Boyle GAA Blog ...by Tony Conboy

I am posting this on Thursday night at 10.45pm. If there is anyone coming through Roscommon town to Boyle tomorrow perhaps that person might contact me on 071 9662436 as I need a message collected in Ros. I seem to have 'lost' my mobile today hence the landline no.

Paddy, received your post with enclosure for which many thanks.

Last night's 'Walk to Croker' meeting advanced the planning process. There is a great need for volunteers who say they are interested in walking/collecting to 'firm up' the exact dates in which they will be available between Monday the 12th to Sunday the 18th. There is a real need for at least 12 people per day. Captains for each day are in place to coordinate each day's Walk. Hopefully there will be a mix of personnel and not a concentration of a particular group on any day.

While there is a social/cameraderie notion to the project let there be no doubt but that the underlying very serious core reason for this project is the collection of a substantial amount of money. This is necessary to reduce the debt burden from the approx. €130,000 owing at the moment. Without doing this the option is to reduce current expenditure and postpone, indefinitely, any futher development plans. It may be necessary to realise that this is not for the benefit of the likes of Tony Conboy, Aidan Lavin, Kathleen Hanmore, Martin Dolan, Martin Purcell, Michael Brennan or the other senior activists in the club. This is for the present and future generations who avail of the fine facilities now in place. Also the present executive would like to able to see a reasonable balance of payments balance sheet for any incoming AGM executive. So let everyone put the shoulder to the wheel...please... and give this project the push it deserves. It was great to see the number of fresh faces at the meeting of Aug. 11th. There is also the hope that Boyle people in Dublin and along the route will come on board. We are really appealing to the younger set in Dublin to come on board definitely. The Saturday/Sunday in Dublin is key.

That's my sermon for now !!

There will be meetings each of the three remaining Wednesday nights up to the event and there will be a 'Launch' on Wednesday August the 31st at 8.30 in the Club rooms.