Final Action: Our juveniles play in a double header of finals this Saturday in Blackhill. Our U-14s B footballers play in the Div. 6 final this Saturday where we play Carrickmacross in Blackhill at 1.30pm. Our U-16 hurlers then play in the league final against St. Feilims in Blackhill at 3pm. Good luck to all players and management. All support appreciated.
Harvest Fest & Events Days: Keep free Sunday 7th October for harvest fest/sports day in St. Mellans. Fun for all the family.
Seniors: We lost at home to Latton in the latest round of SFL fixtures, 0-8 to 0-10. Our undoing was in the 1st half when we went into the break 0-3 to 0-7 down. This margin was increased to 0-3 to 0-8 early in the second half before we rallied to level the game at 0-8 each with 10 minutes remaining. However, it was Latton who scored the next points to send us to a defeat and leave us in an uncomfortable 9th position in the table with just 2 games remaining. The first of these games is this Saturday away to Currin at 5pm.
Lotto Jackpot now €3,000: There were no winner of last week’s jackpot of €2,800. The 4 lucky numbers were 7, 9, 16, 22. There were 9 match 3 winners, each receiving €25: Rose Hughes, Daniel McKee, Patsy Mullin, Stephen Tierney, Geraldine Khan, Danny Mulryan, Hugh McGeough-Tydavnet, McKenna Girls-Bracagh & C Mullan-Killacorn. Sellers: Roisin Donaghue & Camogie Club. Next week’s jackpot is €3,000. Check Team: Exec Team.
Cairde:Anyone who has contributions to Cairde outstanding please contact Niall on 0860604386 in coming weeks as the last jackets are being ordered.
Recreational Football: We lost to Eskra in the final of the Monagan Harps shield competition last Saturday. We are invited to a challenge match in Dublin this Saturday. Bus leaves St. Mellans at 2pm. Everyone welcome.
Party Bookings: Can be made for either bar. For booking contact 0861991150.
Club Shop: The club shop is open each Friday evening between 7-8pm. Sale rail with Hoodies, T-shirts, Water-Proof Track Bottoms, Rain Jackets and Padded Jackets. For that special occasion why not purchase a Gift Voucher. Many items to choose from.
U-14: Our U-14A’s lost out in the U -14 Div. 1 football final last week to Scotstown 2-3 to 1-10. We started the match slowly and were 0-1 to 1-3 behind at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter seen us add another point but Scotstown added 3 further points to make the half time score 0-2 to 1-6 against us. Our best period of the match came in the third quarter when we score 2-1 to bring the marghin of the game to 1 point. Gary McCaffrey & Gary Mohan scored our goals in this period. Scotstown regained the stronghold of the game in the last quarter, and scored 3 points to leave the fll time score Gaeil Triucha 2-3 Scotstown 1-10. Hard luck to the boys and mentors involved. Our team and scorers were: Oran McGee; Ryan Man, Kalum McKenna; Francie Sherry, Jameie Shelock, Col McAnespie; Gary McCaffrey (1-2), James McKenna; James Treanor, Gary McKenna (0-1), Kieran Rafferty; Aaron Mohan, Oran McElligot. Subs : Gary Mohan (1-0) for Kieran Rafferty, Daniel Treanor for Oran McElligott, Cormac McKenna, Cillian Woods, Shane Woods, Shane McKenna, Finbar McGinn, Matthew McKenna, Dermot Boyle, Oisin Treanor. Our U14 B team will play in the Division 6 League Final on Saturday the 29th of September at 1.30pm against Carrickmacross in Blackhill. Bus leaving St Mellans at 12.15 pm sharp. All our Under 14 players have put in a tremendous effort throughout the year, so lets all come out and support them as best we can.
Hurling:
Minors – our amalgamated team Truagh Harps play in the championship final against Emmett Grattans on Saturday 6th October at 2.30pm in Clontibret.
Under 16s – these group have reached both league and championship finals with victories over Carrickmacross and Clontibret respectively. They play St Felims in league final this Saturday at 3pm in Blackhill. Again support for these lads would be appreciated. They play Carrickmacross in Championship final date undecided as yet.
Ladies Football:
10k Run: Keep free Sunday 21st October 2pm. Truagh ladies are organising a 10km & 6k fun run/walk. Everyone welcome.
Well Done: To Morgan Mc Kenna who represented her club and county at the All Ireland Final on Sunday when she played in the half time games. We’re sure it won’t be the last time we’ll see her play in Croke Park.
Speedy Recovery: to Niamh Kindlon, Magheracloone, who picked up an injury in a league match against our senior team last weekend.
Liathroid Laimhe:
Mono League. The Mono League will be hopefully up and running on Tuesday coming the 2nd of October, we will play games on Tuesday and Friday evenings, Friday is to accommodate players who are only available at the weekend and whatever night the games are fixed it must be played on the night no exceptions.
Juvenile Leagues. The juvenile committee are currently setting up the juvenile leagues for all the players who played in last year’s and will be setting up coaching sessions for the younger players and all new comers to the handball, so once you have your registration paid book the alleys and get practising.
Alley Bookings. When the Mono League, Juvenile Leagues and coaching sessions are set up we will be block booking the courts for these times, so any practise time being booked must be used by that person, it is very important that people who book the alley play and don’t leave the court lying empty, this also applies to league games, they must not be played outside their allocated times as this spare practising time is vital for all players.
Adult Blitz. We will be running an Adult Handball Blitz in St.Mellans on the 7th of October at the Fun Sports Day, we will be contacting club players and neighbouring clubs about the event as to starting times and rules when we finalise them, this would an ideal bit of a run out for any adult playing in the World Championships.
World Championships. We will be having 12 players from the club taking part in the World Championships next month in Dublin, good luck to all taking part and get training its only just around the corner. Anyone travelling to the event as players, parents, coaches or just spectators if you want check out the handball website about accommodation in the City West as some good deals are being advertised at the moment.
Coaching and Refereeing Course. We hope to organise a foundation-coaching course over the next few months for all beginners to the coaching scene, it will be open to all players or parents who want to get a more understanding of the game so we encourage as many as possible to take up this opportunity. And after the new year we may also run a Level 1 course for all that have already done the foundation course.
Due to the amount of Ulster, National and College games that we are getting during the year we are considering running a refereeing course so as all will understand all of the rules involved more clearly and this will also be open to both players and parents, more info to follow as we have the courses organised.
Would all players that received gardai-vetting forms please return to Kevin asap as we want to get them all away together.
By michael Tue 25th Sep
