NOTICEBOARD 9/11/2025
- kildaredfl
- Nov 9
- 3 min read
KDFL 31 st Annual Awards Ceremony : Will take place on Friday 28 th November 2025 at
the Keadeen Hotel. Please contact your Club Secretary to book tickets. €50 per person
which includes 4 course meal and dancing till late to So Fresh Entertainment. Neat dress
essential.
This function is where we officially make presentation of our League/ Cup/Shield Trophies
plus winners and runners up medals. We also have special awards including: -
Each Divisional Player of the Year across all Divisions of the League, Overall, Player of
the Year, Young Player of the Year, Women’s Player of the Year, Special Service Award,
Special Merit Award, Manager of the Year, Fair Play Award, , PRO of the Year, Adrian
Melia Photo of the Year, Club of the Year And lots lots more - A night not to be missed.
FAI Adult Amateur Licence (Coaching Course). FULLY FUNDED BY THE KDFL FOR
THE FIRST 16 KDFL PARTICIPANTS. Coming in late Jan/early February (Date to be
confirmed). Booking via club secretary (will be sent a link). Content: This 16-hour course
covers all aspects of adult amateur football, including theoretical and practical content
such as the framework of the game, football actions, and coaching practice
demonstrations.
Prerequisites: Participants must have completed Garda vetting and the Child Welfare
Safeguarding 1 course before enrolling. This licence is designed for coaches working in
the adult amateur game and represents a cost-effective entry point into formal FAI
coaching qualifications.
Sports Specific first aid FREE to KDFL affiliated clubs on a first come first served basis.
Two courses during the month of November facilitated by Keith Conroy. MS Links have
now been forwarded to all club secretaries to book your place.
First course (Midweek 19 and 20 th November 7-10pm NOW FULLY BOOKED – SEE
SATURDAY COURSE AS AN ALTERNATIVE) Second course (Saturday full day 15
November 9.30am to 4pm) Fully certified. Venue confirmed as Keadeen Hotel for both
courses.
ME Programme (Paddy Maher)
Please feel free to share this with your members or take time out with them to sit down
and watch together. It's approx 40 minutes long but worth the watch. All Paddy's work is
evidence based. This video clip is the second in the series. In this video he explores the
negatives of performance. He looks at how to achieve full potential as players, coaches
and Clubs. Understanding performance psychology will give you the pathway to improve,
Paddy adds. Helping all to improve the energy of the League.
Please feel free to share this link on your social pages and in club/players whatsapp
grounds.
Adrian Melia Photo of the Year Award 2025 : As usual as a mark of respect and in
memory of our dear friend Adrian Melia the KDFL are continuing the tradition of
the Adrian Melia photo of the year Award. To this end for the 2025 season we would
like you to submit photos for shortlisting for the award. The photo can be a still / action /
quirky / funny. It also must be taken by an amateur photographer. It must have been taken
at a KDFL game this season and in true Adrian style above all 'tell a story' !!!! We would
like all submissions to be received on or before Thursday 13th November. So there is
time to trawl through your yearly archive to pick a photo. It must be sent via email to
reginacasey1@yahoo.ie in jpeg or png format.
The winning photo will be framed and presented to the winning Photographer, as Adrian
always did, at our 31st Annual Awards Ceremony in the Keadeen Hotel on Friday 28th
November 2025. There is also a perpetual trophy image below which will be presented to
the winning club. This trophy is a specially commissioned piece by Newbridge Silverware
gifted to the KDFL by Jeannie Frampton RIP. We look forward to receiving your best
shots !!
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