Latton GFC Notes – Week Beginning 23th July 2012
* Lotto
On Sunday 22nd in Fitzpatricks bar Rockcorry , numbers drawn were:4-14-17-23. Bonus No. 3. No winner. €20 winners: C, o Brian, Ballybay. Colette Smyth, Ballybay. Conor Lynch, Latton. Tanya Smith, Cootehill. Zara & Padie, Rockcorry. THIS WEEKS JACKPOT: € 18,500. Draw will take place in the Maple bar Rockcorry.
* Senior Football
We played Magheracloone away on Saturday evening in a close game off football Magheracloone came out on top winning 1-10 to 12pts. Our next game is at home to Scotstown on Friday the 27th.
Reserve football
Blayney completed the double over our reserves on Wednesday evening thankfully the score was closer than the away game with only two points between the teams at the end. Latton 2-08. Blayney 0-16. Team: C, Brady. K, lynch. C, mc Elory. K Farrelly.E, Lennon. P, Fitzpatrick. P, Shannon.K, Conlon. T, Connolly. C, Rice 1pt. K, Hughes 2pts. M, o Brian 1pt. D, Duffy 1-2. B, Mc Elory 1-1. R, Conlon.
Committee Meeting
A meeting of the Executive Committee will take place tonight (Thursday) at 9 0’ clock.
Pitch bookings
All pitch and dressing room bookings to be made with Kathleen Lynch. Phone no 087- 7904579. All team mentors please note.
U-12
Played away to Drumhowan on Saturday afternoon, in a very entertaining game of football both teams kicked some good scores with Drumhowan getting the equalising score in injury time. Latton 1-08 Drumhowan 1-08. This result means Latton qualified for the semi-final of the league date to be fixed.
Training continues on Tuesday evenings at 6-30.
Race night
Latton GAA will hold a race night on Sat 28th July, in what will be a great night’s entertainment with all the trills of a day at the races in the comfort of the social centre, and a prize for the best dressed lady or gent. Horses and Jockeys can be bought from senior players or committee members. First race off at 9pm sharp.
Social centre
All bookings for centre to be made through Brendan Fitzpatrick phone o86-8297666.
U-8 & U-10
There will be a double blitz this evening in Inniskeen starting at 7-30 sharp. Training continues Friday evenings from 6 to 7. Any parents who are not getting text messages about training contact juvenile management.
U-21
Our u-21 team played Truagh in Latton on Tuesday evening the 17th in the semi-final of the league, played in wet & slippy conditions both teams found scores hard to get. Playing against the wind in the first half Latton worked hard and despite kicking seven wide’s went in at the break leading 6pts to 4pts. Truagh hit two points early in the second half to draw level and when Latton had R, Conlon sent off on a second yellow card they struggled against a Truagh team who used the ball well. Losing by 3pts with five minutes remaining Latton made the Truagh defence work very hard to hold out for a one point win. Latton 0-10 Truagh 0-11. Team and scorers: C Brady, K Farrelly, S Mc Guinness, J,Nixon, K Lynch. K, Duffy. O, Hillis. S, Mc Elory .C Rice. R, Conlon 1pt. T, Connolly 3pts. M, Duffy 2pts. S, Coyle 3pts, D Duffy 1pt. O, Coyle. D, Puttharee, P, Mc Guinness. P, Hamilton. R, Fitzpatrick. S, Coyle. S, Hughes. T, Lynch.
Blessing off graves
Our social centre will be open after Blessing off the graves on Sunday 26th Aug for refreshments, this will be an ideal opportunity for families to get together and for visitors to the parish to be shown around the great facilities we have developed over the last number of years. For enquiries or bookings phone Brendan on 086-8297666.
U-16
Our u-16 team’s interest in this year’s league came to an end last Thursday evening when we lost to Carrick in a game we had to win to qualify for a semi-final spot. Training will resume after the summer break in preparation for the u-16 championship.
U-14
Our next game is away to Emerald Sarsfields on the 11th Aug. training continues as normal.
By michael Wed 25th Jul
