Santa Visit to Fore
Santa visited Abbey House in Fore Village on Sunday 14th December. There was great excitement when word broke that Santa was on his way. Fore was made all the more festive with the sound of children cheering for Santa and the Christmas carol signing. We had over 50 children visit Santa in his grotto and parents were treated to some lovely warm fruit punch on arrival. Big thank you to all the children, parents, grandparents and everyone who came along to see the man himself. Thanks to everyone who helped organise the day and of course Beesie and Rosemary for having the place looking so festive. Happy Christmas to all and the very best wishes for 2015.
Underage/Coaching meeting
Tuesday the 9th December we held our underage meeting in the Hotel Castlepollard. The meeting was chaired by our new Underage Chairman, Paddy Hannan. Review of underage activities for 2014 were presented by the underage secretary, Noel Morgan and ladies secretary, Paul Hilliard. Plans for 2015 were outlined during the meeting. Paddy Hannan spoke about the commitment to teams at underage and thanked everyone for their time and effort, the new coaches willing to get involved for next year were also thanked and a commitment was made to support all coaches. It was explained that our Coaching Officer, Noel Morgan was on hand to assist anyone. Training/session plans will be e-mailed to all coaches during the year so please ensure Noel has your e-mail address. For coaching and general enquiries please e-mail [email protected]. The meeting was also made aware that 2014 seen for the first time that Ballycomoyle were represented in Croke Park with our Under 8 team taking to the hallowed ground in July for the GAA.Go games initiative. Coach training for 2014 Award 2: Noel Morgan, Award 1: Paddy Hannan, Gerry Farrelly, Una D'Arcy and Sabrina Dermody, Foundation course: Vinny Reynolds, Carmel Reynolds, Colm Murphy and Des Ayer. Further training is planned for 2015 and anyone wishing to attend a coaching course is encouraged to let Noel Morgan know. Underage contacts for 2015 for the boys are Paddy Hannan, 0876640923, Noel Morgan 0876627600 and for the girls Catherine Daly 0879185962, Paula Hilliard 0876293791. All parents will be notified in Janaury as to who will be taking which teams for 2015. Hotel Castlepollard and Russell were thanked for the generous sponsorship of jerseys for the Under 16 boys team. Next meeting is planned for end January or early February.