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Den Haag GAA European Invitational Tournament
The Hague GAA club would like to extend an invitation to all Ladies Gaelic football teams to their third annual European Invitational Gaelic Football Tournament!

Fixtures
All the games for this coming weekend.

Ballymahon club notes
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.

Kenagh GAA Club Notes
The AGM was held in the community center on Sunday 28th December.

Football Roundup
It was a busy day on the football front across the country with a total of 17 games as the new experimental disciplinary rules kept teams on their toes in the O’Byrne Cup, McKenna Cup, McGrath Cup and FBD League.

Keenan predicts upswing in fortunes
A year which started brightly turned out to be a major disappointment for Longford who struggled in the National League and also failed to register a win in the championship. Needless to say, team captain Liam Keenan is hoping 2009 will prove to be more successful for the midlanders.

Colmcille GFC Notes
Over 2000 Euro was raised last Thursday when the 1994 County Final Selection took on the 2008 Selection.

Merry Christmas from www.hoganstand.com
On behalf of all at www.hoganstand.com, we wish all our users a Merry Christmas and hope Santa will be good to you.

Experimental Rules
Following is some information on the Experimental Rules to be used in the upcoming subsidiary provincial competitions and Allianz GAA Hurling and Football National Leagues.

Skelly backs move to keep Croker open
Leinster Council vice-chairman Martin Skelly has joined Westmeath chairman Tom Farrell in calling for Croke Park to be opened permanently to other sports.

Colmcille GFC Notes
Colmcille GFC would like to wish all readers of our notes, newsletter and website a very happy and peacefull xmas and new year.

Dromard GAA Club Notes
A special welcome to Enda Macken, our new Senior manager for 2009. Enda has delivered two U21 Championships to Dromard.

Quinn making progress
Former Longofrd minor star Michael Quinn has recieved praise from his coach at AFL side Essendon who believes that the Irish youngster will make the grade.

Brennan reiterates funding problem
GAA President Nickey Brennan has once again stressed to county boards the importance of cutting back on their expenditure for the coming year.

GAA Quiz
Our popular quiz is back with a first prize of 300 euro and seven runners-up prizes of 50 euro each.

Players receive grants
Inter-county players have been issued with their grant payments ahead of the festive season.

Five-year rule to have major effect in ’09
The top table in Longford GAA will be altered radically at next year’s Convention, courtesy of the five-year rule.

Board reports surplus
In these worrying economic times, Longford GAA recorded an encouraging surplus of almost 200,000 euro for 2008.

New cards system unveiled
The GAA has launched its experimental playing rules which comes into effect at inter-county level on January 1, with Disciplinary Task Force chairman Liam O’Neill warning that there will be "casualties" of the new system.

Colmcille GFC Notes
Congratulations to Declan C Reilly who was voted Longford Player of the Year at Saturday nights Gala Awards in the Longford Arms Hotel.

Dromard GAA Club Notes
Dromard GAA held their AGM for 2008 in the clubhouse on Sunday afternoon last. A large crowd attended the meeting, which was chaired by Paul Hourican.

Ballymahon senior and minor notes
We held a very successful Annual Race Night in Cooney,Äôs Hotel last Friday night.

Brennan warns counties
GAA President Nickey Brennan has stressed that county boards must tighten their belts during this time of economic crisis in the country.

History-making Dromard
By capturing the 2008 title, Dromard became the first club in history to win four successive Longford U21 football championships.

Gacquin/Hagan accept new posts
Jimmy Gacquin and Sean Hagan have been appointed managers of Longford Slashers and Abbeylara respectively.

Stars will come out on Saturday night.
It promises to be a gala night for the Longford GAA Stars Banquet in The Arms Hotel on Saturday December 13.

Colmcille GFC Club Notes
Our Club dominated the voting process for the 2008 Team of the Championship with no less than eight members of our successful side selected for the Longford version of the All-Star Awards.

No extra investment in Interpros
GAA President Nickey Brennan has stressed that Croke Park will not be investing extra funds into the inter-provincial series, having spent over Eu1m on the competition in recent years.

All eyes on Abbeylara
Saffron county club, Gort na Móna will bid for All-Ireland glory tomorrow (Saturday) when they take on Mayo kingpins, Ballaghaderreen in the Open Interclub Final at Abbeylara, Longford.

Convention to see little drama
The 2008 Longford GAA Convention is expected to go off without any major incidents with only two of the positions on the executive to be contested.

Six motions up for discussion
There will be six motions discussed at the annual convention to be held at Aras Ui Bhriain, Pearse Park on Tuesday night, December 9th.

Den Haag GAA European Invitational Gaelic Football Tournament 2009
The Hague GAA club would like to extend an invitation to all Men’s and Ladies Gaelic football teams to their third annual European Invitational Gaelic Football Tournament!

Christmas gift ideas from Scullion Hurls
Christmas is upon us and once again Scullion Hurls have a wide selection of hurling and GAA related gifts available for you to choose from.

Ballymahon senior and minor notes
The Club has now launched their Annual Race Night. This year it will take place in Cooney,Äôs Hotel this Friday night, 5th December.

Season ticket introduced
The GAA has launched a reduced price season ticket for the 2009 season which would offer purchasers a chance to buy an All-Ireland final ticket should their county reach a decider.

Dromard GAA Club Notes
Congratulations to our U21 team who over came a strong amalgamation of Connollys/Mullinaghta/Colmcille, on Sunday last at Pearse Park.

U21 semi-finals
The semi-finals of the 2008 Longford U21 football championship are down for decision on Sunday November 30.

Quinn to be nurtured by Clarke mentor
Longford youngster Michael Quinn will be trained by the same Aussie Rules coach who developed Down’s Marty Clarke into one of the game’s hottest properties.

National league fixtures announced
The GAA has confirmed that following a meeting of it’s Central Council that the fixtures for the Allianz GAA Football and Hurling National Leagues have been confirmed.

Ballymahon senior and minor notes
The Club has now launched their Annual Race Night. This year it will take place in Cooney’s Hotel on Friday 5th December next.

Dromard GAA Club Notes
Eugene McNaboe is heading off to South Africa to be part of The Niall Mellon Township Trust which provides homes to the impoverished communities in the townships, as part of his fundraising he organised a game between the 1999 Dromard Championship winning Team and the 2007 Championship team.

Skelly hits out at AFL raids
Leinster Council vice-chairman and ex-Longford chairman Martin Skelly has expressed his concerns about the recruitment of young GAA stars by Aussie Rules clubs.

Brady leaves Colmcille and eyes Gowna return
Ciaran Brady has decided to step down from his position as Colmcille manager and pursue another year of playing with his native club, Gowna.

Mostrim edge past Killoe into last four
Mostrim took their place in the semi-finals of the James Keogh Under 21 Football Championship last Friday night with a well-earned four-point victory over Killoe at Monaduff.

Harkins is new Longford Under 21 boss
Longford senior selector Mickey Harkins has been appointed as the county’s new Under 21 football manager for the 2009 season.
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