Truagh Notes

Lotto Jackpot Winner:  Congratulations to Eithna Treanor-Mullinderg who won our lotto jackpot of €4,800 this week. Ethna’s lucky numbers were: 3, 15, 20, 22. Sellers: Pat Meehan & Camogie Club. Next jackpot draw is worth €1000. Check team: Gary’s.

Registration: Reminder that registration deadline is drawing near and can be made payable through Brian Rafferty. Membership must be paid by March 31^st. Players must have registration paid before playing.

Seniors: Training continues as per management. Our first match is on Wednesday 11^th April at home to Castleblayney.

Reserve B: Our next B game is on Sunday 1^st April away to Magheracloone.

Reserve C: Our next C game is away to Sean McDermotts this Sunday 25^th March at 12pm.

Reserve D: We won in our first game of the year, beating Fergal O’Hanlons away last Saturday, 4-12 to 3-9. Our next game is scheduled in April 14.

Cairde: Our club cairde is now starting year 3 and remains an essential source of funding for the development of our facilities. Existing members of Cairde will be contacted shortly to renew their membership. New members are very welcome to join. Again, we thank all those who contribute to this scheme as they are assisting greatly in the progression of amenities utilised by young and old of the parish.

Party Bookings: Can be made for either bar. For booking contact 0861991150.

Club Shop: The club shop is open each Friday evening between 7-8pm. Kids / Adults Hoodys Jackets and T Shirts reduced, also a limited number of shorts.

Truagh/Donagh Defib Group: CPR/AED Refresher for all members of the defib group on Fri 23rd March in St Mellans 8-10pm. Cost five euro. Each individual session will only take approx 10mins so drop in any time during these two hours.It is essential to keep your skills up to date.

Hurling:
Seniors: Training on Thursday at 8. Game at home on Saturday against St Agnes at 4pm.

Under 14s & 15s – blitz in Cloghan next Monday. Bus leaves at 6.20.

Camogie:

Juveniles: There will be no juvenile training until further notice.

Seniors: Training has now been changed to every Tuesday and Friday at 8pm in St Mellans.  Could everyone please make the effort to attend, if you you cannot make it please text the camogie phone.  New players are very welcome.

Blitz: Keep free Sunday the 29th of April for the County Blitz,please note change in date, this will be in Inniskeen and we need a full turn out.

Ladies Football:

Committee: We are asking all parents of children playing at any level to take into consideration the future of the ladies football club and to consider becoming a member of our committee .We are struggling with the numbers on our committee at the minute and as you all know behind every great club is a very hard working committee . Have you got  1 hour to spare a month ?? If so please contact Ursula Mc Kenna on 0868599749 or Sharon Mc Meel on 0872198005. REMEMBER: It’s your child/children that benefit from the hard work that goes on behind the scenes with our committee and as the saying goes ‘many hands make light work’.

Senior Training: Continues as per management.Please make sure you text Ursula on 0868599749 if you cannot make it.

Keep Free: We ask all senior & minor girls to keep free Saturday 24th March as we hope to travel to a 7 a side blitz in Killeavey.

Liathroid Laimhe:

Table Quiz. The Handball Committee would like to thank everybody who came down to support our table quiz last Friday night in St.Mellans, we all hope that all who came had an enjoyable night, we would like to thank Anna-Rose and Bridget for helping out with the food, all who donated spot prizes and all who helped out in any way on the night. Congratulations must go to the winners who by now must be known as the “Usual Suspects” in Brian, Dennis, Gerard and Niall, is there any one out there who can stop these boys from doing 3 in row, the search starts here! .

All-Ireland Finals. Eamon Todd’s & Christopher Mc Kenna’s(PJ) All Ireland Doubles Final has fixed for the 31^st of March in Mullingar Co. Westmeath where they face a Wexford pair in Darren O Toole & Malachy Whelan, if Christopher(D) and Terry are successful in their U21 Semi-final then they will also playing on the same bill in Mullingar against Kilkenny opposition, and fulfilling hopefully an all Monaghan bill Terry Keirnan & James Gavaghan will be playing there in the Junior Doubles, games are marked to start at 1pm, so good luck to all involved, all the boys hope as many people as possible could travel down to support them.

All Ireland U21 Doubles Semi-Final. Christopher Mc Kenna(D) & Terry Mc Elvaney (Harps) have played their re-arranged All Ireland U21 Doubles Semi-final against Roscommon players Cian Connolly & Darren Beattie in Roscommon Tuesday past(20^th March), report next week.

Adult County Doubles Championships. We have several sets of player’s which have made county doubles finals, in the Nov4 Frank Mc Kenna & Damien Mc Clave, and in Nov3 Kevin Treanor & Patrick Mc Kenna are there and this could see Frank in No3 and Patrick in Nov3 claiming both titles singles and doubles, still all Finals TBC. Good luck to all involved.

GAA Team. Congratulations to our GAA B Team after they won the “B” final in Tydavent Wednesday night past (14^th March) against Bawn B, first into the alley was Frank in the singles which proved to be a good tactical switch as he won 21-14, 21-13, next in was the doubles of Declan Mc Kenna(O) & Pat Mc Quaid and they won 21-13,21-9, and finally Gabriel Mc Aree won his singles 21-18, 21-16, well done to all who played on the night and also to Joe Kelly, Damien Mc Clave & Darren Todd who had played on the team on previous nights, well done everyone.

Juvenile Club Leagues. We had two remaining juvenile league finals, the Tipperary League final between Cian Maguire and Ronan Boyle was played on Wednesday week past, in which Cian came out victorious in a 3 game thriller 15-7 13-15 15-12, Cian dispatched some revenge as Ronan had won their previous league match 2-0, all in attendance said this was a cracker and hopefully future county champions were on display. The Kerry League final between Aaron Mohan and Ryan Mohan should be played this week results will be in next week. Photos of all finalists will be published over the next few weeks along with the notes so keep an eye out for your picture. As all coaches have brought down the curtain on the juvenile club season we ask that during the summer months for all juveniles to try to keep playing a little bit of handball as this would stand to them greatly for next years season when it begins, remember parents if there are any wet evenings (of which I am sure there will be) send them down to the alleys.

Community Games. Good luck to our U15 team who now start playing in the Ulster round of games shortly.

Feile Na Gael. We have entered a 6-man team into Feile na Gael and will begin training with these boys shortly to keep them in shape as the competition approaches.

Adult Club Championships. The adult club singles and doubles finals hope to be played this weekend coming the Gola Furniture, High House, Coalisland Fireplaces and Silverhill Foods competitions, all involved will be text as to all final arrangements.

Prize Draw. We will be approaching club members if they would be interested in buying a ticket for the handball council, there are some brilliant prizes for the individuals and also for the club, all will be explained before purchasing.