Lotto – There was no winner of the €1300 jackpot this week which was held on Monday night the 28th of October 2013. The numbers drawn were 08, 13, 18, 22. The 4 lucky dips of €50 were Mary Brannigan, Annyalla, Allie McCabe, Mullyash, Melissa Meegan, Broomfield and Frankie Pontyz, 98 Bree.  Congratulations to all this weeks’ winners and best of luck to everyone in next weeks’ draw for Jackpot €1400. Tickets can be purchased weekly as the Faughs Stall in the Glencarn Shopping Centre every Saturday.

Winter Programme – As training falls on Halloween night, the Club have cancelled training for the Under 6, Under 8 and Under 10 Boys on Thursday night. The start of the 2014 training season has been extremely encouraging with large numbers attending each age group. The Juvenile Coaching team are extremely positive by the quality of skills being demonstrated by these young players. Training will resume on Thursday 7th of November for the Under 6, 8 and 10’s, while Girls football will continue on Monday nights with the Under 12 Boys returning to training on Tuesday the 5th of November.

Operation TransFAUGHSmation – It was great to see so many people in the field on Sunday morning, not even the heavy shower of rain at 10.30am could deter the walkers and runners from completing their Sunday morning challenge. It was very encouraging to see the beginner runners starting to make the step up that will help them complete the 5K run/walk on December 1^st. With this week being Halloween, the group completed their Tuesday evening circuit class as ghosts and ghouls, zombies and witches, which was fun filled and energetic and for Friday evening, Charlene Keenan will take Zumba in the Glencarn, this hour long fusion of cardio, hip hop, salsa and aerobics comes very highly recommended. Next Sunday we will all meet again at St Mary’s Park for walking, running and cycling at 11am.

Supervalu Castleblayney 5K – This week sees the count down to the  Supervalu/Castleblayney Faughs 5k race, which will happen on Sunday 1^st of December at 2pm. We would encourage as many of you as possible to join in, we welcome everyone  as this is one of the great community days in the town Calendar. If you would like you to run the race McMahons Supervalu have a very good leaflet in store which is a guide on how to get you from the couch to walking/running a distance of 5k. We will keep everyone updated each week through the club notes and articles in the Northern Standard and on Facebook. This year we are raising money for St Mary’s Hospital and the Alzheimer’s society, your support really matters to us so we can raise much need funds for these organisations.

Healthy Club – As you may be aware the Club have been selected as one of the sixteen clubs from all over Ireland to participate in the Healthy Club initiative. The GAA Healthy Club Project is a collaborative partnership between the GAA and the health sector which aims to assist GAA clubs in responding to the wide and varied health needs of their members, while extending the positive influences out to the wider community. The health and well-being of members has been firmly placed at the heart of GAA clubs, the GAA Healthy Club Project aims to highlight and re-enforce the great work already being done by clubs while assisting them in identifying and responding to the most important health issues amongst their membership and in their communities. If you wish to part of the project team please feel free to contact Louisa O’Brien at 087 7981035 or Melissa Conlon at 087 7617216 for further details.

County Coaching Conference – The 2nd Monaghan Coaching Conference will take place on Saturday the 23rd of November 2013 in a joint venture with Patrician High School and Inver College Carrickmacross. This year the main target is club coaches ranging from u6′s to senior in both football and hurling. With the success of the Monaghan county teams this past summer the Conference is appropriately titled ‘Building on the Success’ with the Keynote Address’ being delivered by two of the men responsible for the success. Malachy O’Rourke (Senior Manager) and Ciaran ‘Dinky’ McBride (Minor Coach 2013). Ryan Porter (Monaghan Senior Fitness/ Strength & Conditioning Coach), Terrence ‘Sambo’ McNaughton (Antrim Hurling) Paul Divilly (Ulster Regional Hurling Development Officer) and the Monaghan Coaching & Games staff will all deliver workshops which focus on a wide range of topics which is sure to have an interest with every gael in county Monaghan and further afield. There is a small fee for attending the Conference (€10 per person Or €30 for 3 club delegates), with each delegate receiving a copy of Coaching Templates, which was designed by Monaghan Coaching and Games Development staff. If you wish to attend can you contact Brian Sherry on 086 2334287.

Well Done – Last  Bank holiday Monday was the day for the 34th Dublin City Marathon. This year saw two new comers Denise Carey and Mark McEntee join the large contingent of Blayney runners to complete the 26 mile course. Denise and Mark took up the marathon challenge after completing  Operation TransFAUGHSmation  in the last few years and have now achieved another huge milestone. Well done to all the other people from the town who completed the course, special congratulations to our Senior Chairperson Stephen Dignam who completed the course, where does this man get the time or the energy to complete such a task.