Areas covered by Development

Please see below our Development officers for each Division and their individual roles within the County and what areas each of them cover :

Cork County Development Officer – Lisa Walsh  – development.cork@lgfa.ie

• Know the aims and objectives of the Association
• have knowledge of the Association’s Strategic Plan
• Work with other officers for the good of the County
• Encourage fellow officers to get involved with development issues
• Assess the needs of the County/Club and plan for the future development
• Formulate and implement a development plan within the county
• Link with provincial and national development staff
• Ensure all clubs aware of development initiatives and opportunities

Coach Development and Education Officer – Kieran O’Shea coach.cork@lgfa.ie

• Ensure communication plan in place to liaise with all club coaching officers
• Coaching is a critical part of development and all coaches should be encouraged to take part in regular coaching courses with a minimum Introduction to Coaching Gaelic Games Qualification required
• Identify coach observers within the county and upskill with LGFA
• Recruit coaches and coordinator for the delivery of successful Player Development Programmes in the county
• Encourage clubs to apply and take part in Gaelic4Teens

Volunteer Development and Education Officer – Miriam Forbes volunteer.cork@lgfa.ie

• Analyse the needs of volunteers at club and county level
• Ensure full awareness of role descriptions for volunteers within the county
• Develop and maintain structures within the county to support volunteering
• Promote and encourage attendance on the LGFA County and Club Leadership Series and training events, plus completion of LGFA Administrator Pathway
• Link with GAA representative within county for delivery of Club Leadership Series
• Encourage clubs to apply and take part in Club2Gether
• Offer support to participants from LGFA leadership initiatives within county
• Promote the National Volunteer Awards

Referee Development and Education Officer – Kevin Walsh referee.cork@lgfa.ie

• Recruit referees and referee assessors and organise education courses through LGFA for new and existing match officials
• Support newly trained referees with aftercare programme and appoint new referee a buddy/mentor
• Liaise with referee co-ordinator/ fixtures committee to ensure new referees are appointed to age and competition appropriate games as quickly as possible and add them to the counties referee list
• Encourage further development of referees to progress within county and on to provincial and national programmes
• Identify key contact in each club in relation to referee recruitment/development

Participation Officer – Marie Arnold:   participation.cork@lgfa.ie

• Gaelic4Girls
• Gaelic4Mothers&Others
• Gaelic4Teens
• GAA Cúl Camps to increase membership
• Setting up new LGFA club
• Link with GAA in county and Cumann na mBunscoil to ensure awareness of activity for girls and offer support
• Promote LGFA Club-School link Programme
• LGFA Transition Year programmes in the province
• TEACH Programmes
• Go Games and development blitzes

Here in Cork we pride ourselves on the development of players. We run our PDP across the county in our 4 divisions of the county @ Under 13 Under 15 and Under 17 age groups.

• Dynamic and effective in its delivery to maximise potential of all players
• An inclusive programme for all players, focusing on players at various stages of development
• Provide an opportunity for players to develop individually, with different players, learn new skills, and develop the fundamental skills in a positive and safe environment
• Expose players to high quality coaching experiences that are in line with demands of our game i.e., technical, tactical, physical, and psycho/social
• Focus on coach development and create awareness of good coaching structures and methods
• Assist in monitoring players participation over a period
• Create good County and Club relationships

Our aim is to develop girls playing ladies football across the county by improving their skills the goal is at the end of the PDP the girls will go back to their clubs a better all round player.

The mixture of players from other clubs and divisions offer a new social aspect plus add to it a diverse group of trained coaches to help assist and guide the young players throughout the program.

The PDP runs for 10 weeks during which there will be games played across the four divisions play each other, this offers the players the opportunity to display their skills and connect with their newly formed team.  Year on year the numbers of girls taking part in this program has increased substantially.

All coaches are current members of LGFA from clubs within their divisions which volunteered to commit to the program all coaches are garda vetted and have completed the PDP coaches training.

At intercounty we run development panels Under 14 and Under 16 that compete in Munster competition.

Please see the list of Development officers below: