AGM: The Club’s AGM was held last Friday evening in the Community Centre. We laid out our plans for the coming 12 months, hopefully we’ll be successful on and off the field. Officers Elected: Chairperson – Irene Connolly; Vice Chair – Declan Lambe; Secretary – Ciaran Watters; Treasurers – Grainne Gorman & Louise Kelly; PRO – Andrea Quinn; Youth Officer – Aidan McArdle; 12-Minor Officer – Raymond Byrne; Development Officer – Noel Gorman; Registrar – Peter Devlin; Player’s Rep – Shane Moore.
Please note that there are a few minor roles pertaining to juvenile football which have not been filled. If anyone is interested in helping out, they are welcome to contact anyone on the committee. Executive committee meeting this Thursday (12th) at 8:30pm.
Nicky Rackard All Star: Congratulations to Stephen Lambe who won a Nicky Rackard All Star and was presented with his award at the All Stars Ceremony last Friday night in Dublin. Stevie was keeping exalted company last Friday night and he wasn’t out of place, either with his talent or a very dapper tuxedo. Every all star needs a suitable date and Catherine looked very well as always. Hopefully he’ll add a prize with Toome in 2016 to his remarkable list of achievements!
The Educator: Former Toome midfielder Paul Kelly has set up a new business – homeschool.iewhich has attracted a lot of positive publicity in recent weeks.
There’s a link to his interview with Today FM’s Sunday Business Show on the facebook page. For those of us who were familiar with his words of encouragement in the dressing room, we can only say that his media handlers have done a wonderful job! Well done Paul, and continued success.
Annual Bazaar: We are delighted to announce that The Toome Bazaar is back! Sunday 7th December promises to be a great days fun for the community. We are hoping to pack the hall on the day, anyone with ideas or wishing to help out in any way contact Ciaran 086-1738529.
Monaghan GAA will be holding two Child Protection courses in Cloghan in the coming weeks. The first will be held on Wednesday 18 November running from 7-10pm.
A second course will be held on Wednesday 25 November, 7-10pm
This is subject to sufficient numbers. Cost per person is €10
It is recommended that all those who are involved within GAA clubs have completed a child protection course and this should be repeated every three years. This includes all coaches, committee members, referees, groundsmen, bus drivers and anyone else who may have direct contact with children. Alternatively, we have the option of hosting a course in Toome, contact Aidan McArdle 087 7733291 if you are interested.
Club Draw Tickets: The GAA National Club Draw is now an annual event following its success over the past two years, in which over €4.5 million has been raised by clubs. The sole purpose of the GAA National Club Draw is to assist clubs in their drive to raise much needed funds to aid in the development and the promotion of our games.
· This is an opportunity for clubs to raise up to €20,000.
· Each club retains all the proceeds from the tickets sold by their club.
· All prizes are provided by Ard Chomhairle.
Tickets remain at €10 each – The club would greatly appreciate if anyone wishes to get involved in selling tickets – contact Irene or Ciaran if you are interested.
Astroturf: The Astroturf remains as busy as ever, Contact 087-6503826 for bookings.
Social Media: Keep up to date with match scores and other news on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Lotto: 3,9,23,28. Lucky Dips: A Duffy c/o Brendan Lambe; Frank McArdle, Corrygarry; Edmond Duffy, Annadrumman.
Sympathy: The club extends its sympathy to the Connolly family and friends of Breege Finnegan (nee Connolly), Dundalk. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.
