Last Saturday night Shanballymore Juvenile club held their AGM in front of a large crowd. Chairman Dave Twomey began the meeting by welcoming everybody in attendance. He outlined that this year had been another busy year for all involved in the club with a number of games and club activities taking place throughout the year. A lot of hard work has been put in behind the scenes by several people and he would like to sincerely thank them for this work, as without it the club would not run so smoothly.  We had several teams involved in various games at various venues throughout the year and all players should be proud of the effort they put in. Dave addressed the topic of our amalgamation with Glanworth under the St Dominic’s name for under 12’s, 14’s, 16’s and minors. He outlined that it has been a great success so far with a good turnout for training and matches by players from Shanballymore. Our players should feel very proud with great reports from St Dominic’s about their commitment in making this much-needed amalgamation a success.

Dave thanked the national school, John Walsh and his staff for their entire corporation shown all year, the national school is a very important area for any juvenile club that wants to be successful and this is possibly the best place to start training the kids on a regular basis. This year the Juvenile Club paid for a qualified coach to go into the school for a period of 6 weeks to train the kids the basic skills of hurling and football, this was backed up by the fantastic work of our school link officer Kenneth Barry, this additional coaching will pay dividends in the future and is something we are committed in proceeding with again for the coming year.

Dave sent his congratulations to the adult club officers Chairman Richard Burke, Secretary Noreen Burke, Treasurer Mary O’ Regan, Team Managers, selectors and our Munster and All Ireland Winning Junior Team on their fantastic success in 2016.

Dave continued his report about the successful Juvenile skills camp that was held on the 4^th, 5^th and 6^th of August with over 40 kids attending. Each child received a Hurley and football for participating.  Shanballymore Juvenile Club would like to thank all those who helped over the three days. Dave especially thanked Colman, Brian, Jerome, Eamonn, Paudie, Eoin Mc Hugh, Eoin O’ Regan, John Buckley, Brian O’ Regan, Brian and Alan Sheedy, Stevie, Kenneth and Kevin Barry for giving up their time to help out it was great that so many of the junior players were willing to help. It was a fantastic success and all the kids enjoyed it. Dave also thanked all managers and trainers of the various teams throughout the year and recognised the time and effort they put into training the kids and helping them improve their skills.

In Dave’s closing statement, he thanked club sponsor Dave and Mary O’Regan of Country Clean Recycling for their continued support during the year and we are very fortunate and grateful for this support. He also had a special mention for his fellow club officers for all the hard work they put in this year. Special thanks to his colleagues at the top table Secretary Tony Mc Guickin and Treasurer Collette Looney, the amount of work they have put in has been fantastic and they were always a pleasure to deal with.

Tony McGuickin secretary’s report gave a detailed report of all sporting events and activities both on and off the playing field for the past year 2016. Tony outlined that on Friday 25^th & Saturday 26^th of March, we went bag packing in Dunnes Stores in Mallow. He thanked John Buckley for organising this date and to the parents for co-operating and volunteering to give up their time and help with this crucial fundraising event. June 26^th our U10’s provided a guard of honour for our All Ireland winning Junior Team which the kids got a great kick out of being part of such a huge occasion. He continued to say that on the 7^th of July we held a launch night for our Shanballymore Cubs and their new Jerseys which was attended by players from our winning Junior Team. He also outlined that on Saturday the 5^th of November, six of our Coaches attended a one day Foundation Level Coaching Course in CBS Mitchelstown.

Tony closed his report by saying Shanballymore Juvenile club had just recently been awarded the bronze level by Rebel Og and will be receiving this reward in the coming weeks. This is a great achievement for the club as our hard work throughout the year has been recognised by Cork GAA. This award shows the club is continuously improving and moving in the right direction. This was also reinforced by members of the floor on the night. Tony thanked all those people involved in getting the club to this level. Collette gave a detailed treasures report to those in attendance.

Next on the agenda was the election of officers for 2017. The following people were proposed on the night. Chairman: Dave Twomey, Vice Chairman: Colman O’Reilly, Secretary: Tony Mc Guickin, Assistant Secretary: Eoin O’Regan, Treasurer: Collette Looney, Assistant Treasurer: Shirley Ladd, P.R.O: Louise Twomey, Register: Tony Mc Guickin, Garda Vetting Officer: Tony Mc Guickin, School Link Officer: Kenneth Barry.

Next up was election of managers and trainers for various teams this will be present on our club website and facebook page in the coming weeks.

SOCIAL: – This Saturday 21^st of January (7:30pm TO 9:00pm) Community Hall Shanballymore. This is a chance for the club to show their recognition, support and to give the kids a chance to celebrate their effort and hard work at training and matches throughout the year. There will be entertainment and other surprises on the night.

TRAINING: Indoor training – starting Monday the 6^th of February for 6 weeks. (7:30PM To 8:30PM) Mallow GAA Complex for all ages

COFFEE MORNING: – Sunday 12^th of February (10:30PM) Community Hall Shanballymore

IMPORTANT NOTICE: 2017 Registration and Membership will take place on the 21^st of January at the Social. For those unable to attend registration needs to completed before indoor training commences for your child to be covered by insurance. Existing and new members welcome for the year ahead.

Finally Shanballymore Juvenile club would like to wish the Committee, Managers, Trainers and Players all the best for the year ahead.