Ladies Football Article

Ladies Football Article

The Ladies Football Central Council will meet in Tullamore tomorrow night to decide on two contentious motions put before it by two senior counties regarding relegation from this year’s Senior Championship.

 

Meath and Donegal have both submitted motions to Central Council for the abolition of relegation in this year’s Senior Championship because of Leitrim’s failure to compete.

 

Due to internal problems, last year’s Intermediate Champions, Leitrim, were unable to compete in this year’s Senior Championship. Both Meath and Donegal faced relegation from the top flight following their early elimination from the Championship and subsequently lodged a complaint with Central Council stating that it was unfair for either county to face relegation when a team who did not compete in the Championship received an exemption.

 

Since two counties submitted official notice to Central Council all Championship relegation play-offs have been put on hold. Delegates from each county competing in the Championships will attend tomorrow’s meeting in the Tullamore Court Hotel to vote on the motions submitted by Meath and Donegal.

 

Cuman Peil Gael na mBan President Geraldine Giles, who will preside over the Central Council meeting in Tullamore, said, “The delegates agreed on the format of this year’s Championship back in November as we moved from a Champions League style format to a Qualifier structure for the Senior Championship. The agreed format included details for relegation play-offs. The situation in Leitrim has put us in an unfortunate position and a 2/3 majority will now be required to amend the Championship framework at this juncture.”

 

In other news, the referees report on Valerie Mulcahy’s red card for dissent has been received by Cuman Peil Gael na mBan. Referee Liam McDonagh’s report will determine whether the Cork star receives the minimum two week ban for threatening or abusive language under Rule 455 (K) or faces a lengthier ban which could rule the Rockbán forward out of the All Ireland final on the 28th September.

 

One thing the triple All Star has ruled herself out of is adding to her collection of All Star Awards this year as under Rule 266, a player will not be considered for an All Star if they receive a straight red card during the calendar year.

 

 

Press Release
Thursday 11th September, 2008

Ladies Football Run to Africa via Croke Park

Leading Sports Association Supports Tracy Piggott’s Playing for Life Charity

 

Cuman Peil Gael na mBan has teamed up with Tracy Piggott’s Playing for Life charity in a bid to raise €950,000 through the charity’s Run to Africa campaign and the Association will be using its’ finals in Croke Park on the 28th September to raise awareness of the campaign.

 

The objective of the Run to Africa campaign is to cover the 9500km distance from Dublin to Addis Ababa over three days in early October. Ladies Football have appointed a senior player in each county to co-ordinate the running of the 9500km on treadmill stations in a leading Tesco stores located in each county.

 

Ladies Football is hoping to raise €100 per km to raise €950,000 to fund Playing for Life’s ongoing activities in Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya. The three day Run to Africa campaign will take place in Tesco stores around the country a week after the Ladies Football All Ireland Finals in Croke Park. The Association intend to use their showpiece finals to promote the activity which will take place between 3 – 5th October.

 

Cuman Peil Gael na mBan President, Geraldine Giles, said, “This is a fantastic initiative and the whole Association is working hard to support it. We have an opportunity with our finals to raise the profile of the campaign and there will be a number of initiatives taking place on Finals Day to promote Run to Africa.”

 

Several stars from the world of sport are also involved in the Run to Africa campaign and will be taking part on the first weekend in October. Long distance legend Haile Gebreselassie will be taking part as will Sonia O’Sullivan, Kilkenny All Star Henry Shefflin and Leinster rugby star Robert Kearney.

 

Tracy Piggott said, “It has been a privilege to have worked with so many wonderful people both here and in Africa. From small beginnings, we have grown immensely and this is due to the unique vibrancy of volunteerism that exits here in Ireland and I hope many will consider lending your support to Run to Africa. The support of Ladies Football has been invaluable and I am sure this campaign will be a success.”

Additional Information

 

Playing for Life
Tel: 045 482 479
Email: Info@playingforlife.ie
Web: www.playingforlife.ie

 

Cuman Peil Gael na mBan
Tel: 01 836 3156
Email: info@ladiesgaelic.ie
Web: www.ladiesgaelic.ie

 

Playing for Life
Playing for Life is a registered charity, founded by sports broadcaster Tracy Piggott in 2006.
The organization provides facilities for the development of vocational education and training, community development, and a health awareness programme for children and young adults through sports and sporting activities.
It delivers its programmes with the assistance of volunteers who fundraise and donate their time and expertise free of charge and who visit the participating programme countries and assist with the courses each year for about ten days to two weeks.

Run to Africa
Treadmills will be situated in a prominent Tesco store in each county over the three days (3-5th October
The treadmills will be linked together to a central computer and each treadmill will have a video screen showing the progress of the run (similar to the display of a flight path on an aeroplane)
PFL has acquired the assistance of Sports Ireland News.com in organising the logistics of the event and they will lend their expertise in the area of electronic communications
PFL’s partners in the Run to Africa campaign are Ladies Gaelic Football, Tesco & Sports News Ireland.

 

Ladies Football Coordinator Details

 

County
Name
Number

Antrim
Christine Drain
0044779248623

Armagh
Alma O’Donnell
0862443816

Cavan
Brid Boylan
0872928189

Clare
Mary Keane
0868579415

Cork
Angela Walsh
0861099812

Derry
Kathy Conway
00447921142425

Donegal
Nadine Doherty
0861988535

Down
Michaela Downey
00447720773491

Dublin
Cliodhna O’Connor
0857749483

Fermanagh
Edel McGovern
00447517234825

Galway
Emer Flaherty
0863132553

Kerry
Ann Holland
085 7780883

Kildare
Simone Gilabert
0863244679

Kilkenny
Andrea Murphy
0863642647

Laois
Patricia Fogarty
0874119249

Leitrim
Sinead Brennan
0871202384

Limerick
Dymphna O’Brien / Marie Bradshaw
0870505877 / 0872710281

Longford
Sharon Treacy
0877590856

Louth
Lyn Savage
0876252660

Mayo
Claire O’Hara
0879760607

Monaghan
Niamh Kindlon
0877947270

Meath
Grainne Nulty
0861960134

Offaly
Oonagh Mulligan
0879565333

Sligo
Katrina Connolly
0879577351

Tipperary
Mairead Morrissey
0863508390

Tyrone
Gemma Begley
00447879650414

Waterford
Rebecca Hallahan
0872961984

Westmeath
Deirdre McEnerney
0876470472

Wexford
Mary Rose Kelly
0863010938

 

 

 

 

David O’Síocháin
Account Manager

Pembroke Communications
16 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay
Dublin 2

Tel: 01 649 6322 / 087 936 2440
E: david.osiochain@pembrokecomms.ie