Derry City Key Stage 1 Handling Blitz

Recently the six Derry based Ulster Council DENI coaches ran their second handling blitz day in the Creggan sports hall in Derry City.
The event included 88 children from 3 schools who participated in a hour of the Gaelic Start station based activities.
The second hour of the blitz included a number of Fun based games involving throwing and catching small and large balls a skill which is Fundamental to both Hurling and Gaelic Football. Many thanks to the 9 assisting teachers and classroom assistants who helped with coaching the stations on the day which was most of the ladies first experience of coaching the fundamentals of Gaelic sport. The event was coordinated by the Derry City GAA coaches Colum Tracey and Simon Gillespie.