Senior Men Wellwishes for the Ulster Final

AIB GAA Ulster Senior Football Championship Final 2023 – 10th December Sunday 4:00pm Scotstown v Glen in Athletic Grounds Armagh.

We all send our best wishes and support to our Senior team and management for the 2023 Ulster Senior Football Championship Final this Sunday 10th December against Glen in BOX-IT Athletics ground, Armagh at 4:00pm. Please come along and give them your support.

Our Blues Upcoming Competitive Fixtures

On Sunday 10th December our Senior Men play Glen in the Final of the Ulster Senior Championship in the Athletic Grounds, Armagh at 4:00pm.

We wish the team and management all the best.

Ulster Championship Tickets

You can purchase your tickets for the Ulster Championship games including the Ulster Final Scotstown v Glen in McMahon’s Centra Scotstown shop.

Coffee Morning in Urbleshanny Hall

On Sunday 10th December, there is a Coffee Morning in St Mary’s Hall, Urbleshanny in aid of Cavan Monaghan Palliative Care from 10:00am to 2:30pm. All welcome, please come along and support this brilliant care service and drop in for awhile for some lovely coffee and treats before heading up to Armagh for the Ulster final!

Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €13,400!!

Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €13,200 jackpot on Wednesday 5th December. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results.

In the November 29th draw there was no Jackpot winner. Numbers drawn on the night were 5, 11, 15, 26. There was 1 Match 3 Winner, Austin Corrigan who wins €100. We had 3 Lucky Dip winners, Aidan McCormack, Eugene McKenna, and John McDevitt who win €20 each. 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 €13,400. If no jackpot winner €200 is rolled over to the following week. Also if there is no jackpot winner there will be lucky dips. Next draw is Wednesday December 13th at 8:30pm.

Paint the Parish Blue!

Many thanks to all those involved in putting the flags and bunting up around in the villages of the parish. Well done on a great job making the villages looking fantastic. Our Senior men continue their campaign this Sunday December 10th with the Ulster Final. So please if you already haven’t already, get all you’re An Bhoth flags and paraphernalia out and Paint the Parish Blue!

Thanks to the national school pupils wellwishes

Well done and many thanks to all the national school children who took part in the various videos from National schools wishing the senior team and management the very best for this Sunday’s Ulster Final. Thanks to everyone involved in the videos, which can be viewed on our Social Media platforms.

Cairde na Botha – 3rd Year Registration due

We recently had a registration, information and donation night in the Scotstown GAA Social Club in the Complex. Many thanks to all those involved. For those who subscribed last year and are on the 4 year subscription plan, the 3rd year subscription is now due. New members are more than welcome to sign up to Cairde. Thanks!

Also to be entered in our 4th Cash prize draw it is essential you are a paid up member. The 4th Cash prize draw is on 28th December. 10 x €250 worth of cash prizes to be won!!

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!

The Kilmore building will be open shortly and we are currently hiring a Personal Trainer / Facility Manager and also Yoga, Pilates, Dance, Music, Drama Teachers.

Club Shop

The Club Shop is next open this Friday December 8th from 7pm to 8pm and will be open every Friday in December.

Social Club opening hours and rota

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

Get together night in the Social Club

Following up from our recent busy Winter social nights, such as the card nights and Make a Ceili launch, we are having a social gathering this Friday 8th December at 8pm as a pre-Christmas warm up!

Scotstown GAA Social Club Christmas Season Function Hire

Please note that the Social Club facility is available to hire for private parties. Contact us for more information; Pauline on 085 119 7063 or Aine 089 200 6820; or Private message / Whatsapp our Facebook pages; Scotstown GAA or Scotstown GAA Social Club.

Kilmore Facility Pictures

Pictures needed for the new Kilmore facility – we are looking for some interesting pictures to use on the internal walls of the new Kilmore facility. If you have any good action pics saved on your phone or even pics that are old or in the complex that you would like to see used in Kilmore please send on via Direct Message’s on Facebook or twitter or in the comments. We plan to replace images periodically to keep it fresh and interesting.

Wedding Wellwishes

Congratulations to Darragh and Edel Stirrat who got married last weekend. We wish you both all the best in your future.

Interested in Volunteering?

Anyone interested in helping out in one of our many new committees, we are looking for volunteers. Please contact Cyril at 087 9628521.

Flares Prohibited at Ulster Final

The Ulster Council have advised supporters that flares are not allowed at Sundays Ulster Club Final.

Our Condolences

Scotstown GAA would like to offer our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Hughie McGuirk. We would like to pass on our sincere sympathies to his wife Mary, children Olive (Christy Lappin), Noel (Bernadette), Gerard (Joanne) and Aidan (Maire); grandchildren Aoife, Megan, Ellie, Aimee, Jessica, Shauna, Conor, Darren & Kieran; sisters Bernadette Mc Ginnity, Rosaleen Mc Coy & Lily Donnelly, nieces, nephews, neighbours and his many friends. Hughie

was a great lifelong supporter of our club, a keenly involved player including a 1960 Senior Championship winner. May Hughie’s gentle soul Rest In Peace. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

Card Playing night

Well done to everyone involved on another successful card night on Friday night last in the Scotstown GAA Social Club. We will be having further Card nights in the future and are inviting everyone to come along and play Cards especially young people who want to learn the game of 45. There will be card players there on the night to guide and help, fun night ahead don’t let our traditional card games become a thing of the past. This is part of our Silver Healthy Club.

Health and Wellbeing – GAA For All Training

Scotstown GAA continues this year with its Healthy Club project which aims to help GAA clubs explore how they support the holistic health of their members and the communities they serve.

As we enter the winter months we are renewing the Make a Ceili initiative which was launched 2 weeks ago.

Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others

Gaelic For Mothers & others outdoor training has ended for the year and training will be indoors from now on. All welcome to come along. As there is no competition for the group there is no pressure to attend every week. You can join in at any stage and come when it suits you. You need to be over 25 and living in the parish. Why not come all and give it a go!!

Scór agus Cultúr

Tá an Ciorcal Gaeilge sa Spórtlann gach Oíche Mháirt ó 8 go 9pm! Fáilte roimh gach duine.