Naucht Béal an Átha Móir Seán Ó hEislin 30/01/2020

Leitrim Teams

A busy weekend for the Leitrim teams with the club well represented on the pitch. Shane Moran, Oisín McCaffrey and Dean McGovern were in action on Saturday against Derry. The lads and the team did very well coming home with a well deserved draw in this our division 3 league opener. Shane who had an excellent match was duly recognised and named in the GAA team of the week on Monday. Hopefully the lads and Leitrim can go one better and get a win on Sunday against Cork

The Leitrim ladies were also in action at the weekend with the ladies away to Derry on Sunday and securing an excellent victory. The club were well represented with Ballinamore players, Ailish and Laura O’Dowd, Grainne Prior, Sarah McLoughlin and Emma McGovern in action.

The u14 Leitrim girls team was also in action against Sligo with our club players Lucy Murphy, Lilly Reynolds, Ella Van Der Laand and Emma McKiernan in action for the county a great experience for these great young players.

Membership for 2020

Club membership is now open for the 2020 season. The Price for this season is €50 for adult members, €30 for Children and €100 for Family membership (Family membership constitutes a maximum of two adults and any number of children u17). Membership of the Gym for non-Playing members will be €100 for the year.

To pay your membership you can please contact Walter on 0861236207 or Shane on 0877985069

Operation Transformation Walk

A Operation transformation walk is on this Saturday the 29th of January at 11am Starting from, the sports complex and completing the loop around the town. All Welcome.

SCOIL CHLANN NAOFA ENROLMENT 2020/2021

Enrolment is now open for 2020/2021 in Scoil Chlann Naofa. Enrolment forms will be available from the school office from 29th January 2020 until 6th February 2020. For further information please contact 0719645001.

Club Lotto Monday 27.01.2020

Numbers Drawn: 2 1 6 5 0 4 3 7
Ní raibh aon bhuaiteoir den Lotto ar Dé Luan seo caite. Duaiseanna do dhaoine a bhí i láthair ar an oíche:
House Draw: Sean O Suilleabhain
Sponsored Gerry Farry
€40 each: Noel Dolan, Lisnatullagh. Conor McHugh, Killaneen. Jimmie Bohan, Keshcarrigan. John Harte, Lahard.
Next Weeks Lotto is in Smyth’s Siopa Ol on Monday night with a Jackpot of €6200

Club notes

Béal an Átha Móir Seán Ó hEislin

Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Daoibh

2019 had highs and it had lows, we lost those dear to us and welcomed new club mates.

We won games and lost some, we never gave up.

As we say good bye to 2019 we would like to take a moment to remember those we lost, a moment to Remember the good times and the not so good, times that have made us stronger and united on and off the field.

To all of our supporters, members and players we thank you for your support in 2019 and look forward to that continued support in 2020.

Happy new year to you all !!!

Christmas Draw

Main prize No 1 Adrian Smith €3500,
2nd Conor Ferguson Kiltygerry, (1000€ kindly sponsored by Priors@highst
10 €100 winners.
Liam Mc Niffe Williamstown Kells.
Daragh Conefrey Ballycallen Fenagh.
Higgins Family Mullaghbrack Mohill .
Timmy Winters Ballinamore .
Tony Gallogly Leixlip.
Patrick Gilmartin Slievenakilla.
Farrell Gallagher Killaneen.
Conrad Loughlin, willowfield rd.
Declan Sheerin 36 Aylmer Rd Newcastle Dublin Marian McKeon Keshcarrigan

Bike kindly donated by Tom at Ballinamore marina Won Conor Dolan c/o Joe Kellegher Clenagoo.

Special thanks to all our sponsors, ticket sellers and to everyone that bought a ticket and supported our draw your support is greatly appreciated. Special thanks as ever to our main sponsor Gay Prior for his generous sponsorship of our second prize and for hosting this great event.

Irish Conversation Classes in Ballinamore Library

Ballinamore Library’s Irish classes are regarded as being some of the most successful in the country with big numbers attending and a most entertaining atmosphere. The Conversation classes, or Ciorcail Comhrá, are now in their thirteenth season and are hugely popular every year.
Full range of classes in Ballinamore Library on Tuesdays at 8.00pm. There are separate groups for relative beginners, for those who have some Irish and for those who are fluent. These classes are a great opportunity to practice the Irish you know and to improve it. Also, Leaving Cert or transitional year students will find it useful for practice for their Irish orals. Classes are free of charge and will run for 10 weeks to mid-March. Starting next Tuesday 7 January 2020 at 8.00pm. Seo seans chun an Ghaeilge a labhairt. Beidh fáilte romhat

AGM

Special thanks to everyone that atttnded this years AGM is was fantastic to see such an increase in numbers. We would like to thank all our outgoing officers for all their hard work over the year and welcome our new officers on board and wish them every success in the future

Lotto

Please note the club lotto will return on Monday the 13th and will be held in Reynolds bar.

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Sympathy

Everyone at the club would like to pass on our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the late James Walsh. James is father to Anne, father in law to Gay and grandfather to Tom and Grainne Prior. We would ask everyone at the club to keep the Priors and Walsh’s in your prayers at this difficult time.

WALSH, James (Breathnach, Séamus) – (Blackrock, Co. Dublin and formerly of Ahalahana, Moyvane, Co. Kerry and late of the Land Commission and the Department of Agriculture) 12th December 2019 (peacefully) at St. Vincent’s University Hospital. Beloved husband of Carmel and much loved Dad of Catherine, Paul, Padraig (Pat), Anne and Elizabeth. He will be sadly missed by his family, brother Billy, son-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren Kevin, Rachel, Jennifer, Orla, Alan, Ian, Mark, Tom and Gráinne, great-grandsons Cúan, Jack and Bowen, sister-in-law Breda, nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis

Christmas Draw

It’s that time of the year again folks when we have our main fundraising draw of the year with great prizes on offer for the lucky winners. The jackpot is €3500 followed by a second prize of €1000 generously sponsored by Priors @Highst and 10 further prizes of €100. The draw takes place in Priors on Saturday 4th of January with tickets now available for €20 or 3 for €50 if you would like to request a ticket you can also contact Michael on 0863906791

AGM

This year’s AGM takes place on the 30th of December in the club room at 1800

BSOH AGM to take place on Monday 30th of December at 6pm in the clubhouse.
Anyone interested in running for a position can forward their nomination to secretary.ballinamoreseanoheslins.leitrim@gaa.ie by Sunday 29th of December or nominations will be taken from the floor on the night.

Christmas Lotto

Christmas Lotto is in Stan’s Smyth’s Siopa Ol on Thursday 19 December. We will have €800 in prizes and Christmas Lotto envelopes are in all premises this week

Looking for something special for that loved one that has it all? Why not get them a Club lotto ticket for the year! A great present with lots of chances to win and also helping raise much needed funds for the club at the same time. Tickets can be purchased online. Go to clubforce.com and Search Sean o Heslins

Scor

Well done to Eoin Connaughton, Brian Sweeney, Bernard Sweeney and Niamh Christy who represented the club at Scor na nÓg in the quiz, they did very well but did not qualify.Special thanks to Marie Sweeney who helped prepare the team.

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Under 20 Championships

Well done to MacDiarmada Gaels on their win on Sunday over Melvin Gaels in the Un20 Championship QF in Bundoran. Next up is a Semi Final v Fenagh on Sun 17/11 at 2pm in Ballinamore. Your support would be greatly appreciated

Comhbhron

Everyone at the club would like to pass on our Deepest sympathy to the family and friends of the late Mary McHugh who has sadly passed away. Mary and her family have been fantastic supporters of the club over the years and she will be missed by all who knew her.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam

Comhghairdeas

Well done to Cian O Suilleabhain son of former Ballinamore Hurler and grandson of Sean who won a Westmeath Under 16 Hurling Championship at the weekend playing with Southern Gaels, Athlone. . Great to see the hurling tradition continuing into a new generation.

U16 Girls

Well done to the U16 girls who got back to winning ways at the weekend with a good victory over St Bridgits

U16 girls clothes collection

Folks we will be having a unwanted Clothes collection on Tuesday the 19th at clubhouse 7 to 8pm for anyone doing clear-out for Christmas! Please support a great way to clear out the old and support the girls at the same time

Club Zip Tops

We will be putting in an order for Ballinamore black zip tops which will be here in time for Christmas.

To order please come to the pairc between 20:00 and 2130 on Monday the 18th in the club rooms with the money.
Price includes initials and sponsor logos
5/6 (€40)
7/8 (€40)
9/10 (€40)
10/11 (€40)
13/14 (€45)
Small (€48)
Medium (€48)
Large (€48)
XL (€48)
XXL (€48)

Club Lotto Monday 11.11.19

Numbers Drawn : . 4 6 1 0 7 2 3 5
Ní raibh aon bhuaiteoir den Lotto ar Dé Luan seo caite. Duaiseanna do dhaoine a bhí i láthair ar an oíche:
House Draw: : Sean O Suilleabhain
Sponsored Martina Farry
€40 each: P J Dolan, High St. Daire Gleeson, Fohera. David McTiernan, High St. Frank Moore, Corlough. Next week’s draw takes place in the Commercial with a jackpot of €5,400

Club notes
Thank you
Thank you to the players, the mentors and all the management team and also to you the people of Ballinamore who joined us on this exciting journey over the last weeks and months

It may have been a tough end and a tough result for the lads, they gave it their all on the pitch, they stood tall and worked hard as a team and were so close, to say they left it all on the pitch is an understatement, they certainly deserved more but that’s football.

To say we are proud of them is also an understatement, the energy they have brought to the community and club has been electric they’ve lifted the town high this last week and have brought us all on a fantastic journey with them.

The time these lads have given up, the effort they have put in has been phenomenal and we are all truly grateful to have been part of this.

They are one of the finest group of young men that I know they have done so much for our young players and supporters and even on the pitch as we tried to comfort them, they were taking time to comfort our young fans.

It’s not the end to the championship that we had longed for and the wait goes on for another year, we are certainly closer than at any time in that period and it’s a difficult day for the team and for the fans.

To say we went close is an understatement, there are fine margins at this level and today the margins did not go our way and that’s football and on this occasion Glencar Manor have won and we wish them well as they progress to Connacht as worthy Leitrim representatives and hopefully next year we will get another opportunity to take them on.

Hopefully the players and management know how proud we are of them even in defeat, we know you gave it your all on the pitch and we hope that you will bring us on another journey next year.

We remember the defeat in the Intermediate final and how you came back the following year to win, we have faith in you and will be behind you each step of the way, you are the best of us and the pride of Ballinamore and always will be.

Thanks lads for a great run dust yourselves down and drive on.

Well done

A big well done to James Dillon and Seán Harte from our nursery team who represented the club on finals day. The lads took part in a half time game and waved the teams onto the pitch, they were fantastic ambassadors for the club, hopefully both boys will grace the turf on many occasions in the future. Well done boys

Congratulations

Congratulations and good luck in Connacht to Leitrim Gaels and Glencar
Manor

MacDiarmada Gaels

Best of luck to the U15 lads at the weekend , the Division A lads are playing St Bridgets at 1430 at home and on Sunday the Division C team are also at home against either Carrick or Mohill with the time to be confirmed

U9 Blitz

Well done to our u9’s who did brilliantly on Saturday in all six of their matches at the McGovern Leitrim GAA centre of excellence. The team played fantastically well and were a credit to the club. Special thanks to Enda and Sean for their hard work in organising such a successful and well ran event.

Club Lotto Monday 15.10.19

Numbers Drawn : . 2 1 7 4 0 6 5 3
Ní raibh aon bhuaiteoir den Lotto ar Dé Luan seo caite. Duaiseanna do dhaoine a bhí i láthair ar an oíche:
House Draw: Aodhan Mac Samhrain
Sponsored Matthew Murphy
€40 each: Senan McHugh, c/o B. Quinn. Alan Mc Dermott, Bayside, D13. C. McTague, Drumcroman. Dermot O’Brien, Mob No
Next week’s draw takes place in the Poor Scholar with a jackpot of €5,000