Wed. 2.32. I’ve been away a couple of days, hence the delay. There is an amount of material to deal with so ‘put the kettle on’. A happy St. Patrick’s Day to all in England/the U.S./Canada/ and Oz and abroad generally. Hillary Beirne of Kilbryan (well signed, out the Carrick Road) is one of the prime movers in the New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
1. Re. the St. Patrick’s Day parade; if anyone reading this has a float please let me know in five lines or so, by email or on a card tomorrow, the thrust of the float as I need the info. as M.C. Has the GAA club an entry? There are good prizes and so on. There is plenty of topical material this year. I presume St. Ming will be very evident. Floats from Ballinafad and Carrick-on-Shannon are encouraged to return to the later parade in Boyle. (Maybe it will be an opportunity to complete some New York ticket sales. If anyone is still interested in New York tickets they can call me on 086 816 33 99).
2. I have been asked to ask trainers and players NOT to use the main pitch in the coming days. There are 3 games there on Sunday. A lot of damage, which can take a long time to recover, can be done by overuse at this time of year when the weather is poor and the days not long enough to cause sufficient drying.
3. Saturday night is presentation night in the clubroom. There will be a presentation of medals to the juniors, Club-Person of the Year and the Hall of Fame award. Saturday night's function will also include the presentation of the North Division 4 winner’s medals for 2010 to the successful panel of players as well as Player of the Year at Intermediate levels and so on.
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I wish to thank all who supported the quiz on Friday night last in the Moylurg Inn as a fundraiser to assist the GAA community in Brisbane whose club faciliities were destroyed in the January flooding. Also I thank Martin Purcell and Sabrina at Purcell Print. (I believe that one of the real successes there is the publication of Memoriam Cards. So….). Many thanks to the correctors Aidan, Kathleen, Mary, Conor, Ml. and A.N.Other for their help. They, as I always say, do Trojan work for he club on all fronts. Also thanks to Ml. Brennnan, Tommy Egan, the media, Ros. Herald/People and realboyle. The final word to Kevin and Aaron of the Moylurg who made every effort and with whom I was most impressed by their help, approach and attitude. Good luck to them in their enterprise at the Moylurg. I suppose anyone who missed the quiz may, if they wish, make a donation!
5. Plans are at an advanced stage for the holding of the Club's monster draw on Saturday night next 19th March in the Clubroom at 9pm. All who have been allocated tickets are asked to make one final push to complete their sales and to return the counterfoils and the proceeds to the Clubroom where there will be a special "ticket sales" meeting on Friday night at 8pm. Thanks to all the hardy souls who manned the ticket sales stands at Londis and Supervalu on Saturday last, and thanks also to Neil Kennedy of Londis and to Shane Kelly of Supervalu for their co-operation. To see Liam Conroy at the ticket sales table at Londis early on Saturday morning was both inspirational and intimidating. This draw has used up a lot of the energy of the main coordinators.
6. Junior and Under 21 for 2011. The Cooney Motors/Centra team lost to Kilglass Gaels in the League in the Abbey Park on Sunday last. They will host Western Gaels in the Abbey Park in their next outing on Sunday next at 2pm.
7. The minor team's scheduled game with St Brigids didn't go ahead on Sunday last and it has been re-scheduled for Kiltoom on this Friday night under lights. The U16s will play Padraig Pearses on Sunday next at 12 noon in the Abbey Park.
8. Well done to the Roscommon U21 and senior teams which both had successful outings at the weekend. Good wishes are extended to St Brigid’s as they take on Crossmaglen Rangers in the All Ireland Club Final on St Patrick's Day in Croke Park and we are confident that they will be returning with the Andy Merrigan Cup.
9. Saturday next is a huge day of sport with Roscommon U 21 v Leitrim at Ck.-on-Sh. I believe, and the county minors also in action and on Sunday the seniors take on Clare in Ennis. (And Big Bang Casey’s fight on Sat. night). Ireland was beaten by the Windies and South Africa and so have just one more game v Netherlands in the World Cup. They did well.
10. Lotto: There was no Jackpot on Saturday night from Mattimoe’s. The numbers drawn were 6/8/18/27. The €20 winners were: Gerry Carty; John and Olive Filan/ Vincent McDonagh/John and Anglea Gannon/ Marian McGowan/ Pat Nicholson/ Vincent Brady/ Emer and Ruth Kelly/Joe Rooney/Karl Cuffe. The House Prize was won by James Sharkey. The next draw will take place in the Patrick’s Well with team ‘A’. The Jackpot will be €3,000.
11. Congratulations to Paddy Mulvey who gets the GAA President’s Award this Wed. evening in Croke Park. Paddy has been part of the GAA landscape here in Roscommon, and especially in the North of the county, for decades. One memorable image that springs to mind is a confrontation between Paddy with the gallowses straining and Dessie in front of the goals in the Abbey Park goals. Nothing for U tube I’m afraid. We congratulate him and wish him well. I've just spotted that this event is covered on TG4 this evening Wed. from 10.15 so Paddy and co. should feature there.
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Boyle Ladies Club;
Boyle U16 girls secured their third consecutive victory on Sunday last when they survived a strong challenge from Michael Glavey's on a scoreline of 6. 7 to 5. 6. They will entertain St Dominic’s on Sunday next at 3.30pm in the Abbey Park. Boyle junior ladies will have their first outing of the season on Sunday next when they will take on Ballinameen in Ballinameen. The U12s will train on Monday and Friday evenings from 6pm to 7pm.
Go raibh maith agaibh,
Martin Dolan/T.C.
P.R.O. Boyle GAA Club
086 2413529
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