As many will know the focus of our five year plan is predominantly with our juniors and families, and a number of activities associated with them (e.g. coach development, TY programmes, qualified coaches, family rates etc.)

One of the first steps was to set up the role of Junior Admin, which has been filled by Chris Steele. Chris and his junior committee featuring Brona, Simon, Siobhan, Kevin and Niall, made sure that the season started as it meant to go on! Sponsored by Sherry Fitzgerald, 300 juniors made their way into HQ to meet their coaches for the year, all of whom are qualified and are TRRHC members!

Parents registered in our coaches/team room in the clubhouse, and all had meetings to outline to them the plan for the season, including trips for our 16s, u14s and u12s. Meanwhile our representative children at u18-u16 level met with their parents and Niall Denham/Ali Keogh, to discuss the avoidance of over-training, and how to manage their time.

It has certainly been a busy start to the season, but it was great to see the future stars of the club being coached and led purely by our own members. Everyone now has a week off for the Supercup, before we are back to it again for the remainder of the season.