LISTOWEL EMMETS
The Listowel Emmets Club would like to extend their deepest sympathies to the Moriarty family on the recent passing of Nora. Nora was a great supporter of Emmets and was always on call when a jersey met a tenacious defender or a flag had seen a ferocious gust of wind. She was also the woman behind our bunting and various Emmets supporter badges and who could forget the wonderful cake she made to celebrate our club’s 125th anniversary back in 2010. Solas na bhFlaitheas ar a hanam uasal.
Listowel Emmets Club would also like to extend our deepest sympathies to the Hartnett Family, Coolagown and Hawthorn Drive on the recent passing of Ed a great supporter of the Emmets and also to the families of Jenny Tarrant on the passing of her mother and to the Gleeson Family Ballygologue on the passing of Julie’s mother. Ar dheis de go raibh a anam.
AGM: Having deferred our AGM it will now take place in the clubhouse this coming Friday, January 19 at 7.30pm. Club Draw We have recently launched our annual Club Draw worth €10,000 and tickets are now on sale from club officers. We will hold our next two draws in the clubhouse shortly with €850 worth of prizes up for grabs in each draw. Proceeds from the draw go towards the running costs and future development of the club so your support is greatly appreciated. Prizes as follows Top Monthly Prize of €300 Additional prizes of 3 X €100 and 5 X €50 Tickets are only €5 per month and are payable by direct debit, annually, quarterly or monthly. No roll overs... just guaranteed winners! 41 Card Drive Our 41 Card Drive takes place every Wednesday night at 9pm in the Clubhouse. New players are always welcome so please come along and bring a friend. Dancing Weekly dancing at the clubhouse every Monday evening from 6.30pm. Contact Monty Boyd if you are interested in taking part.
NOVICE CUP FINAL Emmets C V Ballydonoghue C Venue: Frank Sheehy Park Date: Saturday, January 20th 2018 Time: 7.30pm Our C team take on Ballydonoghue this Saturday night under lights in Frank Sheehy Park in what is sure to be an exciting affair. It has been tough to get our hands on some silverware over the past 12 months so fingers crossed the boys can do us proud! Best wishes to all involved - Tommy O Donoghue and 1 TBC. MEMBERSHIP: Club Membership is now open at €40 for Players and €20 for Students and Non-Players. Membership can be paid to any Committee Member. NATIONAL CLUB DRAW: Players and Committee Members are currently selling €10.00 National Club Draw Tickets. A list of the prizes can be found on Moyvane GAA Social Media and Website www.moyvane.gaa.ie We are once again adding additional prizes to be won exclusively by those who buy tickets from the Club.
€100 LOTTO: €100 Moyvane GAA Lotto tickets are available from any Committee Member. Get 2 free weeks lotto and your ticket will be included for you in each draw. CLUB LOTTO: There was no winner of this weeks Jackpot of €5,800. Numbers drawn were 2, 14, 19 and 28. Lucky Dips of €40.00 each: Paudie Hanrahan, Kilbaha, Noreen Lynch, Woodgrove, Tom Roche, Glin Road, Pat Joe McEnery, Tubbertoureen and John Dee, Rusheen. Next weeks Jackpot is €5,900 and the draw will be held in Enright’s Bar on Sunday, January 21st at 10.00pm. MOYVANE LADIES AWARDS CEREMONY took place last Sunday evening in the Marian Hall. Awards and medals were presented to all age groups from U-8 to U-16! The girls were delighted to receive their awards from their local idols and Kerry footballers Erin Finucane and Moira O’Flaherty. Well done to all! A NEW format for the Senior Club Football Championship has been agreed upon following a meeting with the eight senior club last week, which will see the competition ran along similar lines to the restructured Intermediate, Premier Junior and Junior Championships for 2018 onward.
The Competitions Control Committee (CCC) has confirmed that the Championship will be organised on a league basis of two groups of four teams, with each team in a group playing the other teams once. Each team will play one game at home, one away and one at a neutral venue. The CCC will decide on dates and venues for each round.
The top team in each group qualify for the Senior Club final. Where teams finish level on points the following criteria will be applied (in order outlined) to separate the teams: 1. Where two teams only are involved - the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the group; 2. Score difference - subtracting the total scores against from the total scores for; 3. highest total score for; 4. highest total goals for; 5. a play-off.
Regardless of the above criteria, any team failing to fulfil a fixture will be automatically placed below any other team that has the same number of points (similar to the current policy in the County Senior Football League).
It was agreed to have an ‘open draw’ to decide the make up of each group (this is specifically for the Senior Club Championship).
The teams that finish bottom in each group will play in a relegation play-off (subject to relegation exemption for teams that qualify for County Senior Football Championship Final). Due to above exemption any relegation play-off cannot be played until the County SFC finalists are known or until the two teams above have exited the SFC in the earlier rounds.
If for instance both teams that finish bottom in their respective groups reach the SFC final then the teams that finish in 3rd place in both groups will have to play in a relegation play-off. If one of the two teams that finish bottom in their respective groups reach the SFC final then the other team (that finished bottom in the other group) is relegated.