The harrowing sound of club managers shouting out football drills has been replaced in Mayo GAA Clubs of late by the mellow sound of tin whistles and ballad singing as the county gears up for the annual Scór competitions.
The event, run by the Mayo GAA Scór committee, has been a massive success of late and this year to mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of Scór every club is being encouraged to make a special effort.
Scór is a cultural event in which youngsters from GAA clubs perform in solo singing, figure dancing, set dancing, musical group, recitations, novelty acts, trath na gceist and ballad groups. The four divisional finals take place in the next two weeks with the Mayo Scór na nÓg final set for January 4 in the Breaffy GAA clubhouse.
Any club or youngster eager to enter the competitions must contact their divisional Scór co-ordinator for registration. The co-ordinator for the north is Micheal McAndrew from the Kilfian GAA club, Grainne Kelly from Knock is the co-ordinator in the east, Fiona Kilbane from the Castlebar GAA club is the organiser in the west, while Jackie Duggan from Claremorris GAA club is the south co-ordinator.
Dates and venues for the divisional Scór na nÓg finals: north Mayo—Glenamoy Hall, December 12 starting at 7pm; south Mayo—Irishtown Community Centre, December 10 starting at 7pm; east Mayo—Knock Community Centre, December 13 starting at 6pm and west Mayo—Tourmakeady Hall, November 28 starting at 7pm.
