This week’s SOS is Centerpoint Brewing. This past Sunday we had a number of members stop by for a chance to win a gift card, but don’t forget, SOS goes for through Friday, May 8th!
Centerpoint offers online ordering with both carry-out and pick options. Please help us show our sponsors how much we appreciate them, particularly during these strange and trying times.
While I claim to be neither as charming or as handsome as John Krasinski, I figured that we could all use a nice dose of good news right now. As we continue wait out the ‘Rona here are few nice stories we thought might be worth sharing. Enjoy!
Indy GAA Board Chair David Littlejohn and family welcomed Scarlett Renee to the world on February 20th, just in time for her to get a taste of the before-times.
Baby and family are doing great and are making the most of social distancing by taking long walks through the neighborhood, preferably without any stops, because Scarlett is not a fan sitting still 😊
Gaelic sports double-threat and proclaimed ‘Dawg with Style‘ Antwain Hunter was recently awarded tenure at Butler University and promoted to Associate Professor.
Rumor on the street says this means he can wear elbow patches on his tweed jacket now.
Ben Kemp has returned from a tour in Kuwait. Thank you for your service Ben, we are glad you’re back home safely and hope we get raise a pint with you soon, first round’s on us 🍻
Andretta Erickson has taken to pet fostering. At first Dretta was a tad suspicious of her new friend Pansy as she didn’t quite match her online profile (seems they never do), but she quickly decided to swipe right on her new friend and fostered her until last week when she was permanently adopted!
Don’t call her the crazy cat lady yet, but Dretta has decided to “go her own way” and and will be welcoming a new feline friend this week, Stevie Nicks.
Brian Mathes answered Books N’ Brew’s call to arms for growlers when they ran out a few weeks back. BnB has been a perennial sponsor of the club and has even named a beer after us through their sister brewery Rad!
Brian put out an APB to the club and personally made the rounds to collect extra growlers from members and delivered over 30 of them!
Paul Flynn raised over $3,400 for charity! The young son of a family friend back home motivated Paul to do something, so he set a goal of raising $2,500, with the extra motivation being he’d shave his head if the goal was hit. Amazingly, within four days the goal was surpassed and Paul made good on his bet.
Young Dan was only 8 months old when he was diagnosed with a very rare neuromuscular disease, and the family’s only hope to save his life is to fly him to the United States for a very costly treatment. People from all over the world joined in and have raised nearly 2 million Euros to get Dan the treatment he needs.
We just got word that the Indianapolis St. Patrick’s Day Parade, along with its associated events have been canceled this year.
From the IAC’s website:
Out of an abundance of caution, the Athletic Club Foundation has decided to cancel the 40th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Tent Party that was scheduled for Friday, March 13th. In addition, The Hoosier Lottery Greening of the Canal scheduled for today and the 29th Annual Shamrock Run Walk scheduled for Saturday, March 14th will also be cancelled.
Please be sure to take care and use the proper precautions out there during these uncertain times.
The 2020 Indy GAA Indoor Football League came to a close last night at Sport Zone Indy, with the Blue Team walking away victorious.
Thanks to everyone who came out this year to play and compete and to our sponsor, Rad Brewing, for providing this year’s league shirts.
This marks the close of this year’s indoor leagues as we now turn our focus to outdoor pub league! Hurling matches start on Sunday, April 19, and Gaelic Football on Thursday, April 23. For more information on matches please check out our club calendar.
Also, if you’re playing in this year’s league don’t forget to get registered with the USGAA. You should’ve received an email this week from our secretary with instructions on how to do so, but if not please reach out to secretary@indygaa.com.
Indy GAA Gaelic Football captain, sometimes hurler, and self proclaimed “mammy’s boy” Paul Flynn was recently featured in Laois Today, an online publication based in his home county in Ireland.
If you aren’t already familiar, please take a second to learn a little about Paul’s story and how he made his way to Indy.
On January 17, the club held their annual awards banquet at Tinker House Events. A great time was had by the nearly 70 members, friends, and family in attendance.
Without further adieu, here are your 2020 award winners:
Registration is now live for the 2020 Indy GAA Pub League. We are excited to get things going early this year, but there are a couple of changes to the way registration works this year.
If you attended the AGM back in November you are likely already aware of these changes, but for those that could not make it, or just need a refresher, here’s what’s new.
The first change is that you will be required to register and pay dues with both the Indy GAA (like you normally do) as well as with the USGAA, our club’s national governing body.
In year’s past the club Secretary (thanks Susan!) has taken care of USGAA registration on our members’ behalf, and the club has absorbed the cost of the additional dues, but as the club grows, and the national dues fees increase, we’ve found that process to be unsustainable.
Registering for the 2020 Indy GAA pub league couldn’t be easier:
Information on how to register with the USGAA for 2020 is still forthcoming, but the fees will be:
We will be sure to pass on additional details regarding this process as soon as we receive them.
The second change is that there will be a hard deadline to register, with no exceptions. That deadline will Wednesday, February 5th.
This deadline was picked to give us enough time to plan for the drafts, secure the proper number of pub league sponsors, order jerseys so that they will be available in time for the league to start, among other responsibilities. The league drafts will be held on:
All members must be paid in full to both the Indy GAA and USGAA prior to stepping on the pub league fields on April 19th. If you do not register by the deadline, you are NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY ON-FIELD ACTIVITIES FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
The only caveat to the registration deadline is that new members who have never been associated with any other USGAA-affiliated club have until August to register with the USGAA.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please email registration@indygaa.com.
Registration for the 2020 Indy GAA Gaelic Football Indoor League at SportZone Indy is open! Games will be held on Wednesday evenings from 8-10pm starting on January 22, 2020, and going through March 11, 2020. The league entry fee is $65
Indoor league is a great introduction to the Gaelic games and players of all skill levels are encouraged to join us.
We are also excited to announce that our sponsor, RAD Brewing, will be providing league t-shirts!
If you’re interested in playing, this is a two step process:
If you have any questions please contact the vice chair, Josh Lane – vicechair@indygaa.com
The Indy GAA’s annual general meeting is this Sunday, at 10am and will be held at Daredevil Hall.
An increase in Indy GAA dues is being considered for next year. There are MANY factors that go into this decision–including increased USGAA member registration fees, increased costs, and more. Please take the time to read this document we’ve put together so we can all have an involved discussion that represents the opinions of the membership. You can view our dues analysis here.
You can view the full agenda for the meeting below, but if you have additional questions on items here in advance of the AGM, please email them to secretary@indygaa.com. We will do our best to answer them & send a document with those questions to the members prior to the meeting.
Registration for the 2019 – 2020 Indy GAA Indoor Leagues is now live and will be open through October 27th. We’ll be hosting two sessions this year, both at SportZone Indy:
The league entry fees are $65 for one session, or $120 for both (save $10).
Indoor league is a great introduction to the Gaelic games and players of all skill levels are encouraged to join us.
If you’re interested in playing, this is a two step process:
You MUST pay your league entry fees before
the registration deadline or you will not be able to participate!
If you have any questions please contact the vice chair, Josh Lane – vicechair@indygaa.com
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