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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 04/07/2023

An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 04/07/2023 
Monaghan Seniors are into the All Ireland Semi Final! 
All Ireland Senior County Football Championship Quarter Final Result Monaghan 0-14 Armagh 0-14 (a.e.t. Monaghan win 9-8 on Penalties)
Monaghan’s amazing 2023 All Ireland journey continues with the Senior men qualifying for the Semi Final on top of the Minors making their All Ireland Final. Rory Beggan was the penalty shootout hero as resilient Monaghan held firm in an unbelievable nerve-wrecking quarter final at Croke Park against Armagh to secure their first All-Ireland SFC semi-final place since 2018. Rory made 2 superb saves in the shootout to win the game. Both Kieran Hughes and Jack McCarron calmly scored their 2 penalties during the shootout. Incredibly, the sides were level 14 times across the 90 or so minutes including the extra time, in an extremely tight affair. Well done to all our Blues who played, Rory Beggan, Shane Carey, Darren Hughes, Kieran Hughes, Jack McCarron, Conor McCarthy and Ryan O’Toole, with superb scores from Conor McCarthy (0-3) and Jack McCarron (0-2, 1 from free); and to the team and management. Monaghan have been drawn against Dublin for the All Ireland Semi Final and it takes place on Saturday 15th July at 5:30pm in Croke Park. We wish all our Blues, the team and manager Vinnie Corey and his management team the very best. You can purchase your tickets at McMahons Centra Scotstown.
All Ireland Minor Final - Monaghan v Derry this Sunday
The Farney minors play Derry in the All Ireland Minor Final this Sunday 9th July at 1:00pm in the Athletics Ground Armagh. This is the first Minor Final Monaghan have been in since 1939. All the best to our Blues on the minor panel, Donnchadh Connolly, Darcy Foy, Sean Óg McElwain, Max Maguire, Tommy Mallen, and the Monaghan team, manager Dermot Malone and his management team, which includes Barry McKenna who is from the parish and has worked successfully with Scotstown teams in the past. Please come along to Armagh this Sunday and give the minors your support! You can purchase your tickets in McMahons Centra Scotstown.  
Congratulations to Rory Beggan and Conor McCarthy named on GAA Team of the Week.
A massive congratulations to Rory Beggan and Conor McCarthy for making the GAA.ie Football Team of the week, this week for both their amazing performances against Armagh on Saturday last with excellent all round play, scores and penalty saves! Well done Rory and Conor! Congratulations to Gary Mohan from Truagh Gaels and Conor McManus from Clontibret for also making the GAA Team of the Week for Monaghan. 
All Ireland Football Championship Tickets
You can purchase your tickets for the All Ireland Senior Semi Final Monaghan v Dublin game on Saturday 15th July and the All Ireland Minor Final Monaghan v Derry on this Sunday 9th July in McMahon’s Centra Scotstown shop through the Ticketmaster system. Throw In at 5:30pm in Croke Park for Senior game and 1:00pm for Minor Final. 
Senior Ladies – Reserve League Division 2 Champions!
On Sunday last our Senior Ladies faced Castleblayney in Drumhowan in the Final of the Reserve Division 2 League Cup. The Ladies put in an amazing performance winning the final 2-14 to 3-7. Scotstown started strongly leading by 5 points, 1-5 to 0-3 points after 20 minutes with excellent scores from Eabha Sherry including a superb goal and 3 points, and Hannah Sherlock and Alannah Corrigan. Castleblayney reduced their margin to 3 points making the half time score 1-5 to 0-5. Castleblayney were much stronger in the second half and took the lead after 20 minutes with a score line of 2-7 to 1-9, after 3 further fine points by Eabha Sherry and 1 well place point from play by Meghan Boylan. A superb goal by Hannah Sherlock restored the lead for the Blues with 8 minutes remaining, and Scotstown secured the cup success with 5 further great points by Eabha Sherry and Hannah Sherlock making the full time score Scotstown 2-14 Castleblayney 3-7. A massive congratulations to the Ladies and management. Commiserations to Castleblayney and thanks to Drumhowan for hosting the final.  
2023 Monaghan Club Football Championship draws
On Monday evening last, Monaghan GAA held the draws for this year’s adult men championships. In the Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship, our senior men drew Donaghmoyne, Inniskeen, Clontibret and Magheracloone and are in Group 2. The fixtures are; weekend 13th August away to Inniskeen; weekend 27th August home to Magheracloone; weekend 9th September away to Donaghmoyne and weekend 16th September home to Clontibret. 
In the Universal Graphics Junior Football Championship, our Junior Men drew Tyholland, Killeevan, Oram and Rockcorry and are in Group 2. The fixtures are; weekend 13th August away to Oram; weekend 20th August home to Tyholland; weekend 27th August away to Rockcorry and weekend 16th September home to Killeevan. We wish the players and management on both teams all the best in this year’s Championships. 
Our Blues Competitive Games in the past week
Under 13s
Our Under 13 boys’ teams were in U13 league shield competitions in the past week. The Under 13 Scotstown A team played Castleblayney away in Round 3 of the U13 Division 1 League Shield on Sunday last. Hard luck in their defeat. Well done to both the Scotstown C and D teams for making their Shield finals. The Scotstown C team defeated Corduff away in the Semi Final of the U13 Division 5 league Shield on Wednesday of last week. They play Donaghmoyne in the U13 Division 5 league Shield final this Saturday 8th July at 2:00pm in Drumhowan. The Scotstown D team defeated Carrickmacross at home in the Semi Final of the U13 Division 6 league Shield on Friday of last week. They play Inniskeen in the final this weekend. Venue and time TBC. Hard luck to the Scotstown B team I their defeat to Clontibret at home in the Semi Final of the U13 Division 2 league Shield on Wednesday of last week. We wish the Scotstown C and D teams and management all the best in their finals. 
Under 15s
Our Under 15 Scotstown A Boys lost narrowly 3-12 to 3-11 against Clontibret away in the Under 15 Division 1 League Shield Round 2 game on Thursday last, hard luck lads. They next play Carrickmacross away in Round 3 of the Under 15 Division 1 League Shield on Thursday 13th July at 7:30pm.
Hard luck to our Under 15 Division 5A boys in their defeat away to Carrickmacross in Round 9 of the U15 Football Division 5A league on Friday last. They next play Castleblayney at home in Round 10 of the U15 Football Division 5A league on Friday 14th July at 7:30pm.
Under 17s
Our Under 17 boys had no games in the past week. Our Scotstown A team play Truagh at home next Monday 10th July at 7:30pm in the U17 Division 1 League Round 4 game. Our Scotstown B team play Truagh at home this Saturday 8th July at 5:00pm in the U17 Division 4 League Round 4 game.
O’Duffy Cup
Our Senior Reserves play Corduff in the O’Duffy Cup final on Friday 14th July at 8:00pm.
Senior Division 1A Reserves
Well done to our Division 1A Reserves in their 3-9 to 1-11 Round 8 win against Donaghmoyne at home on Tuesday of last week in the Reserve League Division 1A. They next play Monaghan Harps at home in Round 9 of the Reserve League Division 1A on Tuesday 14th July at 8:00pm. 
Junior Division 3A Reserves
Our Division 3A Reserves’ had no games in the past week. Their next game is the Round 9 game against Clontibret away on Tuesday 4th July at 8:00pm in the Reserve League Division 3A.
Junior Division 3B Reserves
Well done to our Division 3Bs Reserves in their 0-16 to 2-7 win against Inniskeen at home on Thursday of last week in Round 7 of the Reserve League Football Division 3B. They next play Latton away on Saturday 29th July in Round 9 of the Reserve League Football Division 3B.
Senior Men League
On Friday last our Senior men hosted our neighbours Truagh in Round 8 of the Senior League on a drizzly Summer’s evening. This was a tight local derby with never any more than 2 points between the sides. At half time Scotstown had a narrow 1 point 0-3 to 0-2 lead. With 15 minutes of the second half gone, Scotstown had a 2 point advantage at 0-5 0-3, but Truagh scored 3 points in a row to take the lead with over 5 minutes remaining. Scotstown upped their game and restored their 2 point advantage at 0-8 to 0-6 with 2 minutes remaining before Truagh scored their final point in a nervy end to the game. Well done to the Senior men and management. They next play Donaghmoyne at home this Saturday July 7th in Round 9 of the Senior League at 7:00pm.
Junior Men’s League
Our Junior men had no games in the past week. They next play Eire Óg at home this Tuesday July 4th at 8:00pm in Round 8 of the Junior League. 
Under 18 Girls
Well done to our Under 18 girls in their win against Aughnamullen at home in Round 3 of the Under 18 girls Division 1 League on Thursday last. They next play Tyholland away in Round 4 of the Under 18 girls Division 1 League on Thursday 27th July at 7:30pm. 
Under 16 Girls
Our U16 Division 1 girls had no games in the past week. They next play Aughnamullen at home in Round 7 of the Under 16 girls Division 1 League on Monday 24th July at 7:30pm. Well done to the U16 Scotstown B girls in their win against Truagh on Tuesday of last week in Round 6 of the U16 Division 2 League. They next play Monaghan Harps at home in Round 7 of the Under 16 girls Division 2 League on Monday 24th July at 7:30pm. 
Under 14 Girls
Hard luck to the Under 14 Scotstown A girls in their defeat to Latton at home in Round 8 of the U14 Division 1 League on Monday last. Our U14 Scotstown B girls had no games in the past week. They next play Latton at home in Round 5 of the U14 Division 3A League on Tuesday 4th July at 7:30pm. 
Under 12 Girls
The Under 12 girls had no games in the past week. The U12 Scotstown A team next play Aghabog at home this Saturday 8th July at 11:00am in Round 1 of the Under 12 Division 2 game and the U12 Scotstown B team play Brigid / O’Neills away this Friday 7th July at 7:30pm in Round 1 of the Under 12 Division 3B game. 
Monaghan LGFA Minors 
The Ulster Platinum Champions Monaghan are into the All Ireland Series where they play the Connaught champions (either Mayo or Galway) in the Semi Final on Wednesday 19th July.
We wish our Blues on the panel Katie McCaffrey, Ella McKenna, and Eabha Sherry, and the team and management all the best. 
Under 15 girls National Feile Competition
After their success at the Under 15 Division Feile competition in Cloghran in May, our Under 15 girls took part in the John West Féile Peile na nÓg Finals in Roscommon on Saturday last. Well done to the girls in making the Semi Finals after 2 excellent wins, and lost by a narrow margin of 3 points. Congratulations in getting so far nationally and all the best in your bright futures ahead in football. Well done to all the management team and coaches involved. 
Our Blues Upcoming Competitive Fixtures for the Week
On Tuesday 4th July our Junior Men play Eire Og at home in Round 8 of the Junior Football League at 8:00pm and our Junior 3A Reserves play Clontibret away in the Reserve League Football Division 3A Round 9 game at 8:00pm. Our Under 14 Scotstown B girls play Latton at home in Round 5 of the U14 Division 3A League at 7:30pm
On Friday 7th July our Junior Men play Tyholland away in Round 9 of the Junior Football League at 8:00pm
On Saturday 8th July our Senior Men play Donaghmoyne at home in Round 9 of the Senior League at 7:00pm and our Under 17 Scotstown B boys play Truagh at home in Round 4 of the U17 Division 4 at 5:00pm. The Under 13 Scotstown C team play Donaghmoyne in Drumhowan in the U13 Division 5 league Final at 2:00pm. 
On Sunday 9th July The Monaghan Minors play Derry in the Athletics Ground at 1:00pm in the Final of the All Ireland Minor Football Championship.
On Monday 10th July our Under 17 Scotstown A boys play Truagh at home in Round 4 of the U17 Division 1 at 7:30pm and our Under 14 Scotstown A girls play Brigid / O’Neill away in Round 9 of the U14 Division 1 League at 7:30pm
On Tuesday 11th July our Senior 1A Reserves play Truagh away in the Reserve League Football Division 1A Round 9 game at 8:00pm. 
On Thursday 13th July our Under 15 Scotstown A Boys play Carrickmacross away in the Under 15 Division 1 League Shield Round 3 game at 7:30pm
We wish our Blues and managements all the best in their games.
Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €8,600!!
Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €8,400 jackpot on Wednesday 5th July. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results. 
In the June 28th draw there was no Jackpot winner this week. Numbers drawn on the night were 30,13, 27, 26 We had 1 Match 3 winner who wins € 100 - Michelle Mayne. We also had 3 Lucky Dip winners this week of € 20 each. They were Emer Mc Govern, Connor McKenna, Fiona McKenna. 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 €8,600. If no jackpot winner €100 is rolled over to the following week. Also if there is no jackpot winner there will be lucky dips. Next draw is Wednesday July 12th at 8:30pm.
Umpires required
Anyone willing to help our referees out and act as umpires for their games please contact Shane at 0868367997. 
New Clubspot App.
We are delighted to have our new Member Relationship Management software platform ClubSpot up and running. This app provides our members and supporters with all they need in one place. Members can keep up to date with the latest news and events, pay membership, purchase fundraising tickets and more - anytime, anywhere. 
Please enter the web address below to sign up for all you need to know about our club!
For Android
https://sites.google.com/clubspot.app/scotstowngaaclub/home
For Apple
https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/scotstown-gaa/id6448809669
The Scotstown Ladies GAA Cash Call Competition
The fourth live call took place on Saturday last. Congratulations to Emma Connolly on winning the 5 x €100 vouchers Slieve Beagh, Four Seasons Hotel, Hillgrove Hotel, Neighbourhood and the Squealing Pig. Thanks to everyone involved. Enter the Cash Call competition for a chance to win €5,000 worth of prizes. Entries cost €20 for 1 entry and €50 for 3 entries. All cash calls will be streamed live on Facebook. 5 weeks, €5000 worth of prizes, 5 rings! must be over 18 to enter. This week’s prize is a €3,000 cash prize. Please see our Social Media platforms for further details on how to enter or contact any of the Senior Ladies to enter and for more information. Link for competition;
https://www.scotstowngaa.ie/cash-call
Club Shop 
The Club Shop is next open Friday July 14th from 7pm to 8pm. 
Social Club opening hours and rota
The Social Club is open this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9pm. Bara Rota: Cormac Sherry and Abbie McCarey
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. We recently had nutritional talks for our U13 to U16 boys and girls’ players and parents. As we now enter the summer months and the football is up and running, we will be implementing Healthy initiatives soon and will update everyone as these happen.
Wedding Wellwishes
Congratulations to James and Paula Hamill who got married last weekend. We wish you all the best in your future.
Scotstown GAA Golf Classic
The 2023 Scotstown GAA Golf Classic is on in Rossmore Golf Club on Saturday 15th July Team of 4 with 3 course Dinner €200. Tee sponsorship is 100 euros and we over €2,500 worth of prizes for the event. To book your tee time, phone Shane Stirrat on 086 836 7997 or Jim 085 174 3569.
Scór agus Cultúr
Tá an Ciorcal sa Spórtlann gach Oíche Máirt ag a 8 a chlog! Buail isteach don craic is comhrá!
6th Annual Run to Remember - Gary Askin
A 5k Run / walk in memory of the late Gary Askin will take place Friday 4th August, starting at Emyvale GAA grounds, at 7:00pm sharp. Please support our neighbours Emyvale GAA on this brilliant initiative for superb causes. All donations on the day in aid of Errigal Truagh Special Needs Children’s Camp, Monaghan Cardiac First Responders Group & The Irish Kidney Association. Please see website address below to support.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/mth7v-6th-annual-run-to-remember-gary-askin
2023 Cúl Camp
Scotstown GAA Cúl Camp from Monday 7th August to Friday 11th August 2023. Lots of fun in Gaelic Football, Ladies Football, Hurling, Camogie, and Rounders. Camp coordinator Ann McKenna. 


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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