Dunnes Bar Division 2 – Well done to the lads who enjoyed a great start to the league with a 0-15 to 1-08 win over Bornacoola in Dromod. Next game vs Kiltubrid next Saturday at 5pm in St Osnat’s
pitch, Glencar.
 
 
Underage – A tough week for our underage teams with the U17 team suffering away defeats to Drumkeeran and Rinn Gaels. Our U13 team were also defeated away to St Joseph’s. 
 
Training – We had an excellent turnout for the return of underage training last week. Training continues on Tuesdays in St Clare’s gym, Manorhamilton. 
U7 6.30-7.30pm, U9 7-8pm and U11 8-9pm. New players very welcome. Please wear gumshields and remember to bring a drink. 
 
Registration – A reminder that all players must be registered for insurance purposes. 
 
Club Gear – For anyone wishing to purchase club gear it is available on http://www.oneills.com 
Club Meeting – The next club meeting takes place on Sunday 8th April at 7.30pm in The Pavillion. All members asked to attend.

Dunnes Bar Division 2 – We kicked off our league campaign at home against Mohill on Easter Sunday in the park. We made a slow start against Mohill’s second team and trailed 1-02 to no score after 10 minutes but a Gareth Higgins goal settled the nerves & in the 10 minutes before halftime we hit 2-06 to turn the game around the goals from Thomas Mulvey & Mark Gunning. The halftime score was 3-06 to 1-03 and we added a further 7 points after the break to secure a comfortable win. Scorers were: Nicholas Moore 0-06; Gareth Higgins 1-02; Thomas Mulvey 1-01; Mark Gunning 1-00; Bryan Beirne 0-02; Niall Sorohan 0-01; Martin Raftery 0-01. No details yet of next weekend’s fixture but best of luck to the lads & the management team.

Newtowngore Engineering U-17 League – The U-17’s were beaten by Ballinamore Sean O’Heslins in the park on Wednesday by 1-15 to 1-08. Best wishes to Emmet Moran for a speedy recovery after suffering a serious ankle injury during the match. We have 2 games remaining against St. Josephs & St. Marys so best of luck to Mickey, Fergus, Noel and the team.

Barna Recycling U-13 League – The U-13’s lost out away to Annaduff last Thursday 4-06 to 2-02 and had a good win over Fenagh in the park on Sunday evening 6-08 to 1-07. Best of luck to Cyril, Kenneth, Richard & the lads in the Shield semi-final next week.

St. Francis Ladies – The ladies are away to Mohill on Sunday morning. Best of luck to Paul, Gareth & the team.

Underage Coaching – The Saturday morning sessions are back in the park on Saturday mornings at 10am for boys U-7 to U-11 & girls U-7 to U-12.

Mothers and Others –  Gaelic Football training has resumed on Wednesdays in The Mayflower at 8pm. Anyone with an interest in learning new skills or those who may have played previously are welcome to join. It’s a great opportunity to get fit, have fun and make new friends! All are welcome.

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 05-21-22-25. The 5 prize winners of €20 each were: Mairead Doyle, Drumshanbo; Mairin Heron, Corlough; Louise Keaney, Aughacashel; Cara Pharmacy, Drumshanbo and Michaela & Connor McDonagh, Dristernan. The jackpot now stands at €3,800.

Volleyball – Congratulations to the 5 players from Drumshanbo Vocational School who represented Ireland in Kilkenny recently and a special word for club players Gareth Gilmartin, Fergal Moran & Emmet Moran on what was a fantastic achievement. Well done lads!

Sympathy – The Club extends deepest condolences to the Mulvey Family, Rockwell Park on the sad passing of Julia Mulvey last week. May she rest in peace.

Seniors Men Div 1 – A tough loss to Aughnasheelin last weekend in the first game of the year. There was great Drumkeerin support for the away game. Next up, away again, this time vs Gortletteragh on Saturday at 6:30. Best of luck lads.

Juniors Men Div 3 – well done to our Junior men’s team who beat St Marys last Sunday. A good battle to come back from being six points down at halftime and win by two. Well done, no fixture this week.

Senior Ladies – a tough loss at home this weekend to Glencar-Manor, hard luck girls. No fixture this upcoming weekend.

U17 – well done to the lads on another win last Wednesday against Dromahair, and well done on topping the group. Best of luck in the playoffs.

U13 – unlucky on two defeats over the long weekend lads. Big game coming up this week against Fenagh at home in Drumkeerin. The fixture will be confirmed on the Drumkeerin social media pages. Best of luck

U14 Ladies – unlucky to the girls on their loss last weekend. They play Annaduff at home this week, the fixture will be confirmed on the Drumkeerin social media pages. Best of luck

Lotto – there was no jackpot winner of the lotto this weekend. Numbers drawn were 4, 11, 22 and 26. The five €20 winners were Jimmy McPadden, Eamon Fallon, Pauric Murphy, Francis Davitt and Bernadette McKeown (Boyle).
Club/Executive meeting – the next club meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 11th, at 9pm in the Rowanberry, on the Main Street.
Easter – Happy Easter to all our members at home and abroad – we hope it is a safe and enjoyable one for everybody.
County Football – Well done to Jack and Seamus and the Seniors on picking up a good win over Wicklow as they build momentum for the big clash vs NY in six weeks time

County Hurling – Hard luck to the Leitrim Hurlers and our representatives Cathal Kevin and of course Eslins Conor, a former Gortletteragh hurler, as they pushed Lancashire all the way in Ballyconnel on Sunday.

Dunnes Bar Division 1 – Club action gets underway this weekend as we host Fenagh in the park at 6.30 this Saturday evening. Please come out and support the lads as they look to start 2018 off on a good note

Swan Bar Division 3 – The Division 3 team travel to take on Eslin on Sunday at 12 noon looking for their first points of the league. All support much appreciated

Barna Recycling U13 – Our U13s played Drumkeeran on Sunday morning at home. We were well on top in the first half, but Drumkeeran came back strong. After a great game of football, Drumkeeran won by the narrowest of margins. We played some great football at times and probably a draw would have been the fairest result, but that’s football. Team : David Liu Doyle , Nathan Ryan, Luke McManus, Jonathan Boyle , Mathew Davis , George Glaze, Noah McNulty  Adam Reen, Ryan fanning, Riaghan Ward , Oisin Mcguire, Jack Gannon , Jack Reynolds, Tommy Reen. Our next game is down for Thursday evening away to Fenagh

Membership –A reminder to all that membership is now due and is set at €60 for players and €25 for non players.

Happy Easter – Wishing all our supporters and everyone connected with the club both at home and away a happy Easter.

RESULTS – Our U13’s had two wins during the week against Leitrim Gaels and St. Joseph’s in the Barna Recycling Under 13 League, our reserve team never got going against Leitrim Gaels and suffered a defeat. Our junior team were defeated on Saturday evening last by Cloone on a score line of 1.12 to 1.10 in the Swan Bar ACL Division 4 League. Well done to our U17 team and management who had a very strong win over St. Joseph’s in the John McCartin Newtowngore Engineering Under 17 League.

FIXTURES

Thursday 29th March:

Barna Recycling Under 13 League (15) St. Mary’s V’s Ballinamore SOH at 6.30pm in Páirc Naomh Mhuire.

Saturday 31st March:

John McCartin Newtowngore Engineering Under 17 League Division 1:

Ballinamore SOH V’s St. Mary’s at 12 noon in Ballinamore SOH

Dunne Bar Division 1 League:

St. Mary’s V’s Mohill at 6.30pm in Páirc Naomh Mhuire.

Sunday 01st April

Swan Bar ACL Division 3:

Drumkeerin V’s St. Mary’s at12 noon in Drumkeerin

Monday 02nd April

Barna Recycling Under 13 League (15) Melvin Gaels V’s St. Mary’s V’s at 6pm in Kinlough.

UNDERAGE ACADEMY –INDOOR GAELIC FOOTBALL continues in the Sports Complex on Saturday at the following times:

U8/U10 Girls from 10am-11am

U12 Girls from 11am-12pm

U7 boys and girls from 12pm-1pm.Please keep an eye on facebook for further details.

There will be no training on Sunday for U9 and U11 boys.

Please come along & spread the word among friends. New members very welcome.

LOTTO – Results 21/03/18
There was no winner of the Lotto Jackpot.

Numbers drawn 2, 9, 11 and 13.
€20 winners: Mike Gavigan Attyrory, Kieran Mahliff Kinlough, Maggie McTiernan St. Patricks Park, Ronan McAnnealy
Smart Lotto winner: Joe Shannon

Play our Smart Lotto online by clicking on http://bit.ly/StMarysKiltoghert Tickets cost €2 or you can enter a yearly lotto at a discounted rate of €80 which enters you into 52 draws. The Jackpot currently stands at €10,000.

MEMBERSHIP – Please ensure that you have your membership paid if you have not already done so you can get a form from your relevant coach, complete and return with payment.

LEITRIM HURLING – Commiserations to the hurlers who were beaten by Lancashire as they pulled away in the last quarter to win by 1.25 to 1.18.

LEITRIM FOOTBALLERS – Leitrim finished their League campaign on a positive note beating Wicklow on a scoreline of 2.15 to 0.10.   Well done to the team and management.  Next up is Gaelic Park, New York!

Scor  –  Connacht Champions  –  Comhghairdeas to our Bailéad Ghrupa on a great win in Scor Chonnachta on Monday last – a great honour for our  Club.  They now head to the All Ireland Final to represent their Club, County and Province – which is taking place on Saturday 14th April in Sligeach –  our representatives are Brendan Sammon, Cait Cullen, Shane McNulty, Cormac Sammon, Sheila Murray.  You can make enquiries re tickets to Sheila McNulty at 087 6527815.  Comisserations to our Rince Seit who also took part in Connacht Scor.

Easter Draw  –  Folks we are down to our last week so it very important that everyone makes a big effort to  sell their tickets  -as this is our main fundraiser for the year  for the running of our Club -we thank all who have bought tickets already and to those who have been out selling over the past few weeks – please make a good push for the last few days  –  Draw takes place in An Bhanc on Easter Sunday night – music on the nite with Alannah Maher .

Copies of the Club DVD are now on sale at €20 – this is a Double DVD set with all the memories of the 2017 Championship a great Souvenir for all at home and away.

Wishing a speedy recovery back to good health to  Kevin Boyle – Kevin you are being missed here at the Club – any chance you would get a few tickets sold there!  Hoping to see you home and out and about soon.

Combhrón  – Deepest sympathy to Margaret and Padraic  Murray and family on the sudden death of Margaret’s brother Dominick last week in Mayo – may he rest in peace.  Also to Kay Egan and family on the recent death of her sister Joan in Tipperary – may she rest in peace.

Happy Easter – Sending Easter greetings to all  our readers scattered all over the world and to all at the Observer.

Leitrim Football – Well done to the Leitrim lads on a great win against win against Wicklow in the national league, the team won by a score of 2:15 to 0:10. A special well done to the Ballinamore lads Dean McGovern and Matt Murphy who both started.

Leitrim Hurling – Comhghairdeas – After the Leitrim hurlers excellent performance against Cavan in the last round they earned a final place against Lancashire who they met on Sunday in Ballyconnell. Despite a tremendous performance by the Leitrim team taking the game into extra t,ime they were unfortunate to lose. We would all like to congratulate them on doing so well and wish them well in the Championship

Dunnes Bar ACL Division 1 – A busy weekend of football ahead with the Senior team launching their league campaign this Saturday at 1830 in Ballinamore. The opening fixture is against Leitrim Gaels and promises to be a great match and hopefully as many of you as possible can make your way to the Pairc to cheer the lads on.

Dunnes Bar ACL Division 2 – Our Division two team start their campaign on Sunday when they take on Cloone at 12:00 in Ballinamore, we would like to wish the lads the best of luck for the season ahead.

Newtowngore Engineering U17 League – Hard luck to the U17 lads who were beaten by Fenagh at the weekend, next up for the lads is a match against St Mary’s on Saturday in Ballinamore at 12:00

Barna Recycling U13 League – Our U13’s had a great win against Dromahair in the park on Sunday last. We hit the scoreboard first with brilliant points from Paul Honeyman and our Captain of the day Naoise McManus. Dromahair fought back level with two great score of their own. For 10mins the game was stale mate with end to end action with neither team able to take the advantage due to fine defending from both sides. Gavin Darcy finally broke the deadlock with a might long range effort which sailed over the bar. We began to pull ahead after a well worked team goal finished brilliantly by Paul Honeyman. Further scores from Louis Quinn and Michael McBrien and yet another goal this time by Naoise meant we had a comfortable lead of 2-6 to 4 goin into the second half. All of which came from hard work and pressure our midfielders Gavin and Tommy Smith put on the Dromahair kick out. In the second half, we continued our dominent spell without reward however we held on and ran out winners 2.9 to 1.7. Hard shifts were put in by every man especially in our back line, Cian McGovern and Michael

McBrien in particular. Team Darragh Gavin, Cian McGovern, Michael McBrien, Mark Ahern, Neil Sweeney, Michael Keegan, Paul Honeyman, Kaylon Murray, Gavin Darcy, Tommy Smith, Louis Quinn, Colum Gartland, Cathal MCarthy, Rian McManus, Harry Prior, Naoise McManus

Next up for the lads is a match on Monday away against Glencar Manor at 18:00

Leitrim GAA Coaching – Leitrim Coaching and game are seeking to recruit additional coaches to join our existing academy coaching teams at u14,15,16 and 17 grades. We feel this is a great opportunity for ambitious coaches to become involved and gain experience working with intercountry squads. Coaches who feel they would like to get involved are asked to contact County coaching officer Hughie Clinton (083-8575304) or County games manager Thomas Keenan (087-6591049) and will need to have completed the award 1 youth/adult coaching course, the safeguarding 1 (code of ethics) course and be Garda vetted through the GAA

Club Lotto Monday 26/03/2018

Numbers Drawn No’s 0 1 5 4 2 7 6 3

Ní raibh aon bhuaiteoir den Lotto ar Dé Luan seo caite. Duaiseanna do dhaoine a bhí i láthair ar an oíche:

House Draw Tommy Prior

Kindly sponsored Padraig S Prior

€40 each – Philip Murphy, Cornacreagh. Darren & Geraldine, Pairc Fea. Niall Connolly, Riverside. Philip Cassidy, Lahard.

Next week’s draw takes place in the Heritage with a jackpot of €3950

Club Registration – membership is now over-due. If you have not paid then it must be paid to Gabriel Flynn, immediately, if you wish to play for the club. Adults €40, Students €30 and Family €60. Any concerns contact any club member for help or contact through social media.
Dunnes Bar Division 1 – Our men’s team have their first Dunnes Bar Division 1 league outing vs Aughnasheelin this Saturday at 6:30pm, in Aughnasheelin. All support would be greatly appreciated. Best of luck lads.
Swan Bar Division 3 –  Our junior men’s team suffered their first loss last week vs Glenfarne in a tight affair, Glenfarne won by 2 points in the end. Next up they play St Mary’s on Sunday at 12pm in Drumkeerin. Best of luck to all involved, great support would be greatly appreciated.
Ladies – Our ladies are to play Glencar-Manor this weekend in Drumkeerin. Throw in 10am Sunday morning, in Drumkeerin. Support would be greatly appreciated. Best of luck to all involved.
Newtowngore Engineering U17 – Well done to our U17 lads who beat Glencar-Manor last weekend. Next up they play Dromahair at 6:30pm on Wednesday the 28th in Drumkeerin. Our lads are going very well, come along and support them. Best of luck to all involved.
Barna Recycling Under 13 – Well done to our U13 lads who played their hearts out in a tight contest away to Gortletteragh last weekend winning by a point. They’ve won their four games in the league, they play next on Thursday Vs St Brigid’s at 6:30pm. Venue to be decided, but it will be posted on Facebook and Twitter when announced. Support would be greatly appreciated. Best of luck to all involved.
U14 ladies – The girls played a great game against Mohill last weekend. Next up they play Kiltubrid/Fenagh on Thursday at 6pm in Drumkeerin. Come support our girls, best of luck to them.
Club meeting – On Wednesday 11th April at 9pm the club will be holding a meeting. All club executives must attend.
Good luck – Good luck to our four U14 girls who play their first county championship game for Leitrim, vs Sligo, on April 2nd.

Dunnes Bar Division 1 – Division 1 (Senior Football) returns to the club this weekend with an away fixture against Ballinamore, throw in at 6.30pm. It will be great to see you all out supporting the team. Good luck to Mal, Peter and Bobby on the season ahead.

Barna Recycling Under 13 League – The under 13 team had a win over Melvin Gaels on Sunday last. They play top of table Mohill this evening Wednesday in Leitrim at 6pm. The Reserve team plays Mohill at 7pm. The team plays St Josephs at home on Monday at 6pm.

Newtowngore Engineering Under 17 League – The Under 17 team are away to Mohill on Saturday at 12 noon. They play Fenagh at home in Leitrim on Wednesday next at 6:30pm.

Membership – Membership is due. Non-Playing Member €25, Playing Adult €60, Student/Juvenile €40 and Underage €20. There will be a registration session at the clubhouse on Monday from 4-5.30pm prior to Under 13 game. Club Gear will be available at the registration – calendar’s, bobble hats and those wanting to order half zip tops.

Easter Camp – Easter camp for underage will be held in Leitrim Gaels’ pitch next week 3rd to 6th of April from 10 -2 pm for members & non-members. Secure a place by contacting Carmel Curley 087997231.

Leitrim Seniors – Well done to Colm and Aidan and the Leitrim seniors winning their final league game against Wicklow on Sunday last, before the trip to New York in May.

LOTTO – Next Lotto draw takes place on Sunday night 1st April in the Dugout.  The player’s team are hosting the draw.  Jackpot is €10,500.

FIXTURES – Our Junior Team will play Ballinamore Sean O’ Heslin’s in Ballinamore on Monday 2nd April at 2pm.

ST JOSEPH’S BOYS – Our u17’s lost out to St Mary’s last Saturday morning in Pairc Naomh Mhuire.  Our next game is against Fenagh during the week.  Our U13’s also played in Carrick on Saturday morning and after a brave battle we went down by one point, all still to play for in the next two games with semi-final places up for grabs. Our u11’s were in Pairc Sean on Sunday and played at halftime in the Leitrim –v- Wicklow game, a great occasion for all those young boys and girls and hopefully plenty more appearances in Pairc Sean in the years ahead.  Well done to all involved with all teams.

TABLE QUIZ – Coiste na nÓg annual Table Quiz will take place in Aughavas Community Centre on Good Friday night at 9:15pm. We hope to see a good turnout with plenty of spot prizes and refreshments served on the night. Please support.

BAKE SALE – St Joseph’s Ladies bake sale will take place on Easter Sunday 1st April in Aughavas GAA club rooms after mass.