Blarney GAA Club was delighted to officially adopt The GAA’s “Code of Behaviour – Underage” at the 2014 AGM.

This Code of Behaviour complements the Irish Sports Council (ISC) Code of Ethics and “Our Games Our Code – Code of Best Practise when working with underage players” which was officially adopted by our club at the 2012 AGM.

The Code of Behaviour addresses the minimum appropriate levels of behaviour, practice and conduct required from our Young Players, Coaches, Supporters, Parents/Guardians, Referees and Clubs.

By adopting these codes, Blarney GAA Club aim to ensure that young people and children who play our games receive the best possible care, attention and protection while participating in our Gaelic Games.

In 2019, it became Blarney GAA Club Policy that all coaches/managers & mentors involved with any team under the age of 18 years have three qualifications.

Coaches having attended a non-Gaelic Games Child Protection Safeguarding 1 Workshop with another Sports Association or a Local Sports Partnership (LSP) must then also undertake the GAELIC GAMES SAFEGUARDING 1 ONLINE REFRESHER COURSE so as to familiarise themselves with our agreed safeguarding policies, procedures, and in particular, our joint Code of Behaviour (Underage)

The new on-line training programme is available by accessing https://learning.gaa.ie/node/289266

The club requests all underage coaches, parents/guardians and players to read the Code of Behaviour document.

For more information, please see the links below.