Club updates from the Naomh Olaf, Clontarf, O'Dwyers, Civil Service Hurling Club, St Brigids, Na Fianna, Scoil Uí Chonaill, Ballinteer Saint Johns, Lucan Sarsfields, Wanderers, Castleknock and St. Margarets clubs. Naomh Olaf Hard luck to Naomh Olaf man Declan O'Dwyer and the Dublin Hurlers who lost out to Cork in the NHL Division 1A fixture in Parnell Park last Sunday. There were tough matches for the three adult football teams who were all beaten in the league last weekend.In the Dublin Senior Football Championship, Naomh Olafs have been drawn in a group containing Round Towers, Kilmacud Crokes and Raheny. The lotto jackpot was not won on Sunday. Drawn numbers were 10, 19, and 25. Jackpot is now eu1100. The Camogie section would like to thank all those who supported their recent clothes appeal on Saturday. Well done to the under11 Girls camogie team who are unbeaten after three games. Clontarf Adult Football leagues started with wins for the Junior A's and B's, while Seniors earned a draw V St. Brigids (2-8,2-8). New Junior C team lost narrowly to Starlights (2-7,2-8).U15A's had a great win V Naomh Barrog, best were Mark Plunkett, Brian Forde, Eoin Hickey and Jack McCaffrey. U13A's won their final grading match V St. Brigids and will now compete in Div 1 of the all-county league. 2 goals by Mark Glennon in the 2nd half swung the game for Clontarf. U11 hurlers had a comfortable victory over Whitehall., while U10's lost to Na Fianna despite great contributions from Sean O'Shea, Donal O'Dwyer and Liam Howley.Easter Camp details and application form available on website.Ladies presentaion night was a big success, thanks to Dara Terry and Dublin's Cliondha O Connor. Tickets for the Dublin V Monaghan league clash on Sat must be ordered today from club secretary Kieran McMahon (086-1791120). Extended notes on web: www.clontarfgaa.com O'Dwyers Results: Well done to the Intermediate Football Team on their win over Crumlin on Sunday: (AFL 4) O'Dwyers 1-11 Crumlin 0-06 The Junior A Team received a walkover against St. Brigid's. And a great win was had by the Junior B team against Man O War: (AFL 12) Man O War 0-07 O'Dwyers 5-10. Hard luck to the Junior B Camogie Team who were defeated by Whitehall in their first competitve match of the season. Training Times: Camogie Training on All-weather pitch Tuesday's and Thursday's 8pm - 9pm. Please contact Paul Finn on 086-4031289 for more details. Hurling training in the Sunshine House on Wednesday's at 7.30pm - 9pm. Contact Paul Finn for more info. Ladies Football training on Beach / All weather pitch on Monday and Wednesday nights from 7.30pm - 9pm. Contact Denis O'Leary or [email protected] for more info. Junior A Football (2nd Team) training every Tuesday and Thursday's 7.30 - 9pm on the all-weather pitch. For more info please contact Mark McMahon or [email protected] Cultural Club - classes run in the clubhouse: Monday night - Set Dancing for Juveniles from 7.30pm - 8.15pm. Adults from 8.15pm - 10pm. Advanced fiddle classes 8.00pm - 9.00pm. Tuesday night - Tin Whistle from 6.30pm - 8.00pm. Wednesday night - Fiddle from 4.30pm - 8.00pm. For further information contact Freda at 086-3249476 Social News: Bingo Wednesday night at 9pm in Club. Ceili - St Patrick's Night in clubhouse. Music Brian Ború Ceili Band. Dancing from 9pm to 12.30am. Fear an Ti Joe Condron. Refreshments served. All Welcome. JUMP FOR O'DWYERS - O'Dwyers GAA Club are doing a parachute jump in the coming months. Registration of participants took place last Tuesday evening 4th of March at 9pm. If you couldn't make it along that night but are interested in doing the jump [email protected] or Mary Finn on 086-8872209. Please contact Catherine Ryan PRO with any info for club notes on 086-1600577 or e-mail [email protected]. Civil Service Hurling Club The 2008 league campaign kicks off next weekend with our two teams in action in Adult Hurling League Divisions 4 and 8. The first team plays Castleknock at 12.30pm on Saturday 15th March in Islandbridge. Best of luck Liam Myles, our new first team manager, and to Ray Lynch (captain) and Eamon Fitzgerald (vice-captain) on their first outing. The second team plays Erin Go Bragh in St. Catherine's Park, Littlepace at 11am on Sunday 16th March. Directions are available via the club website www.civilservicehurlingclub.ie  (follow the link to fixtures). Training Monday and Wednesday nights at 7pm sharp on the pitch in Islandbridge." St Brigids Congrats to Daire Plunkett, Aodhan McEnerney, Jamie Winters & the Dublin Colleges Hurlers who produced a fantastic performance to win the Leinster Title. The Ladies Football presentation was a big success with Barry Cahill handing out the medals. Minor Hurlers opened their League season with a win over Castleknock while the U10 Hurlers also edged out Castleknock. U14 Footballers progressed to the semi-finals of Feile. Senior 1 Footballers beat Lucan while the Senior 2's drew with Clontarf. Both Inter sides lost narrowly while both Junior sides won. Dublin vs Monaghan tickets will be distributed on Thursday evening. Tribute Night in memory of Mags Doyle takes place on Friday April 11th in St Oliver Plunketts clubhouse. There will also be a golf team event in Hollystown during the day. More information available from Paddy Davey on 086-8229-312 or Paddy Bonfil on 087-258-2778. Over 50 tables have been sold so far for the clubs Major fundraiser at the Punchestown Festival on Wednesday April 23rd. This will help finance Phase 2 of our development. For further information contact Michael Sweeney @ 087-051-7779. Best of Luck to St Vincents in the All-Ireland Final next Monday. The clubs Easter Camp will run from Tuesday March 25th to Friday 28th. Application forms & more information are available from the club website. Club Lotto takes place this Thursday in The Vineyard with a Jackpot of Ä5000.   Na Fianna Good weekend for football with wins for U16A v Ballyboden, U16B v St Peregrines, U15A v Lucan and U13A v Cuala. Div 1 Feile team beat Nh Mearnog but Div 6 team lost to Geraldines. Both teams still with a chance to qualify from their groups. Wins in camogie leagues for U16A v Ballyboden, U16B v Nh Maur and U13 v Nh Padraig. Next league matches not until w/e March 29th. Best wishes to Roisin ni Ghallachoir and Ciaran O Fainin for speedy recoveries from injury. Condolences to Tom, Ann and Grainne Ryan on the death of Tom's mother Gracie. Also sympathy to the family of Bernard Rainsford who died recently. Fundraising Sale of Work last Sunday was a huge success - congrats to Martin Quilty and all of those who ran stalls, made donations and helped in any way. For your diaries please note a pecial Holy Thursday service in Iona Church featuring the Omagh and Waterford Peace Choirs - more details next week. Finally, a night of Irish dancing, music and song upstairs in the club next Sunday, St Patrick's Eve, from 8.30pm. Pat Montague, Na Fianna PRO Scoil Uí Chonaill Wins this week for both adult football teams. Congratulations to the Adult A team for promotion to the Intermediate Football Championship for 2008. Wins too for under 9's. 13's 14's and 16's. Hard luck on the minors and under 15's. Start your Patrick's weekend off with a bang at our family social evening in the club on Saturday the 15th opening at 7p.m. The Easter camp is from 18th to 20th March, cost 25 euros so do make sure your children attend.. Have you your tickets yet for the annual dinner dance on the 19th April in Clontarf Castle? They are available from Richie Egan 085 1744149 Fred Quinn 087-2902880and Dave Walley 087 2359679. Thanks to Eddie Keane for organizing and to Graham and Philip for serving at a great mentors night on Friday. There was no Jackpot winner of the lotto this week. The three winners of the ?20 consolation prizes were:- Aoife Nic Gabhann, David Higgins and Danny Smith. Please continue to support this important fundraiser. Scoil is actively recruiting new members. Anyone interested should contact Brian Hickey 087 9096767 or 8367188 (Adult hurling or football) T.J. Farrelly 086 832 6644 (Juvenile football and hurling) or Fred Quinn 087-2902880 (Ladies and girls football) Details are also on our website www.scoilgaa.org. Alternatively, come along any Saturday morning at 10a.m. (Juveniles) or Tuesday or Thursday night at 7p.m. (Adults). Ballinteer Saint Johns Lotto Result for Thursday March 6th. Numbers drawn were 12, 19, 23 and 24. There was no winner. Next weeks Jackpot will be ?2000. Junior B Footballers drew their first league game while our Junior C Team had a good win over Crumlin. Our thanks go to the Louth County Under 14 Girls and their Management Team who looked after our girls so well at the weekend. Registrations for 2008 are now due. Registrations can be paid at Aras Na nOg Broadford Park on Saturday from 10am to 11.20am and from 11.30am, to 12.30pm in our clubhouse Aras Naomh Eoin. Annual subs for Club Lotto are now due. Forms can be downloaded from our club website. www.ballinteerstjohns.com Pick your winning combination and return your form to the clubhouse with ?100. Lucan Sarsfields Well done to Peter Kelly on his debut for the Dublin SH on Sunday; and despite the defeat wasn't that a sweet goal! Please keep the Registrar busy and get your annual subscription in now. Juveniles - please check with your manager on training schedules for the next two weeks, as St.Patrick's weekend and Easter follow one another. Lucan's St.Patricks Day parade - please meet on the green near Tesco at 2PM. Please support our Table Quiz tomorrow night Wednesday from 9PM in the Clubhouse. Quizmaster Tom Waldron will pose the teasers and teams of four just cost ?20 each. The Golf Society's first outing of the year is to Luttrellstown on Saturday April 4 - see the noticeboard for details. Watch out for the Opel Kit for Clubs promotion now on in the club. This weekend we feature music in the Clubhouse on Sunday and our usual Traditional music on St. Patrick's Day. Condolences to the Flanagan family on the passing of father and grandfather, Pat Crotty. Lotto: Nos: 4, 9, 10, 14 - no winner. This Sunday's lotto, sponsored by Careys Newsagents, has a jackpot of ?9,000 and Albert Curran is Fear an Ti. Mike Hanley PRO Lucan Sarsfields 087 295 7235 Wanderers Congratulations to our Junior A team who got their League campaign off to a good start with a hard fought win over Whitehall Colmcille on Sunday. A Damien Gallagher goal midway through the 2nd half helping Wanderers along the way. Our Junior B team were beaten by Liffey Gales in a tightly contested game on Sunday afternoon. This Sunday our Junior A's face Crumlin in Pearse Park at 12:30PM and our Junior B's take on St. Jude's in Frank Kelly Park at 3:00PM. All support welcome. Quiz Night: The annual Holy Thursday Quiz Night takes place on Thursday March 20th at the clubhouse. Teams of 4 cost just Eu¨25. All welcome to attend. Night at the Dogs: The Wanderers night at the dogs takes place on Monday 14th April at Harolds Cross Racecourse. To sponsor a dog for the night is Eu¨20, please contact [email protected] for more information. Lotto: No Lotto results at time of print. Results will appear on the club website when available. www.ballybodenwanderers.com Castleknock Castleknock GAA Club NotesPride of place this week goes to our Ladies Football Team who won the Jarleth Finnegan Memorial seven-a-side beating St. Margaret's in the final held in Fingallians. Many thanks to Fingallians and Raheny for organising and hosting a tournament of the highest quality.Congrats to the U14 Boys and Mentors who had a fine win over St. Vincents to secure a semi-final slot in the Dublin Football Feile. They play their last group match on Saturday 29th March to decide whether they get a home or away semi-final slot.For those interested in our De-Fib training programme please contact Mags on 8204514 or 086 2577461. Those who completed the course in November are due a refresher. The dates for these courses are Thursdays 13th, 20th, and 27th March (evening time) and Saturdays 8th and 22nd March (day time).A reminder that our Easter Camps will take place from Tues 25th March to Fri. 28th March. Please contact Brendan Phelan on 085 1329397 for availability and registration details. These camps are a great opportunity for kids interested in trying out Gaelic Games to do so in a spirit of fun and enjoymentThe Dublin v Monaghan national league game is scheduled for Sat 15th March in Parnell Park at 7pm and tickets can be purchased directly from Parnell Park.Practical football coaching - Fitness with the ball with Brian Ladden is on in Round Towers Clondalkin on Fri. March 14th from 7.30pm to 9pm and Practical Hurling Coaching - Uping the Tempo with Len Gaynor is on in St. Brigids on Sat. 15th March from 12pm to 1.30pm. Anyone interested in attending please contact Brendan Phelan on 085 1329397.Many thanks to the Harps Club in Durrow Co Laois for hosting our U 10's and for 4 tough and sporting games of football and hurling.Well done to our Scor team who competed in the Leinster Semi Finals in Westmeath and special mention to U10 player Osgur Murphy O'Kane who featured in a recent Irish Times article about competing at the National Feis Ceoil.The annual Tesco bag pack in Tesco Roselawn will take place from Thurs 20th March to Sat. 22nd March. Many thanks to Tesco and club members are asked to support this event by shopping at Tesco Roselawn.Our U9's had a great win away to Cula and the U10's went down narrowly to St. Brigids. U11's played two tough friendlies against Lucan and the U13a's had a good win over Ballinteer. 15a's lost out to Raheny and the 15b's went down to St. Annes. The U16's had a close 3pt win over Clontarf. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com St. Margarets All 3 adult football teams got their league's off to a winning start. Inter's beat Garda by 5 points, man of the match Jamie Sutton at right half back. Junior A beat Na Fianna by 1 point, man of the match Kevin Dwyer in midfield. Junior B beat Trinity Gaels by 5 points, man of the match Willy O'Dowd at full back. U-16's beat Ballfermot DLS in the league, excellent displays from Brian Leahy, David Reilly, Robbie Wade and David Doyle in goals. Hard luck to U-13's who narrowly lost out to St. Vincents. Club membership for 2008 is now well overdue, if you haven't done so already please pay to Thomas Kennedy or David Doran. Tickets for the dinner-dance on Saturday, May 3rd are now on sale, preference goes to fully paid members but tickets cannot be reserved - see Mary Madigan for more details. No winner of this weeks lotto draw, see notice boards for details. Very best of luck to St. Vincents in the all Ireland club final. www.stmargaretsgaa.com Tweet

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