Donaghmore GAA Club Notes 02/06/13

PJ Mc Donald Farewell Concert: He has entertained us for years and now tickets are on sale for the farewell concert by local musical legend PJ Mc Donald, who is emigrating to Australia. PJ and his friends will perform on Friday 7th June at 8 00PM at the Bardic Theatre. Tickets are limited; priced at £10 and are available from every committee member.
Club Donaghmore: The next draw will take place at PJ MC Donald farewell concert.
Adult Football: The Reserve team defeated Dromore with a superb Aidan Mc Cluskey goal making the difference, to maintain their strong start to the season. In the senior game a late goal turned the tide in Dromores favour, despite a courageous Donaghmore performance which had them leading for much of the game. Final score: 0 12 to 1 13.
Lotto – Last Weeks winning numbers were 3,9,13 and 20. There were 7 match 3 winners. Each receiving £15.00. Next Jackpot £3,400. Anyone interested in selling Lotto tickets on a weekly basis please contact Brian Faloon or any other committee member asap.
In the Loop: Anyone looking to be kept informed of club activites and fixtures please give your name and mobile number to any committee member.
Under 14s: The under 14s defeated Strabane and now play Omagh in the semi final of the championship probably on Saturday week.. They also defeated Kildress to reach the semi-final of the league where they will play Killeeshill, probably next Saturday. Please watch out for further details on fixtures and come along and get behind this team as they attempt to reach two finals.
Under 12s: The Under 12s continue to train on Monday nights at 6 30 PM.
Under 10s: There will be an u10 blitz on Saturday 8 June venue and time will be confirmed during week.
Minors – Our minors have completed their fixtures for the season. We would like to thank the team, management, officials and all who came along to support them this year.
Culture- Traditional classes continue in tin whistle with Donna Campbell and fiddle Bríd Rafferty on a Wednesday night from 7-9pm in the Torrent.
Ladies – U14 girls continue to train on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6.00pm. Next committee meeting is on Tuesday 4th June at 7.00pm in the torrent complex.  Gaelic for mothers and others – continues on Tuesday nights @ 7pm in the convent.

Senior Ladies play their 1st league game on Friday 19th April away to Kileeshil @ 7pm.

The Ladies Minor team played Coalisland in the championship on Monday 15th April. After a poor 1st half performance the girls gradually began to play the football they are capable off and from being 12 down they edged in front with Five minutes to play. Coalisland got a goal on the break shortly after and despite a great effort the girls couldn’t get the scores to merit the draw they deserved. Final score D’more 1-16 Coalisland 4-8!

The Senior and Reserve league are set to commence this weekend with away fixtures to Errigal Ciaran. Throw in times are 2.15pm for the Reserves & 3.45pm for the Senior Game. Good luck to both teams

Our U-14’s defeated Moy on Wednesday night on a scoreline of 8-12 to 5-6.

The seniors have been back training from the start of Feb and under the guidance of Adrian, Fergal and Dixie the pre season programme has went well. Numbers have been good from the outset and the team have been training and playing well to date. So far we have a few Friendlies with, Marherafelt, Maghrey, Loup and Armagh Harps and the mixture of youth and experience has us all in good spirits for the coming season which is due to commence on 21st April.

Picture No1: The senior team pictured before the game with Armagh Harps.

Picture No2:  Judge for yourself!! Paul Mc Cann tries in vain to stop the ball crossing the line. As it was a friendly we kindly allowed the goal to stand but come the competitive games I don’t think either of our 2 x umpires will be rushing for the green flag in a hurry

Picture No3: Cushy and Logie have put in a tremendous effort this past 2 years and hopefully our upward trend in performances and results can continue into 2013.

Picture No4: Dixie sporting our club colours and looking rather happy despite the cold conditions. Dixie is in his second year with the Pats and has both the seniors and reserves in great condition for this time of year.

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Our under 14 Boys recorded their first win of 2013 with a comprehensive victory over Derrylaughan on Saturday past. The boys played well from start to finish and they really showed the benefit of the many sessions they have had before the league commenced. The management of Chris Faloon, Conor McKeown and Collie Mc Nally had put in a lot of effort and have got the boys playing a good level of football for so early in the season. Hopefully the boys will continue to improve and the positive results keep coming.

Picture No1:  The Under 14’s before their game with Derrylaughan

Picture No2:  Eoin Kavanagh is captured here firing home the first goal of the game with an impressive finish following a great move.

Picture No3: Collie and Chris take time out for a quick picture before the game.

Picture No4: Ryan Cush in full flight against Derrylaughan.

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See all the pictures from Cultural Night held at the club Wednesday 27th March 2013.  A great crowd attended this Traditional session and it proved to be a very successful night for both the young musicians and for the adults and children in attendance. We hope to continue with these traditional sessions on a more regular basis.  We will keep you updated with more pictures and highlights of the evenings as and when they happen.

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