1100 Gaelic4Mothers & Others Ready for National Blitz

 

On Saturday, October 18th, the annual Gaelic4Mothers & Others blitz will take place in Portmarnock with over 1,100 women from right across the country taking part in a day of non competitive football where having fun is the priority for the day. TESCO Homegrown have also returned as sponsors of the event which really is one of the best and most feelgood activities in the Ladies Gaelic Football calendar.

Over 77 clubs will take part in the blitz day with 100 teams taking the field to play football against each other. Scores are not kept and there are no winners, the emphasis is on playing some football, meeting new friends and enjoying all that the day has to offer. 27 counties will be represented at the blitz including 12 from Connacht, 19 from Munster, 11 from Ulster and 35 from across Leinster.

The famous mass warm up will take place again when ‘Ireland’s Mister Motivator’, Richie Clifford, puts all 1,000 participants through their paces again this year after proving a huge hit in 2013. This is a superb spectacle that has to be seen to be believed as players from right around the country run, jog, stretch, punch and kick their way into being prepared for the day of football that will follow.

The Gaelic4Mothers & Others programme has been a massive success since it’s inception and continues to go from strength to strength. It is aimed at women over the age of 18 with no limit on the age of the participants thereafter. The programme gives women that may have left sport, for any reason, an opportunity to get out and get active. Gaelic4Mothers & Others offers participants the chance to step back into sport without the burden of competitiveness whilst also doing so in a social way that is not provided by most other sports available to this age group.

Speaking about the Gaelic4Mothers & Others blitz, LGFA President, Pat Quill said ‘The Gaelic4Mothers & Others programme is one of the best sporting success stories, not only in the LGFA, but also in Irish Sport. We are providing women with a chance to get back into sport and enjoy all the benefits that go with it as well as the other benefits that having that social outlet provides. The continued growth of this programme would not be possible without the help of our sponsors, TESCO Homegrown, who have helped Gaelic4Mothers & Others to grow from an overall participation of 6,000 last year to nearly 9,000 this year. Today, 1,100 of those women will be here playing football, but even more importantly, enjoying themselves and creating a brilliant atmosphere.’

 

TESCO Homegrown Gaelic4Mothers & Others National Blitz particpants:

County	Club
Antrim	Oisins Glenariffe
Antrim	Tir na nOg
Armagh	Wolfe Tones
Carlow	Mount Leinster Rangers
Cavan	Ballyhaise
Clare	Fergus Rovers
Cork	Canovee Cats
Cork	Clonakilty
Cork	Cloyne
Cork	Cobh
Cork	Inch Rovers
Cork	Passage West
Cork	Quarry Blues – Kilmurry St. Vals
Cork	St. Colman’s
Derry	Lissan
Donegal	Milford
Down	Bosco
Down	Bredagh
Dublin	Ballymun Kickhams
Dublin	Erin’s Isle
Dublin	Fingallians
Dublin	Foxrock Cabinteely
Dublin	Kilmacud Crokes
Dublin	Man O War
Dublin	Naomh Mearnog
Dublin	Round Towers
Dublin	St Oliver Plunketts
Dublin	St. Brigids
Dublin	St. Finian’s (Dublin)
Dublin	St. Maurs
Dublin	St. Peregrine
Dublin	Stars of Erin
Dublin	Thomas Davis
Galway	An Fhairche Clonbur
Galway	Naomh Mhuire
Kerry	Finuge/St Senans
Kildare	Carbury
Kildare	Confey Babes
Kildare	Raheens
Kildare	St. Kevins
Kilkenny	Clara
Kilkenny	Conahy Shamrocks
Kilkenny	Erin’s Own
Kilkenny	Piltown
Kilkenny	Thomastown
Laois	St. Conleth’s
Laois	St. Paul’s
Leitrim	Fenagh
Leitrim	Melvin Gaels
Limerick	Murroe Boher
Longford	St Helen’s
Meath	Royal Gaels
Meath	Trim (Terriers and Kittens)
Offaly	Kilcavan
Roscommon	Clann na nGael
Roscommon	Kilbride
Roscommon	Kilmore
Roscommon	Oran
Roscommon	St Faithleachs
Roscommon	St Kevins
Roscommon	Western Gaels
Sligo	Curry
Tipperary	Ardfinnan
Tipperary	Ballingarry
Tipperary	Drom Inch
Tipperary	Killea
Tipperary	Rosegreen
Tipperary	Silvermines
Tipperary	St. Patrick’s
Tyrone	Glenelly
Waterford	St Annes
Westmeath	Athlone
Wicklow	Blessington
Down	Saval
Meath	Si Colmcilles
Dublin	Whitehall
Down	Bryansford