Executive Committee / Call for motions and Michael Darmody Award Nominations 2024

Dear Colleague,

We hope this email finds you well and wish you the very best as the new school year begins. With our AGM and Conference in Limerick on the 4th and 5th of October fast approaching, the PEAI Executive are issuing a call for;

New Members to the PEAI Executive Committee
Motions
Nominations for our Michael Darmody Award.

PEAI Executive Committee

The PEAI are seeking nominations for the election of members to its Executive Committee. It can be a very rewarding role for those able and willing to take on a new challenge! Nominations must be proposed and seconded by current PEAI members and should be made in writing (via email to; info@peai.org) before 5pm on Friday, the 6th September, 2024.

Motions

Any motions should also be sent via email to; info@peai.org before 5pm on Friday, the 6th September, 2024.

Michael Darmody Award

This award was launched by the PEAI in 2011 to recognise those who have made an outstanding contribution to physical education in Ireland. It is presented annually at our PEAI AGM. The award is named in memory of the late Michael Darmody, who imagined a new future for physical education in Ireland and worked strategically and tirelessly towards its attainment.

To date we have had 11 extremely worthy winners in Ger Murphy (2011), Con Moynihan (2012), Anne Moran (2013), Paddy Reilly (2014), Mary O’Flaherty (2015), PJ Smyth (2016), Pat Critchley (2017), Deborah Tannehill (2018), Donal Dowd (2019), Fiona Clancy (2020), Tony Weir (2021), Brian O’Reilly (2022) and Mary O’Sullivan (2023).

A brief nomination form is attached here and can be sent to info@peai.org. The closing date for nominations is Friday, September 13th at 5pm.

Important updates and reminders;

PEAI AGM & Conference, 2024 – https://www.peai.org/conference/ (Brochure and booking will go live in mid-September – Keep an eye on your emails & our social channels – Athletes from the recent olympics and paralympic games in Paris will feature!)
PEAI Equipment Giveaway Competition – An email will go out to members for a whopping €3,000 PE Equipment Competition and further four €750 vouchers. Full competition details will be released in the coming days on our website. https://www.peai.org/latest-news/
PEAI Position Statement on School Uniform – In collaboration with researchers at the University of Limerick, the PEAI will release a position on school uniform next week that we urge our members to bring to the attention of school management where relevant. Members will receive an email and it will be shared across our social channels.

We welcome members’ thoughts, suggestions and feedback, please do not hesitate to reach out to us via email (info@peai.org) or via the contact form on our website.

Kind regards,
PEAI Executive Committee