Annual Dinner Dance

The club held its annual dinner dance on Saturday night and for the first time ever it took place in our own clubhouse. The evening began with a beautiful hot and cold buffet supplied by Brenda Lynch and the club would like to thank Brenda and her staff for their excellent service. The meal was followed by the presentation of the annual club awards which began with our special guest Owen Reel presenting our senior ladies with their Division 2 league winners' medals and our minor ladies with their championship winning medals. The individual ladies awards went to:

Jessica Watters - Minor Player of the Year

Cliodhna Sloan - Most Committed Footballer of the Year

Blaithin Mackin - Senior Player of the Year

Special awards were also presented to Aimee Mackin, Blaithin Mackin and Louise Kenny in recognition of their Ulster Colleges All-Stars.

Next up were the men and the awards went to:

Donal Austin - Minor Player of the Year

Ryan McCabe - Senior Player of the Year

The presentation then moved onto the annual club awards:

Raymie Carroll - Hall of Fame

Michelle Osborne - Club-Person of the Year

A special presentation was made to our long standing club chairman John McLoughlin in recognition of his 30 years' service to Shane O'Neills.

After the completion of the awards brilliant local musician Daragh McNulty took to the stage for a couple of hours before being followed by a disco which saw everyone having a great night's craic. The club would like to thank everyone who attended the event and to everyone who helped out in anyway, including decorating the club, which went a long way to ensuring that it was a very successful night.

Senior Men

It was a busy week-end for our senior footballers with challenge games on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon against Saul and Attical respectively. Both games proved to very useful work-outs for the lads as they continue to prepare for the season ahead. Training continues as normal this week.

Minor Ladies

Our minor ladies have their first league game on Monday night, 23rd March at 7.00pm in Cullyhanna. A report on the game will be include in next week's notes.

U16 Boys

Our U16 boys continued their preparation for the upcoming season with another challenge game on Sunday morning, this time at home to Newry Shamrocks. Despite missing a couple of key players the Shanes put in another great performance and claimed the win by two points, 1 - 16 to 2 -11. Training continues as normal his week.

U14 Girls

A mixture of U14 and U15 girls played a friendly game against Warrenpoint last Monday evening. It was a good run-out which saw the Shanes girls win by a point. The last week of indoor training in Bessbrook Community Centre takes place this Wednesday evening, 25th March from 7.00pm-8.00pm and from next Wednesday, 1st April the girls will train outdoor weekly on the Shane's pitch from 6.30pm to 7.30pm. It is important that everyone is at training with the first league game away to Clan na Gael coming up on Monday 13th April.

U12½ Boys

This year's U12½ are training at the field next Sunday morning at 11.00am - all boys eligible to play at this age group in 2015 are asked to attend.

U12 Girls

Training for the U12 girls continues each Saturday at 11.00am in the field and all new girls are welcome. The U12 girls will have their first league game on Sunday 12th April away to Grange.

U10s

Training for our U10 footballers continues to train on Friday evenings in Cloughreagh Community Centre from 7.30pm - 8.30pm. They are also training next Sunday morning at the field at 11.00am. All boys and girls at this age group are welcome and encouraged to attend.

U8s

Our U8 footballers also continue to train every Friday evening in Cloughreagh Community Centre from 6.30pm - 7.30pm. They are also training next Sunday morning at the field at 11.00am. 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.

Meabh O'Neills Camogie

The Meabh O'Neills camogie club's AGM will take place this Wednesday night, 25th March at 8.00pm in Shane O'Neill's clubhouse. Everyone is encouraged to attend and all new members will be particularly welcome. This meeting is vital in the promotion and continuation of camogie in our local area.

Fundraising Bag Pack

Next Saturday 28th March our ladies teams have been allocated a fundraising bag pack in Sainsburys. The club has been assigned up to ten tills for the event and need every available volunteer from age 14 upwards to lend a hand and make the most of this fundraising opportunity. Every team at all age groups must help to raise finances to help with the running of the club and all proceeds will go towards all our teams' continued development and growth. If your are available to help out on the day or require more information please contact Peter Lynch on 07876 453546.

Club Membership

Time is running out to pay your annual club membership. In order to be covered by the GAA injury insurance or to be able to vote at the AGM or EGM should one arise you must pay your club membership no later than 31st March.

Adult: £20.00
Juvenile (U18): £10.00
OAPs: £10.00
Cairde Members: £10.00
Membership can be paid to Kevin McGeeney, Gerry Barry, Mick Mackin or any committee member. Anyone who has let their membership lapse over the past few years is also urged to renew it.

Lotto

Last week's winning lotto numbers were 9, 11, 18 & 22. There were no jackpot winners and 2 x match three winners. The jackpot now stands at £2450.

Club Bar

The club bar is now open every Friday and Saturday night from 7.00pm and everyone is welcome to come along to enjoy a good night's craic with music, darts and pool available. The club is also available for birthday parties, christenings etc and for further information please contact Aodhan McQuade on 07761 296009.

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