Castlepollard Hurling Club Notes
May 22, 2012
Best Wishes
Best wishes to former Club Chairman Willie Murphy and also to former player Johnny McCormack who were both in hospital recently. We wish them both a speedy recovery.
Senior Team
We are fixed to play Clonkill in the League on Thursday 24th May.
First round of the Championship is fixed for weekend Sun 10th June vs Delvin with provisional dates Sun 1st July vs LLG & Sun 15th July vs CTG.
Pig Roast & Sponsored Cycle:
Our Sponsored Cycle and Pig Roast takes place on Sun 3rd June Bank Holiday weekend. There is a family cycle of 17.5Km, starting at the hurling complex and heading for Collinstown, Fore and back to Castlepollard. The Adult Route of 60Km starts at the hurling complex and heads for Mullingar, Delvin, Drumcree, Fore and back to Castlepollard. Sign on at the hurling complex, Castlepollard at 1.00pm for the adult route and 3pm for the family cycle. It is planned that both groups will meet up in Fore and return to Castlepollard together. There will be a donation to Crumlin Hospital for Sick Children from the proceeds.
Sponsorship cards and further details are available from our website www.castlepollard.gaa.ie or by contacting 086 - 8590 300 or 087 - 2517 359.
Underage
U-8
Training for the U-8s and U-10s continues every Tuesday night, from 6pm until 7pm in the Hurling Field. All new members welcome.
Future U8 Blitz dates :-
Sat May 26th in castlepollard @11am & Fri July 13th in ringtown @ 6.30pm.
Everyone must be at the allocated venues at least 15 minutes before games start
Training for U12, U14 & U16s continues on Monday evenings from 6-7pm.
All underage fixtures can be found on the Westmeath website
http://westmeathgaa.ie/fixturesByDate/7268/juvenile
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Lotto Draw:
Numbers drawn:- 2,3,11,19. There was no jackpot winner. The 6 x €25 winners were:
1. Daniel McLoughlin-Loftus, Castlepollard.
2. Flossie Gibbons, Green St, Castlepollard.
3. Mag Gaffney, Water Lane, Castlepollard.
4. Bridget McDermott, c/o Bingo.
5. Peggy Devine, Mooretown, Castlepollard.
6. Liz Coffey, Rathown.
Next draw will take place at the Bingo on Sun 3rd June. New Jackpot will be €1,200.
The Hurling Club would like to thank all patrons for their continued support.
Please note that our all Yearly Lotto Tickets sold or unsold now need to be returned immediately .
The deadline for the return of the Lotto sheets was Sunday May 20th as the first draw for this year's scheme will be held on Sunday June 3rd. If you have not been approached to buy a ticket and would like to do so please email [email protected] or [email protected]
Bingo
Our weekly bingo continues every Sunday night at 8.30pm in the hurling complex. The jackpot was not won on Sunday 20th May and now stands at €14,200, awaiting a lucky winner. Our new 2nd Jackpot of €2,600 was not won and now stands at €2,700 for next week.
County Senior Team
Well done to the Westmeath Senior Hurlers who defeated Antrim in preliminary round of the Leinster Senior Championship in Cusack Park on Sat 19th May on scoreline of 0-14 to 0-12. Castlepollard were represented by Tommy Gallagher, Andrew Dermody & David Higgins. They now face Galway on 3rd June in Casack park.
Underage Coaching Camp:
This year's camp will take place on Aug 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Please put this date in your diary.
Club Website
Our Club website is now up and running. Please feel free to visit us at www.castlepollard.gaa.ie .
If anyone would like to have any news items or events added to the site or included in the weekly notes please email [email protected].
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