Aughavas GAA Club Notes 08/12/2017

LOTTO – Our next lotto draw will take place in Terry Shortt’s Heritage Bar on Saturday 9th December with Noel and Dan’s Team.  Lotto jackpot is €9,700 – wouldn’t it be a nice win before the Christmas? Envelopes are €2 each or Three for a €5.

FUNDRAISING DRAW – Aughavas GAA Fundraising Draw tickets are now for sale. €20 each or a book of three tickets for €50.  1st Prize is €3,000, 2nd Prize €1,000 and 5 Prizes of €100.

AGM – The Club held its AGM on Friday night last with a large attendance.  Chairman Colm Moran thanked all the committee members for their work during the year.   The following are the Officers for 2018 – Chairman:  Colm Moran, Vice Chairman: Noel Shortt, Secretary:  Anna McKiernan, Assistant Secretary:  Marion McCabe, Treasurer: Diane Charles, Assistant Treasure: Martin Bohan, Registrar: Fintan McBrien & Niall Maguire, Development & IT Officer: Terry Williams, Insurance Officer:  Dan O’Brien, Coaching Officer: Ray McBrien, Healthy Club Officer: Pauline McKiernan, Children’s Officers: Noel Shortt & Mary Mitchell.

PLAYERS MEETING – A players meeting will take place in the Clubrooms on Friday 8th December.

CONGRATULATIONS – Congratulations to Michael, Gabriel & Vincent McCabe, Rossan who are the Guests of Honor at the Leitrim NY GFC Dinner Dance in Gaelic Park, New York USA on Saturday night 9th December. The lads are great supporters of Aughavas GAA and we wish them all the best on the night as this is a great honour and achievement.

Allen Gaels GAA Club Notes 08/12/2017

U-16 Girls – The girls played the long-awaited U-16 Final against Glencar Manorhamilton on Saturday in Leitrim Village. Unfortunately, we could not overcome a very strong Manor team despite some very good performances from quite a few of the girls.

Allen Gaels got off to the perfect start when Caoimhe McGarry burst through the Manor defence and found the net after just 30 seconds. Olwyn Moore put another past the Manorhamilton keeper a few minutes later to put us into an early lead.

Unfortunately, we couldn’t push on and add to this lead. Manor kept the scoreboard ticking over and started to take control of the game before the end of the first half. Just before the end of the first half Muireann Devaney found the net and stretched the lead to 5 points at the interval 1-10 to 2-02. Manor started the second half the way they ended the first and never looked back. Allen Gaels could never get to terms with the Manor forward line, in particular, Muireann Devaney and Leah Fox who were both excellent. The final score was 2-16 to 2-04. All the girls played their hearts out and in particular the midfield partnership of Caoimhe McGarry and Roisin McGrenaghan who gave a powerful display, Caoimhe being our stand out player on the day. Olwyn Moore, Jaclyna Ozdobinska, Maria McGrenaghan and Lauryn McKeon all had very good performances also. Well done to the team on their efforts all year and a special thank you to Cara McTigue, Sinead Dolan & Eamonn McGowan for their work with the girls.

25 Card Drive – Allen Gaels 25 Card Game continues every  Sunday evening in Aras Phadraig at 8:30pm. Refreshments served. All welcome.

Lotto – There was no winner of the lotto jackpot & the numbers drawn were 06-09-21-23. The 5 prize winners of €20 each were: Kaila Lee Smith, Drumkeeran; Anna McGovern, Kilnagross; Elizabeth Smith, Tarmon; Pius Earley, Mount Allen and Nuala Maguire, Ballinaglera. The jackpot now stands at €2,200. Also a reminder that annual lotto tickets are available from any club officers for €85 for the year.

Church Gate Collection – Many thanks to everyone who supported the club’s collection so generously last weekend.

New Arrival – Congratulations to Riona and Wayne Gilgunn on the birth of their daughter, Sadhbh, last week.

Sympathy – The club extends deepest condolences to the Malone Family, Dristernan on the sad passing of Christina in New York last week.

Glencar/Manorhamilton GAA Club Notes 08/12/2017

Dermot Molloy Hurling League Shield Final – Hard luck to the lads who lost the Shield Final to Carrick Hurling at the weekend.

Ordination – This Sunday will be a very special day for the Kelly family and our parish as Padraig Kelly will be ordained a Deacon at 2.30 in Clare’s Church.  Everyone is invited to the ceremony and for light refreshments afterwards in the Bee Park Community Centre.  Padraig has given a lifetime of dedication to our club and we hope as many as possible can join him and his family on Sunday for this very unique and special occasion.

Best Wishes – The club wishes to extend its best wishes to club player, Shona Sheridan, for a speedy recovery following her recent injury.  Shona, unfortunately, missed the U16 County Final last Saturday but we hope to see her back in the blue and yellow in the near future.

4 in a row for U16 Girls – Congratulations to our U16 girls’ team and management of Marie Keaney and Neil Faulkner who retained the U16 County Title after a comprehensive victory over St Francis on Saturday last on a score-line of 2-16 to 2-4.  In front of an excellent crowd, the Manor girls took to the Leitrim Village field in a determined fashion and led at halftime by 1-10 to 2-2.  Despite the score-line, the game was a tight contest and the girls were eventual winners on a score-line of 2-16 to 2-4 after a well-contested game where a great all round team performance won the day for the Manor side. Team captain Alva Sheridan lifted the Kalie Gill Memorial Cup for the “4 in a Row” on behalf of her teammates.

Minor Girls Connacht Final – All roads lead to St Croan’s, Ballintubber, Co Roscommon this Saturday, 9th December,  for the Minor Ladies Connacht Final. Corofin are the opposition having defeated Eastern Harps comprehensively in the other semi-final. In what promises to be an intriguing battle the ladies are well prepared by Neil Faulkner and Marie Keaney and are hoping to capture the Connacht title for the first time in the Club’s history. The game kicks off at 2pm and we ask everyone to Please Support the Ladies if at all possible.

Leitrim Young Sports Star – We extend congratulations to Muireann Devaney who was selected as the winner of the Young Sports Star Award at the recent Leitrim Sports Partnership Awards. Muireann’s prowess in Gaelic and Soccer are well recognised throughout the county and beyond and this award is a glowing testament to that. Muireann was also honoured as a member of the Leitrim U14 Ladies team who won the All Ireland B title in the Juvenile Team of the Year category and it was a further honour for the club that Mairead Clancy was also a member of that winning side. Our club congratulates all the deserving award winners and acknowledges the contributions of all the nominees and award recipients to Sport in Leitrim.

Club Academy – Every Friday night our Club Academy for girls and boys takes place in St Clare’s Secondary School Gymnasium unless otherwise notified. U7’s from 6-7pm, U9’s from 7-8pm and U11’s from 8-9pm.  New players are welcomed every week.

Mohill GAA Club Notes 08/12/2017

National GAA Draw – Tickets for this draw are on sale locally for €10. There are some great prizes and all go to the Club.

New Baby – Congratulations to Sinéad McLoughlin and her partner Martin on the birth of their beautiful baby girl Sadie last week. Our Chairman Padraig and his wife Claire’s first grandchild.

Fittest family – The Beirne family are keeping Mohill on the map with great performances in Ireland’s Fittest Family on RTE at 6.30 on Sundays

Under 21 – St Manchan’s have qualified for the Under 21final which takes place in Pairc Seán on Sunday next at 2pm. On Sunday last they played St Brigid’s and it was another cracker of a game with good clean physical football played by both teams. St Brigids were minus their two County stars and Mohill played without Liam Rowley. Our scorers were, Keith Beirne 0-8, Fiacra McGuinness 2-2, Ronan Gordon 0-1, Oisín Madden 0-1, Ethan Harkin 0-1, Keith Keegan 0-1, Jordan Reynolds 0-1, OG.

PJ Carroll RIP – Former publican PJ Carroll who was laid to rest in Mohill last week. His boys Peter, Seamus, Cathal, Fergus, Cyril and Jarlath have all donned the green jersey of Mohill and continue to support us in all our fundraising from the US. To his dear wife Kitty and his boys, we send our deepest sympathy.

Liam Rowley – Congratulations to Liam Rowley who played in the Universities League All Ireland final where his college RCSI beat DCU, a first for the college in serious competition. Unfortunately, Liam got injured towards the end of the game and St Manchan’s were without his services on Sunday last

Girls Under 16 – The Under 16 girls keep the flag flying when they beat St Brigids in the Under 16 Shield final at the weekend. The girls have contested four finals this year and the future looks good. The team on Friday was, Chloe Mulligan, Ellen McGuinness, Rose Reynolds, Sophie Ferns, Emily Harkin, Sinéad McNabola, Niamh Beirne and Sarah Doyle were joint captains, Allanah McGuinness, Rachel Stenson, Sarah Boyle, Laura Casey, Kate McGuinness, April Doyle, Sarah Murphy, Geraldine Reynolds and Aobha Macklin. Bella Rowley and Sarah Dugdale were out with injuries on the day. Well done to Simon and Siobhán McGuinness who trained the girls all year.

Bornacoola GAA Club Notes 04/12/2017

AGM – A very well attended AGM was held in the GAA Centre on Sunday evening last. The meeting heard detailed reports from the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer as well as from the Chairpersons of the various club subcommittees. Tributes were paid to the outgoing Chairman Noel Mc Closkey and to outgoing Treasurer Martina Hackett for the commitment and dedication they had shown to the club over a long number of years in their respective posts. Both, of course, will be remaining very much involved in the coming years as Noel was elected to the Club Executive and Martina moved to the role of Assistant Treasurer. Tributes were also paid to the outgoing Senior and Junior management teams and in particular to Declan Bohan as senior team manager. Pat Farrell (Esker) was elected to the position of Chairman with Brian Mallon taking over as Treasurer. Best of luck to you both. The full list of officers returned was; Presidents: Fr Gerry O’Brien and Shay Reynolds; Chairman: Pat Farrell; Vice Chairman Kevin Mallon; Secretary Shane Reynolds; Assistant Secretary/Registrar Damian Mc Guinness; Treasurer Brian Mallon; Assistant Treasurer Martina Hackett; P.R.O Feargal Mc Gill; Development Officer Vinny Canning; Oifigeach Cultúra Aidan Dockery; Youth/Coaching Officer Trevor Howard; Children’s Officer/Health and Well Being Officer Claire Mallon; Co Board Delegates (from): Tom Duignan, Noel Mc Closkey, Shay Reynolds; Bord na nÓg delegates to be selected from the underage subcommittee; Ladies Board delegates to be selected from the Ladies subcommittee; Club Executive members: Suzanne Maguire, John Woods, Brian Conroy, Noel Mc Closkey, Jonathan Duffy and Niall O Riordan.
Congratulations – Our congratulations to former player and club Treasurer Jackie Conboy and new bride Emma Healy who were married in St Joseph’s on Saturday last and celebrated with friends and family at a Reception in Lough Rynn. Congrats to you and your families.
Membership – New membership rates for the club were set at last Sunday’s AGM – Adult Playing Membership (which include Gym access) was set at €100 (€40 for Students), €20 for non-playing membership and €20 for youth membership to a maximum of €50 per family. Membership can be paid to Brian Mallon or Damien Mc Guinness.
Club Grounds of the Year Bornacoola were presented with an award for best club grounds in Leitrim 2017 at the Connacht GAA Presentation night on Friday last. Well done to our hardworking park committee and to all who supported our new development this year and our thanks to Connacht GAA for supporting us in this venture; we hugely appreciate this recognition at the end of the process.
Pride of Place – Well done to all those involved in putting together Bornacoola’s entry in the Pride of Place Awards in 2017, including the GAA club and a host of other local bodies led by the Bornacoola Community Development Association. At Saturday night’s awards in Letterkenny, the parish was named as 2nd overall in Ireland, an incredible achievement for the area.
Hurling initiative – The children in Scoil Mhuire are currently participating in a new 6-week Cumann na mBunscol initiative, in conjunction with Leitrim GAA Coaching and Games Development, to make the game of hurling more accessible to children in the county. Well done to all involved and in particular and to our own teachers who have taken on the coaching roles as the initiative is rolled out. Maith sibh go léir.

Gortletteragh GAA Club Notes 29/11/2017

AGM – AGM takes place Sat 9th Dec in the Community Centre @ 8pm. Nominations for positions and motions for discussion to be emailed to the Secretary at secretary.gortletteragh.Leitrim@gaa.ie no later than Wed 6th December. All are welcome.

U21 – Last week’s U21 game vs St Manachans fell foul of the weather conditions, this weekend the lads are away to Ballinamore SOH on Saturday afternoon, throw in 12.00 noon, time subject to change.

St Mary’s Kiltoghert GAA Club Notes 29/11/2017

CLUB AGM – Our Club AGM takes place this Saturday 2nd December in the Clubhouse at 8pm. All Club members are encouraged to attend. New Club members are also very welcome.

SCÓR NA NÓG – Preparations are well underway for participation in this year’s Scór na nÓg and Laura has everyone practising their acts.

Scór na nÓg (Junior Scór) 2017/2018 Leitrim County finals are set for Sunday 10th of December @ 2pm, Venue TBC

Leitrim Quiz Final
Sunday 8th of January 2018
Venue TBC

LOTTO – Play our Smart Lotto online by clicking on http://bit.ly/StMarysKiltoghert Tickets cost €2 and the Jackpot currently stands at €10,000

ST MARY’S ON-LINE SHOP – To purchase club gear for Christmas please visit O’Neill’s website-GAA-Ireland-St. Marys Kiltoghert GAA or go to the shop on our Facebook page.

OSKARS DVD – The DVD of our OsKaRs night on 7th October will be going on sale from next week so please keep an eye on Facebook for further details.

BABY JOY – Congratulations to Clodagh and David McDonagh on the recent birth of their beautiful baby boy Dáithí, a little brother for Páidí.

Leitrim Gaels GAA Club Notes 29/11/2017

Club AGM – Please be advised that the Clubs AGM will take place this Sunday 3rd December 2017 at 17:00 at the Club House.

If you have any motions or agenda items please forward to Linda at secretary.leitrimgaels.leitrim@gaa.ie

If you are interested in any committee or executive position also let us know.2017 has been a very successful year for the club on and off the pitch.

Club Merchandise – Leitrim Gaels 2018 Calendars covering our year’s events have been ordered and will be here in the next few days. A great Christmas present.

Anyone who ordered half zips and final DVDs can be collected from 4-5.30 Saturday or from 4pm Sunday. Any queries please contact Mark Chandler or Beirne Goldrick

Congratulations – Well done to Community Games team on Juvenile Team of the Year award at the Leitrim Sports Stars awards last Friday. Also Liam Moreton and Matthew Early on their nominations.

Sympathy – The club wishes to extend its sympathy to the Moffatt family the n sudden passing of Pat.

Glenfarne/Kiltyclogher GAA Club Notes 29/11/2017

AGM – Our Annual General Meeting takes place on Saturday 2nd December in The Rainbow at 8:30pm. We hope to see all our footballers, old and new supporters along with those who have an interest in the club attending.

Underage – We will be presenting our U8s & U10s with their new training tops on Friday at half 6 in The Rainbow! All supporters & Parents of da kids are welcome 2 attend!

Kiltubrid GAA Club Notes 29/11/2017

Race Night – A very well attended night’s racing made the Kiltubrid GAA & Kiltubrid Ladies GAA race night a great success.  All profits go directly to the maintenance and development of Pairc Cill Tiobraid.  Many thanks to everyone involved in organizing and running the race night in any way big or small and to our helpful hosts Gertie’s Bar.  Thank you to our Raffle sponsors on the night, Brendan Barry and Jack Lee.  Many thanks to our Sponsors:  Gertie’s Bar, Lee’s Shop & Post Office, Kelly’s Driving Lessons, Innovate Carpentry, North West Tool Hire, King & Moffat, GSSD Plastering & Drylining, Hegarty Demolition, Lynch’s Paint & Wallpaper, Greener Excavation and Cross Wired Electrical.  Thank you to all who bought and sold horses/trainers/jockeys, Horses in our auction race and gave donations.  A full list of race winners is available on our Facebook page.

Club Awards – Well done to our Club Award Winners who were presented with their Awards last in Gerties Canal Stop. Club Person of the Year Noelle Easterbrook,  Junior Player of the Year Christopher McKeon and Senior Player of the Year Shane Foley

Kit Bag Sponsorship – The club wishes to thank Carmel Murphy of  HR Solutions for the recent kind sponsorship of club bags for the Under 15 and Under 17 players.

Schools Win – Well done to Kealen McKeon who is a trainer of the St Pats, Cavan team which won the Ulster Schools Rannafast Cup last weekend against St Michaels, Enniskillen.

Ballinaglera GAA Club Notes 29/11/2017

AGM – Ballinaglera GAA AGM will take place on this Sunday, December 3rd at 2pm sharp. It really is important that the AGM is well supported. 2017 was a successful year on the pitch with the club fielding two teams for the first time in several years and also the seniors lifting their first title in 21 years. There was also a lot of work done on the development of St Hugh’s Park. We really are in a great position going forward. However, it is vital that all club members, particularly players both male and female as well as parents of any underage children and anyone using the field in any capacity are present at the AGM.

Dinner Dance – Final tickets for the Dinner Dance will be available at the weekend at the AGM. As most are aware by now it will take place on the 9th of December in The Landmark Hotel. A night of celebration for the 2017 League Winners and also the 25th Anniversary of the 1992 Winning Team with a special guest on the night. Dinner is at 8.00 pm sharp. Tickets cost €30 and are available from committee members Ann Flood 087-2747175, Sarah Loughlin 087-9363862, Ailish Cornyn, James Wynne, John Mulvey and Barry Mc Gourty. They are selling out so please do not leave it to the last minute to get a ticket.

Dinner Dance Bus – A bus is being organised for the Dinner Dance for €10 return. It will leave Dowra at 6.15 pm and Ballinaglera at 6.30 pm sharp. If you want to book your name on the bus please contact Sarah 087-9363862.

Club Meeting – Final club meeting of the year will take place this Wednesday evening at 9.30 pm sharp in Ballinaglera Hall.

Scór – Anyone interested in taking part in Junior Scór please contact Padraig Loughlin 087-2747205.

Congratulations – The club would like to congratulate Michael Cornyn on his Special Achievement award at The Leitrim Sports Star Awards night at the weekend. Very much deserved for all the hard work that he has put in winning his 3 world medals.

Masters – Belated congratulations to the Leitrim/Longford Masters team who defeated Kildare in the Gaelic Masters Plate Final the weekend before last. Colm Maguire represented Ballinaglera.

Fenagh St Caillin’s GAA Club Notes 29/11/2017

Annual General Meeting – The AGM of Fenagh St Caillins GAA Club will be held on Saturday evening next 2nd December 2017 at 6pm in the Fenagh Visitor Centre. All Club members are encouraged to attend. New Club members are also welcome.
U21 Championship – Last weekends fixture fell due the inclement weather. On Sunday next Fenagh/Gortletteragh are scheduled to play Sean O’Heslins in Páirc Sheán Ui Heislin at 12midday.
SCÓR NA NÓG – Scór na nÓg (Junior Scór) 2017/2018 Leitrim County finals will take place on Sunday 10th of December @ 2pm, Venue to be announced. If anybody is interested in representing Fenagh St Caillins in any of the following Scór na nÓg events please contact our Scór Officer Martin Doonan on 0861276975: Rince Foirne (Figure Dance): Amhránaíocht Aonair (Solo Singing): Aithriseoireacht/Scéalaíocht (Recitation): Bailéad Ghrúpa (Ballad Group): Léiriú Stáitse (Stage Play): Ceol Uirlise (Instrumental Music): Rince Seit (Set Dancing).
 
SCÓR NA NÓG – Leitrim Quiz Final takes place on Sunday 8th of January 2018 at a Venue to be announced. If anybody is interested in participating please contact Vincent O’Rourke.
 
National Club Draw 2018 – Members of the Fenagh St Caillins Club will be calling to houses in the Parish with tickets for the National Club Draw over the next week or so. All the proceeds of tickets sold by the Club are retained by the Club and will help with the day to day running of all Club facilities and activities during 2018. The tickets cost €10 each and as always your continued support is very much appreciated.
Indoor GAA/PE – training for boys continues in the Fenagh Handball Alley on Tuesdays. Boys born in 2011 or more recently (U6s) but in primary school can attend from 6:30 until 7:10.Those born in 2008, 2009 or 2010 (U9s) are there from 7:15 until 8:05.
Leitrim Sports Star Awards – Congratulations to all the award winners at last weekend’s event.