Baskethon

End of season BASKETHON takes place on Sun 20^th May 2012.

Sponsorship cards are now being handed out.

Cards also available at “End Of Year Night” and “AGM”

We encourage everyone to do their best to raise as much as they can. J

Ballincollig Basketball Club Baskethon Sunday 20th May 2012

Baskethon Rules

1. Participants must report to the REGISTRATION TABLE on the day. Registration begins 20 minutes before your time slot.

2. Participants must present a sponsorship card with some funds obtained to participate. Funds may be submitted and the card provided later. However no funds, no registration.

1. All sponsorship cards of €25 or above will automatically be entered into a draw for a GOLDEN BASKETBALL.

4. A boy and girl with the largest sum of money collected for the baskethon will each be presented with a GOLDEN BASKETBALL.

Sessions and Teams

(You must register at the REGISTRATION TABLE 20 minutes before session)

Ballincollig Basketball Club

Awards Night

Date: Friday 18th May 2012

Venue: Ballincollig GAA Club

Time: 8.00 pm

RAFFLE

Ballincollig Basketball Club held its annual fundraising raffle on 1st April 2012. 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!

A special thanks to Dennehy’s Health & Fitness Club, Link Road, Ballincollig for sponsoring our first prize this year. We would also like to thank the following businesses who sponsored our prizes. Many have sponsored us for several years. We are extremely grateful for their continuing support.

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

Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium, Curraheen

Treacy’s Public House, Ballincollig

Fred &Chris Downs’ Centra, Church View, Station Rd, Ballincollig

Nova EntertainmenSuper t Center, Link Rd, Ballincollig

Permanent TSB, Ballincollig

West End Cycles, Ballincollig

Downs’Supervalu, Main St, Ballincollig

O’Crualaoi Butchers, Main Street, Ballincollig

Desmond Menswear, Ballincollig

Classis Lake Late Night Pharmacy, Ovens

Texoil, Link Road, Ballincollig

Kelleher’s Pharmacy, The Square, Ballincollig

Oriel House Hotel, Ballincollig

Reel Picture, Time Square, Ballincollig

Sean Barry’s Garage, Inniscarra

Eason’s, Ballincollig Shopping Centre

Quish’s Supervalu, Ballincollig

Paul O’Connor Shoes, Main St, Ballincollig

Annual General Meeting

The Club Annual General Meeting will take place on

DATE: Wednesday the 16^th of May 2012

TIME: 8.00pm

VENUE: Oriel House Hotel, Ballincollig.

(Tobin Suite)

Nominations are invited for the following committee positions:

Chairperson

Secretary

Juvenile Officer (Two Positions)

Registrar

P.R.O.

Names of nominees to be submitted by 09/05/2012 to:

Peter Barry 087 9824227, or Peter Murphy 086 2451251

RAFFLE

RAFFLE TICKETS

Our raffle takes place on the 1st April in Treacy's Bar and Restaurant Ballincollig .

PLEASE RETURN TICKETS ASAP.

TICKETS CAN BE DROP INTO THE GYM IN COLAISTE CHOILM AT ANY TRAINING SESSION.

PARADE

St Patricks Day Parade

Our club will take part in the Ballincollig's St Patricks Day Parade.

Members are expected to support the Club by walking in the Parade. Everyone should assemble at 2.15 in Down's Supervalue carpark.The Parade will leave the carpark at 3pm and will finish at Dunnes Stores Carpark. Participants should dress colourfully with club tops etc and have clothing suitable for the weather conditions.

Adult members are required to marshall our participants.

BAG PACKING

Dear Parents and Players,

As part of our ongoing fundraising campaign we have organised another Bag Packing event. This will take place on Sat 3rd March 2012 in Quish’s Super Valu, Ballincollig . Bag packing continues to be a valuable source of fundraising for the club so we are asking everyone to give it their full support. Players are to wear their shooting tops or club hoodies where possible.

The following are the respective times.

We are asking girls 18, Boys 18 to supervise the younger players. If you are free to help out on the day please text Catherine 087 9310621

Supervision by parents is always welcome and encouraged.

ANNUAL RAFFLE

This year our raffle takes place on 1st April 2012. Tickets are now being handed out at all training sessions. Each family will be given one envelope with 5 books of tickets. We encourage everyone to do their best to sell all tickets. They are to be returned by 18^th March.

Thanking you

Fundraising Comm

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.

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.