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*** See Ladies Club note below.
I have had a request for a programme from a good while ago……1973 in fact. Boyle lost out to St. Dominick’s in that year’s Intermediate Final. I have one from 1974 v Oran. I remember Freddie Daly having someone collecting material of his so if someone lets Freddie know maybe he’d have one. The 1974 team listed on that programme was: Gerry O’Dowd; Pat Clarke; Anthony Keenehan; Freddie Daly; John McDermott, Christy Dolan (Capt.); Gerry Carty; Sean Young; Seamie O’Dowd; Leo Doherty; Timmy O’Dowd; Jnr. Dooley; John Joe Carty; John Martin. Also on the panel were: Rory Ahern; John Keenehan; Sean Daly; James Dodd; Noel sheerin; Harry Casserly. That list is as per 1974 prog.
What I assume is the pic. of the 1973 team also has S. Purcell; Billy Hanmore, Noel McCole, National Irish Bank; Joe Tormey; Jimmy Dwyer, P.J. Henry, J.P.Hever. there were also two forestry workers Joe Lynch and ?Roche.
So if there is a programme surviving from 1973 I’d be very interested in hearing of it.
Boyle lost three County Finals in a row then. In 1972 v St. Patrick’s, Knockcroghery in Junior. In 1973 v St. Dominick’s (a combination of St. Patrick’s and Rahara), Intermediate despite being beaten in Junior in ’72! and also v Oran in 1974 Intermediate
*****Training for Boyle Ladies panel continues as usual on Wednesday and Friday evenings at 7pm. There was a very entertaining “A versus B challenge on Sunday at which in excess of thirty players participated. This bodes well for the upcoming season. The U16 girls get their season underway on Sunday when they play Western Gaels in Frenchpark at 3.30pm. All panel members are asked to assemble at the Abbey Park at 2.15 to travel to Frenchpark. Parents are asked to make themselves available to provide transport and support as usual****
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The following were €20 winners at the most recent Club Lotto draw which was held in the Abbey Bar recently;- Gerry McCormack, Gerry McLoughlin, Sandra McCrann, Kevin and Maria Lavin, Sharon Conroy, Oliver O'Reilly, Sinead Cummins, Paula Kearns, Sean Kearns,and Anne Marie McHugh. The house prize was won by Jonathan Lyons. The jackpot wasn't won and it will be at €5,500 for this week's draw which will be held in the Patrick's Well. Team A- Aidan Lavin's team will be in charge.
All Club activity was postponed at the weekend, including our O'Gara Cup and U16 League games versus St Dominics, as a mark of respect to the Smith Family, on the death of Mrs Rita Smith, Carrick Road. The sympathy of the Club is extended to the family on Rita's passing.
Those postponed games will be re-scheduled. All Club members are asked to attend an important meeting of the Club on this Wednesday night in the Clubroom at 8.30pm. The meeting will discuss proposals for this year's fundraising projects.
Details of the Minor Club's presentation night [for 2011] will be announced shortly. The National Automation Limited minors will commence the defence of the Division 1 Minor League title when they take on Roscommon Gaels in Lisnamult on Friday night at 8pm.
The Cooney Motors/Cooney Centra Junior team will play St Joseph's in the Tansey Cup on Sunday next in The Abbey Park at 11.30am.[Is the schedule for the Intermediate O’Gara Cup available? T.C.]
[Roscommon put in a very poor second half performance to go down to a disappointing loss to Longford on Sunday. If it were not for the cushion of two early ‘caught them cold’ goals it could have been a bad finishing score- line. I don’t get the idea of holding play up to put in substitutes in the last two minutes or so of a game when the side is behind. While Roscommon got a four point (or was it five point lead?) there were only a handful of good performances from Roscommon and lot of erratic/untidy/ragged performances. Might I suggest that the height of the crossbar in Gaelic football is 2.5 m and the need to kick balls, for points, in such a fashion that they are a hazard to low flying aircraft just ‘does my head in’.
Tomorrow I hope to meet a former Boyle star who is paying a flying visit to Boyle i.e. Paddy Conlon. The following were €20 winners at the most recent Club Lotto draw which was held in the Abbey Bar recently;- Gerry McCormack, Gerry McLoughlin, Sandra McCrann, Kevin and Maria Lavin, Sharon Conroy, Oliver O'Reilly, Sinead Cummins, Paula Kearns, Sean Kearns,and Anne Marie McHugh. The house prize was won by Jonathan Lyons. The jackpot wasn't won and it will be at €5,500 for this week's draw which will be held in the Patrick's Well. Team A- Aidan Lavin's team will be in charge.
All Club activity was postponed at the weekend, including our O'Gara Cup and U16 League games versus St Dominics, as a mark of respect to the Smith Family, on the death of Mrs Rita Smith, Carrick Road. The sympathy of the Club is extended to the family on Rita's passing.
Those postponed games will be re-scheduled. All Club members are asked to attend an important meeting of the Club on this Wednesday night in the Clubroom at 8.30pm. The meeting will discuss proposals for this year's fundraising projects.
Details of the Minor Club's presentation night [for 2011] will be announced shortly. The National Automation Limited minors will commence the defence of the Division 1 Minor League title when they take on Roscommon Gaels in Lisnamult on Friday night at 8pm.
The Cooney Motors/Cooney Centra Junior team will play St Joseph's in the Tansey Cup on Sunday next in The Abbey Park at 11.30am.[Is the schedule for the Intermediate O’Gara Cup available? T.C.]
[Roscommon put in a very poor second half performance to go down to a disappointing loss to Longford on Sunday. If it were not for the cushion of two early ‘caught them cold’ goals it could have been a bad finishing score- line. I don’t get the idea of holding play up to put in substitutes in the last two minutes or so of a game when the side is behind. While Roscommon got a four point (or was it five point lead?) there were only a handful of good performances from Roscommon and lot of erratic/untidy/ragged performances. Might I suggest that the height of the crossbar in Gaelic football is 2.5 m and the need to kick balls, for points, in such a fashion that they are a hazard to low flying aircraft just ‘does my head in’.
I did meet Christine O’Callaghan in Boyle recently and she follows us here and I send my regards to her son John Tierney who is making waves in Sydney.
It was good to meet another former Boyle and Galway star, Joe Tormey, out and about in Boyle. Joe has been ill recently.
Well done to all involved in a major fundraiser in Kilronan Castle on Saturday night last. It was great night with a tremendous response.
I haven’t heard anything regarding a GAA entry for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade as yet.
Fair play to Rory McIlroy for becoming golf’s world number one on Sunday. His Danish girl friend, Caroline Wozniacki, was the number one tennis player until recently. So two number ones come together and they say opposites attract!
I will wind up here as I am getting, ‘ink needed’ alerts and it is too late to ring Aengus. T.C.]
The Club is putting the final touches to the establishment of facebook link, thanks to the efforts of Mark O'Donohoe. [While I (T.C.) am very weak at all these modern communications systems perhaps if you click on this link: link http://en-gb.facebook.com/BoyleGAAClub this should do the trick.
Go raibh maith agaibh
Martin Dolan/T.C./F.M.
P.R. Dept., Boyle GAA Club
086 2413529
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