Club Notes - 11th February 2018

​Lotto Draw
Sunday 11th of February 2018
Jackpot
€9,400 NO WINNER
Numbers Drawn
2, 8, 11, 12

The weekly winners of €30 were
• Michael Finan, C/o The Hyde.
• Maureen Beattie, Turville.
• Denis Egan, Blackstick Road.
• Mark O’Gara, Antogher Road. 

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

COACHING NEWS (WK 07 2018)
 
A. Coaching Children : Do’s & Don’ts

B.   Coaching the Basics  
 
Hurling/Camogie – The Hook
 
Football – The Bounce
 
C. Club Mentoring Programme 2018
This important programme will include an opportunity for all our coaches to present their views on how we can improve our club.
Information on implementation of the Programme within our club will follow shortly.

Fundamentals [LGFA]
This is the first course on the Coaching Ladder.   Fundamentals is a foundation level course designed as an introduction to good coaching, no matter what age group you are starting to coach with.  It is a fun, dynamic and informative course designed by coaches for coaches.  Coaches will gain some insights into the theoretical underpinnings of successful coaching as well as having the opportunity to coach and learn in a safe environment.  The County Board are considering running another Fundamentals Course on Saturday 10th of March in Roscommon if they have numbers.  Anyone Interested Please contact Michelle on 087 2830624.

CARDS
Winner of the 25 Card game on Monday 5th of February in The Hyde Centre was Frank Naughton and the runner up was Colin Kilcline.  Well done everyone.  Thank you for your continued support.  New players always welcome Mondays at 8.30pm.

Junior Ladies
Junior football training started back last Tuesday evening on the 6th of February.   Training was moved indoor due to the bad weather.  Despite the weather and mocks there was a great turnout and again this morning.  The lads have roped Kieran Kilcline from our Senior Football team to help with fitness.  Thank you Deckie, Gerry, Pat and Kieran for all giving your time hopefully all the hard work will pay off.  
A huge thank you to Mike O’Connor from Roscommon Leisure Zone for letting us use his Gym and equipment and again this morning it’s very much appreciated.   First game in the league on Sunday the 18th of February against Kilmore in Kilmore.  Training continues next Tuesday at 8pm.
 
U12 Camogie
U12 Camogie started back last Friday evening from 7.30-8.30 in the Convent Gym. Please bring €2 and a sock for your hurley. All are welcome.

Minor Football
Our Lads were to kick of Round 1 of the League with a game against Faithleach’s but had to be postponed due to the weather conditions.

Senior Footballers
Our Senior Footballers start of their season on Sunday 18th of February playing away to Western Gaels at 11.30am.  Best of luck to Liam and the lads.

Hurling
U8 hurling commences Thursday Feb 15th from 6-7 pm in convent gym.
U10 hurling commences Monday Feb 12th from 6-7 pm in convent gym.
U12 hurling commences Wednesday Feb 14th from 6-7 pm in convent gym.
Please bring €2 per child per night to cover cost of gym hire. Sock also required to cover hurl while playing indoors. All new members welcome.

Congratulations
Congratulations to our Ladies County Board Secretary and Roscommon Gaels Member Marie McAleer who received her well deserved GAA Presidents Award in Croke Park Friday evening.  Marie was an outstanding player, she was the first Chair of the Roscommon Ladies Gaelic Football County Board while still active on the field when it took shape in 1974 and was a founder member and first Vice President of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association.  

Her drive and passion for the sport has continued ever since and had been put to good use on several national and county board committees. Marie was also instrumental in the establishment of the Roscommon Gaels Ladies Gaelic Football Club in 2000.  Well done Marie we are all proud and thankful for all you have done.

Congrats to Roscommon Gaels Goalie James Featherston who made his debut for Roscommon yesterday.

We would also like to commend fellow clubman John McManus for maintaing his full back position on the Roscommon Team.  Unfortunately the result did not go our way.  Nevertheless it’s great to see two Roscommon Gaels men wearing the county colours. 

Also Flying the Roscommon Gaels flag at the week end were Ellen Beisty, Hollie Harkin and Chloe Donoghue who were playing for The Roscommon U14 Football team in Kiltoom on Saturday against Limerick.  The final score was 8-13 to Roscommon 5-9 to Limerick.  Well done girls.

CBS
The Connacht Schools Hurling Semi Final on Saturday ended in a draw.  CBS 3-12 New Inn 3-12.  Replay details to be confirmed.

Website
We are excited to announce that our new website is now live! As well as having a brand new look, it’s a lot easier to navigate. The new website has many innovative features such as a parallex scrolling layout and a responsive design to ensure it works as well on mobiles as it does on desktops.  Thank you Liam McNeela for doing such an amazing job.
Go ahead, take a look around!  http://www.roscommongaels.ie/  

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