Tomorrow is D. Day. People often think that means Deliverance Day but I read somewhere that is not the case. Anyways I hope the rain that is beating a backdrop to this paragraph has subsided by tomorrow. Sunday…. Dinner at 9 is, to get a clear run at the day. Good luck to the Boyle lads, Fergal, Sean, Stephen, James, Joe and the minors Donal, Enda and Tadgh and all Ros. of course. The day has great potential. I’m off Monday! I imagine the lads in Oz will be tuning in ….let us know the result as youse are hours ahead of us here.
There is a late call for STEWARDS for the game. If you wish to do so just get there, I imagine early, and go through due procedure.
The Juniors lost to Oran at Oran on Saturday evening. The half time score was Oran 1.6 Boyle 1.4. The final score Oran 1.14 Boyle 2.6. The team: T. McGarty, C.Cox, J.Healy, Ml. Birmingham, B. Furey, C. Boylan, M.McHale, P. Lavin C. Lavin, B. McQuaid, L. Conboy, K. Feighan, C. Horan, P. Simon, C. Garvin with C. Beirne. A number of possible players were missing.
If people have kids who leave items behind in Boyle dressing rooms or grounds please contact us as early as possible. There is something akin to the Golden 24 hours obtaining in the case of mislaid items. The odds against recovery increase as the hours pass especially if it a designer item.
A good friend of mine, Jarlath Tivnan, will feature prominently in a NUIG play called Breathing Water at the Focus Theatre, in (I think) Pembroke St. off St. Stephen’s Green on Monday the 18th and Tuesday 19th at 8pm. If you are in the zone you could do worse than drop in and support.
The campaign of this week is the selling of Roscommon County Board €100 tickets. I presume all club members are aware of the importance of this and the fact that the club can either gain a little or lose considerably by not reaching the quota. Even people taking half shares or a group of four for a ticket would all help. So put your shoulder to the wheel for a last push…….please!
Lotto: The following were €20 winners at the most recent Club Lotto draw which was held in Dodd’s; Peggy Feely, Cian Smith, Eamon O'Connor, Fergal and Marie O'Donnell, Martina Mullaney (Forest View), John Lynch, Bernadette O'Gara, Claire Kelly, Catherine Mattimoe and David Brennan. The house prize as won by Pat Kennedy. This week's draw will be held in An CraoibhÃn on Saturday night with Mary Clifford's team in charge.
The U14s lost to St Dominick’s in the championship play-off. They will now have a break until the Garda Cup competition in September.
The U16s’ were due to play St. Croans in the championship on Friday but it was postponed at St Croan’s request and it has been re-fixed for the Abbey Park on Monday the 18th.
The National Automation Limited minor panel is in training for the upcoming championship.
The Cooney Motors/Cooney Centra junior team will play Oran on Saturday next at 6pm in Oran in the second round of the Junior ‘A’ Championship.
The McGovern Directional Drilling team lost to Clan na Gael in the O'Rourke Cup in Johnstown on Tuesday evening last. They now have a short break before their Intermediate Championship quarter-final and their three remaining O'Rourke Cup games.
There are only a few days remaining for those who wish to purchase tickets from Club Officers for the upcoming County Board draw.
All team managers are asked not to use the main pitch in the Abbey Park for training until frther notice.
The Club and the Ladies Club wish the three Roscommon teams in action at the coming weekend the very best of luck, especially to Eoin Lavin, Colin Goldrick and Luke Brennan who are with the County U16 panel which will participating the Ted Webb Cup on Saturday, to Donal and Enda Smith and Tadhg McKenna who are on the Minor panel for the Connacht Final versus Galway, and to Sean Purcell, David Casey, Fergal, Stephen, James and the seniors who take on Mayo in defence of their Connacht title. It is shaping up to be a potentially great week end for the Rossies so fly the flag.
The County Board are urgently asking all clubs to provide a number of stewards for the games and guarantee that the stewards will have good views of the game. So it is really not such a sacrifice in those circumstances. Please let Kathleen know. It will be an early start on Sunday morning.
I see from Boyle golf notes that Gerry Emmett got a hole in one at Castlebar golf course recently. He must have been pleased with that.
One of the players we really miss here this year is Rory O’Donohoe. Rory was a great servant to Boyle GAA teams for yonks and I’ve seen him have many fine games, disputes with referees and debates with members of opposing teams et al. I remember when three O’Ds’ featured in the Intermediate winning team of 2005 and Niall being unplayable that day with a ‘Man of the Match’ performance as in 1995. Owen Jnr. was an underestimated player in my view and a great Boyle Celtic player to boot. The O’Ds’ cultivated their skills on the Forest View Green when Forest View could nearly have had a team of its own. It was a great time there and I especially remember the Italia ’90 house parties/viewing by the youngsters watching the games and the victory parades after the wins/draws. There is a great pic. I think taken by Christy Regan, of the panel celebrating the Irish win over Romania. I started off paying tribute to Rory O’D. and deviated, as I do. So the best of luck Rory and I hope you happy days playing for whatever club you are with now.
Is there any move on the suggestion of trying to involve out of Ireland nationalities in GAA activities and the GAA generally?
Liam Conroy, I heard (rightly or wrongly) was wondering if the 5 mph sign in the Abbey Park is for inside or outside the fence?
Ladies Club;
The U12s train on Mondays and Fridays while the U14s train on Wednesdays and Fidays. The U16s will play their Division 1B Final on Wednesday 20th July against Padraig Pearses at a venue and time to be confirmed. All Boyle GAA supporters are asked to come out on that evening to support the girls.The Junior Ladies will play Ballinameen in their next championship game on the weekend of 22nd July.
Martin Dolan/Adapted for the screen by T.C.
(11pm, the 11th hour) APPEAL:
I post above the ticket for the County Board €100 Draw. This draw is essential for the financing of the County teams. Each club in the county is given a certain allocation of tickets to sell, Boyle's quota is 150. If we do not sell our quota then we have to make up the difference between what we sell and that quota. If we DO sell our quota we make a dividend, for the club, at registration time, which is substantial. No one likes selling tickets, especially €100 ones, so we do ask our club and county supporters to bear that in mind and come on board generously even in say half shares in a ticket. There are probably people away from Boyle, abroad even (!) who could do this. The first draw will take place on Saturday the 16th the eve of the Connacht Final. So we ask people to buy and our members to sell even a couple of tickets so that the load is spread and is not left to the core officers and so on, as is often the case. So just make the call, make the offer. You might even win one of the very fine prizes on offer!
I post above the ticket for the County Board €100 Draw. This draw is essential for the financing of the County teams. Each club in the county is given a certain allocation of tickets to sell, Boyle's quota is 150. If we do not sell our quota then we have to make up the difference between what we sell and that quota. If we DO sell our quota we make a dividend, for the club, at registration time, which is substantial. No one likes selling tickets, especially €100 ones, so we do ask our club and county supporters to bear that in mind and come on board generously even in say half shares in a ticket. There are probably people away from Boyle, abroad even (!) who could do this. The first draw will take place on Saturday the 16th the eve of the Connacht Final. So we ask people to buy and our members to sell even a couple of tickets so that the load is spread and is not left to the core officers and so on, as is often the case. So just make the call, make the offer. You might even win one of the very fine prizes on offer!
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