There are just four days to go until GAA stars from across Ulster take to the skies for a daring skydive in aid of charity. GAA figures from each of Ulster’s nine counties will be taking on a 15,000 ft leap this Sunday, 12th March, to raise money for both the Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research at Queen’s University Belfast and the Air Ambulance NI service. Maxi Curran is representing Donegal and individuals can support him and donate to these two worthwhile charitable causes via the link below:
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ulstergaa-skydive-donegal
As of Wednesday afternoon Donegal have raised the least amount of money and are less than a third of the way to their €2,000 target while Cavan’s Larry Reilly leads the pack with almost double the target raised and and Maxi is appealing for support in this video:
http://donegal.clubandcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Donegal-Maxi-Curran-video-edit.mp4
Some clubs have been in contact to inquire how they can make a direct donation to the Ulster GAA Skydive campaign and raise money for their county’s skydiver. Accordingly, please see below:
DONATION INFORMATION FOR CLUBS – To make a donation in € (EUR):
Please make cheques payable to Comhairle Uladh C.L.G
For BACS transfer:
Ulster Council GAA No. 1 A/C
Sort Code: 93 24 26
Account Number: 3222 6045
IBAN: IE77 AIBK 9324 2632 2260 45 BIC: AIBKIE2D
Please reference your club’s name and ‘skydive’ when paying online.
Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research at Queen’s University Belfast
Over 4,500 men in Ireland are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. The prostate cancer research team at Queen’s University Belfast, based at the Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, is focused on improving treatments for those patients with the most serious types of prostate cancer. The team, led by Prof Joe O’Sullivan, Prof Suneil Jain and oncologist Dr Aidan Cole is dedicated to ensuring that its patients and their families have the best treatments at the correct time and that survival rates continue to improve for men diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Air Ambulance NI
Air Ambulance NI work in partnership with the NI Ambulance Service (NIAS), to provide the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) for the region. Serious or life-threatening situations can happen to anyone at any time and on average, every single day two individual finds themselves in critical need of the service.
The charity’s operational helicopter carries a crew compiling pilot, doctor, and paramedic, 365 days of the year operating for twelve hours every day. They attend some of the most traumatic medical incidents across the province and are dedicated to delivering the very best possible pre-hospital critical care, both at the scene and whilst transferring the patient to the most appropriate hospital for their specific injuries.
Jumpers representing each county are:
Antrim – Jane Adams, Camogie All-Star
Armagh – Jarlath Burns, Ulster Senior Football Championship Winning Captain
Cavan – Larry Reilly, Ulster Senior Football Championship winning star
Derry – Aoife NÍ Chaiside, Camogie All Ireland Club Championship captain
Donegal – Maxi Curran, Ladies Senior Football Manager
Down – Benny Coulter, All-star Gaelic Footballer
Fermanagh – Marty McGrath, All-Star Gaelic Footballer
Monaghan – Dessie Mone, Ulster Senior Football Championship winning star
Tyrone – Gemma Begley, Ladies All-Ireland Intermediate Championship winner,
By Sinéad Breen Donegal PRO Wed 8th Mar
