Ballinamore Sean O Heslin’s GAA Club Notes 06/04/2018

Dunnes Bar ACL Division 1 – It was a great start to the league for the seniors with a good performance against Leitrim Gaels on a beautiful evening in the Pairc. The lads were always in control despite the contentious early sending off of Shane Moran in the first half. With the reduction to 14, the lads continued to play some excellent football and led by a score of 0:7 to 0:4 at halftime. Ballinamore again started well in the second half and remained in control with some excellent long range shooting with Niall McGovern scoring a couple of wonderful points to help kill off the Gaels fight back. The final score was Ballinamore 0:13 Leitrim Gaels 0:11. Next up is Gaeil na Meilge on Saturday at 1830 in the Pairc. 

New Referees – Good news for the club is that two club members have completed the course for new referees. Darren Reynolds and Brian Beirne will be taking up the whistle at matches shortly. It is some time since anyone from the club has taken up refereeing. Go n-éirí go geal leis an mbeirt acu

Dunnes Bar ACL Division 2 – Our Division two team started their campaign against Cloone at the weekend and were narrowly defeated by a score off 2:08 to 1:09. Next up is Gaeil na Meilge on Sunday at 1200 in the Pairc

Newtowngore Engineering U17 League – It was a busy week for the u17 with first up a game against Allen Gaels followed by a match against St Mary’s. The lads continued their good form with a win first on  Wednesday in  Drumshanbo to add to last weeks draw against Fenagh with the final score Ballinamore 1-15, Allen Gaels  1-08
Team Ryan Morris,  Eoghan Shanley,  Danny Smyth,  James Creamer,  Francis McGovern,  Barry McWeeney,  Tom Prior (0-06),  Senan Harte(0-01)  Euan McManus,  James Honeyman,  Paul Moran(0-04),  Mark McCaffrey,  Sean Christy(1-03).Subs: Michael Mckiernan(0-01) for Mark McCaffrey. Conan McCarthy for Euan Mcmanus,  Ciallian Murphy,  Aaron McBrien. Next up was the match against St Mary’s . in the park on Saturday morning. After a tough battle, we came away on the wrong side of a 3-10 to 1-11 scoreline.  Team Paul Moran, Danny Smyth,  Eoghan Shanley, Seamus Wisley,  James Creamer,  Francis McGovern,  Barry McWeeney,  Tom Prior,  Senan Harte, James Honeyman,  Dillon Beirne, Euan McManus,  Michael Mckiernan,  Sean Christy,  Conan McCarthy. Subs: Mark McCaffrey and Ciallian Murphy. Our next game is Wednesday at 6.30 in Mohill.

Barna Recycling U13 League – Our u13s were defeated on Thursday last by a much more experienced St Marys side. The game was even enough at halftime with the scoreline 2.2 to 3 in favour of the home side. The second half saw St Marys take control of the game, but fair play to our lads they never gave up and fought right to the end. A Few goal chances presented themselves but unfortunately for us we were unable to convert. It ended on a scoreline of 5.13 to 5, one which did not show a true reflection of the lads’ efforts. Darragh Gavin, Michael McBrien, Dessie Wisely, Neill Sweeney, Cathal McCarthy, Michael Keegan, Paul Honeyman, Naoise McManus, Rian McManus, Harry Prior, Louis Quinn, Cian McGovern, Gavin Darcy, Tommy Smith, Colum Gartland, Kaylon Murray.

Leitrim GAA Coaching – Leitrim Coaching and game are seeking to recruit additional coaches to join our existing academy coaching teams at u14,15,16 and 17 grades. We feel this is a great opportunity for ambitious coaches to become involved and gain experience working with intercountry squads. Coaches who feel they would like to get involved are asked to contact County coaching officer Hughie Clinton (083-8575304) or County games manager Thomas Keenan (087-6591049) and will need to have completed the award 1 youth/adult coaching course, the safeguarding 1 (code of ethics) course and be Garda vetted through the GAA

Kellogg’s Cul Camp – Folks please note the Kellogg’s Cul camp Ballinamore 2018 will be held in the Pairc from the 2nd to the 6th of July. Booking is essential and can be done on the Cul camp website or follow the link on our Facebook page. 

Club Lotto Monday 02/04/2018 – Numbers Drawn No’s 5 6 4 1 0 3 7 2

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

Kindly sponsored Sponsored 1: Marge McLoughlin. Spons 2 Michael Brady

€40 each – Patsy Creamer, Lahard. Joe Mc Cabe, Cloone. Padraic Mulvey, Aughnasheelin. Adrian Smith, High St.

Next week’s draw takes place in Jackie’s with a jackpot of €4000

Ballinamore Sean O Heslin’s GAA Club Notes 27/03/2018

Leitrim Football – Well done to the Leitrim lads on a great win against win against Wicklow in the national league, the team won by a score of 2:15 to 0:10. A special well done to the Ballinamore lads Dean McGovern and Matt Murphy who both started.

Leitrim Hurling – Comhghairdeas – After the Leitrim hurlers excellent performance against Cavan in the last round they earned a final place against Lancashire who they met on Sunday in Ballyconnell. Despite a tremendous performance by the Leitrim team taking the game into extra t,ime they were unfortunate to lose. We would all like to congratulate them on doing so well and wish them well in the Championship

Dunnes Bar ACL Division 1 – A busy weekend of football ahead with the Senior team launching their league campaign this Saturday at 1830 in Ballinamore. The opening fixture is against Leitrim Gaels and promises to be a great match and hopefully as many of you as possible can make your way to the Pairc to cheer the lads on.

Dunnes Bar ACL Division 2 – Our Division two team start their campaign on Sunday when they take on Cloone at 12:00 in Ballinamore, we would like to wish the lads the best of luck for the season ahead.

Newtowngore Engineering U17 League – Hard luck to the U17 lads who were beaten by Fenagh at the weekend, next up for the lads is a match against St Mary’s on Saturday in Ballinamore at 12:00

Barna Recycling U13 League – Our U13’s had a great win against Dromahair in the park on Sunday last. We hit the scoreboard first with brilliant points from Paul Honeyman and our Captain of the day Naoise McManus. Dromahair fought back level with two great score of their own. For 10mins the game was stale mate with end to end action with neither team able to take the advantage due to fine defending from both sides. Gavin Darcy finally broke the deadlock with a might long range effort which sailed over the bar. We began to pull ahead after a well worked team goal finished brilliantly by Paul Honeyman. Further scores from Louis Quinn and Michael McBrien and yet another goal this time by Naoise meant we had a comfortable lead of 2-6 to 4 goin into the second half. All of which came from hard work and pressure our midfielders Gavin and Tommy Smith put on the Dromahair kick out. In the second half, we continued our dominent spell without reward however we held on and ran out winners 2.9 to 1.7. Hard shifts were put in by every man especially in our back line, Cian McGovern and Michael

McBrien in particular. Team Darragh Gavin, Cian McGovern, Michael McBrien, Mark Ahern, Neil Sweeney, Michael Keegan, Paul Honeyman, Kaylon Murray, Gavin Darcy, Tommy Smith, Louis Quinn, Colum Gartland, Cathal MCarthy, Rian McManus, Harry Prior, Naoise McManus

Next up for the lads is a match on Monday away against Glencar Manor at 18:00

Leitrim GAA Coaching – Leitrim Coaching and game are seeking to recruit additional coaches to join our existing academy coaching teams at u14,15,16 and 17 grades. We feel this is a great opportunity for ambitious coaches to become involved and gain experience working with intercountry squads. Coaches who feel they would like to get involved are asked to contact County coaching officer Hughie Clinton (083-8575304) or County games manager Thomas Keenan (087-6591049) and will need to have completed the award 1 youth/adult coaching course, the safeguarding 1 (code of ethics) course and be Garda vetted through the GAA

Club Lotto Monday 26/03/2018

Numbers Drawn No’s 0 1 5 4 2 7 6 3

Ní raibh aon bhuaiteoir den Lotto ar Dé Luan seo caite. Duaiseanna do dhaoine a bhí i láthair ar an oíche:

House Draw Tommy Prior

Kindly sponsored Padraig S Prior

€40 each – Philip Murphy, Cornacreagh. Darren & Geraldine, Pairc Fea. Niall Connolly, Riverside. Philip Cassidy, Lahard.

Next week’s draw takes place in the Heritage with a jackpot of €3950

Ballinamore Sean O Heslin’s GAA Club Notes 21/03/2018

Medal Presentations – Thanks to everyone that attended our medal presentations in Priors @ High St. on Sunday. It was wonderful to see so many in attendance to cheer on the Oughteragh ladies and the Junior A lads as they were presented with their medals. Special thanks to Terence Boyle for presenting the medals on the night and special thanks as ever to Gay and staff for providing the excellent venue

Juniors – Well done again to the Division 4 lads who continued their fine form in the league, this time they were up against Leitrim Gaels away, and won by a score of 3:13to 2:07, next up for the lads is a match against Mohill on Saturday at 17:00 in Ballinamore

Leitrim Hurling – After the Leitrim hurlers excellent performance against Cavan they now take on Lancashire in the Final this Sunday. It’s not often we reach a league final and this is a great opportunity to cheer the County on and see some great hurling, hopefully as many of you as possible can make your way to Ballyconnell to cheer the lads on at 12:00

Senior Scór – Comhghairdeas to Aughnasheelin who were crowned Connacht Ballad Group Champions securing a place the upcoming All Ireland Final on April 14th in Sligo

U17 League – The u17 lads will be in action this Saturday at 12:00 against Fenagh St Caillins in Fenagh

LGFA Div 2 league 2018 – Oughteragh Gaels 4-6 St Francis’ 4-7 Hard luck to our ladies team who narrowly missed out on a win against our regular rivals St. Francis in what was freezing conditions this morning. Both teams battled it out until the end, with high intensity throughout, but it was St. Francis who came away with the win. Thanks to everyone who came out to support the girls this morning! Team: Eadaoin Murphy, Ellen Wrynn, Lisa Maguire(C), Meave Hamill, Ciara McGoldrick, Kirby Gilgunn, Katie Duignan, Ciara O’Dowd, Eilish O’Dowd,

Leighanne Flynn, Laura O’Dowd, Emma McGovern, Tara Fitzpatrick, Siobhan Earley, Mary McWeeney. Subs Used: Leanne Mcgrath, Grace Wrynn, Michaela Harte. Next game is away to Manorhamilton on the 8th of April. As always, your support is greatly appreciated!

Club Lotto Monday 19/03/2018

Numbers Drawn No’s:. 3 0 4 5 1 7 6 2.

Ní raibh aon bhuaiteoir den Lotto ar Dé Luan seo caite. Duaiseanna do dhaoine a bhí i láthair ar an oíche:

House Draw Shirley Sammon

Kindly sponsored Brendan Sammon

€40 each – P J Dolan, High St. Pakie Smith, Drumrielly. Kevin Turbitt, Dun na Bo. Mick Gallagher, mobile no.

Next week’s draw takes place in he Commercial Hotel with a jackpot of €3900

Ballinamore Sean O Heslin’s GAA Club Notes 13/03/2018

Swan Bar Division 4 – The Junior launched their league campaign on Saturday in Pairc Naomh Mhuire where they took on St Marys. The lads put in a very impressive display with a mix of experience and youth taking to the field and they quickly took control of the game scoring an impressive 5:17 to 1:05. Next up is an away match against Leitrim Gaels on Sunday at 12:00 Foireann: Jack Gallogly, Jim McTague, Brian Banks, Nathan Gallagher, John Fanning, James Hamill, Mathew Morris, Mark O’Reilly, Cathal McHugh, Adam Goldrick, Nathan McCartain, Daire Glesson, Brian Beirne. Subs Used Eamon Walsh for Nathan McCartain, Joe Sweeney for Brian Beirne Darren Maxwell for Jack Gallogly

Senior Scór – Our Scor senior participants for the club was as follows. Table quiz, Patsy Connaughton, Paddy Prior, Cyril Smith, for team A. In team B we had Andy Duffy, Tom Burns, Niall Gormely. Solo Singing Laura Gilheaney, Recitation Brendan Brennan, Ballad Group Padraig Mac Aodhán, Alex Sullivan, Katie Duignan, Sarah Garden, Seamus McTague. Thank you all for taking part and for putting in preparation time, changing your plans because of cancellations and traveling to be there for the club. Thanks also to Smyth’s Siopa for practice venue help and also Josie Creamer for his sound advice. Many thanks also to Brid Sullivan who has put a tremendous amount of work in supporting and organizing our entries in this years Scor competition, it’s been a tough task with Scor participation in the County at an all-time low. Congratulations and good look to the winners in the Connacht final next weekend

Newtowngore Engineering U17 League – Well done to the u17 lads who had a very impressive victory at the weekend over St Josephs. The lads won by a score of 4:10 to 0:3 Foireann: Mark McCaffrey, James Creamer, Danny Smyth, Conan McCarthy, Dillon Beirne, Barry McWeeney, Senan Harte, Francis McGovern, James Honeyman, Tom Prior, Euan McManus, Sean Christy, Paul Moran. Subs; Seamus Wisley, Michael Mckiernan, Ryan Morris, Sean Prior, Mikey Reilly, Ciallian Murphy, Eoin Curran, Aaron McBrien

LGFA Div 2 league 2018 – Oughteragh Gaels 10-17 – Drumkeeran 1-1

Well done to our Ladies team who kicked off the year in fine style with a big win over Drumkeeran. We started off the game with some excellent movement and scores, leading 6-10 to 1-0 at halftime. The opposition came out fighting in the 2nd half but we held our own to secure our first win in the league this year. Emma McGovern made her debut in goals with some excellent saves, along with a solid performance from the denfence. Siobhan Earley kept her score tally high with multiple goals, while Tara Fitzpatrick made some excellent movement in the forward line along with the three O’Dowds. It was a great way to begin the 2018 season! Team: Emma McGovern, Lisa Maguire, Abbi Sweeney, Katie Duignan, Kirby Gilgunn, Meave Hamill, Ciara O’Dowd, Eilish O’Dowd, Leighanne Flynn, Aoibheann Flynn, Laura O’Dowd, Siobhan Earley, Tara Fitzpatrick Subs Used: Ciara McGoldrick, Ellen Wrynn, Aoife Mccartin, Gracie Reilly, Michaela Harte.  Next game is away to Manor on the 8th April and would appreciate the support

Comhghairdeas – A big well done to the Ballinamore Hurling boys that played at halftime of the Leitrim/Cavan national league hurling game at the weekend, it was great to see the young lad from Ballinamore and the surrounding areas showing their skills, hopefully in years to come they might be there representing the County. A big well done to the Leitrim Hurlers who put in a fine performance in their victory over Cavan.

Comhghairdeas – Congratulations to Denis Dolan and Roisin Murray on their engagement, everyone at the club wishes them well for the future and looks forward to the next generation of Dolans and Murrays representing the club !!!!

Club Lotto Monday 12/03/2018

Numbers Drawn No’s:. 7 2 6 5 1 3 0 4.

Ní raibh aon bhuaiteoir den Lotto ar Dé Luan seo caite. Duaiseanna do dhaoine a bhí i láthair ar an oíche:

House Draw Aodhan MacSamhrain

Kindly sponsored lain O Bruachain

€40 each – Rory O’Rourke, Drumrane. Alfie Murphy, C/o Joey Smyth. John Gilheaney, Kiltymoodan. Colm & Kevin, Aghavas

Next week’s draw takes place in An Bhainc with a jackpot of €3850

Ballinamore Sean O Heslin’s GAA Club Notes 06/03/2018

Juniors – The Junior will launch their league campaign this Saturday in Pairc Naomh Mhuire where they will take on St Marys at 16:30

Senior Scór – The Senior Scór was cancelled, it is now due to take place on Saturday, March 10th further details to follow.

U17 League – Our U17 lads were not in action over the weekend due to the snow, their next game will now be on this Saturday where they take on St Josephs in Drumreilly at 12:00

Club Lotto Monday 05/03/2018

Numbers Drawn No’s:. : 6 5 3 7 4 2 0 1

Ní raibh aon bhuaiteoir den Lotto ar Dé Luan seo caite. Duaiseanna do dhaoine a bhí i láthair ar an oíche:

House Draw Margaret McKeon

Kindly sponsored Noel Sweeney

€40 each – Padraig McKeon, Ballinamore. Noel Sweeney, Ballinamore. Aodhan MacSamhrain, Trathnona. Euan McManus, Corgar Next week’s draw takes place in Smyth’s Siopa Ol with a jackpot of €

Ballinamore Sean O Heslin’s GAA Club Notes 27/02/2018

Senior Scór – Senior Scór takes place in the Mayflower Drumshanbo this Saturday 3rd March with the table quiz timed for 6.pm and main Scor competition at 7.30. Best of luck to all of our competitors!

Leitrim – Well done to the Leitrim team and especially Niall McGovern, Matt Murphy and Dean McGovern on their league victory against Limerick winning by a score of 2:18 to 1:09. Hopefully, they can continue with another win in London.

Newtowngore Engineering U17 League – Our U17 lads were beaten in their opening match of the league by a strong Leitrim Gaels Team with the final score Ballinamore 1:09 and Gaels 3:09. The lads will be hoping for a better result when they take on Mohill at 12:00 on Saturday in Pairc Philib Mhic Aongusa

Club Lotto Monday 26/02/2018

Numbers Drawn No’s:. 0 5 4 3 6 1 2 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

Kindly sponsored Martina Farry

€40 each – Maureen & Gene McGovern, Tonlegee. John & Aidan, Lahard. Aine McWeeney, Longstone. Imran Asghar, King Kebabish

Next week’s draw takes place in @Priors with a jackpot of €3750

Ballinamore Sean O Heslin’s GAA Club Notes 20/02/2018

Scór na nÓg All Ireland Final – A huge well done to our Scór na nÓg quiz team consisting of Tom Prior, Colin Smyth, Danny Smyth & Dillon Beirne who took part in the All-Ireland final on Saturday, representing Ballinamore, Leitrim and Connacht. The lads were exceptional, and they acquitted themselves well in a very difficult and hard-fought quiz, despite their wonderful effort they were unable to clinch the title with the honours going to Cornafean Everyone at the club is very proud of the lads, for what they achieved, for their hard work and enthusiasm and for the dedication they have shown. Special Thanks to Brid, Sean and Aidan Dockery for preparing the lads so well. Senior Scór

Senior Scór takes place in the Mayflower Drumshanbo on 3rd March with the table quiz timed for 6.pm and main Scor competition at 7.30. Dancers, singers, reciters, actors please put yourself forward by contacting Brid Sullivan.

U13 and U15 Medal Presentation – A great evening on Friday watching two of our teams presented with their 2017 medals. First up were the u15 Kilmore Gaels team that won the inaugural u15 league. Followed by our under 13 lads who were presented with the u13 league plate winners. The future is certainly bright with all these talented youngsters representing the club and we are all very proud of their achievements and want pass on our thanks and well wishes to the lads and of course their parents and mentors for supporting them and giving up their time so freely not just at the ceremony but over the course of the season.

Under 17 League – Due to the Allen Gaels pitch not being playable the opening match was postponed, the lads will now be up against Leitrim Gaels at 12:00 on Saturday in Ballinamore

U13 League – Due to bad weather our u13 match was cancelled and the lads will now need to wait till Sunday to open their campaign when they will take on St Josephs at 12:00 in Ballinamore

Comhghairdeas ar lá bhúr bpósta – Everyone at the club would like to pass on our congratulation to the new Mr. and Mrs. McTeague, Anthony and Edel who got married in Kildare at the weekend, may they have many years of happiness!

Membership Registration Night – Folks there will be a membership registration night this Friday from 1900 till 2100 in the club rooms, it is important that all members update their membership as soon as possible.

There will be a further opportunity to register after the u13 and u17 games this weekend also

The prices are; family members €80 (Family Constitutes a maximum of two adults and any number of children under the age of 18); adult single €40; under 18 €20.

Club Lotto Monday 19/02/2018

Numbers Drawn No’s:. 4 0 2 3 6 7 1 5

Ní raibh aon bhuaiteoir den Lotto ar Dé Luan seo caite. Duaiseanna do dhaoine a bhí i láthair ar an oíche:

House Draw Margaret McKeon

Kindly sponsored: Spons 1: Paddy O’Connor. Spons 2: Noel Sweeney.

€40 each – Muriel Travers, St Brigid St. Carol & Marie O’Connor, Kilaneen. Conor Harte, Ballinamore. Alannah Smyth, Main St

Next week’s draw takes place in The Poor Scholar with a jackpot of €3700

Ballinamore Sean O Heslin’s GAA Club Notes 13/02/2018

Scór na nÓg All Ireland Final – This Saturday our Scór na nÓg quiz team will be in action in the Clayton Hotel Sligo at 11am, the lads will be Representing The club and Leitrim in the All Ireland Quiz final. They are the current Connacht Champions and have put in a tremendous amount of work over the last number of weeks with their mentors Sean and Brid, hopefully, all the hard work pays off and they can claim an all Ireland title !!! Everyone in the club is extremely proud of the lads and would like to wish them well in the final !!!L-R Tom Prior, Colin Smyth, Danny Smyth & Dillon Beirne

U17 Championship – The start of the Season is upon us with first our under 17 lads taking to the field this Saturday in the u17 league division One. The lads will be opening their campaign against Allen Gaels at 12:00, hopefully, they can continue their fine form from the end of last season and get the first win under their belts.

Membership – Folks, membership of Ballinamore Seán Ó hEislin’s is now open for 2018. The prices are; family members €80 (Family Constitutes a maximum of two adults and any number of children under the age of 18); adult single €40; under 18 €20. Please contact Walter Sharpley on 0861236207 to make payment

Club Lotto Monday 12/02/2018

Numbers Drawn No’s: 1 7 6 2 3 0 5 4.

Ní raibh aon bhuaiteoir den Lotto ar Dé Luan seo caite. Duaiseanna do dhaoine a bhí i láthair ar an oíche:

House Draw John McWeeney

Kindly sponsored: Ollie Moran

€40 each – Shane Harte, Oughteragh. Greg Hargaden, Pairc Fea. Bryan McKiernan, Bawnboy. Una McLoughlin, Fenagh

Next week’s draw takes place in Pat Joe’s with a jackpot of €3650

Ballinamore Sean O Heslin’s GAA Club Notes 06/02/2018

Coiste Chontae Liatroma Awards 2017 – Massive Congratulations to Junior Club Player of Year Donal Feely, Donal was presented with his award on Saturday night in the Bush Hotel. This is a truly well-deserved award for Donal and is his reward for the hard work and commitment that he has shown not just in 2017 but in all of his time as a player at the club, Donal has played at all levels starting at u8 all the way to senior club football and this year also took to the field for the Leitrim team. Everyone at the club would like to congratulate Donal on this wonderful recognition and wish him well for the coming season.

Membership – Folks, membership of Ballinamore Seán Ó hEislin’s is now open for 2018. The prices are; family members €80 (Family Constitutes a maximum of two adults and any number of children under the age of 18); adult single €40; under 18 €20. Please contact Walter Sharpley on 0861236207 to make payment

Club Lotto Monday 05/02/2018

Numbers Drawn No’s: 1 7 5 3 2 6 4 0

Ní raibh aon bhuaiteoir den Lotto ar Dé Luan seo caite. Duaiseanna do dhaoine a bhí i láthair ar an oíche:

House Draw Gerry Mahon

Kindly sponsored: John P Harte.

€40 each – Bernadette Spellman, Diffier, Drumshanbo. Tom Burns, Clenaghoo. Marie Gallogly, C/o Smyth. Eoghan McGovern, Tonlegee, Corlough Next week’s draw takes place in McGirls bar with a jackpot of €3600

Ballinamore Sean O Heslin’s GAA Club Notes 23/01/2018

Medal Ceremony – What a night we had on Friday watching our u16 girls and u17 boys receive their medals from Dublin Star Dean Rock. Dean was an inspiration to all that attended giving some wonderful advice to the young players and future stars of the club. We would like to thank Dean for attending and spending so much time ensuring everyone got their selfie and autograph, he has left many a child and adult with great memories and mementos to treasure for the future, Dean is a gentleman and a star. Special thanks also to all that attended and to all those that helped with the wonderful refreshments, there was certainly no one left hungry !! special thanks also to Eunan Sweeney for taking great pictures of the event

Comhghairdeas – Congratulation to Columba Cryan who was recognised at the Leitrim Supporters launch in Croke Park on Thursday night. Columba was recognised for his historic railway cup win which took place in 1958, 60 years ago this year, Columba was recognised along with two other Leitrim legends Paddy McGarty and Cathal Flynn This is wonderful recognition of three wonderful footballers

Comhbhrón – Everyone at the club would like to pass on Our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the late Molly Creamer, Molly who passed away on Monday evening was a great supporter of the club over the years and we would like to pass on our condolences to Sean, Maura, Josie, Anne- Marie and to the rest of their extended family and friends at the is difficult time.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dilís Improve your Irish

Irish conversation classes, or Ciorcal Comhrá – Currently taking place 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 and will run for 10 weeks to mid March. Seo seans chun an Ghaeilge a labhairt. Beidh fáilte romhat. More information from Sean Ó Súilleabháin 087 6821566

Membership – Folks, membership of Ballinamore Seán Ó hEislin’s is now open for 2018. The prices are; family members €80 (Family Constitutes a maximum of two adults and any number of children under the age of 18); adult single €40; under 18 €20. Please contact Walter Sharpley on 0861236207 to make payment

Club Lotto Monday 22/01/2018 – Numbers Drawn No’s: 7 2 6 1 0 3 4 5

Ní raibh aon bhuaiteoir den Lotto ar Dé Luan seo caite. Duaiseanna do dhaoine a bhí i láthair ar an oíche:

House Draw John & Aiden

Kindly sponsored: Andrias O Dubhthaigh. Sponsored 2: Criostoir MacCondubh.

€40 each – Imran Asghar, King Kebabish. Liam Gallogley, Carrigallen. Kevin Turbitt, Dun na Bo. Columba Cryan, Kiltymoodan

Next weeks Lotto Draw takes place in Jackies Bar : with a Jackpot of €3500

Ballinamore Sean O Heslin’s GAA Club Notes 17/01/2018

Scór na nÓg – A massive well done to Connacht Scor na nóg winners Danny Smyth, Colin Smyth, Dillon Beirne Tom Prior and James Og Maguire, the lads did us proud in Claremorris at the weekend securing the title, they were behind by 1 going into the last round and won by 1 mark after 80 questions. They now go forward to the All Ireland in Sligo IT on 17th Feb. Special thanks to their tutor Sean Ó Súilleabháin for his help & knowledge prior to competition and a special mention also to Brid Sullivan for all the work she has done behind the scenes helping to get the club ready for the Scór competitions.

Strictly Come dancing DVD Night – Thanks to everyone that attended @Priors on Saturday night for our very successful DVD launch night special thanks to Gay and Staff for as always providing us with the use of his excellent venue for the night

Leitrim Supporters Club Launch – This year’s launch takes place on Thursday the 18th at 1930 in the Celtic Suite in Croke Park, this years event is one not to be missed with former Ballinamore and Leitrim legend Columba Cryan being recognised for his historic railway cup win which took place in 1958, 60 years ago this year, Columba will be recognised along with two other Leitrim legends Paddy McGarty and Cathal Flynn. Another draw on the night will be Marty Morrisey who’s currently taking part in Strictly come dancing, Marty will be interviewed by former Leitrim star Colin Regan, hopefully a few of you will travel from Ballinamore for this great night and you will be able to cheer on Columba and pass on a few tips on dancing to Marty.

Comhbhrón – Everyone at the club would like to pass on Our deepest sympathies to Sean Ó Súilleabháin and all his family and friends on the passing of Sean’s father, Frank who passed away Sunday evening just two weeks short of his 100th Birthday. Our prayers go out to them all at this difficult time Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dilís Improve your Irish

Ciorcal Comhrá – Irish conversation classes, or Ciorcal Comhrá, are currently taking place 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 and will run for 10 weeks to mid March. Seo seans chun an Ghaeilge

a labhairt. Beidh fáilte romhat. More information from Sean Ó Súilleabháin 087 6821566

Membership – Folks, membership of Ballinamore Seán Ó hEislin’s is now open for 2018. The prices are; family members €80 (Family Constitutes a maximum of two adults and any number of children under the age of 18); adult single €40; under 18 €20. Please contact Walter Sharpley on 0861236207 to make payment

Club Lotto Monday 15/01/2018

Numbers Drawn No’s: 6 1 7 5 0 4 3 2.

Ní raibh aon bhuaiteoir den Lotto ar Dé Luan seo caite. Duaiseanna do dhaoine a bhí i láthair ar an oíche:

House Draw €40: Paddy O’Connor

Kindly sponsored: Aodhan MacSamhrain

€40 each – Kevin Banks, Willowfield Rd. Kevin & Aoife O’Connor, Killaneen. Anna Maxwell, Carrickmakeegan. Michael Quinn, Ballinamore

Next weeks Lotto Draw: The Heritage bar with a Jackpot of €3450

Ballinamore Sean O Heslin’s GAA Club Notes 09/01/2018

Club AGM – The Ballinamore Seán Ó hEislin 2017 AGM took place on Saturday the 30th December in the Club Rooms. close on 30 people attended which was slightly down on the numbers that attended last year.

The majority of the current Executive Committee were re-elected to their existing roles with the exception of our Uachtaráin Tommy Moran who stepped down to a role as Leas Uachtaráin, Tommy was replaced by Seán O’Sulliabhain. The club also welcomed a new member to the executive with Janet McManus joining the Coiste  Ronan O’Rourke stepped down from his role as Claraitheoir with this role filled by Shane Harte.

Secretary, Patsy Connaughton, produced a detailed report on the Club’s activities and achievements in 2017. This was followed by a report by our Cisteoir John D’Arcy on the club’s current financial position. Micky Quinn then gave his Chairman’s address where he outlined the successes and challenges that we’d faced as a club throughout 2017 paying special mention to the hard work of all the management, selectors and players of all the teams and also to the organising committee of our recent ‘Strictly’ event for their hard work

We’d like to thank all outgoing members for their hard work and dedication to Sean O’Heslins and wish the 2018 Executive Committee all the best for the coming year.

Strictly Come dancing DVD Night – Folks a Great opportunity to relive an amazing night of Ceol agus Craic. If you missed the live event or just want to relive the magic make sure you get yourself to @Priors on Saturday the 13th of January it promises to be another epic night.

Leitrim Supporters Club Launch – This years launch takes place on Thursday the 18th at 1930 in the Celtic Suite in Croke Park, this years event is one not to be missed with former Ballinamore and Leitrim legend Columba Cryan being recognised for his historic railway cup win which took place in 1958, 60 years ago this year, Columba will be recognised along with two other Leitrim legends Paddy McGarty and Cathal Flynn. Another draw on the night will be Marty Morrisey who’s currently taking part in Strictly come dancing, Marty will be interviewed by former Leitrim star Colin Regan, hopefully a few of you will travel from Ballinamore for this great night and you will be able to cheer on Columba and pass on a few tips on dancing to Marty.

Comhbhrón – Everyone at Ballinamore Seán O’Heslins would like to pass on our deepest sympathy to the Tubman family and all their friends on the sudden passing of Eamonn Snr, former Leitrim County Board Vice Chairman
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dilís

Referee Positions – The County Board would like to recruit new referees in 2018.If this is something that is of interest to you this is a great opportunity to get involved with full training provided. Anyone interested in trying it out please contact Chairman Michael Quinn.

Scór na nÓg – A massive well done to County Scor na nóg winners Danny Smyth, James Óg Maguire, Dillon Beirne, Tom Prior, the lads will be representing us next in the all-Ireland in Sligo, dates to be confirmed. also, a big well done to our younger competitors who put in an excellent performance on the night and just missed out. The team consisted of Bernard Sweeney, Brian Sweeney, Eoin Connaghton, and Eoin Hamill, we’re sure they will be back in contention next year.

Improve your Irish – Irish conversation classes, or Ciorcal Comhrá, will start again in Ballinamore Library on Tuesday, 9 January 2018 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 and will run for 10 weeks to mid-March. Seo seans chun an Ghaeilge a labhairt. Beidh fáilte romhat. More information from Sean Ó Súilleabháin 087 6821566

The Club and Social Media – Over the last number of years our club has begun to embrace the positive aspects of social media as a portal for interacting with friends and followers.

We were one of the first clubs in the county to set up a Facebook page and over the last 12 months, we have seen exceptional growth in the number of people that interact with us using Facebook.

It is hard to imagine how Facebook can help a club be more successful on the pitch and of course, Facebook “likes” do not win Championships! but it is certainly no stretch of the imagination to see that Facebook has had a positive impact on our interaction with our community across the world and has assisted the club in raising its profile in a positive way.

A recent example of the power of social media was number of interactions we had during our promotion of Strictly Come Dancing and our ability to Sell this to potential sponsors where we linked to their pages and were able to give them exposure in part return for the goodwill and Sponsorship we received

If we take a look at some numbers, this will hopefully go some way to explaining the size of the exposure we are getting

  • 1739 Likes – These are people from all corners of the world that have followed our page and see our posts – This number has increased by 700 followers in the last 12 months
  • 47,775 Total Reach – This is the number of people that viewed, interacted or liked our posts – Not over the last year – But in November
  • 4629 Page Views – Again this was in November
  • Likes and Interactions – 36,451 people interacted with our posts during the month of November
  • Videos 13,276 people viewed our videos during the month of November

You might ask who are our followers? Well 52% of our Followers are Female with 48% male and 27% of those are between 25 and 44 years of age.

We can tell you that most people that like our page are in Dublin, 476 to be exact with 344 in Ballinamore and well, we even have 8 followers in Aughnasheelin just slightly ahead of the six we have in Perth.

If we look closely at where our followers reside it’s probably an indication of the numbers of people over the years who have left our town either for good or the short term and how they use Facebook to remain a part of our club and community.

For instance, we have friends in 27 countries around the world! 123 in the UK, 58 in the USA, 16 in Australia, 5 in Spain and 4 in Canada and even one in Colombia

Many people may still ask what’s the point of social media in a GAA club in Leitrim, but what I can tell you is that over the last 12 months we have used it to share the good times and the not so good times, from Wins, Losses, Births and Deaths its helped bring our community that’s now spread around the world closer.

We have streamed games live and had people watching our victory parades from all around the world, we have used it to share our match updates, pictures and videos and even to sell club merchandise. Based on the interaction and the feedback we are getting it’s something we will continue to do in the future and hopefully we will try and embrace the use of Social Media further in 2018 and get the opportunity to stream a senior County Final Live.

Membership – Folks, membership of Ballinamore Seán Ó hEislin’s is now open for 2018. The prices are; family members €80 (Family Constitutes a maximum of two adults and any number of children under the age of 18); adult single €40; under 18 €20. Please contact Walter Sharpley on 0861236207 to make payment

Comhghairdeas – Congratulations and best wishes to Jimmy Holahan on his retirement, everyone at the club would like to pass on their deepest thanks to Jimmy for all his hard work with our underage players over the years, Jimmy was loved by all the kids and they will miss him immensely at this year’s Cul Camp

Club Lotto Monday 08/01/2018

Numbers Drawn No’s: 7 0 4 3 2 5 6 1.

Ní raibh aon bhuaiteoir den Lotto ar Dé Luan seo caite. Duaiseanna do dhaoine a bhí i láthair ar an oíche:

House Draw €40: Sean O Suilleabhain

Kindly sponsored: Mary Harte

€40 each – Bernadette Dolan, High St. Christopher McNiffe, Church St. Gerry Farry, Lahard. Alan Prior, Galway

Next weeks Lotto Draw: Commercial Hotel with a Jackpot of €3,400.