Archive for year: 2023

Breaffy GAA’s Health and Wellbeing team would like to invite all our under 14 to under 18 boys and girls to a sports nutrition talk with expert sports nutritionist Marian McNamara.

The talk takes place in the Breaffy GAA Clubhouse

• Tuesday, May 2^nd at 8.30pm
• The event is free of charge

Marian McNamara holds an Msc in Sports & Exercise Nutrition; a BA and MA in Education; a BA in Health Management and Contemporary Sports Coaching.

She recently qualified in the field of Sports & Exercise Nutrition and has been involved with football teams and coaching for the past 15 years. Her home club is Islandeady GAA/LGFA where she manages the minor and U16 girls’ teams.

During her studies Marian worked with Clare LGFA and based her thesis research project on their senior ladies team for a period of three months. She has also worked with Swinford ladies and more recently with the Mayo LGFA U14 squad.

Marian is deeply passionate about improving access to nutritional education and support for women in sport.

She is currently in the process of setting up FITrition, a sports and exercise nutrition clinic based in Islandeady/Castlebar.

From 11th January – 15th February 2023 we’re asking members of our club and community to help us hit the national 4,000km target (that’s roughly the distance around Ireland!) and be entered into an O’Neills Prize Draw. There are 3x O’Neills vouchers up for grabs in each province – €2,500, €1,500 & €1,000.

How to get involved

1. Download the MyLife app from your app store
2. Tap Social to join your province and your local club team
3. Get stepping!