Buncrana It was another hectic weekend on the hurling front with the u10s and u12s in action. The under-12s were in action twice and Friday night saw them in action in the Aura leisure centre Letterkenny. This was a demonstration of a new form airborne indoor hurling being developed with an emphasis on the air skills of hurling - catching and striking. We fielded two teams and both gave a good account of themselves. The u10s fielded two teams in the Antrim u10 indoor competition. Team one competed in Aileach Youth Club where 8 teams competed, all from Donegal. Our boys won 6 and lost only 1 to a strong Burt team. Team two made the journey to Coleraine, winning 1 and losing 4. This tournament is testament to the North Antrim Board who have dealt with the massive growth of this format by including a Donegal section. This league now includes 47 clubs from five counties in Ulster, The u12s were back in Letterkenny on Sunday for the actual Airborne blitz at two venues, team one in the community centre and team two in the Aura Centre. Team one won 2 and lost 3 team two won 2 drew 2 and lost 2. A special mention must go to dual star Jack O'Loughlin who was short-listed for the RTÉ production of "C'mon Caman". He travelled to Dublin on Sunday for skills testing and interview; if Jack is successful he will be one of just 24 in Ireland and will avail of expert tuition from some of the best coaches in the country and get television fame into the bargain! Underage training times. U12 football Friday 5:30 in Crana College; U16 Football Sunday at 11:30 and Tuesday at 6.30 both in the Scarvey. U8 and 10 Hurling Sunday at 11:00 in Crana College, U12 Hurling Sunday at 12 noon in Crana College; U14 Hurling is on Wednesdays at 6:30pm at the Scarvey. U8 Football starts on Friday 6 February at 7pm in Crana College. U6 Football Fundamentals starts Saturday 7 February at Crana College 11-11:45am. The club would like to invite any boy or girl in the parish to come to any of the above sessions, as the season is just getting underway it would be a good time to start. Senior Executive Board meeting was held on Thursday night and it was agreed that a presentation buffet will be held in the Inishowen Gateway at 6.45pm on 6 March before the club's night of the races. This presentation is for the Junior Hurling County Champions and club annual awards. Anyone interested in attending please contact either senior managers or any member of the board. The executive would like to congratulate Leo Gill on becoming the senior reserve football manager for 2009 and wish him and all the other team managers all the best in 2009. The next senior Executive Board meeting will take place on Thursday 19th of February at 8pm in The Scarvey. All senior Executive Board members are urged to attend. Everyone, whether club member or not, with any queries or ideas (small or large) is urged to contact any member of the board in relation to the same or email [email protected] club membership is due. A special plea is made to all parents, supporters, managers and children to pay the membership as soon as possible. Membership is set at the following rates: students: ?20; adults: ?50; family (children under 18) ?50. There is also an option to take out a Full Family Membership including a full year's club lotto for just ?100. This can be paid to any club officer or contact the coaches. The winning numbers for the ?10,000 draw on 27 January were 2, 11, 19 and 22, unfortunately there were no winners. Winning numbers for the Lotto Plus draw on the same night were 15,17,25 and 32, again there were no winners. ?20 winners in the free lotto draw were Liam "Poet", c/o Bookies, Malachey McCann, John McLaughlin, Tessie Smith and Rev. Sam Barton. The club is very grateful to all those who take part in the weekly lotto draw. Burt Congratulations to St Mura's NS Tooban and to Georgie Kelly for receiving awards at last Friday's Donegal Sports Star awards in Letterkenny. Tooban won the award for best primary school and Georgie Kelly won best sports boy award. It is an immense achievement for both the school and Georgie. This is the second time the school has won the award, after previously winning it in 1992. The school won two of its four nominations. Well done also to Paula McGrory, Leanne Kelly, Karen Kelly and teacher Manus O'Donnell who were nominated for awards on the night. Underage football training for under-12s and under-13/14 squad begins this Thursday, 5 February, in the Aileach Youth Club, Burnfoot. The u-12s training is from 6-7pm and it is followed afterwards by the u-13/14s from 7-8pm. The fee is ?2. Reminder that underage membership is ?10 and ?25 for families. Club training for the senior and minor footballers commences this week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Everyone must purchase a sports diary, which can be obtained by contacting Liam McKinney. A Gaelic football foundation coaching course will be held at the Malin GAA club this Friday 6 and Saturday 7 February. The course commences with child protection on the Friday evening at 7pm, and practical demonstrations of various drills on Saturday. The cost is ?30 per person and should be paid before the course begins. Anyone wishing to take part in the course should contact Damian Dowds immediately. Anyone wishing to be involved with any underage team this year must have this course completed, if not already done so. There was no winner of the lotto jackpot last week. Rosaleen Campbell, Speenoge won ?40. The numbers drawn were 4, 6, 2, 1, 3, 7, 5. Next week's jackpot is ?850. Anyone with lotto's should have them in the clubhouse by Thursday night or hand it to any club member. Burt GAA beanie hats are now available for sale at ?10. Please contact Andy Wallace for more information. In the u-10 North Antrim hurling league the Burt Blue team played seven matches and won them all. The Gold team played six - and won two, drew two and lost two. Burt also played in the first round of fixtures in the airborne (hurling) competition on Sunday in Letterkenny. In handball, Kyle Long lost to a very good opponent in the handball Championships. Niamh Devlin, and Leanne and Karen Kelly, lost out to Armagh opposition in the singles' and doubles successively. Martina Bradley and Aoibhean McGrory (u-17 doubles), Paula McGrory and Majella Bradley (u-13 doubles) and Shauna McGrory and Olivia Devlin (u-14 doubles) all qualified for the semi-finals which will take place in the next few weeks. Indoor hurling is still taking place in the Aileach Youth Club every Saturday for the winter, coached by Colm Davis. Primary school children are from 10-11.30am and secondary school children are from 11.30am to 12.30pm. Club membership for the year is now due. It is ?50 for players, ?20 for non-players and ?10 for underage players. Contact Rory Grant for more information. Carndonagh On Saturday the U/10 hurlers took part in the North Antrim indoor hurling league. The venue was the Aileach Youth Club in Burnfoot. The boys competed very well. Well done to those who travelled Darragh Lafferty, Conall Doogan, PJ Walker, Patrick Monagle, Keenan Callaghan and Dónall Doherty (N). On Sunday the U/12 hurlers travelled to Letterkenny to take part in U/12 Airborne blitz. Two teams took part in this new competition in Donegal. Well done to all the players who adapted well to the rules on the day. Eamonn Harkin, Joseph McKinney, Shaun McCreanor, Cathal Doherty, Enda Callaghan, Tomas Monagle, James Monagle, Conor Browne, Aislinn Gibbons and Danny McCarron. A special word of thanks to all the parents who travelled to both venues over the weekend. U/12 indoor hurling training will take place from 6.30-7.30pm on a Monday evening. U/8 indoor hurling will take place on a Tuesday evening from 5.30-6.30pm and U/10 indoor hurling on a Friday evening from 6.30-7.30pm. All sessions will take place in the C.C.S. Gym. Club membership is now due for 2009 and is due by 28 February. Adult non playing ?20, Adult playing member ?50 Student Adult playing ?20, U/16 & Minor ?10, U/14 ?5 and U/12 ?2. The annual presentation dinner dance took place on Friday night last in Malin Hotel. Once again it was an outstanding success with master of ceremonies on the night Mr Joe Hegarty. Special guest speaker on the night was county referee Kieran McShea. Presentation of medals was made to senior football team on winning the Junior A championship, the reserve football team on winning the Div 3 league, the senior camogie team on winning the county championship, the U/16 hurlers on winning the U/16B county championship and the U/16 footballers on winning the U/16A Inishowen championship. A community presentation was made to Michael McCarron on his contribution to youth in the area through his involvement in the scouts over the years. The Mahon Cup winning team of 1957 were honoured. Player presentations included Senior Player of the Year Gerard Doherty (K), Reserve Players player of the year Patrick McCallion, U/21 Player of the year Michael Nelson, Trainer of the year Ryan Davenport, Minor Player of the year Conor Doherty (O), most improved minor Conor McLaughlin, U/16 football player Pádraig Doherty, most improved Dermot McGonagle, Senior Camogie Player Anita Doherty (O), Minor Ladies Football player Aisling Newton, U/16 Hurler of the year Dermot McGonagle, and most improved U/16 Hurler Shane Doherty (M). Presentations were made to county representatives in 2008 Deirdre Foley, Ladies Minor Team, Róisin McDonald U/16 Ladies team, Karl Diver and Emmet Lafferty Minor Hurling team and Pádraig Doherty and Dermot McGonagle U/16 Hurling Team. The Club person of the Year was awarded to senior team manager Kieran Canny. The annual county banquet takes place in the Abbey Hotel Donegal Town on this Friday 6 February. CLG Carndomhnaigh will be honoured as the Junior Club of the Year for 2008 and senior camogie player Anita Doherty (O) will be awarded the county camogie player of the year. The winning numbers in the club lotto for Wednesday 28 January were 13, 19, 2, 24 and 17. There was no jackpot winner. The weekly winners were ?75 Mickey Doherty (N), Ballyloskey, Carn. ?30 M. Hirrell, Carrowmore, Glentogher. ?15 Jim Curran, Muff, Celia McKinney, Terhohill, Carn and Deirdre Foley, Hollymount Carn. The jackpot is ?2,900 this week and the draw will take place The Arch on Wednesday night at 11pm. Many thanks to all those who continue to support the lotto weekly and our weekly sellers. The February meeting of Bord na nÓg will take place this Thursday 5 February at 8.30pm in the clubrooms. All coaches and underage managers are invited to attend in order to plan for the new season. The monthly club meeting will take place on Tuesday next, 10 February, at 8.30pm in the clubrooms. Malin Despite the disappointing result in the Donegal-Kerry game, it was none the less a proud day for Malin GAA club with both Charlie Byrne and Declan Walsh lining out for the county side. The annual dinner dance took place in the Malin Hotel on Saturday, 31 January with almost 300 people in attendance. 1992 County Chairman Naul McCole was guest speaker and club vice-chairman Kevin McGeoghegan MC on the night. Awards on the night were as follows; U-12 player of the year, Christy Doherty (PM); U-13 player of the year, Mark Doherty; U-14 player of the year, Stephen Doherty (PM); U-16 most improved player, Lochlinn Byrne; U-16 player of the year, Patrick McLaughlin; minor most improved player, Martin Ward; minor player of the year, Gary Farren, Ladies young player of the year, Maureen Collins; Ladies player of the year, Ciara Walsh; Junior B player of the year, Paco McLaughlin; Reserve young player of the year, Steven McLaughlin; Reserve player of the year, Neil McGilloway; Young player of the year; Michael Doherty and Declan Walsh; Senior player of the year, Anthony Kelly; Seamus McCloskey Memorial award winners, Damien Harkin and Robert Porter; Clubperson of the year, Shaun Houton; Hall of Fame award, Jimmy McLaughlin; Overseas awards, John Kelly and James Anthony Houton. Patrick Kelly picked up the Packie McGonagle memorial cup, the trophy for the senior Inishowen title which Malin won last year while the ladies received their league runner up medals, Marie Houten also collecting the Mary Houton memorial shield and medals for the Malin Town side who won the ladies parish league. The Malin U-16 and minor sides also collected their Inishowen medals while the Malin dancing team that won the county Scór na nÓg, Tanya McLaughlin, Sinead McGonagle, Emma McDaid, Nicole McColgan, Olivia McColgan, Megan Doherty, Mairead McLaughlin and Mary Collins, also collected their awards. Awards were also made to club referees Shaun McLaughlin, Sean Venn and Paul McLaughlin, to Grainne Byrne for representing the club with the Donegal Ladies minors, and to Declan Walsh and Charlie Byrne for representing Malin with the Donegal senior side. Malin seniors have resumed training in preparation for the 2009 season. The club have entered this years Ulster Senior League competition and the fixtures are provisionally as follows; February 8th, away to Lochmacrory (Tyrone); February 15th, home to Clann na nGael (Armagh), February 22nd, home to Portglenone (Antrim); 1st March, away to Dungiven (Derry). February 15th is also the club registration day for under age players and the Sam Maguire Cup will be in attendance at the Malin GAA centre from 3-5 pm, hopefully one of the Tyrone senior side will also be there, photographs welcome. The foundation coaching course takes place in Malin GAA Centre this weekend, Friday 6th and Saturday 7th February, with the child protection course starting proceedings on Friday at 7pm. Under 16 and minor training takes place every Thursday at 7pm, all players in above age groups asked to attend. A Know Your Parish quiz will take place in the GAA centre on Friday, February 20th, beginning at 9pm, the idea being that as many townlands as possible in Malin Parish will be represented and all support is welcome. Hurling/ Camogie for 7 to 12 year olds continues on Fridays from 5-30 to 6-30pm in the GAA centre, cost is ?2 per child. A hurling coaching course will take place in the GAA centre on Tuesday, 3rd February at 7pm. All are welcome to attend and this is a great opportunity to get involved in a new sport. Anyone interested should contact Grace McCarron on 086 804 7199. U-14 training continues every Monday at 6pm. All players are asked to bring boots and runners and all new players welcome. U-8 training will begin again on Sunday, 8th February at the usual time of 11am. Traditional Music Sessions continue on the first Friday of every month in the GAA Centre and all musicians are welcome. Next session is on Friday 13 February. Comhra Gaeilge, informal conversation through Irish and a cupan tae, will take place after the music session and all levels of Gaeilge are welcome. Watch your Weight continues every Wednesday and Friday at 7pm for men and at 9pm for ladies (Wednesdays only for now), all ages welcome. Training for girls interested in playing Gaelic football continues every Wednesday from 5/6 pm in the GAA centre. Girls have to be between 6th class in primary school to 3rd year in secondary school, all girls asked to bring boots and runners. There was no winner of this week's lotto jackpot. The sequence drawn was 1, 3, 6, 4, 5, 7, 2. Angie Doherty, Middletown, Malin Head won the ?50 prize with the ?20 sellers prize going to Seamus Doherty (PM), Malin Head. This weekend's jackpot is ?750 and as always we thank the local community for its continued support. Moville The monthly club meeting will take place this Wednesday at 8pm in the clubhouse. There will be a meeting of all senior and reserve players in the clubhouse on Friday 6 of February at 7.30pm all interested in playing this incoming season are asked to attend. Good luck to the Donegal Vocational team and especially our two members of the panel, Enda Faulkner and Odhran McDermott, when they take on Monaghan in the Ulster final on Saturday in Drumquin. Danny Murphy lined out for the county under 21 team as they overcame Monaghan, while Ciara Hegarty, Niamh Hegarty and Sarah Faulkner played for the Donegal ladies as they went down to Laois. Inishowen underage competitions will get underway in the last week of March. There is a large selection of club gear available from Treasurer Bridget Harkin. A new addition to the stock is club underage jackets. There will be a foundation coaching course in Malin GAA Club on Friday 6 February commencing at 7pm and on Saturday 7 February commencing 9.30am. Anyone interested contact club secretary Sean Faulkner. Annual club membership is now due and only fully registered players are allowed to don the blue and navy jersey. There is a special deal available consisting of club membership and one year lotto subscription available at ?100. Anyone wishing to pay their membership should contact treasurer Bridget Harkin. Naomh Colmcille Our 25th anniversary book is now available. Look out in the local shops for your copy only ?5 or contact any member of the committee for information. Pat McAuley 9156762, Catherine Clarke 0868941414, Eugene Rainey 9156838, Kieran Friel 9156555, Breda Friel 9156660, Sharon Monaghan 9156558, James Dowds 9156206, James McGrath 9156604, Alison/Mark Ferry 9156975. If there is anyone interested in taking part in a foundation coaching course please contact Breda Friel 0749156660. Our 150 winners for January were 1st Prize-?300 Michael & Patricia O'Donnell, 2nd Prize-?200 David O'Brien and 3rd Prize-?100 Gerard Grant. Our Lotto had no winners. Closest winner with ?75 each Mary Bonner. Next week's lotto is ?1,700. Our AGM is on Sunday 8th February 2009 in the clubhouse @ 6.30 everyone welcome. Senior Training has now recommenced under new management on Wednesday at 8pm and on Saturday mornings at10am. All new players very welcome. If there is anyone interested in having parties or functions in the clubhouse please contact any member of the committee or Dympna Whoriskey on 9156567. For up to date club news and match photos, visit our website at www.naomhcolmcille.donegal.gaa.ie Naomh Pádraig The Naomh Pádraig annual Dinner Dance takes place this Friday, 6 February in Foody's Lodge. Anyone still requiring a ticket is asked to contact Brendan McColgan on 087 2868396 and are priced at ?25 each. Senior training continues this week on Tuesday and Thursday at 7.30pm and Saturday at 3pm. Anyone interested in playing Senior or Reserve football in 2009 is welcome to come along. A Gaelic football foundation coaching course will be held at Malin GAA club this weekend. Anyone wishing to take part in the course should contact a committee member. The club would like to wish Laurence Lynch and the Donegal Vocational School team the best of luck when they face Monaghan next Saturday in a repeat of last year's Ulster Final. Congratulations also to former Naomh Pádraig player Conall Reddin as his new club, John Mitchel's of Liverpool defeated Killala of Mayo to qualify for the All-Ireland Junior Club Final in Croke Park on 14th February. As always, anyone wanting to purchase club gear can do so via any committee member. There is a great range of gear excellently priced at ?30 currently available. Finally, keep up to date online via the website - www.naomhpadraig.com. Urris Congratulations to Sara Friel, Dunaff and Mary Kate and Caoimhe Kelly, Tullagh on picking the correct years in the Match and Win last week. The two winning tickets were worth ?490 each, the years drawn were: 1966, 1971, 1972 and 1977. The Jackpot for this week will now be ?500. There will be a meeting of the Club's Executive Committee on Saturday, February 7 at 6pm, all Executive committee members are asked to attend, if unable to attend members are asked contact David Hession ahead of time. This is the first Executive meeting of 2009 and it is important that the turnout is good. Club Iorras winners for January were Martin Kelly, Tullagh, ?50; Brian Kelly, Tullagh, ?30 and Matthew McLaughlin, Letter, ?20. If you are interested in joining Club Iorras contact Edward McLaughlin and he will give you the necessary details. One or two coaches are still needed to help out with a number of our underage teams, these teams cannot be properly looked after if there is insufficient help and so we would appreciate it if interested parties would contact our Youth Officer, Paul McLaughlin as soon as possible to let him know of your availability. A Foundation Level Coaching course is being held in Malin GAA club on Friday, February 6 and Saturday, February 7. Child protection will be covered on the Friday evening from 7pm and the coaching element of the course takes place on Saturday from 10am onwards. Both sections of the course must be completed to fulfil the requirements. Anyone interested in doing the course should contact David Hession as soon as possible. For anyone outside of the Club who is interested in doing the course, the fee is ?30, payable in advance. Club members who are going to coach for the Club will have their fee covered if they take the course. The Under 12, Under 16 and Minors will be the first teams in action this year; the 12s get underway in the third week of March with the 16s the following week. The under 16s and Minors will run on alternate weeks after that. Players who want to play for these teams need to ensure that their membership is paid up and then they can be properly registered. Training will start shortly for these teams so parents and players need to keep a close eye on the papers for the days and times for the training sessions. There will be a Registration day for all underage players on Saturday, February 14 from midday to 2pm at the Club house in Straid. Parents are asked to come along and help their children register so that all details are correct. This is the last week of Circuit training for the Senior squad in the Youth Club, it is hoped to move outside on at least one day a week if the weather permits over the coming month. Players should keep in contact with John if they are unable to make the Circuit training to find out when the next training session is taking place. There is a Referee's course coming up at the end of February and anyone interested in taking part should contact David Hession or any Committee member as soon as possible. Tweet

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