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Crosshaven AFC
Crosshaven AFC were founded in 1898 - the club have proof of this from the newspaper the "Cork Constitution" which carried the report at the time. Clubs who think they are good enough to win Club of the Month enter via the FAI website. They are judged on involvement in the Community, Participation levels, Achievements, Facilities, Website, Honours, number of players in Cork Development squads etc etc.... We entered as a club because we tick all of the above boxes. Our website is run by club members & includes the facility to pay your membership online by Laser, play the clubs lotto, news reports, fixtures etc. We have 16 teams in Leagues this year, girls/boys/Ladies/Men. We have had three fundraisers for Charity in the past twelve months, for the CUH, World Transplant Games (for a former member who was taking part) & for Suicide Awareness. Our club has an all weather training area & two full size pitches. We host the O'Connell Cup Final every year for the MSL & in recent years we have loaned pitches to both Cobh Ramblers & Carrigaline when they needed them as their grounds were being developed. We cater for all schools teams free of charge plus three different hockey sides. Our teams have won in the past 5 years, 6 leagues & a cup at different ages. We follow strcitly the FAI code of Ethics. Our clubhouse, dugouts, fencing, gates were all built & installed by members. We have hosted the Man Utd Soccer School for four years. We have had three girls receive Irish trials in the past 12 months. We have 30 FAI qualified coaches. I could go on & on....so you see Goggs there are a host of reasons why Crosshaven won Club of the Month. There are some fabulous clubs in Cork who equally deserve to be honoured, Carrigaline & Rockmount already have, and who knows a Cork team maybe next. These awards are judged by a panel from the FAI, Aviva & numerous sponsors. We as a club are just thankful they selected us. Nobody works in our club for the recognition but it's nice when you get it.
