Michael Boylan RIP

It with great sadness that our club learned of the untimely passing of our gentle friend Michael Boylan. Michael (Mickey) was a great life long supporter of our club, an excellent team manager of many of our adult teams over the years, one of the longest standing Ciste Sellers, and a great ambassador through many other roles and responsibilities Michael diligently dedicated to our club. We would like to pass on our sympathy and deepest condolences his dear mother Maureen, his partner Chrissy, his brothers & sisters Sheila, Maureen, Geraldine, Nicholas, Kathleen, Margaret, Anne and Maurice, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, his extended family, his work colleagues in Monaghan County Council and a wide circle of friends. May Mickey’s Gentle Soul Rest In Peace. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

Mickey will repose at his home (H18 KV61) from Wednesday 15th February at 12noon. Mickey’s walking procession will leave his home on Friday, 17th February at 10:15 am to arrive at St. Marys Church, Urbleshanny for 11:00am Funeral Mass, with burial alongside his father in adjoining cemetery. House private to family Friday morning please. Family flowers only please, Donations, if desired, to Diabetes Ireland c/o Clerkins Funeral Home, Monaghan Town. Michael’s Funeral Mass will be streamlined on the following; Tydavnet Parish RC Churches Facebook page.

Ulster Senior Fooball Club League Result – Lavey 0-6 Scotstown 1-5

Well done to our Senior players and management in their convincing 1-5 to 0-6 points win away to a strong Lavey GAA side on Sunday last. Lavey started strongly and were leading by 0-3 to 0-0 after 15 minutes. The Blues levelled the game with 3 minutes of the first half remaining after a superb individual goal by James Hamill after Jamie McCarey scored a well placed free making the score 1-1 to 0-4. Lavey scored a free at the end of the first half giving the half time score 0-5 to 1-1. The Blues started the second half strongly and too the lead for the first time in the game after 2 fine scores by Darragh Murray. Lavey scored a free to level the game again at 1-3 to 0-6. Going into the last 10 minutes the Blues dominated possession and scored 2 further well placed frees taken by Jack Mohan making the final score 1-5 to 0-6 points to Scotstown.

In the Ulster Senior League, Scotstown have been drawn in Group D with our fellow County club Latton O’Rahilly GAA, Lavey GAA from County Derry, Ballymacnab GAA from Armagh and Donaghmore GAA from Tyrone. Results and Fixtures are as follows Lavey GAA 0-6 Scotstown GAA 1-5 Sunday February 12th; Scotstown GAA v Ballymacnab GAA in Kilmore Saturday 18th February at 2:00pm; Latton GAA v Scotstown GAA in Latton Sunday 26th February at 12:00pm; Scotstown GAA v Donaghmore GAA in Páirc Mhuire Sunday 12th March at 12:00pm. We wish our senior Blues and management the very best this Saturday against Ballymacnab. Please come along to Kilmore this Sunday to give our senior men your support!

Allianz Division 1 National Football League Roinn 3

Monaghan are next playing Donegal at home in Clones this Sunday 19th February at 1:30pm. All the best to our Blues on the County panel, Rory Beggan, Shane Carey, Darren Hughes, Kieran Hughes, Jack McCarron, Conor McCarthy, Michael McCarville, and Ryan O’Toole, and the rest of the Monaghan team, and the management. You can get your tickets in McMahons Centra Scotstown. The full Monaghan fixture and results list is as follows. Roinn 1: Monaghan 1-12 Armagh 1-14, Saturday January 28th, Castleblayney; Roinn 2: Kerry 3-16 Monaghan 0-14, Sunday 5th February; Roinn 3: Monaghan v Donegal, Sunday 19th February, 1:45pm, Clones; Roinn 4: Monaghan v Roscommon, Sunday 26th February, 2:30pm, Clones; Roinn 5: Galway v Monaghan, Sunday 5th March, Salthill, 12:45pm; Roinn 6: Monaghan v Tyrone, Sunday 19th March, 2:00pm, Clones; Roinn 7: Mayo v Monaghan, Sunday 26th March, 1:45pm, Castlebar.

National League Tickets

You can purchase your tickets for the Round 3 Monaghan v Donegal National League game in McMahon’s Centra Scotstown shop through the Ticketmaster system.

The Big Prediction Quiz has commenced- €2,400 in Prizes

We are having the popular Prediction Competition Quiz from previous years for this year’s National Football League games which commenced last weekend.

First overall prize is €1,000, plus a weekly prize of €100 for score of the week.

Prizes = 1st €1,000, 2nd €500, 3rd, €200. Tied scores will split the prize money

Many thanks to everyone involved in the successful organising of this quiz and to the all the participants. We wish you all the best and lots of fun! Please note this Competition is now closed and the leaderboard is published on our Social Media platforms and updated every week.

Cairde na Botha – 3rd Cash Prize draw 19th February and 2nd Year Registration due

Thanks to everyone involved in the Cairde na Botha registration, information and donation night in the Scotstown GAA Social Club in the Complex recently. For those who subscribed last year and are on the 4 year subscription plan, the 2nd year subscription is due. Please use this convenient opportunity to subscribe for year 2, and also for new members to subscribe to Cairde Na Botha. Also to be entered in our 3rd Cash prize draw it is essential you are a paid up member. The 3rd Cash prize draw is happening on Sunday 19th February. 10 x €250 worth of cash prizes to be won!! New members are more than welcome to sign up to Cairde. Thanks!

Scotstown Cairde Na Botha wish to thank all those who have supported this historical fundraising project so far. We thank you for your continued support. Anyone wishing to join in this initiative and be part of it, please contact any of our Cairde na Botha committee members; Shane Stirrat; Austin Corrigan; Aine McKenna; Michael Owen McMahon; Aidan McCarra; Stephen McKenna; Cyril Mc Crudden.

The aim of Cairde Na Botha is to improve and develop our Kilmore training facilities to help achieve our vision of continuously improving our success on-field for our teams and off-field for our community. Cairde Na Botha is one of the biggest projects ever undertaken by our club. Be part of it! Scotstown GAA’s success has always been built on the considerable support we receive from home and abroad. We fondly remember fundraising projects in the past, such as the Scotstown Carnival in the 1960s to the purchase of our main field at Urbleshanny,

The Lord Mayor Campaign in the 1980s to fund the building of Sportlann Mhuire (the complex) and development of St. Marys Park and indeed, the ambitious purchase Of Kilmore in 1995 which has contributed to the outstanding success we achieve today.

Cairde na Botha is your opportunity to help your club continue this successful development for this generation and the next into the future. Fully paid up Members of Cairde Na Botha will have the benefit of their name engraved on the supporters’ wall at the Kilmore training grounds.

Please read our brochure via the link attached where you can support the initiative online. https://member.clubforce.com/memberships_cart_m.asp?LL_ID=2259&intMF_ID=8808#Anchor

We welcome all Scotstown GAA supporters at home and abroad to join in this progressive and exciting initiative!!

Be part of it! Thank you!

Kilmore Open Day

The main building in Kilmore will be open for a couple of hours on Saturday 18th February for all club members to view how the Kilmore development is proceeding

Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €4,600!!

Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €4,500 jackpot on Wednesday 15th February. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results.

In the February 8th draw there was no Jackpot winner this week. Numbers drawn on the night were 13, 11, 20, 18. We had 4 Match 3 winner who wins € 25 each. They were Colin Heaphey, Robert Keyes, Conor Sherry and Nicola Mc Cooey. We also had 3 Lucky Dip winners this week of € 20 each. They were Gerard Mc Kenna, Séan Mc Cague and Elizabeth Mc Phillips. Congratulations to all our winners! The Scotstown GAA online Lotto Draw takes place every Wednesday at 8:30pm with last entries at 8pm. The draw is conducted on-line and is fully automated using secure facilities. There are 4 numbers to choose from a range of 1 to 31. Match the 4 numbers to win the Jackpot of €4,600. If no

jackpot winner €100 is rolled over to the following week. Also if there is no jackpot winner there will be lucky dips. Next draw is February 22nd at 8:30pm.

Scotstown GAA Table Quiz

There will be an adults Fun table quiz in the Scotstown GAA Social Club on Saturday 25th February at 8:30pm. A fun night of general knowledge, music and picture rounds. Lots of spot prizes and only €10 per person (€40 for table of 4).

Membership 2023 – 10% Discount off all memberships if paid before 31st March

Membership 2023 – 10% Discount off all memberships if paid before 31st March

We are giving a 10% reduction in fees to all members. The code is applied at checkout on our Clubforce app.

A parent must register with anyone under the age of 18, therefore you will be required to include an “Adult non-playing” to the basket.

If children are registered without parent being added or if at least 1 Parent/Guardian (GDPR contact) isn’t included with a juvenile registration, then we will issue a refund and ask you to register again. Please arrange your membership on our Clubforce Platform and apply discount code at checkout, address https://member.clubforce.com//memberships_cart_m.asp?ll_id=2175&clb=1

Please note players must be registered before they start training.

Club Shop

The Club Shop is next open on Friday 24th February from 7pm to 8pm.

Social Club open

The Social Club is open this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9pm. Bar Rota: Sean McKenna and Kevin Boylan.

Juvenile Presentation Night – Postponed

The Presentation night originally scheduled for 17th February for all juvenile boys winning squads for 2020, 2021, & 2022 in the Scotstown complex has been postponed to a later date.

U14 and U16 girls training

There is circuit and Strength & Conditioning training for Under 14 girls which commenced last Thursday from 7pm to 8pm and for Under 16 girls from 8pm to 9pm and continues for next 5 weeks

Interested in coaching?

Anyone who would like to join our underage coaching/management teams for boys/girls in 2023 should contact Páraic Duffy. Potential administrators or coaches will be most welcome.

RTE Operation Transformation 2023 – Ireland Lights Up Walk

We have registered with the Transformation 2023 initiative again this year. It commenced last Wednesday 11th January from 7pm. There was also a health check again with blood pressure checks, well done and many thanks to everyone involved. The walks will take place every Wednesday night from 7pm until the end of February.

Feel free to join in at any stage during that time. This initiative involves Scotstown GAA Health and Well-being joining up with Ireland Lights Up 2023 in partnership with RTE Operation Transformation and encourages everyone young and old, especially families / household bubbles, to get Ireland safely walking. We host this initiative at the Kilmore walking track at evening times, every Wednesday.

Also family walk on Saturday morning this Saturday 18th February at 10:00 all welcome.

Health and Wellbeing – Nutritional Talks

As part of our healthy club initiative we are having a nutritional talk for U14 to U16 girls and U13 to U15 boys and their parents at the end of February.

Damian Treanor success at the Armagh races

Well done to Damian Treanor finishing second in the Armagh races last weekend.

Scór agus Cultúr

Tá an Ciorcal sa Spórtlann gach Oíche Máirt ag a 8 a chlog! Buail isteach don craic is comhrá!

Scór na nÓg details. The 2023 Scor na Nog county final is planned for weekend Friday 10th March to Sunday 12th. Entries close Friday 17th February. Anyone interested in taking part in Rince Céile (Céilí dancing), Rince Seit (Set dancing), Ceol uirlise (instrumental music),

Aithriseoireacht (recitation), Amhránaíocht aonair (Solo singing), Bailéad-ghrúpa (Ballad group), Nuachleas (Novelty act) or Tráth na gCeist (Quiz) should contact their club cultural officer immediately. Times and Venues will be confirmed closer to the date. Secondary school students who are u17 as of the 1st January 2023 are welcome to take part.

Scaipigí an scéal!

Well done to Paddy Sherlock at recent concert

Our cultural officer, Paddy Sherlock did a brilliant story telling session at a concert to raise funds the Ballyoisin Church Restoration initiative at St Mellans clubhouse, Truagh Gaels last weekend. Well done Paddy!