Mr Jimmy SmythGuest Speaker

Ulster Schools and the GAA

• Ulster Colleges 50+

• Ulster Vocational Schools 80+

• Over 2500 games

Ulster Schools and the GAA

• 2,500 games

• Where do we play them?

• Have we too many competitions?

• “Well preserved goalmouths”

• Why play Gaelic Games?

• The role of the Teacher

• The Head of PE

Ulster Schools and the GAA

• Success of Ulster Schools

• Colleges- Newry, Dungannon, Omagh, Maghera

• Ballycastle, Maghera

• Voc Schools- Virginia, Ballygawley, Catlewellan• Tyrone, Monaghan, Donegal

Ulster Schools and the GAA

• What about the pupil who doesn’t make the team?

• Super 9’s

• The role of the teacher!

Ulster Schools and the GAA

• Finance

• Sponsors• BT• Ulster Bank

• Amalgamations

• The Changing School Population

Ulster Schools and the GAA

• The Future

• Club/School Links

• The Teacher

Ulster Schools and the GAA

• That is what keeps them coming out, winter after winter, year after year, that and imagining how joyless it would be all without the games and the laughter.”

Ulster Schools and the GAA

“The Head of PE”

PMPM Workshops – NOT RepeatedNOT Repeated

1. Sports Technologies – Integrating Theory with Practice Clonavaddy (80)

2.2. Activity levels in the Playground in structured and unstructured play. Activity levels in the Playground in structured and unstructured play. Tyrone Suite (100)Tyrone Suite (100)

3. Lifestyle and Player Management Ballinderry (50)

4.4. One Wall Handball – Olympics 2016One Wall Handball – Olympics 2016 Gymnasium (50)Gymnasium (50)

5. The Relative Age Theory and Player Selection Drum (40)