Mayo club and ambassador to participate in 2025 Gaelic Football programme

THE Ladies Gaelic Football Association has confirmed the list of 20 clubs selected to take part in the 2025 ZuCar Gaelic4Teens programme.

The Gaelic4Teens consists of educational webinars, in-person coaching days and a National ZuCar Gaelic4Teens Festival Day at a central location.

In addition, ZuCar Gaelic4Teens ambassadors will conduct sessions for representatives from the 20 participating clubs, and clubs will receive a visit from a ZuCar Gaelic4Teens ambassador or a county player to conduct a coaching session, and witness theory in action.

This unique programme includes ambassadors who are current or ex inter-county players, and they will impart their knowledge and experience throughout the programme.

These ambassadors include Fiona McHale (Mayo), Jackie Kinch (Wicklow), Laura Fleming (Roscommon), Bronagh McGrane (Louth), Cassandra Buckley (Kerry), Orlagh Farmer (Cork), Emily Martin (Down), Máire O Shaughnessy (Meath), Sharon Courtney (Monaghan), Sinead Delahunty (Tipperary), Samantha Lambert (Tipperary), Cathy Carey (Antrim) and Bernie Finlay (Dublin).

Gaelic4Teens has more than doubled in size after a tremendously successful trial programme in 2017. This programme will assist clubs as they aim to maintain their current playing bases, while also recruiting players in the 13–17 age range, which has been identified as a demographic with a high drop-out rate.

The Connacht clubs taking part in 2025 are as follows:

Connacht (8): Castlebar Mitchels, Mayo; Four Roads, Roscommon; Gráinne Mhaols, Galway; Kilconly, Galway; Kiltubrid, Leitrim; Oileáin Árann, Galway; St. Ciarans, Roscommon; Strokestown, Roscommon.