Gaelic for Girls

The club is holding an eight week Gaelic for Girls programme for girls aged 8 - 12 years old. It all starts on Saturday 22nd November at the Shanes from 11.00am - 12.30pm and any young girls who want to have fun with fitness and football and make new friends along the way are all very welcome to attend. The cost of this eight week programme is only £10.00 and each participant will receive a certificate, a medal and a t-shirt on completion. For further information please contact Paul McArdle on 028 889216 or (086) 8372082. Several of our volunteers have visited a number of local primary schools over the past number of weeks to promote the programme and the club would like to thank them for their co-operation.

Minor Girls

Best wishes to our minor girls who take on St Macartans from Tyrone in the Ulster club championship next Sunday, 23rd November in Augher. The club is running a supporters bus to the game at a cost of £5.00 per person and is encouraging as many people as possible to attend the game in their club colours to support the girls, especially underage players for other boys and girls teams. To book a seat on the bus please contact Peter Lynch on 07876453546.

 

U16 Presentation

Saturday night saw our U16 boys and girls presentation in the club with senior county stars Mark Shields and Sharon Reel and our very own U21 county player Greg McCabe on hand to present the awards. The boys received their Division 2 league winners medals, whilst Matthew Girvan picked up the U16 player of the year award with Eoghan McQuade being presented with the most committed U16 player of the year. The girls received their championship runners-up medals with Caroline McMenamin claiming the U16 player of the year award and Leanne Lennon picking up the U16 most improved player of the year trophy. The presentation of the awards was followed by a disco. The club would like to thank all the U16 boys and girls for all their hard work and commitment throughout the year and a special word of thanks to all the managers and mentors for their efforts during 2014.

U10s

Training for our U10 footballers continues every Friday evening in Cloughreagh Community Centre from 7.30pm - 8.30pm. All boys and girls at this age group are welcome and encouraged to attend.

 

U8s

Training for our U8 footballers continues every Friday evening in Cloughreagh Community Centre from 6.30pm - 7.30pm. All boys and girls at this age group are welcome and encouraged to attend.

U6s

Training for our U6s continues every Wednesday evening in Bessbrook Community Centre from 6.00pm - 7.00pm. All boys and girls at this age group are welcome and encouraged to attend.

 

AGM

The club's Annual General Meeting has been scheduled to take place on Sunday 30th November 2014 at 2.30pm. Anyone who has any interest in the club - current club members, past club members, current players, past players, underage parents etc - are invited to attend as the club prepares for another busy year.

Youth Meeting

The club would like to thank everyone who attended the youth meeting in the club on Tuesday night. The meeting itself proved to be very positive with a lot of issues discussed, including player numbers, team managers and mentors, school visits, fundraising ideas, parent engagement etc. Plans are now well underway for 2015 and it is hoped to keep momentum going over the coming weeks and months. If anyone is interested in helping out with any of our youth teams in any way please make contact with any of the club's committee members.

 

Best Wishes

Everyone at the club would like to extend their best wishes to our senior player Paddy Doran who is currently recovering from surgery on a back injury which kept him out of action for the entire 2014 season. We hope to see Paddy back in the number 6 jersey year.

Level One Youth/Adult Coaching Awards

A number of Level One Youth/Adult Coaching awards have been organised for the November and December for coaches in the club who currently hold the Foundation Award and want to move onto the next level. Course 1 will take place in the Athletic Grounds on 21st, 22nd, 28th & 29th November with Course 2 taking place on 28th, 29th November and 5th, December in Dromintee. The Friday sessions are indoor based and will run from 7.00pm - 10.00pm whilst the Saturday sessions are both indoor and outdoor sessions and run from 9.00am - 5.00pm. If anyone from the club is interested in attending please contact Peter McKeown on 07933931429.

 

Lotto

Last weeks winning lotto numbers were 6, 16, 17 & 31. There were no jackpot winners and 1 x match three winner. The jackpot now stands at £1550.

Condolences

It was with great sadness that the club learned of the death of Oliver Brannigan last week. Oliver, along with his late brother Jimmy, was instrumental in the reforming of the club back in the mid 1980s and served on the committee for several years. Everyone at the club would like to offer their sincerest sympathies to Oliver's immediate family and his entire family circle.

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