THANK YOU

Our Club would like to say thanks to the people of Ballincollig for their generosity in supporting our Flag Day on Dec 3rd. Your support is appreciated and your donations will enable us to provide the youth of Ballincollig with an outlet to participate in sport.

Special thanks also to all our collectors who helped on the day.

CLUB'S ANNUAL FLAG DAY

ON IN

BALLINCOLLIG SAT 3rd DECEMBER

9AM to 6PM

PLEASE VOLUNTEER to COLLECT

Phone Catherine 0879310621

NO GIRLS TRAINING

There is no girls training on Tue 11th and Sat 15th due to the gym being unavailable.

ANNUAL CHURCH GATE COLLECTION

Our Annual Church Gate Collection takes place on the weekend of Saturday Sept 17th and Sunday Sept 18th at the Churches of St Mary's and St John's and Christ Our Light Ballincollig.

Volunteers are needed to collect at what is a very important fundraiser for our club finances. Please contact any officer of the club if you can assist with the collection.

GIRLS TRAINING INFORMATION NIGHT

Details of girls teams and training schedule will be available on Fri 2nd Sept in Colaiste Choilm as follows;

6:15 to 7:15: Girls age 7yrs,8yrs and 9yrs.

7:15 to 8:15: Girls age 10yrs,11yrs,12yrs and 13yrs.

8:15 TO 9:30:Girls age 14yrs,15yrs,16yrs and 17yrs.

Membership forms will be available on the night

NEW MEMBERS ALWAYS WELCOME

TRAINING

Training resumes for Girls U15,U16 and U18 on Tue Aug 23rd in Colaiste Choilm at 7pm.

Other teams wiil be notified of their restart soon.

SUMMER OUTDOOR BASKETBALL

 Girls basketball games for anyone who would like to come along on Wednesday evenings.

Starting Wednesday June 15th to July 27th weather permitting in Colaiste Choilm.

6.30 to 7.30. U10/12A/12C

7.30 to 8.30 ALL OTHER AGE GROUPS.

ANNUAL AWARDS NIGHT

FRIDAY 20TH May  @ 8pm

in

Ballincollig G A A Pavillon

All members and families welcome

RAFFLE RESULTS

Ballincollig Basketball Club held it’s annual fundraising raffle recently. It was very successful and we are very grateful for all the help and support we received.We want to acknowledge the effort that everybody put into the sale of the tickets and those that bought them so generously!

We also would like to thank the following businesses who sponsored our prizes, Many have sponsored us for several years. A special thanks to Mr. Pat O’Donovan of Elite Home Furniture Stores who has sponsored our First prize for the last five years.

Elite Home Furniture Stores, Ballincollig, Wilton, Blackpool, Midelton & Charleville

Plaza Bistro, Ballincollig

Dennehy’s Health & Fitness Club, Link Road, Ballincollig

Active Leisure Entertainment Ltd, Ballincollig

Treacy’s Public House, Ballincollig

Honey Browns Salon, Ballincollig

Permanent TSB, Ballincollig

Four Star Pizza, Ballincollig

Coco Beauty Spa & Clinic, Ballincollig

O’Crualaoi Butchers, Main Street, Ballincollig

Desmond’s Menswear, Ballincollig

Classis Lake Late Night Pharmacy, Ovens

Texoil, Link Road, Ballincollig

Kelleher’s Pharmacy, The Square, Ballincollig

Prizewinners are as follows: Diana Moore, Daniel Egan, Susan Fennell,    Jennifer Lynch, Jack Murphy, Declan Moynihan, Mary Kelly, Grainne Collins, Theresa Henry, Fionnula Hickey, Kevin Kiely, Graham Murphy, Ruby Tatty, Colin Barrett.

COACHING THE COACHES FORUM

HYDRATION AND NUTRITION FOR ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE

Experts Dr John Bradley and Dr Tom Hill share their expertise and provide guidelines for coaches and parents on how best to prepare athletes (both junior and senior) for performance and recovery from performance.

Dr John Bradley is lecturer in Exercise Physiology and Coaching Science at UCC. Prior to UCC he worked as an Exercise Physiologist with the Scottish Institute of Sport, providing high performance support to elite Scottish and British athletes in a range of sports.

John has a particular research interest in athlete hydration and will share this expertise at the CTC forum.

John takes a practical approach to sports science making it relevant to athlete performance and coaches needs. His sports science background is supplemented with sporting experience as a competitive swimmer, representing Great Britain as a Senior International at numerous events.

He is currently a Technical Member of the Irish Institute of Sport, providing support for talented Irish athletes to ensure high performance and athletic achievement at the highest level.

Cork's Lisa Cummins, the long distance swimmer, who two years ago became the first Irish person to swim the English Channel both ways spending more than 35 hours in the water will give us a practical insight into her hydration and nutrition regime for training and competition.

Dr John's talk is entitled 'Hydration for athletes (and coaches)' and he will present a user-friendly guide to what to drink and when to drink it. Practical ways to judge if your athlete is hydrated will be discussed and the best drink for your athletes will be revealed

Very often athletes will seek nutrition advice from their coach. Dr Tom's talk entitled 'Eat to Compete: The coaches perspective' will practically examine how the coach can take a lead in implementing basic but effective nutrition strategies.

Dr Tom Hill is a registered nutritionist and part-time lecturer in Nutrition in the School of Food and Nutritional Science UCC. He has worked on diet and nutrition issues with players, athletes and teams across a range of sports including gaelic football, rugby, soccer, basketball, sailing and athletics.

He has also published numerous research articles and book chapters in nutrition and his main research interest is the role of nutrition in musculoskeletal health. He has played rugby for UCC and is currently involved in coaching youth rugby.

The very topical role of sports nutrition supplements will also be explored.