The most recent Cumann Pheadair Naofa AGM saw the members and volunteers of the club come together to dicuss and review the year gone by. Attendees were greeted by outgoing Vice Chairman Gerry Gray in the absence of Chairman Eugene Gallagher, Club Treasurer Donal McCormack and Club Secretary Anne McCormack. In her role as a dedicated and hardworking secretary, Anne, in her report to AGM highlighted the opportunities and challenges for Cumann Pheadair Naofa for the year ahead.
Anne noted that upon reading the reports, it is clearly evident that, “Cumann Pheadair Naofa is a vibrant Club with many volunteers contributing to daily Club life and the community where we live.” With the highest membership ever recorded, totalling over 700 members, of which over 400 of these are youth members, the potential for this Club to achieve, deliver and meet challenges, both on and off the field, is limitless.
Anne’s key focus of the report was the club successes both on and off the playing field and in her comprehensive report she noted that, “while our sub section reports eloquently detail events of the past year, it is often difficult to capture the emotions which accompany the events of the past year.” Mainly the sense of achievement of the Club retaining Division 1 senior football status for the next season, and aiming to finish in second place, and our senior hurlers reaching the final of the Betsy Gray cup. Anne also made special mention to our senior ceili dancers who were crowned 2017 South Down, County and Ulster Champions and represented club, county and province in the All Ireland Scor Final.
The Secretary also humbly paid special thanks to all the Club volunteers who have given their energy, time, commitment, enthusiasm and expertise to the development of the Club over the past year. “Together we all play our part in making Cumann Pheadair Naofa the Club that it is, whether we serve on a committee, manage a team, assist with a team, help at matches, contribute to our Health and Well Being Project, manage our Club grounds, cater for visitors to our Club, wash Club jerseys, no matter how small the task, it is greatly appreciated.”
Anne ended her inspiring and thought provoking report by saying, “our greatest contribution is to honour the Gaels of the past who left us this fine Club and to carry forward their work into the 21st Century and in years to come, to leave the Club a better place than we found it. If we achieve that, then we will have served our Club and our community well.” Anne also paid tribute to outgoing Vice-Chairman Gerry Gray who said this was his 45th AGM for St Peter’s club. Anne thanked Gerry for his years of dedicated service and commitment to St Peter’s GAA and wished him well in his ‘retirement’ for vice chairman.
