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Save the Date
for this year's
Summer Camp!


July 14-18, 2008
12pm-4pm

Prairie View Park
6834 Dempster Street
Morton Grove, Illinois

Click here to download the registration form.

Forms will also be available at training
on Monday, July 7 and are due
no later than Wednesday, July 9.

Camp Fee:  $75 per child.
(Please make checks payable to:
Chicago Celtic Youth GFC.)

Each child will receive a full set of playing gear
(containing a Vhi Cul Camp 2008
jersey, shorts and backpack.)

For more information on the camp,
please call Matt Buckley at 773.671.0321
or Jane Hynes at 847.338.3451.

Practice for the 2008 season
got underway the week of May 5
and will continue each
Monday and Wednesday
from 6:30pm-8pm at Maryville,
River Road and Central Road, Des Plaines.

New players aged six and up are welcome!

Click for further information on the
2008 Chicago Celtics season registration.

Please contact the club’s Registrar:
Bernie Markley Byrne at 773. 619.7657
with any registration questions.

Click to see photos from the 3rd Annual Candlelight Bowl & Dinner - May 19, 2007

Our AGM took place on Sunday, February 24, 2008,
at Vaughan's Pub, 5485 North Northwest Highway, at 5pm.
Thank you to all the parents that attended.

Congratulations to the 2008 Elected Officers

Honorary President:  Jim Penny
Chairman:  Matt Buckley
Assistant Chair:  Willie Barker
Secretary & Webmaster:  Jane Hynes
Recording Secretary:  Mary McCarthy
Treasurer:  Agnes Loftus
Assistant Treasurer:  Eileen O'Malley
Registrar:  Bernie Markley Byrne
Public Relations Officers:  Kathleen Renkosiak and Loretta Murphy
Youth Officer:  Tom Ennis

Thank you to Mattie Ronan for serving as AGM Chair
and Bernie Byrne for serving as AGM Secretary.

If you have any photos from the party,
please e-mail them to:  hysean@sbcglobal.net.

If you have any photos from the CYC,
please e-mail them to:  hysean@sbcglobal.net.

Summer Camp - July 2007

Click to see more photos from this year's Summer Camp!

Congratulations to the U12 and U14 Chicago Celtics on winning
the 2006 NACYB "B" Division Championships in Philadelphia!



Click here to view photos from the 2006 Finals in Philly!
More photos will be added soon!

For more information on the Youth GAA in America,
check out the North American Youth GAA Website.

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas welcomed young players of the
Chicago Celtic Youth Gaelic Football Club to her office in the spring of 2006.
She presented a certificate praising the organization for its contribution to youth in Irish sports.

Congratulations to the U14s, U16s and U6s...
Champs at the CYC in Boston (July 2006),
as well as to the U12 Girls who took 2nd!

Well done to all of the Chicago Celtics teams, managers and coaches at the CYC in Boston!
Thank you to all of our fans and supporters!

The U14 Chicago Celtics went undefeated in Boston at the CYC!!
Back Row:  Coach Bernie Markley-Byrne, Kevin Murphy, Dan French, Declan Geraghty, Chris Kaczor, Connor Doherty,
Jack Walsh, Coach Peadar Hurley, Siobhan Kealy, Caeleigh Renkosiak, #1 Fan Casey Kaczor,
Lindsay Fleming, Thomas Graziano, Manager Tom Ennis and Kevin Newell.
Front Row:  Tommy Conway, Declan Conway, Michael McCarthy, Sean Malone,
Ricky Diaz and Sean Langan.  Missing from photo:  Jaclyn Barker.


U14 & U16 Coaching Staff:
Tom Ennis, Peadar Hurley and Bernie Markley-Byrne


Declan Geraghty with the U14 Cup

U16 Chicago (Combined North and South Team) - 2006 CYC Champions

Chicago Celtic U6 Champions:
Colleen Durkan, Brendan Leen, Maura McCarthy, Niall Brady, Michael O'Sullivan, Brendan Buckley and Ryan Newell.

What is Gaelic Football?

Gaelic Football is a combination of several sports including soccer,
basketball, American football, and even volleyball.
Just as in soccer, the players attempt to move the ball
(similar  to a soccer ball) down the field by carrying, dribbling or soloing.
Passing is critical, and the players can hand-pass (fist)
or kick pass (punt style) the ball to their teammates.
Players can score by kicking the ball in the net,
past a goalie for 3 points, or over the bar, between the uprights
for 1 point. Shoulder to shoulder contact
between players going for the ball is allowed.

Show your Chicago Celtic pride!!
Purchase a car magnet or window decal!
Click for details!

Chicago Celtic Youth GFC baseball hats are still available!
(Thanks to Quality Excavation, Inc. for sponsoring our hats!)
Click for details!

Congratulations to the Chicago Celtic U10 and U12 Teams
that traveled to Philadelphia over Labor Day Weekend for the
2005 North American Finals.  Both teams won the "B" Finals!

U10 Team
Back Row:  U10 Coaches Tom Byrne, John Joe O’Sullivan, John Grealy and Matt Buckley.
 Middle Row:  Danny Godley, Thomas Keane, Will Braubach, Jack O’Sullivan, Connor Buckley, TM Byrne and Ryan Matthew.
Front Row:  Joe Keane, Connor Leurck, Sean Hynes, Megan Grealy, Martin Byrne, Michael Staunton and Brendan Kivlehan.

U12 Team
Back Row:  U12 Coaches Billy McGarry, Norb Kosinski and Willie Barker.
Middle Row:  Gerald Loughran, Darragh King, Sean King, Brendan Barker, Patrick Gawrylo, Sean O’Donnell, Brendan Penny.
Front Row:  Declan McGarry, Sean Langan, Tommy Conway, Norbie Kosinski, Robert Gawrylo, Matt Buckley and Brenna Langan.
 

Everything you ever wanted to know about the game of Gaelic football...

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