Development Strategy

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BRIEF SYNOPSIS ...

•Established in 1970

•More than 600 members

•35 teams, 32 of which are Juvenile

•We adopt the Code of Ethics as outlined by the FAI

•3 Children's Officers

•Head Coach and Coaching Co-Ordinator

CURRENT DEVELOPMENT

•New pitch laid with underground drainage, which has been totally surrounded by a new wooden fence.

•Pitches sanded, spiked, fertilised and weed control measures regularly.

•New tractor, mower, and accessories purchased as the old mower was unable to keep the pitches up to the high standards required.

•The car-park has been totally re-surfaced with tarmacadam, all the way down to the end of the all weather pitch.

•New perimeter walls and railings erected.

•New lighting installed in the car-park.

•New shop selling soft drinks, and snacks has been opened.

FUNDING

•Totally voluntary club.

•All members pay a subscription each year.

•However, our current expenditure exceeds or income, due to our major re-development of the club.

•We raise some funds from Dog Nights, Race Nights etc.

•Some local business donate generously to our trips abroad.

•Due to our development works, we need to raise funds urgently.

•We do not receive significant Government or Lotto Grants to help us achieve our goals.

•Therefore we are campaigning to raise funds in several different ways.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO FUND THIS ??

•We intend to sell advertising space around the new pitch.- SEE PRESENTATION

•The benefit to you will be that your business will be seen as helping us, and in turn we will encourage all members to support you.

•Allocations will be on a “first come, first served basis”

MDL CAR DRAW - 2009/10 RESULTS

* Kevin Higgins, Dunboyne AFC Secretary, presenting Liam Weston, with his prize. Congratulations to LIAM WESTON , who won FIRST PRIZE - A BRAND NEW CAR - in the March 2009 Meath & District League Draw. 2010 RESULTS 7 April 2010 CAR DRAW RESULTS HELD ON Gerry Kelly's SHOW AT 2.45pm IN LMFM RADIO   Car or €11,000 Marie & Frank Hanlon, 42, Hillview, Drogheda Albion Rovers €500 Niall O'Reilly, Boyerstown, Navan, Co.Meath. Meath Referees €200 Stephen Malone Jnr, Riverstown, Dundalk, Co.Louth Bellurgan Utd 8 x €100 Susan Gore, Rathkenny, Navan, Co.Meath Rathkenny Liam Mc-Carthy, Bog Rd, Mullins Cross, Dunleer, Co.Louth Dromin Utd Brendan Clarke, Oberstown, Tara, Co.Meath. Skryne-Tara Shane/Kevin/Tracey Rogers, Hachballscross, Dundalk Bellurgan Utd Brendan Carey, Beauparc, Navan, Co.Meath. Rossin Rovers Ken Mc-Garry, Ardrums, Rathmolyon, Co.Meath Goldburn Beagles Eugen Kilbride, C/O C Sherry, Glaslough, Co.Monaghan Glaslough Villa Enda Whyte,  The Big House, Maynooth, Co.Kildare Bellurgan Utd 5 May €11,000:  Eleanor Bradley, 114 Rockfield Close, Ardee,  Co.Louth  Sold by Ardee Celtic. €500: Mal C/O Snail Box, Currhaha, Co Meath  Sold by Skryne-Tara €200 : Bobby Gaffney, Barn Road, Dunleer, Co.Louth  Sold by Dromin Utd €100: T Maguire, C&D Mooney, Cavan Town,  E Finnegan, A Mallon, Bohermeen; P Tuite, Rossin;  J Mc-Mahon, T Mc-Manus, Ardee Celtic.& F Dowdall Navan Town 1 June €11,000:  Paddy Kearns, Kildalkey,  Co.Meath  Sold by Bohermeen Celtic. €500: Sean Mc-Donnell, Cushinstown, Dunboyne, Co Meath  Sold by Dunboyne AFC €200 : Jim Lynch, Stabannon, Co.Louth  Sold by Slane Wdrs €100: M Lennon, K Dunne, A&C  Lynch, Bellurgan; B Farrellly, MDL Navan; J Rogers, OMP Navan;  P. Ryan, Dunboyne AFC, C. Callan, Ardee; & C. O’Reilly  Kingscourt

Pitch - Site Advertising
DUNBOYNE AFC has recently opened its new "Main Pitch", which is fully enclosed within the club's grounds at the Theatre of Dreams on the Summerhill Road.

With many top games each week being played at this new facility, an excellent opportunity offers itself to business and services of all shapes and sizes to advertise to a large market.

Typically DUNBOYNE AFC will host more than 15 fixtures each week during the traditional football season (i.e. end August to end May), as well as our SoccerTots nursery on Saturday mornings. In addition, training sessions are held every week-night involving up to 200 people.

Conservatively, attendance at our ground amounts to :-

• 700-800 persons for games every weekend, AND

• our 600+ members at training sessions on week-days, Monday to Friday, virtually all-year round.

Click on the full version of our Presentation and/or CALL FOR FULL DETAILS :

Please contact GERRY MULVEY - Commercial Manager : (086) 8402049 ;

EUGENE DOWLING (085) 7148222 or JAKE ROBINSON (087) 2651665.

Trials

DUNBOYNE AFC will hold annuial TRIALS for the coming season at its grounds on the Summerhill Road (Dunboyne) as follows. EVERYONE WELCOME!

DAY	DATE	AGE / BORN ANYTIME	TIME
Monday	12 July	under 8 / 2002	6.15
		under 9 / 2001	7.30
Tues	13 July	under 10 / 2000	6.30
		under 12 / 1998	7.45
Wed	14 July	under 7 / 2003	6.15
		under 11 / 1999	7.30
Thurs	15 July	under 13 / 1997	6.30
		under 14 / 1996	7.45

Enquiries to Coching Co-ordinator COLM BUCKLEY (087) 2275941 or Head Coach ALAN KELLY (086) 6021881


Official Opening and Brazilian Party

A Brazilian themed party will be held in Dunboyne Castle Hotel on Saturday 28 November (2.00-6.00 p.m.) for all of our teams, the highlight of which will be the presentation of trophies etc. won by the club during season 2008/09.

Following on from the fantastic day we had yesterday (Thurs 26th Nov), we will hold aPresentation Party to honour teams who won trophies etc during the last season.

There will be entertainment provided by our friends from the "Hill 16" Samba band, as well as Martial Arts performers. Guest of honour will be the Brazilian Ambassador to Ireland, His Excellency Pedro Bretas Bastos.

There will be face painting, penalty shoot-outs, videos of our friend Pele, food, drink, etc., etc., etc. A nominal admission charge of €5 will apply for adults; children free.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME !!!

Join Dunboyne AFC

DUNBOYNE AFC plays at either Premier or Major level DDSL at virtually every age group, as well as Leinster Senior League and Dublin Women's League. We also operate our own nursery, SoccerTots for boys and girls age to 7 years.

If you would like to join, please CLICK HERE and make contact with the person appropriate to your age group.

Please also take a look at our MEMBERSHIP page to see club rules etc.



SUMMER SOCCER SCHOOLS 2009 - view Galleries

Click links below for slide shows of each "camp"

July 13-17

August 17-21

SOCCER SISTERS- 6-9 APRIL 2009

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HERE COME THE GIRLS!! The FAI sponsored by Aviva are delighted to have held Soccer Sister Easter camps at three Meath venues. The camps were open to girls aged 7-12 years of age with the aim of increasing the number of girls playing soccer.

As a nationwide program the aim of the camp is to improve skills in a structured

and a safe coaching environment. As the camps are girls only, it will give the

participants an opportunity to participate amongst their peers. FAI Development

Officers have also linked the camps to local clubs to ensure sustainability for girls wishing to continue their soccer education.

Mark Scanlon (left) said:

“This is the first year of the Soccer Sisters Easter camps and it gives girls a great chance to get a week of enjoyable fun games and coaching from FAI qualified coaches. We are looking to increase the number of girls teams in the county and this will be a great way for girls to make contact with their local clubs.”

What the camps involved :

• Daily 10.00 to 13.00, Mon 6th to Thurs 9th April inclusive.
• Qualified coaches.
• Fun approach to football.
• Encourage new players to soccer.
• Soccer Sister Kit and water bottle to all participants
• Cost just €60.

KICK-A-THON

Gerry and Eugene would like to thank all those who participated in our Annual “Kick-a-Thon” in early January. This was a very enjoyable day for all involved and we cannot thank the young lads and lassies enough for taking part and raising much-needed funds for Dunboyne AFC. Socks and vouchers will be made available as soon as possible for those who qualified for them through their fundraising efforts.

We are expecting a few more sponsorship cards (to be delivered to team managers or dropped into 42 Larchfield) and we will then be holding the draw to find the three winners, of a pair of tickets each, to see Rep. of Ireland host either Georgia or Bulgaria in Croke Park. The results will be posted here and the winners will be notified.

This year we purposely held the event on two different days to try to facilitate everybody who wanted to take part. While the overall event was a success, we were a little bit disappointed with the turnout but, hopefully, next year more people will support this fundraiser which is badly needed to help pay for all the major work that was carried out on the grounds and the car park during the summer. When we've put a hole in that debt, perhaps we can then look to turning our dressing-rooms into a more substantial clubhouse. The greater the help we get with these events, the sooner we can achieve that. We can't do it without your help and, as they say, every little helps. We were as pleased with the sponsorship card with €7.00 (his name escapes us) as we were with the highest card containing €226.21 (take a well-deserved bow Colm Dowling, U-10B1). It's the effort on behalf of your club that counts.

As stated, it was a great day for the children who took part and any of the children we spoke to really enjoyed the football and the craic. We also had some Mammies who took part and they had great fun. It was agreed by everyone that Sharon Mulvey would have no problem getting a place on the Ladies International Team as goalkeeper!!

The Daddies and coaches also took part and we had a great mix of people from coaches, solicitors, barristers and the organisers. Gerry Mulvey was brilliant in goals for the first half, and there was great outfield play fromConor Bowman, Niall Black, Paul O'Dwyer, Colm Buckley, and John McCann to mention just a few. “Twinkle toes” Mulvey came outfield for the second half, seeking revenge for the two goals he conceded to Eugene Dowling and duly obliged with a brace of his own, much to the annoyance of Eugene who had sought a breather between the posts (give up yer aul' fags, Eugene). The Under 13’s finished off the day for us and we all went home tired but reasonably happy with the day's work!!! However, it's not only the work on the day that goes into this fund-raiser. It's the production, the posting and the hand-delivery of well over 300 sponsorship cards, the counting of the notes and the 'fiddlers', etc., etc. Perhaps the time of year doesn't suit everyone. We will look towards holding another Kick-a-Thon maybe near the end of the season to enable those who slipped through the net this time, to make up for it and help us to add to our wonderful facilities on the Summerhill Road.

Finally many thanks to all who took part, especially the young mentors from the tots group, ably led by James Hannigan, Sean Henry of LAS Security for supplying the goodies as usual (many thanks Sean for your continued support of the club) and Deborah O'Sullivan for organising the Community Centre for the “Kick-a-Thon”.