JFC Round 3: Our seniors had a bye in Round 3.

JFC Round 4: Next up is a home fixture against Scotstown on Saturday 15th August in St. Victor's Park at 4:00pm. In order to make the day a success we need your help, if you could help with parking, match day steward, ticket collector, shop assistance or in any way possible then please contact Club Secretary, Leo McGinn on 085 804 9245. Please be mindful of government restrictions in place, this will be an all ticket event with only 55no. tickets available to Club members. Tickets will be available to Club members this Friday 14th August , in St Victors Park from 8:00pm. We thank each and every one of our loyal members for their understanding. Please ensure that all members attending the match adhere to social distancing and government guidelines.

Sponsorship: The Club would like to thank the following companies for their continued support of our Club and for the sponsorship of our forthcoming JFC tie against Scotstown (Saturday 15th August). A.W. Ennis Erin Farm Feeds, Broomfield Construction, Meegan Builders, O'Neill Tractors, Tusker Construction Group and Castleblayney Credit Union. Anyone wishing to sponsor a Club match please contact either Vice-Club Chairman, Damian O'Reilly on 087 125 2126 or any committee member. 

Special Thanks: The Club would like to express their appreciation to Damian McArdle, McArdle Carpentry & Building Contractors for the sponsorship of heras fencing to facilitate Club compliance with housing home / away benches, management and officials to the Club for our JFC game this Saturday 15th August.

Club Shop: The Club shop has been opened and is selling snacks, minerals, tea and coffee at very reasonable prices, the shop will be open for all U17 home matches and our second home draw against Scotstown in the JFC. Please come along and support the teams and shop. Thank you to all who have dropped by and supported the shop.

Training: Training for our Senior team, U17's, U15's and U13's continues, please ensure that you continue the safe return to play guidelines. In ongoing efforts to facilitate the return to play all guidelines need to be followed to facilitate this safe return. It is essential that all coaches, mentors, management, committee members, senior players and the parents of underage players complete the eLearning module prior to any return to the Club. It is also essential that all coaches, mentors, management, senior players and the parents of underage players complete the Health Questionnaire, this must be resubmitted prior to each training session and match.  

U17 Division 2 Championship: The U17's (Clan na Gael) had their fourth outing in the Maguire International Transport Division 2 Championship, on Tuesday 4th August with an away fixture against Emyvale. In what were awful wet conditions the lads never got going at all and played a very organised and skilful Emyvale side. Despite this match being all one-way traffic, the lads did show some promise and at times some great football themselves. However, the final touch was just not forthcoming on the night and we never seemed to get any of the breaking ball. This was a heavy defeat but this is a great group of players and they never give up. FT Score FT CnG 1:07 - Emyvale 6:19.

Scorers on the night - Eoin (Tincer) Gorman 0-2(2f), Joey McMahon 0-1, Tom McMahon 1-1, Thomas McMahon 0-2, Shane Kelly 0-1.

Hard luck to the lads and management. 

The team play a home fixture against Scotstown on Tuesday 11th August, (Notes in prior to match) no score-line. The U17's play each Tuesday now with the fixtures as follows: Rd 6 away fixture 18th August 7:15pm, Tyholland, Rd 7 home fixture 25th August 7:15pm, Clontibret. Save these above dates and please be sure to come out and support this team.

U15 Division 3 Championship: The U15's play as Clan na Gael and played their third match in an away fixture against Inniskeen. They headed off to Iniskeen with two wins from two, although it was expected to be a competitive match confidence was good. The game was a bit scrappy in the first half with a lot of squandered chances from both sides. The lads missed plenty of scoring chances and never optimised their time on the ball taking shots from awkward angles and from too long a range, scores were kept to a minimum and by the water break it was Iniskeen who were ahead by a point, 0:01 - 0:02. Play resumed without much change in the play, poor decisions let us down and we just could not get in the mix. Both teams were cancelling each other out and at half time only a point remained the difference in Inniskeen's favour 0:03 - 0:04. The second half resumed and started off a livelier affair with a goal from Inniskeen and a point each within a couple of minutes of play. CnG got a goal back and still had the winning of the game, then just before the second water break of the match another goal against us and we trailed by 5, score now at 1:06 - 2:09. The last quarter of the match and we looked dead on our feet, with some missed opportunities and good play by Inniskeen it meant they had the match under control. This ended up a heavy defeat, the lads gave it their all and with a few players missing through injury and a couple of others away, the lads were a bit unlucky and came second to a better team on the night. FT Score CnG 2:05 Inniskeen 5:13. Hard luck lads and good luck this week.

Scorers on the night - Glenn Forde 0:01(f), Josh Hannon 1:02(1f), Ben Mone 1:02(1f), Stephen Kelly 0:01, Jamie Laverty 0:01. 

The U15's continue their campaign this Thursday night with a home (Oram) fixture against Aughnamullen at the earlier time of 7:15pm. This will be a tough game so please ensure you come out and support the team. 

U15s will continue to play each Thursday evening with the fixtures as follows: Rd 5 away fixture 20th August 7:15pm, Doohamlet, Rd 6 home fixture 27th August 7:15pm, Sean McDermotts, Rd 7 home fixture 3rd September, Latton. Save these above dates and please be sure to come out and support this team.

U13 Division 2 Championship: Our U13's play as Oram and had their fourth game on Saturday last, 8th August with an away fixture against Corduff. This was a very tough encounter as the lads faced a very strong Corduff side, this was a one-sided affair although the lads gave it their all till the bitter end. Final score Oram 4:03 - Corduff 10:22, The next game is a home fixture to Tyholland, with this a tough division and another tight contest your support is greatly appreciated, so please ensure you get out and support the team, throw in is at 12:00pm.

Golf Classic: The Golf Classic is back and this year we are being hosted by Ashfield Golf Club, Cullyhanna. This will take place on Saturday the 5th September. Team of 4 persons €160. Please contact Jim McArdle to secure your place on 086 600 0339. Apart from being a great day, this event is a very important fundraiser for the Club as we strive to make progress on and off the field, please support this event in any way you can.  Refreshments will be served on the day. Tee box sponsorship is available for €100, if you would like to sponsor a tee box please contact Jim McArdle or Leo McGinn on 085 804 9245, alternatively you can be named (private name - no business) on a sponsorship card for the event at €20.  The Golf Classic provides an excellent opportunity to catch up on club matters, entertain clients, family or friends and to meet up. The Club appreciates any support you can offer for this event. Thanks to all those who have entered a team and or pledged a sponsorship of a Tee Box, your support of our Club is greatly appreciated.

Astro Pitch: Our astro pitches are available to hire once again, we have 3no. 5-a-side pitches, unfortunately at this time we are unable to offer the whole astro park due to COVID-19 and will only be facilitating the hire of 5-a-side pitches. If you would like to make a booking please contact John on 085 786 4106, owing to COVID-19 we are unable to provide bibs so please bring your own or make suitable arrangements, it would also be best practice to bring your own ball and hand sanitiser.

Volunteers: Work continues around St. Victor's Park, most of the big jobs have been completed but there are lots of little jobs that always need doing. This Club is all our Club and it is the volunteers that give up their time that make the Club a sucess, so once again we say thank you to each and every person who has given their time. If you can spare any amount of time at all please get in touch with either Club Chairman, Gene Comiskey on 087 918 6629 or Club Secretary, Leo McGinn on 085 804 9245. 

Underage Players: We are pleased to announce that the football for our yougest players will resume on Saturday 15th August from 11:00am. Please ensure that all parents have completed both the Covid-19 Club Education eLearning module for Gaelic Games. This takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. It must be done before returning to training / games and can be found at the following link https://courses.gaa.ie/Covid19ClubEd, parents are also requested to complete the Health Questionnaire, the this only takes around 5 minutes and is also completed online, prior to each training session you are required to reconfirm your status has not changed. This can be found at the following link, please ensure you have completed these forms prior to commencing training. The health questionnaire can be found at this link: https://auth.gaaservers.net/auth/realms/gaa/protocol/openid-connect/auth?client_id=gaa-direct&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Freturntoplay.gaa.ie%2F&state=918a0895-b7ab-44b9-9afb-2aaf9fda2258&response_mode=fragment&response_type=code&scope=openid&nonce=e3db77d8-c9f3-47e2-8854-e1998c2d3c1c. Training continues for all our competitive underage groups U13's (Monday in Oram), U15's (Monday's 7-8pm in Oram) and U17's (Friday 8-9pm in Toome), please contact coaches for times and days as these may vary.

Membership: If you have not been able to pay Club membership due to the COVID-19 lockdown, please contact any committee member to facilitate payment, Dermot Reavy is the Club registrar. Please remember membership is very important and is required to cover player injury scheme payment and registration of our teams. The Club would like to thank all those who have reached out and paid membership in recent weeks.

News: If you have any news to be included in the Club notes please get in touch through social media or via any committee member. 

Best Wishes: The Club and all our member would like to wish

Declan Lambe 

 a full and speedy recovery following an accident where he dislocated his collar bone. Declan is an integral part of the senior team management as well as a committee member and also a club volunteer who dedicates so much of his time to the Club completing many many essential jobs around St Victor’s Park. Thanks, Declan, for all you do and here is to wishing you well.Sympathy: The Club and all our members would like to extend sympathies to the family and friends of Jimmy Courtney former Club player,  Shercock Road, Carrickmacross. 5th August, on his passing, Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis. 

The Club and all our members would like to offer sincere sympathies to the family and many friends of Annie Gleeson (née Gilbert), Black Island View, Drumillard, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, Friday 7th August. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.

The Club and all our members would like to extend sympathies to the family and friends of Leo McArdle, Church Street, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, Formerly London. Peacefully Sunday 9th August, on his passing, Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis. 

Belated Sympathy: The Club and all our members would like to extend sympathies to the McCarthy family and many friends of Sean McCarthy (Big Jack), The Crescent, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan. Peacefully Saturday July 25th, Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

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