BALLYMAHON The first Club meeting of 2009 will take place this Saturday 10th January at 7.00pm in the Clubhouse. Our Annual General Meeting was held last Saturday night in the Clubhouse at Leo Casey Park. Though the attendance could have been better, thanks to all those who did make the effort to attend. Welcoming everyone to the meeting, Chairman Willie Forbes took a look back at the workings of the Club over the past year, and outlined some hopes for the coming year, which will bring the Club forward both on and off the pitch. Fergal Kelly as ever gave a very comprehensive report as Secretary, covering in detail all the events pertaining to Ballymahon GAA in 2008. Seamus Lennon compiled a detailed report as Treasurer, accounting for the Club,Äôs finances over the past year. This provoked one of the main discussions of the evening, with a general consensus reached that more effort should be made at promoting our weekly Lotto, and especially the sale of the ,Ǩ20 tickets. Hopefully this will be the case in 2009 A special word of thanks to Seamus for his Trojan work in organising the draw every Monday for the last four years, much of this work is done unbeknownst to a lot of people, so well done again Seamus. The election of officers was a quiet affair, with relatively few cabinet changes. The following Officers were elected to run the Club in 2009: Chairman: Willie Forbes; Vice-Chairman: Liam Flynn; Secretary: Fergal Kelly; Assistant Secretary: Albert Fallon; Treasurer: Seamus Lennon; Assistant Treasurer: John Ryan; Public Relations Officer: Tommy Flynn; County Board Delegates: Derek Fahy, Paddy Diffley, Albert Fallon; County Convention Delegates: Derek Fahy, Paddy Diffley, Albert Fallon, Wayne Kelly; Youth Officer: TBC following Minor Club AGM, and ratified at first Senior Club meeting after same; Executive Committee: All aforementioned Officers, Niall Dowler, Paddy Flynn, Paul Kelly, Jimmy Lennon, Mark Tiernan, others to be ratified at first Club meeting. The Club,Äôs Lotto Draw will resume in The Canal Turn on Monday 12th January, with the Jackpot worth ,Ǩ3200 and the Promoters Prize standing at ,Ǩ320. Tickets are on sale from the usual outlets and cost ,Ǩ2. Special tickets costing ,Ǩ20 are available from any member of the executive and entitle the buyer to be automatically entered into the Draw with the same set of numbers for 12 consecutive weeks, with two weeks free. Well done to Kevin Diffley, Thomas Lowry, John Kelly and the Longford u-21s, who got their Hastings Cup campaign off to a winning start, when overcoming Leitrim last Saturday. Best of luck to them when they face Cavan in the second round this Saturday in Mullahoran. Well done to Clm Flynn, Ambrose McGowan and the Longford Seniors, who beat Athlone IT in the first round of the O,ÄôByrne Cup last Sunday. Best of luck to them next Sunday when they face Louth in the Quarter-Final. If anyone wishes to contact me, my details are as follows: Tommy Flynn, Main St., Ballymahon, Co. Longford; [email protected]; (090) 6432148; (087) 7693381. Finally, the Club would like to extend its sympathy to the Keegan family, Forgney, Lee family, Moyvore, Butler family, Abbeyshrule and Mullingar, Kelly family, Legan, Maguire family, Stonepark and Devaney family, Killoe on their recent bereavements, ar dheis De go raibh a h-anam dilis. Tweet

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