Last weekend we hosted our Annual Mixed 7's Tournament. Apart from the odd shower, it was a great day, with 200 people packed into Goodmayes to enjoy the days festivities. In addition to the eight McCurtains teams playing, we were also delighted to welcome Crawley & Brighton Gaels, Éire Óg/Holloway Gaels, Cambridge Parnells and Canterbury Gaels to East London. There was some fantastic football on display throughout the day and after some hard fought battles it was Crawley & Brighton Gaels and Éire Óg/Holloway Gaels who both made it to the final. The final itself was a close affair with Crawley leading at half time but Éire Óg/Holloway making a comeback to win out 3-05 to 3-02 in the end. The players of the tournament were Cliona Twohig & Ciarán McElhinney. Huge thanks to all who helped out on the day, including our fantastic bar staff and referees. Thanks must also go to tournament sponsor O'Gradys Irish Bar and Restaurant.

Hard luck to the London Senior Football team who narrowly lost out to Galway in the first round of the Championship.  Well done to Aisling and Charlie O' Leary who represented the club during the half time.

Training continues this week for all teams.

Next weekend our Camogie team travel up to Birmingham to start their season in earnest with the first League Blitz of the year on Saturday. The will play Tara's, Fr. Murphy's, Liverpool Wolfe Tones & John Mitchels. While on Sunday our Reserve Footballers are out in their first round of the League against St Brendans in Greenford.

History & Centenary

In preparation for our upcoming centenary in 2020 the club has formed a History and Centenary Sub Committee. The aim of this committee is to investigate the long and illustrious history of Thomas McCurtains GAA Club, document it and form a comprehensive collection of documents detailing the Club’s history.  If anyone would like to join the committee please contact Richard Ellis on 07803 519 394

We are reaching out to past members. We would love to hear your memories and any interesting stories you have. If you have any photos, match programmes, old jerseys or any other memorabilia or a story to tell please contact Richard Ellis at [email protected] . Any information would be great to hear. 

Upcoming Events:

Fun Day - Goodmayes IG3 8XJ, Saturday 8th June 2019. More details to follow.

Camogie Chairmans BBQ - The Black Lion Pub, Plaistow E13 0AD, Saturday 29th June 2019.

Golf Day - Risebridge Golf Course, Risebridge Chase, Romford RM1 4PRJ, Saturday 20th July 2019. If you are interested in participating or sponsoring the event in any capacity please contact Jim McDermott on 07813 355 776

Training (Click on team name for more info):

Mens Football: Wednesday & Friday at 7.30pm in Goodmayes

Mens Hurling: Tuesday & Thursday at 7.45pm in Goodmayes.

Ladies Football: Mondays at 7.00pm in West Ham & Thursdays at 7.00pm in Goodmayes.

Camogie: Wednesday at 7.00pm in West Ham

Underage: in Campion School

Hurling: Mondays at 6.45pm

Football: Wednesdays at 6.45pm

Fixtures:

Camogie: Intermediate League Blitz, Saturday 11th May 2019, Pairc na hEireann, Birmingham

Reserve Football: AIB Reserve Football League - Thomas McCurtains v St Brendans, Sunday 12th May 2019 at 2.30pm, Greenford

Membership:

Membership is now due at the following rates can all members ensure that this is paid sooner rather than later. Mens Football, Hurling and Social membership can be paid at the following link: https://thomasmccurtains.wufoo.com/forms/thomas-mccurtains-membership-2019/ . For all other memberships contact the relevant committee members.

 

Mens Football & Hurling playing membership - £40.00 (with gear - £115.00)

Ladies Football only - £65.00

Camogie only - £50.00

Ladies Football & Camogie (Dual) - £85.00

Underage - £25.00

Social Membership - £40.00

New Players: 

New players are always very welcome to join our friendly club. We have Gaelic Football & Hurling teams for both men and ladies from u-8s up to Adults. We are based in East London; the club covers a wide area and current players live in many different areas, including, Gants Hill, Woodford, Leyton, Leytonstone, Stratford, Shoreditch, Bow, Canary Wharf, Romford, Dagenham, Brentwood & Chelmsford as well as many other areas. Transport to and from training and pick-up from stations can be arranged, if required.

If you would like to join our club, please do not hesitate to contact:

Mens Football: Pop Geraghty: 07493 046 064

Mens Hurling: Alan Power: 07925 175 910

Ladies Football: Aoife Kelly: 07922 833 102

Camogie: Eoin Kelly: 07729 746 052

Underage: Martin McGovern: 07807 830 556

Thomas McCurtains GAA Club would welcome coaching support in local schools and our training sessions.

Please check out Thomas McCurtain's on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram. Or drop us an email on [email protected]. We would be delighted to hear from you.

Club Shop:

Our official club merchandise is available to purchase on the O'Neill's website here

*Gentle reminder to all teams to take their rubbish with them after using Goodmayes pitches*

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