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Scotstown GAA Club Notes 06/04/2020
Scotstown GAA Club Notes 06/04/2021
Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €6,900!!!
Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €6,800 jackpot on Wednesday 7th April! Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results. There was no winner of our draw on March 31st. We had 2 Match 3 winners this week, who won €25 each. Congratulations Martin Byrne & Jackie Caulfield. We also had 1 Lucky Dip winner this week of € 20 - Well done Ronan Stirrat. 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 €6,900.
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 14th April at 8:30pm.
Membership 2021 – 25% Discount
In light of the Covid 19 Pandemic and its continuing impact on our community and activities we have given a 25% reduction in fees to all members as reflected in this year’s prices. Family discounts will still apply also with €10 being deducted for multiple registrations from the same family (Must be processed all at once).
A parent must register with anyone under the age of 18, therefore you will be required to include an "Adult non-playing" to the basket.
If children are registered without parent being added or if at least 1 Parent/Guardian (GDPR contact) isn't included with a juvenile registration, then we will issue a refund and ask you to register again. Please arrange your membership on our Clubforce Platform, which is linked on our Social Media platforms.
Also please note everyone must register before they can play.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Dermot Foley’s Head and Beard Shave fundraising initiative
Well done to our Physiotherapist Dermot Foley in his "Dermot's Head and Beard Shave" fundraising initiative for a worthy cause, the Irish Cancer Society. Dermot says that he's "Gonna shave off my lovely locks and beard for Irish Cancer Society because Cancer touches us all. We have all been touched by cancer and to help in any way for those affected will be worth the cold head and face.". You can donate online at the following address.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/dermot-foley
Garda Vetting and Safeguarding
GAA vetting services are available to any person over 16 yrs. of age fulfilling a role of responsibility with children or vulnerable adults. A parental consent form (NVB Parent/Guardian Consent Form) must be completed, for applicants between 16 and 18 yrs. of age. Please contact Jill Stirrat or Paudie Meehan with any queries.
The Farney Siamsa Challenge
Thanks to all the club members who have contributed this challenge with their wonderful videos. Please see the Scotstown GAA Facebook page for all the super entries! ‘The Farney Siamsa Challenge’ commenced Monday, March 1st and ran until March 31st. Video Clips can be viewed during April. All Entries were shared on Monaghan GAA’s media platforms with the aim of providing everyone with superb local entertainment and talent during the month of March. We would like thank Monaghan GAA, Monaghan GAA New York and the Rockland club for organising this superb event.
Levels of Fitness during pre-training phase
We encourage all our players getting out and getting active for young people and attain some level of fitness prior to the resumption of our training
GAA National Club Draw
The annual GAA National Club Draw was postponed and will take place Friday 4th June 2021 we are involved this year in the draw both nationally and at our own local level. There are many different fabulous prizes nationally including Cars, Concert tickets, Travel vouchers, Shopping vouchers, All Ireland packages & More!! Tickets are just €10 and all the funds go directly to Scotstown GAA.
Scotstown GAA Club Shop
If you would like to purchase Scotstown GAA merchandise, please contact Kevin on 087 742 2519 or Sinead. The Club Shop is closed as per the latest GAA guidelines.
Latest Covid-19 Restrictions Update for April
Last week the government updated their “Living with Covid” plan.
If you have received the second dose of the vaccine more than 2 weeks ago, you can meet with other fully vaccinated people from 1 other household indoors without wearing masks or staying 2 metres apart. This measure comes into place immediately. If you have received the second dose, you have to wait 2 weeks until you can meet other fully vaccinated people indoors. From next Monday 12th April, in-school teaching to fully return; You can meet 1 other household outside but not in your garden or theirs; and You can travel within your county or within 20km of your home if crossing county boundaries. From 19 April; GAA: Training for and playing of National Governing Body sanctioned and organised adult intercounty National Gaelic Games Leagues not including under 20 or minor competitions. Please see our social media platform with more details on what the new updated restrictions easing from 26th April including sport related. Please see the reminder on specific restrictions regarding current GAA activities in the final section of the club notes below. As of now, all club games at all levels and ages are still suspended indefinitely. The Kilmore walking track remains open. Please note that our GAA indoor facilities including dressing rooms, club shop, social club, gyms etc. will remained CLOSED until further notice. This is in accordance with the GAA's Covid Advisory Group's guidelines. Whenever we are given the guidelines to enable us to give definitive dates of resumption of any of our activities and facilities, we will update you here and on our Clubforce app. Please adhere to government Level 5 and HSE guidelines, on washing your hands, keeping your distance and abide by the current restrictions. Thanks for your patience and understanding. The club is still here to help out in our community.
We are still here to help
We would like to reiterate and to continue our message that we are here to help, particularly as we are still in Level 5. In light of the ongoing concerns and impacts to our daily lives over Covid-19, Scotstown GAA would like to reassure those in our community that we are here to help. The health and wellbeing of our community is very important at this time and we can phone and have a chat with those that are alone or vulnerable check if they need anything, groceries, medicines, a friendly voice and reassuring chat can help. If you are living away from the parish and have relatives that may need a hand getting in medicines or shopping or simply checking in with them, contact any committee member. Please private message on the Scotstown GAA Facebook page with any other suggestions on how we can help over the next while. We will keep you updated on our Facebook page and we are and will look out for each other. There are Tydavnet Parish Community Health and Wellbeing leaflet of crucial local numbers and contact information for people in our community. These leaflets are going out through the local shops, churches etc. Many thanks to all those involved. As well as our physical health, our emotional wellbeing and mental health is also highly important. In these current circumstances, it is important to remember that the community supports and services are still operating. Your GP is your first point of contact in relation to both physical and mental health needs. If you, or someone you know is in crisis, contact your GP or Doc on Call on 1850 777 911, or if you are really concerned go to the Emergency Department in Cavan General Hospital. Please see our social media platforms for Local Support and Services available with contact details.
Phone a Ceili
With high Level restrictions ongoing, physically visiting people is not allowed. But 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.
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To keep our beautiful parish clean and litter free and for the Tidy Towns, there will be a Skip in Scotstown village centre from 10:30am to 2:30pm this Saturday 10th April for litter collected in the area. We encourage as many people, particularly those with spare time and want to go for a walk to help us out in picking up any litter that happens to be out there. We would like to limit the pickers to 1 or 2 per household. Please observe current Covid 19 restrictions. Use gloves, keep your social distancing and within 5km of your home. Please contact Pauline on 085 119 7063 if you need a litter picker. Many thanks! The skip is courtesy of Monaghan County Council, environment section and Nial o Connor. We greatly appreciate this and thank them very much.
Congratulations on the new arrival
Congratulations to Catriona and Colin McAree on the birth of their baby boy.
Monaghan U3A Fitness Classes
Monaghan U3A are running free fitness hour classes aimed at 50+ age group Monday to Thursday at 8.15am; Tuesday 30-minute classes at 9.30 with a HSE physio and Friday Tai Chi at 9.45. For the zoom links text 087 3432275 or see our Social Media Platforms.
Monaghan County Council Covid 19 Community Call
We would like to thank Monaghan County Council for their continued support for vulnerable people in the county with their helpdesk. This is dedicated FREE contact number 1 800 804 158 with the lines open from 8am to 8pm seven days a week and responds to people in need with a wide range of co-ordinated community resources available to assist.
Virtual Online Health Fair
Monaghan Integrated Development are hosting a Virtual Health Fair from Monday April 12th to Friday April 16th. There are plenty of free webinars and information sessions on the subject of health & wellbeing, from a cookery demonstration with celebrity chef Catherine Fulvio to managing Diabetes and Arthritis to emotional wellbeing tips. You can register for free through www.midl.ie or email healthfair2021@gmail.com.
Healthy Monaghan Health & Wellbeing Events Calendar
There's a huge selection of activities happening locally over the next 2 months, opportunities for all ages to get involved in something positive for their wellbeing. Whether its physical activity, informative webinars or merely getting creative check out the below calendar for all the information. Please see our Facebook page for more details.
Keep Well Campaign
The Government Plan for Living with COVID-19: Resilience and Recovery 2020-2021 highlighted the important role that individual and community resilience will play in contributing to our ongoing response to COVID-19.
The Keep Well campaign is aimed at showing people of all ages how we can mind our own physical and mental health and wellbeing by adding healthy and helpful habits to our daily and weekly routines. It will provide guidelines,
information, and tips on how we can make a plan to do things that will help us keep well through the coming months.
A full range of supports is available online at gov.ie/healthyireland
Return to training updates
With government restrictions ongoing GAA’s return to play has still not been fully finalised. Under Level 5 of the plan for living with Covid-19 individual training only is permitted for GAA clubs. However from April 26th, non-contact underage training in pods of 15 will be permitted and that full contact Inter-County training at adult level only can re-commence from April 19th. These are hugely welcome developments and allow us finally to begin planning on-field activity for the remainder of 2021. However, it should also be noted that these dates are conditional and will very much depend on what happens in terms of the overall COVID-19 picture in the coming weeks. For that reason, it is more important than ever that no collective training sessions are held between now and the Government indicated return dates. Breaches in this context will not only be dealt with under the GAA Rules but would likely put the broader plan to return to activity in serious jeopardy. As you will appreciate, the GAA will need to receive further clarity on aspects of what was announced last week before finalising the plans for a return to training and ultimately games. They also need to finalise competition structures and dates for the up-coming inter-county season, as well as ensuring advice is provided for all clubs in relation to how they can safely recommence underage activity. As it stands currently, neither adult or underage teams may train collectively, club games are not permitted, and GAA club grounds must remain closed. Dressing rooms, showers and all other indoor training facilities should remain closed for club activities. Club Gyms must remain closed until further notice. No indoor meetings can be held. All officer Training must be delivered online. Outdoor coaching education courses are not permitted. No organised indoor gatherings can take place under the current restrictions. No outdoor gatherings on GAA property are permitted with the only exception of walkways staying open for use by the community with social distancing in place. Please adhere to these guidelines. We appreciate your patience. Stay safe.
To a summer of football
We hope that play resumes this summer as outlined above and we hope all other clubs are keeping well and safe and we look forward to playing you all again.
Easter of goodwill and hope
This is still a challenging time, and we hope Eastertime has brought you some solace, faith and confidence that brighter and better days will soon be upon us.
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
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
An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 19/11/2024
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