Report and draft itinerary of meeting held on the 8th June.   The meeting endorsed the report and agreed the following action points: 

• Bus for TMH Feile Team to get to parade in Newbridge. Email received today from Rostrevor says they will be using their full 52 seater.
• Food for Teams on the Friday. Agree subject to clarification of Rostrevor's Team plans.
• Meeting of Team parents to be called to discuss all arrangements for Feile Weekend.
• Club Day has been arranged for Saturday 20th June at 10am to do a club of club grounds and club hall. A couple of cars with trailers is requested as we will have to move rubbish to the Recylcling centre in Silliott Hill.
• Club members are sought to provide a shop on the Saturday Morning Selling Tea/ Coffee Sandwiches etc. If you know of anyone that can help please contact myself or Eddie Julian.
• Bunting to be put up. 
• Welcoming signs to be made up for the event.
• Communication with the wider population: Notice read out at Mass.    

Report to TMH GAA Committee from Feile 2009 Subcommittee.

Feile is taking place in Kildare on the Friday 3rd Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th July and TMH GAA has been selected as a host club. Each Team will play a minimum of 3 Matches,

Friday 3pm         Saturday 9.30 and 12.00 noon

We are hosting Maynooth 1, St. Enda’s Omagh and St. Bronagh’s Rostrevor (Feile Champions of their respective counties). A draft itinerary has been prepared (See attached) and we have a number of items that need to be addressed in the lead up to the July weekend.

Club Premises and Grounds.

We need to organise a clean up of the premises as we are now hosting an additional 3 teams all dressing rooms need to be available.

Toilet facilities need to be brought up to spec and we also need to have each dressing room locked during matches and also if possible have member of the club to act as concierge over the weekend.

A tidy up of the grounds needs to be organised say Saturday 20th or Saturday 27th by the latest. Grass will also need to be cut for the pitch.

Umpires/ Linesmen.  

We are also looking for umpires/linesmen for our games. We also propose to provide the umpires with white coats.

Child Welfare Officer.

Training is being carried out in Naas GAA on Monday 8th June at 7.30pm. Joan Keogh Clarke and John Murphy are attending on behalf of TMH GAA.

Feile Parade.

All Teams must be in St. Conleth’s Park by 6pm

The Féile Parade will leave County Grounds, Newbridge.

Each Team should carry their Club Banner and dress in Club colours.

Teams to march 4-a-breast in parade with Team Captain in front row on left.

Team Manager, front left, & a Mentor to carry Club Banner – other Mentors to parade behind their Teams.

Parade will travel along Main Street, pass Review Stand, along Edward Street, onto Standhouse Road and conclude in Cill Mhuire grounds. Teams will leave from here for various venues.

We have been asked to provide 6 stewards for this event.

Also we may have to consider the provision of a bus for our team to get over and back from Newbridge. We have asked St. Bronagh’s if they will have spare capacity on their bus to help us out.

First Aid.

First Aid:

 -  First Aid Kit to be available at all Féile venues.

 -  Have contact details for local Doctor, Defibrillator person and nearest Hospital.

-   Know which hospitals cater for Under 14 year olds.

-   It is up to each individual club to organise their own First Aid training courses should they be required.

Host Families.

We are asked to host 24 players and 4 Team Mentors. We have a request from St. Bronaghs to Host 4 Couples. We will clarify if there is a misunderstanding on their part about this.

Provision of Food and Refreshments for Teams and Guests.

On Friday 3rd we are going to provide a meal for the Teams before they go to the parade in Newbridge. Joan Keogh Clarke has agreed to source a supplier with a budget of €500.

We also want to discuss the provision of a shop, on the Saturday, providing sandwiches, Tea/Coffee sweets etc for visitors.

We may also have to consider supplying another meal to the teams as there is nothing planned after the last match at 12.noon

Club Pennant.

We also propose to present to the 3 visiting teams a club pennant marking the occasion of their visit to TMH during the Feile.

John Gibson on behalf of the Feile Subcommittee

7th June 2009

Proposed Itinerary for the visit of St. Bronagh’s GAA Rostrevor Feile Team.