Mon. 2 am. The following were €20 winners at the most recent Club Lotto draw which was held recently in the Moylurg Inn;- Cathal and Mary McGee, Finbar Feely, Donal Kelly, Padraig Roddy, Paul Simon, Cian McLoughlin, Martina Furey, Josie Daly, Deirdre Davitt and Fiona Keenan. The house prize was won by Padraig Muldoon. The jackpot wasn't won and it will be at €2,400 for next Saturday night's draw which will be held in Dodd's Bar. Team D will be in charge.

There was no activity on the playing fields during the past week. The National Automation Limited U21s are in preparation for their Division 1 County Semi-Final which is scheduled for the 9th of December against opposition that is yet to be determined.

The Club is planning to start "The Gathering" in advance of the official commencement when it will welcome home many former players, supporters and friends to it big social event of the year-the annual Christmas Quiz, which will be held in St Joseph's Hall on 28th December.

 Congratulations to St Brigids on retaining their Connacht Senior Club title on Sunday with a polished display especially in the second half. While many  of these games, at this time of year fail to live up to expectations or hopes rather this was one where both teams are to be commended on their approach to playing top class football without displays of niggardly rancour.  

Well done to Boyle Musical Society on their as usual excellent show-"The Producers".

The Club wishes Donal Smith every success as nominee for U21 ‘Player of the Year’. The winner will be announced at the upcoming Roscommon Supporters Club banquet.

The Club extends its sympathy to the Neary family, Callow, Frenchpark on the sad passing of former Ballinameen player Benny Neary, and to the Roddy families Grange and Finisklin on the death of Mrs Rita Burke, Carrick on Shannon. 

The Club thanks those who assisted in the church gate collection at the weekend for the ISPCC and to all who contributed a substantial sum to this very worthy cause.  

Go raibh maith agaibh,

Martin Dolan,

P.R.O. Boyle GAA Club

086 2413529    

 

Mon. 11.45 am. An important general meeting of the Club will be held in the Clubroom on this Tuesday night  the 20th of Nov to consider, and formulate, motions for the forthcoming County Convention. It is imperative that all involved with Club activities and team management are present so that motions relating to club fixtures can be carefully considered.

The highlight of the weekend was the excellent victory of our National Automation Limited U21s in the final group game in the Division 1 Championship, over a gallant Clan na Gael team. It was one of the better games played in the County this year, by two fiercely committed team and the lead changing hands on a number of occasions. A report on the game  is available on the Boyle GAA Facebook page. This victory now means that Boyle has made the semi-final stage of this competition. The semi-final will be played on Sunday 9th December, and the opposition is yet to be determined.

Boyle natives who are looking for a special get-together at Christmas are asked to make a note of the Boyle GAA Club Annual Christmas Quiz/Social and Presentation Night which will be held in St Joseph's Hall on Friday 28th December. This has developed as the biggest social event of the festive season in Boyle and the ideal opportunity to ‘meet and greet’ friends home for Christmas in a spacious fun atmosphere. There are indications that there will be quite a few ‘home’ from distant parts so we are really looking forward to it.
The Club will assist the ISPCC in the holding of their annual church gate collection next weekend. All Club members are asked to help out and to contact Kathleen Hanmore immediatly to state their preferred availability.
The Club extends its sympathy to the Beirne Family, Granny, Ballinameen on the untimely passing of Attracta.
Congratulations are extended to Jonathan Conroy and Edel and also to Peter and Anne Gavigan on the recent births of their baby daughters. No doubt Boyle Ladies Club will be looking forward to their p articipation in the future!
Congratulationsare also extended to Club stalwart Liam Clifford on his recent retirement after 46 years in the bottled-gas delivery business. Enjoy your retirement Liam. You can forget about your (snow) shovel not going to work now.
Did anyone see the Galway Senior hurling final on T.G. 4 on Sunday? The performance of the referee in terms of ignoring blatant foul play was pretty extraordinary. If the eventual winners St. Thomas’s had lost on foot of this it would be a severe injustice. While one might suggest that we at this distance should not be getting too exercised about an issue in Pearse Stadium it reflects badly on our organisation. Now with the U Tube phenonoma it is possible that it will also travel as Roscommon’s search for a manager has done. On the same theme (and on the other side of the equation)  I read that Roscommon referee, Kevin McGeeney, was assaulted after a Connacht Junior hurling game in Ballyhaunis. Sunday Indo columnist Eamon Sweeney had a good –as usual- short piece on this issue on Sun. the 18^th.
Go raibh maith agaibh,
Martin Dolan/t.c.
P.R.O. Dept. Boyle GAA Club
086 2413529      

 

Mon. 11am. The following were €20 winners at the most recent Club Lotto draw which was held in Daly's; Kevin and Marie Lavin, Gus Gannon, Anthony and Bernadette Keenehan, Pat Conroy, Seamus Cooney, Aine O'Connor, Joe O'Donnell, Niall Tarmey, Donncha Flynn and Colette Collins. The house prize was won by Helena Casey. The jackpot wasn't won and it now stands at €2,300 for the next draw. This will be held in the Moylurg Inn on Saturday night next. Team ‘C’ will be in charge.

The Club hosted the Garda Cup Final on Sunday in a sunny Abbey Park. Congrats to the Strokestown team who won this coveted cup on this occasion, with a good victory over Elphin. Thanks to Gardai Michael Pilkington and Fergal O'Donnell who presented the medals and the cup and to Loyola, Melissa and Daniel Kelly who presented the John Kelly Memorial Trophy to the ‘Man of the Match’ winner. While the Boyle club Secretary was referee for the game I was disappointed that the general arrangements for the fixture was left in the hands of a couple of senior club reliables, who probably wanted to be with the U 21s' in Ros. 

The National Automation Limited U21s' lost to an excellent Roscommon Gaels team in Lisnamult on Sunday in the second game in the U21 Division 1 Championship. They will play Clan na Gael in a must-win final game in the group stages of the Championship on Saturday next. See fixtures for details of venue and time. The half-time score was Ros. Gaels 0.6 Boyle 1.2 the fine goal coming from Enda Smith. Dylan East added a second goal 5 minutes into the second half and it seemed as if the game was going to be a close encounter. However Gaels added a series of points and with a brace of goals mid-way in the half sealed the deal. As said above this Gaels team is the real deal and the pace with which they operate, in all elements of play, is very impressive. They have an all-round ability with no obvious weaknesses. Still I would like to see Boyle having another crack at them as it would haelp to mould their challenge c.v. for the future as this Boyle team is very young. they certainly tried their best on Sunday and if a number of breaks fell their their way it could have been a closer encounter.     

There will be an important one-agenda-only meeting at 8.30pm on Tuesday week, the 20th of Novemeber, to formulate motions for submission to the upcoming County Convention. It is important that club members give serious thought to the restructuring of the County fixture lists and motions are required to bring about any changes considered necessary.

The Club continues to express its gratitude to the Rural Social Scheme workers for the excellent improvement works that are ongoing in the Abbey Park. The Club continues to receive favourable comment on their work.

(I wish to sympathise with the family of the late Luke Hurley of Gortaganny and with his club, Michael Glavey's. Luke died and was buried last week. Luke was a staunch Ml. Glavey's man and was one of the 'ever visibles' at their games and occasions. Every club has a perhaps a half dozen whose names you know and another perhaps a dozen or so whose names you don't know but know by sight having seen them down the years following their club or at county games. Luke was a decent, good and helpful man. May he rest in peace .   

It was nice to see an extensive article, by Dermot Crowe, on one of my heroes, Liam Gilmartin, in The Sunday Indo. Sport's section, page 9 yesterday. Liam captained the first Roscommon team to win an All-Ireland i.e. the minors of 1939 and won 2 All-Ireland senior medals in '43 and '44 and never played on a losing Ros. championship team. With Eamon Boland he formed one of the great midfield pairings in the history of the game. He got T.B. at the age of 23 in late '44and thus his football career ended. Indeed staying alive was then the challenge but remarkably he is still to the good at the age of 91. He is just a remarable man and Ros. would almost certainly have added to the 2 All-Ireland senior titles had he been able to continue as a player. He was, in the words of many of his colleagues, 'irreplaceable'.  Coincidentally I have submitted a short piece, on the same man, to the Ros. Herald a short time ago. t.c.)    

Go raibh maith agaibh,

Martin Dolan

PRO Boyle GAA Club

086 2413529 

Tues. 10.20. The time for the U 21 game on Sunday is now 2 p.m (not 1 as listed below) v Ros. Gaels in Lisnamult.

Sun. 10.15 p.m.

The 2012 season came to an end for our U14s’ on Sunday in the Abbey Park when losing to old rivals Strokestown in the Garda Cup in a closely fought encounter. Thanks to all the lads for their committment throughout the season and we look forward to seeing them back playing football in the New Year, whether at U14 or U16 levels. Thanks also to the management. (The P.R. Dept. was not aware of this game hence no mention here beforehand t.c.).

The Cooney Motors/ Cooney's Centra team bowed out of the North Junior ‘B’ Championship at the semi-final stage when losing to Kilmore in Kilmore on Saturday. Boyle were blitzed in Donegal like fashion in the first half, but they rallied well thereafter, but the gap was too great to bridge. Perhaps if Johnny Lyons had made the return trip from Australia it might have been different! Thanks again to  the entire panel and to their management and to their sponsors Cooney Motors/ Cooney's Centra.

The National Automation Limited U21s’ will play Rocommon Gaels on Sunday next at 1pm in Lisnamult in the second round of the Division 1 Championship.

******All underage team managers are advised that all underage players will be obliged to wear gumshields in all games and in training from start of 2013.****** (This is an advance that I applaud and have mentioned here from time to time......not very successfully as far as I could observe. t.c.).   
 

Congratulations are extended to the six people from Boyle who have direct or indirect connections with the Club, who competed and finished in high ranking positions in last Monday's Dublin City Marathon. They are Gerard Sheerin, Catherine Dolan, David McKenna, Kate Harrington, Laura Mahon and Marina Scally. If anbody else from Boyle participated, apologies for the ommission.

The Club extends its deepest sympathy to the Emmett family on the passing of Mrs. Tess Emmett, Ballyfarnon.

Go raibh maith agaibh,

Martin Dolan/t.c.

P.R.O. Dept. Boyle GAA Club

086 2413529