GRASSROOTS

this Monday at 7pm. The U12 girls lost 16- 7 to Tourlestrane in the A league Semi- final last Thursday. They now play Coolera in the A Shield final on Saturday 3rd June in Markievicz Park. The U8 and U10 have a blitz in Tourlestrane this Wednesday 24th at 7pm. The club wish to express sympathy with the family and relatives of Paddy White, Castlebaldwin, and Joe Brennan, Riverstown, who died last week.

ST JOHN’S

UNDER Age Coaching THE Ward Paving / Apex Controls- sponsored, Under 6 Coaching Programme began on Saturday May 6th and will continue from 6.00 to 7.30 each Saturday at the GAA pitch in Cleveragh, opposite the Sligo Sports Complex . This is for boys and girls born in 2011 or 2012. To book a place text 086- 2342302 so that your playing gear will be ready for you. Further information on St Johns Gaa club can be found on our website www. stjohnsgaa. ie or Facebook Page @ stjohnsgaaclub or Twitter @ stjohnsgaasligo DIVISION 2 League ST John’s senior team resume their league div 2 with an away fixture next Sat evening in Easkey against the home side. In order to maintain the push for promotion another win is essential. DIVISION 4 League THE Div. 4 league round 2 took place on Sat evening last when our lads played Drumcliffe/ Rosses Point in Oxfield. The home side came out on top on a 3- 6 to 0- 5 scoreline. There are further fixtures scheduled for June 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th. UNDER 14 Football OUR K & D Developments – sponsored Under 14 team having suffered defeat away to Tourlestrane in the last round of the Div 2 League had a home fixture in Stenson Park on Friday 19th against Coolera- Strandhill and were convincing winners after a great performance when they won by 6- 17 to 2- 7 for the visitors. Hopefully this good form will continue. UNDER 12 Boys THE under 12 boys teams have Div 1 and 3 fixtures against Drumcliffe/ Rosses Point in Stenson Park on Tues May 30th with both games due to start at 7.00. UNDER 8/ 10s THE under 8s and 10s have their next outing on Wed May 24th when they entertain Drumcliffe – Rosses Point in Stenson Park at 7.00. Players are reminded to bring their own playing gear and especially their gumshield. HARD Luck HARD luck to Charlie Harrison and his Sligo senior team colleagues on their defeat to Mayo in Castlebar on Sunday. The team performance was encouraging for a long period and this will give the team hope for the back door playoffs. ST Johns Club Magazine WE are still looking for articles for our 30 year celebration magazine. So once again I am appealing to club members, present or past, to give us all the benefit of your memories by putting pen to paper. Please feel free to contact the club PRO at 086- 0793791.

OWENMORE GAELS

THE Men’s Division 4 team suf- fered a 1- 6 to 1- 17 point defeat to St Molaise Gaels on Saturday evening. Best of luck to our U- 16 girls in their Division 2 League Final against Calry/ St. Josephs which will take place on Tuesday 23rd May in Connolly Park. Throw- in at 8pm. The Division 3 final between Geevagh and CT Gaels will be the curtain raiser at 6: 30. Well done to the two U- 10 boys teams, an U- 8 boys and an U- 8 girls teams that al played in Connolly Park on Wednesday evening against Eastern Harps. Well done to all players getting out exercising, learning new skills and making new friends. A massive thanks to our coaches who volunteer their time to make this happen, they are always looking for more helpers! And to the pitch committee who prepare the grounds and layout pitches etc. Register for Cúl camps before June 9th to have gear delivered to your school before the camp! Owenmore Gaels Cúl camp takes place from 24th to 28th July. Register @ www. kelloggsculcamps. ie FOR all upcoming underage and Senior Owenmore Gaels fixtures, visit www. owenmoregaels. ie/ calender

COLLOONEY HANDBALL

Underage coaching in Collooney this Saturday at 11am , all welcome. Well done to Sara Coleman, who was runner- up in girls u- 17 and Gerry Coleman , who won the masters plate competition in the Annaghadown One Wall tournament last weekend. Anybody who wants the new club jersey or half- solid handballs , please contact 087 6391331 before Monday 22- 05- 2017. Well done to Ballymote Community games team who overcame a skillful Drumcliffe team in a tie- breaker after 4 close- fought games last weekend. Thanks to John Walsh , Sligo Community games and Collooney officials for their help on the day. Drumcliffe Handball Club Draw and social takes place on Saturday , 27- 05- 2017 in Yeats Tavern, tickets now available , contact 087 9980698 for more information. Bingo next Thursday at 9 p. m , the jackpot is € 4,150 in 42 numbers , please come early.

ST PATRICK’S

SUPPORTERS Club : St Pats have launched their new look supporters club. There are three levels to chose from with great prizes in quarterly draws including All Ireland tickets and vouchers for hotel breaks! Club officials will be promoting membership in the coming weeks. Please contact Mark on 087 6183392 or any committee member for further details. The club all thank you for your support. SENIOR Team News St Pats Seniors face Bunninadden away in the league on Saturday next May 27th @ 7pm. LADIES Team News St Pats Ladies training continues on Tuesday @ 8pm and Friday @ 9pm. St Pats Ladies were defeated by Curry on Sunday last by five points. St Pats Ladies play away to C. T Gaels on Friday next. Time of game will be confirmed at training. MINOR Team News St Pats Minors play were defeafed by Coolaney/ Mullinbrenna on Tuesday last. League games resumes after the exams. U16’ S Team News St Pats / St Farnans U16’ s next game is away to St Marys on May 25th @ 7pm In their most recent game they defeated Coolaney/ Mullinbrenna. U 14’ s Team News St Pats U14’ s played away to St Michaels on Friday last and were defeated. St Pats hosts Castleconnor on Monday May 22nd @ 7pm U 12’ s Team News. St Pats U12’ s next game is away to Eastern Harps on May 30th @ 7pm. U1O’S & U8’ s Team News. St Pats play away to Geevagh on Wednesday next May 24th @ 7pm.

ST MICHAEL’S

THE Intermediate team were defeated by Castleconnor in the Benson Cup on Friday evening. All players are asked to attend training this week. The Under 14s defeated St Patrick’s on Friday evening. Next weeks draw will take place in Moran’s Bar Ballintogher Jackpot now stands at € 10,000 with the reserve jackpot at € 2,200. Just to remind everyone that the yearly lotto is now due for renewal and club members will be calling to houses in the area over the next few weeks again the club wish to express thanks to everyone who supports the Lotto whether it is on a weekly or yearly basis without you the club would not exist.

ST MARY’S

SATURDAY morning coaching is going very well and reports back are that the kids are learning something new every week and our youngest are coming on in leaps and bounds. Well done to all involved, Aidan Murphy on registration, coaches who numbered 27 on last Saturday, Simon and Gabriel for stewarding the carpark and those providing teas and coffees. John Kent’s pop- up shop is proving popular and he will be along again this weekend. For U8 to U10’ s things are particularly busy as they have started playing matches on Wednesdays and some Saturdays. Last week, we welcomed St Johns and this coming week we will travel to Ballymote. There was a very impressive performance from our U9 team against St Johns when our lads showed the skills they have been working hard on and both sides provided a very entertaining game. We had very good performances throughout the team, as seen by excellent goalkeeping and distribution from Dylan Kilgannon, lovely scoring by Rian O’Connor and Daniel Mullaney and fine defending from Jack Noone and the other backs on the evening. The U10’ s played the same opposition and in an evenly contested game both teams kicked some excellent long range scores and showed great skills with numerous examples of top class high fielding and blocking on display. While we had excellent performances all over the pitch our two birthday boys, Patrick Brady and Conor Murray played very well, Dara O’Neill was solid in defence and Adam Feeney made some great saves in goals. At the other end of the age groups our Men’s Junior side had a league match against Enniscrone on Saturday evening and this was a great contest to play or watch. In a tight first half, St Marys were dominant as Hadi Moussa, Johnny Lynch and Conor Darcy got us on the scoreboard. Then a well worked move from Enniscrone resulted in the only goal of the game and this proved decisive in the end. St Marys never gave up and the returning David Caffrey impressed throughout a second half and Adam Lynch scored a fantastic point from distance. However, the experience Enniscrone brought to Kent Park saw them continue to add scores despite everything the St Marys team threw at them and final score was 1- 12 to 0- 09. Next match is this Friday away to Eastern Harps. THERE was no senior game as the County were involved in the Championship. Although it ended in defeat, well done to our Sligo team. The match was much closer than the final scoreboard read, and Mayo were relieved that our lads did not get the couple of scores at crucial times that could have caused an upset. The St Marys Senior side will play their next league match at home on Sunday against Eastern Harps with a 1pm start. THE U14 division 1 side met St Molaise Gaels on Tuesday, and continue to impress, putting up another big scoreline when defeating their opponents by 5- 14 to 1- 06. Performances were particularly good from D Whelan, J Stewart, P Moore and man of the match Cormac Niland. Congratulations to Conor White on winning the U14 feile skills county final in Scarden last week. The U14 division 3 side play Coolaney Mullinabreena this Monday at home with a 7pm throwin, and are out again on Thursday when they travel to St Farnons for the league tie deferred from last week. Interestingly the U16’ s play the same opposition in Kent Park on that evening in their league. THE honour of representing St Mary’s in the first final of 2017 goes to the U16 girls who take on Drumcliffe- Rosses Point in the A League decider this Friday evening, ( venue not confirmed at time of writing). These girls give 100% commitment and dedication to the game and best of luck to them and their management team of Ultan, Orla and Sinead. Please support the girls and let’s hope the first trophy of the season comes our way this Friday. A reminder that there is a car wash on Saturday 27th in Kent Park for the Feile fundraising. We are also getting very close to the Clifford Cup and in addition to wishing our U12’ s the best for the competition, people are being requested to volunteer as stewards on the day. ALL in St Marys and particularly the lads on the Junior Panel wish Blaine Gaffney and Danielle every happiness and health both this weekend and for their future together. THESE club notes and more detail on St Marys are available on our social media and the club website at www. stmarys. sligo. gaa. ie

ST MOLAISE GAELS

WELL done to our U12 Girls who have qualified for the B League final against Eoghan Rua on June 3rd in Markievicz Park on June 3rd following a good semi final victory at home to St Farnan’s on Thursday evening last. THE week’s football activities also saw our Minor Boys keeping up their push for a semi final spot in the League with a hardfought 4- 06 to 2- 06 win at home to Tubebrcurry/ Cloonacool on Monday evening. On Friday night last our Junior men made the trip to Connolly park to take on Owenmore Gaels in the 2nd round of the Division IV league. The hard work put in by the squad on the training ground over the last number of weeks paid dividends as Gaels secured the points with a 1- 17 to 1- 06 win. Also on Friday evening our U14 Boys went down to a 5- 14 to 1- 06 defeat at home to League leaders St Mary’s in the A League. Our Junior Ladies we defeated at home by Coolera/ Strandhill on Sunday morning . FIXTURES this week see our U8 and U10 Boys entertain Ballyshannom on Wednesday evening while on Saturday at 1.00pm the same squads have home League fixtures against Castleconnor. on Thursday night our U16 Boys will look to make it six wins out of six fixtures when they travel to Coola to play Shamrock Gaels at 7.00pm. On Saturday evening our senior men entertain Drumcliffe/ Rosses point in the 6th round of the league. throw in at Monsignor Hynes Park is 7.00pm. UNDERAGE coaching continues Saturday mornings. This is last week for Club registration both underage and adult. Forms will be available upstairs in Clubhouse. All Management teams from U6 to senior have been forwarded details of those registered to date by our Club registrar Niall O’Connell. The assistance of all Management Teams in finalising this would be greatly appreciated. OUR next Club Lotto Draw takes place on Tuesday June 6th at 8.30pm. Thank you to everyone for their continued support for this important fundraiser. Can all those with tickets for our “Last man standing “Fundraiser please return tickets and monies to the Coaches this Saturday morning. OUR annual “Cash for Clobber” fundraiser coincides with the return of underage coaching. If anyone has old clothes and footwear that they don’t need the Club would be delighted to take these. Goods can be left at the Club rooms on any Saturday morning.

BALLYMOTE

BALLYMOTE Junior team continue their winning run beating Shamrock Gaels in Coola last Saturday, final score Shamrock Gaels 1- 10 Ballymote 6- 7. Next game is against Tourlestrane in Corran Park 28th May at 1pm. U 16 next game is against Coolera/ Strandhill 25th May at 7pm. U 14 played very well beating Curry last Friday in Bunninadden, final score Ballymote/ Bunninadden 2- 19 Curry 3- 9. U 12/ 11 training sessions will be in Bunninadden Tuesday and Thursday at 7pm this week U 8/ 10 play St Mary’s in Ballymote in Corran Pk Wednesday at 7pm.

IF you register your child for Cul Camps in the next 10 days their kit will be delivered to school before summer holidays. Cul Camps will be in Ballymote 17th - 21st July. MONSTER Bingo fundraiser will take place 25th June in Coach House Hotel, € 5000 prize money to be won.

CALRY/ ST JOSEPH’S

VERY well done to all all club members involved in the championship fixture against Mayo on Sunday. Hard luck to Aidan Devanney and Darragh Cummins with the Seniors, and Conell Stenson with the u/ 17s. NOT to be this year lads. However very well done to Callum Moran and Jamie Costigan who played in the Cuman na mBunscoil games before the senior match and both played very well! AN excellent win for our under 12 girls during the week when they defeated Owenmore Gaels Gales by 17 points to 9 to qualify for a league final meeting with Saint Mary’s on Saturday, June 3 in Markievicz Park. Our under eight boys had an excellent run out in a blitz organised by St Mary’s on Wednesday evening last. WE had good wins on the field at the weekend with our ladies and our juniors recording good victories! THE under 14 boys also had a good win over Shamrock Gaels during the week. THE very best of luck to our under 16 girls who play their league final against Owenmore Gaels in Collooney tonight. WE would like to wish Henry Cox a long, happy and healthy retirement as he retires from Fás after over 40 years employment there. THERE were no winners of this weeks lotto. The numbers drawn were 6,11,12 and 29. Michael Connolly matched three numbers while Edel Hackett picked up the promoters prize.