Sunday, December 19, 2010

Sun. 12 midnight:
The Club Lotto draw which was scheduled for Saturday night fell victim to the inclement weather. It has been rescheduled for this Thursday night in An Craoibhin. So if you are on a premises when the sellers come in, help them out by making a fuss and asking for an envelope in a way that you could be heard!! Priming it's called!
Plans are being finalised for the Club's Christmas function -the annual quiz in the Moving Stairs on Wednesday night 29th December starting at 9.16 pm. This will be a great opportunity to get together for what will hopefully be a fun night. There will be a Club meeting on Tuesday night at 8.30 in Wynne’s Bar to make arrangements for the Quiz night where we could (hopefully) need 4 correctors, 2 scoreboard personnel, 4 distributing sheets etc, 1 floor manager plus A.N.Other. That =?
A quiz question = ‘Who played the lead in the film Lassie?
The Club AGM will be held in the Clubroom on Sunday the 16th of January. Nomination and motion forms have been circulated.
We are delighted to announce that our new clubrooms have been shortlisted for the Local Authority Members' Association (LAMA!) annual awards. The gala ceremony will take place in Dublin on the 22nd January with Miriam O’Callaghan as M.C. when the final results will be announced. Anyone who is interested in attending should contact the Secretary.
The annual St Stephen's Day Street League games are scheduled for the Abbey Park on Sunday next with games at 11.30am and 12.30pm. This is for adult players-U21s, juniors and seniors. The event is subject to a 7am pitch inspection by our pitch co-ordinators! I got very little on this in terms of team lists, captains strategy and that bumph! Ciest la vie.
The Club extends Season’s Greetings to our many players, mentors, supporters, our loyal sponsors, Club Lotto ticket purchasers and direct debit holders, lotto sellers and the publicans who host our fortnightly draw- which is the lifeblood of the club- and the local media (Ros Herald and People and the Ros. Champion and Realboyle) for their excellent coverage. Good wishes are also extended to our Club players who unfortunately (is that valid?) are abroad at present, many of whom have achieved football success this year, such as Damien Keenehan and Seamus Gallagher who won titles in Australia with Wolfe Tones in Melbourne and Roch Hanmore who is starring in both Aussie Rules and Gaelic football and Killian (with a K) Egan who is playing in Perth! (I didn’t know that). These stars will be supplemented by another X Factor star now that Karl Keenan has arrived. Success was also achieved by former Boyle Ladies football player, Aisling Dolan who won an All-Britain Championship medal with Oisin’s Club of Manchester. If I was in Melbourne I’d be in the ‘G’ on St. Stephen’s Day for the fourth test.
Regards to Paddy Conlon in Wolkingham, Austin Beisty in New York, Damien Dooley wherever, Kieran Keenehan in W.A. Tony Garvin, Ciaran Conlon, Timmy O'Dowd, Rory and Sinead on tour and that veteran of GAA teams A.N.Other. The Wiliam Hill Sport’s Book of the Year is; ‘The Club’ (Pub. By Penguin Ireland) by Christy O’Connor (not the golfer now). It is about a year in the life of St. Joseph’s Doora-Barefield club in Ennis with a resonance for all clubs. It is getting top reviews.
R.T.E. Sports Awards of 2010 is on Wednesday night at 9.35.
Since this is most likely to be the last post before Christmas, on behalf of the P.R. Dept. Martin and I extend Seasons’ Greetings to all who tune in here. We hope you all have a good, happy and safe (especially in Bondi Junction and on Bondi Beach) Christmas and that 2011 will be a bit less traumatic than the past year.
Slan from:
Martin/Tony and all at Boyle GAA

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