The club will be looking to improve on this award over the coming year and aim to achieve the previously held Silver award, or even reach the Gold standard.

 the Banteer and Lyre U12 squad, with their program coaches,who are involved in a movement and flexibility program in the UCC Mardyke Arena. Many thanks to Michael Kiely and Pat Finnegan for organising this activity.

Things are well underway in the Juvenile club with many teams into their league campaigns. On Saturday last the U10 footballers took on Sliabh Luchra in Kiskeam and all these young players did very well on their first outing. Later on the U14 footballers were unlucky to miss out to Dromtariffe as were the minor footballers who were to lose out to Doneraile in Banteer. Training continues for all groups and the club looks forward to the beginning of the Hurling season.

Upcoming fixtures: 3/4/17 U12 Football v Milford away 18:45, 6/4/17 Minor Hurling v Ballyhea away 18:45,  8/4/17 U16 Hurling v Buttevant at home 11:00.

Any player wishing to purchase a new Mycro helmet through the GAA scheme (cost of helmet €35) can contact Willie O Neill on 085 8625994 to place the order.

Over the coming weeks the Juvenile Club will be involved in the selling of the sports field draw tickets and we would ask parents to support the club in this.

The U6/7/8 players have returned to training on Saturdays from 9:30 to 10:30 in the Banteer Astro and will continue in this slot until such time as the pitches are opened up. We do half an hour for each code, with the emphasis more on mobility and developing the key skills of Agility, Balance and Coordination. The coaches involved have received training in coaching these specific age groups and they continue to upskill in this area. We are also guided by the various resources made available from Rebel Og which can be viewed on rebelogcoaching,com.