Tipperary gave us a good match last Sunday, plenty of lessons learned. The team’s coming together, and just in time for our next test against Sacramento’s Kavanagh’s at 11:00am on Sunday April 26 on Treasure Island. Free admission until June, check it out!
Hugh O’Byrne in action against the Tipperary club on Sunday
Upcoming Events
Saturday April 25th, 9:00am – Training at Hillsdale Practice Field
Sunday April 26th, 11:00am – St Patrick’s Cup match v Sacramento on Treasure Island
Wednesday April 29th, 6:30pm – Training at Stanford IM South Fields
Saturday May 2nd, 9:00am – Capuchino High School football field
Sunday May 3rd, 11:00am – St Patrick’s Cup match v Pearse Og on Treasure Island
Wednesday May 6th, 6:30pm – Training at Stanford IM South Fields
Saturday May 9th, 9:00am – Capuchino High School football field
Sunday May 10th, 11:00am – St Patrick’s Cup match v Na Fianna on Treasure Island
Wednesday May 13th, 6:30pm – Training at Stanford IM South Fields
Saturday May 16th, 9:00am – Capuchino High School football field
Sunday May 17th, 11:00am – St Patrick’s Cup match v Plunketts on Treasure Island
Wednesday May 20th, 6:30pm – Training at Stanford IM South Fields
Sunday May 23rd, 11:00am – West Coast Seven’s in San Diego
Note that Capuchino High School has uprights. We’ve invested in a better field to improve our game, so don’t miss out on these training sessions.
Club Dues – Price Increases Soon!
Club dues are increasing after April 27th, so don’t delay in playing your part in funding this club! To pay dues, Venmo to Will Mallon.
Rates:
- $125 for standard renewal by April 27th ($175 after)
- $25 for first year members by April 27th ($35 after)
- $325 for sustaining club dues, for those willing and able to chip in more!
- For full-time students and anyone with other financial limitations, reach out to us directly and we’ll sort something out
Registration with USGAA is separate, and there are detailed instructions for that at the end of this email.
Camogie
We still have aspirations to get a camogie team started in our club and to increase female participation. If you know any women who want to get involved in the sport, please get them in touch with us and we can connect them to some female players that have already expressed an interest in joining us.
West Coast Sevens
The club will be sending a team to San Diego for the West Coast Sevens tournament on Saturday May 23. If you have not already signed up, please let us know if you’re up for it. This promises to be a fun road trip for the club, and again it will be accessible to newer players, and perhaps to some veterans who still have some power in their legs.
Support the People who Support Us
Our sponsor this year is Molly O’s Irish pub, San Carlos. This is a fine pub in a great location close to the Caltrain station. Please give them your business throughout the year as much as you can.
Reminder to Register
Registering with the USGAA as a St Joseph’s player is required to participate in USGAA-sanctioned events, and ensures that you are covered by their third-party liability insurance. This is paid separately from your St Joe’s club dues. See detailed instructions below.
Cúl Camp
Éire Óg Gaelic Football Club is running a camp for two weeks this summer for children aged 4 – 13.
To Register with USGAA – Detailed Instructions
- Go here
- Login or create an account.
- You should see the St Joseph’s logo
- Click Get Started
- If you are a new member, follow the prompts to create a profile for yourself. You should end up back at the home page where you can click your name and follow the following instructions for a returning member.
- If you are a returning member, click your name > Select the membership for [your name here] >
- Choose 2026 Men’s – USGAA Annual Membership – Player (if you’re going to play)
- Choose 2026 Men’s – USGAA Annual Membership – Social (if you don’t plan on playing, but still want to stay involved)
- Next > Review Club assignment > Continue to Payment > Proceed to checkout > Enter payment information > Pay $74.45
- Continue to MySportsEngine > Complete Requirement > 2026 Men’s – USGAA Annual Membership – Player (your status will show as “ineligible,” this is expected) > Complete Requirement > Select 2026 Adult Players from the dropdown > Continue > Continue > Ensure your name is selected and Continue > Set your Player Classification
- “Non-Homegrown” means from Ireland
- “Resident” means based in the US
- “Homegrown” means from the US, or anywhere outside of Ireland
- If it’s Homegrown then set your Player Classification H as Resident
- If it’s Non Homegrown then set your Player Classification NH as Resident or Non Resident
- Set Registration Type as First Time Player or Returning Player (If you registered in the system in 2025, even for five minutes, then you should select Returning player)
- Set Country of Birth
- Set Identifying document
- Set Issuing State/Country
- Enter the last four digits of your document’s ID number (you may need to produce this document in the event of us going to nationals)
- Set Primary code played as Hurling (unless you’re also a Gaelic footballer playing hurling on the side)
- Set Secondary code played (you may set this to Mens football if you’re actually planning to play Gaelic football, it’s purely for the USGAA’s data gathering)
- Review
- Check that your details are correct
- Complete Registration
- When you get to the “WOHOO!” you’re done, but to confirm you can go to the dashboard and check that it says “Eligible” next to your 2026 registration
- Then, post in the Whatsapp general chat that you’re registered!