All Ireland Club SFC Semi-Final Information

Update: Rescheduled All-Ireland Club SFC Semi-Final Details

The Cuala 🆚 Coolera Strandhill match has been rescheduled as follows:

🗓️ Date: Saturday, 11th January 2025
⏰ Time: 5:00 PM
📍 Venue: Kingspan Breffni, Cavan

Coach Information:
Cuala will again be running coaches to Cavan, departing at 2:00 PM from the Cuala Clubhouse on Hyde Road.

Already paid for a seat? Your spot is secured—no further action needed.
Paid but can’t travel? Please notify Paddy Murdock.
Hadn’t booked a seat for last weekend, but want one now? Revolut Paddy Murdock €15 per person by tomorrow morning (9th January) to secure your place. https://revolut.me/patricyye.

Getting Match Ready

Cuala hats, scarfs and headbands will be sold at the Cuala Shop on Saturday morning 10am to 12pm. They will also be on sale alongside face painting from 1.30pm before buses leave.

Match Tickets:
Please note, match tickets purchased for last weekend will be valid for entry this Saturday.
If you haven’t purchased tickets yet, they can be bought here: https://am.ticketmaster.com/gaa/buy/25KB0501

Let’s get behind the team, and bring the ultras to Cavan!! 🔴⚪

For those who purchased tickets for the postponed match on Jan 5th please see the following clarifications from Croke Park:

  • Are tickets that were bought (and those complimentary) for the match on Jan 5th still valid for the rescheduled match on Jan 11th? Yes all tickets are still valid.
  • Are car parking passes for Jan 5th still valid on Jan 11th? Yes these are still valid. 
  • If I bought a ticket for Jan 5th and now can’t go to the rescheduled match on Jan 11th can I get a refund? If so, how do I go about that? Yes, refunds can be issued. Please email tickets@gaa.ie with the account number or email address tickets were purchased under. If bought in a shop, we will need the tickets posted to GAA Ticket Office, GAA, Croke Park, Dublin 3 with the customer’s IBAN details. 
  • If I had not bought a ticket for Jan 5th and want to go this Saturday Jan 11th, how do I do that?  You can purchase tickets for the match this Saturday 11th via this link 

Membership Registration Open

2025 membership registration is now open on Clubforce.

When registering, please note the following important points regarding voting rights of members at a AGM or at a SGM.

  • The rules are as per the GAA Club Constitution and are therefore not those from Cuala or An Coiste, Cuala. We are bound by the GAA Club Constitution.  We as a Club signed up to this a few years back.
  • Only fully paid-up members are entitled to vote.  For the year we are in, these members must have paid their club membership in full by 31 March 2025.  Within ‘Family Memberships’ a parent(s)/guardian(s) that has paid the Full Membership (Ordinary) fee will be entitled to vote. Any family member over 18 that is included in that ‘Family Membership’ and has paid the Full Membership fee by 31 March 2025 will be entitled to vote.
    • “Only Full Members, whose membership fees are paid up to date in accordance with Code 8, and who are not suspended or disqualified under this Constitution, Rules or the Official Guide and Codes, shall be eligible to vote at a General Meeting. The onus shall be on the member to prove that the member has paid their subscription.”
  • Social Members, Temp. Members and Youth/Juvenile Members do not have a vote.

AIB GAA Club SFC Semi-Final Tickets

For the first time ever, Cuala have reached the AIB GAA Club Senior Football Championship Semi-Final! 🔴⚪ The team face Coolera/Strandhill on Sunday, 5th January 2025, at 1:30 PM in Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan. Live on TG4.

Tickets are available here: https://am.ticketmaster.com/gaa/buy/25KB0501

Reconvened Clubhouse Redevelopment SGM Tuesday 17th December 8pm

In light of the recent announcement of grant funding, the Home4Cuala clubhouse redevelopment project is now at a very important stage. The reconvened Special General Meeting (SGM) will take place on Tuesday 17th December at 8pm in the Royal Marine Hotel where members are going to decide on whether to progress to the next stage of the project, or not.
The next (penultimate) phase will essentially be the final due diligence phase of (i) settling the detail of the final design spec (ii) tendering the contracts (iii) settling the terms of our new lease and the terms of the construction contracts. This next phase is essential and requires your support. Please see your member email for full details of the motion. There will subsequently be a final approval motion for members to consider later next year before the construction contracts are actually signed.
It is a very important decision for the club and a major investment in the future. It will be a short meeting with one item on the agenda and prescribed amount of time for contributions. Expect it to be over in less than 1 hour.
Irrespective of your opinion on the project, we would ask members to attend the SGM if it is at all possible for you to do so.
Míle buíochas,
An Coiste, Cuala.

Please note the following information regarding SGM, quorum and voting rights:

  •  The rules are as per the GAA Club Constitution and are therefore not those from Cuala or An Coiste, Cuala.
  • We are bound by the GAA Club Constitution. We as a Club signed up to this a few years back.
  •  Only Full paid-up members are entitled to vote. For the year we are in, these members must have paid their club membership by 31 March 2024. Within ‘Family Memberships’ a parent(s)/guardian(s) that has paid the Full Membership (Ordinary) fee will be entitled to vote. Any family member over 18 (from 1 January 2024) that is included in that ‘Family Membership’ and has paid the Full Membership fee by 31 March 2024 will be entitled to vote.
  • “Only Full Members, whose membership fees are paid up to date in accordance with Code 8, and who are not suspended or disqualified under this Constitution, Rules or the Official Guide and Codes, shall be eligible to vote at a General Meeting. The onus shall be on the member to prove that the member has paid their subscription.”
  • Social Members, Temp. Members and Youth/Juvenile Members do not have a vote.
  • There is no voting by proxy. Voting should be in person and the count based on those present and entitled to vote.
  • A quorum is required for an AGM and SGM. “No business shall be transacted at any General Meeting unless a quorum of members is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. Save as herein otherwise provided, fifteen per cent of Full Members eligible to vote shall be a quorum at a General Meeting, subject to a minimum of 15 members being present.”
  • “A Special General Meeting may be called by the Executive Committee at any time, provided ten days clear notice, in writing, shall be given to the members, specifying the purpose of such Special General Meeting.”
  • “If within half an hour after the time appointed for a General Meeting, a quorum of members is not present, the meeting if convened on the requisition of members shall be dissolved; in any other case it shall stand adjourned and be rearranged at a date and time to be decided by the Executive Committee, provided the reconvened meeting takes place within 14 days of the original meeting; and if at the reconvened meeting a quorum of members is not present within half an hour after the time appointed for the meeting, the members then present shall be a quorum.”

Congratulations Ken O’Sullivan

Congratulations to Cuala’s Ken O’Sullivan who was elected as the new Dublin County Board Chairperson at the County Convention at Parnell Park this week. Read more here.

Clubhouse Redevelopment SGM Thursday 12th December

In light of the recent announcement of grant funding, the Home4Cuala clubhouse redevelopment project is now at a very important stage. A Special General Meeting (SGM) will take place next Thursday 12th December at 8pm in the Royal Marine Hotel where members are going to decide on whether to progress to the next stage of the project, or not.
The next (penultimate) phase will essentially be the final due diligence phase of (i) settling the detail of the final design spec (ii) tendering the contracts (iii) settling the terms of our new lease and the terms of the construction contracts. This next phase is essential and requires your support. Please see your member email for full details of the motion. There will subsequently be a final approval motion for members to consider later next year before the construction contracts are actually signed.
It is a very important decision for the club and a major investment in the future. It will be a short meeting with one item on the agenda and prescribed amount of time for contributions. Expect it to be over in less than 1 hour.
A quorum is required for the SGM to proceed next Thursday.  Irrespective of your opinion on the project, we would ask members to attend the SGM if it is at all possible for you to do so.
Míle buíochas,
An Coiste, Cuala.

Please note the following information regarding SGM, quorum and voting rights:

  •  The rules are as per the GAA Club Constitution and are therefore not those from Cuala or An Coiste, Cuala.
  • We are bound by the GAA Club Constitution. We as a Club signed up to this a few years back.
  •  Only Full paid-up members are entitled to vote. For the year we are in, these members must have paid their club membership by 31 March 2024. Within ‘Family Memberships’ a parent(s)/guardian(s) that has paid the Full Membership (Ordinary) fee will be entitled to vote. Any family member over 18 (from 1 January 2024) that is included in that ‘Family Membership’ and has paid the Full Membership fee by 31 March 2024 will be entitled to vote.
  • “Only Full Members, whose membership fees are paid up to date in accordance with Code 8, and who are not suspended or disqualified under this Constitution, Rules or the Official Guide and Codes, shall be eligible to vote at a General Meeting. The onus shall be on the member to prove that the member has paid their subscription.”
  • Social Members, Temp. Members and Youth/Juvenile Members do not have a vote.
  • There is no voting by proxy. Voting should be in person and the count based on those present and entitled to vote.
  • A quorum is required for an AGM and SGM. “No business shall be transacted at any General Meeting unless a quorum of members is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. Save as herein otherwise provided, fifteen per cent of Full Members eligible to vote shall be a quorum at a General Meeting, subject to a minimum of 15 members being present.”
  • “A Special General Meeting may be called by the Executive Committee at any time, provided ten days clear notice, in writing, shall be given to the members, specifying the purpose of such Special General Meeting.”
  • “If within half an hour after the time appointed for a General Meeting, a quorum of members is not present, the meeting if convened on the requisition of members shall be dissolved; in any other case it shall stand adjourned and be rearranged at a date and time to be decided by the Executive Committee, provided the reconvened meeting takes place within 14 days of the original meeting; and if at the reconvened meeting a quorum of members is not present within half an hour after the time appointed for the meeting, the members then present shall be a quorum.”

Coaching Award Shane O’Brien

Congrats to Cuala’s Shane O’Brien, who received a coaching award from the Friends of Dublin Hurling at their awards last Friday. Comhghairdeas leat, Shane!

Cuala TY for Zambia – Christmas Chocolate Wreaths

A small group of TY students from CUALA GAA will be travelling to Zambia in the summer of 2025 to help a local school build a new building for the expanding student count.

They are appealing to you for your support.

All funds raised go 100% to the Nsobe, Zambia community. (The volunteers travelling will fund their own travel costs).

ROSES or HEROES Chocolate Christmas Wreath.

The double-sided wreaths cost €15 each and will contain approximately one tub of Roses or Heroes chocolates, with €10 from each wreath going to the Zambia Fund.

Please complete the order form here to book your wreaths.

Orders can be made during November, and you will be contacted regarding collection in the CUALA clubhouse during the first week of December.

Payment will be taken at the time of collection.

Let’s get into the Christmas spirit and the CUALA giving spirit of helping others by ordering these fantastic chocolate wreaths.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScErISRCwVKHNy9tmVwPKOBTZ2GI9L2W17FEx0mKKp7r8I9Gw/viewform

Signed Jersey Draw

Congratulations to Declan Hegarty, pictured with son Conor, who was the winner of our signed Senior Footballers Jersey!