St. Mary's Notes
August 16, 201016th August 2010
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Relay Run to Croke Park for All Ireland Final 2010
Plans are continuing for the run from Kent Park to Croke Park starting on the evening of the 17th of September. We have been delighted with the response from prospective runners and can't accommodate any more. We would urge all club members to make a special effort in relation to the collection of sponsorship. The club would also like to thank the various newspaper and radio stations for the recent publicity. This event has really captured the imagination, not only in the northwest, but nationally. We hope that as many members of the community will run the first kilometer with us on the 17th so please put that date in your diary. We will include further information here as the build-up continues to the big day. Club supporters can now contribute to the cause online at the Club's official website or on the Club's official Facebook page using the "PayPal" facility. Anyone seeking further information contact David Keane on 086 8367005 or Niall Murray on 087 2860239.
Saturday Morning Coaching: Saturday Morning Coaching continues every Saturday morning from 10.30am until 12pm, all are welcome, so if your child is age 5 to 12 years and would like to enjoy Gaelic games in a fun environment bring them along. This invitation goes out to any parents, past players, Uncles, Aunts, brothers or sisters who want to get into coaching or just help out, please come along. You can join up on the day. Remember to get your membership fee paid asap as the jerseys sponsored by John Kent Sports are ordered and will be here in a couple of weeks.
Ladies: Congratulations to the Ladies Junior Team on their victory over Ballisodare in the Championship on Sunday.
Minor: We play Ballymote/Bunninadden in the next Championship match in late August. Training continues on Tuesday and Thursday at 7.30pm.
U-16: Our under 16 team have qualified for the under 16 A championship final. We congratulate Tommy Breheny, Mark Breheny and Charlie Harrison and the Club's County U-16 Panellists on their brilliant win in the Manning Cup Final.
U-11: The under 11 training for boys born in 1999 and 2000 commenced last week. There will be no training on 16th and 18th of August due to coaches on holidays. Full training will recommence on 23rd August at 6.00pm to 7.00pm and each Wednesday and Monday until further notice. Two of our under age coaches Adrian Muldowney and Micheal Munnelly will be participating in the St. Mary's Sponsored Run from Kent Park to Croke Park on 17th September, quite an effort for such old men. Sponsorship cards were handed out to many of the squad members and we would urge all parents, families and friends to support the cause. Please return the sponsorship cards and any monies collected to Adrian Muldowney (087-6181215) as soon as possible in advance of the 17th September.
Senior/Junior: The Senior team opened their Championship campaign with a disappointing defeat to County Champions, Tourlestrane, on Saturday evening last at Tubbercurry. Despite Mary's taking an early lead in the match, it was Tourlestrane that took a stranglehold on the match, racing into a 0-7 to 0-1 lead after 20 minutes. Mary's rallied before the half time whistle and had seemingly got themselves back into contention when going in at the break on a scoreline of Tourlestrane 0-8 St. Mary's 0-4. However, the second half was dominated by Tourlestrane with Mary's, despite having a fair share of the possession, unable to break down the opposition's well drilled defence and failing to match their intensity. The match finished with a scoreline of St. Mary's 0-6 Tourlestrane 0-15. Training continues for the Senior Squad this week as their attention now turns to the third round match with Tubbercurry on the weekend of August 28th/29th. Training also continues for the Junior team this week as they prepare to face St. Pat's in the second round of the Junior A Championship with a throw in time of 12 noon this Sunday at Markievicz Park. We ask all Club supporters to get behind the team.
Vodafone Support Your Club Programme: The Vodafone 'Support your Club Programme' is still looking for supporters and members to register, this is a very easy way to get extra funds for the Club, see website for more details.
Website: The Club's website is live at http://stmarys.sligo.gaa.ie/. The Club's email address is [email protected]. Tweet
