Safeguarding
Our Safeguarding courses continue to take place each month with our next one being March 12th. These are delivered via Zoom and are classified as face-to-face courses. Each course is 3 hours long and take place from 6pm-9pm in the evening. It is of utmost importance that all club coaches hold a valid safeguarding qualification. We also offer Safeguarding 2 and Safeguarding 3 courses designed for Child Protection Officers and Designated Liaison Persons respectively.
We are running a safeguarding 2 course for Child Protection Officers on March 4th with spaces still available.
If you have any questions re safeguarding please get in touch.
Season Of Respect
The Season of Respect campaign aims to help raise awareness and tackle the ongoing problem of abuse towards referees and officials in County Clare.
It has become apparent on both a national and local level, that the volume of abuse towards officials and referees, across all sports and age grades, is extremely concerning. There is a crucial requirement to improve the levels of respect owed to such critical stakeholders of sport in County Clare.
Clubs are asked to have 3 members of the club (i.e. club executive, adult player or head coach and children’s officer or coaching/ development officer) available to attend the information session. This is a 90 minute zoom call and all 3 people do not have to attend the same meeting, they can join on different dates. Upon completion of the level 1 course your club will receive a Season of Respect banner and 2 promotional poster boards.
Our next Season of Respect course takes place via zoom on February 27th. Each person who wishes to attend the course must complete the form by clicking the button below.
**Please note this will be our last season of respect course for the next 2 months so please sign up while spaces are still available**
First Aid Courses
We are running our sports first aid courses in Ennis and Kilrush this March. It is crucial that every club has a certified first aider to handle emergencies and provide immediate assistance when needed.
The course includes training in sports first aid, CPR, and defibrillator use to equip participants with life-saving skills. The course is Kilrush takes place in Kilrush Shamrocks GAA Clubhouse Saturday March 1st from 9.30am-4.30pm. The course in Ennis takes place in the Clare Education Centre on Saturday March 15th from 9.30am-4.30pm. The cost is €25 per participant. Participants must register in order to attend a course.
Women In Sport Week
We are celebrating Women In Sport week from March 3rd to 9th this year and we have a fantastic line up of events planned. We have online workshops including female nutrition and strength and conditioning for the female athlete as well as taster sessions with various sports clubs. We will finish the week with a female social hike up Moylussa.
Details of all events can be found on the link below.
We would like to have a special mention for the clubs that partnered with us to run these events including Cloncastle Boxing Club, West Clare Taekwondo, Shannon Taekwondo Club, Shannon Athletics Club, West Clare Cricket Club and Kilkishen Handball Club.
Active Clubs
In our active clubs section this month we are shining a spotlight on some clubs who have taken positive steps to increase physical activity and active participation within their communities.
Shannon Gaels GAA club partnered with us to run their first Couch to 5k community programme as part of their healthy club’s initiative which was hugely successful. The coach to 5K programme is available to all members of the community with one guided session along with self-led sessions each week. It takes place on Tuesday evenings from 7pm in Shannon Gaels GAA Club, Labasheeda.
We also were invited to the launch of the West Clare Gaels LGFA nursery programme which was funded by the small club grant scheme in 2024. The aim of this programme is to allow for younger girls to participate in a structured fundamental movements programme with sessions running weekly each Tuesday evening at 5.15pm in Kilkee Community Centre.
Brian Boru Tri Club are hosting a try a tri event and full triathlon event this June 7th in Twomilegate, Killaloe. This is a fantastic opportunity for members of the community to come along and try a new sport. For details please visit www.borutriclub.ie.
Ennis Rugby Club were also inviting girls to come and give it a try over the past few weeks to take part in their female only training. They hope to continue this training in the coming months. Please contact Coordinators for more info – 085 707 8277.
If your club wishes to be featured in our active clubs section please reach out to us – mary@claresports.ie
We are always looking for clubs to partner with to run community initiatives so if you have anything in mind to that you would like our help with delivering please contact mary@claresports.ie.