GRASSROOTS
AUGHRIM
Our adult team have their first outing of the year in a home game against Éire Óg next Saturday, February 23, at 3 p.m.
Please come along and support these young players as they set out on a new season.
BRAY EMMETS
Shauna Kavanagh Foundation - Coffee Morning - Ardmore Rovers FC and Bray Emmets GAA Club will join together for a very special coffee morning and raffle all in aid of the Shauna Kavanagh Foundation.
Date: Saturday, February 23, from 11 a.m. to 1.30 p.m., at Bray Emmets Clubhouse.
We hope to see a massive turn out for this fundraiser, all are welcome!
Wicklow Scór Sinsir Finals - Our Wicklow Scór Sinsir finals will take place in Ballinakill Centre of Excellence on the night of February 22 commencing at 7.30 p.m.
The following are the categories in which clubs can enter contestants:
Rince Foirne (Céilí or Figure Dancing), Amhránaíocht Aonair (solo-singing), Aithriseoireacht/Scéalaíocht (recitation/ storytelling), Bailéad Grúpa (Ballad Group), Léiriú Stáitse (Stage Presentation), Ceol Uirlise (Instrumental Music), Rince Seit (Set Dancing), Tráth na gCeist (Question Time).
The winners of the above competitions advance to the Leinster semi-finals which take place on Saturday, March 2, in Myshall, Co. Carlow. The fee for entry is just €10 per competition payable on the night.
An interval raffle will take place on the night. Refreshments will also be provided. As well as usual prizes, all winners will also receive a free pass to a home Wicklow Allianz league match of their choice in hurling and football.
If any club members are interested in entering please email Shane Byrne at seanobroin88@gmail.com by Monday, February 18.
Scór Sinsir participation levels have been rising year on year and we’re looking to build on that in 2019.
Go n-eirí an t-ádh libh le bhur gcuid ullmhúchán. Best of luck with your preparations!
One win and one loss for the Senior footballers - Our Senior football team have started their Division 1A league campaign with one win and one loss. Last week they beat Carnew on a scoreline of 1-10 to 0-5, however they lost by a single point today against Kilmacanouge, on a scoreline of 2-10 to 0-15.
Next up for the team is a meeting with Avondale this Friday at 8pm in Old Conna. All support is greatly appreciated!
Recent Bereavements - It is with deep sadness that our club has learned of the death of Rose Scanlon, the mother of Margaret Conroy and mother in law of Ger Conroy. Margaret’s father, John Scanlon is only recently deceased on December 25.
We send Margaret, Ger and the extended Scanlon family our deepest sympathies at this very sad time.
All in Bray Emmet’s send our condolences to our former club chairman Michael O’Byrne and his family, on the death of his brother Nicholas. Our sympathies are also sent to the extended O’Byrne family.
Upcoming foundation coaching course - February 21 and 22 from 7 to 10 p.m.
Please text Willie on 086 0266506 if you wish to attend. The Foundation Award is the introductory award for coaches of Gaelic Games. The course is aimed at beginner coaches and will enable participants to assist a coach in the organisation of activities to develop hurling and football.
This course is provided for free and very worthwhile!
Lotto - The numbers drawn were: 5, 30, 24, and 28. The next jackpot will be: €1,500.
Back to normal now with no jackpot winner this week.
Congratulations to Kevin Maguire who wins €25 in the Lucky Dip.
Please sign up to our club lotto here, it’s a fantastic way of supporting the club and winning some cash.
NEWTOWN
A late surge by Newtown secured the club a valuable victory on a scoreline of 0-10 to 1-5 over Annacurra last Friday night.
The men bounced back impressively from the opening league defeat to Éire Óg Greystones the previous week. Scorers - Newtown: Ross Davis 0-7 (5f, 1 45), Mark Fitzsimons 0-1, Sean Gregory 0-1, Dean Odlum 0-1.
Yet again there was a smashing turnout on a chilly Valentines evening for Operation Transformation. Well done to all, walks continue each Thursday at 7 p.m. from the clubhouse. New walkers/runners more than welcome each week
Newtown GAA Cúl Camp will take place on July 22 this year, make sure to book online early to avoid disappointment.
There was no winner of last week’s lotto jackpot, numbers drawn were: 11, 15, 21, and 24. Please buy a ticket for €2 and help support the club.
SHILLELAGH/COOLBOY
The sincere sympathy of all club members is extended to the family, relatives and friends of our county administrator and gentleman Michael Murphy who was laid to rest on Thursday of last week’ condolences also to the members of the St. Patricks club on Michael’s sad passing.
The Coolboy community also bade farewell to two highly respected members of the village recently when Ann Kilbride and Edward (Nedser) Byrne passed to their eternal reward, to both Ann and Edward’s respective families, relatives and friends all connected with Shillelagh/ Coolboy G.A.A Club extend their deepest sympathy.
The Junior ‘A’ football team make the long Journey to Enniskerry on Saturday, February 23, to take on the home side in their opening Division 3 football league encounter.
The team under the management of Pat Doyle, Francis Simpson, Donal Wafer and Noel Murphy will of course be hoping to get off to an encouraging start, throw in is at 3pm and all support would be appreciated.
Well done to Paul Behan who was honoured with the club person of the year award at the recently held County awards night in the Arklow Bay Hotel.
Paul who does Trojan work at adult and juvenile level in the promotion of our games was joined on the night by family members, friends and club members to celebrate a richly deserved accolade. Congrats Paul, well deserved. Date for your diary: The official launch night of Shillelagh/Coolboy G.A.A. Club will take place in the Little Moon Coolboy on Sunday, March 16. Further details closer to the date.
Thanks to everyone who returned tickets for the G.A.A. national club draw, 100 per cent of the proceeds of ticket sales are retained by your local club with some fantastic prizes on offer.
Any outstanding tickets sold or unsold should be returned to Noel Murphy or P.J. O’Keeffe at your earliest convenience. Please and thank you.
The juvenile nursery catering for boys/ girls in four to six-year-old age group will continue in The Courthouse, Shillelagh, on this Friday evening, February 22, from 7 to 8 p.m.
The combination drawn in the Fairgreen development lotto draw on Monday, February 4, was 2, 15, 16, and 22.
There was no jackpot winner. Martin Kearns, Ballynultagh, was the sole matchthree winner and won €100.
Tommy Murphy won the promoter’s prize again. The next draw with the jackpot an enticing €4,500 was scheduled or Monday last, February 18, in Kenny’s Central House.
Results will be available to interested parties on Tuesday morning in local business outlets, on the club Facebook page and in next week’s club notes, your continued support is much appreciated.
HOLLYWOOD
The next Hollywood GAA Club lotto will be held this coming Thursday, February 21, in Tutty’s Lounge for a jackpot of €8,600.
Tickets are on sale online at hollywoodgaa.com and from local businesses and club members. Thanks for your continued support and good luck.
Tickets are on sale now for our Style Social Fundraising event. It is taking place in Tulfarris on March 23 at 7pm. Tickets are available online on the Style Social Facebook Page or from committee members.
Membership is now due and can be paid online at hollywoodgaa.com or to any committee member.
Hollywood v Avoca in Round 1 of the Division 3 Football League at 8 p.m. in Hollywood on Friday next, February 22.
Hollywood v Blessington in Round 3 of the Division 1 Senior Football League on Sunday 24th at 11 a.m. in Hollywood.
Please support the teams.
BLESSINGTON
Lotto - No jackpot winner. Numbers were: 8, 12, 15, and 23. One person matched three numbers winning €300 - Jen Cronin c/o Dominic. Next draw in Bealin’s on Tuesday, February 26, with jackpot standing at €2,800.
New website – Log onto our new website Blessington GAA.
Club Registration night – Date for your diary. Tuesday, February 26, 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. in the clubhouse.
Forms available on our website. Prices remain the same as for 2018. Forms will be available on the night or downloaded from the website. https://sites.google. com/view/blessingtongaaclub/membership?authuser=0. This is a new website and Google have not replaced the old website address yet so Blessingtongaa. ie will not work. Please use the link above.
Top Oil Bro. Bosco Cup - Well done to our Blessington GAA lads - Conall O’Gallchobhair, Kevin Quinn and Ethan Cotter who played with Naas CBS in Bosco in Hawkfield on Saturday.
Leinster schools - Craig Maguire was playing with Wicklow schools v Offaly schools in the quarter-final of the Leinster Schools ‘A’ championship in Blanchardstown. Wicklow march on to the Leinster ‘A’ semi-final after a 4-7 to 0-9 victory.
Wicklow Ladies – Next up is home against Kildare on Saturday, February 23.
Seniors –Our Senior team played their second match in the League at home on Sunday against AGB.
The lads were playing much better than the week before they settled in nice and early and had a nice lead at half-time at 2-7 to 0-5 with the lads working some very good scores.
If ever there was a case for a game of two halves this was one of them with AGB hitting three unanswered points.
It took us 10 minutes before we got on the scoreboard in the second half.
With about 12 minutes to go we were nine points up and looked home and dry.
In fairness to AGB they clawed us back to eventually level the game at 3-11 apiece. Still early days for this team, but it was a game we let slip and should have won.
Scorers - Mikey O’Connor 1-4, Jordan Nolan 1-1, Curtis Geraghty 1-1, Patrick O’Connor 0-1, Barry Murphy 0-1, Stephen Carroll 0-1, Eoin Keogh 0-1, Adam Boland 0-1.
Next up Hollywood away on Sunday, February 24, at 11 a.m.
Division 3 – Kicks off on Saturday at 3pm v. Lacken/Kilbride. Venue TBC. Good luck to team and management.
Senior Ladies – The ladies took part in the Paidi Ó’Se tournament at the weekend. Report next week.
Club Coach of the Year Award – Congrats to Jess Brennan who was recently awarded the Cub Coach of the Year 2018 will receive her award at a ceremony in Croke Park on Friday Well done, Jess, well deserved. You are a credit to your club.
Rising Stars Program – Runs during the mid-term in Ballinakill and Baltinglass GAA for players born in 2006. Contact Paul Garrigan on 083 366801. For hurling Rising Star contact Jonathan Tallon 083 3645136. Tuesday, February 19, and Thursday, February 21, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Stewards course – Saturday, March 9, in Aughrim. Each club to provide four stewards. Anyone from the club interested please contact Billy Byrne 086 4546211.
Scór Sinsear – Will not be held in Blessington this year. It has been decided that it will now take place on Friday in Ballinakill. No further details to date. This is the adult Scór (over 17) and the table quiz will also be held on the night as well. Looking for any solo singers, story tellers, ballad groups and set dancers to take on the challenge. Contact Catherine Behan on 087 1224019 to register.
Under-15s – The under-15s played a very strong Clane team away in a friendly on Sunday.
With only 15 players available Bless- ington played very strong in the first half and went in ahead on two points.
The game was close-up until the last 10 minutes and Clane got the upper hand with fresh players. In the end scoring a couple of goals to win well. A good performance for most of the game considering the number of players available on the day and good preparation for the final group game v. Kill in the crossborder league on March 1.
Training Tuesday evening 7 p.m. and Sunday 6 p.m.
The under-15s are always looking for players born in 2004 and 2005 please contact Kevin on 0876 123203.
Academy – Academy for boys and girls aged four to six will be back on Saturday, March 2, at 10 a.m. on the Astro. The is no charge for the first couple of weeks so come along with the kids to try it out. Further information from Graham at 087 6393125.
Wicklow Cúl Camps 2018 – www. wicklowculcamps.gaa.ie from March 1.
Only 200 places for football camp (July 8) and 150 for the hurling camp (July 22).
Gaelic 4 Mothers and Others – The ladies will have an open morning on Saturday, March 9, at 10 a.m. up at the pitch. Come along for a cuppa and a chat.
Congratulations – Congrats to Barry Murphy and Anna McGarr on the safe arrival of their second son during the week.
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 8717483 or Breda Brophy 087 2253892. Thank you for your support.
Remember to keep updated on what is happening in the Club log on https:// sites.google.com/view/blessingtongaaclub/home?authuser=0 and Blessington GAA on Facebook and on Twitter @ blessingtongaa.
LACKEN-KILBRIDE
Ladies - Lacken-Kilbride Ladies LGFA team are seeking a manager for the 2019 season. The team will compete in the Wicklow Ladies Junior league and championship and have already started training for the year ahead.
If interested, please contact club secretary Tim Broe on 087 7953851 or on secretary.lackenkilbride.wicklow@gaa.ie.
Juveniles - The club held the juvenile registration day last Monday and gathered over 50 registered juvenile players for the year ahead, which was a great turnout. Training for the juveniles recommences on Monday, February 25, at 6 p.m. in the Blessington GAA Astro pitch. Please bring €2 per player which is used to pay for the pitch rental.
Donal Gahan is gathering names and players for an under-14s girls’ team, so any girls born in 2005, 2006, 2007 please contact Donal on 087 979 2354.
Men’s Football - Lorcan Clarke, Paul Carroll and Pat Murtagh take charge of their first game in 2019 with a home fixture this Saturday versus our dear neighbours Blessington in Division 3 at 3 p.m., with the ever-green Liam Cullen taking charge. The match is likely to be played in the Lacken pitch, keep an eye on the club Facebook page for any fixture changes.
REMINDER - LACKEN-KILBRIDE GAA PREPAID LOTTO for 2019 is now open, Jackpot is currently set at 10K.....get your numbers in....So, no need to worry about missing out - one single payment guarantees your numbers are in every draw for the next 50 weeks!
If you would like an application, please email: lackenkilbridegaaclub@gmail. com – the first draw commencing this Sunday the 24th in Zellars…so get your numbers in ASAP.
This week’s lotto results were: 18, 23, 28, 29 – NO WINNER and €20 winners were: Kevin Murphy, Kay Ward, Michelle Jones, Carmen Ward, and Mary Lithy.
The jackpot stands at: €10,000.