Mon.17th 11.30am. Sorry for the dominance of text in this blog. Hopefully I'll get a bit capable of inserting pics. etc here anon and make it more presenatable. But you're stuck with the reading material yet. This evening (Mon.) the minors play Castlerea in Boyle, time ??. Tonight, time 9ish I presume, Seamus Nugent of Kilglass Gaels will give an outline of his walk to Croker (Croke Park) as a fundraiser which raised 20 to 30,000 euro. Boyle are hoping to go down that route this September if Club people buy into it. A good fundrainer as such would be great to reduce the capital debt on the club which is, from memory, in the region of €130,000. The next big promtion is the County Board fundraiser on Saturday May 7th at Puncherstown Races. Being a Saturday there is an opportunity for race goers to get involved so if anyone is interested please get in touch with the principal officers. Lotto:There was no Jackpot winner in the recent Lotto draw in The Royal. The numbers drawn were 2/4/15/27. The following were €20 winners;-Pat and Angela Leonard, Tom and Pat Cox, Michael O'Dowd, Nuala and Gerry Morris, John Carroll, Monica Daly, Bernie Walsh, Ger Daly, Deirdre Kearney and Sabrina Farrelly. The house prize was won by John Flynn. The next draw will be held in Creighton’s on this Saturday night with Kathleen Hanmore's team in charge. The jackpot will be €3,200. The McGovern Directional Drilling senior team had a hard earned win over St Faithleach’s in the Abbey Park on Sunday on a scoreline of 3.7 to 1.11 in the O'Rourke Cup.I’ll write up a few comments on it tonight. This is a good start again this year with two wins from three games. Around 9 points is the first objective for remaining in the top division. They will be in action again on Sunday next (Easter Sunday) when they will entertain (!) Castlerea St Kevin’s in the Abbey Park at 4pm.This was the team's first appearance in the new jerseys generously (again) sponsored by Tony McGovern.I remember, the old days (!)when a set of jerseys were for life! I mentioned here last week that I had unearthed a prety good set of Boyle jerseys which some of the team managers might find useful for training or some such. This is the last mention of same. I see that Thomas Crummy has a 'Bikes 4 Africa scheme' so if you have a redundant bike maybe that is something to interest you, though with the price of petrol more people will be getting on their bike. Thanks to Kathleen and Mary for the refresments after the game on Sunday. They set the highest standards as in everything. Go raibh maith agaidh.What about a television etc. in the community room in the A.P.?
Abbeytown tidy and litter picking detail on Wednesday evening! The U16s are awaiting news of their upcoming Division 1 League semi final. The U14s will host Padraig Pearses in the Abbey Park on this Thursday at 7pm. The U12s enjoyed a very successful blitz in a sun-drenched Abbey Park on Saturday last. Thanks to all the teams who participated and to all who helped in the successful staging of the event. Good luck to Seanie and the Roscommon Seniors in the National League Division 4 Final in Croke Park on Saturday next at 5pm and to Donal and Enda Smith and Tadhg McKenna and the Roscommon Minors who get to play in Croke Park on Saturday next at 3 against New York in the Connacht Championship. Here's hoping that all will be back there again later in the year (Sept. 18th!). I presume the Ros. seniors are off to New York next week. A couple of Dublin based people going to the match on Sat., might be looking for a lift to Boyle after the Croke Park game so someone with space might let me know. All minor and U16 players who have not yet paid registration fees are asked to do so in the coming week. Thanks to all team managers who are ensuring that dressing rooms are cleaned after each training session and game. A special thank you to Michael Brennan and Martin Purcell who had the pitch in excellent shape for Sunday's O'Rourke Cup game. All managers are advised that no training is to take place in the pitch on Good Friday from 6.30pm as the Stations of the Cross will take place in the adjacent Boyle Abbey which will open to visitors from Thursday the 21st from 10am to last entry at 5.15pm. Best wishes are extended to Kevin Mullin and Roisin Young on their forthcoming wedding. Tickets are available from the Club Officers for the forthcoming County Board fundraiser at Punchestown Races. Boyle Ladies Club; Boyle U12 Girls will play Padraig Pearses on this Wednesday at 7pm in the Abbey Park. Their game versus St Croans was rescheduled to Ballintubber-see fixtures for details. The U16 Girls are due to play their Division 1B final this week-see fixtures. The U14 girls championship has a change of format this year. The first three rounds are to be played in May and June and the remaining four rounds in August. Details of training will be issued by text. Boyle Junior Ladies will play St Mary's in Boyle this weekend-see details . The Roscommon U14 girls will play Galway this week. Good luck to panel members from Boyle;- Melissa Goldrick, Sarah Halligan, Melissa Mattimoe and Sinead Meehan. Congratulations to Maria and Suzie Keenehan who were on the Roscommon Ladies team who won the Division 4 League semi final against Louth on Sunday and also to Boyle native Marla Candon, who plays her club football in Dublin, who was also a member of the team. They will have a day out in Croke Park in the final shortly. Boyle Junior Ladies v St Marys Good Friday at 4.00pm in Boyle. If you got to here you win yourself a cookie!
Sin e. Martin Dolan/T.C.
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