St. Patricks club notes

July 25, 2014

The St Pats Golf Classic proved a great success.
St. Patricks Golf Classic 2014
All roads led to Hollywood Lake for the annual Golf Classic. Numbers were out in force in this event which proved to be a great days outing for all our keen golfers. First 3 teams started at 9am eventually coming home 3hrs later just in time for the other groups to start their rounds. Up for grabs was a Kia Venga Car which was sponsored by Jack Doran Motors. This was for the hole in one on the 17th however only one person came close on the day by 2.5ft. Great camaraderie
was had on the day even from the following support from other county clubs. A BBQ followed between holes 9 & 10. As the day came to a close all teams returned to Whytes of Stamullen for their post arranged meal and drinks which also included the presentation of prizes.

Results of the day was 1st with a score of 53.6 - €100 voucher for Mcguirks golf shop
Peter Sullivan, Niall Flynn, Ronan Kearns, Daithi Whyte

2nd with a score of 56.7 - 4 ball for Ballyliffin golf club In Donegal.
Darren Hagan, Niall Mooney, Niall Whearty, Cormac Sullivan

3rd with a score of 58.1 - 4 ball in Baltray golf club
Joe o Donoughoe, Tomas Smyth, Kevin Hughes, Cognac McCartnet
4th with a score of 58.3 - 4 Nike t-shirts
Terry Mcginty, David Foy, Gerry Foy
5th with a score of 59.4 - 4 ball for Hollywood Lakes
Michael Byrne, Adrian Kenny, David Gannon
6th with a score of 60.6 - 4 Meath Umbrella's
Gavin Kirby, Adrian Mulholland, Brendan Byrne, Ian McCloskey
Nearest the pin Kevin Hughes on 17th
Longest Drive on the 9th was Brian Farrell
Senior club chairman Anto Woods Paid his compliments to all partiscipants on the day for turning up for a great days Golf. To Brendan Battersby for supplying the food & drinks, to all Corporate & indivual hole sponsors, to Daithi, Cormac & Darren for organising such a successfull event, Mark Doran of Jack Doran Motors, Hollywood Lakes G.C, Rosa & Carmel for running the BBQ and to our PRO Gareth McDonnell who's photography coverage proved once again worthwhile on the day & the presentations that were made later in Whytes. Congratulations to all winners with special mention to our 6th place Dubs team who were presented with their Meath (Norwich City) umbrella's. All Images of the day can be found on our Facebook page. Well done to all.
St.Patricks Summer Festival 2014
St.Patricks Gaa Summer Festival took place in Mid July. A fulfilled weekend of Family Fun Sports Day, Disco, Old Time Dancing, BBQ & Live Music was had by all. A first for St.Patricks Gaa to host such an event proved out to be a successfull weekend for all especially for the organisers within the club. Thursday night started off in style with the Youth disco where everyone that attended had a great night dancing away and meeting up with their friends. Winners of the "Dance Off" were Taylor Powell, Madeline Hopkins & Lucy Geraghty.

Friday night seen the "Leinster Junior Final" where St.Pats U8's playing as Meath played O'Dwyers U8's (Dublin). Well done to all the kids on a great evening of Gaa. This followed the older age Dancing in Old Time Social Dancing with music from Country Pride in which turned out to be a great night for all.

On Saturday proved out to be a very entertaining day lots lots of fun for the family. Attraction of the day was the Water Dunk where many of the hard working mentors & managers took part in the family fun. The Penalty competition was won by Ben Sullivan while runner up was Luke Whearty. The Darts competiton was won by Jamie Bradley. Children took part in Races from U6/U8/U10 & Mammies also there was Spud & Spoon races where everyone child was given a medal. All this would'nt of happened without the hard working planning of the fundraising committee David Weldon, Gavin Kirby, Stephen Brennan ,Rosa McNulty, Adrian Mulholland & Daithi Whyte who we thank for a successfull weekend of activies. To all the other volunteers who helped out on the day from the tuck shop to the other helpers on the field. To the groups who took part on the day the Irish Dancers & Taekwondo group for entertaining on the day also many thanks to the stall sellers. On Saturday evening we held our BBQ with music by the Dicies who entertainted us. This truely was an event to remember & something that sure will take place again. All Images of Friday/Saturday & the weekend can be found on our Facebook page.

Underage Football - News & Results

Juvenile Hurling
In the juvenile section of the underage hurling there was a session taken by Peter Durnin from Meath GAA who led the kids in warm up's & drills this followed by their first Match against St Colmcilles but both teams playing very well. All images of the evening both training & the game are available on our Facebook page.

Pats Og
Pats Og training takes place every Saturday morning at the usual times. As always new children are always welcome. Times are 10.30am - 11.15am - for children born in 2010 & 2011 & 11.15am - midday - for children born in 2009. Note that the Pats Og will be recommencing on August 9th.

U8's
The U8's travelled to Donore in their pre-arranged friendlies to play their against St.Mary's. The kids played 2 games each and proved that they are a worthy team to watch throughtout the summer.

In the U8's "Leinster Junior Final" St.Pats welcomed the visit of O'Dwyers of Balbriggan in their pre-arranged match. Great display of Gaa by all the kids on both teams with everyone taking their scores and defending well for their team mates. Later after the games everyone enjoyed refreshments & drinks, thanks to Sarah, Elaine & Fiona for looking after all.

U8's - Croke Park
The U8's travelled to Croke Park to play in an arranged Go Games Blitz against teams from Kildare such an experience for any 8 yr old boy or girl. A glorious sunny 7am Start & 2 bus loads left Stamullen for Croke Park the kids were really excited to be playing at such an event. The kids had a great morning of Gaa, getting great experience for their games. The structure on the day was that "everyone gets a go". Images of the day can be found on our facebook parge. Thanks to Barry Campbell and his wonderful team of mentors who work the kids really well in their development of Gaa. This was a day that they will remember for sure.


U10's Boys
U10' boys green team travelled to Duleek to play Duleek/Bellewstown in 2 arranged friendlies while the U10 white teams played St.Colmcilles at home. Both teams gave a great account of themselves considering that the numbers were low. U10's also featured against Seneschalstown on "Festival Saturday" & gave a great account of themselves considering that not all of the panel were available. 2 games played the lads displayed encouraging Gaa & should continue to play at this standard throughout the remaining of the year. The Following week the lads played a home fixture against Walterstown and an away fixture to St.Mary's of Donore and gave a great account of themselves playing great Gaa.

Boys U12's
St.Pats U12's hosted their nearest rival the Cilles in round 4 of the summer league & came away with a win. Well done to all the guys. Final Score St Patrick's 0-43 : St Colmcilles 0-18. In round 5 St.Pats faced Dunshaughlin away & came away triumphant to reach the Semi finals. Final score Dunshaughlin 0:27 - St.Pats 0:42. In the Semi St.Pats will face Ratoath who have already beaten the lads in round 1 so the boys will be looking to reverse the score to get to the final.

Boys U14's
Disappointment for the U14's as they were defeated by a very strong away team in the U14 Football Summer League Group D Round 2. Final Score St Patrick's 1-06 : Wolfe Tones 8-18. In round 3 St.Pats faced Slane away in a much more improved performance but sadly losing by 6pts. Final score Slane 5-11 : St Patrick's 4-08

Boys U17s
The U17's suffered defeat as they went down to a better home side in St.Michaels in the Football League Division 3 Round 2 Match. Final Score St Michael's 6-17 : St Patrick's 1-09. This followed by the U17 Football League Division 3 Round 3 & a 3pt lost for the Pats. Final Score St.Vincents/Curraha 7:06 : St Patrick's 4:12.

L.G.F.A
LGFA - The Apprentice 2014
The Dominos Lead the way after round 3. Results from round 3 of the LGFA Summer League.
Wibbly Wobbly Wonders 5:02 (17) - The Dominos 3:13 (22) Russian Grannies 7:08 (29) - 13 Direction 5:11(25). In the Semi Finals of the Summer Games were Wibbly Wobbly Wonders v Russian Grannies & 13 Direction v The Dominos. The eventual pairings in the Shield Final were 13 Direction v Russian Grannies while The Dominos v Wibbly Wobbly Wonders made up the Cup Final. Results & images of the game & presentation can be found on our facebook page.

Meath U14
In the U14 Section Nicole, Katie, Jade and Helina competed in their first Blitz for Meath U14 in Carlow. They played very well but were unlucky on the day to not make it to the final. They were up against tough teams but for sure certainly did all proud. Well done ladies.

St.Pats Senior Ladies
St.Patricks ladies championship kicked off with St.Pats at home to Walterstown. It was a hard night for a very under strength home side however is was'nt to be for the ladies as they went down to a strong away team. Final Score St.Pats 0:06 Walterstown 5:14. Next Up was an away game to Dunboyne in the Senior ladies championship it was a tough night for the girls again as they went down to a well hardened Dunboyne team. Final score Dunboyne 6:23 St.Patricks 0:02. In their next home championship game the ladies welcomed the visit of Dunsany, however things didn't go to plan with the final result St.Patricks 1:06 Dunsany 8:23.

J.F.C
In the JCFC Group B Round 5 match St.Pats travelled to Slane to play Rathkenny & came away with a 7pt win. Final score St.Patricks 1:20 - Rathkenny 2:10. In the Qtr Final's St.Pats were up against Na Fianna in Skyrne & came away with a 5pt win to advance to the semi finals. Final Score St.Patricks 1:13 - Na Fianna 1:08.

Senior Men
The Senior team hosted the visit of Seneschalstown to Stamullen to play in round 9 of the All county Football A League Div 1 and staged a good comeback but were defeated in the end. Final Score St.Patricks 3:07 - Seneschalstown 2:11. Their next visit was to Dunshaughlin in rd 10 of the football league with St.Pats hoping for a better result but that was'nt to be as they were beaten by the home side. Final score Dunshaughlin 3-15 - St Patrick's 1-08. Followed this was Round 11 were the home side were beaten by a good away side. Final score St Patrick's 1:11 - Na Fianna 4:15.

B-League
In the Football B League Division 3 Round 7 St Patrick's found themselves up against Na Fianna in a top of the table clash in Stamullen. Honours were shared in this game. Final score St Patrick's 0-13 : Na Fianna 1-10.

Hurling
The JHC Group A Round 3 found St Patrick's away in Dunsany against O'Mahonys with St.Pats coming away with a 4pt win. Final Score St.Patricks 2:07 - Navan O'Mahonys 0:09.

County Board On Tour
The Meath County Board continued its tour with the staging of the July meeting at our Clubs facility at Stamullen. Johnny Purfield Our Meath County Board Representative for our club welcomed the officers, the delegates and members of the press, adding that he attended his first County Board meeting back in 1959. Meath County Board PRO Martin O'Halloran had generous praise for St Patrick's, remarking that the facilities were a great credit to us and an example to other clubs as to what can be achieved.

Kellogs Cul Camps 2014
Cul Camps 2014 recently took place back in mid-July in St.Patricks Grounds and attracted a big underage attendence for the week. Kids were put through their paces from drills to excerises to small sided fun games by the mentors. On the final day the kids were given their Cul Camp Kit and Gaa bag. Special thanks to Jamie Queeney Cul Camp Coordinator & his team consisted of Brian Kelly, Adrianne & Lauren McCann, Grainne Rice & Tara McHugh from Meath Go Games for a great week of Gaa. Images from the week can be found on our Facebook page.

Club Lotto

Jackpot. €5,800 Not Won. Draw date. 22-07-2014 - Numbers Drawn. 2, 10, 13, 20.
Next Crossbar Draw (July.29th) €150 - Weekly Winners: 1. €50.Joseph Colgan c/o Whytes 2. €20. Mary Peppard c/o Pat Ryan - 3. €15. Una Moore c/o Pat Ryan - 4. €15. Trish Walsh c/o Wogans
5. €15. Johnny Smith c/o Pat Ryan Next Weeks Jackpot: €5,900 - Thanks to all for your continued support.

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