Lotto
Jackpot €10,000 NO WINNER
Numbers Drawn - 12, 25, 27, 31

The weekly winners of €30 were
• Noel Carr, C/o Larry’s.
• Barney Hoare, C/o P. Menton.
• Tom Doolan, C/o Hyde.
• Padraig Egan.

Thanks to everyone who bought and sold tickets your support is very much appreciated.
 

​Camogie
U8:- Thank you to St Dominic's for hosting a very well organised U-8s Camogie blitz on Thursday Evening. Despite the few drops of rain everything went to plan, thanks to every game been overseen by very astute referees, all credit to St Dominic's. The Roscommon Gaels contingent had a great turn out fielding three teams playing three games each. All players were very well behaved and gave each of the opposing teams a good challenge with great successes. They were great ambassadors for Roscommon Gaels camogie and they should be very proud of themselves. Well done to all involved and all the family’s that came to support the girls and the U8 mentors.  There is another blitz in Tulsk on Tuesday Evening @ 6.30pm for the girls. 

U10: Well done to the U10 Camogie girls that played in their first blitz of the year on Friday last. The girls showed great determination and skill throughout their 3 games against Oran, Four Roads and St Dominic's. Thanks to Oran camogie club for hosting the blitz. Next up for the U10's girls is a GNB match against Kiltulla Killiomordaly on Sunday.
 
Pictured are the U10 Camogie team who played in the blitz in Oran.


U12- U12 Camogie continues every Friday Evening from 6.30-7.30pm.  Some of the girls will be playing on the second team entered for feile.  

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U14:  Training continues for our U14 Camogie Girls who are getting ready for Feile. 

Congratulations to Claire McNeill who was selected this evening to represent The Roscommon Gaels at the County Feile Skills Selection on Friday the best of luck Claire.

Minor/Junior CamogieMinor/Junior camogie continues in Lisnamult Thursday evenings at 8pm. 

Hurling
U-14: Hurling training is on Monday at 6.30. We play Oran this week in the county league in Rockfield on the 30th of May at 7pm.

U10: Our under 10 hurlers traveled to Athlone Monday evening to play a challenge against Southern Gaels. We fielded 2 teams of Under 10's with both teams playing 2 games each. Both our teams competed very strongly and enjoyed the match against Southern Gaels. Our hurlers really enjoy matches with coaches and hurlers learning alot from these games. Thanks to parents who support all these games by traveling and encouraging all hurlers taking part. We will be arranging a return leg with Southern Gaels in Lisnamult in the weeks ahead.

The second U10 hurling blitz of the year takes place in Oran this Saturday June 2nd. Coaches will be in touch with parents during the week to confirm numbers. 

Poc Fada
The Provincial Poc Fada is fixed for Connacht Centre Bekan on Monday July 2nd. 
All county competitions should be run in advance and winners / Runner-up only at adult, winner only at U16 should be forwarded to Adrian Hassett (Connacht operations) or Damien Coleman by Friday June 22nd.
Provincial winners will go forward to national poc fada competition in the Cooley Mountains. Adrian.hassett.connacht@gaa.ie Damien.coleman.connacht@gaa.ie 

Do you know what fun is? Winning! What does it take to win? Hard work and dedication. Kids play fortnight because they can obtain a “victory” with minimal effort. Want sports to be fun, practice hard, put in your work at the craft and the fun will follow.

Congratulations to Rodhan Dowd (pictured) who came 2nd and DJ Hession whom came 4th at the County Féile skills competition at Athleague's grounds Sunday Last.

LGFA
U8 & U10’s:  Training continues every Wednesday evening 6.30-7.30pm. The girls and their coaches are having lots of fun and are making great progress. We had an U10 challenge on Wednesday against St Brigids.  The girls had an enjoyable game.  Encourage them to get out with their footballs and practise in the bright evenings if possible.   
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Our U10 girls who played Brigid’s in a challenge last week.

U12:- Well done to our u12's who recorded their 4th win in the championship on Monday evening last when they overcame Padraig Pearses on a score line of 0-21 to Padraig Pearses 0-0.  The team sit at the top of the table with two games remaining Ballinameen and Boyle Respectively.  We will play Ballinameen in Lisnamult on Monday evening 28th at 7pm.  

U14: Well done to our U14’s who defeated St Croans in the league on Tuesday Evening last on a score line of Roscommon Gaels 4-10 to St Croans 3-3.  

U16: Training Continues Wednesday evenings in The Hyde for our U16’s.
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Junior Ladies: Training will continue for our Junior Team Tuesday Evenings at 8pm.  

Football
Roscommon Gaels Nursery: Roscommon gaels nursery training contiues Thursday 31st of May at 7pm to 745pm on the Hyde training pitch weather permitting. 

We  will be introducing the lads to minimum contact games over the next few weeks so we will be requiring gumshields to be worn.

A big word of thanks from Roscommon Gaels goes to Shane Flemming from Supervalu Roscommon for their generous donation of footballs to our juveniles. We are a Club who encourages our members to Shop Local & Support our Sponsors.

​U9 Football: Our U9 footballers (pictured) had their first blitz of the year in Oran on Saturday.  Our lads were absolutely brilliant and played well in all games.  Training continues on Tuesday evenings at 6.45pm-8pm.
 
U14 Football: Well done to our U14 Division 1 Football lads who defeated Boyle last Thursday Evening in the League Semi Final final score Roscommon Gaels 4-12 Boyle 4-07.  The lads will now play Clann Na Gael in the League final date tbc.

U16 Football:  U16 footballers were out today in the Division 2 League Final in Enfield against Elphin/Ballinameen unfortunately our lads were beaten by a stronger team final score Roscommon Gaels 1-7 Elphin/Ballinameen 1-14.

Junior:  Well done to our Junior Team who defeated Fuerty Friday Evening last on home soil on a score line of Roscommon Gaels 4-13 Fuerty 2-12.

Well done to John McManus & James Featherstone and the Roscommon Senior Football Team on their defeat to Leitrim on Saturday.       Well done to Mark Nally who was on the Panel for Longford today who defeated Meath.

Well done to Eoghan Carthy who played at half time in the @CumannnamBunscoil half time games yesterday in Carrick on Shannon.  

Cumann Na mBunscol Ros Comàin
Congratulations to our @ComansWoodPS Girls’ Camogie team who defeated The Gael Scoil in an exciting final. Well done girls. 

​Juggling Both
Roscommon Gaels U14 ladies have won County Titles in both Football and Camogie. U14’s Hurlers have won County Title and are through to a Division one League Final.   It has been an unbelievable year in all U14 codes.  And it’s all down to the dedication and hard work and the older hands in the club putting in the correct structures and it’s paying dividends now.  We have an excellent chair lady and an excellent committee.  We have very sensible Camogie/Hurling and Football management teams and they understand that the club wants to compete on both fronts so we are sensible about how we approach both football and Hurling/Camogie.  When Championship season comes around the freshness of the teams takes precedence.  In the GAA common sense often goes out the window, but with the Roscommon Gaels U14’s Lads/Ladies we have gotten a lot of good out of the common sense approach.   E.g. Roscommon Gaels U14 Ladies don’t field teams in ladies football, preferring to concentrate on Camogie – and it’s a move that clearly paid off.  

Club Chairperson Teresa Hession has been central to the success enjoyed by Roscommon Gaels over the past years.  Along with other members of the committee, she does her best to oversee both and ensure that the problems that dog other dual clubs don’t arise.  Most of our U14 Lads and Ladies are on both Football and Hurling/Camogie panels, with most of them starters in every game.  Obviously there has been allot of co-operation and Communication between both and this is what makes these teams successful.  Communication is the only way to take dual clubs forward.  There are the occasional hiccups, but mostly it’s very good.  The real secret to the clubs success is the buy in from the entire population of the area, which has allowed the club to build on the solid foundations laid down by its founders.  We are currently working on how to establish a stronger school link.  It’s great to see all our pitches in the summer being used in all codes.  Those pitches are occupied with Hurling, Camogie and Football and its down to the men and women who got it going years ago.  If anybody had said 40 years ago what we’d be doing now we’d have said they were mad.  It’s just impossible!  But it just shows you what hard work and co operation between all sections, football, hurling and camogie, can achieve.  Sadly it has to be said that dual clubs won’t work unless there is success because people will find a reason for it not to work.  But when you get a bit of success people say hang on it can work.  The more people that embrace our dual club and embrace dual players and it’s not just about football coming from a county like Roscommon.  I think it’s important that if you are part of a GAA club you have an obligation to promote all codes because at the end of the day we are all Gaels.  

FÉILE na nGAEL Finals 2018
(Camogie and Hurling)

In 2018 Connacht GAA will host the Féile na nGael U14 camogie and hurling finals.  Close on 60 hurling clubs from the province and 12 more from Westmeath and Longford will be involved. There will also be close on 50 camogie clubs from the province hosting camogie clubs from all over Ireland. The dates for Féile na nGael 2018 are Friday 8th to Sunday 10th June.

Roscommon Gaels will be represented in these National Féile Finals by our very own newly crowned U14 County Roscommon Hurling Champions.   

We will also be represented by two camogie teams; one in Division 5 and one in Division 7 which together make up our U13 and U14 camogie development squads.  Our U14 girls are also newly crowned U14 County Roscommon ‘B’ Camogie Champions.  

We are very fortunate to be able to enter two camogie teams.  It brings the opportunity to more young girls in our Club to experience playing in the Féile Finals which is a really positive event for young girls and boys involved in our national games.  

In turn, this means that we will be hosting three visiting Clubs and this is a wonderful opportunity for our club and community to give a fantastic Céad Míle Fáilte to our guests.  

​Fun and Games 
The first throw-in for Roscommon Gaels will be on Friday evening when our U14 Division 5 camogie team will take on Causeway of Co Kerry at 5pm in Dr Hyde Park, followed by a second game against our neighbours Oran at the same venue at 6.30pm.  These Gaels girls will play again on Saturday morning at 11am in our home ground at Lisnamult against our guests from Co Carlow, St Mullins Camogie Club.  At this stage, their Féile quarter final placing will be decided.  If they are placed 3rd or 4th in their group they will play in the Shield Quarter Finals and a 1st or 2nd placing will take them into the Cup Quarter Finals, all of which will be played in St Dominics pitch from 2pm on Saturday.  The girls will be fighting for a place in the Féile Semi-Finals at this stage.
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​Our U14 Champion Hurlers will begin their Féile campaign on Friday evening in Tremane pitch with a game at 5.45pm against Monaghan Hurling and a second game at 6.30pm against Athleague/Tremane. These steady group of lads will then take on our guests from Ennistymon, Co Clare in Dr Hyde Park on Saturday morning at 10.15am. The hurling quarter finals will be held in the Connaught Centre of Excellence in Bekan, Co Mayo. The Shield Quarter Finals will begin at 3.30pm while the Cup Quarter Finals will begin at 4.15pm and a place in the relevant Semi-Finals will be up for grabs.
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Aprés Matches
The Roscommon Gaels GAA Club Céad Míle Fáilte gets under way on Friday evening in Dr Hyde Centre when our three Gaels Féile teams and our three visiting Féile teams will get a well-earned bit of grub and then meet their host players and families.  Our chairperson will say a few words of welcome before everyone gets home for an early night in preparation for Saturday’s fun and games. 

After the games on Saturday morning between each of our Roscommon Gaels teams and our visitors, everyone will re-convene again at Dr Hyde Centre for a quick lunch before heading off to their relevant Quarter Finals.  When the day’s matches are finished all players will be gotten back to their host families for a shower and some dinner before heading out once again for the great big Féile Disco. 
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The Féile Disco takes place in Dr Hyde Centre from 8.30pm to 11.30pm.  Music and refreshments will be put on for all our young players and our young visitors while the mentors and parents will be invited to a bit of craic in the Lounge.  The night will include an address by our Chairperson and some presentations to our visiting Clubs.  

​Lotto
Jackpot - €10,000 NO WINNER
Numbers Drawn - 3, 7, 9, 16

The weekly winners of €30 were
• David Mullanney, Fourmilehouse.
• Benny and Paula, C/o Railway Bar.
• Bernie and Bingo, C/o Hyde.
• Caoimhe Bance Lannon, Strokestown.

Thanks to everyone who bought and sold tickets your support is very much appreciated.

COACHING NEWS (WK 21 2018)
 
A.   Plan Your Coaching Session
Always plan sessions in advance.
1. Always make sure all footballs/sliotars are on the ground or in front of you when you are speaking to the group to achieve full attention.
2. Keep all instructions short and precise. No rambling, children will lose focus.
3. Use the IDEA method. (Introduce, Demonstrate, Execute, And Attend). A child remembers more of what they see rather than what they hear.
4. Keep your head up and speak loud and clear to the whole group while using your body language to assert yourself.
5. Fill your sessions with encouragement. Children will learn more in a positive environment. Always find a way to compliment every child within your group.
6. If a drill is not working for you - change it!! Have the confidence to say "let’s try something different".
7. Most important - HAVE FUN. If you are having fun that will always transfer to the children which will make for a great training session.
 
B.   Girls Participation in Sport & Physical Activity
Please find attached details of an upcoming talk by Mr. David Coleman, Clinical Psychologist, TV and Radio Broadcaster, Author and Columnist, in respect of ‘Girls Participation in Sport’ which is an initiative being funded through Healthy Ireland.
 
Please note that booking is essential as places are limited.
 
David Coleman Clinical Psychologist, TV and Radio Broadcaster, Author and Columnist Girls Participation in Sport and Physical Activity Girls who play sport have a more positive body image, an increased ability to manage stress and enjoy better health and mood overall – but if it’s so beneficial, why are so many girls dropping out? A talk for parents and daughters (13+), mentors and educators. Event hosted by Roscommon County Council in Roscommon Arts Centre, Roscommon Town on Thursday 24th May 2018 at 7.30pm through funding granted by Healthy Ireland. Enquiries and bookings to 090 6637235 or email bcoyle@roscommoncoco.ie Booking Essential

Camogie 
U8:- U8 camogie training continues every Friday evening 6.30-7.30pm. The girls and their coaches are having lots of fun and are making great progress. We will be starting our blitzes soon and a letter will be sent with details next week at training. Encourage them to get out with their hurl and practise in the bright evenings if possible.  

U12- U12 Camogie continues every Friday Evening from 6.30-7.30pm.

U14:- The Under 14 camogie team continued their incredible year with the winning of the Feile B County Final this evening against Padraig Pearses in Four Roads.  The decisive 3-7 to 1-2 win against Padraig Pearses gave the team the pick up they needed.  Maintaining impressive possession of the ball, the deserved win was down to skilful catching, point scoring and incredible teamwork.  And the support on the sideline from parents and wider Gaels community was great.  Well done girls we are all super proud of you.    
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Minor/Junior CamogieMinor/Junior camogie continues in Lisnamult Thursday evenings at 8pm.

Hurling
Following their county final victory the U-14 hurlers returned to action last Wednesday when they played Carrick-on-Shannon in the first round of the county league in Lisnamult. Almost inevitably, after the drama of the win over Four Roads the team struggled to hit top form. The team kept battling and scored 1-1 in the closing stages to win by two points. Training is on Tuesday in Lisnamult at 6.15 p.m. The next match is away to Oran on Wednesday week, 30th May. 

Christy Ring Cup:
Well done to Brothers Cillian Egan and Georoid Egan for both making the  Roscommon senior hurling team against Wicklow in the second round of the Christy Ring Cup on Saturday May 19th in Athleague unfortunately it wasn’t to be Roscommon’s Day.

Poc Fada
The Provincial Poc Fada is fixed for Connacht Centre Bekan on Monday July 2nd. 
All county competitions should be run in advance and winners / Runner-up only at adult, winner only at U16 should be forwarded to Adrian Hassett (Connacht operations) or Damien Coleman by Friday June 22nd.
Provincial winners will go forward to national poc fada competition in the Cooley Mountains.
Adrian.hassett.connacht@gaa.ie  Damien.coleman.connacht@gaa.ie 
 
LGFA
U8 & U10’s:  Training continues every Wednesday evening 6.30-7.30pm. The girls and their coaches are having lots of fun and are making great progress. We are having an U10 challenge game next Wednesday evening the 23rd of May in Lisnamult at 7pm against St Brigids.  Encourage them to get out with their footballs and practise in the bright evenings if possible.  

U12:-The girls had a challenge match against St Brendan’s of Ballygar last Tuesday evening in preparation for the 2nd round of the championship against Padraig Pearses.  Our girls played their hearts out and despite being 3 points down with 2 minutes to go dug deep to come away with a well deserved draw. 
All girls got game time which isn’t easy when you have a 30 plus panel.   A big thank you to St Brendan’s for coming in to us and to our Referee Tom Killion.  Next up Padraig Pearses on Monday 21st in Lisnamult, Ballinameen on Monday 28th of May @ 7pm in Lisnamult and then Boyle on Monday 4th of June in Boyle at 6pm.  We are currently on top of the table in our group in Division 2.  Semi Finals will be played on Monday the 11th June with the County Final being played on the 16th of June.   Pictured our The U12 girls who played St Brendan’s in a challenge.

U14: Round 3 we were to play Castlrea last Wednesday but unfortunately Castlrea were unable to field.  Next up in Round 4 we play St Croans in Lisnamult Tuesday 22rd of May at 7.30pm.
U16: Training Continues Wednesday evenings in The Hyde for our U16’s.
Junior Ladies: Training will continue for our Junior Team Tuesday Evenings at 8pm.  We are in preparation for the 7’s that is happening in the centre of excellence on the 26th of May.

Football
Roscommon Gaels Nursery:
Roscommon Gaels Nursery training continues Thursday 24th @ 7pm  to 745pm on the Hyde training pitch weather permitting .In Hyde centre if weather is not suitable .

The nursery is for boys born in 2012/2013 but parents are requested to stay in vicinity of pitch/centre if child has not already started school. 

U12 Football:  Our U12 Div 1 team lost by a point to Clann na nGael this evening in the spring league Semi Final. It was an epic battle and the lads can be very proud of themselves. Our Div 5 team play in the shield semi final on Wednesday evening in Kiltoom vs. St. Brigids.
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U14 Football: Our Div 4 lads have been drawn to play St Dominic’s in the league playoff. Date TBC Our Div 1 lads have been drawn to play Boyle in the league playoff on Thursday 24 May.

U16 Football:  Well done to our U16 Footballers who defeated St. Ciaran's today in the Div 2 League Final Score Roscommon Gaels 3-5 St. Ciaran’s 1-9.
 
Hard Luck to the Cbs 1st year schools team who were defeated by Garbally in the final. 
Garbally College defeated Roscommon CBS (AET) in a thrilling Roscommon Secondary Schools 1st year a football championship final in Ballyforan on Thursday by 4-17 to 3-14. Roscommon CBS lead by 3-4 to 0-10 at half time and by full time sides were dead-locked 3-12 to 2-15. Garbally College eventually pulled away after a wonderful game in extra time to win the title. 
Both sets of players must be complimented on their skill level, effort and determination over the eighty minutes. 

Cumann Na mBunscol Ros Comàin
Congratulations to our @ComansWoodPS Girls’ Football team who are through to the County Semi Final. Well done girls, we are very proud of you!  
The Gaelscoil and St Coman's Wood are in the B Camogie Final next Wednesday 23rd at 5pm in Four Roads.

Final Fixtures List for Feile na nGael 2018 Announced 
Connacht GAA in conjunction with the National Feile na nGael committee have released the list of fixtures for the 16 divisions of hurling and camogie which will take place on the weekend of 8th to 10th June. There are nine hurling and seven camogie divisions. 256 clubs will be in action with 576 games to be played over the weekend in the John West Feile na nGael. The five Connacht counties as well as Westmeath and Longford will host the games. On Friday evening 64 venues will be action with four sides playing two games. On Saturday morning 128 venues will be used as the host team takes on their guests. Following the league series the knockout stages commence with cup and shield quarter finals in all divisions at 64 venues.

On Sunday morning action moves to the semi final of each cup and shield competition. The main centre of interest will be the Connacht GAA Centre in Bekan which will host 18 finals inclusive. Duggan Park, Ballinasloe, Pairc Sean MacDhiarmada, Pairc Chiarain and Cusack Park, Mullingar will also host finals in this special day of hurling and camogie action. Over 15,000 people are expected to attend the Connacht GAA Centre on Saturday afternoon and for decision day on Sunday.

Close on 5000 hurlers and camogie players allied to over 1,000 mentors will be present at the 128 venues over the weekend as club grounds throughout the designated counties will be in use. Connacht Féile na nGael chairperson John Hopkins has wished all involved the very best in sporting and social activities as the biggest movement of people for one event over the year takes place in the West of Ireland.

Hurlers Division 7 in Group C.  
Friday 8th Roscommon Gaels V Castleblayney Monaghan in Tremane at 5.45pm.  Saturday 9th Roscommon Gaels V Ennistymon in Roscommon at 10.15am. 
Quarter finals Saturday 3.30pm and 4.15pm in the Centre of Excellence.   
Semi Finals and final to be played on the Sunday in the Centre of Excellence in Ballyhaunis.

Camogie we have two teams in Feile.  Our first team are in Division 5 Group A.  
Friday 8th Roscommon Gaels V Causeway from Kerry in Roscommon at 5pm.  
Friday 8th Roscommon Gaels V Oran in Roscommon at 6.30pm.                             
​Saturday 9th Roscommon Gaels V St Mullins of Carlow at 11am. 
Saturday 9th Quarter finals to be played in Athlone Gaa at 2.30pm.  
Semi finals to be played in St Brigid’s Kiltoom on Sunday and final to be played in Pairc Chiarain Athlone on the Sunday.

Roscommon Gaels B camogie girls are in Division 7 Group D. 
Friday 8th Roscommon Gaels V St Ailbes of Limerick in Tulsk at 5.45pm. 
Friday 8th Roscommon Gaels Tulsk in Tulsk at 6.30pm.  
Saturday 9th Roscommon Gaels V Fermangh in Roscommon at 9.30pm.
Quarter finals will be played in Roscommon/Castlrea depending on where we finish.  Semi finals to be played in Athlone Gaa on Sunday and final Pairc Chiaran Athlone GAA on Sunday.

The best of luck to all our teams taking part.

​Well done to all coaches who attended the workshop with Paul Earley. See if you can spot the Gaels Coaches!

Lotto
Jackpot - €10,000 NO WINNER
Numbers Drawn - 6, 13, 20, 31

The weekly winners of €30 were
• Kathleen and Hannah Hoare.
• Tony McManus, Ballinagard.
• Gerry Mullaney, Hawthorn Drive.
• Mary Murray, Four Roads.

Thanks to everyone who bought and sold tickets your support is very much appreciated.

COACHING NEWS (WK 20 2018)
 
A.   Upcoming Workshop – Booking is Essential
Roscommon Coaching & Games Development will host a Club Coaches Workshop with former Roscommon footballer, 1985 All-Star recipient, 1990/91 Connacht Champion, 2013 Irish International Rules manager & National Gaa Coach Education Tutor Paul Earley. This workshop will be held at Johnstown, the home of Clann na nGael, on Saturday 19th May at9.30am.
Coaches are to come prepared for an indoor presentation and an on-field session.
 
Roscommon Gaels encourages our coaches to attend what will be an excellent workshop and will also, in part, fulfil our
Coach-the-Coach Objective...
As booking is required, can you let either John Donnellan or Niamh Kilmartin know by 15 May if you are attending?
 
B.   U14 Hurling Session by Martin Fogarty
National hurling director Martin Fogarty will be visiting Roscommon for a coaching session in Athleague GAA pitch on Tuesday May 15th at 7pm for U14 players/coaches who are taking part in the National Feile weekend in June.  
 
C.   Go Games Football & Hurling Blitzes 
Roscommon Coaching and Games Development will commence their U8/U10 football and Hurling Go Games blitz on Saturday May 12th.
Roscommon GPO’s will be in touch with clubs in their region regarding the format and dates which have now being confirmed

Camogie
U8:- U8 camogie training continues every Friday evening 6.30-7.30pm. The girls and their coaches are having lots of fun and are making great progress. We will be starting our blitzes soon and a letter will be sent with details next week at training. Encourage them to get out with their hurl and practise in the bright evenings if possible.  

U12- U12 Camogie training was cancelled training will continue next Friday evening training continues Friday Evening.

U14:-Our U14 Camogie team were unlucky in defeat as they lost out in the Feile Semi-Final to Oran last Friday evening. We will play in a Feile B Final against Padraig Pearses on May 20th.  

Minor/Junior CamogieMinor/Junior camogie continues in Lisnamult Thursday evenings at 8pm. 

Hurling
The best way for children to learn is through informal play/practice and they love to play with their parents. Get out in the garden this summer, find a gable end & have fun pucking around & playing games with your children. 
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U10:-Roscommon Gaels hosted the first hurling blitz of 2018 in warm & sunny conditions Saturday morning in Lisnamult. Over 160 U10 7 U8 hurlers representing 5 clubs fielded 15 teams and played a total of 22 matches across 7 pitches in perfect conditions. Our own hurlers performed very well while representing the club, and gained valuable experience in playing teams from outside the County including Ballinasloe who travelled with 4 teams on the day. Thanks to all volunteers who supported the blitz, including coaches and parents who helped on the day and showed Roscommon Gaels in a very favourable light. Special thanks to our student referees Sean Tully, Richard Walsh, Ciara Gannon, Rachel Corcoran and James Mooney who refereed on the day.

​U14:- The U-14 hurlers won a thrilling and nail-biting county Feile final against Four Roads by 2-9 to 0-13 in Athleague on the Bank Holiday Monday. It was a proud day for all involved with the team and was the first time the Gaels have won the U-14 title in 23 years. A special word of thanks to all those who came to support the team on the day. The team is back on action next Wednesday when they play Carrick-on-Shannon in the county league at 7 p.m. in Lisnamult.  

U17:-   Hard luck to our U17 Hurlers who were defeated by Four Roads Yesterday in the County Final.  
County Hurling: - Well done to brothers Cillian Egan and Gearoid Egan who were on the Roscommon Hurling team who played Kildare yesterday in the first round of the Christy Ring Cup. The game was played in St. Conleth's Park Newbridge.

LGFA
U12:-Our Girls played Strokestown Friday in the 3rd and final round of the Championship. Roscommon Gaels 0-23 Strokestown 0-2.  The U12 girls made the journey to Strokestown on Friday Evening last worth it with a great win. The game was a high scoring one with our girls getting out of the blocks fast and clocking up some great early points. Midfield of Sioffra Hession and Centre Forward Shauna Walsh in particular were working hard - looking for the ball and using it intelligently.  
Roscommon Gaels stuck to the task and some great work and movement in the forward’s resulted in some great scores for the Gaels. Points were coming thick and fast in the latter stages of the first half ensured that Gaels were up at half time.
 
When the Gaels played Strokestown in the league Strokestown held a first half lead only to surrender it in the second half and we won by 2 points. The girls were determined that the same would not happen this time.  Strokestown came at them in the 2nd half - but the defence stood firm - blocking. Sarah Purcell was rock solid at centre back - getting in front of her girl and clearing well. Our backs Emma Hough, Eve McNeill and Emma O’Farrell never gave their girls an easy chance and showed the way defending well but also breaking up field in support of the attack. The Gaels girls never surrendered all 24 girls got game time. Well done girls.

​U14 Girls: - Well done to the U14 girls who had a comprehensive victory over Western Gaels in their Round 2 game in the P.K. Supplies Sponsored League in Lisnamult last Wednesday evening.  A Solid Western Gaels defence forced our forwards to take more out of the ball with some fantastic scores from our girls.  Great to see all girls getting a game.  Round 3 we play Castlrea on Wednesday 16th of May in Lisnamult at 7pm.

U16 girls: - Training Continues Wednesday evenings in The Hyde for our U16’s.

Junior Ladies: Training will continue for our Junior Team Tuesday Evenings at 8pm.  

Gaelic Football
Roscommon Gaels boys Nursery Programme
The nursery continues this Thursday the 17th of May from 7pm to 7:45 in the Hyde centre. 
The nursery caters for boys born in 2012 and 2013 but require parent's to stay in the hall during training if their child has not started school already.
The nursery coaches will be using WhatsApp to communicate with parent's if you are already using WhatsApp please add Seamus o Neill to your contacts.

In order to play all children must be registered with the club. Registration details can be found on http://www. Roscommon gaels.ie/membership.html.

Any issues please contact Seamus o Neill on 086 8688129.

U12 Football
Our Div 5 team played Boyle this morning in the league. In a tight encounter we unfortunately went down by a couple of scores.

Our Div 1 side had a good win afterwards against Boyle's other team, also in the league.  Training continues every Thursday evening in Lisnamult at 6.45.

U14 Football
Hard luck to our U14 footballers who were defeated Thursday evening by Padraig Pearses. 

Well done to our Div 4 lads who bounced back from a tough evening against Clann on Tuesday to record a win against a determined Shannon Gaels / Kilmore / St Ronans side in Lisnamult on Sunday evening

Junior Football:-Well done to our Junior Footballers who defeated Castlrea yesterday Roscommon Gaels 5-14 Castlrea 3-9.

Cumann Na mBunscol Ros Comàin
Lisaniskey NS defeated Gaelscoil de hIde in the first of this year's Roscommon Schools camogie semi-finals. Lisaniskey will now play in the A final while Gaelscoil de hIde will compete in the B final. Ballymurray await the winners of St Comans Wood v. Fuerty NS in the other semi.

The Roscommon Schools Camogie finals will take place on Wednesday, 23rd May with the hurling finals being held the following evening. Tisrara NS have reached the hurling semi-finals where they will meet Gaelscoil de hIde.

Feile Launch
Roscommon Gaels was well represented at the launch of Feile 2018 in The Connaught Centre of Excellence in Bekan last Wednesday night. 

Fun Run/Walk Feile Fundraiser
Put on your running shoes for Roscommon Gaels Feile Camogie/Hurling Fundraiser. A 5km fun run/walk will take place from Hannon's Hotel on Sunday, May 20th at 12pm registration starts from 11am. Adults €10, Families €20, children are free. Please come out and support us, we can guarantee lots of fun and maybe some sun!!   

Lotto
Jackpot - €10,000 NO WINNER
Numbers Drawn - 1, 13, 14, 23

The weekly winners of €30 were
• John Caulfield, Lecarrow.
• Sean Hoare, C/o J Menton.
• Martha Gleeson, Boher.
• Rosie Keane, Mount Talbot.

Thanks to everyone who bought and sold tickets your support is very much appreciated.

COACHING NEWS  (WK 19 2018)
A.   Upcoming Workshop – Booking is Essential
Roscommon Coaching & Games Development will host a Club Coaches Workshop with former Roscommon footballer, 1985 All-Star recipient, 1990/91 Connacht Champion, 2013 Irish International Rules manager & National Gaa Coach Education Tutor Paul Earley. This workshop will be held at Johnstown, the home of Clann na nGael, on Saturday 19th May at9.30am.
Coaches are to come prepared for an indoor presentation and an on-field session.
 
Roscommon Gaels encourages our coaches to attend what will be an excellent workshop as this will in part fulfil our Coach-the-Coach Objective..
As booking is required, can you let either John Donnellan or Niamh Kilmartin know by 15 May if you are attending.
 
B.   U14 Hurling Session by Martin Fogarty
National hurling director Martin Fogarty will be visiting Roscommon for a coaching session in Athleague GAA pitch on Tuesday May 15th at 7pm for U14 players/coaches who are taking part in the National Feile weekend in June.  
 
C.   Go Games Football & Hurling Blitzes 
Roscommon Coaching and Games Development will commence their U8/U10 football and Hurling Go Games blitz on Saturday May 12th.
Roscommon GPO’s will be in touch with clubs in their region regarding the format and dates which have now being confirmed.

Camogie
U8 &U10 Camogie is on Friday evening's 6:15 - 7:30pm in Lisnamult.  All players to be on the pitch @ 6:10 sharp.

U10:-Congratulations and well done to the U10 Camogie team on winning their 1st Galway North Board game of the year. They had to work hard against a very determined Ahascragh Caltra team but came out winners in the end. We would like to thank Ahascragh Caltra for their fantastic hospitality as usual and wish them the best of luck in their future games.
 
Pictured are the U10 camogie team that played Ahascragh/Caltra

U14’s:-Our girls played Four Roads on Monday Evening last.  This was our final round of the Championship.  Unfortunately Four Roads were the stronger team and defeated us.  This was our first loss in the Championship, Four Roads were defeated by Oran this match was a head to head.  We play Oran in the semi finals on May 11th in Lisnamult.  

Minor/Junior Camogie
Minor/Junior camogie continues in Lisnamult Thursday Evenings at 8pm. 

Cumann na mBunscol Ros Comain
The Gaelscoil have qualified for the A Semi-final, while St Comans Wood will play either the C or D Final.  

Hurling
U8 / U10 / U12 Hurling - Training continues every Monday in our club grounds in Lisnamult from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm.

U8 / U10 Hurling Blitz - Roscommon Gaels will host the first hurling blitz of the year in Lisnamult on Saturday May 12th. Details to follow in weeks ahead.

U14:-Our U14 hurlersv will go to battle tomorrow against Four Roads in the Feile Final in Athleague at 3pm.  Come out and support this amazing bunch of lads in what will be a cracking game. 

LGFA
U12 Girls:-Our Girls played Elphin/Kilmore today in the 2nd round of the Championship. We had a bye last week. The girls played really well.  Final score Roscommon Gaels 0-10 Elphin/Kilmore 0-1 well done girls.  Team pictured.

​U14 Girls:-  Our U14 girls started the league on Thursday evening when they played Shannon Gaels in Lisnamult.  Shannon Gaels proved to be the stronger side in the first half and were 12 points up at half time.  Our girls played stronger in the 2nd half a few tactical moves by management paid off and narrowed the deficit to 8 points.  Final score Roscommon Gaels 2-6 Shannon Gaels 4-8.  Next up we play Western Gaels.

U16 girls: - Training Continues Wednesday evenings in The Hyde for our U16’s.
Junior Ladies: Training will continue for our Junior Team Tuesday Evenings at 8pm.  
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U16 County Football.  Roscommon played Mayo on Friday evening last in the Connaught LGFA B Final in Ballyhaunis.  Well done to Eva Biesty for making the panel unfortunately it wasn’t to be Roscommons day.

Gaelic Football
Roscommom Gaels boys Nursery Programme
Roscommom Gaels Nursery Programme will continue on Thursday evenings in the Hyde centre.  All children attending should be at the centre by 7-7.45pm.
Please drop boys into the centre and collect immediately after. 
The nursery is for boys born in 2012 and 2013 only.

U10’s:-
Picured are our 10’s who played Ballinasloe in Ballinasloe this morning.

U12 Boys Football.
Our Div 5 team played Western Gaels on Saturday in the league. In a tight encounter we unfortunately went down by a couple of scores.
Our Div 1 side had a good win today at home to Michael Glaveys also in the league.
Next up for both squads are games against Boyle.
Training continues every Thursday evening in Lisnamult at 6.45.

U14 Football
Well done to our Division 1 lads for their determined display on Thursday evening against Boyle in Abbey Park. Both teams played some very good football in tough conditions and a draw was probably the fairest result.
We play Padraig Pearses in our final league fixture on Thursday evening next in Lisnamult.  Our Div 4 lads play Clann na nGael in Lisnamult on Tuesday evening and our final league fixture against Kilmore/Shannnon Gaels next Sunday.

Junior Football 
Hard luck to our Junior Lads today who were defeated by Ballinameen in The Junior A Championship final score Ballinameen 3-8 Roscommon Gaels 1-6.

Minor County Football:-
Well done to Richard Walsh for making the Roscommon Minor football team who played Galway in the first round of the round robin Connacht Minor Football Championship Friday Evening.  Unfortunately Roscommon were defeated by Galway.

Junior County Football:-
Well done to James Fetherstone for making the County Junior team last week in what was a tight game against Mayo.  

​Cake Sale
The Roscommon Gaels Feile Fundraising Cake Sale was a massive success today, as just over €1,190 euro was raised in order to fund the organising of the Feile Weekend. Well done to all those who organised the Cake Sale and the army of Bakers who gave kindly of their time and Culinary Skills. Thank you to Gleeson's for allowing us to use their premises
We would also like to thank everyone who supported this cause for such great teams. Well done to all involved.            
 

Disco
Roscommon Gaels will be hosting an 80's disco in Nancy's on Friday night May11th. This disco is to fundraise for the upcoming Feile which we will be hosting in June. Doors open at 8pm with an entry fee of €10. For anyone looking for tickets they are with the Feile Committe Orla Fleming 086 8178259, Ann O'Reilly 087 2334508, Kevin Johnson 086 8112500, Fergal O'Gara 087 2691804, David Martin 0879959417 and Yvonne Lambe 086 6063534 your support is greatly appreciated. 

Thank You
Team Gaels Completing the painting task in the new dressing rooms in Lisnamult Yesterday.  Thanks to everyone who helped.  Great Club effort by mentors, players, parents, supporters and members.  The Gaels Club at its best.  Well done to all.