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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 03/08/2021

Scotstown GAA Club Notes 03/08/2021 

Our Blues Competitive Games in the past week
Under 13s
Well done to our Under 13 Division 5 Future Blues in their fine win over Clontibret away on Tuesday of last week. Hard luck to our Under 13 Division 1 Future Blues in their away defeat to Clontibret, also on Tuesday. Hard luck to our Under 13 Division 6 Future Blues in their narrow 2-2 to 1-4 defeat away to Monaghan Harps on Wednesday of last week and in their defeat at home to Killanny on Sunday last. The U13 Division 1 team’s next game is away to Castleblayney on Saturday August 14th in the Division 1 Shield Round Robin Round 2. The U13 Division 5 team are also away to Castleblayney on the same day in the Division 5 Shield Round Robin Round 2. The U13 Division 6 team’s next game is away to Truagh on Saturday August 14th in their Round 7 game.  
Under 15s
Our Under 15 Division 1 Blues had no games in the past week. They next play Truagh at home in the Under 15 Football League Division 1 Cup Semi-Final in Pairc Mhuire on Thursday 12th August. 
Under 17s
Well done to our Under 17 Division 1 Blues in their exciting 1-14 all draw against Killanny away on Sunday last. They next play Castleblayney at home on next Monday 9th August in Pairc Mhuire in their Round 6 game. Well done to our Under 17 Division 1 Blues in their fine 1-16 to 2-11 win away to Aghabog on Thursday of last week. Hard luck to the Division 3 Blues in their 3-17 to 2-14 defeat to Latton at home on Sunday last. They next play Emyvale away next Tuesday 10th August in their Round 8 game. 
Under 19s
Our Under 19 Division 1 Blues had no games in the past week. 
Senior Reserves
Well done to our Division 1A Senior Reserves in their superb 1-14 to 0-11 win over Donaghmoyne at home on Wednesday of last week in the Division 1A Semi Final. Scorers were, Jason Carey (1 goal, 3 points), Micheal McCarville (4 points), Dermot McCrudden and Ruairi Sheenan (2 points each), Emmet Caulfield, James Hamill and Mark McPhillips (1 Point each). They next play Latton in the Division 1A Final on this Friday. We wish them all the best.
Junior Reserves
Our Division 3 Junior Reserves had no games in the past week. They next play Rockcorry in the Reserve League Division 3 Shield Final on Wednesday 4th August. We wish them all the best. Please see our Social Media platforms for the result.  
Junior Football League
Our Junior League Blues had no games in the past week. They next play Sean McDermot at home on Sunday 15th August. 
Senior Football League
Our Senior Blues had no games in the past week. They next play Inniskeen at home on Sunday 8th August in the Senior Football League Group 1 Round 4.    
Ladies Football
Under 12 Girls
Our Under 12 girls teams had no games in the past week. The Division 1 Scotstown A team played Donaghmoyne A at home on Wednesday 4th August. The Division 2 Scotstown B team play Brigid/O’Neills at home on Thursday 5th August. 
Under 14 Girls
Our Under 14 girls had no games in the past week. On Monday 2nd August our Under 14 Division 1 Scotstown A girls play Aughnamullen at home at 7:00pm. On Tuesday 3rd August our Under 14 Division 2 Scotstown B girls play Castleblayney at home at 7:00pm.  
Under 16 Girls
Our Under 16 girls had no games in the past week. They next play Donaghmoyne at home on Monday 9th August in their Round 6 game. 
Under 18 Girls
Our Under 18 girls had no games during the past week. They next play Tyholland away on Saturday 7th August. 
Senior Ladies
Hard luck to our Senior Ladies in their defeat away to Aughnamullen away on Sunday last. They next play Inniskeen A away next Sunday 8th August. 

Our Blues Upcoming Competitive Fixtures for the Week
On Wednesday 4th August our Division 3 Junior Reserves play Rockcorry in the Reserve League Division 3 Shield Final at 7:30pm and our Under 12 Division 1 Scotstown A team play Donaghmoyne A at home at 7:00pm.
On Friday August 6th, our Senior Reserves Division 1 team play Latton in the Division 1A Final at 7:30pm. 
On Saturday 7th August our Under 18 girls play Tyholland away at 7:00pm in their Round 6 game. 
On Sunday 8th August our Senior men play Inniskeen at home in Pairc Mhuire at 3:00pm in the Senior Football League Group 1 Round 4 game. Our Senior Ladies play Inniskeen A away also on Sunday. 
On Monday 9th August our Under 17 Division 1 future Blues play Castleblayney at home in their Round 6 game at 7:30pm in Pairc Mhuire. Our Under 16 girls play Donaghmoyne at home in their Round 6 game. 
On Tuesday 10th August our Under 17 Division 3 boys play Emyvale away in their Round 8 game at 7:30pm.
On Wednesday 11th August our Senior Reserves play the winners of Magheracloone or Castleblayney away in the quarter final of the Reserve Football Championship O’Duffy Cup. 
On Thursday 12th August our Under 15 Division 1 Blues play Truagh at home in the Under 15 Football League Division 1 Cup Semi-Final in Pairc Mhuire at 7:00pm.
All the best to our Blues next week. An Bhoth Abu!

Our Blues in County Football Action
2021 Ulster Senior Football Championship Final 
The Monaghan Seniors narrowly lost the Ulster Final to Tyrone by 0-16 to 0-15 after a gallant display and a superb second half comeback last Saturday in Croke Park. Well done to all the players and management after a fine 2021 campaign. Our Blues’ scorers on the day were Rory Beggan (2 points) and Conor McCarthy (2 points). In total this year six of our Senior blues were involved in the panel, Rory Beggan, Shane Carey, Darren Hughes, Kieran Hughes, Conor McCarthy and Ryan O'Toole. Well done lads and we look forward to seeing you play soon in our club games. 

2021 Eirgrid Ulster GAA U20 Football Championship Final
Hard luck to all the U20 Monaghan players on Friday night last against Down in the U20 Ulster Football Championship final with an extra time defeat. It was a heroic performance and you did everyone proud. Well done to our Blues Gavin McPhillips and Michael Meehan and the Monaghan U20 team and management. 

2021 Electric Ireland Ulster GAA Minor Football Championship Quarter Final
Last Wednesday 28th July the Monaghan minors played Donegal in the Ulster Football Championship quarter final. Hard luck to James McElwain and the Monaghan Minors players and management in their 1-9 to 0-10 defeat. 

Under 16 Monaghan Girls – Ulster Champions!
Well done Eabha Sherry and the U16 Monaghan girls with a superb 4-8 to 2-12 final win over Tyrone on Thursday last and they are the 2021 Under 16 Ulster Champions! 
Monaghan Minors
Well done to our Minor Blues, Uainin Connolly, Grace Kelly and Katie Sherlock and the rest of the Monaghan minor team in their Ulster Minor Championship semi final win by 4-16 to 3-15 against Donegal and have booked their place in the Ulster final against Antrim on Wednesday 4th August. 

Return to Football – 2021 Competitive Football Attendance guidelines
The 2021 Club Football season commenced on Monday last 7th June. Please note, in terms of attendances, 200 spectators will be permitted to attend GAA games (club and inter county). This number is in addition to players, team personnel, stewards or media attendees. For underage games, where parents are attending in a child-protection capacity, they will count as part of the 200 spectators permitted to attend. 

July Ciste Draw 
The July Ciste draw took place last Sunday night August 1st at 9:45pm, in McMahon Centra Scotstown, with thanks for hosting it safely. Congratulations to Austin Corrigan our July Ciste €1,000 winner! Also congratulations to our 5 x €100 winners, Gene Murray, Barratitoppy, Kathleen Cusker, Paul Carey, Francie Mulligan, and Jim Joe Gray. Sellers prizes, Damian Mohan and Kevin Keenan. 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; McAloons Knockatallon; McCarvilles Ballinode & Killylough. 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!

Scotstown GAA Golf Classic
The 2021 sourcemykar.ie Scotstown GAA Golf Classic is on in Rossmore Golf Club on Saturday 4th September! Team and Dinner €200. To book your tee time, phone Shane Stirrat on 086 836 7997 or Seamus McQuillan 086 258 8882. With over €2,000 in prizes!!

Annual Cul Camp – Next Week!!
The annual Cul Camp will take place in Scotstown next week from 9th to 13th August. The Camp is now Booked out. Kellogg's GAA Cúl Camps provide primary school boys and girls – between the ages of 6 and 13 – with an action-packed and fun-filled week of activity during the summer holidays which revolves around maximising enjoyment and sustaining participant involvement in Gaelic Games. Activities are player-centred with a Games Based approach and a strong emphasis on personal development and well-being. We wish all our participants and organisers well. 

Scotstown GAA Club Shop Re-Opened
The club shop has re-opened and is open this Friday from 7pm to 8pm. We have a sale on for the next few weeks on selected items. Please follow these Covid-19 guidelines. 1 person / family in at any 1 time and mask is mandatory. No fitting on or exchanging items. Thanks!

Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €3,000 Next Week
Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €2,500 jackpot on Wednesday 4th August! Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results. 
We had a Jackpot winner last week, Mark Hand. Numbers drawn on the night were 5, 10, 17, 29. We also had 3 Lucky Dip winners this week of € 20 each. They were Conor Sherry, Emma Connolly and Brenda Mc Carey. Congratulations! 
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 €3,000.
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 Wednesday August 11th at 8:30pm. 

Our Condolences 
We would like to offer our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Conor Heaphy, Ballylongford, County Kerry. We would like to pass on our sympathy to his brother John and nephews, Orin, Colin and Alan Heaphy. May he Rest In Peace.

Health and Wellbeing
As the country opens up is encouraging to see more people out and about, (while still keeping pandemic safety in mind), whether it’s for a walk around Kilmore, training, looking forward to a summer of football and safely meeting people outdoors again and raising their emotional wellbeing. Scotstown GAA is going for the 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 is a timely initiative for a post Covid-19 world and we look forward to the Healthy Club project in our future and recovery from the pandemic.  

Phone a Ceili
It is an encouraging development that people from one household only can visit another household. But for those who are still nervous of physical visits given the ongoing Pandemic, we can still make contact with those we care about and / or are cocooning, living alone or vulnerable. They would really appreciate a phone call, letter or card just to say "I'm thinking about you, keep safe and stay strong." So please, Phone a Ceili, write a Letter, send a Card and keep in touch over the winter months and we are always here to help in anyway. We ask all our committee members and players to phone a ceili twice a week. If you would like a committee member or player to phone you, please contact our Chairman Shane on 086 836 7997.

Tidy Towns
Our beautiful villages in the parish will be judged soon for the Tidy Towns competition. Please ensure that all areas outside your premises and dwellings are litter free and clear of all weeds. Thank you. 
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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