TINAHELY

Lotto results from August 8, numbers drawn were: 14, 16, 24, and 27. Bonus number was 3. There was no jackpot winner and no match three winners. Lucky dip winners: Margaret O’Brien, Paul Tyrrell, Eamon Darcy, and Kevin Darcy. Next week’s lotto €3,700.

Junior Football - The lads played their final game on the group last Thursday evening away to Valleymount. This game was never in doubt as Tinahely won comfortably on a score line of 5-14 to 1-4 to setup a semi final in the coming few weeks.

Senior Football - The lads were out on Saturday evening in Round 3 of the Senior championship where they played Blessington in Joule park Aughrim.

At half-time we were still in the game with blessington just two points up 0-5 to 0-3 but unfortunately things got bad in the second half and we just couldn’t get going! Final score on a disappointing night was Blessington 1-15 Tinahely 0-5. Our final group game is Sunday, August 27, at 6pm in Baltinglass where we play Kiltegan.

Well done to all who organised a fundraiser last Saturday week in Black Toms.

It was our King of Fifa competition and I can tell you now sir Conor Doran was dethroned. Your new champion for 2017 is non other than sir Niall Gorman. Thanks to all who took part and also thanks to everyone that helped out in the show field on the bank holiday Monday with car parking.

Senior ladies - Congratulations to the Senior ladies squad who beat Baltinglass last Friday night to qualify for the county semi-finals. Well done to all involved. another cracker.

Alex Murphy caught some excellent high ball in the back line for AGB and Naoise Ní Chonchuir worked tirelessly in all positions throughout the day carrying ball into the Arklow attack and taking some fine scores also.

There was some great blocking from Ellie McCann who was fearless in defence and invariably came out with the ball from every tackle. Eimear Flynn, Saoirse Healy and Olivia Del Rio showed great ability to read the game getting on to the ball with speed and determination while Sophie Hughes was in top form in all positions, getting stronger as the day went on and showing some wonderful skills.

Sophie McCann, the youngest member of the squad, showed she has all the skills necessary to play the game and encouraged by her team mates took up her place in the forward line against a talented Castletown team.

The AGB under-8 Orange team also put in a great shift. Sophie and Amy Hurley worked hard at this their first ever blitz competition and we can look forward to seeing a lot more from these two as they develop their skills.

Éireann O’Reilly continues to improve with every game as she carries ball forward for her team and takes some super scores. Cara Conway was always strong on the ball using her steps while protecting possession and with her head up looking for her team mates.

Ciara Gavaghan never ran out of steam right up to the final whistle at the end of four games of eight minute halves, sixty four minutes of football, in which the AGB girls were constantly involved having chosen to opt for two teams and leaving themselves with no substitutes.

Cathy Mullervy continues to improve her skills and is increasingly involved in the action and Zoe Byrne at mid-field was immense scoring some lovely points for her side.

Hosts Kilanerin provided wonderful hospitality with refreshments at the pitch-side and fruit and goody bags for all the players.

The day was capped off with a wonderful medal presentation which delighted the young participants.

As always AGB had terrific parental support and positive encouragement from the sideline.

Well done to youth coaches Katie and Abbie who managed the orange team with help from their senior panel team-mate Annie Conroy.

The under-10s turned up in great numbers again. 17 of the girls on one team made it a little tricky for the coaches but all girls got same match time over four matches. Girls were very competitive against Clonee, Tinahealy, Castletown and Kilanerin.

It was especially pleasing to see the girls supporting each other in defensive tactics, making life difficult for the opposition. Going forward, some lovely passing moves resulted in lovely scores and the girls left some scores out there too. This panel of girls are a joy to work with and have grown into a great team this summer!

Huge well done to all the girls on the day including parents who as always are happy to make the journeys!

All-Ireland draw tickets are now on sale from all club members. The draw will be held on August 29 in Ballymoney Clubhouse at 8pm.

Super Valu Arklow, are running a promotion from June 22 called “Behind the Ball”. The promotion will give AGB the opportunity to win some much needed footballs for our Juvenile section.

The idea is that the customer shops in store and spends over €20, the customer uses their Real Rewards card, the till prints a receipt then the customer chooses their club to support and drops receipt into our Collection Unit.

This will run for nine weeks, so whichever club reaches 2000 receipts first will win a set of footballs for their club.

So please spread the word and let’s win these for AGB.

AGB’s clubhouse is now open for Sunday Dinner, every Sunday this July from 1pm to 6pm. Call in and sample our delicious menu, with great choices and prices. The bar is also open on Friday and Saturday evenings from 8pm during the summer months.

The next meeting of the AGB Executive Committee will take place on the 06/09/2017 in the AGB offices in Pearses’ Park at 8pm.

AGB Club gear is available at great prices. Contact Kerry on 087 3287881 to order.

Please send club notes to arklowgaa@gmail. com You can contact the AGB PRO at above email, Facebook (‘Arklow Geraldines Ballymoney GAA Club’ or ‘AGB Ladies’) or Twitter.