GRASSROOTS

ANNACURRA

No winner in last week’s lotto. Numbers 20, 22, 27, and 28. No match threes. Next jackpot €8,800.

It was a busy week of football our Seniors who took on Coolkenno in another round of the Keating cup and had tough battle but came out on top on a score line of 1-13 to 1-08. They now face Newtown next Saturday and a win or draw would see us keep our Senior status.

Our under-13 side lost out to Kilcoole on Saturday of last in the championship semi-final and brings their year to an end well done to everyone involved.

And, finally, our under-11 side played Aughrim in the Allen Cup on Sunday and lost out and also brings their year to an end. Well to all involved.

BLESSINGTON

Seniors – Blessington are in the Dunne Cup semi-finals v Baltinglass which will be held in Hollywood on Friday, November 3, at 7.45pm.

Physio - Physio is now finished. Anyone seeking physio attention please contact Pat Molloy 086 8230130.

Ladies – Thank you so much to Dan Kenny and staff of Super Valu for their ever so generous donation of 150 footballs to our juveniles. Karen Hanlon and Olive Devlin presented them to our U11 and U9 girls after training on Sat. We appreciate it very much thanks a mil.

G4M&O – Training cancelled this coming Wed due to midterm break. Training every other Wed 7pm to 8pm. For more information on G4M contact Michelle 086 3734748, Sinead 086 2446510 or Lorcan on 087 6647625.Juvenile – For up to date news please see our website and Facebook page. We have now reached nearly 1500 followers worldwide on our Facebook page.

Academy – Academy finished last Saturday for the season.

U10s - Hard luck to our U10 team who played Ardclough away on Saturday.

U11s – Our Allen Cup team had a good win at home on Sunday against St Kevin’s and now play Kiltegan away next Sunday in the semi-final.

Our Ray Daniels Cup team were given a walkover by Kilbride/Lacken and now play Shillelagh at home next Sunday in the semi-final. Both matches are at 11.30am and it would be great to see lots of support particularly for the home match. The lads really enjoyed a training session run by Jonathan Daniels on Saturday as preparation for the matches.

Hurl repairs - Hurley repairs - €5 a fix, €2/hoop. Contact Ciarán 085 7145288

U13 Hurling Championship Final - Sunday, November 5, in Ballinakill - Michael Dwyers v St Pats/Glenealy 1.45 p.m. Good luck to our club lads on the team.

U15 Hurling Championship Final – Sunday in Ballinakill - Michael Dwyers v Tomacork 3.00 p.m. Good luck to our club lads on the team.

Lotto – No winner of €3,800 on October 17. Next draw in West Wicklow. Jackpot €4,000. Draw on Tuesday in the West Wicklow. Tickets are available from players, committee members and in shops and pubs around the town. Don’t miss a draw again and sign up for Direct Debit. Contact Noelle McGarr 087 7460327 or Arthur Hennessy for details 087 2396157. Remember you can also play online at www.blessingtongaa.ie.

Blessington GAA Club Race Day - Sunday, November 19, at Punchestown Race Course. First race at 12.30pm.

Tickets on sale now from committee and outlets in the town. €10.00 each which covers entry to the races on the day. Kindly sponsored by Dunnes Stores, Blessington.

Scr na nÓg – Leinster semis on Sunday, December 10. Venue TBC.

X-Factor – please vote for Sean and Conor Price. Details on Blessington GAA Facebook page.

Clothing Collection ongoing - collecting good quality second hand clothing suitable for re-use. Please fill as many black bin bags as you can – the more we collect, the more our club receives. If you are unable to bring them to the GAA Grounds we can arrange collection. Please contact: John Magee Snr 086 871 7483 or Breda Brophy 087 225 3892. Thank you for your support.

Remember to keep updated on what is happening in the club log on www.blessingtongaa.ie

AGB

Huge well done to AGB’s U13s who finished 4-08 to 2-04 against Clan na Gael in the U13 Championship semi-final. They will face Kilcoole in the final, date and time to be confirmed.

AGB’s Senior and Junior men’s league finals will take place at the weekend. On Saturday the Junior ‘B’ men take on Blessinston at 3pm, pitch to be confirmed. AGB’s Senior men will play Ratgnew on Sunday. Time and pitch to be confirmed.

Applications are sought for the position of Manager/Coach of Arklow Geraldines Ballymoney GAA Club Senior and Junior Men’s Adult Teams. Applications with CV should be forwarded to the Secretary at E-mail: secretary. arklow.wicklow@gaa.ie or alternatively by post to Secretary Arklow Geraldines Ballymoney GAA Club, Pearse’s Park, Vale Road, Arklow, Co Wicklow. Closing date for receipt of applications Wednesday, November 2.

AGB Ladies Annual General Meeting takes place on Thursday, November 2, at Ballymoney Clubhouse at 8pm. All players from U16-adult, parents, supporters and volunteers are invited and encouraged to attend.

Please come along and take this opportunity to show your appreciation for the work done by the Ladies Committee and especially by the volunteers that work with the eleven ladies teams on a regular basis from February through to October and beyond in some cases.

The AGM generally takes about one hour and consists of reports from the various officers and a brief overview of the season as reported by managers and administrators from each group from Academy, U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18 Junior/Intermediate and adult ladies.

It has been a really busy season and this is a great opportunity to find out what is happening across the club from a ladies and girls point of view.

The ladies are always open to welcoming new members so anyone interested in getting involved please feel free to come forward and help out in whatever way you can.

AGB’s juvenile and men’s Annual General Meetings will take place on Friday, November 10. Nominations and Motions to submitted to Secretary br of both committess by November 8.

The AGB Annual General Meeting will take place on Monday, November 27. Nominations and Motions to secretary.arklow@ gaa.ie or to any committee member by November 12.

AGB’s clubhouse is no longer serving Sunday dinner. Many thanks to all who supported our clubhouse this season, we look forward to welcoming you back for dinner in the 2018 season. The function room in the clubhouse is available for hire for private functions, parties, christenings, communions, confirmations etc. Please contact 085 8607592 to avail of our offers.

The next meeting of the AGB Executive Committee will take place on November 8 in the AGB offices in Pearse’s Park at 8pm.

ST PATRICK’S

Our U17 footballers brought the curtain down on their season in the Under-17 A Football Shield final against Bray Emmets on Friday in Wicklow Centre of Excellence Ballinakill.

After a poor start the lads recovered well to go in at half time a point ahead. Half-time score: St Pats 2-02, Bray Emmets 0-07.

The second half was nip and tuck and could have went either way. Full time score: St Pats 2-4 Bray Emmets 0-10. Extra time loomed with Bray taking their chances. The Pats lads battled well throughout but it was not to be for the Division 2 league champions. Full time score after extra time: St Patrick’s 2-06, Bray Emmets 1-14.

Hard luck lads fantastic effort from all Well done to all involved in the back room team of John Smith, Darragh McEvoy, Donal Marron and Brian O’Connor. A big thank you to the players and parents for their support and commitment over the year.

Thank you to Eugene Dooley of Dooley Poynton Auctioneers for sponsoring the tops for the panel.

Our U17 hurlers finished the season with a celebration evening at Kylemore Karting on Thursday evening 26th Oct.

Most of this team has played together since under-12s, and with eight of the players , eligible to move up to adult hurling next year, this event marked the end of six years of juvenile hurling together.

There was a presentation of trophies to: T.J. Kehoe for Young Player of the Year and Robert Moffatt for Player of the Year.

Congratulations have to go to; Nathan Goucher who was crowned “King of the Race track” after taking first place on the podium in the evening’s “Grand Prix”.

The management want to congratulate the whole team on their season, for some outstanding performances and wish them well in their future in sport and life.

Congratulations to Ronan Murray who took part in the annual #GAAyouth Forum in Croke Park on Saturday, October 28.

Our St Pats minor ladies take on Tinahely in the refixed Ladies Minor Football County Championship Final on Saturday 4th November. Venue and time to be confirmed.

Community Care Roadshow which is a series of talks by Wicklow County Council, Garda Siochana, Wicklow Fire Service and HSE on topics including Safety, Security and Age friendly will take place in St. Patrick’s GAA Clubhouse, Dunbur on Thursday, November 9, at 7.30pm until 9pm

Date for your Diary:

St Patrick’s Ladies AGM, November 23, at 8pm in the Clubhouse.

St Patrick’s Ladies Juvenile Presentation, November 25, in the Clubhouse at 1pm.

St Patricks GAA Club AGM on Thursday, November 30, at 8pm in the Clubhouse.

St Patrick’s GAA Club Draw 2017: The first draw took place in the Clubhouse on Saturday.

The St Patricks GAA Development 1st Draw Winners: Tomas Morrissey €1,000, Paddy Heffernan €700, Derek Dunne €400, Dennis O’Mahony €200, Fiona/Donal Mitchel €100, Brian Murray €50, Carmel Tiernan €50.

This year the club is running a draw to support the fundraising drive required to develop a new pitch at our new Greenhill Road field. Tickets are €50 each and there will be a monthly draw at the end of October, November and early December.

All funds from this draw will go to the new pitch and we will use this as the main fundraising event this year for the new development, so it is vital for the success of this project that you give as much support as you can.

Please return the completed tickets and your payment to any member of the Club Committee or the Manager/Administrator of your team or drop into Alan O’Brien at Dooley Poynton Auctioneers or Brian O’Connor in Next Door Abbey St.

We had no winners for our Match 5 or Match 4 jackpots. We had two Match 3 winners: Cian and Callum Dunne c/o D. Dunne and Toby and Emily c/o A. Doyle.

Don’t forget to buy your ticket this week. If you are not in you cannot win!

Numbers drawn were 7, 12, 17 and 30. The bonus number was 13.

Thanks to the weekly club lotto sellers who give up their time to help raise funds for the club. It’s greatly appreciated. The next draw is on Monday, October 30, in the clubhouse. Make sure you buy a ticket each week and you could be the winner of our Match 4 prize €3,400 or Match 5 €10,000 jackpot!

As part of club development and potential additional playing facilities, we are requesting that each age group team support the lotto selling rota by providing a team of four on their designated Saturday. Are any of you available to sell in the pubs on Saturday nights from 9pm? Contact your team manager for details.

It is that time of the year when we require details for the county Year Book 2017. If people can submit all items through the Club PRO at Pro. stpatricks.wicklow@gaa.ie. The closing date is Friday, November 10. Items after this date will not be included.

Please send any information for club notes to Pro.stpatricks.wicklow@gaa.ie before 9pm on Sunday evenings. You can contact St Pats at Facebook St Patrick’s GAA Club Wicklow Town or Twitter @StPatsGAAWick

TINAHELY

Tinahely GAA Lotto results from October 23 - Numbers drawn were: 1, 5, 9, and 11. Bonus 26. There was no jackpot winner. We had three match 3 winners: Bridget Pollard, Adam Myers, and Paddy Rawson.

Next week’s lotto jackpot is for €4,800. Senior football - Our Senior team lost to Newtown last Saturday in the Keating Trophy. This has put the team in a position where they simply must beat Bray Emmets this weekend in order to maintain their senior status for 2018. Training is Tuesday and Thursday night at 8pm.

AGM - The club’s AGM takes place on Saturday, November 25, at 8pm in the clubhouse. All players and members are welcome to voice their opinion for the coming year.

If you would like to get involved with Tinahely GAA Club in anyway for 2018 then get to the meeting!

RATHNEW

Well done to our Seniors who defeated Louth champions-Newtown Blues on Sunday!

The day started well with a pre match meal at the Arches, the players and supporters buses leaving shortly after to make the journey to Drogheda.

The game was played on a bright and fresh autumn day,good playing conditions but the pitch was soft underfoot. The team started poorly with Mark Doyle getting our only score in the first half.

The lads put in a much improved second half performance to come from three points down at half-time to claim victory.

We thank the massive support from the club, the chants and colour in the stand really helped the team when it was needed. Our next game in the Leinster campaign we will face the Dublin champions in Aughrim. Please see fixtures.

BALLINACOR

The club would like to extend its sympathy to the family of Bridie Murphy on her passing last week. Bridie is a President of our club and was a huge supporter of the club for years.

Bridie was absolutely unbelievable for our club, helping to run fundraisers, selling tickets and attending every match no matter where it was. This is a massive loss to the club and the whole area and all our thoughts are with the family at this time.

The AGM has been set for Saturday 11th of November at 6.30 in Kirikee Hall. All are welcome and encouraged to attend as we get ready for next season.

The club would like to thank all players, supporters, management and committee for all the support during the year. Hopefully next year we can get back to being in the business end of the championship and league.

BALTINGLASS

LOTTO - No winner of the €7,400 jackpot on October 23, numbers were 13, 19, 20, and 22. The match three winners winning €75 each were Greta Moore, M. Prendergast, M O’Reilly and Anthony Kealy.

This week’s jackpot is now €7,400 and the draw will take place in Timmins Pub on Tuesday, October 31. Once again thank you all for your continued support of the club lotto. Remember, you can also play our lotto on line through our website www.baltinglassgaaclub.com or through our Facebook page. Perhaps you might pass this website on to those who are away but would like to support the club and be in with a chance to win the ever increasing jackpot.

Our Senior Men played Dunlavin on Sunday morning in the league, final scoreline was Dunlavin 1-15 to Balto 2-10.

Our first club run Development Draw took place on Friday night in Horans and what a success it was!! First prize of the Dacia Sandero car went to Liam Murray, Broadstown. Ticket sold by Seamus Kelly. Congratulations Liam and safe driving. Full list of winners below.

2nd Prize: €1500 – John burke, Rathmoon. Seller: B.Coffey; 3rd Prize: €500 – Liam McLoughlin, Rathvilly. Seller: A.Whelan; 4th Prize: 2 All Ireland Football tickets 2018 & 1 night hotel stay – Don Sheehan c/o Pattersons; 5th Prize: 2 All Ireland Hurling tickets 2018 & 1 night hotel stay – Anne Murphy Seller: J. Bookle; 6th Prize: €100 – Breda Coffey Seller: B.Coffey; 7th Prize: €100- Fionnula Hunter Seller: C.Murphy; 8th Prize: €100 – Brian Mathhews Seller: S.Kelly; 9th Prize: €100- O Keefe Family, Parkmore Seller: E.O’Keefe; 10th Prize: €100 – Mary Gill, Oldtown. Seller: M.Hanlon; 11th Prize: €100 – Brian & J Donegan Seller: Horans; 12th Prize: €100 – Fiona Kavanagh, Carrigeen. Seller: J.Bookle; 13th Prize €100 – Sarah Jennings, Newbridge, Seller: M. Coleman; 4th Prize €100 – Kieran Germaine, St Kevins. Seller: A.Whelan; 15th Prize €100 – Monica Brophy, Allendale. Seller: R.McHugh; 16th Prize €50 Horans Voucher – Sean O Toole, Weaver Square. Seller: S.Kelly

Thank you to Eamon Horan for the use of the function room and finger food and to everyone who came on the night.

A massive and sincere thank you to everyone who purchased a ticket (or two), your support is much appreciated. Funds raised from the draw will go towards the upkeep and development of our teams and facilities.Thank you once again.

We would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Halloween!