Dromard Club Notes
February 20, 2017National Football League: Best of luck to Diarmuid Masterson, Paul McGee and Ronan McEntire and the Longford panel and management in Round 3 of the National Football league on Sunday (26th February) against Armagh. The game is in Glennon Brothers Pearse Park at 2pm.
Confirmation: Congratulations to the girls and boys from St Patrick's National School Dromard who made their Confirmation on Sunday last.
Coaching Course: Longford GAA is running a Foundation Coaching Course on Saturday 25th February from 9:45 to 4pm in The Mercy Convent Sports Hall, Ballymahon. Places are limited and must be booked in advance by calling Lorraine on 043 3345 219. The program costs €10 and is payable on the day. In order to complete the course, a Code of Ethics course must also be completed (3hr workshop delivered on a week night in March - also costs €10).
Operation Transformation: Dromard Healthy Clubs are delighted to announce that our Operation Transformation Park Run will take part on Saturday 4th March. We hope that as many people from the parish will be able to attend. In order for the children to attend they must be accompanied by a parent, and all children below 4th Class must be within arms reach of their parent at all times (these are the park run rules). Everyone needs to register before the event. Its free so please Log onto www.parkrun.ie/register/form/ to register for yourself and your child / children, print off your bar codes and you will be able to see your times at the end of your run. These barcodes can be used again and again for anyone who is interested in taking part on an ongoing basis. The Parkrun begins at 9.30 in the Mall in Longford, but we would appreciate it if everyone from Dromard going would please be there at 9.05 so that we can start together as a team. Parking can be an issue around the Mall on a Saturday morning so if you are driving please give yourself plenty of time as you may have to walk a short distance to the Mall. We are considering putting on a bus going from the Club House if we had enough people interested in using it. If you are interested in a bus please text Nicola Reilly on 083 3428231. Our Couch to 5k is making fantastic progress and still going strong every Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 9.30 from the Club House. The walking group on a Tuesday Morning has changed to Monday Mornings at 10.30 at the club house and are also busy getting fit. Sunday Mornings walking group meet at 9.30 along with the Under 15s who are meeting to do a 5k. Well done to everyone involved and please pop along to any group if you haven't done so already. Everyone is very welcome. Our Weekly weigh in group have lost a staggering 125 lbs, and are still losing. Keep it up, you are all doing amazingly. And finally our fabulous children in the National School had great fun doing their 10 at 10 on the 10th February. We are getting great feedback from the children, parents and teachers about how well this initiative is going. We are very thankful to Ms Farrell and all the teachers for taking up this challenge and seeing it through. Looking forward to seeing you all on the 4th. From all at the Dromard Healthy Club Committee.
For Sale: A number of crush barriers of various lengths, which are no longer required, are for sale from Glennon Brothers Pearse Park at €15 per linear metre. They can be viewed in the inside Car Park between 10am and 5pm Monday to Friday. The loading and haulage of same is the sole responsibility of the purchaser.
Offer: Longford sports and leisure centre are having one day sale on 24th Feb 2017, for all GAA clubs and their members, players and associates in Co Longford. The offer is 6 months gym and pool for €150. This membership is normally €240. Please call 043 33 46431 for more information.
Longford GAA Gaeltacht Scholarship: The form for Gaeltacht Scholarships is available to download longfordgaa.ie/resources-links/ and select Gaeltacht Grant Application form. There are 10 scholarships available. Closing date for applications is Thursday, 16th March. Completed applications can be emailed to [email protected] or left into the Office in Glennon Brothers Pearse Park.
Dromard Gaa Club Members Monthly Draw: Congratulations to Martin McManus , Moyne winner of the €500 for the month of February. The winners of the €100 prizes were €100: Colm Hagan, New York / Drumgort, Seamus Farrell, Fostra, Annette Davey , Dublin. Congratulations to all.
Dromard Ladies Club Notes
Fixtures: Senior Panel play the second round of the Gold Cup on Sunday 26th at home to Colmcille, throw in 12.30 All support appreciated.
Underage Training: Starts this Saturday at 10.30am on the Astroturf. We hope to see all our underage panels from 7yrs up to 16yrs out in numbers to prepare for the upcoming season. Remember girls "Fail to prepare then Prepare to fail". Don't forget to spread the word at school and bring all your friends. They wil be made very welcome.
Operation Transformation: The culmination of all the hard training put in by the girls at school in the yard and by your parents out on the lanes around Dromard takes place at the Parkrun in Longford on Saturday 4th March. Since it appears most of us are involved in this, we will treat it as our Saturday morning training instead of being on the astroturf. More details in next week's notes, so keep up the good work especially all you Mums and Dads.
