St Johns Notes
May 13, 2013The judging panel, from the Ulster Council, O'Neills and the Irish News, recognised Cormac's role in developing and running Camp J-Mac, in delivering the Live to Play initiative, not once but twice, his work against substance abuse and for suicide prevention and in various fund-raising initiatives at the club, and his role as a referee.
St John's GAC secretary, Kevin McGlynn, invites you to join him for the St John's Mountain Marathon on Saturday 1st June to raise awareness of Mental Health issues and to help prevent suicide, and then back to the club for an evening of traditional music and craic.
The first and last miles will be around our own Highway to Health at the club (http://www.walkni.com/walks/2533/highway-to-health-at-st-john-s-gac/); the 24 miles in between will include open countryside and forest, mountain heath and coastal dunes, sea shore, loughside and river banks and the TWO highest peaks in Ulster. Most of the trail is off road and the majority of the rest will be on "C" roads - we will travel about 2km along a "B" road and cross"A" roads five times. You are welcome to join for the entire walk, or for any segment. If you would like to join me please contact me at [email protected] or on 078 3596 0804.
Any and all funds generated from this walk will go towards suicide prevention training, "Mind your Mate", with our charity partner PIPS Programmeshttp://www.pipsprogrammes.com/and for PIPS Newcastle who provide support and counselling for those who have been bereaved by suicide. Suggested donations - £26 for complete walk, £10 for mountain segment, £5 for any other section - or you can just make a donation through justgiving.com at http://www.justgiving.com/Kevin-McGlynn1
Approximate times:- First mile at St John's 8.00am, Keel Point, Dundrum 10.00am (for coastal section to Newcastle), Donard Park 12.00noon (for Slieve Donard & Commedagh) and the last mile at St John's 7.30pm.
For more details including a map of the proposed route download the St Johns Mountain Marathon document from the Miscellaneous folder in the Downloads section of club website at www.stjohnsgaa.com.
It was a good week for the St Johns Senior side who secured impressive victories away to Saul and at home to Carryduff to make it 3 wins in a row in Division 2 and lift them up the league table standings.
On Thursday night they travelled to Saul and came away with a 2-9 to 0-10 win. The scorers were Conor Gilmore 0-2, Chris McKay 0-2 (0-1f), Marty Keenan 0-1, Conor Morgan 1-3 (1-0p, 0-2f), Darren Savage 1-0 and Conor Burns 0-1.
This was followed by a 2-13 to 1-8 win over Carryduff at Pairc Naomh Eoin on Sunday. St Johns started the game the better of the sides and led 0-2 to 0-0 after 5 minutes but Carryduff scored the next 5 points to take a 0-5 to 0-2 lead at the halfway point of the first half. To their credit the home side stepped up a gear and Ryan Gordon delivered a clever pass to Chris McKay who scored the Johnnies first goal to get back into the game and this was quickly followed by a second goal for the home side by Conor Flanagan.
St Johns were now in control of the game and led 2-6 to 0-6 at the halfway mark and continued to build on their lead in the second half with some impressive stages of play. Carryduff scored a consolation goal late in the game to leave the final score St Johns 2-13 Carryduff 1-8.
Scorers: Conor Gilmore 0-4 (0-2f), Chris McKay 1-3 (0-1f), Conor Flanagan 1-0, Conor Burns 0-1, Marty Keenan 0-1, Danny McKay 0-1, Joe Milligan 0-1, Conor McCombe 0-1 and Conor Morgan 0-1 (0-1f)
The Seniors next game is away to Glasdrumman on Friday 24th May at 7.30pm.
The Reserves are schedule to face Saul at home on Wednesday night at 7.30pm and then travel to face Dundrum on Sunday evening at 6.00pm.
Last Tuesday, the Minors were beaten away to St Josephs on a scoreline of St Josephs 3-20 St Johns 1-12. St Johns scorers were Neil Savage 0-2, Aodhan Morgan 1-1 (0-1f), Conor Gilmore 0-5 (0-3f), Caolan Carville 0-1, Michael Mc Court 0-1 and Colm Kelly 0-2. The Minors next game is not until Saturday 8th June when they face Atticall at home at 4.00pm.
The Under 16s lost at home to Shamrocks on Saturday by 7-10 to 1-10. On Thursday night they travel to Dundrum to take on St Josephs at 7.30pm.
The Under 14s travelled to Dromara last Monday night and came away with a 4-14 to 4-5 win. On Monday 13th May they were at home to Teconnaught and are at home again on Wednesday night when they take on Darragh Cross in their rescheduled fixture.
The Under 12s travelled to Ballynoe on Sunday and came away with a 5-12 to 3-5 win. Next Sunday they are at home to Saul.
The club are seeking input from as many members and non-members as possible to take part in a survey related to the club and health related matters as part of their involvement in the GAA Healthy Club project. There is a link on the club website at www.stjohnsgaa.com to take part in this online survey. Please take 5 minutes to complete a questionnaire. You can also download a paper version from the Downloads section of the website and hand it to any committee member.
St John's GAC Information for Parents and Juvenile Players document is now available to download from the Downloads section of the website. Click on the Downloads link above and select the file from the Miscellaneous folder.
The club shop will be open on Thursdays from 6.30pm to 7.30pm for club gear.
This week's lotto numbers were 1, 3, 12 & 23. Damian Murray, Erin Gordon and Kathleen c/o J Flynn were £10 winners. The jackpot next week is £1,500.
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