Ladies
Anyone who has an interest in playing with the Aodh Ruadh senior ladies team, as well as anyone interested in helping out with the team is asked to attend an open meeting which will be held on Thursday, 3rd January at 8pm in Aras Aoidh Ruaidh. If unable to attend, please let the ladies committee know if there are any matters you wish to have discussed.
Congratulations to Ana Keon, Cáit Gillespie and Caoimhe Keon who have been named on the extended Donegal minor panel.
Football
Minor and under 16 training takes place on Wednesday at 6pm. New comers welcome. There is a charge of €2 to go towards cost of lights.
Donegal Sports Star Awards
Well done to Nathan Boyle on being nominated in the GAA category for the Donegal Sports Stars. Well done also to Andrea McGlynn who earned a nomination in the basketball category, as well as to Maeve Liston who picked up a nomination in rugby.
Millstone memories
It was a great night last Saturday in Dicey Reilly's with a huge crowd coming out for the Millstone Reunion. Star of the night was a classic playlist from the Millstone days. The Bord na nÓg committee would like to thank all who supported the event. Hugh John Patton for resuming door duties and many thanks to Herman, Aoife and Mary McNelis who attended on the night.
National Club Draw tickets available, now with big local prizes
The club is asking all members, players, former players and supporters at home and abroad to help it maximise the sale of Club National GAA Draw tickets over the coming weeks. There is an array of wonderful prizes in the National Draw. This year they will be complimented by a fantastic array of prizes exclusively for those purchasing from Aodh Ruadh ticket sellers. Many sponsored, these include two overnight stays in a classic room and breakfast with one dinner in The Croke Park Hotel for two people; A trailer load of firewood; A pair of tickets for either 2019 hurling or football finals; Overnight and breakfast in Wellington Park Hotel, Belfast; Two tickets for the 2019 All-Ireland camogie final; A €250 his and hers hamper from Cara Pharmacy; Four tickets for the 2019 Rory Gallagher Festival; Two tickets for the 2019 All-Ireland Ladies Football Final; A White Hotel Group voucher for three nights B&B and two dinners for two people your choice of Lisdoonvarna or the Earl of Desmond, Tralee.
Tickets are €10 each with five in a book. We urgently need people to step forward and push the sale of this draw as ALL proceeds stay within the club. The funds raised will be retained to provide initial partnership funding to match the €100,000 grant aid negotiated for the provision of a new sand-based playing surface on Father Tierney Park, such a central part of GAA life in the northwest.
National Club Draw Committee
The next meeting of the National Club Draw Committee takes place at 9pm in the Bridgend this Thursday. All those selling tickets are asked to make a big effort to intensify the selling effort over the coming days and to begin submitting returns to draw committee members.
Calling Aodh Ruadh exiles
You can still support Aodh Ruadh Club Draw if you are away from Ballyshannon. Club supporters and people with Ballyshannon connections living away from Donegal can support our draw by e-mailing Secretary Lisa McTernan at [email protected] or Vice-Chairman Tom Daly at ftdaly@hotmail. com. You can set out your own proposal for payment and ticket counterfoils will be scanned and e-mailed to you.
GAA communications
The GAA have issued a handy PDF with simple guides as to the experimental playing rules which are in force for the Dr McKenna Cup and National Football League. It's worth having a look over the document, as the games which have been played so far indicate they will significantly alter how football is played. In addition, the December club newsletter is also available to view on the GAA website. Topics featured in this month's edition include the Club Forum becoming an annual event, the GAA mobile app, uptake of the Club Leadership Programme, the Ireland Lights Up project agus Fhondúireacht Sheosaimh Mhic Dhonncha.
Juvenile Hurling
Test out your expertise as a football pundit with our annual Last One Standing competition for the upcoming National Football League. Get your entry in and you could win €250 and the bragging rights of being the Last One Standing. Forms are available now from any member of the Juvenile Hurling committee.
Aodh Ruadh bobble hats
Thanks to all who have bought the Aodh Ruadh bobble hats to date. We will order one more batch of hats in January for anyone else who would like some. Please leave your name with Alan Sweeny on 086-8052816 with your order. Hats are €20 each or five for €90.
Festive Fun Quiz
Many thanks to all those who came out and supported the quiz in Dicey Reilly's over the festive period.
Abbey Centre Bingo
The December Big Bingo took place on Friday with John Martin of Manorhamilton taking home the €1,000 super jackpot, a nice late Christmas present. Kathleen Hunter took the €170 stand-up game prize. Winners of the €100 houses included Kevin O'Connor, Noleen O'Brien, Helen Lawne and Denis Sheerin. The €150 house winners included Deirdre Clarke, Antoinette McKinney and Rosanne Martin, who also took a €40 line. The snowball had no winner so rises to €650 on 48 numbers or less. Bingo as usual this Friday at 9pm in the Abbey Centre. We wish to thank all our bingo goers for their continued support throughout the year and wish all a very happy and prosperous - with some bingo fortune! - New Year!
Happy New Year
Wishing all in the club and the wider Ballyshannon community a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.
Aodh Ruadh Lotto
There was no winner of last week's Aodh Ruadh Lotto jackpot of €4,400. The winning numbers drawn were 4, 5, 7, 9, 12 and 15. In the lucky dip €20 went to Mary Duggan, Cornhill; Elaine McLoone; Catherine McKee; Fiona McNulty; and Orla Bannon. Next draw is in the Bridgend Bar with a jackpot of €4,500 on Sunday at 8.30pm. Tickets are now available in the following outlets: Seán Óg's, O'Donnell's, Dicey Reilly's, The Limit, Pat's Bar, The Bridgend, Owen Roe's, Fin McCool's, The Lantern, McGinley's, Pearse O'Neill's, McCosker's Centra and Kernan's Spar and at the weekly bingo in the Abbey Centre. You have to be in it to win it!
The lotto team for McCosker’s Centra on Saturday is: JUVENILE HURLERS.
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