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Coyle and Monica Synnott.

Best of luck to our senior team as they embark on their campaign for 2017, and also to the team management of Hugh Diamond and Gerry Gallagher.

They played their opening game against Naomh Mairtin B in a cold and blustery Monasterboice on Sunday morning in the Kevin Mullen Shield and a great effort was put in by the lads. They are in Group B which also includes Wolfe Tones and St Kevin’s.

With the new Gaelic season gearing up, John Mitchel’s have now launched our online shop. Club gear can be purchased for all ages, so now there is no excuse not to be turned out in Mitchel’s colours whether you are a player or supporter! Check out our Facebook page for the link and further details on this and other club news.

Rehearsals are going really well for our Strictly Rivals on March 11th in the Nuremore Hotel. It’s a battle of the clubs as we take on Stabannon to win the Strictly title for 2017.

Tickets for the Strictly Rivals Show are now available from the dancers or from any Committee member. This is a big fundraiser for our club and we genuinely appreciate the huge effort our dancers are putting in. Another very important group who have rallied to our cause are the sponsors of our dancers and of the main event. If any business wants to get behind the Mitchels through sponsorship or advertising, please email Pro.johnmitchels.louth@gaa.ie and we will be happy to acknowledge your support.

John Mitchel’s held a very successful Juvenile meeting on Tuesday as we prepare to commence our training and Óg Sport blitzes for the coming year. We provide football for all ages from Nursery up and all our coaches are Garda vetted. So if you have a child who might be interested in joining in our fun training sessions or you would like some more details, please contact 086-1717356 or 0876962295.

Keep checking our club Facebook page or Twitter for more information on these and other club activities. THE lotto numbers Monday 6th February were 3, 4, 6 & 20. Jackpot not won. Three match-3 winners: Nancy Sweeney, Paddy & Mary Harvey, Denise Gilsenan. Jackpot wasn’t won and rises to €12,600.

Our awards night took place on Saturday 11th February in The Grove. Winners on the night: Camogie - Minor player of the year: Nicole Vultur; Senior player of the year: Niamh McComish.

Hurling - U16 player of the year: Finn Madden; Junior player of the year: Tony Corcoran; Senior player of the year: Jonathon Matthews.

Ladies Football- Most improved player of the year: Anna O’Reilly; Senior player of the year: Maria Reid

Men’s Football - U16 player of the year: Darragh Myers; U18 player of the year: Ben McKenna; U21 player of the year: Caoilte Hickey; Junior 2 player of the year: Shane Maguire; Senior player of the year: David Reid; Club person of the year: Earnan Roche; Hall of fame: Tommy Bannon.

Congratulations to all our award winners and thank you to everyone who attended, a great night was had by all.

The Running Group 3k takes place every Wednesday at 8pm on the floodlit pitch, along with a supervised 1-mile run for our younger runners.

Couch to 5k takes place on Wednesday evenings from 8:30 – 9pm and on Saturdays from 4 – 4:30pm.

Keep up to date with all club news by visiting our twitter and facebook pages. We have also recently joined Instagram (Mattock Rangers) and Snapchat (mrangers1952) THERE will be a committee meeting next Friday night in Coke hall at 7.30pm all players and delegates are requested to attend.

Club membership for the 2017 handball season is now due Adult Players fees are €40, Juvenile Players fees €15 membership forms can be obtained from club Secretary J Kelly and are also available at Coke hall reception.

Our 40x20 juvenile handball training continues as usual at Gormonston College Sports Complex next Wednesday night at 6.30pm.

There are still a few remaining copies of the National handball calendar of events available for members at the club if you have haven’t received one Please contact Deborah Mullan asap.

We have a new batch of one-wall handballs available for purchase the cost is €5 each, also club shirts €20 each, and a range of juvenile beginners handballs at €4 each.

The club would like to wish Joe Masterson all the very best in his role as President of GAA Handball. The club is seeking new members if your up for the challenge of playing competitive handball or would just like to play to keep fit come along and register at Coke community hall.

Our juvenile boys and girls handball coaching continues every Friday night 6.30pm to 7.30pm cost is €2 each. Handballs and eyeguards are provided. Come along and enjoy the fun and learn the skills of the perfect game. For more info contact Catriona on 0877592258. Check out our Facebook page for more club updates. THERE was no jackpot winner in Naomh Fionnbarra G.F.C. and St. Anne’s Camogie Club Lotto draw held on Wednesday 1st February. The winning numbers were 9, 14, 17 & 25. There were 3 match 3 winners Bridie Corrigan, Lynns, Tom Cryan, Dysart and Paddy Holcroft, Monasterboice who won €50 each. Next weeks jackpot stays at €10,000. Tickets are available from the usual local outlets, Lotto sellers and any committee member. Funds raised from our Lotto draw go towards the running of the club and your support is greatly appreciated.

In our Last Man Standing Competition we had 113 entries that made it through to the 2nd Round of the competition. Once again the results were all over the place and were notoriously tough to predict. Of the 113 people who made it through to the 2nd round only 35 made it through to the 3rd Round. Donegal with 16 picks, followed by Clare (8), Galway (5) Kildare (2) and Meath (2) got the 33 through. Hard luck to the 80 people who were eliminated with the biggest impact made by Monaghan (36), Kerry (20) and Dublin (15). The next Round is on the weekend of the 25th/26th February.

Well done to our Intermediate team who had a good 3-7(16) to 1-8(11) victory over Naomh Martin in the 1st Round of the Paddy Sheelan Cup this morning.