CLUB
COOLEYKICKHAMS
THE U16s defeated Glen Emmets by 5-17 to 3-5. At half time it was 3-7 to 1-3. Panel: Shane Quigley, Colum Keenan, Paul Brennan, Sean Mc Carragher, Cathal Malone 1-0, Daire Mc Daid, Conail Donnelly, Cormac Malone 0-2, Eddie Kirwan, Aaron Sheelan, Cian Connor 0-6, Caolan Haugh, Gerard Hanlon 2-0, Calum O Hanlon 0-6, Thomas Mc Carragher 2-03 Subs Ronan Mc Mullin, Sean Brennan, Christopher Mc Quaid, Darragh Brady.
CLANNAGAEL
SUNDAY’S lotto numbers were 12, 18, 23, 25, The match-3 winners were Ryan Hoey C/O Gerry Hoey, Eddie Rocks C/O Leslie Toal. Tha jackpot wasn’t won and rolls over.
DOWDALLSHILL
LAST week’s lotto numbers were 1, 7, 17, 22. €25 winners: Rachel Flynn c/o Pat Roger, Lovarda Martin c/o Stephen Martin, Joe Mc Geown c/o Martin Kane and Gary Corrigan c/o self. This week’s jackpot rises to €6,400.
DUNDALKGAELS
PAUL Morgan got his term as senior team manager off to a winning start with a 0-10 to 0-7 Sheelan Cup win over St Fechin’s at Termonfeckin on Saturday night. There was a nice mixture of youth and experience in the line-up.
The under-16s, this year amalgamated with Clan na Gael, were defeated by O’Rahilly’s in Sunday morning’s league match.
The lotto jackpot continues to grow, with €16,300 on offer tonight. You can play by buying a ticket in Grant’s Newsagents, Dublin Street. Costing €2 each or three for €5, they can also be bought from a committee member.
The numbers drawn last week were, 2, 13, 17, 21. One match-3 winner, Emmet Lynch.
The football nursery for girls and boys aged 4 to 6 is up and running. It continues each Saturday evening in the DkIT Dome from 5 to 6pm, and is fully supervised.
For further information please contact David Murray (0870578677) or Walter Lambert (O87-9172523).
GERALDINES
SATURDAY night saw the Geraldines Senior Mens Team start their 2019 journey with a convincing win against local rivals St Brides. Geraldines 1.10 / St Brides 0.8. Eamonn Dunne’s Army will continue next Saturday with a home match against Dundalk Young Irelands.
Our u10 boys enjoyed week 3 of Louth GAA Blitz’s in DkIT on Saturday morning; attendance was excellent yet again with The Gers fielding 3 teams. Games were competitive and the boys gave great performances.
Our Saturday Juvenile Winter Development programme has now come to end. Thank you to all coaches who gave their time to help make this programme a huge success; now the season is slowly starting up we can clearly see this was hugely beneficial to the children. Thank you to the dedicated group who designed, organised and ran this programme. Well done to the children who attended.
U12 boys start their next round of training at DKIT on Tuesday 19th, 7-8pm. U13/14 boys will train Thursdays from 6.45 – 8 pm.
Congratulations to the Louth Ladies Minors who beat Wicklow in the first round of the Leinster Minor Competition. Congrats to Mentor John Carr and Gers girls Kellie, Holly, Sarah, Emma, Rebecca and Ava. Louth 15 girls defeated Monaghan in Clones; well done to Ailish Todd, Katie McGeogh, Maebh Fee and Karina Corcoran for their incredible performances.
The U16 boys started off their League campaign with a hard fought win over a Dreadnots/St. Kevins amalgamation. Playing with the advantage of a very strong breeze in the first hard they led by 6 points at halftime. However it was a determined and resolute second half performance that got them over the line. Well done boys.
Our Registration Night was hugely successful and we were delighted to see many existing and new faces join the Geraldines. We have a 2nd night for those who didn’t register first time round – Wednesday 20th February, 730-9pm in the Geraldines Hall. Many of our coaches and volunteers will be available to talk to parents on the evening. Boys and girls of all abilities are very welcome.
It’s the final week of Walking with the Gers and Ireland Lights Up. This has been hugely successful within our Parish. Let’s make this Thursday the best attendance to date!!! Registration 645pm, walk 7-8pm under the flood lights in a safe and secure environment. Join us for tea/coffee in Club Kitchen after. “Walking: the most ancient exercise and still the best modern exercise.”
With the kind support of Frank Lynch & Company our Schools Development Programme is going well and continues after the midterm break.
For club jerseys, gear and leisurewear please visit our online shop on the O’Neill’s website.
The lotto numbers drawn on 14th February were 18, 21, 28, 31. Kathleen Cotter matched three numbers to win €200. The jackpot wasn’t won and rises to €4,400. Play at usual outlest or online at klubfunder.com.
GLENEMMETS
GLEN Emmets played Roche Emmets in the first round of the Kevin Mullen Shield group stage on Saturday in Pairc de Roiste and beat them 2-15 to 1-10.
They meet Lannleire in round two next Sunday at 11am in Dunleer. All support is welcome.
Our Glen Emmets 5k registration is now live. We have a fantastic finishers’ medal this year, so sign up soon to guarantee your place at https://register. primoevents.com/ps/event/GlenEmmets5k.
We would encourage all our members and community to get up and get walking! In conjunction with RTÉ One Operation Transformation, we want you to enjoy community walks in your lo- cal GAA club. This initiative ends this coming Saturday at 11am, so why not come out and walk!
Our walking track is just over 500m long, so walk it 10 times and you’ve done 5k! A community that walks together, stays together!
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 3, 12, 23, 26 and the lucky dip winners of €25 were Alan Branigan, Donal Healy, James Byrne and Sue Donoghue. The jackpot stands at €4,700 for the draw this Tuesday night in the Morning Star, Tullyallen.
JOHNMITCHEL’S
THE five €20 lucky dip winners from last Tuesday’s lotto draw were Annie Haughey (c/o C Devine), Maria Manning and Pearse Conachy (both c/o J Sweeney) and John Cunningham and Hugh Diamond (both c/o G Matthews). The jackpot for this week’s draw stands at €8,800.
Juvenile Registration is on this Thursday from 7.30 - 8.30pm in the clubrooms. New and existing members are very welcome and registration is free! We would ask all parents to try and attend as we will be having a short meeting discussing our Juvenile plans for the year.
We provide football for all ages from our Nursery Programme, U-7, U-8, U-9, U-10, U-11 and U-12 upwards. Contact Frieda at 087-3335177 or Gerry at 0861717356 for further information.
John Mitchel’s are looking for ladies and girls of all ages who would like to play GAA or maybe even just train with the club.
It would be a great way to make new friends, get to know your neighbours or just have a bit of fun. Everyone is welcome! Contact Frieda on 087-3335177 to let us know you are interested. We hope to be commencing training shortly.
There is a brilliant new range of club clothing and gear available from our online shop through O’Neills.com. The link is available from our Facebook or Twitter pages. Wear your club colours and help the club as we benefit from all sales.
KILKERLEYEMMETS
THE seniors lost 0-12 to 3-14 in the Sheelan Cup on Saturday last, Tadhg McEneaney 0-6, Michael Begley 0-3, Daniel McKeown 0-2, Ultan McEneaney 0-1. We play away to Sean O’Mahonys this Saturday evening at 7.00pm and away to St Marys on Sunday, March 3 at 3.00pm.
The lotto jackpot of €3,300 was not won. Funds from the lotto help with the weekly running costs of the club. Thanks to all who continue to support the club lotto over the years and those that promote and assist at draw each night.
Keep Easter Saturday night April 20, free as Kilkerley Emmets big Oskars Night takes place in Carrickdale Hotel. Adm €25 and 8.00pm start.
As Membership fees are now due, another registration evening will be held this Friday, February 22, at 7.30pm, in the Clubhouse, where fees can be submitted to the Registrars. Walking Track membership can also be paid and entry Fobs purchased. Don’t miss this opportunity.
The GAA National Club Draw tickets are on sale. Prizes include a car, pairs of tickets for All Ireland football and hurling final with overnight and meals, €2000 travel voucher and a number of €500 shopping vouchers.
All proceeds from sales go to club funds. Tickets on sale from any committee member priced €10.
KNOCKBRIDGE
OUR Junior hurlers played Mattock Rangers in the opening round of the league last sunday in Collon. After a well contested contest our lads ran out 3-11 to 2-7 winners. The match started off very even but in a purple patch just before half time Knockbridge struck for 3 quickfire goals to kill off the game. Mattock fired in 2 goals in the second half but it was too little too late. The team wasJames King, Ciaran Brennan, James Searson, Adam Plunkett, Daire McKiernan, Mick Lunden, Padraic Cunningham (0-1), Robert Wallace (0-4), Conor Quigley (0-1), Gavin Kerrigan (0-1), Ronan Murphy (1-0), Neil Thornton (2-3), Gary Hall and Sean Byrne (0-1). Next up is Camlough on the 24th.
Our U-11 were successful in winning all four matches in the latest indoor blitz held in the Dkit. Our oppositon were Carrickmacross from Monaghan, Warrenpoint from Down plus Camlough and Cuchlainns from Armagh. Last Saturday we had seven young hurlers at U-12 Louth academy training where they were part of a very enjoya- ble session held by new county coach Paul Matthews.
Congratulations to our senior scor team of Dermot Plunkett, Adam Plunkett, Frank Carney and Sean Byrne on winning the Louth scor quiz held recently in Darver. They go on to represent Louth in the All-Ireland competition. Our own club table quiz takes place on Friday March 1st in Cluskeys Little Ash. All support is very welcome on what is always a fun night.
NAOMHFIONNBARRA
NUMBERS drawn in last Wednesday’s Naomh Fionnbarra GFC and St Anne’s Camogie Club lotto were 8, 10, 11 and 14. There were four match-three winners of €40 each - Breda Butterly, Duddestown; Peadar Harmon, Annagassan; Sheila Woods, c/o Adrian Woods; and Robert Byrne, Grangebellew.
This week’s jackpot stays at €10,000. Tickets are available from the usual local outlets, lotto sellers and any committee member.
Well done to the Finbarrs’ intermediate men’s team who had a good win against Naomh Martin on Saturday at Monasterboice in the first round of the Paddy Sheelan Cup on a scoreline of 2-11 to 1-8.
The club are hosting another membership registration day this Friday between 7 and 8.30pm at the clubrooms in John Markey Park for men, ladies, juveniles and camogie sections. All players and members who wish to renew their membership are welcome to attend on either day.
Fees are as follows: Adult