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Latest Update - June 28th

Our gates opened on Wednesday, June 24th, and our adults have been out training. From Saturday 27th June our minors and juveniles can train at our facilities. Please keep mind the following;

1. The indoor buildings remain closed.

2. Please use the outdoor set of toilets

3. Only outdoor facilities can be used

4. Only people that are training are allowed on the pitch.

"GET IN, TRAIN, GET OUT!"

5. Please remember the 3 C's - Avoid Crowds, Avoid Closed Spaces, Avoid Close Contact

Thanks very much for your diligence and patience through this pandemic and tomorrow marks another milestone in our return. Stay safe. An Bhoth Abu!









The following changes to the return to activity guidelines are being made after recommendations made by the Covid-19 Advisory Committee. These changes were subsequently endorsed by the GAA, the Camogie Association and the LGFA.

This week:

  • Open pitches for Adult training on Wednesday, June 24th.
  • Open for Minor and below from Saturday, June 27th.
  • Both of the above on a non-contact basis and on the understanding that players and all participants have completed the eLearning module and are following the control measures in place (health questionnaire etc).
  • On the basis of a maximum of 15 players in a designated area of the field (26 Counties) and 10 players in a designated area of the field (6 Counties).

Coaching numbers for underage teams to be consistent with Code of Behaviour. Recommendations were made by the Covid-19 Advisory Committee this morning.

From June 29th:

  • Allow contact training and challenge games for all from Monday, June 29th (26 Counties).
  • We await guidance from the NI Executive in relation to 6 Counties – non-contact training in the numbers outlined above in the interim.
  • We also await clarification on what will constitute a close contact versus a casual contact.
  • Restriction on participants only attending training sessions to be relaxed from June 29th – subject to government specified maximum of 200 people in the ground.
  • Allow Club Fixtures from Friday July 17th.
  • No change to inter-county dates (Sept 14th for training; competitions to start on Oct 17th as planned).
  • All control measures for players, coaches and other team personnel (completion of health questionnaire, eLearning education etc) is to remain in place until advised otherwise; dressing rooms to remain closed until July 20th

The Advisory Committee is considering the position in relation to other GAA buildings (such as Club bars that are serving food, Gyms, Handball alleys etc). Guidance will be provided in this context before June 29th.New ParagraphNew ParagraphThe GAA has produced a Club Education Webinar which can be accessed https://www.gaa.ie/gaa-now/covid-club-education-webinar/New Paragraph

Scotstown GAA Club Notes 01/10/2024

An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 01/10/2024

Congratulations to the Under 12 Boys C Team in the U12 Division 6 league Cup win

A massive congratulations to our Under 12 Boys C team and management in their League Cup win on Saturday of last week in the final of the Under 12 League Competition Division 6 against Castleblayney in Doohamlet. Thanks to Éanna Finlay for the report below.

Scotstown Under Twelves played out a tough battle against Castleblayney in the Under Twelve Division Six final on Saturday morning in Doohamlet. Blayney started the match very strongly and only for some resolute defending from the Scotstown full backs, James Kildea and Rain O'Neill and a super save from goalkeeper, Frankie Cosgrove they would have had a few early scores on the board.

Scotstown started to settle into the game well, and 3 nice quick passing moves resulted in goals from Oliver Rooney , Matthew Lawrence and Liam Treanor to put Scotstown ahead by 3-0 to 0-1 after 15minutes. With Scotstown's midfield pair of Cillian Corrigan and Marcus Connolly doing a great job of holding Blayney's strong runners, Scotstown got a great foothold in the game and added points from Eoghan Finlay, Marcus Connolly, Oisin Finlay and Oliver Rooney to give themselves a halftime lead of 3-5 to 0-2.

Blayney as expected, came out all guns blazing at the start of the second half and got a quick goal and a couple of points to bring them back within touching distance of Scotstown. With Blayney really trying to throw everything at Scotstown, Scotstown's half back line with Gavin Treanor and Daithi McCrudden really started to have a big influence in the game. Intercepting and mopping up numerous Blayney attacks, and really starting to put Scotstown on on the front foot in the game again. With fresh legs coming on in the second half for Scotstown in the form of James Sherry James Murray, Henry Caufield, Ryan McKenna and Liam Rafferty, they added points from Ryan McQuaid and Gavin Treanor and goals from Cillian Corrigan and Oisin Finlay to give themselves some breathing space. Blayney put in another late surge towards the end of the game put Scotstown held firm to run out well deserved winners on a scoreline of 3-7 to 1-8.

There was plenty of cheering and celebrations all round as Scotstown captain James Kildea accepted the trophy from County Board officer Majella Boyd.

Big thank you to the games referee Cormac Lennon and his linesmen and the Doohamlet club for hosting the game. Team: Frankie Cosgrove; Rian O’Neill; James Kildea (C); Eoghan Finlay; Gavin Treanor; Daithi McCrudden; Marcus Connolly; Cillian Corrigan; Ryan McQuaid; Oisin Finlay; Bobby Connolly; Oliver Rooney; James Sherry; Liam Rafferty; Henry Caulfield; Ryan McKenna; James Murray; Matthew Lawrence; Caleb Mulligan; Rhys Mulligan. 

Managers: David Treanor; Eanna Finlay. Selector: Martin Connolly

Thanks to Doohamlet for hosting the final and commiserations to Castleblayney.

Our Blues Competitive Games in the past week

Minors

The Scotstown Minor boys A had games in the past week. They have qualified for the Semi Finals where they play Castleblayney this Sunday 6th October at 1:00pm in Truagh.

The Minor B team played Castleblayney the final of the Under 18 Championship Division 4 on Saturday last in the Monaghan GAA re of Excellence, Cloghan. Hard luck to the team and management in their 3-12 to 0-10 defeat to a strong Castleblayney side. Well done on getting to the final and for a brilliant season which saw them also finish up runners up in the U18 Division 5 League Cup. Congratulations to Castleblayney on winning the Minor Division 4 Championship. Thanks to Monaghan GAA for hosting.

Scorers: Sean MacCinna (3); Mark Connolly (2); Hugh Murray (2); John Keyes; Gareth Rhatigan; Shane Murray

Players: Janie Roddy; Dylan McCrudden; Daithi Harvey; John Keyes; Gareth Rhatigan (C); Hugh Murray; Conn Deery; Lucas Sherry; Shane Murray; Dean Mulligan; Darragh Feeney; Seán MacCinna; Mark Connolly; Chilav Malaya; Conor McMeel; Andrew Gallagher; Caloán Clerkin; Cormac Clerkin; Owen Murray; Jarlath Smyth; Eoin Prunty; Darragh McMeel.

Manager: Tiarnán McGonnell. Selectors: Mark Corrigan, Shane Feeney & Cian McGonnell.   

Senior Men

The Senior men had no games in the past week. The Senior men play either Corduff or Inniskeen the Semi Final of the Greenfield Foods Monaghan Senior Football Championship Group 1 on Sunday 13th October. Time and Venue TBC.

Junior Men

Our Junior men played Toome in the quarter final of the Junior Football Championship on Sunday last in Doohamlet. The Juniors put in a brilliant performance and led for much of the game and had a 4 point lead with 8 minutes remaining at 0-11 to 0-7. However Toome put in a strong finish to the game and with wind advantage won the game 0-13 to 0-11. Hard luck to the team and management and well done on another fine year for the Juniors.

Scorers: Seanie Mohan (0-6); Adam Monahan (0-2); Fergal Sherlock, Joey McKenna and Aaron McCarey (1 point each).

Championship Panel: Cian Mohan, Kevin Mc Meel, Caolium Mullen, Patrick Connolly, Aaron Boylan, Kieran McGuirk, Joseph Mc Kenna, Peter Hamill, Ryan Caulfield, Caolan Foy, Ben Sherlock, Tiarnan McGonnell, Adam Monahan, Seanie Mohan, James McElwain, Domhnall Moyna, Aaron McCarey, Shane Mc Mahon, Aaron Murray, Adrian Carbin, Darren Treanor, Declan Treanor, Fergal Sherlock, Francis Caulfield, Aaron McQuaid, Oisin Murray, Padraig Keenan, Reuben Sheridan, Tristan Moyna, Cian McGonnell, Conor McPhillips

Manager: Michael McCormick. Selectors: Paul Rooney, Colin Harvey, Jack Mohan and Mark Duffy.

Our Blues Upcoming Competitive Fixtures for the Week

On Sunday 29th September our Senior Ladies play Emmett Og in the Semi Final of the Senior League Division 1 Cup in Aghabog at 3:30pm and our U18 Minor boys A team play Castleblayney in the Semi Final of the U18 Minor Division 1 Championship in Truagh at 1:00pm

We wish our Blues teams and managements all the best in their games.

Under 12 Six Team Blitz in Kilmore

Last Saturday there was a major brilliant Blitz in Kilmore. Thanks to Damian Martin for following excellent report.

Scotstown U12s hosted a 6 team blitz in Kilmore on Saturday the 28th of September. Killinkere from Cavan, Crossmaglen from Armagh, Killeeshil and St Macartan’s from Tyrone and Dundalk Gaels from Louth were in attendance. The teams served a feast of football throughout the afternoon. Great scores, tight matches and displays of superb skill were on show from the 120 players who took part. A special word of thanks to all involved in the smooth running of the afternoon. This includes parents who provided hampers for the players and the volunteers who ran the shop and looked after the car park. And of course, blitzes cannot go ahead without referees. A big thank you and well done to Kate McKenna, Annie McGinnity, Michaela Grew and Ava McGinnity who did a brilliant job on the day.

Please see our Social Media platforms for brilliant photos of the day with thanks to Laura Treanor from Lavery photos & videos.

Gaelic For Mothers and Others
The Gaelic for Mothers & Others have finished their outdoor training for this year. They are starting an indoor session in the Kilmore Hub on Thursdays at 7pm. This is a 6 week block costing €50. New members welcome. Come along and meet some new people and have a bit of fun while getting fit. Booking can be made through Glofox under Courses.

Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €5,400

Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €5,200 jackpot on Wednesday 2nd October. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results.

In the September 25th draw, there was NO Jackpot winner. Numbers drawn on the night were 7, 16, 23, 28. There was ONE match 3 winners, Bernie Scullion, who wins €100. We had 4 Lucky-Dip winners, Damien McKenna, Bernadette Hand, Teresa Mohan and Glenda Corrigan 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 €5,400. 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 October 9th at 8:30pm.

Ciste Draw

Congratulations to Senan Mulligan our €1,000 September Ciste Winner! Also congratulations to our 5 x €100 winners, Eileen McCague, Lauren O'Neill, Seamus Sherry, Kathleen Mohan, Fr. Sean Mulligan. Sellers prize Tommy McMahon & Stephen McKenna. You can purchase your Ciste tickets in our local shops. There are tickets, envelopes and collection boxes in each of these shops; McMahon Centra, Scotstown; XL Ballinode & Killylough, and McAloon’s Knockatallon. You can also purchase your Ciste tickets using the Scotstown Clubspot website and clicking on ‘buy event tickets’ link. First prize €1,000 and 5 prizes of €100 must be won. In total €18,000 in prize money is won every year!

Cairde NaBotha Year 4

Cairde Na Botha Year 4 launch will take place on the weekend beginning on the 4th of October where we plan to have our 5th Cash prize Draw. 10 people will win €250 each!!!! Thanks again for your continued support! An Bhoth Abú!

Any queries please contact;

Aine McKenna 089 200 6820

Aidan McCara 087 684 7415

Cyril McCrudden 087 9628521

“Leave your Mark” Big Cash Prize Fundraiser

We launched our Club Development fundraiser “Leave your mark”, with 1st prize of €15,000 plus several more large cash prizes to be won including a special €5,000 winning prize for any nominated club. Please see our social media platforms for more details.

Club Shop

The Club Shop is next open this Friday 4th October from 7pm to 8pm. Get your gear for the Championship!

Social Club open

The Social Club is open this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9pm. Bar Rota: Gerard McKenna and Niall McKenna.

Appeal for members to volunteer in Fundraising activities

We would be grateful if members could become involved in fundraising activities, such as selling tickets. Please contact Shane on 086 836 7997. Thank you.

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.

Votes of Sympathy

The following votes of sympathy were passed at the last Committee meeting.

McCooey Family on the death of Padraig

Sherry Family on the death of Bernie

We would like to offer our condolences to all the family and friends who lost loved ones during this time.

Well-wishes to those who are ill

We send well-wishes to those young and old who are currently ill in the parish and hope you all get well soon.

Health and Wellbeing

Scotstown GAA will continue 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. This will follow up on the vast, brilliant and immense work the late Bernie Sherry implemented in our club as the Healthy Club officer achieving Silver Healthy club officer.

Early in the year we continued the Make a Ceili initiative which was launched before Christmas. In January / February saw the start of the Operation Transformation walk, the Scotstown Ladies hosted a Women’s Health talk, a drugs and Alcohol awareness workshop with our coaches, and we had several card nights during the first quarter. During May we had the Hello How are you? Campaign and in August, a community event after the Blessing of the Graves. We will update future initiatives here.

Our thanks to our Stewards, Volunteers and Field Committee

A big thank you to all the stewards, volunteers and Field committee over the course of last weekend which saw the club host 2 major championship games, Truagh v Doohamlet in the Intermediate Championship Quarter Final on Saturday and Eire Og v Currin on Sunday. Well done on the perfect traffic management and all the hard work in the various tasks of hosting the 2 games. Thanks to Olivia McCaffrey for the beautiful rendition of Amhrán na bhFiann and to Frankie McCarey and Brenda McCarey for brilliantly MCing and well done to Frankie for his brilliant commentary for Clubber at the Truagh v Doohamlet game.

Scór agus Cultúr

Dates for your diary. Our Culture Officer Paddy Sherlock is encouraging support for maximum participation from An Bhoth, especially with the All Ireland Scór na Nog Final set for the Hillgrove hotel in January 2025! Key dates are as follows.

Draft programme for Scor na Nog (Under 17)
Thursday 7th November quiz final

Saturday 9th November stage events final.

Weekend 16th 17th November Ulster semifinals.

Saturday 30th November Ulster final Silverbridge Armagh.

January 24th 2025 All Ireland final Hillgrove Hotel Monaghan.

Ciorcal

Beidh an Ciorcal ag tosnú arís sa Spórtlann ar an Máirt an 17ú lá de Meán Fomhair ag 8 a chlog! Fáilte roimh gach duine!

GAA Youth Forum – November 2nd

The GAA Youth Forum will be held in Croke Park on Saturday November 2nd, 2024.

The theme of the forum is ‘’Strengthening the youth voice for the next 140 years”.

The GAA Youth Forum will offer a range of interactive workshops and speakers with topics to be addressed including:

- Decision Making Structures

- Communications

- Coach Behaviour & Education

- Addressing Discrimination & Accessibility

- Development & Volunteering Opportunities

The flagship session of the GAA Youth Forum will be the Youth Congress which will see attendees voting on a set of proposals generated throughout the day.

The results of this Congress will be taken forward as recommendations by representatives of the GAA Youth Committee to GAA Congress 2025.

A maximum of 300 delegates between from 12 – 21 years old representing GAA, LGFA and Camogie clubs will attend so don’t wait to express your interest.

If you or someone you know would like to attend complete this form by Wednesday October 16th, 2024.

https://forms.office.com/e/JAQWSZvj5W

Keep an eye on the website for updates leading up to Nov 2nd –

https://www.gaa.ie/my-gaa/community-and-health/youth-leadership/youth-forum

 

By Darragh Stirrat December 4, 2024
An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 03/12/2024 Ulster Minor Championship – Scotstown v Four Masters in Quarter Final this Sunday Scotstown play Four Masters in the quarter final of the Ulster Minor championship on Sunday 8th December in St. Paul’s GAC Belfast at 1:00pm. The nine county minor champions contest the St Pauls Tournament Ulster Minor Club Championship. Full draw; Preliminary: Mayobridge GAC (Down) (2-10) v (1-10) Kingscourt Stars (Cavan); Quarter Final 1: St. Brigid’s (Antrim) (2-10) v (1-16) O’Donovan Rossa (Derry); Quarter Final 2: Irvinestown (Fermanagh) (3-11) v (5-12) Clann Eireann (Armagh); Quarter Final 3: Scotstown GAA v Four Masters; Quarter Final 4: Cookstown Rocks (Tyrone) v Mayobridge. We wish our Minor Blues and Management the very best. Our Blues Upcoming Competitive Fixtures On Sunday 8th December our minor boys play Four Masters in the quarter final of the St. Pauls tournament Ulster Minor Championship at 1:00pm in St. Pauls Belfast. Scotstown GAA Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of Scotstown GAA took place on Friday last, November 29th in the Scotstown complex. Our Youth Officer, Tiarnan McGonnell gave an extensive report where he reflected on the continuous improvement of our underage and juvenile teams and players. This included increasing participation in the future blues and underage teams and training sessions with more blitzes and challenge matches with other clubs around the country. Tiarnan praised the boys and girls for their behaviour, work ethic and respect, with tremendous enthusiasm and appetite for future development and progression. Tiarnan thanked all those involved in another successful year from the coaches to parents to sponsors and everyone else. This year was another bumper year for trophies with league and championship cup wins across the U12s, U14s and U16s levels and we have a considerable number of players with bright futures ahead in minor and senior level. Next our Cultural Officer, Paddy Sherlock, reflected over another busy and successful year for the club in Cultural activities. Paddy praised and thanked the newly formed Cultural sub-committee and paid tribute to the late and great Bernie Sherry for all her outstanding work and contribution to cultural events in the past. The Scór Sinsir competitions were held in March and our club was well represented and performed brilliantly in various events narrowly missing first places. Paddy Sherlock secured the County win in recitation and narrowly missed out in qualifying for the Ulster Final. In June, Scotstown had excellent participation in the County finals of Scór na bPaisti (spraoi scor), with the Recitation and the dancers both claiming gold with several others a close 2nd and 3rd in their respective acts. Scotstown had further success in November with the Scór nan Óg County Finals with the quiz team winning the Monaghan final and securing a place in the All Ireland Final with a good run in Ulster. Paddy congratulated everyone involved. Paddy also thanked Pauline Rooney for her weekly Irish classes in the complex. Paddy thanked other club officials and everyone else in the club for their assistance including the communications and promotion of cultural events. Our Secretary, Gary McQuaid, detailed an extensive outline of the football review so far of 2024, with the adult and minor teams. This has been another successful and busy year for the adult teams. The Senior men won the Monaghan Senior Championship for the 23rd time after qualifying for 12 finals in a row, winning 9 of those. The senior men also won the Senior League Owen ward Cup, which was the 12th county double Scotstown have achieved. The Senior men reached the Ulster Semi final last weekend but unfortunately lost. Gary praised and thanked the team and management and thanked everyone involved in the backroom team. The Senior reserves made the O’Duffy cup championship and Division 1A League cup finals and won the league cup but lost the championship final narrowly. The Junior men made further progress this year qualifying for the Championship and league cup quarter finals recording impressive wins and narrow losses in their campaigns. This was the second year of having 2 junior reserve teams which worked well giving everyone competitive football. The Division 3B team won the Division 3B League Cup and all 3 of the reserve teams finished top of their respective groups. The minor boys had another successful year. With both the A and B team reaching the league cup and championship finals. The Scotstown A team won the County Division 1 Championship in Clones on the same day as the Seniors won the County final and this was the first double in 43 years. The Minors now play in Ulster and face Four Masters of Donegal in the Quarter final of the St Paul’s tournament in Belfast this Sunday at 1pm in St. Paul’s GAC. Gary thanked all the management team members and the players for a successful year and wished the minor team and management all the best in Ulster. The Senior Ladies advanced with their progression and continuous improvement this year. There are 230 girls now involved in playing for Scotstown GAA. The Senior ladies made steady progress in the Reserve League Division 1 and in the Senior League Division 1 the Ladies qualified for their first ever Senior county final, but lost to a strong Emyvale side. The Ladies have secured their senior status in the championship for next year. The minor girls had a successful year with winning the Division 1 league cup and narrowly losing the Division 1 Championship semi final. Gary congratulated the teams and managements on their continuous improvement and success during the year. Gary next focused on the facilities and the maintenance of our grounds. He thanked all the coaches and managers and the groundkeeping of Frank McKenna and the field committee for all working well together in the smooth running of 140 competitive games during the year, and to Sean McGovern for planning the schedule of training and home games on all the pitches. Gary thanked the PRO, Communications team and the live streaming team for keeping everyone informed of the games and general club and community related items. This included tweeting 140 games and 40 live streaming 40 games in 2024. Gary thanked the Health and Safety committee for all their work including the safeguarding courses. Gary paid tribute to the late and great Bernie Sherry and outlined some of the many outstanding achievements during the year including the progression of the Healthy Club where Scotstown is now aiming for the gold status. This was another busy year of community engagement and Healthy Club initiatives. This included the RTE Transformation walks which coincided with an invaluable Blood Pressure monitoring health check available for participants. Make a Ceili will be launched again this winter and Card playing has commenced in the Scotstown Complex. GAA for all initiative has continued this year as well. Earlier in the year women’s health, and alcohol and drugs awareness talks took place along with How are you? Metal health awareness in May. Cardiac screening happened and the ladies recently planted the daffodils in Kilmore for next year’s March Daffodil day. GAA 4 Mothers and Others is going strong and the club achieved the Silver Healthy Club status during the year. Gary thanked the development committee in all the progress and positive outcomes during the year including the official opening of the Kilmore hub and the installation of the new excellent floodlights at Kilmore. Gary also referred to various initiatives and fundraisers during the year such as the Cul Camps, table quizzes, medal presentations, clothes collections, Big Breakfast, Scór activities and many other initiatives and events. Gary thanked all the volunteers, stewards, shop and all those activities that are smoothly run all year, and our referees. Next, our Treasurer, Aine McKenna discussed the Financial Statements and a review of the 2023 / 2024 financial year. This year was another busy year for the club as the Kilmore development continued with significant completions, and there has been a considerable level of funding required for the entire project. The day to day running of the club has been continually supported by the Ciste, Lotto, match receipts and our sponsors, while the capital investment for the year and future is supported by the Cairde na Botha and grant income, and the recent Leave your Mark fundraiser. Aine praised all those involved in raising the funds for the club as this is crucial in continuing the success of the club for future generations. Next was our Chairman Cyril McCrudden’s address. Cyril praised all our club members, players and volunteers for their hard work during the past year and congratulated them all on their successes so far. Cyril thanked all the new 2024 sub-committees, and the stewards, ground staff, Ciste, Leave your Mark and lotto groups, Cairde and the fundraising committees, the bar and social club staff, hospitality and food providers, the club shop and tuck shop, the cleaners, those who put up the bunting, the coaches, team managers, referees, and everyone else behind the scenes that make the club work so well and efficiently. Cyril thanked and praised all the teams and managements and all those involved in the parish and community that make the club work so well both on and off the field. Echoing the previous speakers Cyril praised and thanked the coaching team and officer Marc Mullen for all the successes and progression this year, and thanked families and parents of players. Cyril also thanked the cultural officer, PRO and communications committee, Field committee, development committee, Finance and fundraising committee and treasurer, secretary, cultural officer and committee, referees, development officer and committee, green committee, social club and all the events, the Kilmore hub and the work of Gareth Sherry there, and many more involved including members and supporters. Cyril paid tribute to the late and great Bernie Sherry and all the health and well being work and thanked our Main Sponsors, McMahons Centra Scotstown and other sponsors including Maguire Transport and Greenfield Foods, and all those who support the various fundraisers. Cyril outlined the future developments in Kilmore including the car park and the Astro pitch and looked forward to another successful year in 2025 both on and off the pitch. Next was the election of officers. There are no changes for 2025. The officers of Scotstown GAA for the coming year are: Chairperson: Cyril McCrudden; Secretary: Gary McQuaid; Vice-Chairperson: Pauline Keenan; Assistant Secretary; Brenda McCarey; Treasurer: Aine McKenna; Assistant Treasurer: Martin Connolly; Public Relations Officer: Padraig Columb; Youth Officer: Tiarnan McGonnell; Coaching Officer: Marc Mullen; Cultural Officer: Paddy Sherlock; Development Officer: Stephen McKenna; Registrar: Damian Mohan; County Board Delegate: Sean Murphy; Health & Wellbeing Officer: Bernie Sherry; Children’s officer: Emma McKenna; Players’ Representatives: Michéal McCarville and Megan Boylan; Groundsman: Frank McKenna. Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €7,200 Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €7,000 jackpot on Wednesday 4th December. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results. In the November 27th draw, there was NO Jackpot winner. Numbers drawn on the night were 9, 20, 24, 25. There were NO match 3 w1nners. We had 5 Lucky-Dip winners, Paul Hand, Brian McCarville, Macartan McKenna, Grainne McKenna, and Noel Carbin 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 €7,000. 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 4th at 8:30pm. Ciste Draw Congratulations to Katie & Sarah O'Donnell, Ballybay our €1,000 November Ciste Winner! Also congratulations to our 5 x €100 winners, Declan McKenna, Anne Brennan, Kevin Caulfield, Eilish McEntee, Ann McQuaid. Sellers prize: Tommy McMahon & JP McMahon. Thanks to Cormac Sherry for Facebook live this evening.You can purchase your Ciste tickets in our local shops. There are tickets, envelopes and collection boxes in each of these shops; McMahon Centra, Scotstown; XL Ballinode & Killylough, and in Knockatallon. You can also purchase your Ciste tickets using the Scotstown Clubforce website and clicking on ‘buy event tickets’ link. First prize €1,000 and 5 prizes of €100 must be won. In total €18,000 in prize money is won every year! “Leave your Mark” Big Cash Prize Fundraiser We launched our Club Development fundraiser “Leave your mark”, with 1st prize of €15,000 plus several more large cash prizes to be won including a special €5,000 winning prize for any nominated club. Please see our social media platforms for more details. Cairde na Botha – 4th Year Registration due Many thanks to all those involved in the Cairde na Botha initiative. For those who subscribed last year and are on the 4 year subscription plan, the 4th year subscription is now due. 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 see our Clubspot app for more details and how to register or subscribe to year 4. We welcome all Scotstown GAA supporters at home and abroad to join in this progressive and exciting initiative!! Adult Badminton in Scotstown Complex Adult Badminton season kicking off this Wednesday 4th December in the Scotstown Complex at 8pm. Suitable for Intermediate to Advanced. Club Shop The Club Shop is next open this Friday 6th December from 7pm to 8pm. Social Club open The Social Club is open this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9pm. Bar Rota: Abbie McCarey and Cormac Sherry. Scotstown GAA Social Club Little Christmas Get-together. Just to say Thank You to all our Patrons, Volunteers, Coaches and Helpers - we are having a little bit of a get together in the Scotstown GAA Social Club on Saturday 28th December and would love for you all to join us! Just a few drinks, a few nibbles and a bit of craic to say "Thanks for a job well done"! Save the Date – St. Patrick’s Weekend! Date for your diary. Highstool Prophets playing St. Patrick’s weekend 2025 in Scotstown! Appeal for members to volunteer in Fundraising activities We would be grateful if members could become involved in fundraising activities, such as selling tickets. Please contact Shane on 086 836 7997. Thank you. 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. Scotstown Player Pathway Our Coaching Committee is inviting new, current, and former players from U16 level to adult level to join us in forming a second women's adult team in 2025. This new team will help to provide more playing opportunities for all and will strengthen our Player Pathway. If you are interested in signing up, fill in the form below today https://tinyurl.com/scotstownplyrpthwy Health and Wellbeing Scotstown GAA will continue 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. Early in the year we continued the Make a Ceili initiative which was launched before Christmas. In January / February saw the start of the Operation Transformation walk, the Scotstown Ladies hosted a Women’s Health talk, a drugs and Alcohol awareness workshop with our coaches, and we had several card nights during the first quarter. During May we had the Hello How are you? Campaign and in August, a community event after the Blessing of the Graves. In November we had daffodil planting in Kilmore and last weekend we had the return of the card nights for the winter. Card Playing night this Friday Scotstown GAA are inviting everyone to come along and play Cards in the Scotstown complex this Friday 6th December at 8 O’ Clock 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. Make a Ceili Launch night The 2024 / 2025 Make a Ceili will be launched on 18th December. Scór agus Cultúr Our County champions quiz team took part in the Scor na nOg Ulster final. A massive congratulations to the team who have qualified for the All Ireland Final which will take place in the Hillgrove hotel on January 25th 2025! Tá an Ciorcal sa Spórtlann gach Oíche Mháirt ag a 8 a chlog! Fáilte roimh gach duine! Free Morning exercise classes Monaghans U3A and Border Bounce Gym Club are running a free morning exercise class on Zoom at 8.30am for over 55’s on Monday to Thursday. Meeting ID 85016592808 Passcode 366229
By Darragh Stirrat December 4, 2024
An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 26/11/2024 Scotstown GAA Ulster Senior Championship quarter final The Scotstown GAA senior men travelled to the Athletic ground in Armagh on Saturday evening last to face Kilcoo in the semi final of the Ulster Club Senior Championship. It wasn't our night and commiserations and hard luck to the team and management, but well done and thanks for all the hard work, dedication, success and joy you brought to the parish this year which saw the retention of the County Championship along with the senior league cup double and getting to Ulster Senior Championship Semi final. Our senior men will be back next year even hungrier for more success and we have our minors to look forward to in just over a week’s time in the St. Paul's Tournament Ulster Minor Championship and we wish the minor team and management all the best. Congratulations to Kilcoo GAC and all the best in the final. Thanks to Pearse Óg Armagh Gfc for being brilliant hosts as always and for having the pitch in good playable state in such challenging conditions. Final score Scotstown 0-14 Kilcoo 5-10. Scorers for Scotstown: Jack McCarron (0-2, 1f), Rory Beggan (0-2, 2f), James Hamill, Darragh Murray 0-2 each, Shane Carey (f), Michéal McCarville, Conor McCarthy, Mark McPhillips, Ross McKenna, Emmet Caulfield 0-1 each. Scotstown starting lineup: Rory Beggan, Darragh Murray, Kieran Hughes, Jack McDevitt, Ryan O’Toole, Damien McArdle, Conor McCarthy, Michéal McCarville, Gavin McPhillips, Jason Carey, Shane Carey, James Hamill, Francis Maguire, Darren Hughes, Jack McCarron. Subs: Mattie Maguire for Francis Maguire (33), Nicky Sherlock for Jason Casey (35), Ross McKenna for James Hamill (42), Mark McPhillips for Gavin McPhillips (45), Emmet Caulfield for Jack McDevitt (54) Ulster Minor Championship – Scotstown v Four Masters in Quarter Final Scotstown play Four Masters in the quarter final of the Ulster Minor championship on Sunday 8th December in St. Paul’s GAC Belfast at 1:00pm. The nine county minor champions contest the St Pauls Tournament Ulster Minor Club Championship. Full draw; Preliminary: Mayobridge GAC (Down) v Kingscourt Stars (Down); Quarter Final 1: St. Brigid’s (Antrim) v O’Donovan Rossa (Derry); Quarter Final 2: Irvinestown (Fermanagh) v Clann Eireann (Armagh); Quarter Final 3: Scotstown GAA v Four Masters; Quarter Final 4: Cookstown Rocks (Tyrone) v winners of Preliminary Round. We wish our Minor Blues and Management the very best. Our Blues Upcoming Competitive Fixtures On Sunday 8th December our minor boys play Four Masters in the quarter final of the St. Pauls tournament Ulster Minor Championship at 1:00pm in St. Pauls Belfast. Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €7,000 Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €6,800 jackpot on Wednesday 27th November. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results. In the November 20th draw, there was NO Jackpot winner. Numbers drawn on the night were 2, 9, 11, 17. There was ONE match 3 w1nner, Paul McKenna, who wins €100. We had 3 Lucky-Dip winners, Michael Connolly, Catherine O'Reilly O'Toole, and Virginia Beggan 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 €6,800. 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 November 27th at 8:30pm. Ciste Draw The November Ciste draw will take place this Saturday night, November 30th at 10:00pm, in the Social Club. You can purchase your Ciste tickets in our local shops. There are tickets, envelopes and collection boxes in each of these shops; McMahon Centra, Scotstown; XL Ballinode & Killylough, and in Knockatallon. You can also purchase your Ciste tickets using the Scotstown Clubforce website and clicking on ‘buy event tickets’ link. First prize €1,000 and 5 prizes of €100 must be won. In total €18,000 in prize money is won every year! “Leave your Mark” Big Cash Prize Fundraiser We launched our Club Development fundraiser “Leave your mark”, with 1st prize of €15,000 plus several more large cash prizes to be won including a special €5,000 winning prize for any nominated club. Please see our social media platforms for more details. Cairde na Botha – 4th Year Registration due Many thanks to all those involved in the Cairde na Botha initiative. For those who subscribed last year and are on the 4 year subscription plan, the 4th year subscription is now due. 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 see our Clubspot app for more details and how to register or subscribe to year 4. We welcome all Scotstown GAA supporters at home and abroad to join in this progressive and exciting initiative!! Club Shop The Club Shop is next open this Friday 6th December from 7pm to 8pm. Social Club open The Social Club is open this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9pm. Bar Rota: Gerard McKenna and Niall McKenna Scotstown GAA Social Club Little Christmas Get-together. Just to say Thank You to all our Patrons, Volunteers, Coaches and Helpers - we are having a little bit of a get together in the Scotstown GAA Social Club on Saturday 28th December and would love for you all to join us! Just a few drinks, a few nibbles and a bit of craic to say "Thanks for a job well done"! Save the Date – St. Patrick’s Weekend! Date for your diary. Highstool Prophets playing St. Patrick’s weekend 2025 in Scotstown! Appeal for members to volunteer in Fundraising activities We would be grateful if members could become involved in fundraising activities, such as selling tickets. Please contact Shane on 086 836 7997. Thank you. 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. Scotstown AGM The Scotstown GAA AGM is on this Friday 29th November at 8pm in the meeting room Scotstown Player Pathway Our Coaching Committee is inviting new, current, and former players from U16 level to adult level to join us in forming a second women's adult team in 2025. This new team will help to provide more playing opportunities for all and will strengthen our Player Pathway. If you are interested in signing up, fill in the form below today https://tinyurl.com/scotstownplyrpthwy Health and Wellbeing Scotstown GAA will continue 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. Early in the year we continued the Make a Ceili initiative which was launched before Christmas. In January / February saw the start of the Operation Transformation walk, the Scotstown Ladies hosted a Women’s Health talk, a drugs and Alcohol awareness workshop with our coaches, and we had several card nights during the first quarter. During May we had the Hello How are you? Campaign and in August, a community event after the Blessing of the Graves. In November we had daffodil planting in Kilmore and last weekend we had the return of the card nights for the winter. Card Playing night returns for winter 2024 On Friday last Card playing returned for the winter. Well done to everyone involved in a night of fun and learning about cards. More nights to follow. Make a Ceili Launch night The 2024 / 2025 Make a Ceili will be launched on 18th December. Vote of Sympathy The following votes of sympathy were passed at our last Committee meeting. Donnelly Family on the death of Anita McCarville Family on the death of John McQuaid Family on the death of Marcus Monahan Family on the death of Catherine Treanor Family on the death of Maureen We would like to offer our condolences to all the family and friends who lost loved ones during this time. Scór agus Cultúr Our County champions quiz team will take part in Scorn a nOg ulster final. The nine ulster teams will compete in table quiz format on morning of Ulster Final this Saturday 30th November in Silverhill Armagh. The top 3 teams will compete on stage at ulster final in individual format at 2pm Saturday 30th to find Ulster winner. Also top 3 teams go forward to All Ireland final in the Hillgrove hotel January 25 2025. All the best to our Quiz team! Tá an Ciorcal sa Spórtlann gach Oíche Mháirt ag a 8 a chlog! Fáilte roimh gach duine! Free Morning exercise classes Monaghans U3A and Border Bounce Gym Club are running a free morning exercise class on Zoom at 8.30am for over 55’s on Monday to Thursday. Meeting ID 85016592808 Passcode 366229
By Darragh Stirrat November 19, 2024
An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 19/11/2024
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