GRASSROOTS

CASTLECONNOR

LOTTO

OUR Lotto was live streamed on Facebook last Saturday and we were joined for a short chat by Barnes Kelly who among other things outlined the purpose of the Sligo GAA development squads. Thanks to Barnes for coming in. Numbers drawn; 1, 8, 22, 39. No winner of jackpot. €50 Lucky Dip Winners. Anita Kane, Denise Coggins, Carmel Harvey. Next draw 6/6/20. New Jackpot €24,900.

The jackpot is €24,900. This weekend we will have another clubman as guest, Paul Kilcullen, which will be another interesting discussion no doubt. Hope people can listen in and remember make sure your name is in the pot.

Envelopes now available for purchase at usual outlets. Please also consider playing online at www.castleconnor.gaa.ie/lotto Grounds Works

Works began this week by our grounds sub committee on cleaning and painting the goals posts and resurfacing the upper goal mouth.

U12 Skills Contest

Good luck to our U12 team who go into a County Wide skills test this week.

Business Promotion We continue to support our local businesses, on Facebook and Twitter, who have been so kind to us with sponsorship and support. If any businesses out there would like us to do the same for them please let us know. Bereavement

The death occurred last weekend of Maggie Egan, of one of the parish’s oldest residents at 102 years old. The club offers our condolences to Maggie’s family and friends at this sad time.

EASTERN HARPS

WE would like to remember Ollie Shannon on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his sad passing. Ollie had many fine displays of football for his club and was always highly respected by his fellow players at all levels. The county board PRO summed Ollie up well when he said “A wholehearted & courageous player at all times fair & sporting”. We are once again delighted to launch the Kerry McKeon essay writing competition 2020, for the youngsters in the Eastern Harps area. Normally the competition is run through the national schools in the area but due to school closures, we have decided to run it through the club’s underage teams this year. The competition will be broken into 4 categories (under 6, under 8, under 10 and under 12).

It is a great opportunity for the boys and girls living within the Eastern Harps club to explore their creative side. The Kerry McKeon perpetual trophy was won last year by Adam Murray from Carn National school. The runner-up for last year was Cillian Duggan from Keash National School. The competition is going from strength to strength each year and we are looking forward to increasing this further in 2020. We have decided to expand the age group involved in this year’s competition to give more people the chance to get involved. We will have a winner from each age group who will each receive a prize, along with the overall winner and runner up. This year’s essay title is “My Summer so Far” with a total word count of 400 max.

The essay can be typed or written on any type of paper, copybook or A4 sheets. Closing date is Friday 26th June 2020. An essay can be submitted via e-mail to mikeyog7@yahoo.com or hard copies can be posted to the following address: Mikey O’Grady, Shroof, Monasteraden, Co. Sligo. Any queries concerning the competition, please contact Mikey O’Grady by phone on 0861971807.

COOLANEY/MULLINABREENA

CORONAVIRUS (Covid 19) Coolaney Mullinabreena GAA continues to be part of the Local Authority Initiative Sligo Covid-19 Community Response Forum. Anyone who requires any assistance with deliveries or collections/ errands please contact the following number 1800292765Monday – Sunday, 8am to 8pm. Our volunteers for this great initiative are: Eugene Henry and Ollie Lee for Mullinabreena, Rose Maloney Quinn and Padraig McGourty for Coolaney. Club extend our sincerest condolences to all the Mulvey family, Coolaney on the recent death of John Mulvey, Essex, UK. John played underage football for the Club. Ar dheis Dé go raibh sé. Club Lotto 2020 Update June 5th: We are humbled and hugely grateful for all the support we have received for our Club lotto so far this year.

The loyalty of our supporters towards this essential fundraising lifeline is truly encouraging as we strive to grow and prosper the Club.