GRASSROOTS
way for the London trip to see Sligo V London in the 1st round of the Connacht Championship. The trip will be an all inclusive package including flights, hotel and transfers from the airport and to the match on Sunday 6th May. We plan to fly from Knock Airport on Friday morning 4th May to Stansted and rooms have been reserved at the Clayton Hotel in Chiswick. The flight will return on Monday 7th to Knock. Places are filling up fast so please contact Lauri Quinn on 087 2684044 or contact any club official for further details and reserve your place. THERE was no winner of the lotto draw at the weekend. The numbers drawn were 12, 18, 23, and 26. There were two match three winners, Gerard Kelly and Glen McDermott. The next draw is in Tommy Macs on 24th February with the jackpot at €3,100. THE club wish to express sympathy with the family and relatives of Mary Gannon, Cambs who died last week. Mary comes from a family steeped in the tradition of the GAA and her late husband Paddy was one of the founding members of the club while her brother Paddy was also a founding member and first Chairman. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam. We also express sympathy with the family and relatives of Tommy Breheny, Oakfield Rd who died at the weekend.
ST JOHN’S
CLUB Player Registration From Under 6 to Senior
ON Saturday last registration for all club players took place. Registration with our club includes
1. All training sessions and games 2. Indoor Programme for 6 weeks for Girls U6 to U 14 and Boys U6 to U10
3. One club Lotto ticket for each draw. The Jackpot is €12,000 at present
4. Safe and secure environment for coaching sessions
5. Gain new friends and increase a child’s confidence
6. And most important of all have LOADS of fun and enjoyment COST €120 per family no matter how many are playing.
THE club boundaries are the parishes of St Annes and Carraroe. It is still not too late to join up if you did not make last Saturday’s session.
FOR further details please contact Fergal Kelly on 0876760277. UNDER Age Coaching for Boys and Girls
THE St Johns Underage Academy Coaching will start next weekend February 17th and 18th. Until the end of March all sessions will be held indoors.
BOYS U7/8 Saturday from 4-5pm and Boys U9/10Saturday 5-6pm; These will be held in The Sports Complex, Cleveragh Boys U11/12 Saturday from 3-4pm in The Tennis Club
GIRLS on Sunday U 7/8/9/10 from 4-5pm and U11/12/13/14 from 5-6pm both in the Sports Complex Cleveragh
THESE coaching sessions are free for paid up members. If anybody else wants to come along, you can register at the first session or contact Fergal on 0876760277 .
CLUB Mass Sunday February 18th THE annual club mass in memory of the deceased members and friends of St John’s GAA Club will be held in St John’s Church, Carraroe at 9.30am on Sunday February 18th.
ST Johns Lotto Draw
THE Lotto numbers drawn on Saturday 3rd were 11, 13, 26, 30. There was no winner of the Jackpot prize. The winners of the €25 consolation prizes were Tommy Basquile,Highfield Rd.; Sarah Gethins, Rusheen Ard; Sarah and Noel, C/O Crozon Inn and Kieran Walsh (Sen.), Carraroe. The next draw will take place on Saturday February 17th. Lotto tickets can be purchased from Clifford Electrical, Carraroe; Mc Morrow’s Shop, Cairns Rd.; Crozon Inn; CLUB Sligo MEMBERSHIP for Club Sligo is now due for renewal. A special Early Bird draw will take place for members who take up membership by Friday16th February. For more details contact John Leydon at 0862538254 or Seamus Casey at 0852498067 SYMPATHY
THE St Johns club extend sincere sympathy to the Breheny family, Oakfield Rd. on the death of Tommy senior RIP.
TOURLESTRANE
WE congratulate and welcome our new Chairman of Tourlestrane Gaa Club David Bailey and also our new Vice Chairman Kevin Harrington who were elected last week and also to Cathy Egan our new club secretary. Best of luck to you all in your new posts . CONGRATULATIONS to Tourlestrane Gaa man Tomas Henry and his beautiful bride Michelle Simpson on their recent marriage CONGRATULATIONS to Padraig Maye who is a shining example to any athlete both young and old of what can be achieved as recently Padraig picked up an “Outstanding Achievement Award” at the Mayo County Board Athletics Awards. Padraig was awarded 5 medals in the Irish Masters last July. Well done Padraig. OUR sympathies to the Walsh family of Coolrecuil on the passing of Bridie Walsh this week and also to the Breheny Family and the St Mary’s Club on the passing of Tommy Breheny Snr.
COLLOONEY HANDBALL
BINGO takes place this Thursday at 9 p.m , the jackpot is €5,850 in 42 numbers. UNDERAGE handball has resumed on Saturday mornings at 11 am.
CUMMAN na mBunscoil finals took place in Collooney on Friday 02-02-2018. Thanks to David Dillon from Cumman na mBunscoil who was there along with County Board Chairman Francis McCann who presented the medals to the following ,U11 Oran McNulty Rathcormac bt Colin Finn Ballymote ,U11 dbls TJ Foody/Brian Donegan Stokane bt Mark Phealen /Thomas O’Brien Rathcormac ,U13 Darragh Bourke Corballa bt Clive Conway Collooney and at U13 doubles Michael Carroll / Joe Campbell Rathcormac were winners.
WELL done to Laura Finn who won her J B 40 x 20 ladies singles semi-final in Roscommon, she now plays Eimaer ni Bhiadhe in her Connaught final. GOOD luck to Karley Cooney at U13 grade and Cormac Finn U15 grade who play in Connaught finals next weekend.
ST MOLAISE GAELS
OUR 2018 club registration night will take place on Wednesday February 14th from 7.00pm to 9.00pm in the Club House. Individual Membership costs €40 or a Family membership (2 adults and all children under 18) costs just €80. For 2018 we are starting a Hurling Coaching Academy for those U12. We will have our Hurling Coaches in attendance on Wednesday night with details of this new initiative.
THE next Lotto Draw will take place on Tuesday February 27th. Thank You to everyone for their continued support for this important Club fundraiser and to Londis and Supervalu Grange for facilitating us with our fortnightly Sales stand. COACHING sessions for our “Couch to 5K” Programme continue this week at the North Sligo Sports Complex with Group 1 running from 7.15pm to 8.15pm Monday and Wednesday. Group 2 are scheduled for 8.30pm to 9.30pm on the same evenings while Group 3 are out on Tuesday and Thursday mornings form 9.30am to 10.30am
OUR annual “Cash for Clobber” fundraiser is also underway if you have any unwanted clothes or shoes they can be left at the Club Building at any time.
OWENMORE GAELS
ONLINE registration is now open. See www.owenmoregaels.ie for more details
SCÓR na nÓg
AS the competitions wind down on the field in the county, attention is now turning to GAA matters off the pitch. This is a special Winter season for Sligo GAA and its Scór Committee as we host the All Ireland Finals at both Scór Sinsir and Scór na nÓg levels. CLUBS are asked to make an extra special effort to get involved as we aim to have some home grown talent take to the stage of IT Sligo come Spring 2018. For the first time ever Scór na bPaistaí is being run for Primary School children in October in a bid to foster a relationship with the association and Scór.
ANYONE interested in music, song, dance or drama should contact Keith Henry 086-3357182 or Catherine Gallagher 0876494568, any Scór Committee member or their club for more information.
SCÓR 2017/18 Dates: SCÓR Sinsir (Over 17) County Final and Quiz: 3rd March 2018 Scór Sinsir (Over 17) Connacht Final: 24th March 2018 Scór Sinsir (Over 17) All Ireland Final: 14th April 2018 - IT Sligo
CLUB News
THE list of 2018 elected committee members can now be found on our website @ www.owenmoregaels.ie/club-commitee/. Best of luck to all officers in their roles for 2018
CHECK out our new underage kit now available to buy at Jako Sports. This will be the playing kit for our U-10 and U-8 teams. The T-shirt (a requirement for U-8 and 10’s) is €15, with an option of shorts and socks for €22 total. Sizes catering right down to our nursery kids. The Club shop is now online. Club Merchandise includes jerseys, socks, shorts, club tops, trousers and jackets. Get yours now! Visit our Facebook page for details. The Lotto draw took place in Cullen’s Bar on Monday 8th January. The numbers drawn were 5, 19, 28 & 32. There was no winner of the €8,400 Jackpot. Congrats to our ‘Match 3 Winners Paddy Watters & Mick Gallagher who get €50 each. As there was no Jackpot Winner this week, the Jackpot rolls over to €8,500. The next draw will take place on