Friday 4th January 11am Men’s Shed

Saturday 5th January New Club Officer training in Cookstown

Sunday 6th January 10.30am Breakfast at Dunavil; 8pm Bingo at Dunavil

Monday 7th January 11am Men’s Shed; 7.30pm Indoor Camogie for aged 15+; 9pm Lotto

Tuesday 7th January SANDSA meeting

 

Home Bingo Week 21 (purple) £200 Jackpot winner was Martin McAleenan

 

Camogie Christmas Hamper winners were Toy Hamper Kevin McQuade; Beauty Hamper Odhran McNeill; Drink Hamper Barney McCartan; Food Hamper Leanne Cunningham; Chocolate Hamper Ryan Wackett; Nail Voucher Ann Rogers

 

Down GAA Draw tickets are on sale again, this is An Riocht’s main fundraiser so please support, its £2.50 a week. December Winner £1,000 Pauline Donnelly

 

Adult & Minor Camogie starts back Monday 7th January & continues on Wednesday 9th January @ 7.30pm in the hall, continuing each Monday & Wednesday until Monday 25th February when we move onto the pitch.

 

An Riocht will hold a Planning Event on Saturday 12th January from 10am to 1pm including breakfast; all Executive members are expected to attend and all sub-committee officials are also invited.

 

On Tuesday 15th January at 7.30pm MindFit, an Ulster GAA mental health awareness workshop to promote resilience & emotional intelligence in teenagers will visit An Ríocht and all teens, parents, coaches and others interested are invited to attend.

 

Ireland Lights Up with the GAA is a national initiative to improve the health of communities across Ireland. GAA clubs will be coming on board with RTÉ's Operation Transformation & turning on their floodlights from 7pm to 9pm each Thursday for a 6 week period (17th January – 21st February). Do you want to get moving & be active this New Year, but you have nowhere to go? Do you find it hard to find a safe & well-lit area to go for a walk during the dark winter months? Well, we have the answer! An Ríocht will be open & lit up for you, your family & friends to come & walk from 7pm to 9pm. All are welcome to come to this event.

 

Have you seen any Ash saplings? Ash leaves comprise several 'leaflets', lance shaped, arranged in pairs, with an odd one at the end with slightly toothed edges. Ash bark is smooth & grey with fissures that appear as it grows older. Distinctive black winter buds produce shoots & dense clusters of small purple flowers

Going forward we want to be making our own hurls in 20 or 25 years, so our youngest players now will       one day play using an An Ríocht home grown hurl, like a time-capsule that we can all watch growing.

We can grow these saplings in pots before transferring them to part of our grounds at Dunavil for future generations to nurture and have use of. So, if you see some, please let us know!

 

An Riocht Registration Day is on Saturday 19th January from 10am to 12pm. Membership subscriptions will remain at 2018 rates and there is an option of monthly payments for a combination of Down Draw, Membership & Insurance; card payments are now also possible. No one can train or play before making a payment. Full details available on request at the club.

 

There is a Hurling Coaching course at Dunavil on Friday 25th & Saturday 26th January delivered by Ulster Regional Coach Conor CJ McGourty for everyone intending to coach Camogie in An Riocht in 2019.

 

A joint Youth/Adult Football Level One Award course has been arranged for the weekend of Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd February at Dunavil Also, a Child Football Level One Award is being run for those taking u6, u8 or u10 teams from Friday 8th to Sunday 10th March.

 

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