2024 – 2025 Expression of Interest MGL Clubs Only

DDSL Season 2024 – 2025 Expression of Interest MGL Clubs only

The DDSL have been advised that following on from a meeting with the FAI – SFAI and the NDSL-MGL a decision to grant clubs the freedom of choice to register their girls teams with their league of choice has been decided upon on the proviso that it is ALL girls teams.

The DDSL have sought and await clarification on a number of items in relation to the agreement, once clarified favourably the DDSL will open an Expression of Interest for MGL Clubs seeking to transfer ALL of their girls teams to the DDSL.  

All clubs seeking to make the move to the DDSL please register your interest to eoi@ddsl.ie only. No registered interest will be considered unless it is presented to the eoi@ddsl.ie email address for processing.

For clubs who are registering an interest and who do not have a current club account on the DDSL Fusion system please provide the following details in your registration.

CLUB NAME:
CLUB SECRETARY NAME:
CLUB SECRETARY MOBILE:
CLUB SECRETARY EMAIL:

Schedule Timeframe:

August 16th 5PM        Expression of Interest Open.

August 19th 5PM        Expression of Interest Closed. (No applications will be considered after this date).

August 20th 5PM        Successful applicants notified.

August 21st 5PM        Close time for successful applicants to register their teams

U13 – U16 Draft League Information

Dear Secretaries.

The divisions for the under 13s – 16s  (boys & girls) are now available on the website for viewing.

https://ddsl.ie/drafts/

Please review ASAP, should you have any queries please send them to the following email address only registrations@ddsl.ie 

Ensure you include in your email all and any relevant information for your request, to allow the FSMT to make a final decision if a change will be permitted – please note all requests MUST be submitted by close of business 5pm on Saturday 17th August 2024.

 

PLEASE NOTE:

U17/18 league drafts now Completed

Opening Club Secretaries meeting and Football AGM

Opening Club Secretaries meeting and Football AGM

Meeting Monday 12th August 2024

Conference centre, Abbottstown

Start 7.30pm

All clubs to attend this important meeting

Player Registrations Now Open

Player Registrations are now open for the 2024/2025 Season

Full details are within the link for new and existing players

It is recommended this is completed early to ensure they can play when season starts

To be completed at least 1 week before the players first match of the season

Player Registrations

DDSL x Q102 Competition

Dublin’s Q102, proud partners of the DDSL are thrilled to announce the 2nd blitz to sponsor local football teams within the DDSL. The previous jersey giveaway just weeks ago had THOUSANDS of entries when we left the voting to you – which resulted in over 120,000 votes in 24 hours. This time, 5 teams will get a new set of jerseys just in time for the new season. 

 

So, we want to hear from you!! 

 

Head to Q102.ie/football to enter and tell us about your team and why you need a new set of jerseys 

 

 Dublin’s Q102, proudly supporting the DDSL.

2024/25 FAI Youth Cup Entry Open

Please be advised that entry for the 2024/25 FAI Youth Cup has now opened. The closing date for entries for this competition is Sunday 18th August 2024. Due to the timelines, no entries will be accepted after this date.

 

Where applicable, can league secretaries please circulate this email to all your relevant clubs. Please make sure to include the attached guide when circulating to your clubs.

 

Please see the provisional fixture (weekending) dates for this competition below.

 

Competition FAI Youth Cup 2024/25
Prelim Round 15/09/2024
Round 1 06/10/2024
Round 2 27/10/2024
Round 3 24/11/2024
Round 4 26/01/2025
Quarter Finals 23/02/2025
Semi Finals 30/03/2025
Final 04/05/2025

 

FOR CLUB SECRETARIES

 

Please the below link for the FAI Youth Cup 2024/25. Attached is a guide on how to complete the entry form and make payment for this competition. The guide also contains steps on how to create a club account for FAI Connect.

 

FAI Youth Cup 2024/25 – Entry & Payment Link

 

Each club’s entry form information & payment will be processed through FAI Connect. If your club has not yet created an FAI Connect account, please contact FAIConnect faiconnect@fai.ie by email.

 

It is the responsibility of the club secretary to review all answers and make sure all information is clear and accurate.

 

The cost of entry for the competition is €30. One entry is permitted per club. Eligibility: Players born in 2007 or later.

 

PAYMENT PAGE STEPS – A comprehensive guide is attached to this email which includes images of each step.

  1. Login to your club’s FAI Connect Account – Personal Accounts with no affiliated club will not work.
  2. Follow the above link and you will be brought to the entry payment page.
  3. Firstly, select your club’s team ID from the list available.
  4. Select participation confirmation by selecting ‘Add to Cart’.
  5. Provide all club details (Kit Colours, Ground Address etc) – complete all questions and select ‘Add to Cart’ again.
  6. Select the Cart, then proceed to Checkout.
  7. Select ‘Pay Online Now (Stripe)’ and then ‘Proceed’.
  8. Lastly, provide card details to complete payment. You will be provided with a receipt of payment to the email address associated with the FAI Connect Account

 

Please don’t hesitate to contact me (garret.higgins@fai.ie) if you require any further information.

DDSL Girls Section Meeting Monday 29th July

TO: All DDSL Secretaries/Girls Managers/Coaches:

Please note a meeting has been arranged for the ‘DDSL Girls Section’ on Monday 29thJuly 2024. There will be two separate meeting to deal with queries/updates for the different age groups.

A number of updates will be discussed including….Teams looking to play either U13 9-a-side or 11-a-side…..Update on MGL teams transferring to the DDSL etc.

To be held in the FAI Media Room, Abbotstown.

U7’s to U11’s : 6.45pm to 7.45pm

U12’s to U18’s: 8pm to 9.15pm

 

Our Head of Girls Section…Zoe Poole & our Director of Coaching Barry Ferguson will be in further contact with the ‘Agenda’

If there any issues you would like to have on the agenda…please e-mail Zoe at zoe.poole.fixsec@ddsl.ie

Please advise your ‘Managers/Coaches/Fix Sec to attend as we are always looking for feedback…both positive/negative.

SSG Surveys for Season 24-25

Dear Club Secretary

Please see below a Survey Link for all managers/coaches for the Boys/Girls teams for the age groups u7’s; u8’s; u9’s; u10’s & u11’s to be completed via Sportlomo:

https://ddsl.sportsmanager.ie/sportlomo/registration/event-registration/index/14189

This survey is vital in helping the Fixture Secretaries allocate the teams to their proper Divisions.

With regards to the u11’s Divisions…there are some results recorded already but the surveys will also assist in placing teams in the correct Division going into u12’s.

Please bear in mind, that if your Survey is not completed by your manager/coach there will be no point in clubs complaining about the Division they are entered into in September 2024.  As there are so many teams & the format is ‘non-Competition’ with no results recorded…this is the only logical way to ensure teams are in the correct Division and not resulting in huge scores/wins/losses etc…which is of no benefit to anyone.

Also, any comments/suggestions on DDSL are welcome…both positive/negative.

Please forward to all your relevant managers/coaches.  All surveys must be submitted by 31st July. It would be appreciated to receive these Survey Forms as soon as possible to allow us to plan for next season.

 

Any queries please contact us at clubcare@ddsl.ie

 

Yours in Sport

Mick Kennedy

General Manager

DDSL League Presentations 2023 – 2024

Please note that we plan to present DDSL League Medals to all teams on Saturday 15th June & Sunday 16th June in Abbotstown from 9.30am to 1pm.

Managers & Captains are invited to attend where we will present your Medals & a photo taken with the DDSL Cup for social media.

To ensure it runs smoothly the times for presenting Medals will be from 9.30am to 10.30am; 10.30am to 11.30am; & 11.30am to 1pm. If you can confirm by e mail to clubcare@ddsl.ie what time slot you will attend on the different days so we can have your Medals ready to present.

Well done to the clubs who finished Winners/Runners Up & also to all clubs & coaches/volunteers for putting in the hard work through-out the season.

Expression of Interest for TYPE-4 Clubs Now Open

Expression of Interest for TYPE-4 Clubs is now Open and all club Secretaries will be in receipt of an instruction email to assist in completing the process.

TYPE-4 Club Expression of Interest remains Open until 5PM on Friday June 21ST 2024

The DDSL Submission Committee have provided the date of Friday 21st JUNE @ 5PM as the closed date\time for submissions.

Clubs who fail to complete the submission on or before the deadline will not be guaranteed entry into the process, in turn they will be placed on a waitlist for consideration, to avoid this the DDSL EOI Submission Committee urge you to complete the 5 minute process early and well ahead of the deadline.

In order to complete the process you are advised to use the Main Club Username and Password provided to your club by the EOI Helpdesk at the start of season 2023-2024, you have probably been using these login account details throughout the season.

NOTE: Do not use any other sub-accounts that your club may have set up on the system as these sub-accounts do not have access to the EOI Process Package.

HELP IS AT HAND

If for some reason you do not have access to your Login Details or your club contact has changed please advise us of the issue and send updated contact details to eoi@ddsl.ie only, as it is the EOI Helpdesk only who can update changes to User Accounts.

Also we have attached a Quick Guide Handbook to assist you In completing the form.

The DDSL continue to be mindful of the stress that club volunteers face so it is important to note that if you seek assistance at an early stage we can decrease the stress and continue to support you through this process.

 

Quick Guide Link below:

DDSL Quick guide to completing the Expression of Interest Form Season 2024- 2025