GRASSROOTS
BALLYMOTE
AT last Saturday night Ballymote GAA Dinner Dance in Coach House Hotel Ballymote 2017 Junior championship winners were presented with their county medals by 1993 Intermediate winners manager Fr Dan O Mahony. 1993 Intermediate winners were presented with 25 year anniversary medal by County Board Chairman Joe Taffe. A great celebratory night was had, music provided by Itchy n Stratchy. Ballymote GAA would like to Thank everyone who attended and MC on the night Pat McGrath displayed great professionalism and wit recalling great stories of current and former players. BALLYMOTE GAA committee are seeking Expression of Interest for the vacancy of Intermediate Team manager. Contact Frank 0879208894. COMMITTEE meeting Thursday 1st February 9pm Doddys.
BUNNINADDEN
AN E.G.M of Bunninadden Gaa club took place on Saturday night last Jan; 20th; After a very successful and well attended meeting the following officers were elected; PRESIDENT M J Scanlon; Vice Presidents W Brennan & J Gilloohley; Chairman D Killoran outgoing; Secretary K Henry; Assistant Secretary F Donovan; Joint Treasurers K Doohan & JP McGettrick; PRO P Spellman; Chairman of Bord na og B. Gilloohley; Child Protection Officer W. Gormley;
IN his address the chairman thanked all outgoing officers, team managers and members for their efforts in 2017. He expressed a special thanks to our sponsors for their generosity throughout the year and had a special word of thanks for our supporters for their financial support and attendance at games. He congratulated R Brennan on his recent appointment as Co Board Development Officer and wished W Gormley well in his position a s manager of St Molaise Gaels. IT was agreed that a special appeal be made to parents to provide supervision in the playground and car park area during coaching times. GAELIC Nursery program for U6 and U8 boys and girls will commence on Feb ;7th; at 7pm in the Community Centre. All are welcome.
THE club wishes to convey sincere sympathy to the Marren family on the death of Lucy and to the Durkan family on the death of John.
CALRY/ST. JOSEPH’S
THE deadline for Gaeltacht Grant Applications for Secondary Schools is February 16th. Please see Sligo GAA website for applications.
CLOONACOOL
THE 9th annual 5k road race will be held on Sunday next 4th February starting from Cloonacool Community Park at 12 noon. Registration will be in the club-house meeting room’s from 10.30 am on-wards. Changing room, shower and toilet facilities will be available during the course of the day. There will be prizes for the first three women, the first three men, the first local man, the first local woman and the first national and secondary school runner. There will also be plenty of car parking facilities available all day. Refreshments will be served afterwards. So as this is a big club fundraiser, we ask as many runners, joggers, and walkers either as individuals or as family units to come along to what is always a great sporting, social and family friendly occasion. Anybody wishing to volunteer to help out as a steward on the day, is asked to contact Bill Carty, Fergus Leonard, Brian McIntyre or Geraldine Conboy by this coming weekend. Congrats to St. Attracta’s secondary school Tubbercurry Boy’s senior team on retaining the Connacht Colleges senior league last week in the Connacht Centre Of Excellence. Our club were represented on the panel by Oisin Grehan, Aaron and Rian Moylan and Sean Carnahan. Sympathy is extended to the Moylan family Newtown on their recent bereavement.
COLLOONEY HANDBALL
BINGO takes place this Thursday at 9 p.m , the jackpot is €5,750 in 42 numbers.
CUMMAN na mBunscoil finals take place in Collooney this Friday , 02-022018 , with games starting at 6-30 pm FOLLOW us on facebook @ Collooney Handball Club.
COOLERA/STRANDHILL
THE lotto numbers drawn on Monday Jan .22nd were 18, 24, 25 and 30. There was no winner of the €5100 jackpot, nor were there any Match 3 winners. The jackpot is now €5200. As always tickets can be bought from Joe Gildea, Margaret’s Café, Bree’s Bar and Keane’s supermarket. THE annual awards evening celebrating our underage teams takes place this Saturday, Feb 3rd in Coolera House at 6.30. If anyone has any photos that they would like to share, please email them to pro.coolerastrandhill.sligo@gaa.ie. We are asking that parents bring along some home baking/goodies, as tea and coffee will be provided.
THIS is a reminder that Coolera-Strandhill GAA Club member registration is now open online for the 2018 season. Access is through the club website on www.coolerastrandhill.com and by clicking on the green link. Team managers will not be responsible for accepting membership fees this year. Members who have been paying by direct debit may continue to do so if they wish, or they can opt for on-line registration. We ask that you register as soon as possible so as to reduce the significant burden of managing this process on the club registrar and committee.
AS the new season approaches, coaches, managers and mentors of all under-age players are reminded that they are obliged to have attended training in Child Protection and to be Garda Vetted. Garda Vetting is available on-line. Coaches must also have coaching qualifications.
IF anyone would like to have items included in the club notes, please email pro.coolerastrandhill.sligo@ gaa.ie by Friday evening for inclusion in the following week’s papers. THE Grounds Committee is having a meeting on Thursday February 8th in the clubhouse at 9.00. The committee is looking for new people to join them this year. If you would be interested in helping in any way, please come along on Thursday 8th as new members are needed to continue the good work.
DRUMCLIFFE/ROSSES POINT
THE achievements and dedication of our juvenile hurlers and footballers were acknowledged at a special event in Rathcormac Hall last Friday evening. Players, mentors and family members gathered for our celebration evening. Our thanks to Sligo GAA hurling officer Benny Kenny, and our senior club players Brian ÓgMurphy and Paul Logan who presenting the various medals on the night. Thanks also to everyone helped out with the catering and entertainment duties. HARD luck to our various club players who were involved with the Sligo men’s and women’s county teams. A number of our underage club players were involved in national and provincial sporting success last week. Congrats to Rosses Point’s Josh Henry who helped Sligo Grammar School win an All-Ireland U16 basketball title at the National Arena in Tallaght. There were also seven DRP players involved with the Summerhill College juvenile gaelic football team which won the Connacht Juvenile ‘A’ league title after a 0-14 to 2-2 success over St Jarlath’s of Tuam. WELL done to our senior club footballer Jamie Gillen who was part of the UCD Sigerson panel which beat Maynooth University in the opening round of the competition last Tuesday. DRUMCLIFFE Handball Club coaching continues every Saturday morning in the Oxfield centre. Open to boys and girls aged 6 upwards.
THE club is holding a First Aid Course in Oxfield on the weekend of February 9 & 10th. Places are limited so interested coaches should contact our coaching officer Declan Carroll on 0879480114.
IF you have any news items for inclusion in the DRP weekly club notes, phone/text/WhatsApp Club PRO Austin O’Callaghan on 0876855621 or email pro.drumclifferossespoint. sligo@gaa.ie.
EASTERN HARPS
CONGRATULATIONS to Megan McCormack and the Connacht post primary schools team on winning the Ladies Gaelic Football Inter-provincial Shield final overcoming Leinster Ladies Gaelic Football Association on a scoreline of 3-05 to 1-05. We wish Colin McGill all the best as he is heading to Canada. We hope to see Colin back on the field in Keash in the coming years. Congratulations to Naomi and Paul Taylor on the birth of their son Charlie recently. Bingo in association with Eastern Harps continues as usual in Gurteen Hall at 8.30pm. The jackpot has now reached €2,300 in 47 calls or less with the lotto jackpot 1 at €800. Our operation transformation events continue as usual this week. Please keep an eye on our Facebook page or contact any member of the committee to get added to the group text message in case of any last minute changes due to adverse weather. This Sundays walk will take place in Ballinafad at 11.30am where fancy dress is optional. We would encourage all participants to dress up. There is also a collection of used clothes and shoes which is collected after each walk on Sundays.
ENNISCRONE/ KILGLASS
OUR AGM takes place this Friday, February 2nd at 8pm in the clubhouse. UNDERAGE coaching for all agegroups is set to commence for 2018 this week. Contact team managers for relevant times etc.
TICKETS for our dinner dance in the Diamond Coast Hotel on February 10th will go on sale this week. Hurler of the Year Joe Canning and Tyrone football legend Peter Canavan are set to attend as special guests. CLUBMAN Aidan Morrison captained the Sligo hurlers last Sunday in their opening round league loss against Leitrim at Tourlestrane. THERE was no winner of last weekend’s blotto jackpot. The draw contin- ues every Saturday - your continued support is greatly appreciated.
OWENMORE GAELS
THE club unveiled Jimmy Langan as the Senior Men’s manager for the upcoming season at the last monthly meeting.
AS the competitions wind down on the field in the county, attention is now turning to GAA matters off the pitch. This is a special Winter season for Sligo GAA and its Scór Committee as we host the All Ireland Finals at both Scór Sinsir and Scór na nÓg levels. CLUBS are asked to make an extra special effort to get involved as we aim to have some home grown talent take to the stage of IT Sligo come Spring 2018. For the first time ever Scór na bPaistaí is being run for Primary School children in October in a bid to foster a relationship with the association and Scór. ANYONE interested in music, song, dance or drama should contact Keith Henry 086-3357182 or Catherine Gallagher 087-6494568, any Scór Committee member or their club for more information.
SCÓR Sinsir (Over 17) County Final and Quiz: 3rd March 2018 Scór Sinsir (Over 17) Connacht Final: 24th March 2018 Scór Sinsir (Over 17) All Ireland Final: 14th April 2018 - IT Sligo CHECK out our new underage kit now available to buy at Jako Sports. This will be the playing kit for our U-10 and U-8 teams. The T-shirt (a requirement for U-8 and 10’s) is €15, with an option of shorts and socks for €22 total. Sizes catering right down to our nursery kids. THE Club shop is now online. Club Merchandise includes jerseys, socks, shorts, club tops, trousers and jackets. Get yours now! Visit our Facebook page for details.
THE Lotto draw took place in Cullen’s Bar on Monday 22nd January. The numbers drawn were 2,7,9,and 21. THERE was no winner of the €8,300 Jackpot. Congrats to our ‘Lucky Dip’ Winners Dolores Davey, Aidan Flynn, and Zara Kelly, and our ‘Online Lucky Dip’ Winner Sinead Quigley who get €30 each. As there was no Jackpot Winner this week, the Jackpot rolls over to €8,400.
SHAMROCK GAELS
THE club are organising a trip to London for the Sligo V London Connacht Championship game on Sunday May 6th. Please register your interest on facebook or with any club member. THE winners of the monthly draw were Teresa Henry, Michael Tonry and Seamus Cawley.
THERE was no winner of the lotto jackpot last weekend with the numbers drawn 16, 19, 22 and 26. There was one match 3 winner, Mary Quinn. The jackpot now stands at €3,000 with the next draw on Saturday 10th February. WE are currently participating in the National Club draw - this is an important annual fundraiser for the club and your support is appreciated - please note that all tickets should be returned to the club this week.
THE club wish to express sympathy with the family and relatives of Thomas Joe McDonagh, Rusheen who died last week.
ST. FARNAN’S
HARD luck to county footballers Patrick O’Connor and Finnian Cawley and to hurler James Weir on Sunday. WELL done to Conor Gordon,winner of €152 in the 50/50 draw. The next draw is on Feb 11th. Tickets @€2 are on sale locally. Tickets @€50 can be purchased for entry into every draw for the year.
A reminder that membership is now due. The rate for adult players is €75 and for Underage and non players €50. TRAINING for the boxers involved in our Blue and White Fight Night will commence shortly. The boxers will also begin fundraising .
THE club needs representatives for Senior Scór on March 3rd. Anyone interested should contact cultural officer Sean Kilgannon. WINDMILL Players stage their hilarious production”Tom, Dick and Harry” on Friday and Saturday in Ballina Arts Centre. Please support.
THE club extends sympathy to Ned Burns and extended family on the death of his niece Gaye Lockner and to Ann Marie Gormley and family on the death of her brother Jimmy Boland. Ar Dheis Dé go raibh siad.
ST. JOHN’S
FOLLOWING the announcement by Dara Mc Garty that he was stepping down as Senior team manager after successfully leading St Johns to Intermediate Championship success, the club are delighted to announce that Dara’s assistant of last year, Michael Mc Namara, has agreed to take on the role. He brings Ian Rossiter in as a selector and will retain the vital services of Gerry Quinn.
OUR club’s gala celebration night took place last Sat in The Sligo Park Hotel. Our Sligo Intermediate Champions were presented with their winners awards by the special guest Dermot Earley, former Kildare and Ireland footballer and an All Star. There was also a reunion of the 2000 Sligo Intermediate Championship winning team. The Senior Player of the Year, Paul Mc Namara, was presented with The Mary Mc Garty perpetual cup and a replica in recognition of the fantastic year he had. The management of the senior team, Dara Mc Garty, Michael Mc Namara, Gerry Quinn, Fergal Kelly, Shane Stenson, Ray Henry, John Reilly and Owen Mc Lean were presented with trophies as a gesture of thanks. The MC for the night was John Greene and the crowd danced into the early hours to Euninn’s Disco. The organising committee under Chairman Seamus Casey did a great job.
THE Operation Transformation program began on Jan 8th with big numbers involved and all participants enjoyed the various activities. If you still want to take part please contact 0852498067 to register.
ST Johns GAA is going from strength to strength. Following on from the U12 up win in 2017 we hope to field an U14 team this year. To do this we need more numbers. So if you would like to try out gaelic football for the first time please contact Liam 086 2342302, Gerard 086 3774224 or Olivia 087 7782233. IN the draw of Jan20th there was no winner of the Lotto Jackpot of E11,600 where the numbers drawn were 3, 17, 23, 32. The winners of the E25 consolation prizes were Cathal Walsh, C/O Crozon Inn; Cathriona and Mairead, Carraroe; Philip Morrison, Crozon Downs and Jack Rooney, Joe Mc Donnell Drive.
ST. MICHAEL’S
THE club are asking anyone with outstanding National Draw tickets to return them by Friday next 2nd February 2018.
THERE was no winner of the lotto draw at the weekend with the numbers drawn 6.8.20.31. There were 3 match 3 who receive €35 each Tommy and Katie Feeney Ballintyne, Eoin Carroll Ballygawley, Nicole Clancy Ballintogher. The jackpot now stands at €5,800. Next weeks draw will take place in the Moran’s Bar Ballintogher.
THE club wish to express sympathy to the following families. Noel Mullaney on the death of his sister Margaret Gunning Strandhill. Declan Feeney on the death of his mother Annie Feeney Killashandra. the McGourty family Calry on the sudden death of Alex in Ecuador.
ST. MOLAISE GAELS
THE next Lotto Draw will take place on Tuesday February 13th. Thank You to everyone for their continued support for this important Club fundraiser and to Londis and Supervalu Grange for facilitating us with our fortnightly Sales stand.
COACHING sessions for our “Couch to 5K” Programme continue this week at the North Sligo Sports Complex with Group 1 running from 7.15pm to 8.15pm Monday and Wednesday. Group 2 are scheduled for 8.30pm to 9.30pm on the same evenings while Group 3 are out on Tuesday and Thursday mornings form 9.30am to 10.30am THE Club are running our Mini Stars Programme for boys and girls ages 4 and 5 for 4 weeks continuing this Saturday February 3rd . Further details may be obtained from Hiliary at 0877678797 or Charlie at 087-6540140. OUR annual “Cash for Clobber” fundraiser is also underway . if you have any unwanted clothes or shoes they can be left at the Club Building at any time.
ST. PATRICK’S
JOKER Jackpot St Pats Joker Jackpot now stands @ €900 as the Jackpot was won in the latest draw. Next draw takes place in The Beach Bar on Feburary 10th @ 10.15pm.The club thank you for your continued support. Tickets available from all usual outlets.Winners in latest draw were Daisy Kilgallen, Padraig Leonard & Enda Clarke.
TABLE Quiz St Pats will now take place nearer to St Patricks Day. Further details to follow.
BÓRD na nÓg St Pats Bórd na nÓg registration evening for all underage players takes on Friday next Feburary 2nd from 7.30pm till 8.30pm in the Community Centre.
G.A.A Cúl Camp St Pats will host the Kelloggs Cúl Camp from 30th of July till 3th of August.
ST Patrick’s GAA O’Neills Club Shop. Club replica jerseys,socks,shorts available in all sizes. Sweatshirts,polo shirts, etc also available. Further details on stpatricks.sligo.gaa.ie ST Pats Ladies welcome new members. No experience necessary, keep fit and have fun.Contact Claire on 086-1763298.
IN the most recent Supporters Membership draw the winners were Ted Kilgallen & Bosco Kearins. Supporters Membership is now 2018.
TUBBERCURRY
CONGRATULATIONS to St. Attractas senior team who retained their Connacht league title with a 2-8 to 1-7 victory over Rice college. WELL done to all involved especially own club men Colm Mcgee who manages the team and coach Pat Kilcoyne and players who seen action on the day Griffin Gallagher, Liam Kerrigan, Conall Ryan, Oisin McCann and Oisin o Donnell and not forgetting panel members Niall Murphy, Aaron Perry, Conor Matthews and our collegues from Cloonacool Oisin Greehan, Aran and Rian Moylan and Sean Carnahan. Great achievement now roll on the championship.
HARD luck to the 1st years who went down by 1-10 4-6 to Clare/Galway in the Connacht league semi final. CLUB representetives on the day were Fionn Lucey, Tomas Killoran, Joshua Flynn and Jamie Kennedy. CONGRATULATIONS to Eddie McGuinness who made his league debut for Sligo seniors against Armagh - best of luck in the rest of the league. CONGRATULATIONS to our club chairman John Murphy who has taken up his position as Vice President of Connacht GAA Council. EXCITING news coming from Tubbercurry GAA fundraising executive this week. All is very hush hush but from what we’re hearing is that a touch of Hollywood is coming to Tubbercurry. Keep an eye on our Facebook page and Sligo Gaa website.