CLUB
GLENEMMETS
IN Division 2 round 9 Glen Emmets met Glyde Rangers in Cusack Park last Friday in a crucial match and emerged 2-21 to 3-10 winners.
In Division 5 we will play Roche Emmets in Cusack Park tonight (Tuesday) at 8pm. Come out and cheer them on!
Glen Emmets GFC are introducing a new policy as part of our approach to Healthy bodies, Healthy minds, Healthy clubs. Our Grounds will be ‘Smoke-free’ from June 1st.
Club gear is available online, including jerseys, training tops, shorts, tracksuit bottoms, half zips, body warmers, hats, bags etc!
Numbers drawn in last week’s lotto were 2, 10, 20, 25 and the lucky dip winners of €25 were Hilda Lane, M Doran, Oisin O’hUallachain and Jackie Mooney. The jackpot will be €5,300 for the draw this Tuesday night in the Morning Star, Tullyallen.
HUNTERSTOWN
HARD luck to our mens team who lost to O’Raghallaighs on Friday evening.
We would like to thank everyone who organised, helped, participated or attended our I’m a Celeb fundraising event. Well done to all of the contestants. It was a great night and success.
Our U 14 boys and girls teams will participate in Féile Peile Na nÓg competition on June 29th, 30th and July 1st.
Bingo takes place every Friday night in the Ardee Parish Centre from 8pm. There are some great cash prizes to be won on the night including the winner takes all flyer. Next weeks jackpot is: €5,900.
Lotto numbers drawn on Sunday 20th May were 2, 7, 11, 17. There was no jackpot winner, next week’s jackpot is €10,000. The five €20 winners were: Detta Halpenny, Sandra Milligan, Donal Balfe, John Dillon and Tracey Duff. Lotto can be bought from any committee member, Hunterstown Rovers Bingo or from the Hunterstown Inn.
We would like to express our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Patsy McShane may he RIP
MILLMOUNTHANDBALL
WELL done to young sharpshooter Kalem Byrne who managed to defeat all challengers to win our juvenile Top Ace score competition last week with a fine top score of 13 aces.
We have a new batch of softballs and onewall handballs available for club players to purchase for their training the cost per ball is €7 please contact any committee member.
Don’t forget those unwanted clothes for our club fundraising appeal if you have any unwanted shoes, belts, coats, handbags, etc please pop them into a bag and bring them along to Coke hall or you can contact Maria on 0879821594 to arrange for collection thank you.
Due to exams taking place in St Marys Diocesan school Gym there will be no juvenile Feile Na Ngael team training next Tuesday night, training continues as usual every Friday.
NAOMH FIONNBARRA
THERE was no jackpot winner in Naomh Fionnbarra G.F.C. and St. Anne’s Camogie Club Lotto draw held on Wednesday 23rd May. The winning numbers were 11, 12, 16, & 23. There were 2 match 3 winners Marcella Flood, Drogheda Road, Togher and Shevlin grandchildren c/o Geraldine who won €75 each. Next week’s 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.
Naomh Fionnbarra teams had a mixed week. On Wednesday the Ladies Intermediate team were beaten by Roche Emmets at John Markey Park, Ballygassan 3-11(20) to 1-13(16), hard luck girls. Fair play to our Ladies PRO Susan O’Connell who had a great match report with excellent photo’s on our Facebook page. However, on Friday evening the Men’s Intermediate team gained a little bit of revenge as the beat Roche Emmets at John Markey Park, Ballygassan a scoreline of 7-15(36) to 1-18(21) well done lads.
The Naomh Fionnbarra adult men team fixtures are as follows; Division 5 League Round 5 v St. Kevins Tuesday 25th May 8:00pm at John Markey Park, Ballygassan, Division 5 League Round 6 v Roche Emmets Tuesday 5th June 8:00pm at Roche, Division 2 League Round 7 v Oliver Plunketts Thursday 7th June 8:00pm at John Markey Park, Ballygassan,.
Féile Peile is a national festival of Gaelic football for Boys & Girls under 14 years of age. It takes place on the last weekend of June (Fri Jun 29th - Sun Jul 1st) and in 2018 it is being hosted in countiesLouth/Meath & Down. Naomh Fionnbarra/ Lannleire have entered our boys U14 team, this means that we have agreed to host a visiting team, accommodating a team coming for Co. Antrim and we are in a group with St. Josephs GFC, Co. Louth. If anyone would like to become involved in this weekend, please contact a member of the committee. Naomh Fionnbarra Féile Committtee Corinne 0868293764, Anne 0876981161, Damien 087 4127314 (Mentor), 0872937617 & Larry 087654793.
Well done to all Naomh Fionnbarra juveniles who took part in the Louth Coaching and Games County Skills Challenge finals on Saturday 26th May in Darver.
Supporters of the club can buy club gear directly from the O’Neills website. There are some new items available online.
Naomh Fionnbarra G.F.C. are hosting a Kellogs GAA Cúl Football and Hurling Camp again this year from Monday 30th July to Friday 3rd August. Online booking commences on 1st March. Cúl Camp promotion 2018 Book online before midnight June 13th and get your childs gear before the camp starts. Online bookings available at www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie.
NEWTOWN BLUES
IN the Division 1 league the senior team were 3-13 to 2-6 winners over Dreadnots.
Thanks to areyouok.ie and their support of our Feile Boys and Girls team to support their Féile experience.
Our U-14 Féile Boys are getting ready for their festival of football at the end of June in their lovely new jerseys kindly sponsored by M&L Engineering. A huge thanks to Cormac, Chris and the Mulroy family for their support. The team will wear it with pride and aim to fill the big boots that Jimmy left for them.
There was great excitement in Aston Village Educate Together National School as they welcomed Uachtarán CLG John Horan. He is out and about promoting the official launch of the 2018 Festival of Gaelic that we all know as the John West Féile Peile na nÓg. The Louth launch takes place tonight in Dundalk.
We had many of our club members listening attentively to John as he quizzed the students on their knowledge of the GAA and this festival.
The competition runs from Friday June 29th to Sunday July 1st and the Newtown Blues club has both an U-14 girls and U-14 boys team taking part. We host clubs from Monaghan and Gloucestershire. The weekend will provide football to 288 teams (7,000 boys and girls), 1,152 mentors, 144 referees and an expected 80,000 visitors to the area.
Numbers drawn in last week’s club lotto were 1, 6, 10, 19 and the €25 winners were Darren Everitt, Noel Curran, B Tormey, Catherine Mulroy and John, Peter & Janice. This week’s jackpot is €3,400.
The Newtown Blues Cul Camp takes place from Monday July 9th to Friday 13th from 10am - 2.30pm and is for boys and girls aged six to 13. The cost: 1st child €60, 2nd (€50), 3rd/4th (€40).
Well done to all our club representatives in the skills challenge in Darver on Saturday morning. U-10 Senan Carr, U-12 Cillian Crowe, U-14 Danny Nugent.
O’CONNELL’S
LOTTO numbers drawn on 22nd May were 6, 18, 24, 28. Two match-3 winners each receive €100. The jackpot wasn’t won and rises to €2,400.
Bingo will continue in the clubrooms this Wednesday 30th May at 8.00pm, jackpot €4,300 in 48 numbers.
There will be social dancing on Bank Holiday Monday 4th June in our clubrooms from 9.00pm, music by Brian McDermott, admission €10 and refreshments will be served.
OLIVER PLUNKETTS
PREPARATIONS are continuing for the visit of Warwickshire for Féile 2018 which takes place at the end of June. Several fund-raising events are planned, the first comes up on Friday, 8th June with a major quiz night in Foleys. There will be a 5k sponsored run also and a “legends” game between past masters and the present adult team.
The new clubhouse building is progressing very well and we are looking forward to the completion of the works. The buy-a-brick fund-raiser for the building project will be launched soon.
The Lotto jackpot was not won last week so it now stands at a very enticing €5,550. The numbers drawn were 1, 2, 19 and 25. The five €20 quick-pick winners were Betty Farrell, Niall and Sarahlynn Farrell, Geraldine Foley, Anthony Rooney and Thomas Garry. Lotto can be played online or by purchasing an envelope at Clubhouse or other usual outlets.
O RAGHALLAIGH’S
ON Tuesday, our Junior 2 team will play Dundalk Young Irelands in Division 5 at home. Throw in is at 8.00pm. All support welcome. On Sunday, our U14 team face off against Dreadnots at home. Throw in is at 5.00pm. Our U12 team will play St Mochtas at home this Friday. Throw in is at 7.00pm.
Training for our juvenile academy continues every Saturday morning at 11.00am. All new players welcome. Training for all other age groups continues as normal also.
Put your sporting knowledge to the test with our 2018 Know Your Sport competition. Answer 20 questions predicting the next few months of sport, earning points for each correct prediction, with the winner earning a grand prize of €500. Cost of entry is €10. Closing date for entries is 31st May, with the winner being announced on 20th September. All funds raised will go towards the development of our juvenile teams and to support our hosting of Feile Peile na nOg 2018. Entry forms can be obtained from the clubhouse bar, or our U14 mentors.
Registration is now open for this year’s Kelloggs Cúl Camps, which will take in the O’Raghallaighs on the 23rd - 27th July. Book before 13th June on www. kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie to make sure your child receives their gear before the camp begins.
Lotto Results for 22nd May were 8, 14, 17, 22. No jackpot winner. Lucky Dip winners: Janet & Griff, Claire McQuillan, Danny O’Brien, Gordon Yorke. This week’s jackpot is €10,450.
Don’t forget our Function Room can be booked for all your party needs or charity functions. Please contact Kevin on 041 983 7132 after 5.00pm daily.
ST BRIDE’S
LAST week’s lotto numbers were 2, 9, 17, 20. The jackpot wasn’t won and rises to €2,600. Three match-3 winners receive €70 each: Izobel c/o Giovannis, Josie Mc Fadden c/o O. Hilliard, Lorcan O hUllachain c/o Colin Mc Nally. 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, any Committee Member/Player or play online at www.stbridesgfc.com. We wish to thank you for your continued support.
ST JOSEPH’S
THE lotto jackpot of €8,000 was won the week before last by our county board rep’s good wife Marion Hoey. The numbers drawn were 8, 12, 23, 28.
ST NICHOLAS
NUMBERS drawn in last Tuesday’s lotto were 2, 5, 11, 28 and the five €30 winners were Gary Kelly (c/o the Nicks), Roisin De Faoire (online), L Bohan (c/o Victor), Edel O’Reilly (c/o Thatch) and Karen Coogan (c/o Mary Coogan). This week’s jackpot will be €1,720.
We have 11 brave souls taking a 10,000ft tandem jump on June 9th. Each person has to raise enough to take part in the jum, with all the rest going towards underage development (new goals/nets/balls etc). If you see a sponsorship card please give what you can or donate online at https://www.ifundraise.ie/Thenicks. Best of luck to all involved.
Adult training continues this Tuesday and Thursday at 7.30. Our U-16s/Minors train on Tuesdays and Saturdays and our Nursery (up to U-12s) are back training on Wednesday evenings from 6.30. Keep an eye on our Facebook for more info.
WOLFE TONES
LAST week’s lotto numbers werre 11, 13, 20, 27. The €20 winners were H.McGovern c/o Ollies, A. Tolan c/o Pheasant, S. Brannigan. The jackpot wasn’t won and rises to €2,300.
The Development Team play Na Piarsaigh on Tuesday at 8pm in Pairc An tAthair Ui Dhubhthaigh. The U14s play St Nicholas on Wednesday at 7pm in John Pentony Park.
Thanks to everyone who took part, sponsored, baked and supported our Golden Mile and Cake Sale. We had great fun and everyone enjoyed the morning.
Don’t forget our ’Know your Sport’ competition. It is simple, all you have to do is select a winner for each of the 12 questions, across eight sports. For €10 you’ll have the opportunity to win €500. If you are interested please contact a coach within the club or the facebook page privately.