Lotto
Jackpot - €10,000 NO WINNER
Numbers Drawn - 11, 17, 20, 30

The weekly winners of €30 were
• Edel McDonald, Hawthorn Drive.
• Hugh Kilduff, Ardsallaghwoods.
• Eileen Mullen, C/o Hyde.
• David & Owen Hoare, Racecourse Road.

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

Congratulations
Congratulations to clubman Tom and Bridie Fitzmaurice. Tom & Bridie celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary last weekend. Wishing you many more years of good health and happiness. 

Thank You
A big Thank You to Larry Brennan who has very generously sponsored new Training Tops for the Roscommon Gaels U9 & U10 Football Team’s. These tops will ensure that our lads look their very best when arriving for their forth coming games.  
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Pictured are the U9’s and U10’s Football team wearing their training tops very kindly sponsored by Larry Brennan also in the picture.

Camogie
Roscommon Gaels 2-03 St Dominic’s 1-06.
Last Saturday 22nd of September, saw what we thought would be the end to the U12’s 2018 season with a home game advantage  against Dominic’s in the County A Final.  Excitement was in the air as we began the game with a peach of a goal from Shauna Walsh and soon after a superb point from Martha McSharry.  Dominic’s got back into the game to leave a score of Roscommon Gaels 1-01 St Dominics 1-02 at half time.   
The Gaels were not long levelling up from a Siofra Hession free in the second half.  
Each and every member of the panel fought their little hearts out for the Amber and Purple jersey.  With 5 minutes  to go and 4 points down a cracker of a goal from Siofra Hession left one point between the two teams.  The game continued to be a battle before Siofra Hession pointed a free to earn us a draw in what was a cracker of a game.  Our girls must be admired for their hard work as they fought hard for every ball in a tough battle.  It was with all this determination that got them the well deserved draw.  A huge thank you Flemming’s Super Valu who provided socks to the panel, which they were thrilled with. We would also like to thank everyone who came out and supported the girls.  The replay will take place next Saturday date and time to be confirmed and as always support is welcome for this great bunch of girls.

LGFA
U14 Football: The Div 1 final was set for Sunday 23rd in Lisnamult, against the favourites Brigid’s. We began brightly; dominating possession, Brigid’s then found their rhythm, and with the aid of three fortunate goals were well ahead at half time. In the Second half Brigid’s didn’t score for 23 mins and our girls held possession but were unlucky in converting scores.  However we doubters began to turn into believers after several great scores from us saw the whole complexion of the game change to a two point deficit. We attacked from everywhere, Brigids, we sensed, were getting very anxious. But the comeback ran out of time and Brigids ploughed on and won by 10 points at the final whistle.  We were all immediately devastated but this disappeared over time when we realised just how much we had achieved during the year. To get to a Division 1 County Final after winning a Div 3A Final last year was beyond all our expectations.
The management would like to thank all the players for their effort commitment and energy throughout the year and the many sponsors along the way. 2019 is just around the corner and we have no doubt that this team will continue to represent themselves and Roscommon Gaels with pride and distinction.
 
Pictured are the U14 Football team with their news tops kindly sponsored by Tommy O’Connor.

Thank You
A huge thank you to O’Connor Waste Management Ltd who sponsored a set of training tops for our Under-14 girls team. Pictured is Tommy O’Connor presenting the jerseys to the manager Paul Beisty and captain Hollie Harkin also in picture is mentor Sean Mulry and Tommy’s daughter Eimear O’Connor.

Well done to Jane King and Isabelle Sexton who both sang the National Anthem before the Div 1 final yesterday.

Pictured are the U14 Football Management and mentors.

Football
U14 Football : Congratulations to our Division 1 U14 Football lads who won the championship yesterday in Elphin with a superb win over Boyle.   Well done from all at Roscommon Gaels a fantastic result after a great team performance.  Final Score Roscommon Gaels 5-09 Boyle 2-13.

Our Reserve lads are through to a KO game against St Dominics. Date & Venue : TBC.

​Pictured is Gaels man and Sponsor of U14 Championship Declan Molloy with DJ Hession

​Senior Football:
Roscommon Gaels Senior Footballers have booked their place in the semi-final of this year's Hodson Bay Hotel Sponsored Championship after a convincing defeat to Padraig Pearses yesterday in Brigids.  Final score Roscommon Gaels 0-10 Pearses0-9.  The Semi Final is next Sunday v Clann na nGael in Dr Hyde Park at 4.30pm.   

Hurling
U10 Hurling:
Our U10 hurlers participated in the Frank Young Tournament, hosted by Southern Gaels, in Athlone Friday evening last.
Our U9 team played in a Challenge match against Southern Gaels at the same venue. Both the tournament & challenge ensured maximum game time for all our hurlers, with participationbeing a key goal of the U10 management teams goals this year.

Our U9 team performed strongly in a 40 minute match and we were delighted with their performance. All players received medals and treats after the game.
Our U10 team entered the Frank Young Tournament, facing opponents including Craughwell-Galway / Southern Gaels-Westmeath / Fr. Daltons-Westmeath.

During our first group game, we faced Craughwell who were very strong, dominating possession and scoring some fantastic scores throughout. We regrouped for our second game against Southern Gaels and came out on top. Our final game, for a place in the Cup Final was against Fr Daltons. Our players stuck to the task in hand and performed strongly to take the 3rd game. Due to our strong performances in our group games, we were drawn against the strong Craughwell team in the Cup Final.

Our lads, comprising of all U10s and a number of U9's started strongly and dominated proceedings in the first half. The performance of the season. At half time we lead by the smallest of margins. In the second half, Craughwell took some good scores and came out on top in the end. It was a fantastic game to witness. Our hurlers were fantastic and there is no shame in coming out second best to a team like Craughwell. The turn around from the first game was enjoyable for all involved. Well done all!

Special thanks to parents who have continued to support the development of our young hurlers in the club by committing to travel to these games. It is very important that we continue to play as many games as possible to continue the strong progress these committed bunch of lads have made all season.
Next up........ Our outdoor season will wrap up in the coming week on Saturday September 29th, where we will host an internal Roscommon Gaels only U10 tournament, where the winners will be presented with a Cup. All Gaels who attended any hurling session during the year are most welcome to attend. There will be a cup of tea / coffee and a few treats after the games. All players will be presented with a small gift from the U10 coaches after the game. Please be at pitch for 2pm Saturday and meet at the dressing rooms. The games will be played on the main pitch.
There will be no U10 hurling training this Monday, Sept 24th in lieu of the end of season September 29th.

​U-12 Hurling:
Huge congratulations to our U12 Hurlers who became Roscommon County Champions in the ‘B’  final after a victory over Pearses in Athleague yesterday. A great achievement by all involved. We would like to give a special thank you to all the mentors and trainers who put so much time and effort into coaching these young hurlers for making great days like this possible. Final Score Roscommon Gaels 1-09 Pearses 1-01.

U-14 hurling: 
The U-14 hurlers play Carrick-on-Shannon in a play-off at 7 p.m. next Wednesday in Lisnamult. The winners qualify for the semi-finals of the county U-14 league. 

Volunteers
Nominations for The Roscommon Volunteer Awards 2018 are now being accepted.
Do you know a Volunteer, Group/Organisation or Social Enterprise that deserves recognition? Then please nominate them in this year’s Roscommon Volunteer Awards.
Please send us a private message here if you would like a copy of the application form and criteria which covers all categories.
Contact Bridie on 094 9862565 or email [email protected] for further information or any query you may have.
Closing date is Monday 15th October so don’t delay and show your appreciation to our community volunteers.

Cash for Clobber - Final Call 
Roscommon Gaels Cash for Clobber - we have extended the collection so that you have more have more time to donate your unwanted clothes and raise funds for our club.
Cash for Clobber will be collecting your unwanted, clean, dry, recyclable clothes on 30th September so make sure to get your bags in before then. 
No duvets, pillows or wetsuits please.
Thank you for supporting. 

​Lotto
Jackpot - €10,000 NO WINNER
Numbers Drawn - 3, 16, 25, 30

The weekly winners of €30 were
• Susan Buckley.
• Peter Murray, Celtic Avenue.
• Paul Hoare, Sleevinagee.
• Aengus Oates, Creevy.

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

Go raibh míle maith agat!
A huge thank you to all our club members for making today such a success in Lisnamult, despite the result.  There were a lot of preparations in the week running up to the match and many people worked hard to have to place looking as well as it did today. The grounds, the PA system, the scoreboard, the car parking, the traffic management, the shops, the press area and all the toilet & changing facilities made the whole experience for those who attended the game a thoroughly enjoyable one. Well done and thank you to all our volunteers and helpers who willingly gave their time to assist in the many duties that were required to ensure the smooth running of  today’s match which was the biggest event that we have had this summer since Feile. Also Roscommon Gaels would like thank to those who donated their time and equipment etc. to make the day run as well as it did. Thanks to Decie Walsh for his PA equipment, to Denis Smyth LTB for his truck and to Lisnamult Residents Association for the use of their car park.  

On behalf of the entire Roscommon Gaels players and management I would like to offer our sincere appreciation and thanks to every single supporter who came to the match today. Thank you for putting on your Gaels Jersey and coming to games to support us. 

We have club facilities to be very proud of and we have a club with so many people willing to give their time both on and off the pitch to progress this club. Well done to everyone involved. Despite the disappointment of the loss it is not all over in the championship as we have a quarter final meeting with Padraig Pearses next weekend and there are quite a number of our brilliant underage teams, both boys and girls out over the next couple of weeks in a myriad of Co. Finals. Watch out for the texts and messages for these big games over the coming days and come out and support them. Well done to all for the mammoth amount of work that is being done on both on and off the fields. Roscommon Gaels abú

COACHING NEWS (WK 38 2018)
A. U12 Football & Hurling Skills Competition
Regional Football competition being held on Tuesday 18th of September at 7.00pm in Ballyforan. From that, 4 teams will qualify for our County Final on Thursday evening the 27th of September at 6.30pm in Kilbride.
 
Connaught U12 Football Skills finals are on Friday October 5th at 7pm in the Connacht COE.
Connaught U12 Hurling Skills finals are on Friday October 12th at 7pm in the Connacht COE.
 
B. Feile Football Applications
Connacht will host National Football Feile 2019 and clubs from the five Counties can apply to take part. All clubs have received their application form by email and are asked to return immediately if they wish to participate in Feile Peil 2019.
 
C. Coaching Tip : Ask For Success
Refocus your mind on the target and execute the kick/Puck with all the confidence a good shot requires. Never let a negative image or thought be your last image or thought before you kick/puck. You will probably get what you mentally ask for, so don’t ask for the negative, Ask for Success.
 
D. Our Club Coaches – 2018

Camogie
​U12 Camogie:
Roscommon Gaels U12 camogie fielded two teams this year the Hawks and the Eagles.  The finals take place next Saturday Sept 22nd in LIsnamult starting at 10.30am.  The A Final sees Roscommon Gaels Eagles face St. Domnics in what promises to be a cracker of a game.  The Eagles team has gone from strength to strength this year especially after their involvement in Feile and reaching the A final is a major success for this team and camogie.

After a busy season there is a play off for places in the B final and Roscommon Gaels Hawks will have their play off this Thursday evening for a place in the B Final.  Again this team have improved significantly throughout the season and will make a great team for next year's season at U12 level again.

We play Four Roads in the County U16 Hurling semi final next Saturday.

LGFA 
U8 and U10 Football:
We had our final training for this season last Wednesday Evening.  We began training back on 25th of April and ran for 21 weeks over the course of the summer.  The U10’s played 10 matches in total and the U8’s played 5 games, both teams showed great improvement over the course of the summer.   A huge mention of appreciation to the coaches, mentors and parents who willingly gave their time to the teams!  The U10’s and U8’s are an exceptional group of girls. Every time they go out they represent their club to the best of their ability. They have up-skilled immensely. We as coaches are very proud of this group and of what they have achieved this year. Even though we have finished for the season we would encourage the girls to practice as much as they can at home.

​U14 Football:
Earlier in the week we hosted the U14 Summer League.  In the A Final Roscommon Gaels v Oran unfortunately this game didn’t go ahead.  In the B Final St Croan’s defeated Castlrea.  In the C Final Four Roads defeated St Ciaran’s and in the D Final Kilbride defeated St Michael’s.  A special thanks to all involved in the organising of this event and a special word of thanks to Sinead Kenny captain of the Roscommon Intermediate Team for presenting the winning teams with their plaques and medals. 

With a Division 1A County final fast approaching what better than to take a day out from familiarity and have a bonding day for team and mentors.  That’s exactly what our U14 girls and mentors did on Saturday and what a day we had!  We started off by meeting in the morning to alight onto the marvellous Club Rossie Bus to transport us for the day – the girls racing for the back and the mentors happy to sit up front and ponder about all the discussions that took place at the table a couple of seats from the front!  Our driver for the day was Jimmy Reilly who refereed manys a match and Jimmy drove us safely and didn’t rush us at all.  We arrived at Lough Key Forest Park and spent the morning exploring the nature and the trees – more so we were zipping mid air from one tree to another!!  The mentors participated with the unsteady logs 30 odd meters off the ground providing to be a bit of a challenge for some.....!!!!Some Fun!!!!!  We then enjoyed our packed lunches together, a couple of photos and then hopped on the bus again and headed for Shannon Gaels training grounds at the Bull Field in Carrick on Shannon.  Encouraging words from Bernie & Yvonne and Captain Holly were delivered as the girls togged out.  Inspiration taken from these words we hope along with the girls observing photos of cups and trophies won by Shannon Gaels Ladies over the years adorned the dressing room walls.  After their warm up Ladies Intermediate Team Manager Michael Finneran and team Captain Sinead Kenny arrived and put the girls through their paces with an excellent training session – mentors grabbing a few tips along the way!  More words of encouragement from Paul, Sean and David before togging in and back on to the bus once more.  A short journey across the road to Supermacs for a well earned bite to eat!  Old rivals Shannon Gaels arrived in a short time later and pleasantries and well wished were exchanged for next week end.  On the way home a birthday cake with candles was brought down the back for birthday girls Megan, Chloe and Gwen.  Everyone sang and cheered for the girls as they blew out their candles together.  A slice of cake for everyone and a team sing song on the way home.  The day of course just didn’t happen out of the blue and took a lot of planning sponsorship and contributions were made which will be acknowledged later.  What an absolutely fantastic day and thanks to all those that made it happen.  Everyone got involved in the activities and were on an equal lever, definitely flourishing relationships while doing something fun and engaging.  The most important part of the team building day is in the name itself – the team!  And what a team.  

We would like to wish the girls the best of luck in the Div 1 A final next Sunday 23rd in Lisnamult at 4.30pm.  Please come out and support the girls.

Football
U8 Football:
Roscommon Gaels Hosted our home Under 8 Football GAA Go Games Blitz on this Sunday the 9th. Visiting we had Oran GAA, St. Brigids, St. Dominics, Clann Na nGael.  With over 100 children involved it proved to be a very busy morning and the weather even played its part in making it a very enjoyable few hours.
 
On the day all the children played three rounds of games all of which were very competitive with some very fine skills on show.
 
Many thanks to all who came along to make this day a great day for our young players.
 
Thanks to all the parents, coaches, visiting clubs and referees who helped out on the day.
 
Referees on the day (Picture enclosed):
Names L-R: Jack Donnellan, Feidhlim O'Sullivan, Dara Hughes, Aaron Shannon. Finn Killion. 

​U12 Football:
Our U12 Div 1 boy’s football team had a good win yesterday at lunchtime in Lisnamult over Western Gaels and now face Shannon Gaels in our last group match on Wednesday night, also in Lisnamult.

Directly afterwards our Div 5 went down by a couple of scores after a spirited performance also vs. Western Gaels. This side has one group match left versus St.Michaels which has still to be fixed.

U14 Football:
Our Div 1 lads dug deep to gain victory against Strokestown on Friday evening last in Lisnamult.
We are now through to the County Final vs. Boyle scheduled for Sunday 23rd Sept. Venue: TBC.
 
Our Reserve lads are through to a KO game against St Dominic’s. Date & Venue: TBC.

Minor Football:
The minor footballers defeated Elphin/Ballinameen in the final round of the championship on Thursday night in Lisnamult. The final scoreline was 3-13 to 2-10. Playing against the wind in the first half the Gaels were slow to settle and Elphin/Ballinameen looked the better team. However the Gaels improved as the half progressed and led by 1 point at half time. The second half saw both teams play some fine football and we eventually ran out winners by 6 points. We have now qualified for the final. This is a great achievement by the lads and is a fitting reward for all their hard work

​Senior Football:
Our Tommy Connolly Sponsored Senior Team played their last round of the championship today on a Sunny autumnal day in Lisnamult.  It was always going to be a match of two halves with each team having the benefit of a strong wind.  The Gaels played against the wind in the first half and within 21 mins the sides were level.  However slowly and methodically our lads worked their way back picking of some well taken scores closing the gap to Roscommon Gaels 0-4 St Brigid’s 0-9 at half time.  Facing into the second half the Gaels looked forward to the assistance of the strong wind in their backs.  A goal for Brigid’s 9 minutes in  was a real booster to our visitors this proved costly in the final analysis.   This really fired up the match with both sides playing some great football.  However, despite winning much possession and scoring 6 points in the second half we were scoreless for 21 mins in the second half.   We got turned over at crucial times with inaccurate passing and wayward kicks.  We didn’t press up on the short options on Brigid’s kick out.   Final Score Roscommon Gaels 0-10 Brigid’s 1-12.  Our lads now go on to meet Pearses in the quarter finals next week.  

Hurling
U10 Hurling:
Our U10 hurlers played Ballygar GAA in a challenge match Thursday evening last in Ballygar. We fielded 2 teams, competing in 4 games, against 2 Ballygar teams. Both of our U10 teams performed strongly throughout all games and it was fantastic to see the boys demonstration of skills including jab lifts, striking from the hands, sidelines, solo runs, free-taking, points & goal scoring and support play for team mates throughout. While the second games were marred by strong showers, all players stuck to their task demonstrating great resolve, determination and focus during difficult games. Both teams won their games and were delighted with their own performances, as were coaches and parents alike. Well done all!

Next up...... we have been invited to partake in an U10 tournament & challenge in Southern Gaels Athlone Friday evening, Sept 21st. Time to be confirmed. This is the last tournament / challenge of the year and we encourage all players to attend. More details to follow during the week.
We will wrap up the season in Lisnamult at the end of September.

Training continues Monday in Lisnamult @ 6:30pm

U12 Hurling:
Ros Gaels played St. Mary's Carrick on Shannon in the u12 B semi country final. We came out on top thanks to a huge effort made by the entire panel in the glorious sunshine in Athleague earlier today.

U12 B County final will take place on Sunday 23rd of September at 12.30 in Athleague. All supporters welcome. 

U-14 hurling: 
U-14 hurling training takes place, as usual, at 6.15 p.m. on Tuesday evening in Lisnamult.

National Hurling Development
Provincial Coaching Workshops 2018 

October 13th. Connacht Centre of Excellence, Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo 
Registration: 10.30 a.m. Workshop: 11.00 – 01.20 p.m. Lunch 01.30 p.m. 

Format: 
Practical station based workshop with participants rotating to each station. 

Target audience – Youth – Adult Coaches. Open to all coaches – Hurling & Camogie 

Workshop Theme – Building the Essentials into Every Training Session: 
To include - 
• Goalkeeping essentials 
• Catching & Striking 
• Hooking & Blocking 
• Rising & Hand passing 
• Defending & Attacking 

Coaches: 
Lead coaches for the day will be 3-5 coaches from the following list of well known players / coaches depending on availability. Confirmation closer to the date: 
Jamesie O’ Connor, Seanie Mc Mahon, Christy O’ Connor - Clare 
D.J. Carey, - Kilkenny 
Ollie Canning - Galway 
Eamon O’ Shea -Tipperary 
Derek McGrath - Waterford 
Martin Fogarty: - National Hurling Development Manager 
Special Guest: - Kate Kelly - Wexford Bookings: http://learning.gaa.ie/hurlingworkshops 
Early booking advisable as places are limited 
Enquiries: All enquiries to Martin Fogarty. 
Email: [email protected] 
Registration: €20 (includes lunch) 

Play and Stay with the G.A.A.

Lisnamult caretaking and grounds maintenance
We don’t have a caretaking team but do have a parks committee in place whose duties include cutting & lining our pitches and general maintenance surrounding our pitches. If a pitch needs attention the parks committee (via Philip Mullen) should be contacted immediately and attention brought to the problem area. We will also arrange to have the bins removed for collection but should you notice an over-flowing bin, please report this.

Use of Lisnamult playing facilities
* All bookings for training, matches blitzes, sports wall etc must be done through pitch coordinator - Philip Mullen with exact dates and times
* Competition matches take precedence over training and challenge matches for all pitches
* Put out and take in flags yourself – they are stored in the physio room
* All gates from all pitches to be closed when leaving the field and car parks
* No warm ups on main pitch
* AED/defibrillator is in a metal box at the side of the dressing rooms. There is no code for the box and if it will not open please press 0 on keypad to open it. Stretcher (orange) is in the kitchen behind the door and the Eircode for Lisnamult is on a sign at the side of the dressing rooms.

Use of the dressing rooms
* New dressing room kitchen key is in a key safe at front of building code 1959
* The keys for ref room, dressing rooms, public toilets and internal doors are labelled and hanging in a small cupboard on the right of the kitchen. Please use and return to this cupboard when finished with. Then lock the kitchen and return the key to the key safe and jumble up the code. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT ALL KEYS ARE RETURNED TO THEIR PROPER PLACE BEFORE LEAVING ESPECIALLY THE KITCHEN KEY.
* Players must be supervised while using the dressing rooms before, during and after games or training; team officials are responsible for the safety of their players during this time
* It is suggested that dressing room doors are locked during matches to prevent access and for security of belongings. Visiting teams should place key in door when leaving
* Dressing rooms are to be cleaned by players / mentors who use them including the visiting teams. If the dressing rooms are left untidy by the visiting team(s) then the Gaels team who was involved in the fixture/blitz must clean them before departure and lock up. Suggestion is to get team captain on older teams to pick a few players to ensure the rooms are cleaned and left clear of clothes etc
* Responsibility for the return of keys to the cupboard for the rooms used is the host Gaels team. The final building locks up and key check should be done by the last Gaels team leaving the building.
* Do not remove keys from Lisnamult and keys for toilets etc should be left in kitchen when a few groups are using the facilities.

Kitman Shane Hoare – a man for all seasons and ‘part of the furniture’

Players and managers come and go. But when you think of Roscommon Gaels senior footballers, there is one man who has outlasted them all – kitman Shane Hoare.  The Roscommon man has been there through good times and bad, every training session, every match. No job too big or too small.   The work Shane has done with Roscommon Gaels is unparalleled. He is part of the furniture at Lisnamult and will always remain so.  The last thing to say is that good furniture if held onto long enough gains value and Shane is no different.  “He wins and loses with all of us. He enjoys the wins like we do and takes the losses as bad as we do too.

He is an integral part of the Roscommon Gaels senior football team and we are very lucky to have him.

Sum of Money Found
A sum of money was found in The Hyde Centre last Sunday Evening.
For further information, contact Harry Hoare on 086 3436225.

Roscommon Gaelic Football Masters
Roscommon and Mayo Masters met in the All Ireland final yesterday in Drumlish, County Longford. The game ended level on a score line of 1-11 to 0-14 in a very enjoyable game.  Well done to our Gaels Lads Chris Grogan, Ollie McGuinness and Pat Hoey and the rest of the team and management.

Lotto
Jackpot €10,000 NO WINNER
Numbers Drawn - 4, 7, 31, 32

The weekly winners of €30 were
• Kathleen Carr, C/o Hyde.
• Declan Moran, Athleague.
• Rosilda Arruda, C/o J Igoe.
• Robert Flynn, Moylice House.

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

COACHING NEWS  (WK 37 2018) 
A. U12 Football & Hurling Skills Competition
Regional Football competition being held on Tuesday 18th of September at 7.00pm in Ballyforan
 
From that, 4 teams will qualify for our County Final on Thursday evening the 27th of September at 6.30pm in Kilbride.
Connaught U12 Football Skills finals are on Friday October 5th at 7pm in the Connacht COE.
Connaught U12 Hurling Skills finals are on Friday October 12th at 7pm in the Connacht COE.
 
B. Fundamental Movement Skills - ABC Class  
Our club has arranged a Fundamental Movement Skills (ABC) class on Monday night 10 Sept. Start Time is 8pm.
Venue is Convent Gym.
All coaches welcome.

C. Our Club Coaches – 2018

U12 Boys Football : Gareth Carroll, Ollie McGuinness, Trevor Finneran, Gary Dunne, Derek Dolan, Paul Beisty
(missing from photo : Seamus Carthy, David Fallon, Marty Rodgers.

Camogie
U10 Camogie:
Roscommon Gaels hosted a U10 County Camogie blitz on Saturday morning. The blitz was well attended and there was a total of 12 teams, 3 of which were Roscommon Gaels. A great morning of Camogie was had by all. Well done to everyone who participated and all the teams performed brilliantly on the day. Thanks to all the parents who kindly brought refreshments and served Tea & Coffee to all who attended. Training continues as normal on Friday evenings until further notice. 

Well done to the girls from Roscommon Gaels    Roisin Feeley, Ellen Biesty, Ava Mulry and Ellen Tully who were part of the Roscommon U14 team who won the All Ireland today in Dublin. The future is looking good for Camogie in Roscommon.

​Well done to the 3 Roscommon Gaels players who made it onto the U17 Connaught camogie panel for the inaugural U17 Provincial Camogie Development competition run at DCU sports grounds yesterday. Isobelle Cullen, Ella Killion, Mia Fallon well done girls.  

LGFA 
Busy day for our Roscommon Gaels Footballers, we had lots of girls playing County in Beacon today well done to our U13 girls Sarah Purcell , Eimear O’Connor, Zara Fallon, Jenifer Morris, Caitlin Hannon & Shauna Walsh and well done to our U15 girls Sioda McGuinness, Emma Crean, Shauna Regan & Niamh Kelly   

Busy day for our Roscommon Gaels Footballers, we had lots of girls playing County in Beacon today well done to our U13 girls Sarah Purcell , Eimear O’Connor, Zara Fallon, Jenifer Morris, Caitlin Hannon & Shauna Walsh and well done to our U15 girls Sioda McGuinness, Emma Crean, Shauna Regan & Niamh Kelly   

Pictured are Niamh Kelly and Shauna regan who were part of the U15 Development  Panel who played in a blitz in Beacon yesterday.

Football
Nursery Programme:
On Saturday the 1st of September in lismamult the nursery group were joined by there family and friends to show off the skills that they worked for previous 20 training sessions. 

The lads were presented with jerseys kindly sponsored by DNA logistics (thanks Deirdre)which hopefully will be the first of many 
Gaels jerseys to be worn by these young footballers for years to come. 

On behalf of the coaches we would to thank all involved throughout the year on making it what we hoped was a successful introduction to Roscommon Gaels and the GAA while keeping it a fun environment for the lads.
After discussion with the u8 management we would like to invite all lads born in 2012 to u8 training on Saturday the 15th of September in lismamult at 10am.The aim is to introduce the nursery group to an  u8 environment for the final 4/5 u 8 training sessions. 

​
U9 and U10 Football:
Our U9 & U10’s took part in a tournament hosted by St Mary’s GAA Club, Rochfortbridge. We had three teams involved. Our u9’s won the Cup and our two u10 teams played out the Shield final.
All enjoyed the day. 
Pictured our the U9 and U10 teams that took part in the Tournament hosted by St Mary’s.

​U12 Football: 
Our U12's had a busy week.
Last Saturday (1st) we had 38 players taking part in a tournament hosted by Corofin with teams taking part from Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Westmeath and ourselves from Roscommon. It was a great experience for the lads.

Next up on Monday our Div 1 team had a good win in a great battle with Clann Na nGael. On Thursday evening the same team were out again versus St. Dominic s but on this occasion we went down to a good Dominics side. Finally today, our Div 5 side put in a good performance in overcoming St.Ronans.

Next up is training on Thursday evening as usual and then both teams play their Western Gaels counterparts at lunchtime on Saturday in Lisnamult. 

U14 Football :
Our Reserve lads performed well last Thursday evening against St Dominics narrowly losing out on a score line of 6.8 to 6.6.
 
Our Div 1 lads play Strokestown on Friday evening next in Lisnamult (7pm) in a playoff to decide who reaches the U14 County Final.
 
Minor Football:
Our minor team drew with St. Dominics in Round 5 of the championship in Lisnamult on a score line of 1-11 to 2-8. St. Dominics were the better team in the first half and deservedly led by 5 points at half time. The Gaels were much improved in the second half and put in a great performance to secure a deserved draw. We play Elphin in Lisnamult on Thursday next.

Senior Football:
Our Tommy Connolly sponsored Senior team moved up to second place in the Senior Football Championship Division One table this evening, following their 8-point win over Strokestown at Faithleach’s.

A Cian Connolly Penalty in the 8th-minute helped Roscommon Gaels to open up a 3-point lead (1-1 to 0-1). Within the opening Five minutes of the second-half, James O’Gara registered a goal with a neat finish to the Strokestown net. Peter Gilooly was added to the Gaels attack and was unlucky his goal didn’t click but managed to kick a score later. Mark Nally, Richard Hughes, Cathal Dinneen and Mark Healy helped Roscommon Gaels to keep in touch with well-worked points, but in addition to their contribution it was Cian Connolly who kept the scoreboard ticking away scoring 2 Points from Play 2 frees and a Penalty.  

After suffering defeat to Clann Na Gael early in the Championship and a draw with Boyle last week, The Gaels bounced back this evening with a morale-boosting victory over Strokestown.  Final Score Roscommon Gaels 2-11 Strokestown 0-09.
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Roscommon Gael’s will now face last years County Champions St Brigid’s in their next scheduled championship game on Sunday September 16th.
 
Many thanks to everyone in St Faithleach’s for their hospitality on this evening and for having the pitch in such great condition. 

Hurling
U10 Hurling:
As the end of season approaches, we have a busy few weeks ahead. 
* Thursday 13th Sept - U10's invited to a challenge against Ballygar GAA, in Ballygar. All players requested to be at Ballygar pitch @ 6:30 Thursday evening. This is a great opportunity to compete against strong Galway opposition and challenge our U10's accordingly.
* Friday 21st Sept - Southern Gaels have invited our U10 hurlers to a their hurling Tournament Friday 21st. The tournament will include representatives from 4 counties. We are delighted to be invited to this event and will be a great opportunity for all players to compete against teams from neighboring Counties. More details will follow in the weeks ahead.
Training continues Monday evening @ 6:30pm in Lisnamult. 

U-14 hurling:
U-14 hurling training takes place, as usual, at 6.15 p.m. on Tuesday evening in Lisnamult.

Lotto
Jackpot - €10,000 NO WINNER
Numbers Drawn - 6, 8, 14, 27

The weekly winners of €30 were
• Margaret Flahive, Athlone Road.
• Liz Hoare, C/o K Hoare
• Noel Connolly, Ardsallagh Woods.
• Mickie Glennon, Four Roads.

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

COACHING NEWS  (WK 36 2018)
 A. U12 Football & Hurling Skills Competition
Roscommon Coaching and Games Development  football and hurling GPO’s will be in contact with all clubs regarding the dates and times of our regional and county  U12 skills finals in both codes. Connacht U12 football skills finals are on Friday October 5th at 7pm in the Connacht COE, hurling on Friday October 12th at 7pm.
 
B. Motivational Quotes
 The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
-- Vince Lombardi
You can't make a great play unless you do it first in practice.
-- Chuck Noll
Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way.
-- Satchel Paige
Things that hurt, instruct.
-- Benjamin Franklin
You can motivate players better with kind words than you can with a whip.
-- Bud Wilkinson

Coaching Tips
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,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 "lets 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.

Camogie
U8 Camogie:Well done to our U8 camogie girls who played in a Camogie Blitz in Four Roads yesterday morning. They did so so well and arr showing great skills. Thank you to Four Roads for hosting. Training continues on Fridays.

Pictured our the U8 & U10 Camogie girls

U12 Camogie (Eagles):Well done to our U12 camogie girls and Sean our little mascot who defeated Tulsk earlier today.

U16 camogie:  We played Athleague in Lisnamult in the U16 championship.  This was a very one-sided affair with the Gaels scoring a lot of goals in the first half to a single point for Athleague.  Management rested our strongest players in the second half with a view to balancing out the sides.  Our next game is away to Four Roads on Monday 3rdSeptember at 6.30pm.  Players are asked to be at Four Roads pitch at 5.45pm please.

Junior camogie:  Last Tuesday on a very wet evening we played Tulsk in the Junior Camogie ‘B’ Final in Lisnamult.  We started slow and unfortunately Tulsk capitalised on our early mistakes.  Although it is a 15 a-side competition, Tulsk insisted that they only had 13 players and it only became apparent during the first half that Tulsk had three subs in their dugout.  

We went in to the dressing rooms at half time six points down and given the conditions it would have been very easy to give up and hand the game to Tulsk.  We made some changes and summarised the key areas where we needed improvements and went out determined to give it everything in the second half.  However, disaster struck in the first five minutes when Tulsk scored two consecutive goals leaving us with a deficit of 12 points to overcome.  Our girls found themselves having to dig deep then but they found their character and fought hard to claw back the game.  With only minutes to go we managed to bring the deficit back to a single point after a shot at goal skimmed over the bar.  Shortly after, Colleen Kelly struck for a point to level it up but the umpire waved it wide.  The puckout ended up in Tulsks’s hands and down the field they went and got the final point to win by two.  There was great support from the Gaels at the match and we’d like to thank you all sincerely for coming out in the rain and for sticking with us all year.  Of course the girls were disappointed but this shouldn’t be seen as a big loss since all of our players on the night with the exception of Colleen are U18 and five of the girls who played on the night are U16.  We have performed well this year at this level and it has been good preparation for the minor championship which will be run off in October. 

Pictured are the U14 team who defeated Clan Na Gael this evening (missing from Picture Carragh Kennedy).
U16 Football:  U16’s continue to train Monday evenings at 7pm in the Hyde.

Junior Football:  Hardluck to our girls who were defeated by Ballinameen today.

Football
U14 Football :Our Div 1 lads had a busy week and showed great spirit to secure wins against Strokestown and Shannon Gaels/Kilmore/St Ronans. We are now through to the playoffs.
Our Reserve lads have a Championship fixture vs St Dominics on Thursday evening 06th Sept in Knockcroghery at 7pm.

Minor Football: Our next game is against St. Dominics in Lisnamult on Thursday 6th September.

Senior Football:  Our Hodson Bay Hotel sponsored senior team were lucky to come away from Enfield on Saturday Evening with a draw. Boyle were leading by 2 Goals at half time.  Roscommon Gaels tightened up in the Second half and ensured the rest of the game was a much closer affair. In fact Roscommon Gaels only got the equaliser in the last second of injury time. Final Score Roscommon Gaels 1-13, Boyle 2-10.
 
Many thanks to everyone in St Croans for their hospitality on Saturday and for having the pitch in such great condition. 

Hurling​
U10 Hurling: Well done to our u10 Hurlers who competed in the Hurling County Blitz, hosted in sunny conditions in Tremane Saturday morning.  Ros Gaels fielded 2 U10 hurling teams, playing 3 games each against teams from Athleague / Tremane and Four Roads. Our hurlers displayed some of the best performances the coaches have seen this year. Well done to all involved!

Training continues for u10 hurlers in Lisnamult Monday at 6:30. More challenges to come in the weeks ahead. 

U14 Hurling: U-14 hurling: The semi-finals of the U-14 league have been fixed for Saturday, 29th September. Training takes place, as usual, at 6.15 p.m. on Tuesday in Lisnamult.

Well Done
Well done to Síofra Hession who played in Croke Park today in the exhibition game during the All Ireland final. ​