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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:
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:
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
An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 16/07/2024
Our Blues Competitive Games in the past week
Under 14s
The Under 14 Boys had no games in the past week.
Our Under 14 boys A team next play Donaghmoyne away in Round 2 of the Under 14 Cup Competition Division 1 Group A on Saturday 27th July at 11:00am.
Our Under 14 boys B Team next play Monaghan Harps at home in Round 2 of the Under 14 Cup Competition Division 5A on Sunday 21st July at 11:00am.
Our Under 14 boys C Team next play Castleblayney away in Round 2 of the Under 14 Cup Competition Division 5A on this Friday 19th July at 7:00pm.
Under 16s
Minors
Well done to our U18 Minor A Team in their 1-15 to 2-4 win against Truagh in Round 9 of the Minor Division 1 League on Tuesday of last week. The U18 Minor A Team next play Castleblayney at home in Round 10 of the Minor Division 1 League on Tuesday July 16th at 8:00pm.
The Under 18 Minor B team had no games in the past week. The Minor B team next play Aughnamullen away in Round 6 of the Minor Division 6 League on Tuesday 30th July at 8:00pm.
Senior Men
Our Senior men had no games in the past week. The Senior team next play Corduff at home in the Semi Final of the Senior League cup on weekend of 27th July.
Junior Men
Our Junior men had no games in the past week. Our Senior men next play Eire Og at home in Round 2 of the Junior Championship on the weekend of 18th August.
Senior Reserves Championship – O’Duffy Cup
In the Senior Reserves Championship our Senior Reserves next play Castleblayney away in the Semi Final of the O’Duffy Cup on Wednesday 24th July at 7:45pm.
Senior Division 1A Reserves
Our Senior Reserves had no games in the past week. The Senior Reserves next play Inniskeen away in Round 10 of the Reserve League Division 1A on Wednesday 17th July at 8:00pm.
Junior Division 3A Reserves
The Junior Division 3A Reserves game against Killeevan away scheduled for Wednesday of last week in Round 9 of the Reserve League Division 3A was cancelled as Killeevan conceded and Scotstown were awarded the points. The Junior Division 3A Reserves next play Truagh at home this Friday 19th July at 7:45pm in the Semi Final of the Reserve League Division 3A.
Junior Division 3B Reserves
Well done to the Junior Division 3B Reserves who won 1-7 to 1-6 against Truagh away on Sunday last in Round 8 of the Reserve League Division 3B. The Junior Division 3B Reserves next play Inniskeen at home on Sunday 11th August at 12:30pm in Round 9 of the Reserve League Division 3B.
Under 12 Boys League Competition
The Under 12 teams played last week in Round 5 of the league competition.
Well done to our Under 12 Boys A Team who drew against Inniskeen at home 6-10 to 4-16 in Round 5 of the U12 Division 1 League Competition on Saturday last. They next play Clontibret away in Round 6 of the U12 Division 1 League Competition on Saturday 27th July at 12:00pm.
Well done to our Under 12 Boys B team who won 7-14 to 8-8 against Donaghmoyne away in Round 4 of the U12 Division 4 League Competition on Sunday last. They next play Monaghan Harps at home in Round 5 of the U12 Division 4 League Competition on Sunday 28th July at 11:00am.
Well done to our Under 12 Boys C Team who defeated Carrickmacross at home in Round 5 of the U12 Division League Competition. The U12 Scotstown C team next play Toome away in Round 6 of the U12 Division 6 League Competition on Saturday 27th July at 12:00pm.
Senior Ladies
Well done to the Ladies in their 2-14 to 1-5 win against Castleblayney at home in Round 5 of the LGFA Senior league on Sunday last. The Senior Ladies next play Carrickmacross at home in Round 6 of the LGFA Senior league this Sunday 21st July at 11:00am.
Under 18 Minor Girls
The Scotstown minor girls had no games in the past week. They next play Castleblayney away in the Semi Final of the U18 Division 1 League on Thursday August 1st at 7:15pm.
Under 16 Girls
Our Under 16 girls A team had no games in the past week. The Under 16 girls A team next play Donaghmoyne at home in the Semi Final of the LGFA Under 16 Division 1 on Monday 22nd July at 7:15pm. Hard luck LGFA to our Under 16 girls B team who were defeated by Killanny away in Round 9 of the LGFA Under 16 Division 2 on Tuesday of last week. The Under 16 girls also played Sean McDermotts away in Round 7 of the LGFA Under 16 Division 2 on Sunday last. Hard luck in their defeat.
Under 14 Girls
The Under 14 girls next played Sean McDermotts at home in the Semi Final of the LGFA Under 14 Division 1 League on Saturday last. Well done in their tremendous 3-8 to 3-7 win in an exciting game where the girls overturned a 7 point deficit in the second half. They next play in the Under 14 Division 1 League final on 29th / 30th July.
Under 12 Girls
Our Under 12 girls had no games in the past week. The Under 12 girls A team next play Castleblayney away in Round 1 of the U12 Division 1 League Proper on Wednesday 24th July at 7:00pm. The Under 12 girls B team next play Latton at home in Round 1 of the U12 Division 3 League Proper on Friday 26th July at 7:00pm. The Under 12 girls C team next play Killanny at home in Round 1 of the U12 Division 4 League Proper on Saturday 27th July at 11:00am.
Our Blues Upcoming Competitive Fixtures for the Week
On Tuesday 16th July our U18 Minor A Team play Castleblayney at home in Round 10 of the Minor Division 1 League at 8:00pm.
On Wednesday 17th July our Senior Reserves play Inniskeen away in the Reserve League Division 1A Round 10 game at 8:00pm
On Thursday 18th July the Under 16 boys A team play Clontibret away in Round 1 of the Under 16 Division 1 Championship Group 1 at 7:30pm.
On Friday 19th July our Junior 3A Reserves play Truagh at home in the Reserve League Division 3A Semi Final game at 7:45pm, and our Under 14 boys C team play Castleblayney away in Round 2 of the Under 14 Division 5B Cup Competition Group A Round 2 at 7:00pm
On Sunday 20th July our Senior Ladies play Carrickmacross at home in the LGFA Senior League Round 6 game at 11:00am, and our Under 14 boys B team play Monaghan Harps at home in Round 2 of the Under 14 Division 5A Cup Competition Group A Round 2 at 11:00am
On Monday 21st July our Under 16 girls A team play Donaghmoyne at home in the Semi Final of the LGFA Under 16 Division 1 League at 7:15pm
On Wednesday 23rd July our Senior Reserves play Castleblayney away in the Semi Final of the Reserve Championship O’Duffy Cup at 7:45pm and our Under 12 girls A team play Castleblayney away in Round 1 of the U12 Division 1 League Proper at 7:00pm
We wish our Blues and managements all the best in their games.
2024 Monaghan Club Football Championship draws
Monaghan GAA have held the draws for this year’s adult men championships. In the Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship, our senior men drew Aughnamullen, Ballybay, Corduff and Cremartin. and are in Group 1. The fixtures are; weekend 11th August home to Ballybay; weekend 18th August away to Aughnamullen; weekend 8th September home to Corduff and weekend 15th September away to Cremartin.
In the Universal Graphics Junior Football Championship, our Junior Men drew Aghabog, Drumhowan, Éire Óg, and Sean McDermotts and are in Group 1. The fixtures are; weekend 18th August home to Éire Og; weekend 25th August away to Sean McDermotts; weekend 8th September home to Drumhowan and weekend 15th September away to Aghabog. We wish the players and managements on both teams all the best in this year’s Championships.
Congratulations to Éabha Sherry
The Irish News Sport Ulster All-Stars was launched last week a chance for people to pick their top players across four codes for an Ulster All Star. Congratulations to Éabha Sherry for being nominated for the Ladies Football Team Half Forward short list! You can vote for Éabha on the following link
https://allstars.irishnews.com/ladies-football-team/
Under 14s Competition in Virginia
Well done to everyone involved in the U14s competition in Virginia between our Under 14 boys and Ramor Utd GFC. Thanks to Ramor Utd. GFC for hosting.
Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €6,200
Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €6,000 jackpot on Wednesday 17th July. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results.
In the July 10th draw, there was NO Jackpot winner. Numbers drawn on the night were 4, 7, 13, 20. There were three match 3 winners, Arthur King, Francis Maguire, and Colin McKenna. We had 3 Lucky-Dips, Jill McCrudden, Martina O'Neill and Ann Murray who won 20 Euro 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 €6,200. 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 July 24th at 8:30pm.
“Leave your Mark” Big Cash Prize Fundraiser
We launched our Club Development fundraiser “Leave your mark”, with 1st prize of €15,000 plus several more large cash prizes to be won including a special €5,000 winning prize for any nominated club. Please see our social media platforms for more details.
Club Shop
The Club Shop is next open this Friday 26th July from 7pm to 8pm.
Social Club open
The Social Club is open this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9pm. Bar Rota: Sean McKenna and Kevin Boylan
July 2024 Scotstown GAA An Bhothlettin Newsletter
Please use website address below to read the online July 2024 edition of our Newsletter. This will cover football and community news, events and fixtures, club initiatives and fundraising and much much more!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GuLN7cVdR7wqV1CS6LlXOOJG3OSSPJ9r/view
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.
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.
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.
Have you give blood in the past? Would you like to re start?
Are you a regular blood donor? Would you consider encouraging a friend?
Back again. Have you booked your donation slot?
This week the Irish Blood Transfusion Service have a clinic in the Hillgrove Hotel. Monaghan
Please see the details and times of clinic on the website address here with all the information you need.
https://www.giveblood.ie/find-a-clinic/clinic-finder/clinics/monaghan/monaghan-town.html
This is an APPOINTMENT ONLY clinic
Please ring 1800 - 222 111 with your donor ID number
(the number underneath the barcode on your Donor card) to make your appointment.
Our Condolences
We would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Geraldine Armstrong (née Boylan), Tyholland. We would like to pass on our deepest sympathy to her husband Gerry, daughters Natasha (Stephen Mc Donnell) and Michaela (Pearse Leonard); sisters Sheila, Maureen, Kathleen, Margaret and Anne and her brothers Nicholas and Maurice; mother in law, sisters in law, brothers-in-law. Aunts, uncle, nieces, nephews, neighbours, her work colleagues, neighbours, and many friends on the sad passing of Geraldine. May Geraldine’s gentle soul Rest In Peace. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.
Scotstown GAA wish to extend our deepest sympathy and sincere condolences to Patricia, Carmel, Francis, and the extended Connolly family, friends and all those at Drumhowan GAA on the sad passing of Frank Connolly. May Frank Rest In Peace. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
Scór agus Cultúr
Tá muid criochnaithe leis an gCiorcal go dtí Mean Fómhair. Ciorcal on Summer break, back in September!
7th Annual Run to Remember - Gary Askin
A 5k Run / walk in memory of the late Gary Askin will take place Friday 26th July, 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 The Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust and Monaghan Cardiac First Responders. Please see website address below to support.
https://gofund.me/5fe341d0