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Ladies Football News - January 2018

January 19, 2018


For the latest news concerning Lucan Ladies Gaelic Football,

Welcome Back

Happy New Year to all players, mentors and parents and supporters. We hope you all enjoyed the break, and are looking forward to getting back to training for the upcoming campaigns. 


Club Events

Club Membership Renewals are now due, there is a 6 month instalment plan available, click here for more details


Adult Awards Night this Saturday 2oth Jan

Annual Hurling Quiz, Friday 26th Jan

Club Dinner Dance, Sat 3rd Feb

Leopardstown Leaps, Sun 4th Mar

Club Shop opening times Thursdays 7:30-8:30pm and Saturdays 10:30am-1pm

Bar Volunteers wanted, please contact bar staff.

Cúpla Focal Club Mondays 8-9pm

Bingo Wednesdays 8:30pm

25 Card drive Fridays, 9pm


Team News

Friday 19th is the deadline for entering teams for 2018 and Lucan Sarsfields is well represented, with multiple teams at every level from U8 to U16 and a Minor, two Adult teams and the Mama Mias! 

Details of the teams and lead mentor contact details are live on the team section of the Lucan Sarsfields website.


The Nursery is also back on Saturday Mornings from 9:30 where girls born in 2011, 2012 and some in 2013 have two 45 minutes sessions for ladies football and camogie.


A Big Welcome to all the new mentors and more than 40 U8 girls who have transitioned from last years nursery, thanks for your patience as the Ladies Football committee get to grip with new rules coming from the Dublin LGFA. 


Huge thanks are due to Jackie Quinn who has stepped down from the Minor management team after a number of years. We hope she continues to stay involved with the club in other capacities.
Welcome back also to Ken Robinson, who will be working with the Ladies Minor Footballers this year. Read some more about Ken below. 


The Referee coordinator, William Eakins, is planning a DLGFA Referee Training Course to take place in the club towards the end of February, details will be posted on the website as soon as it is confirmed.



County News

Congratulations to Sabrina Moloney (pictured above) who represented the club for the Senior Dublin Stars in a challenge match against the Dublin Senior team in the New Ireland Assurance annual challenge match. The dub stars lost by a goal in an entertaining game held at DCU St Clares.

Congrats also to the players selected for the county panels, U14 -Ella Foster, Sinead Daly, and Sophie McIntyre, U15 - Mia Dunne, Aoife Seery, Ellen Lyons, Emma O'Brien, Erris Smith and Phoebe Shannon, U16 - Abby Shiels, Aoife Coffey and Caitlin Maguire as well as Laura Quinn at Minor level.

The Dublin Senior Ladies Team are set to welcome Lucan Sarsfields Paul Casey to their back room team as a defensive coach, subject to ratification at next months DLGFA meeting.  Paul, who has seven Leinster Medals with Dublin as well as the 2011 All-Ireland Medal, was also on the Dublin winning team when they beat Longford in the 2008 Final. Paul and Dublin Senior Manager, Mick Bohan, have previously worked together at Lucan and DCU

Meet Ken Robinson

Ken holds an MBA from Dublin City University, an MSc in strength & conditioning in St. Marys University, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, London. a BA (Hons) in Business Management from the Irish Management Institute, a Diploma in Business Studies and a National Certificate in Fitness, Level 1 & Strength and Conditioning level 2. Gaelic Football coaching foundation and level 1.

He is also an associate member of the UKSCA and he is hoping to commence a PhD in 2018.

Ken is currently S&C athletic development coach to Dublin Senior Ladies Football and previously with the Dublin Senior Hurlers, Ballymun Kickhams (winning Dublin senior championship and Leinster championship and reaching the All Ireland Final).
He has coached at underage levels with Lucan Sarsfields and DCU where he has had several All Ireland successes at college level.
And at other sports as a conditioning coach include Glennane hockey 1995-2004, along with individuals in International athletics, Netball, league of Ireland soccer, National super league Basketball and a Ryder cup Golfer.He is now about to commence coaching Lucan Minor ladies football for the next two years.

We asked Ken what advice he would have for girls just starting to play Ladies Football, and for their mentors:

Ken’s philosophy is built on three pillars for players;

Hard work through athleticism

Fast moving play through skills

A fun and enjoyable environment – development of players

Movement, mobility and mechanics can be achieved even at a young age through everyday games, skipping, hopscotch and sports such as gymnastics or athletics.
Skills can also be developed by being comfortable with the football and coaches should develop players to be left and right sided.
If you develop players to be over dominant on one side you have half coached them is his opinion.
Playing sport must be fun and creating an environment where players esteem, skills and camaraderie can be developed is the ideal scenario to strive for.
All players in a squad must be developed to create a culture of selfless teamwork where hard working skilful players play for and with each other.


Thanks Ken!

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