CLONKILL CLAIM SECOND TITLE IN THREE YEARS AS THE GAELS RUE MISSED EASY CHANCES GREVILLE ARMS SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP HURLING FINAL: The final of this year's senior hurling championship took place last weekend between Lough Lene Gaels and Clonkill in front of a 2,700 strong crowd at Cusack Park Mullingar. The game was played at a fast committed pace and in a good sporting manner with only two yellow cards being shown in the hour by referee Barry Kelly. Clonkill got the better of the early exchanges and when The Gaels Keeper Mark Briody made a rare error, Clonkill pounced to take the games first goal nudged home by Larry Donoghue. In the twentieth minute the Gaels came to life when a low shot from Dan Carthy made it to the bottom corner of the Clonkill net which gave them a slender one point lead. GAME ON!! Clonkill steadied themselves and went in leading at the break. On the resumption both sides exchanged scores and Clonkill stretched their lead out to five, but midway through the second half Derek Mc Nicholas netted a second time for the Gaels from a 20 metre free and the deficit was down to two. Clonkill had the upper hand and their half forward line was causing immense problems for the Gaels and but for poor shooting from wing forward Alan Dowdall (five wides in a row) Clonkill have been home and dry long before the final whistle, they won out on a final score of 1-16 to 2-08. SHAY MURTAGH SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL: Next weekend in Cusack Park Mullingar the Final of the 2009 Shay Murtagh Senior Football Championship takes place between St. Lomans Mullingar and last years beaten finalists Garrycastle. This is the first final appearance for St. Lomans in forty-one years and they will give undoubtedly their usual committed performance with the hope of bringing success to the club, and will need big displays from James Davitt, Conrad Reilly Kieran Lynam, and the youngster John Heslin who indecently won a Minor hurling Championship medal with Castletown last weekend. Garrycastle on the other hand who lost out to neighbours Castledaly last year will be out to make amends and are probably the form team at the moment and play a fast moving brand of football. They will need big performances from Doran Harte, Dessie Dolan, Alan Daly and James Duignan if they are to take the title. Garrycastle will probably be installed but don't write off the underdogs. SPECIAL GAA SCHEDULE TO BE BROADCAST ON TG4 GAA 125 on TG4 - Sunday 1st November Another first for TG4 - a full day and night of Gaelic Games themed programming as the channel celebrates the 125th GAA Birthday in style As the country's biggest sporting organisation prepares to mark the 125th Anniversary of its foundation on 1 November TG4 has unveiled a special GAA programme schedule to mark the occasion. The station has dedicated most of its schedule on that day to Gaelic Games with viewers getting the opportunity to see live GAA action as well as a mouth-watering wide range of GAA-themed content in other programme types including documentaries, profiles and music. (Full schedule and individual programme details below). The main live match coverage on this special day will be from Semple Stadium, Thurles for the AIB Munster Club Hurling Quarter-Final with the Cork champions taking on their Tipperary counterparts in what will undoubtedly be an exciting encounter. There will be special events happening at Thurles during the day to mark the 125th Anniversary of the GAA and TG4 presenter Micheál Ó Domhnaill will have all the latest news from there. The live match coverage will be complimented by a wide range of specially commissioned/selected programmes with a GAA theme including: Sam Maguire documentary, Micheál O'Hehir, Top 50 GAA Football Goals, Top 50 GAA Hurling Goals, Ringy, the Cormac McAnallen tribute programme, the first showing of the new John 3:7 documentary and a specially commissioned edition of the traditional music series Geantraí with songs and tunes with a GAA ring to them. The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) was founded on November 1st 1884, by a group of spirited Irishmen who had the foresight to realise the importance of establishing a national organisation to revive and nurture traditional, indigenous pastimes. TG4's Ceannasaí Pól Ó Gallchóir said: "The GAA has a special place in the hearts of Irish people and TG4 is very proud that it can mark this important milestone in the Association's history by offering a full day of GAA-related programming, a mark of our own close association with the GAA." In addition to this on-air feast of GAA, fans and viewers will also have the opportunity to get involved by voting for their favourite Hurler and Footballer of the last 25 years. Micheal O'Muircheartaigh and a panel of experts from The Star and TG4 have selected a shortlist of twentyfive players who they consider to be the finest stars of the GAA in the last 25 years. Now we need your votes to decide who will be crowned the best footballer and hurler of the last 25 years, and who will be honoured during the live coverage from Semple Stadium, Thurles on 1st November. The public and viewers will have the opportunity to win 2 Premium Tickets for three years with all the information on www.tg4.ie. Legendary sports broadcaster Jimmy Magee will also be asking some tough GAA questions with viewers getting the chance to win premium tickets to the All-Ireland Finals. All the information will be available on www.tg4.ie. TG4 GAA SCHEDULE - Sunday 1st November 2009 12:15pm Sam Maguire 1:00pm Top 50 GAA Peil 2:00pm GAA BEO 4:10pm Top 50 GAA Iomaint 5:15pm Micheál O'Hehir 6:15pm Laochra Gael: Cormac McAnallen 7:20pm Laoch GAA 125 7:30pm GAA @ 125 Bliain History of GAA Programme 1 - Like a Prairie Fire 8:00pm GAA @ 125 Bliain History of GAA Programme 2 - Conflict and Consolidation 9:30pm Cogar : John 3:7 10:00pm Geantraí : GAA 125 11:30pm Ringy VHI GAA CÚL DAY OUT Vhi GAA Cúl Day Out is a very special event that will see 288 children realise their dreams and train and play a match in the world-famous stadium. GAA heroes such as Anthony Daly and Colm O'Rourke, as well as other hurling, football, camogie and handball players from senior teams around the country will be working with the children on the day to help them develop their skills and reinforce their passion for the game. Rachel McNamara from Westmeath has won the chance to attend the Vhi GAA Cúl Day Out in the world famous Croke Park stadium on Monday, September 28th. On the Vhi GAA Cúl Day Out children will meet with and be coached by their GAA heroes, they will play a match in Croke Park, they will have an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of Croke Park stadium and museum, plus they will get a goodie bag to take home. Speaking at the announcement of the winners, Declan Moran, Director of Marketing and Business Development, Vhi Healthcare, said: "I'd like to congratulate Rachel today for being successful in this year's competition and winning the opportunity to play in Croke Park on Monday the 28th of September. This event is the final event of this year's extremely successful Vhi GAA Cúl Camps, which took place throughout the country this summer. Over 80,000 children participated in the events and 288 of those children now have the chance to participate in the Vhi GAA Cúl Day Out at Croke Park. We anticipate that it will be a real celebration for the children and players involved. "We are delighted to partner with GAA to make this fantastic opportunity available to the young GAA enthusiasts in clubs around the country. We hope that all the children who participated in the Cúl Camps this summer will continue to embrace the game and stay healthy and fit through regular exercise." WESTMEATH U-13 HURLING DEVELOPMENT: The U-13 County Development squad travelled to Ratoath last Sunday for an Inter-County Blitz hosted by Meath. The first game was against a very strong Dublin side who raced into an early 2 goal lead & never really looked back from there. Despite points from Shane Clavin & a goal from Sean Quinn, Dublin ran out comfortable winners in the end. Next up was Meath & a new look Westmeath team ran up a good half time lead with Conor Shaw, Ciaran Fagan & Liam Cassidy prominent. However, Meath rallied in the second half to win by a narrow margin. The final game was against Kildare with Ronan Kelly, Stephen O Farrell, Andrew Corbett & Cathal Daly to the fore. Westmeath ran out comfortable winners in the end. Players will be notified by text of next training/match. WESTMEATH GAA DEVELOPMENT LOTTO: (Results 22nd September) NO JACKPOT WINENER: WINNING NO'S: 4, 6, 18, 19 NEXT WEEKS JACKPOT 11,100 9 MATCH 3 WINNERS @ 36 EACH: Brendan Cocoman C/O Mullingar Shamocks GAA Marie Burke C/O Westmeath Ladies GAA Rory O' Brien C/O Ballinagore GAA Pauline Mc Entaggart C/O Ballinagore GAA Lilly Elliffe C/O Loughnavalley GAA Conor Sheahan C/O St. Lomans Mullingar GAA Kate Glynn C/O St. Lomans Mullingar GAA Paddy Lyons C/O St. Oliver Plunketts GAA Marian Madden C/O St. Oliver Plunketts GAA NEXT DRAW DATE: TUESDAY 29th September 2009. RESULTS FOR WEEK ENDING 27-09-09: Greville Arms Senior Hurling Championship Final: Clonkill 1-16, Lough Lene Gales 2-9; Minor Hurling Championship Final: Castletown Geoghegan 1-14, Clonkill 2-08; Slevins Coaches Junior B Hurling Final: Crookedwood 3-14, Turin 1-06 Junior B Championship Section E: Mullingar Shamrocks 1-13, Tubberclair 1-9; WEB SITES: Senior: www.westmeathgaa.ie/ Minor: www.coistenanog.westmeath.gaa.ie I can be contacted by phone on 044 9666476, 087 2777987 or by email on [email protected] Tweet

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