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NEWS & SHORTS 8 | AUTUMN 2022 | www.ladiesgaelic.ie DERRY TO HOST 2023 GAA WORLD GAMES Derry has been confirmed as the host city for the 2023 GAA World Games. The five-day event will feature matches over four days in the Derry Centre of Excellence in Owenbeg from July 24-27 next summer, with a day of finals taking place at GAA HQ in Croke Park on July 28. Planning has commenced for the event which will be the fourth staging of the GAA World Games since 2015 and it is anticipated that upwards of 2,000 players will travel as part of 100 football, hurling, camogie and ladies football teams participating, and it will represent an influx of up to 4,500 people into Derry next summer. The growth and development of World GAA continues to make strides with 460 clubs in existence outside of Ireland and promoting Gaelic games all over the globe. Competitions in the GAA World Games are provided for native-born Irish players as well as non-native Irish who have taken up the games in their locality. Club2Gether Club2Gether is an exciting LGFA club development initiative, aimed at strengthening club structures. The initiative focuses on developing areas such as volunteer recruitment and retention, governance & officer training, games development and sponsorship and fundraising, while also planning for the future to ensure sustainable and long-term structures are in place. Below are the lucky clubs for 2022/23: Cumann an Piarsaigh Antrim Wolfe Tones Greencastle Antrim St Peter's Armagh Templeport St. Aidan's Cavan East Clare Gaels Clare St Catherine's Cork Beart Donegal An Tearmainn Donegal Annaclone Down Na Dubh Ghall Dublin Aghadrumsee Fermanagh Kilconly Galway Churchill Kerry Barrow Gaels Kilkenny Glin Emmets Limerick Cuchulainn Gaels Louth MacHale Rovers Mayo Trim Meath St Croan's Roscommon Castletown Finea Coole Whitehall Westmeath Sports Direct, proud sponsors of Gaelic4Mothers&Others, has unveiled the results from their second annual 'My Reason Why' survey, conducted with over 1,100 participants. Sports Direct launched the 'My Reason Why' survey ahead of the 2022 Sports Direct Gaelic4Mothers&Others National Blitz. The survey aimed to uncover the reason why women across Ireland take part in the Gaelic4Mothers&Others programme, with a total of 1,157 participants responding. Of those respondents, 56% had never played Gaelic Football prior to joining the programme. KEY INSIGHTS WERE: When asked what their greatest barrier to sports participation was: 'MY REASON WHY' 30% said that they felt pressure to be a positive role model for their family – a 12% increase from last year's findings. 34% cited a lack of time as their biggest obstacle. 20% listing confidence as a barrier to participation. 96% of those surveyed agreed with the statement that the Gaelic4Mothers&Others programme is beneficial for relieving stress. 98% said that being involved in the programme helped them to reconnect with friends. 96% said that their partners and/or families are supportive of their participation in the Gaelic4Mothers&Others programme. 76% said that they felt like a sporting role model in their family since getting involved.