www.tourlestrane.com Minor; We were away to old rivals Tubbercurry in the 4th round of the league and in a typical derby the game was very competitive and enjoyable. The home side were dominate in the opening half and built up a substantial lead. However in the second our lads should great resilience to close the gap to a point and were somewhat to loose out to a controversial "wide". The final score was 3-8 to 2-12. Team; C Gavigan  J Kelly S Lynch M O'Hara J Kilcoyne M Meers M Walsh K Brennan K Gavigan A Walsh B Brennan D Gaughan K Durkin B Egan G Jones Subs used; C McVeigh D Walsh B Leonard K Gallagher. Best wishes to Kieran Brennan who received a nasty injury in the game U16; Following their very good performance against Drumcliffe last week our U16 under Matt Marren travelled to Curry to take on our near neighbours. Unfortunately they met a stronger opposition and were defeated on a scoreline of 3-11 to 8pts. We wish a speedy recovery to Shane Neary who received an injury. This team are playing again this Friday at  6.30 at home against Coolera Strandhill U14 In the first round of the league the Anthony Brennan managed outfit proved too good for a spirited Castleconnor on a scoreline of 4-9 to 9pts. This team are gearing up for their showdown with St Mary's in the Feile Final on this weekend and hopes are high that they will go onto represent the county. See the Fixtures for this not to be missed match and please come out to support this great bunch of players. The squad is as follows:        Peter Mulholland Niall Durkin Barry Walsh JP Lang Oisin Kennedy John Francis Carr Brian Walsh(Carrane) Pauric Leonard, Cathal Henry, Austin O'Hara Niall Brennan Eoin Fleming Kenny Gavigan John Kelly Robert Gavigan Subs Jonathan Leonard Alan Gavigan Graham Gallagher Shane Leonard Daniel Broe Finian Leonard, Sean Quinn, Gavin Rochford, David Walsh, Brian Walsh(Castlerock) Paul Meers First Aid Course A very well attended first aid course Run in Conjunction with Banada Hall Committee was held on Saturday last. We want to thank Michael Collins for his great work in organising this, we also want to thank the Chairman of Banada Hall Committee Shay Monaghan for their continued support throughout the year from underage indoor Coaching School, Teenage Discos, Bingo and the use of this fantastic asset for the Parish of the Hall and the Hilary meeting room. Selector; Congratulations to Tony Carty who has taken on the role of Selector with the Sligo Senior Team. His experience and guile will certainly bolster the present Management team of Tommy Jordan and John Kent. We wish him and the team well in the crunch league fixture versus Longford and the forthcoming Connaught Championship. Ladies; Our Senior Ladies had a good win at home over Curry on a scoreline of 6-08 to 0-09 on sunday in the Division 1 League, Training for the Senior Ladies is on Wednesdays and Fridays.  U14 Girls Our U-14 girls were defeated by Geevagh in their first game of the league during the week Congratulations to Laura Walsh, Shauna Henry and Siobhan Carty who received their U-16 Connacht B winners Medals and All-Ireland runner up medals in the Diamond Coast Hotel, Enniscrone last week-end and also to  Dermot Walsh who was part of the management team, a great night was had by all. Coaching Course; On Monday last Richard Kennedy organised a Coaching course for persons interested in training and mentoring teams. There was a great turn out for this course and we are sure it will bear fruit for the continued success of our teams   Lotto; The Quarterly draw took place at the Dinner Dance in Curry and the winners were Michael J Brennan E1500, Gearoid Surlis E1000, Karen Gallagher E500, Marie Brennan, Matt Marren, Tubbercurry GAA, Michael Fleming, Patrick Fleming each won E100. Carboot Sale  A group of 7 volunteers from the area are travelling to Zambia for two and a half weeks in September to build a Wood Work Training Facility in a school run by Sr. Mary Fallon, who was a Sister of Charity in Banada Abbey,  Final Preparations are being put in place for a Massive Car Boot Sale to be held in Banada Hall on Sunday Week the 27th April to help in the Fundraising effort . Anyone interested in taking a table at this event please contact Michael Collins. Community Games This years community games will be held in the GAA Park on Sunday May 4th. Application forms are in all the Schools at present. Bingo The ever popular bingo nights continue on Every Tuesday night with the Snowball and Jackpot games building to record levels. Senior Footballers  We narrowly defeated our near neighbours Curry in an entertaining game in Tourlestrane last Sunday. While both teams were short a number of regulars the game It was an opportunity for some of the less established players to stake a claim to a regular place in the starting line up. Curry got off to a dream start with a goal from the throw in and quickly built on this lead but our lads showed great determination to cut the deficit to 2 points before the break but Curry got two quick points to lead at half time by a score of 1-6 to 0-5. Curry started the second half in brightest despite playing against the wind and raced into a six point lead. Our lads responded very well with Colin Neary ,Noel Gaughan, Stephen King and Shane Dunne surging forward and  Adrian McIntyre and Stephen Henry assuming control in the middle of the field providing the platform for the revival which culminated in Niall Egan finishing superbly to the net for us to take the lead for the first time with only minutes remaining, the team held their nerve to win by 1-11 to 1-9. The team was S Gildea, J Leonard, E Haran, C Neary, S King, S Dunne, N Gaughan, A McIntyre, S Henry, T Henry, J Quinn, J Marren, N Egan, D Durkin, A Dunne. Subs E Kelly .   The Seniors are away to Bunninadden on this Saturday the 19th at 5 pm.   Intermediate, They had no game at the weekend as the game vs. Saint Mary's was postponed until next week. The final game in the group stage of the Abbot Cup takes place in Calry on Wednesday the 16th of April. Continuing the hectic schedule these men return to league action away to St Molaise Gaels on Sunday next at 11 am, but check press for details as this may change. New Sponsor for our Senior Football Team Our chairman Brendan Leonard is delighted to announce that Brendan Flynn Construction will be the name on the Jersey of our Senior Football team for the next 3 years. We are delighted to welcome the Flynn family on board again as they have always generously supported us in the past and were most recently Sponsors of our under 16 team. We will be holding an official launch of the new jersey in the near future so watch this space. Associate Sponsors Announced Brendan also announced that there will be a number of associate sponsors involved with the club this year they are Michael & Nancy Coen of COens Topaz Filling Station, Tubbercurry. The Payne's and O'Donnell are of The Border Collie Bar, Tourlestrane, PJ Gallagher Construction Aclare, and O'Hara's Bakery Foxford. There will be a number of other Sponsors to be confirmed but this will be done to coincide with the official Launch in a couple of weeks. Parish Millennium Video of Carrigeen & Drimina The Kilmactigue Parish Millennium Video (Part 5) featuring the Villages of Carrigeen and Drimina will be available shortly. To order your copy please contact Tom Walsh at 0872276628 Website is www.tourlestrane.com and anybody wishing to have information included in our weekly notes please contact me at [email protected] Tweet

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