This Satruday is our Annual General Meeting. We are asking all players, coaches and parents to attend. The more support the club has the better the club gets for all of our community. Please give us an hour of your time.

Exciting plans being drawn up for 2020!

The 2020 GAA Games Development Conference in partnership with Sky Sports will take place in Croke Park, on Friday and Saturday January 10th and 11th 2020.

The Conference theme is ‘Values, Behaviours & Culture – the Key to Sustaining Success’ . The final programme of speakers is currently being finalised and will be released upon completion. Confirmed speakers include:

• Brian Cody (Manager, Kilkenny Senior Hurling Team)
  
• Kris Van Der Hagen (Director of Coach Education, Belgian FA)
  
• Des Ryan (Head of Sport Medicine and Athletic Development, Arsenal FC Academy)
  
• John Meyler (Former Manager, Cork Senior Hurling Team)
  
• Keith Ricken (Coach, Cork U. 20 Gaelic Football team, All Ieland Champions 2019)
  
• Colm O’Rourke (Principal, St Patricks Classical School, Navan)
  
• Prof Niall Moyna (School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University)
  
• Niamh McElwain (Senior Learning Manager, Google)
  
• Paul Clarke (Director, Match-Fit)
  
• Sean O’Donnell (Performance Analyst, Limerick Senior Hurling Team)
  
• Johnny Greville (Coach, Westmeath Camogie Team, All Ireland Intermediate Champions 2019)
  

For further information, or if you wish to circulate to clubs or schools in your County, places can be reserved at the Games Development Conference by visiting https://learning.gaa.ie/GamesConference2020 or contacting one of the Executive Committee members.

This weekend has the Rocks in three finals all being played in the Wicklow Centre of Excellence, Ballinakill. Our under-11s are start the excitement on Saturday 5th October at 12:15pm against Bray Emmets.

On Sunday 6th October at 11:00am both our Under-13s and our Minor team play in their finals. You will not know where to be looking.

Come and support the boys as they have been fierce all season and promises to be some fantastic hurling!

#ArklowRocks #Ábu

Croke Park

At a County Officer Development Conference in January the following points were stated very clearly to us by Croke Park & Willis for Player Injury.

1. All Players whom are training or playing matches must be registered If they get injured and they are not registered at the time injury claim will not be allowed. The date of 31st March is for voting rights at club AGM only.
2. There is now a stop clock on the online claim format, if a claim is over the 60 days it will not allow you enter the injury.
3. Charity Games over Christmas or any time of the year are NOT covered.