GRASSROOTS
BALLYMOTE
NEW Manager
ENDA Kelly has been confirmed as the new manager of the senior team for the 2019 season. Enda will bring with him his experience from being involved with the successful Tourlestrane winning teams. Best of luck to him and the team for coming season. BORD na nOg Awards Night PLAYERS from the u11, u14 and u16 winning teams from 2018 were presented with their medals on Sunday evening in the Coach House Hotel. Thanks to Coach House Hotel for hosting the event, to MC Liam Boland and to Sligo county player Adrian Mc Intyre for presenting the players with their medals. Following the medal presentation Adrian provided advice to the players for areas to focus on for their future development and success. Thanks to Adrian for his help and insights on the night. THE u11 team were Ewan Boland, Emmanuel, Conor Boyle, James Boyle, Conor Walsh, Luke Murray, Jack Calvin, James Lavin, Cormac Mc Hale, Colin Finn, Raudhan Sheerin, Paddy Muldoon, Padear O Dowd, Luke Durkan, Thomas Sexton. The team were coached by Liam Og Gormley and Danny Clark.
THE u14 team were Adam Benson, Dean Brennan, Donal McHale, Tiernan Scanlon Mongey, Tommie Keenan, Liam O’ Dowd, Niall Scanlon, Darragh Brehony, Ben Clavin, Cormac Finn, Matthew Gallagher, Matthew Hunt, Michael Kerins, Luke Marren, Tiernan O’ Connor, Mark Scanlon, Shane Rafferty, Oisin Brennan, Emmet Finan, Eoin Frain, James Kilcoyne, Darragh Philips, Gareth Scanlon, Thomas Sweeney, Gearoid O’ Brien, James Healy. The coaches working with these players Joe Brennan, Donnacha O’ Connor, Kevin Frain, Thomas Philips, Joseph Scanlon, Maria White and John Kilcoyne. THE u16 team were Arron Brennan, Daniel Breslin, Stephen Cafferky, Barry Clavin, Brian Colsh, Conor Finn, Garreth Gallagher, Oisin Gorman, Kyle Gormanly, Ronan Keenan, Cian Kilcoyne, Jack Lavin, Patrick Mc Donagh, Conor Mitchell, Oisin Moffat, Sonny Muldoon, Shane Murray, Zack O Dowd, Tristin Regan, Kian Reynolds, Roland Scanlon, Jim Sweeney, Finn Underwood. The team were coached by Pat Moffat, Michael Finn, Stephen Murray and Dermot Gormanly. REGISTRATION REGISTRATION for players and member will take place in the pastoral centre between 7 – 9pm on Friday 1st March. Fess are as follows, Family – 100 euro ; Adult – 80 euro, Child/student/ OAP – 50 euro.
PELLA
U10 pella will continue this Friday, 22 February, in colaiste mhuire form 6-7 pm. STRENGTH and Conditioning THE strength and conditioning program aimed at 13 – 18 year old players continues on Friday evenings at 7pm in colaiste mhuire.
CLOONACOOL
THE annual 5k road race held on Sunday week last was a great success as in the region of 200 people ran, jogged or walked the course. The club wish to sincerely thank all those who participated on the day for their support once again on this occasion in not the best of weather conditions. A big thank you also to all the volunteers who gave of their time and energy to ensure that this event ran smoothly throughout. Congrats to all the winners and to all who took part in the event. PARENTS, ex-players and all those interested in getting involved in helping out in the running of all underage teams for the coming season are asked to contact the chairperson Bill Carty or secretary Fergus Leonard as soon as possible.
CLUB membership is now due and people are encouraged to do so in the coming weeks by contacting club treasurers Brid Calvey or Neil Walsh, or any club officer. The club had its registration for all players on Sunday last in the Community Park gym. All players have to be registered in order to play for the the club in the coming year. Training continues for the senior panel in preparation for the new season and all players are encouraged to make themselves available to the team management on a consistent basis.
COOLERA/STRANDHILL
REGISTRATION
THIS is a reminder that Coolera-Strandhill GAA Club member registration is now open for 2019 season. If you have already registered, thanks. If you want to register and cannot remember your password, please click the “Reset Password” button and follow the steps.We ask that you register as soon as possible so as to reduce the significant burden of managing this process on club registrar and committee. You can register on-line on www.coolerastrandhill. com. Here’s looking forward to a successful 2019 for us all...! CLUB Nursery Programme THE Club Nursery programme starts on Friday March 1st in the Ursuline College from 6pm to 7pm. The programme is open to all children aged 5-8. Registration is online on www.coolerastrandhill. com and includes club top, shorts and socks.
CÚL Camps Coaches SLIGO GAA are now taking applications for the Kelloggs GAA Cúl camp coaching positions for 2019. In order to qualify applicants must have: Foundation coaching qualification, Child safe guarding course completion cert and GAA Garda vetting completed. IF interested send the copy of above certs and CV to liamog. gormley.gm.sligo@gaa.ie on or before March 29th 2019. LOTTO
LAST week’s Lotto numbers were 11, 18, 19, 20. There were no winners. Next week’s jackpot is €10600. Tickets cost just €2.00 and are available in Bree’s Bar, Coolera House and Keane’s Centra or committee members. The draw takes place each Monday in the clubhouse.
LGFA Fundamentals Coaching Course
A Fundamentals course has been booked for Saturday 2nd March 2019 in Skreen/Dromard Community Centre, Sligo. It is imperative that all coaches/mentors/managers have the Garda Vetting, Child Protection and Fundamentals completed before getting involved with a team for 2019. Places for this Fundamentals course are restricted to 30 people and costs €20 per person. Places will be allocated on a first come first paid basis. If interested, please contact Frank O’ Sullivan.
SCÓR County Finals COOLERA-STRANDHILL is proud to once again host the County Finals of Scór. The finals take placer in Kilmacowen Hall on Saturday February 23rd at 7.00. We are the current champions in the Quiz and hope to defend the title. We are also looking for other participants to represent the club in music, dance, singing or recitation. If interested, please contact Séamus Kilrehill.
CUMANN NA MBUNSCOL
THE Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Indoor Hurling Finals are scheduled for Thursday 28th February at 4pm in the Teeling Centre, Collooney. Round 2 games should be played as soon as possible. Qualifiers for round 2 are: Boys: Group 1: Banada N.S., High Park N.S., Cloonacool N.S., Enniscrone N.S.
Group 2: Strandhill N.S., Geevagh N.S., Maugherow N.S., St. Johns N.S.,
Girls: Group 1: Stokane N.S., High Park N.S., Cloonacool N.S., Kilrusheighter N.S.
Group 2: Strandhill N.S., Geevagh N.S., Cliffoney N.S.
The annual Cumann na mBunscol table quiz will take place in the Teeling Centre, Collooney on Tuesday 5th March at 7.00pm. Each school may send two teams of four, €10 per team.
The Cornmarket Cumann na mBunscol Awards are taking place in the Sligo Park Hotel on Friday 8th March at 7.30 pm. Schools have been notified and any school wishing to attend may purchase tickets through our secretary Aine McGrath. A great night is in store for all attendees.
The National AGM of Allianz Cumann na mBunscol takes place on Saturday March 9th at 11am in the Sligo Park Hotel.
DROMAHAIR
CONGRATULATIONS to St Clare’s Junior girls team who won their Connacht Final recently and to our Dromahair representatives Amy Fowley, Clodagh McGee, Emma McMorrow and Shauna Clinton. CONGRATULATIONS to Leitrim Ladies and our Dromahair Ladies representative Edel Kelly on their win over Derry on recently in the Division 4 National League.
Club Registration takes place on February 23rd from 10.30am to 12.30pm after Operation Transformation in the Pavilion.
DRUMCLIFFE/ROSSES POINT
OUR club registration morning takes place this Saturday, February 23rd in Oxfield from 10am to 12:30pm. The membership fees for 2019 are available to view on the club’s website drp.gaa. ie. For more info, please contact Club Registrar Jimmy O’Brien on 0872848037 or see drp.gaa.ie/ registration for details. HARD luck to our club players involved with Sligo ladies Division 3 loss to Meath last Saturday. Best wishes to Neil Ewing and the Sligo men’s team this Sunday in Drogheda as they travel to play Louth in a vital Division 3 league match.
OUR senior men’s footballers will begin their Benson Cup campaign on the weekend of March 23rd/24th with a home quarter-final against Owenmore Gaels at Oxfield.
THE club’s monthly meeting for February takes place on Monday 25th in Oxfield at 9pm. SATURDAY morning GAA nursery coaching begins on Saturday March 2nd. Our nursery is open to girls and boys aged 4-10 years. New players are very welcome to come along and give it a try. WE are holding a coaching morning this Saturday 23rd in Oxfield from 10am to 1pm for all our club coaches from Nursery to minor age groups. Please make every effort to attend if you have a coaching involvement with any of our underage teams/groups. The session will benefit everyone.
EASTERN HARPS
OUR finale night for Operation transformation will be held in Drury’s, Monasteraden on Saturday at 9pm. Everyone is invited where we will have entertainment and finger food on the night. Sligo GAA are now taking applications for the Kelloggs GAA Cul camp coaching positions for 2019. In order to qualify the following is required 1) Foundation coaching qualification 2) Child safe guarding course completion cert 3) GAA Garda vetting completed. If interested send the copy of above certs and CV to liamog.gormley. gm.sligo@gaa.ie on or before March 29th 2019. Bingo continues every Friday night at 8.30pm in Gurteen Hall. Jackpot is €2,500 in 46 calls or less. The in house lotto is €500. If anyone is interested in buying club gear from our O’Neill’s shop, then please check out www. easternharps.com/shop
ENNISCRONE/ KILGLASS
DINNER Dance
WE enjoyed a great night at our club dinner dance in the Diamond Coast Hotel last Saturday evening. With a large crowd in attendance, we were delighted to welcome Tyrone’s three-time All-Ireland winner and five-time All-Star Sean Cavanagh as our special guest. It was a busy evening of presentations, with our U-16 and minor teams both receiving their medals following their 2018 successes. On the individual awards front, former club chairman and longtime supporter Jackie Gallagher was the popular recipient of the Hall of Fame award, while Noel Sheridan and Fergus Sweeney received a joint Club Persons of the Year award following their remarkable fundraising exploits in London on behalf of the club last year. Intermediate team goalkeeper Greg Regan was chosen as the Player of the Year and corner-back Eoghan Bourke received the new Young Player of the Year award, which has been introduced in memory of the late Joe McManus. The night also featured presentations to the Mothers and Others group who have added so much to the club since their foundation: Audrey Garvey was the Player of the Year, Andrea Gilroy was the Most Improved Player, Donna Mullaney was chosen as the Most Dedicated Player and Club Person of the Year was Roisin Moyles. Our sincere thanks to our guest Sean who spoke to the crowd and was very generous with his time for pictures before and after; to everyone who attended and to the Diamond Coast Hotel for their customary fantastic hospitality. We look forward now to the new season in the hope that it will be a successful one for the club. INDOOR coaching INDOOR underage coaching continues every Friday evening in our astro turf building. U-8 is from 6-7pm, U-10 from 7-8pm and U-12 8-9pm. All welcome.
HANDBALL
SLIGO HANDBALL NOTES THE Connaught Colleges B finals took place in Sligo last Sunday with Collooney and Drumcliffe hosting games, well done to Michael Carroll ,playing for Summerhill College won a silver medal in the first year boys. CONNAUGHT Cumann na mBunscol finals were played in Salthill on Saturday with Ellen Coleman representing Scoil Mhuire gan Smal ,Curry winning silver in U-11. WELL done to Clive Slevin who won in the Masters plate final in the 4 Wall Nationals played in Ballaghaderreen last weekend. THE Annual handball social took place in Muddy Burns last Saturday night ,a fantastic meal and great night was enjoyed by all who attended ,with the 2018 medal presentations taking place. GOOD luck to Ken Cunningham and Gerry Coleman who play in Connaught finals next weekend. FOLLOW us on facebook @sligohandball COLLOONEY HANDBALL CLUB NOTES
WELL done to Ellen Coleman who won silver in U-11 girls in the Connaught Cumann na mBunscol finals played in Salthill on Saturday , representing Scoil Mhuire gan Smal ,Curry.
WE are holding a Ladies introduction to handball over the next few weeks under the expert coaching of Laura Keever. Please contact any club member or check our website for more information. CLUB membership for 2019 is now due be paid , contact Stanley Harte.
GOOD luck to Gerry Coleman who plays in the Connaught final in Collooney on Friday at 7pm. BINGO takes place this Thursday at 9 p.m ,all welcome , the jackpot is now €2,800 in 44 calls. UNDERAGE coaching continues on Monday evenings from 6-30 to 7-45.
FOLLOW us on facebook @collooneyhbc
SHAMROCK GAELS
IF you missed the registration last weekend, please contact Michelle McMorrow on 087 6157455. The cost is the same as last year, €35 per player up to a maximum of €100 per family.
THE lotto draw is on this Saturday 23rd in Hartes with the jackpot at €5,700.
THANKS to all who supported the national club draw.
THE club wish to express sympathy with the family and relatives of Frances Foley, Knockalassa, Riverstown and Johnny Kilcolm, Drumee who died at the weekend.
ST. FARNAN’S
OUR nursery programme for 4-10 year old boys continues on Fridays from 7-8pm at the Astro Turf, Dromore West. Cost €2. Hurling training for Easkey/ St. Farnan’s is in The Old Factory, Easkey on Wednesdays from 6-7 pm for under 8/10’s and 7-8 pm for under 12/14’s and on Saturdays from 1011am for under 8/10’s and 11-12 noon for under 12/14’s. WELL done to Patrick O’Connor , winner of €176 in the 50 /50 draw. Next draw on Sunday, February