The Community & Health Section in Croke Park along with the Home Economics Department

at St. Angelaâs College, Sligo and leading sports performance nutritionist Dr. CrÃonna Tobin have developed Recipes for Success toolkit â which is filled with tasty, performance enhancing recipes that are easy to make and aims to support GAA players and members in making the right food choices.

This unique collaboration is about bringing together expertise from an array of sectors and is designed to respond to an identified need in GAA clubs for both educational and practical programmes supporting healthy eating for sport and the game called life.

To respond to this need Recipes for Success toolkit was recently developed and is now available for download at http:// community.gaa.ie/diet-nutrition/recipes- for-success/

During phase 2 of the GAAâs flagship programme, the Healthy Clubs project (which aims to respond to the health and wellbeing needs of our members and the wider community), Recipes for Success was brought to life by exclusively offering âhands onâ cookery classes to the 60 participating

clubs.

During the pilot stage of the practical

element of Recipes for Success, selected minors or U21 squads from the Healthy Clubs experienced a nutritional workshop and prepared both a nutritional meal and healthy snack from start to finish.

The prefect training for any young adult potentially progressing into third level education and their first time to fend for themselves in the kitchen.

To date the feedback has been extremely positive from both players and coaches...

âA very clever approach from the GAA and the lads were delighted to get a break from

trainingâ â U21 coach from St. Comcilles Club âRecipes for Success Toolkit is very

educational and simpleâ â Participant from Thomas Davis Club .

âThe dish we choose was so practical and easy to cook. I canât wait to try it at home â Mam will

be delightedâ â Participant from Clonard Club The session was sponsored by Healthy

Ireland and delivered in the Home Economics Department of their local secondary schools.

Itâs intended to grow the reach through this model in subsequent phases. To see Recipes

for Success in action click video link here: www. youtube.com/watch?v=Mm3FpaEEan4

For more information on Recipes for Success you can contact the GAAâs Health & Wellbeing

Coordinator Stacey.cannon@gaa.ie .