AN SRATH BÁN CUMANN MHIC SIOGHAIR C.L.G. Adult Football: The clubs Senior footballers played their final game of the season last Sunday at home to Greencastle which ended in a draw. That result and results elsewhere meant that Strabane are relegated to Division Three for the 2008 season. Whatever about all those ifs and buts, we must now go away and rebuild and prepare for next season. The club committee wish to pay their warmest thanks and deepest appreciation to all the players at adult level and a special word of thanks to the management teams and their assistants. Thanks to Liam Sweeney, Dermot Corry, Aidan McGrath, Johnny McHugh, Paddy Jack, Declan Houston, Niall Doherty, Pearse McGranaghan and Tom Brown. Thanks must also be paid to the loyal band of supporters who followed the club through thick and thin, we greatly appreciated your help and support. Everyone from the club committee right down to the supporters have a role to play in helping to play their part next season as the club attempts to get back out of Junior football for the first time since 1995. We urge you all to get behind the management and players in 2008, the task will not be easy but we have both the youth and experience to achieve greater things so lets all play our part. Best Wishes: Everyone at the club extends best wishes to club players Danny McBride, Kyle Devine and Stephen Stewart who are at present attending Tyrone Under 21 trials and also to Conor McGrath, Martin Farrell and Sean Arbuckle who are attending the Tyrone Minor trials. Annual Awards Dinner Dance: The clubs Annual Awards Dinner Dance took place last Saturday night in the Fir Trees Hotel and everyone who was in attendance will agree that it was a very enjoyable evening. Many thanks to all those who were in attendance. The various Awards Winners were as follows; Senior Players Player of the Year: Martin McNulty. Reserve Players Player of the Year: Brendan Cairns. Young Player of the Year: Danny McBride. Minor Player of the Year: Gerard McCrossan. Club person of the Year: Tom Brown. Ladies Senior Player of the Year: Micheala Moss. Ladies Young Player of the Year: Eimear Boyle. Ladies Senior (Minor) Player of the Year: Clare Doherty. Appreciation Awards: Sean McIntyre, Brendan Gallagher and Danny McBride. Many thanks to our special guests, Tyrone captain Brian Dooher and also his sister Anne Dooher who is the Tyrone Ladies captain. Thanks also to Fr Declan Boland P.P. Strabane for his attendance and kind words of encouragement. Special thanks to Johnny Kelly, Colette McKane and all the staff at the Fir Trees Hotel for a beautiful meal and for all their help and assistance in organising the event and not forgetting their continued kind sponsorship. The winners of the sponsored door prizes were; Sharon Gartland (Felix O'Neill's) and Pauline McGrath (Crawford's Trophies). Many thanks to Gerard McGill and Gwen Crawford for their kind donations. Youth: There will be a Youth presentation Function in Sigersons Social Club next Monday night 19th November at 8:30pm to honour the boys Juvenile footballers who won the Tyrone Herald Grade 2 League title and the girls Under 14 footballers who finished runners-up in the Tyrone Grade 3 League and Championship. Special guest for the event will be Tyrone star Stephen O'Neill. Everyone welcome. An indoor gym session for the 2008 Minor panel will commence on Monday 26th November at Riversdale Leisure Centre from 8-9pm. All players wishing to play with the club at Minor level in the coming season are welcome to attend and also to note that there will be a meeting tomorrow night (Friday) at 7:00pm in the clubrooms to discuss the way forward for next season. All potential Minor players are welcome to attend. The end of season trip for the Under 14, 13 & 12 players will be next Saturday 24th November when they will travel to the Odyssey Arena in Belfast to watch the Belfast Giants play. Transport will leave the clubrooms at 3:00pm next Saturday and the club will also be laying on a meal for all those travelling. The girls Under 16, 14 and 12 age groups will also travel to Belfast next Saturday to watch the Belfast Giants and again all players and their managers should be at the clubrooms next Saturday at 3:00pm. Full details on the trips next week. Pitch Closure: All club teams and any other users of the Floodlit Pitch are advised that the pitch is now closed owing to essential maintenance being carried out. It is not expected to be reopened until after Christmas. Ulster Colleges: The club hosted the Ulster Colleges Herald Cup semi-final at Páirc Mhic Sioghair last Tuesday night with St Columb's Dery defeating St Eunan's Letterkenny by a single point after extra time. It was the first ever Ulster Colleges game played under floodlights and everyone in attendance agreed that the facilities were excellent and were amazed at the quality of the lights. Defibrillator: For information purposes, the clubs defibrillator is situated at the gates of the club grounds in Ballycolman. A full list of those trained volunteers will be posted in various locations in and around the club. The club will also be looking at providing more defibrillator training over the winter months in conjunction with various bodies. New Referees: The club are appealing for new referees for the 2008 season. Anyone interested in helping the club out by refereeing at Adult or Youth level please contact Aodhán Harkin, Ciarán McLaughlin or Ignatius Maguire. New referees training courses are due to get underway in November. Club A.G.M.: Everyone should note that the clubs Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 4th December at 7:00pm in Sigersons Social Club. Nomination and Motions forms are available from Club Rúnaí Aodhán Harkin or can be downloaded from the club website under Club Documents. Annual Club Mass: The Annual Club Mass will be held in the clubrooms next Monday night 19th November at 7:30pm. Everyone welcome to attend. Anyone who has suffered a bereavement during the course of the past year and wishes that person/s name to be read out at the Mass should contact Aodhán Harkin by this weekend. Fir Trees Value Card: Strabane Sigersons are continuing to work closely with our main sponsor (Fir Trees Hotel) to raise funds for the club and together we have recently launched the Fir Trees Value Card, whereby for a small initial outlay of £15:00 the cardholder can easily save over £100:00 when using the hotel. Funds generated from the sale of these cards will be used to help finance the substantial operating costs of Strabane Sigersons club. The cards can be obtained from any member of the Sigersons committee or from the hotel reception, tel. 71382382. Replica Sigersons Jerseys: Strabane Sigersons new replica jerseys are now on sale. The jerseys are £20:00 Youth and £25:00 Adult. Sizes available are as follows; 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 10/11, 13/14, Small, Medium, Large, X Large and XX Large. A new batch of jerseys has now been delivered and anyone who has ordered or paid for a jersey should contact Aodhán Harkin as soon as possible. 400 Club Members Draw: The October 400 Club Members Draw will take place tomorrow night (Friday) 16th November. All Returns to Ignatius Maguire or Aodhán Harkin by tonight (Thursday) 15th November at the very latest. Go raibh míle maith agaibh. Alphalot: The winning letters in week's Alphalot were; D - M - N - Q. No Jackpot Winner. Two Match Three Winners, Each Received £50:00. Conall Murray, Church View and Grace Burke, c/o Patsy McGonagle. Next Weeks Jackpot will be £4,900:00. All Alphalot promoters are asked to ensure that they have their envelopes in the clubrooms by 8:00pm on a Monday night, late entries will be entered into the following weeks draw. Discount for Sigersons Members: Rapid Response Computer Services which is based in Fountain Street and owned by club member Michael Conaghan is offering a 10% discount to all paid up members of the club until Christmas. Contact Michael at the address below to avail of this offer. Michael Conaghan, Rapid Response Computer Services, 41a Fountain Street, Strabane. Phone: 02871880144. Club Website: The clubs website can be accessed at www.strabanegaa.org Club email address is; [email protected] if you wish to receive the club notes or regular updates on what is happening then please send on your email address. For up to date information on all club activities, please check the website which is updated very regularly. Punters Club: All members of the Sigersons Punters Club are reminded that there is only a few weeks left and all payments should be up to date. Social Activities: The Social Club is available to book for Parties, Charity Functions, Christenings, etc, contact number 02871885039. The annual Darts & Pool Competitions for Christmas Turkey's will continue every Friday night from now until Christmas. Everyone is welcome. Sunday Night: Mr & Mrs Competition followed by Karaoke. Aodhán Harkin. Tweet

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