are in a number of key areas and is so doing assess the gaps and then develop the plans to provide support in areas identified.

The audit will focus on a number of key areas for clubs across the province:

1. Memberships – (numbers of boys, girls, nursery, juvenile, youth adult, disabilities)
2. Volunteers – (active volunteers who help out in the club and committee members)
3. Safeguarding – (training and vetting – Access NI / Garda vetting)
4. Facilities and activities offered within the club
5. Coaching – (active coaches, coaching levels)
6. Scór and Irish language activity
7. Health and Wellness activity
8. Financial health of the club.

A member of staff from your county or from Ulster GAA will be in touch with each club within the province over the coming weeks to arrange completion of the audit.

Down County Dinner will take place on Saturday, 11 January 2020 in the Canal Court Hotel.

On the night Down GAA will honour the All-Ireland Champions of 1994 and the Ulster Bank Down GAA Club and County Awards will be presented. 

Tables of 10 are £350.00 or individual tickets are £40.00 each.

To book your table or to buy individual tickets please contact any of the county officers or the County Office directly.