Boyle GAA Blog ...by Tony Conboy

Mon. 11 am:

ntdwga: A lovely Pomeranian dog missing, presumed stolen, from the Greatmeadow area. Apparently it is not the first one.

Got a curious text yesterday to phone back a no., which had no I.D. etc. which I deleted. Someone said if I phoned it back the possibility existed that my credit I.D. etc would be taken as well as whatever credit I had. Anyone know anything of this scam or am I just paranoid?

Lotto:

There was no winner in the Lotto at the Hideaway on Satuday last. The numbers drawn were: 4/5/9/10. The €20 winners were; Bernard Sahnnon, Anne Conboy, Finbar Feely, Deirdre Purcell, Deirdre O'Connor, Avril Egan, Patricia McDonagh, Ml. Smith Jnr., Noel Conroy ( a-ha-ha), Chris O'Sullivan. The House Prize was won by by Paddy McLoughlin. The next draw takes place on January the 2nd in Clarkes's with Team 'C' and the Jackpot at €3000.

St. Stephen's Day Match:

There will be a game between Boyle 'A' and Boyle'B' on St. Stephen's DAy at 12 0'clock in the College Field.

The year starts there! I wish the management well and wish Pat and Noel, who were there the last two years the very best. Perhaps, on an occasion or two, my frustration with the performance of the team flowed over in this blog. While I don't like to indulge in excuses, my comments were meant to be meaningful. I'm sorry if they were ott and caused umbrage. We all make mistakes. Must do better. We are all in it for the good of Boyle GAA Club and should strive to go forward as a collective group of friends. We may disagree from time to time about football and I think we are entitled to that. We are all, to use a popular word of the moment 'stakeholders', team, management, officers, and supporters. It was nice to hear John Healy refer to that group-supporters- a couple of times after wins recently.

Our interest in Boyle GAA should not be a reason for straining friendships.

We've seen great examples of Boyle GAA Meithals this year on La na gClub and in the hall for the dinner dance and for the Convention.

The hope is that we might one day compete well at senior level. Can we 'dream the dream' of winning a Senior title? That would be something. I think that there is a wealth of material coming through the under-age teams now and in say a few years time we should be really strong.

So, a Happy Christmas to all and here's to 2010.

Convention Thanks:

The Club wishes to thank all who helped to make the hosting of the County Convention, which was held in St Joseph's Hall recently, such a success. Gratitude is extended to those who assembled and dissassembled the hall for the occasion, especially Michael Furey for providing the transport for haulage of furniture. We thank especially the two young members Brian Furey and Mark Goldrick who efficiently operated the roving mikes on the night. Thanks also to Tony for his efforts on 'the picture'. Indeed the Officers of the County Board and delegates were loud in their praise of the arrangement. Willie Hegarty had a complimentary paragraph in his column of the R.H. this week about same.

Quiz:

The Club will hold a monster quiz in the Moving Stairs on Wednesdaythe 30th at 9.30 ish, as part of it Clubroom construction fundraising campaign.

Minor Club Presentation Night Jan. 8th:

The Minor Board will hold its presentation night on Friday, January the 8th, in St Joseph's Hall.

Senior AGM:

The senior Club AGM will be held in the Royal Hotel on Sunday January the 10th.

Pitch:

The main pitch will remain closed to all activity until further notice to allow recent work on the goalmouth areas to mature.

Sportswear Offers:

Aidan Ray Menswear have entered into an agreement with the Club to provide discounts to Club members.

Seasons Greetings:

The Club extends the season's greetings to all members, supporters and sponsors for their continued support during the past year. We also thank the local media for their excellent coverage of our activities throughout the year.( M.D.)
I hope to add a few pics here and initiate the caption competition over the Christmas, so tune in again at your leisure but don't spill any mulled wine into the works.

Greetings especially to Pat Conlon who is getting married in in Wolkingham in Berkshire. It will be a white wedding obviously. Greetings too to Austin Beisty, Frankie Flaherty, Pat Lavin & Co. and the Beirne brothers in N.Y., Arnold Gaffney in Boston, Miss Mulvilhill in California and we used to have a reader in Chicago but she is gone off the monitor. Also there is the English diasporia Paraic O'Connor and the Young boys Liam and Sean and in the Antipodes, Damien Keenehan, Cillian Conboy, Donal Young, Alan Monson in N.Z.; Mark O'Donohoe, Cillian Egan, Roch Hanmore, John Harrington, Ciaran Keenehan, Ciaran Conlon, Seamie Gallagher, Com Brennan in Oz and Alan Emmett in Canada and those who have slipped me memory on this cold snowy morning here in Boyle. Oh to be young and fearless.

Slan and keep well.