Monaleen GAA notes
April 22, 2014SYMPATHIES also to club member John O'Neill on the passing of his mother Margaret last week. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam.
MEMBERSHIP is now overdue due for 2014, deadline 31st March. €50 full membership, €30 for Students and Social Membership. If you haven't already done so, please Contact Shane Mullane, 087 9539564.
LOTTO: There was no winner of last week's jackpot of €6,900, numbers drawn were 13, 25, 30 and 32 the next jackpot will be €7,200. Our four lucky dip winners were: Sandra Morrison, Maureen Deegan, Bobby Hyland and Maeve Lenihan. Tickets can be purchased on a weekly basis from local shops and pubs. Please support us as this support is vital to the development of the club.
Our JUNIOR FOOTBALLERS recorded an impressive win last week v Na Piarsaigh 3-13 to 2-09.
JUNIOR B HURLING: The first round of the Junior B City hurling leaguetakes place this Sunday 27th in Newtown at 12 noon versus Na Piarsaigh.
SENIOR FOOTBALL: The first round of the Senior Football Championship takes place on Sunday in Bruff at 6:45. WE are playing Ballylanders. Please come along and support the lads.
INTERMEDIATE & JUNIOR HURLING: Training continues.
LADIES FOOTBALL: For all news and updates, like the Monaleen Ladies Football Facebook page.
JUVENILE HURLING & FOOTBALL: Don't forget the mouthguards! All juvenile fixtures (U13-U16) for the year are now available on the calendar on the website. (www.monaleen.gaa.ie/club-calendar)
2002 Footballers: Training each Monday at 6.30pm in Peafield Road.
2006 U8), 2007-2008 (U6 & U7) Football Training continues outdoors at the clubhouse pitch on Mondays at 6:30. Please bring mouthguards. New players always welcome.
U6 (2008)/U7 (2007)/U8 (2006) Hurling training continues in the Clubhouse Pitch everyFriday. Note that all groups will train at the same starting time of 6.30.
U10 hurling : training is now on every Friday at 6.30pm at the clubhouse pitch
U10 Gaelic football training is on every Monday at 6.30pm at the clubhouse pitch.
U11 Hurling: After weeks of training we now face a busy period of matches. We play in a U12 "B" challenge match v Ballybrown at home in Peafield Road this Friday evening 6pm, April 25th. Our U11 Community Games team plays Murroe Boher Saturday evening 6pm (April 26th). The Limerick U12 Hurling Leagues starts Thursday May 1st and our U11 team will play as a U12 "B" team each Thursday fortnight from then through the summer months.
U12 hurling leagues are expected to continue every fortnight.
U6,7,8 Football : now training Mondays at the Clubhouse @6:30
U15 Hurling: will have a match against Old Christians (away) on Wednesday 16th April at 6:15 p.m.
U16 Football matches are on hold now until after the Junior Cert exams. Training Saturday afternoons for U16 Football at 3pm, Clubhouse pitch.
U16 hurling: Our next match is away to Mungret on the 5th May. Training continues on Sunday afternoons 3pm, clubhouse pitch
MONALEEN CAMOGIE:
U12: Our U12 Camogie girls had their second blitz of the season in Patrickswell on a sun soaked Saturday 19th April. Monaleen were unfortunate to go down by a point to the Na Piarsaigh girls in the first match of the day (3-2 to 3-1), with Mungret getting the better of the second match, winning by a goal in a close contest (2-1 to 1-1). For the final match against Patrickswell, the Monaleen girls showed great skill and determination to win by a considerable margin (7-1 to 3-0). Throughout the day, Lucy D'Arcy and Ella Hession were dominant in the half back and half forward positions respectively, with the midfield pairing of Grace Clohessy and Eimar Morgan working tirelessly. Rachel Shinners in goal and Laura Burke in the back line continue to improve with each outing and are among the most improved players of the season so far. Many thanks to Patrickswell for a great day had by all. Well done to all the girls! And we look forward to hosting the next blitz in Monaleen on Saturday May 3rd.
Team: Rachel Shinners, Francesca Kearns, Juliette Pinson, Laura Burke, Lucy D'Arcy, Grace Clohessy, Eimar Morgan, Ella Hession, Mia O'Halloran, Aoife Doyle, Niamh Moloney, Emily O'Brien, Kerrie Carey, Susan D'Arcy, Leah McNamara.
U14 League continued on Tuesday with an away match v Patrickswell. The Monaleen girls started well playing with a strong breeze and with Aisling Kennedy, Kealin Corcoran and Aine Doyle getting the scores built a strong half time lead. Starting the second half 3-4 to 0-0 ahead the girls knew the second half would be a different game as the wind had strengthened. The full back line of Tara Hogan, Fiona Fitzpatrick & Sarah Quilligan defended well and although Patrickswell scored 1-5 in this half the result was never in doubt. That's 3 wins from 4 matches and with girls coming back from injury the panel is getting stronger and the girls are growing in confidence.
Monaleen: Fiona Fitzpatrick; Aine Nelligan; Katie Golden; Maeve Rea; Ellen Regan Magner; Caitlin Bonfil; Aine Doyle (1-4); Aisling Fitzgerald; Aisling Kennedy (1-2); Kealin Corcoran(1-0); Ciara O Driscoll; Tara Hogan; Sarah Quilligan; Lucy Darcy.
This week U14 training is on Tuesday at 6.30pm and Thursday at 6pm. Next Sunday is the Féile qualifying blitz 3.30pm - venue to be confirmed..
Our Juniors & U16s will train this week on Thursday at 7.30.
Finally a big congratulations to Caoimhe Lyons and Megan O'Mara who as part of the Limerick Minor panel have qualified for the all Ireland final by beating Galway in the semi. Next Saturday is the date fixed for the final against Cork with a venue to be confirmed
CLUBHOUSE ACTIVITIES:
Set Dancing: continues in the clubhouse Thursdays 7.30pm to 9pm.
Lotto Draw: Every Thursday night at 10
Cards : Every Thursday night at 9
Having a Party? The Clubhouse is available to hire for private parties - 21st, 30th, 40th, Christenings/Communions, etc. Talk to Tony Power, Caroline O'Kane or Paudie Ryan in the Bar
CLUB GEAR: Monaleen Club Sports Gear is available to purchase from the Castletroy Car Care shop next to SuperQuinn in the Castletroy Shopping Centre.
MONALEEN GAA TENNIS CLUB NOTES:
Our club championships finished last weekend. We had great weather and great finals on Saturday followed by a great prize giving evening in the clubhouse. Thanks to our sponsor Matthew Stephens Jewellers for once again supporting our singles and mixed doubles championships. The winners were:
Men's Singles Winners: John Reidy, Pat O Shaughnessy and Aaron McCann
Men's Runners Up: Jay Castro, Yannis Halas and Bharath Senihivinayaham
Ladies Singles Winners: Jennifer Colford and Rioghna D'Arcy
Ladies Runners Up: Betty O Brien and Cecilia Mansfield Mixed Doubles Winners: Yvonne Sheahan and Morgan Mansfield; Margaret Clarke and Brendan Carragher
Mixed Doubles Runners Up: Jennifer Colford and Pat O Shaughnessy; Eithne Harty and Aaron McCann
The Club's Under 13 Community Games team had a very successful visit to Ennis Tennis Club on Friday. T hanks to Ennis for their kind hospitality. Our team looked fantastic in their club sponsored Monaleen Tennis Club gear. Well done to all!
Full details of all events and lots of other news on the club is available on our website: www.monaleengaatennisclub.com
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