A massive thank you to the St Patrick's day committee for allowing us to have a stand at the recent festival. It was a great day - good to see the camogie team and the youth teams helping-thanks to all those who donated to the tombola stall. In all a brilliant £750 was raised for the club so again a big thank you to all involved.

On Monday 12th March Scotland GAA held a Gaelic football and Hurling blitz for primary schools from Glasgow and Coatbridge. St Mirins, St Timothys, Throntree, St Brigids and John Paul II represented Glasgow, with St Augustines and Langloan representing Coatbridge. In all, 150 pupils took part and everyone thoroughly enjoyed their competitive experience.  Results were not important as the main focus was on promoting GAA in Glasgow and Coatbridge, as well as giving children the opportunity to showcase their newly acquired skills against other schools.

The event was a great success and one which we will look to become an annual fixture within the schools calendar. GAA kits were awarded to a player from each team on the basis of fair play, team work and performance. We would like to thank Toryglen Regional Centre and all those who helped make the event a success.

Congratulations to the new management committee;
Chairman; Maurice Friel
Vice chairman; Michael Coyle
Secretary; Grace McBride
Membership secretary; Janice aitken
First aid; Martin Murray
PRO; Bronagh Walsh
County board delegate; Eamon Tobin
Junior club co-ordinator; John O'Brien
Chair of women's Celtic Festival; Jocelyn Hanvey
Child protection officer; John O'Brien
Treasurer; Caoimhe Browne

Good Luck to all for the upcoming year.

As part of the St Patrick's Day celebration, Scotland Gaa are holding a Gaelic football and Hurling tournament for primary school pupils at Toryglen Regional Centre on Monday 12th March from 12- 2pm. Please feel free to come along to watch or lend a hand.

Sport psychology for coaches course
Information
Details: 12-week practice based sport psychology course for club/squad/pathway coaches
Tutor: Dr Richard L Cox C.Psychol, C.Sci, AFBPsS
Times: Wednesdays 6.45pm – 9.00pm, 28 March – 13 June (incl.) 2012
Venue: sportscotland, Doges, Templeton on the Green, 62 Templeton Street, G40 1DA
Content
1. Introduction and overview – What is psychology? Its origins and the subsequent
emergence of sport psychology – mainstream psychology and its theoretical support of
practice in psychology.
2. Improving performances – Factors, principles and difficulties involved in changing
behaviour – comfort zones – the importance of 'consequences' in shaping behaviour.
3. Effective coaching – practice effects – sources of feedback and motivation – types of
feedback – 3-stage development of coaches.
4. Means and purposes of psychological assessment of individuals – Paper and pencil
techniques, their uses and limitations – observation of performances – structured, semistructured
and open-ended interviewing.
5. Performance profiling and performance criteria – How to identify, refine and use them to
good effect.
6. Goal-setting – Principles of goal-setting – outcome and performance goals – importance
and monitoring of – problem of adherence.
7. Pre-competition strategies – Purposes and principles of – the build-up to competition –
routines and rituals – anxiety management – relaxation – controlled breathing.
8. Thinking during competition – Task-oriented, self-oriented and irrelevant thinking in the
past, present and future – imaged and verbal thinking – positive self-talk – 'mood words' –
self-instruction/triggers.
9. Competition strategies – Arousal control – focusing and refocusing attention – mental
rehearsal – centring.
10. Post-competition assessment – Coaches' debrief – when, where, how, what and why.
11. Nature of teams – Team-building – leadership qualities, decision-making and
responsibilities.
12. Mental toughness – Problem of reification – behavioural indices – how to increase mental
toughness in athletes – question and answer session.

If this interests you please contact tirconaillharps@aol.com and we will pass on a booking form.

On Tuesday the 13th March the Glasgow St.Patrick’s Festival will host our annual showcase concert in the City Halls, Candleriggs. Beginning at 7:30 the concert this year includes;

The Daoiri Farrell Band (Dublin)

The Amadans (Glasgow)

Anarkali (Glasgow)

The McLaughlin’s Irish Dance Group performing their acclaimed dance drama and 16 hand!! (Glasgow)

Rhona Wilkie (BBC Young traditional musician of the year – OBAN)

Irish Minstrels CCE (Glasgow)

Ceoltóirí  Chonradh na Gaeilge

Colin McAllister (Antrim)

This is an important event in the festival calendar and it promises to be a fantastic nights entertainment with a full range of acts complementing the showcase. We are delighted to welcome festival debutants, Daoiri Farrell, Rhona Wilkie and Colin McAllister as well as our stalwart cultural groups from Conradh Na Gaeilge, Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, The McLaughlin’s Irish Dancers and Celtic Connections open stage award winners Anarkali.

Please read the following piece from Scotland GAA co-ordinator Ronan Mc Carthy;

''As you are all aware, the lack of referee's is a serious problem we have in Scotland both at club and university level. A date needs to be set ASAP for a referee's course for Scotland and I propose SATURDAY 31ST MARCH 2012 IN EDINBURGH.

We would be expecting a minimum of two people from every club.

Please let me know ASAP if this date suits?

Thanks,

Ronan McCarthy''

If this is something that interests you please contact the club tirconaillharps@aol.com