Clubs stepping through Lockdown 3
With on-field activities still curtailed due to Covid-19 restrictions, many GAA clubs have managed to keep themselves active through the Healthy Club Steps Challenge in partnership with Irish Life.
The ‘Every Step Counts Challenge’ began on January 13th last, and runs until March 3rd. 123 clubs registered to take part, including eighteen in Tipperary. Club and community members are encouraged to join your club’s team on the MyLife App and as a club, walk a combined total of 4,000km (the equivalent of a trip around the coast of Ireland) to be entered into a draw in your province to win a €2,500, €1,500, or €1,000 O’Neill’s credit vouchers.
As of Tuesday morning, Ahane GAA club in Limerick were in the lead with 24,336km walked. Rockwell Rovers were the leading Tipperary club in fourth place nationally on 16,128km with 136 walkers, while Newport are in sixth on 14,337 with 136 walkers.
The other Tipperary clubs participating are: Lattin-Cullen (9th – 10,192km, 82 walkers); Silvermines (21st – 7,648km, 64 walkers), Ballina (29th – 5,774km, 40 walkers), Cahir Camogie (31st – 5,689km, 46 walkers), Emly (35th – 5,295km - 55 walkers); Nenagh Eire Og (43rd – 4,576km – 48 walkers); Moyle Rovers (48th – 4,039km – 37 walkers), Solohead (55th – 3,178km – 35 walkers), Cahir GAA (63rd – 2,249km – 31 walkers), Kiladangan (68th – 1,979km – 54 walkers), Ardfinnan (72nd – 1,827km – 14 walkers), Ballybacon/Grange (74th – 1,645km – 14 walkers), Fr Sheehys (76th – 1,437km – 25 walkers), St Mary’s (84th – 830km – 4 walkers), Rockvale Rovers Ladies Football (95th – 489km – 33 walkers), Moycarkey/Borris (113th – 175km – 2 walkers), Ballyporeen/Skeheenarinky (120th – 75km – 1 walker).
Club members can still join the challenge by downloading the MyLife app from the App store or Google Play store, register your details and select the challenge from the Munster and select one of the registered clubs.
Nenagh girls running for Leitrim
Elsewhere, Deirdre O'Connor, a Leitrim native living in Nenagh and member of Nenagh Éire Óg Camogie Club & Committee has been supporting Leitrim's GAA Fundraiser in January.
Leitrim supporters all around the world are running, walking or soloing 50 miles in January to get fitter but also raise funds. Deirdre's brother Donncha Lynch (Clan na Gael Club, Sydney) is one of the leaders in the Challenge. Donncha's nieces, Róise and Sailí O'Connor along with their friends Grace and Lucy-Anne Cleary, all Camogie players with Nenagh Éire Óg, have been running three times a week to complete the 50 miles. Isabel & Niamh O'Connor, cousins of Róise and Sailí, who have recently moved to Nenagh from Panama, have also finished the 50 miles and seen and trained in frost and snow for the first time in their lives! They hope to join up with Nenagh Éire Óg Camogie Club for the upcoming season.