Buncrana Buncrana GAA Club is pleased to announce that they are holding a fundraising Ball in the Inishowen Gateway Hotel on 9 May 2008. This promises to be the social event of the summer and already there is massive interest in tickets. A number of exciting extras are planned and there is sure to be a prize for everyone. Anyone interested in attending or seeking information about the May Ball should contact either Jane on 0879675360, Patricia on 0872123444 or Adrian on 0872054939. The club is holding a registration evening for under 12, 10 and 8 in the clubhouse at 7.30 on 25 February. It is important that all juveniles are properly registered. The Buncrana Seniors and Reserves played Dungiven in the Ulster league on Sunday last at the Scarvey. The early season cobwebs were evident as the Seniors were slow out of the blocks and trailed by seven points at the break. The Buncrana team rallied and put in a much better second half performance but in the end the visitors were victorious. The Reserves showed much promise especially from some of the younger players but like the Seniors they lost out to a better organised Dungiven team. Their next outing is an away fixture to Loughmacrory on 10 February. The Senior Hurling team play a challenge game against Na Mágha on Sunday next, 10 February, in Templemore in preparation for their Ulster League campaign. Burt The next meeting for the club is on Wednesday 13 February at 8pm in An Grianán Hotel. Everybody in the community is invited, not only club members. The meeting will consist of a presentation on 'Who Wants to be a Thousandaire' in more detail and should not last longer than 90 minutes. A reminder that membership is now due and should be paid as early as possible. It is ?50 for players, ?20 for non-players and ?10 for underage players. For the third time in four weeks the lotto jackpot was won. The lucky winner this time was PJ McDermott who won ?450. The numbers drawn were: 5 ,4 3, 7, 6, 2, 1. Next week's jackpot is ?400. Tickets for the dinner dance on 22 February in An Grianán Hotel are now available and can be obtained from any member. Tickets are ?40. Underage football players are reminded coaching is on every Wednesday night from 7-8pm in the Aileach youth Club. Training is for 8-12 year olds and new members are welcome. Congratulations to the under-11 hurlers and Colm Davis who qualified in the Donegal indoor blitz in Letterkenny on Sunday. Burt won in a competition that featured Naomh Pádraig Iskaheen, Carndonagh, Letterkenny Gaels and St Eunan's and will go on to represent Donegal in the Ulster regional section. They will travel next to Strabane in a fortnight. They beat Carn in the final. The panel was: Ryan Doherty, Kyle McGrath, Paul McGrath, Niamh Devlin, Stephen McCafferty, Caine Crawford and Jonathan McDaid. The under-10s with Manus O'Donnell were also in competition on Sunday in the North Antrim league in Coleraine. It was a grading competition and it saw the A-team defeat Swatragh, Coleraine, Strabane and Burt B, lose 3-2 to Slaughtneil and draw with Buncrana. Burt were represented by: Macauley Carr, Paul McCrudden, Josh Arbuckle, Callum Porter, Aaron Doherty, Aaron Grant, Conor Bradley, Ciaran Bradley, Matthew McDermott, Eoin McGlynn, Kelvin Gallagher, Cormac Watson, Denver Kelly, Charles McDaid. St Mura's NS won three handball titles last Wednesday in Glenfin. Niamh Devlin won the under-11s girls' singles; Karen and Lean Kelly won the under-11 girls' doubles; Paula McGrory and Majella Bradley won the girls' under-13 doubles. Georgie Kelly and Kyle McCarron lost the under-13 boys doubles to a strong team from Dooish NS, Ballybofey. St Mura's NS indoor boys hurling team won the Donegal section of the Cumann na mBunscoil hurling competition last Thursday in the Aileach youth club. They defeated Kilcar, Dromore Killygordon and Buncrana's Scoil Iosagain. They travel to the Lakeland Forum in Enniskillen in April to compete in the Ulster finals. The squad was: Jamie Barr, Gavin McLaughlin, Georgie Kelly, Kyle Long, Caolan McGrath, Paul McGrath, Jonathan McDaid and Macauley Carr. The girls Cumann na mBunscoil football final on Friday was cancelled due to adverse weather conditions and will take place in the next couple of weeks. A Foundation Hurling Course will take place in Ballybofey on 8 Feburary and the following weekend, 15 and 16 February. The schedule is: 8 February, 7-9.30pm - Child Protection in Ballybofey Hurling Fundamentals Friday 15 February 7pm-9.30pm, hurling fundamentals; 16 February 10am-4pm, hurling skills, both in Finn Valley. All club hurling coachnes at all levels must have a minimum of foundation level hurling. Please contact Damian Dowds (087 7811072) or any member of the club executive for more information. Places are limited so reply soon. The Ulster Club Senior Hurling League commences on Saturday 7 April. 63 teams from the 9 counties are in competition. Burt have been drawn in Division 2A with Keady, Swatragh, Éire Óg, Rossa and Carey Faughs. Carndonagh The winning numbers in the club mini lotto were 13, 22, 16 and 20. There was no jackpot winner. The ?75 went to Peter Hirrell, Tulnaree, Carndonagh; ?30 to Barry Browne, Hollymount, Carn; ?15 to Mary Green c/o Tully's Bar, Teresa McGeoghan, Collon, Carn and Jamie Diver, Whitehouse, Glentogher. The jackpot next week is ?2,200 and the draw will take place in Packie Farren's. The next club meeting will be held in the clubrooms at 8.30 pm on Tuesday 12 February. An important Bord na nÓg important meeting/presentation will take place at the clubhouse on Tuesday 5 February at 8pm sharp. All underage coaches must attend this meeting and any parents that would wish to give assistance with underage teams are invited to attend. We wish to encourage parents to get involved to assist the smooth running of the wide range of underage programmes that the club provides in football, hurling and camogie. Refreshments will be served. A Foundation Hurling Course will be held in Ballybofey shortly. Child Protection Friday 8 February 7pm-9.30pm Ballybofey; Hurling Fundamentals; Friday 15 February 7pm-9.30pm Finn Valley; Hurling Skills, Saturday 16 February 10am-4pm Finn Valley. If interested, contact Michael Doherty, 087 3174822 The club annual dinner dance was held in the Malin Hotel on Friday 1 February. Once again this was a very enjoyable celebration with a large number of guests present. A special thanks to Joe Hegarty and his committee of Nuala Lafferty, Joe Doherty (P), James Anthony McElhinney and Patrick McCarroll who organised the dance and the many others who worked to make this a special night.. The club wishes to thank John Keyes and the staff of the Malin hotel for providing such excellent cuisine and service. Thanks also to the Scór group, the ballad group and Kerri Stamp for providing entertainment during the evening. Thanks also to the band- The Kavanagh Brothers who provided excellent music and ensured an outlet for the energies of the many young people who attended. The evening began with the introduction of four past players from the club who were members of the team who won the Donegal Junior Championship in 1950. Paddy Harkin, Gerard Monagle, Henry Doherty and Denis McLaughlin were escorted into the function room by Anthony Burke to a standing ovation from the guests. This was followed by the arrival of our special guests, Sean Kelly chairman of Donegal County Board and his wife Mary, Richie Connor and Seamus Darby, members of the famous Offaly team who won the All Ireland in 1982 . Also present as a guest of the club was Helena Crossan to mark her tremendous achievements in the field of cross country running. After an excellent meal Fear an Tí Joe Hegarty called on club chairman Anthony Burke to address the gathering. Anthony thanked all those who contributed to the running of the club over the year and made a special appeal to parents to get involved with club activities. After the speeches awards were made to the following teams and people. Senior County Camogie Players: Aisling Newton; Catherine Walker; Demi Walker; Sheila Doherty; Caroline Kelly; Toni McCormick; Nuala Lafferty. U-16 County Hurling Team: Christy McElhinney; Padraig Doherty; Emmet Lafferty. U-16 Donegal ladies football: Deirdre Foley; Roisin Mc Donald; Zoe Doherty. U-15 Dev Squad: Eanna Newton; Padraig Doherty. Ireland Shinty Representative: Aisling Newton. Team presentations. Reserve football, Division 3 winners - captain Martin Mooney; Senior Camogie, county champions - captain Catherine Walker; minor football, Inishowen runners up - captain Darragh McLaughlin; under-16 Inishowen champions - captain Ruairi Ward; under-16 B hurling county champions - captain Emmet Lafferty (this was also first hurling final under floodlights). Player of the year Awards. Senior footballer - Cathal Doherty; Reserve footballer - Liam Shiels: Senior Hurler - Fergal Doherty; Senior Camogie - Mary McWilliams; U-21 Football - Jerry Simpson/Mark Canny; U18 football - Richie Cunnigham; MIP U18 - Ronan O'Connor; U16 football - Shane Doherty; MIP U16 - Ruairi Ward; U16 Hurler - Padraig Doherty; MIP under-16 hurler - Ryan Mc Cormack Lifetime Achievement Awards: Henry Doherty, Denis Mc Laughlin, Gerard Monagle, Paddy Harkin. Special Recognition Award: Helena Crossan; Harry McDaid. Club person of the year: Elizabeth Doherty. Malin The official opening of the GAA centre has been set for Sunday, 4 May (the May bank holiday weekend), where an Inishowen select side will meet the Donegal senior team, more details to follow. Training for the Senior Ladies side for 2008 begins on Saturday, 16 February at 5pm at the GAA centre. All of last year's side plus new ladies welcome. Indoor football for senior ladies takes place on Thursday evenings from 8.30 to 9.30pm, all ladies are welcome to come along. Training for U-8 boys takes place every Sunday in the GAA centre from 11am to midday. There was no winner of this week's lotto jackpot. The sequence drawn was 4, 7, 5, 2, 6, 1, 3. Rose Connolly, Muff, Culdaff, won the ?50 prize with the ?20 sellers' prize going to Shaun Gallagher, Muff, Culdaff. Next week's jackpot now stands at ?650. As always, the club thanks the local community for its continued support. Fresh stock of club gear has arrived in McClean's, anyone who has recently placed orders for club gear should collect from McClean's as soon as possible. Moville There will be a registration day at the clubhouse on Saturday from 2 to 4 pm. It is important that all intending players in all age groups attend and get registered for the season ahead. In conjunction with the registration there will be ongoing games on the astro surface for all under-10 and under-12 players so bring your gear along. There are various deals available for membership including single, family and student. A full year's membership and weekly entry to the lotto is available for ?100 while membership of club Donegal and free one year lotto is available at ?300. Training on the astro surface will take place for all secondary school students at 8pm on Friday. The astro surface is available to rent out, for further information contact Sean Faulkner at 086 8554829. Good luck to the Donegal Vocational School's team as they take on Monaghan in the Ulster final on Thursday. The club is represented by John Hegarty. On Saturday the county under-21s take on Cavan in MacCumhaill Park at noon. Naomh Pádraig The club's annual Dinner Dance took place on Friday last in Foody's Lodge. A large crowd was in attendance and all had an enjoyable night. The new Naomh Pádraig chairman Michael McMenamin welcomed everybody and outlined the achievements of the club throughout the past year. The crowd also heard from the guests on the night, Senator Cecilia Keaveney, Fr Farren and the County Treasurer Charlie Cannon. They all spoke highly of the work done by the club members and hoped that this good work will be continued into 2008. The following players were also presented with awards on the night: U16 Girls Player of the Year - Jessica Doyle; U16 Boys Player of the Year - Michael Crawley; U18 Boys Player of the Year - Colm McColgan; U21 Player of the Year - Justin Gallagher; Reserves Player of the Year - Cathal McColgan; Senior Player of the Year - Dermot McColgan; Maurice McMenamin Perpetual Trophy - Paul Duffy. The following three players were presented with an award as they represented the club on the various county teams throughout 2007: Donegal U18 team - Aiden Lynch; Donegal Vocational Schools - Dermot Keaveney; Donegal U16 Team - Ciaran Harrigan. Finally there were presentations to the following club members: Seamus McColgan as he stepped down from the position of chairman after 12 years; Neal Toye after his successful mayoral campaign; Ann Toye for work done in assisting Neal in his mayoral campaign; Maureen Gallagher who retired from the committee last year.; John Curran as Naomh Pádraig Clubperson of the year. Training for Seniors and Reserves commences this week on Tuesday and Thursday at 7.15pm at Ture. Anyone interested in playing for the club this year is asked to attend and all new members are especially welcome. Ladies training also continues at 7pm on Wednesday and 11am on Saturday mornings at Ture while U12 training takes place at Ture on Sundays at 12.30pm. A bus will leave Clar at 11.30am and will also stop at Brendan's, Carn Brae and St Mary's Hall. Finally, anyone interested in the club can now join the mailing list. If you want to receive the notes on a weekly basis, please email [email protected] to be included. Alternatively, text your mobile number to 0863919445 to get free text alerts on upcoming events within the club. Urris There will be a meeting in the clubhouse on Tuesday February 5 at 8.30pm to discuss the future of the senior ladies football team. All interested ladies are asked to attend or at least make their feelings known to Danny Kelly. Even if the Ladies team is not going ahead this year coaches are still needed to help out with the underage girls from U-10 to U-16. If any lady is interested in giving a hand with the underage teams they can contact either John Friel or Paul McLaughlin or let Danny know at the meeting. The men's Senior, Reserves and Minors will begin training for the 2008 season on Friday February 8 at 8.45pm in the Youth Club. The U12 boys will be training every Tuesday evening at 4pm in Straid, the U10 boys and girls will start their training on Saturday mornings from 11am to 12.30pm starting on February 9 also in Straid weather permitting. Parents can check with David Hession if they have questions concerning U10 training. The first Club Iorras draw was made last week, there were three winners in the initial draw; Eddie Kelly, Tullagh - ?50; John Joe Doherty - ?30 euro; Sinead Marron, Dunaff - ?20. The Club Iorras draw takes place once a month, cost to join is ?20 per month or ?240 per year. If you are interested in joining let John Friel or Edward McLaughlin know and they will arrange for the direct debit details to be given to the bank. There was no winner of the Match and Win Jackpot last week the years drawn were: 1964, 1970, 1975 and 1982. The winners of ?15 were: Eamon Mc Daid, Chapel Glen, Clonmany; Raymond Quigley, Lough View, Buncrana; Shauna Breslin,Shandrum,Drumfries; James B & Kevin Kelly, Dunaff, Urris; Michael Mc Hale, Straid. Tweet

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