Monthly club meeting

The monthly Aodh Ruadh club executive meeting takes place this Thursday via Zoom at 9pm. All committee members are asked to attend. Any items for AOB should be forwarded to club Secretary Lisa McTernan by 3pm on Wednesday.

 

Coaching Workshops

The club will be holding two coaching workshops on Saturday 5th June, in Father Tierney park. The first workshop from 12.15pm to 1.15pm will be for coaches from under 5 to under 11. The second workshop form 1.30pm to 2.30pm is for under 13 to under 17 coaches. We encourage all current coaches to attend these workshops. Anyone interested in coaching with the club in the future is also invited to attend.

 

Páirc Aoidh Ruaidh events
Apart from club activity in the coming week the Park / Development Committee have a number of other bookings in the coming weeks. On Thursday 27th and Friday 28th May the Scoil Chaitríona Sports Days take place. These activities were previously deferred due to weather conditions. This Saturday from 3.45pm to 6.15pm LGFA minor trials take place on the main pitch in Páirc Aoidh Ruaidh. On Tuesday June 8th Gaelscoil Éirne will hold its Sports Day at Páirc Aoidh Ruaidh.

 

Maintenance and improvement works 
Some works to complete two small additional playing spaces are underway at Páirc Aoidh Ruaidh. These works will be completed shortly. In the interim those in charge of youth teams are asked to ensure that those in their care stay away from the locations of these developments. Our work teams are catching up on a backlog of maintenance works caused by the lengthy lay-off due to Covid restrictions. Work to complete the current phase of terracing at the Fr Tierney Park has recommenced. Meanwhile, work to provide two additional team changing rooms has been completed. 

 

Hurling   

Training continues next week for our older groups at the times outlined below.   

Under 13 - Tuesday, 6.15pm to 7.15pm @ Páirc Aoidh Ruaidh Top Pitch; Sunday, 10.30am to 11.30am @ Páirc Aoidh Ruaidh Top Pitch.   

Under 15 - Tuesday, 6.30pm to 7.30pm @ Páirc Aoidh Ruaidh Main Pitch; Thursday, 6.15pm to 7.15pm @ Páirc Aoidh Ruaidh Top Pitch.   

Under 17 - Tuesday, 5pm to 6pm @ Páirc Aoidh Ruaidh Top Pitch; Sunday, 12.45pm to 1.45pm @ Páirc Aoidh Ruaidh Top Pitch.   

Sunday morning saw another great turn out for our younger hurlers, with our under 9, under 7 and under 5s all out again for their second session of the year.  In total we had almost 50 youngsters taking part in activities to help improve their fitness, balance, agility, as well as the basic core skills of ground hurling. If any parent would like their child to join any of our younger age groups, please contact John Larkin on 086-1076883. Children born in the years 2016 will be under 5; 2015 and 2014 are under 7; And those born in 2012 and 2013 are under 9.

 

Ballyshannon Bingo  

Another great night of bingo was held last Friday night with 29 winners taking home prizes. Well done to Aine Cleary winning the €500 jackpot and Lauren Downey who won the €250 mini-jackpot. Our other house winners included Leanne McGrath, Margaret Meehan, Melissa Boyle, Hazel Milligan, Fionnuala Crowe, Laura Gilfedder, Mary Brosnan, Danielle McDonagh, Bernie O'Shea and Caroline Heron. The snowball evaded capture again so rolls to €1,150 this Friday night on 47 numbers or less. Once again we will be back broadcasting to the world from Bingo HQ via Zoom at 9pm. If you haven't already played, you can find full details on the Ballyshannon Bingo Facebook page. Books are available to buy on our Klubfunder.com page right now. Remember, if you don't have access to a printer, Mary in A Novel Idea will be happy to print your book for a small fee.  

Click this link to buy a SINGLE BOOK for €10.  

Click this link to buy a DOUBLE BOOK for €15.  

Please note, we have revamped the delivery schedule for Ballyshannon Bingo books as follows:  

 • Books bought by 4pm on Wednesday will be emailed by lunchtime Thursday.  

 • Books then bought by 8am on Friday morning will be emailed before lunchtime on Friday.  

 • Books bought by Friday's final 4pm deadline will be emailed before 6pm on Friday.  

It is very important players enter the email address they need the book to be sent to. Late changes are problematic and we cannot guarantee they will be facilitated.  

Look forward to seeing you all again this Friday evening!  

  

Tee sponsorship slots for Aodh Ruadh 2021 Golf Classic

We still have a small number of tee sponsorship slots available for the Aodh Ruadh Golf Classic on Friday, 11th June. The event was a huge success last year and we are looking forward to another great classic next month. To obtain a tee sponsorship contact William on 087-2799855. We now only have six tee times available, so book through the golf club on 071-9841302 at your earliest opportunity to be sure of your slot. Entry is €120 per team. We have eight team prizes, as well as prizes for the longest male and female drives, and nearest the pin. Up for grabs are fourballs at Ballyliffin, Murvagh and Slieve Russell; vouchers for Bundoran Golf Club and Druids Golf, four golf bags, golf shoes, golf hats, plus loads more prizes.

 

Boot exchange
A big thanks to everyone who contributed to the first week of our boot exchange scheme, we had a great response. The scheme will allow anybody who has boots that are too small to exchange their boots for a bigger pair at no expense. We are continuing to collect boots, so please take a look through your house or garage and gather as many pairs of old boots and drop them into the boot bin this Saturday at Centra, beside the lotto stand. It’ll be there 10am to 5pm. Thanks in advance to members and parents for your donations and support for this project.

 

Clothes collection 

Aodh Ruadh Juvenile Hurling committee are running their annual cash for clothes recycling campaign for the next three weeks. This is a great chance to get rid of any unwanted clothes, shoes, belts, bed linen, towels, etc., and help us raise some much-needed funds for promotion and development of underage hurling in the club. This will be our main fundraiser for 2021. For any information regarding this campaign or arrange drop off of clothes contact any of the following John Larkin (086-1076883), Denis Daly (086-3269550), Sabrina Brosnan (087-9287965), Orla Bannon (086-8035316), or Gregory Gallagher (087-2210570).

 

O'Reilly's Summer Gear shop live
The O'Reilly's Aodh Ruadh Summer Club online shop is now live. O'Reilly's have a wide range of club merchandise available for purchase including tops, jackets, hoodies, vests, training jerseys, leisure shorts, leggings, bottoms, gear bags and hats. The closing date for orders is June 6th with all orders set to be delivered by July 18th. There's a free pair of club socks with every three items purchased.

 

Local winners in the Donegal National Club Draw  

Congratulations to the local winners of prizes in the county element of the National Club Draw. The Donegal draw took place at the Donegal GAA Centre of Excellence last week and Paul Gallagher scooped a second prize worth €500 while Sarah Daly and Tian Kane both each won prizes of €100. Best of luck to all our ticket holders for the GAA National Club Draw which will take place on Friday 4th June.

 

Membership reminder 

All players, adult and underage, should have now paid their membership. The club does not permit non-members to participate in any form of on-field activity, and this includes training. Membership can be paid online at our Klubfunder page. Non-playing members should also note that they will need to have their membership paid by May 31st in order to have a vote at the club's annual general meeting, as well as to be eligible for consideration for All-Ireland final tickets should Donegal make the decider at the end of August. 

  

Aodh Ruadh lotto   

There was no winner of last week's Aodh Ruadh Lotto jackpot of €1,100. The winning numbers drawn were 1, 2, 6, 9, 15 and 17. In the lucky dip cash prizes of €25 went to William Doogan and Liz McGrath. Thanks to Eugene Drummond and Rossa McCosker for performing the draw, and thanks and to all who played the lotto last week. The next draw is for a jackpot of €1,200 on Sunday at 9pm. Tickets are available in Kernan's Spar and Pearse O'Neill's. You can play also play the lotto online. Log onto klubfunder.com and then search for and select Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon. Users can now avail of the auto-renew option to play the same line every week until they decide to stop when they pay using Stripe. Give it a go, you never know! 

   

The lotto team for McCosker’s Centra on Saturday is: RESERVE FOOTBALLERS.   

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