Poc Fada joy for Galway
7 to 8pm.
New members are welcome and there is training weekly for all our underage groups. Come and try it out, we’re sure you won’t be disappointed. Children make new friends, learn new skills and enjoy the fresh air in a fun-filled environment and the newest members in our nursery group are a shining example of this.
The Junior Football Championship quarter-final tie against Sean McDermott’s takes place this coming Saturday at 7pm in Haggardstown.
ST BRIDE’S
THE lotto numbers drawn on 31st July were 6, 9, 19, 20. There was one match-3 winner, Gerry Mc Guinness, who receives €200. The jackpot wasn’t won and rises to €6,200. Tickets on sale (€2) from Mac Namee’s Bar, Mc Guinness’s Bar Dundalk, Mc Keown’s Bar Dundalk, Giovanni’s Chipper, Brodigan’s Shop, Cluskey’s Bar, Finnegan’s Foodstore Louth, Harrys Bar Dundalk, Copper Kettle Dundalk, any Committee Member/ Player or play online at www.stbridesgfc.com. We wish to thank you for your continued support.
ST MARY’S
NUMBERS drawn in last week’s lotto were 2, 3, 19 and 20. The lucky dip winners were as follows: €50 E O’Brien, €20 N McQuillan, €20 Sean McKenny and €20 Leo & Jack Callan. This week’s jackpot is €9,700. Thanks for your support - and play now in case you forget. The lotto can now be done online by visiting http://www.stmarysgfc. com/lotto or the Ardee St Marys Facebook page.
Our club shop has loads of zip-tops, training tops, hoodies and more. The summer opening hours are Tuesdays 7-8pm and Fridays 8-8.30pm.
Ardee St Mary’s are giving people a once-off opportunity to buy a seat in our newly redeveloped stand. For €150 you can get your name or the name of a loved one engraved on our wall at the top of the new stand. You can purchase this online by visiting www.stmarysgfc.com. For more information email pro@stmarysgfc.com or call Lucy on 086-2694814.
Are you planning a fun night like a 21st, 40th, 50th or children’s birthday party? Whatever the occasion is, why not check out our clubhouse. We also have an Astroturf pitch available to rent for parties. Call 085-7191131 for more details.
ST PATRICK’S
WINNING numbers drawn in last Thursday’s lotto for a jackpot of €3,800 were 14, 15, 26 and 27.
There were no match-three winners, while the five lucky dip prizes went to Eimear McArtain, Liam & Marie Oliver, Caitriona Oliver, Joseph McEneaney and Dermot Treanor jnr. This week’s jackpot is €4,000.
The St Patrick’s GFC Golf Classic takes place in Greenore on Friday August 25th - tee times from 11am to 5pm. The entry fee is €200 per team of four (including a meal) and you can contact Joe Finnegan (086-2667265), Paddy Keenan (087-6664300) or Gerry White (086-1953775) for details. THE MD Sports Poc Fada Finals took place in excellent weather at Annaverna Mountain on Sunday last and it was the Galway contingent who had further reason to celebrate on a memorable weekend for the Tribesmen.
Galway’s hurlers made up the third part of a unique treble with their victory over Tipperary in Croke Park on Sunday as they followed the achievements of Tadgh Haran (51pocs+18m) and Susan Earner (26pocs+ 10m) who took home the MD Sports All-Ireland titles in both sections.
Haran beat Laois representative Eoin Reilly into second place, with the defending champion James McInerney of Clare back in fifth place and nine-time winner Brendan Cummins in sixth. Louth’s contender Gerard Smith finished a creditable eighth of the 11 finalists.
Six camogie players battled for the honours in their competition and Earner beat Aine O’Loughlin from Clare into second place.
Molly Lynch of Cork won the Under-16 camogie title on a score of 31 pods + 67m and Cathal Kiely from Offaly completed back-toback titles in the Under-16 Poc Fada Final, emulating the feat of his brother Ruairi who did the double in the U-16 competitions in 2011 and 2012.
The musical entertainment for the afternoon was presented by the talented musicians on violins and harps from the Cuchalainn Celtic Strings, to a very appreciative crowd which was larger than usual as a result of the fine weather.
Ulster GAA Chairperson Michael Hasson, Pat Doherty from the GAC in Croke Park, Elizabeth Flynn of the Camogie Association and Humphrey Kelleher (chairperson, AnPoc Fada) were in attendance alongside the event’s sponsor of 22 years, Martin Donnelly of MD Sports.