By Gareth Sherry
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13 Feb, 2024
An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 13/02/2024 Allianz Division 1 National Football League Round 3 – Derry v Monaghan 17th February Monaghan next play Derry away in Round 3 in Celtic Park this Saturday 17th February at 5:00pm. All the best to our Blues on the County panel, and the rest of the Monaghan team, and the management. You can get your tickets at McMahon’s Centra Scotstown. No ticket sales at the ground. The full Monaghan results and fixture list are as follows. Round 1: Dublin 1-14 Monaghan 3-09, Saturday January 27th, Croke Park; Round 2: Monaghan 1-12 Kerry 3-15, Sunday 4th February, Clones; Round 3: Derry v Monaghan, Saturday 17th February, 5:00pm, Celtic Park; Round 4: Roscommon v Monaghan, Sunday 25th February, 1:45pm, Roscommon Town; Round 5: Monaghan v Galway, Sunday 3rd March, Clones, 3:15pm; Round 6: Tyrone v Monaghan, Saturday 16th March, 7:30pm, Omagh; Round 7: Monaghan v Mayo, Sunday 24th March, 1:45pm, Clones. Lidl Ladies Division 2 National Football League Round 4: Monaghan v Donegal The Monaghan County Ladies next play Donegal at home this Sunday 18th February at 2pm in Round 4 in St Mellans, Truagh. We wish our players on the panel, Casey Treanor, Megan Boylan, Eabha Sherry, Hannah Sherlock, Celine Nally, Katie McCaffery and Katie Sherlock, and the rest of the team and management the very best. National League Tickets You can purchase your tickets for the Round 3 Derry v Monaghan National League game in Celtic Park (this Saturday 17th February 5:00pm) in McMahon’s Centra Scotstown shop through the Ticketmaster system. Ulster Junior Club Football League commenced last Saturday The club’s first competitive game of the year took place last Saturday in Kilmore with Round 1 of the Ulster Junior League against a strong Toome side. Hard luck to our Junior team and management in their defeat. They next play Ballyhegan in Round 2 this Sunday The Ulster Club Football Leagues are an annual football tournament played in Ulster GAA between clubs who choose to enter. It starts with a group stage, with the group winners advancing to the knockout stage, along with the best runner up. Scotstown have been drawn in Group B with our fellow County club Toome GFC, Ballyhegan Davitts from County Armagh, Derrytresk from Tyrone and Newtownbutler. Fixtures are as follows Scotstown GAA v Toome, at home Saturday February 10th; Ballyhegan v Scotstown GAA, Venue TBA Sunday 18th February at 12:00pm; Newtownbutler v Scotstown GAA, in Aghabog, Wednesday 21st February at 8:00pm and Scotstown GAA v Derrytresk, Home, Sunday 25th February. We wish our junior Blues and management the very best. The Big Prediction Quiz has commenced- €2,500 in Prizes We are having the popular Prediction Competition Quiz from previous years for this year’s National Football League games which commenced 2 weeks ago. First overall prize is €1,000, plus a weekly prize of €100 for score of the week. Prizes = 1st €1,000, 2nd €500, 3rd, €300. 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. Kilmore Hub Facility now open Well done to everyone involved in the Kilmore Hib gym which is now open exactly a month. If you have not already downloaded our new gym app for the new Scotstown GAA gym you can do here - https://onelink.to/2gs425 Please also check our Facebook page and the Kilmore Hub Facebook page for updates on classes available. Presentation Nights – This Weekend 9th and 10th February Well done and thanks to everyone involved in last weekend’s magnificent Presentation nights, which were both fully attended and were enjoyable events celebrating the successes over the past year in both Juvenile and Adult levels. Last Friday night was the juvenile presentation night for the year 2023 . 2023 was another successful year, with presentations for the Under 17 Division 4 boys with their League and Championship cup double success, the Under 15 Division 5B Championship winning boys team, the Under 13 Division 6 league shield cup winning boys team, Under 16 Division 1 and Division 2 girls double championship winning teams, the Under 18 minor girls, Under 14 girls and the Under 12 girls. Well done and congratulations to all our juvenile players and managements. The adult presentation night was another amazing night of award giving, warm reflections, food and music. Thanks to Frankie McCarey for MCing both nights and ensuring the award ceremony went smoothly. The presentation night opened with a light-hearted and entertaining quiz show on stage called “lies”, where 2 people challenge each other on the number of questions they can answer on a topic. This included brothers Darren and Kieran Hughes challenging each other, Hannah Sherlock challenging Lee Saunders and Abbie McCarey challenging Jack McDevitt. Next came the formalities of the evening. Our chairperson Cyril McCrudden addressed the audience and praised and thanked all our players and members and volunteers for continuing the club’s successes both on and off the field over the past 2 years. This sentiment was echoed by Monaghan GAA vice chairperson Brendan Casey who praised the club in its commitment to the county, and we thank Brendan for attending and his kind words. The teams awarded and with player of the year awards include; 2022 Reserve Division 3 League Cup winning team, player of the year Adrian Carbin; Junior player of the year, Kieran McGuirk; 2022 Senior Reserve O’Duffy Cup Championship Cup winning team, player of the year, Darragh Murray; 2022 Senior team Owen Ward League Cup winning team, player of the year Shane Carey. 2023 Reserves Division 3 Shield Cup Winning team, player of the year Declan Treanor; 2024 Junior player of the year, Cian McGonnell; 2023 Senior Reserve O’Duffy Cup Championship Cup winning team, player of the year, Joey McKenna; 2023 Senior team Monaghan Championship Mick Duffy Cup winning team, players of the year Rory Beggan and Jason Carey. A pre-recorded interview with Rory Beggan, who is currently in the United States, by Frankie McCarey was shown and we wish Rory all the best and every success in his endeavours in the US over the next few weeks. Conor McCarthy was recognised for his amazing and well deserved Senior County All Star award in 2023 and both Uainin Connolly and Eabha Sherry were recognised in their tremendous PPS Ulster All Star Awards for 2022 and 2023 respectively. 2023 Senior Ladies Division 2 League Cup winners, player of the year Megan Boylan; 2022 Senior Ladies player of the year, Edel Corrigan. Edel was also given a presentation upon her retirement from the senior ladies and praised and thanks for all her commitment and brilliant football for the club. The Scór county final winners in the Table Quiz contest were presented. Please see photos of the night on our Social Media platforms and thanks to Laura Treanor from Lavery photos and Videos for the excellent photos. Thanks to Edel Tierney for the excellent catering, DJ Marty Connors and to the bar and floor staff. Thanks to Father Joyce for attending and his blessing. Thanks to Cormac Sherry and Marc Mullen for the excellent multimedia presentations and thanks to everyone else involved in organising the wonderful night. Congratulations to Éabha Sherry on her PPS All Star award ULGFA presented their PPS All Stars last week. A massive congratulations to Éabha Sherry who was awarded an Ulster PPS All Star for 2023! Well done Éabha! Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €15,600!! Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €15,400 jackpot on Wednesday 14th February. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results. In the February 7th draw there was no Jackpot winner. Numbers drawn on the night were 17, 22, 24, 28. There were 2 Match 3 Winners, Aimee McMahon and Mark Monahan. who win €50 each. We had 3 Lucky Dip winners, Michelle Malley, Geraldine Kettle, and Conor Sherry 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 €15,600. 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 February 21st at 8:30pm. Club Shop The Club Shop is next open this Friday 16th February from 7pm to 8pm. 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. Membership 2024 – Now open for payment on Clubspot You can register for 2024 Membership on our Clubspot app. Please go to Menu, select Memberships, Buy Membership and select your appropriate option. Please note players must be registered before they start training. Any teams who have started group trainings should register asap. Our Condolences Scotstown GAA would like to offer our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Noel McKenna. We would like to pass on our deepest sympathy to his wife Bernadette, his daughter Jennifer (Aidan), his sons Adrian (Barbara), and Kevin (Leontia), his sisters Kathleen, Margaret and Nora and to his extended family and friends. Noel was a lifelong supporter of our club. May his gentle soul Rest In Peace. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. Health and Wellbeing 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. During the winter months we renewed the Make a Ceili initiative which was launched recently. This month saw the start of the Operation Transformation walk, the Scotstown Ladies hosted a Women’s Health talk and we had several card nights. RTE Operation Transformation 2024 – Ireland Lights Up Walk The 6th and final Ireland Lights up walk is on Wednesday 14th February at 7:00pm. Feel free to join into the walk at any stage of the event. This initiative involves Scotstown GAA Health and Well-being joining up with Ireland Lights Up 2024 in partnership with RTE Operation Transformation and encourages everyone young and old to get Ireland safely walking. We hosted this initiative at the Kilmore walking track at evening times, every Wednesday for 6 weeks. This is part of our Silver Healthy Club. 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. 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!! Event Dates for your diary. Scotstown GAA Table quiz will take place on Saturday 9th March in the Scotstown GAA Social Club. We will be having music and food in the bar on St Patrick’s night save the date more info to follow next month. Scór agus Cultúr Scór dates for your diary. Scor sinsir quiz Thursday March 14th in Cremartin at 7:45pm. Scor sinsir County final stage events Friday March 22nd in Emyvale at 7:00pm. Scor Ulster Semi-finals Saturday and Sunday 6th and 7th April. Scor sinsir Ulster final Saturday 20th April; All Ireland final in Killarney Saturday May 11th. Tá an Ciorcal Gaeilge sa Spórtlann gach Oíche Mháirt ó 8 go 9pm! Fáilte roimh gach duine.