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6 | AUTUMN 2019 | www.ladiesgaelic.ie NEWS & SHORTS T hese were certainly not your traditional Gaelic Games match-ups but what an amazing week in Waterford for the Renault Ireland 2019 GAA World Games. The initial stages of the competition were played out at the Sports Campus of WIT, with the finals taking place on August 2nd in Croke Park. There were eight finals in all on a hectic day of international activity at Croke Park, with four finals staged for Irish-born players in Football, Ladies football, Hurling and Camogie and then another four finals for native born players competing across the four codes. The LGFA was proud to announce that the two trophies to be presented at the 2019 Renault GAA World Games were to be named after Tipperary's Rachel Kenneally and Kildare native Rebecca Dowling. Rachel passed away following a battle with breast cancer in March 2018, while Rebecca died earlier this year, having been diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2018. Rachel, from the Aherlow club, was a member of the Tipperary side that lined out in the 2013 TG4 All- Ireland Intermediate Final against Cavan at Croke Park and she also spent time playing with Dubai Celts. Rebecca, originally from Celbridge in county Kildare, spent much of her life abroad and was a member of the vibrant Thai GAA club in Bangkok before returning to Ireland in the summer of 2018. In the native section it was Liberty Ladies from New York who claimed the title beating a very determined Australasia side but the travelling party from down under would get success with their Irish-born team as they triumphed with a one point victory over London's Parnells in what many described as the game of the day. NATIVE BORN TEAMS Australasia Galicia Iberia Brittany Europe Hawks Heartland Russia Toronto Empire State Canada East A Canada East B St Colmcilles Asia Cranes Liberty NY South Africa Europe Eagles France The aims of the One Good Club programme were to: 1. Increase awareness of mental health across the LGFA community 2. Increase club knowledge on how to promote youth mental health through the 5 a day for Your Mental Health programme. 3. Enabling the club to respond more effectively to the mental health needs to members 4. Increase awareness of the local Jigsaw service 5. Build improved links with local communities 6. Create an improved culture around mental health in the club The 5-a-day for mental health framework was used to structure the One Good Club programme. Activities were held under five themes across the five weeks: Connect, Give, Take Notice, Keep Learning and Get Active. These activities were coordinated by either the club coordinator or a committee in the club and aimed to promote positive wellbeing among club members. All Clubs had a great turn out and support from all members of the club and community. Here are some brilliant sample activities from Kinsale. One Good Club will be expanded in 2020! Connect Tidy Town Litter pick and Senior players coaching the Juvenile teams Be Active Gaelic4Mothers&Others team and Rounders for everyone in the Community Take Notice Orlagh Farmer doing a teamwork take note session Give Give flowers to strangers in the town, playing music in nursing home and 'Give a Comment' wall in the club house to say something positive Keep Learning Time to start talking, One Good Club workshop with Jigsaw and One Good Adult Workshop 'The next game up is South Africa Gaels v Asia Cranes' IRISH BORN TEAMS Australasia Iberia Middle East Parnells Europe Shamrocks Asia Phoenix Fr Murphy's The One Good Club pilot with Lidl and Jigsaw Ireland ran over five weeks from the 10th June to 14 th July 2019 and this was a huge success for the clubs involved; Kinsale (Cork), Roscommon Gaels (Roscommon), Castleknock (Dublin) and St. Eunan's Letterkenny (Donegal).