BAILE BUADÁIN NAOMH ÉANNA
Strategic Review
Open Forum
Thursday, 1 March 2007
Agenda
 Introduction
 Overview
 Workgroup Presentations
 Timeframe and Communication
 Open Forum
Building on Success
 Recognise our Success.
 Build for the Future.
 Everyone has Part to Play.
 Positive and Respectful Attitude.
Overview
 Background
 Club History
 Review of all Aspects of Club
 Approach to Review
Club Vision
To be the Best
Club in Ireland
Steering Group
Terry O’Neill (Chairman)
Colin Moran
John O’Toole
John Archbold
Fiona Ní Chorcoráin
John O’Neill
Annette Breen
Pádraig Ó’Duibhir
Cathal Ryan
Paul Haran
Donagh O’Farrell
Noel Sheridan (Club General Manager)
John Kirwan
Joanne O’Sullivan
Paddy Walsh (Club Chairman)
Ciarán Magurie
The Strategic Review Themes
Governance
Finance
Cultural
Club
Vision
Games
Development
Facilities
Club Membership
Workgroups
 Games Development
 Facilities
 Governance & Finance
 Cultúr and Social
 Membership Surveys / Demographics
Governance & Finance Workgroup
Goals
 Best Club Structures
 Formulate Club Policies
 Sound Long-term Financial Position
 Protection of Club Assets
Governance & Finance Workgroup
Responsibilities
 Review of Club Governance and Finance with reference to:
• Club Structures
• Membership
• Future Club administrators succession plan
• Long-term financial planning
Actions
 Recommendations on optimum Club structure
 Develop long-term strategic Financial Budget
 Formulate Club Policies
The Team (so far)
 John Kirwan (Chairman)
 Donagh O’Farrell (Vice Chairman)
 Vincent Carney
 Ger Flaherty
 Jim Humphries
 John O’Neill
 Gerry O’Sullivan
Games Development Workgroup
Goals
 Participation, Performance and Enjoyment for Players
 Success in Competitions
 Model of best practice in Coaching and Games Development
 Strong sense of Club Identity
Games Development Workgroup
Responsibilities
 Review Coaching & Games Development in Ballyboden St Endas with
reference to
• Club development goals and plans
• Standards and developments in CLG and sport in general
• Circumstances & Trends in modern society
Actions
 Identify Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats.
 Formulate proposals to establish Ballyboden St Endas as a model of best
practice in Coaching and Games development
 Develop Work Plans & Guidelines to implement proposals
Games Development – Workgroups
Players
 Maximise the number of active playing members
 Manage Player Development from Nursery to Adult
 Provide Structures & Supports to enable players to derive full enjoyment from
participation in our games and to achieve full potential, in terms of playing
performance and success.
 Support the integration, participation, contribution, status and protection of
players within the Club.
Games Development Workgroup
Coaching
Establishment of a Coaching Academy in the Club which would
 establish and maintain the highest standards of skills development and
team coaching throughout all sections of the Club
 increase the number of skilled, qualified and active coaches in the Club
and optimise their deployment and effectiveness through all sections of
the Club
 underpin the standard and standing of coaches in the Club through the
provision of structured training and continuing development programmes
Games Development Workgroup
Club Identity & Integration
 Facilitate those involved with teams to become more active members and
active participants in the social life of the Club
 Provide a sporting outlet for non-playing members
 Develop closer co-operation and social interaction between all sections of
the Club
 Build Club identity and Club culture among all members, all sections, all
teams and all players.
The Team
 Coaching:
Brian O’Regan
Darragh Spain
Eugene Duffy / Derek Ward
Fiona Ni Chorcorain
 Players:
Cormac Smyth
Micheal Glynn
Joanne O’Sullivan
Robbie Murphy
 Club Identity & Integration:
Eamonn Treacy
Pat Conway
Niomh Madigan
John McCormack
 General:
Vivian Ruddy, Kevin Maguire, Sean
Crowley
 Facilitators
Ciaran Maguire, Philip Ryan
Facilities Workgroup
Goals
 The aim of the facilities Workgroup is to formulate a plan of action to ensure that
Ballyboden St Enda’s GAA Camogie and Ladies Football Club will obtain the
optimum benefit from our existing facilities, and to provide for additional facilities
deemed necessary for the future development goals and plans of the Club.
Responsibilities
 Review existing facilities provided for the club’s players and other members.
 Examine how these compare with other clubs, both within the GAA and other
codes.
 Examine our current facilities with specific regard to their location.
 Review current projects in light of the existing and future needs of the club.
 Examine how, in the context of the use of our facilities, we can improve our
involvement with the local communities.
 Review future needs
Facilities Workgroup
Actions
 Existing Facilities:
In looking at existing facilities, we propose to examine:
• Pitch development, ongoing maintenance, training facilities, toilet and
dressing room facilities.
• Clubhouse facilities, to include the bar, function rooms, meeting rooms and
office and secretarial needs.
• See how our current structure compares with other clubs.
• Analyse the costs in providing the club with these facilities.
• Examine current projects in the light of our existing and future needs.
Facilities Workgroup
Actions
 Location
• We propose to examine existing facilities with specific regard to their
location.
• Have we spread our base too wide? Do we have too many locations?
• Should we centralise our location? Is it essential for the future
development goals and plans of the club?
• Is a move to Sancta Maria from Firhouse Road a viable option?
• What are the pluses and minuses of such a move? Cost?
• We propose to report on the feasibility of relocation.
Facilities Workgroup
Actions (cont’d)
 Future Needs
• We must all plan for the future. But this can only be done with a careful
analysis of our membership base, our finances, our ability to fundraise and
a strategy or plan of action.
• To enable the membership to agree a plan of action, we feel it is necessary
to report in as detailed a fashion as possible, on our existing facilities,
current capital projects, the prospect of relocation and or future
requirements.
• We propose to provide such report.
The Team (so far)
John O’Toole (Chairman)
Fergus Reid
John Archbold (Vice Chairman)
Colin Moran
David Curtin
Marian Moriarty
Joe Clery
Eoin Dunne
Liam Deane
Liam Hyland
Cultural and Social Workgroup
Goals
 Develop a sense of community within the club through the organisation of a
range of cultural and social activities – a one family sporting, community,
cultural and social club
 Promote Irish culture in its broadest sense
 Assess current provision and seek views of members
 Collaborate with other groups to achieve the above
Cultural and Social Workgroup
Actions
 Recommendations on Cultural and Social framework for Club
The Team
 Pádraig Ó’Duibhir (Cathaóirleach)
 Mary Clery
 Mary Joe Glynn
 Gerry Maher
 Ceara Ní Coitir
 Seán Flynn (TBC)
 Eamonn McKenna
 Tomás Ó Riordáin
Membership Surveys / Demographic Workgroup
Three main tasks
 The collection of relevant information from a survey of the club membership
to support the other subgroups in carrying out their tasks.
 Review the population in the Ballyboden catchment area to establish the
potential for new members and new players.
 Survey local schools to find out the potential number of new juvenile players.
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Survey membership to get information on, for example:
profile of membership;
opinions about Club structures;
what membership should provide;
extent of participation/willingness to participate;
satisfaction with games / facilities;
where are the gaps/how can Club work better;
perception of Club as place to socialise?
how often one visits the Club?
Surveying members
Post/email/website?
Also…
2. Establish number of teams and project numbers playing in 5 years time;
3. Survey schools to establish current participation in GAA, new juvenile players;
4. Look at population in the catchment area – project future membership.
..about planning now to build a successful Club for the future..
The Team
 Annette Breen (Chairperson)
 Liam Carter
 Sorcha Farrelly
 Jane Hogan
 Helen McGrath
 Kevin Murray
 Cormac O’Farrell
Communication & Timeline
 Project Management
 Communication with Members Critical
 Consultation Night with Members (October)
 Report to Executive (Calendar Year-End)
 Implementation
Questions