Monday January 16th 2006   

LOTTO
On Tuesday night 20th December, we held our annual Christmas draw in the "Seven Wonders Bar", Fore.  This draw was very well supported and the results are as follows.  Numbers drawn for E10,000 jackpot were 4.12.14.24 and there was no winner.  The numbers drawn for the second jackpot of E1,800 were 10.11.18.28 and again there was no winner.  The E30 winners were as follows Paddy Smyth, Jimmy Leahy, Kit Masterson, Mick Monaghan and Larry Masterson.  The prize winners in our Christmas draw were, Christmas Hamper - Tom Ward, Turkey and Brandy - Collette Gammil, Ham and Whiskey - Ita Halpin, Roast and Gin - Kenneth Farrelly, Christmas Cake - Robert McClean, Brandy and Biscuits - John Carter, Brandy and Chocolates - B&T Kennedy, Whiskey and Biscuits - Adrian Moran, Whiskey and Chocolates - Sharon Briody, Baileys and Biscuits - Tom Flynn, Baileys and Chocolates - Elisha Moore, Hardware voucher - Cara Murphy, Lottery Tickets - James Gilsenan, Biscuits - Jimmy Smyth, Chocolates - Derek Doyne.  The next draw takes places in Meehan’s, Coole on Tuesday night 31st January and again we have two draws.  Draw no.1 is E10,000 and no.2 is E2,000 your support as always is greatly appreciated.

COMMITTEE MEETING
On Monday night last 9th January, we held a very constructive meeting in the "Lough Lene Inn", Collinstown.  A number of key issues were discussed regarding the smooth running of the club for 2006.  One of the first items for 2006 will be Senior Scór, which takes place in the Downs on Saturday 11th February, more details to follow in the coming weeks.  The next item will be our "Annual Social" night, which takes place on Easter Saturday night in the "Lough Lene Inn", Collinstown, again more details to follow.  On Monday night 30th January we are holding an Underage and Ladies meeting in Fore N.S. at 8.30pm.  This is a very important meeting and we are urging all parents to make the effort to attend, for further information regarding this meeting please contact either Dermot McKenna or Helen Coyle.

PLAYERS MEETING
Tonight, Thursday 19th January, we are holding a very important meeting in the Pollard Arms Hotel, Castlepollard at 9.00pm.  It is imperative that everyone attends, as this meeting is the place to sort out any issues that players might have.  Following on from a very constructive players meeting last year, we had quite a good season and it is hoped that we can go further this year.  We look forward to seeing you all there.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations are extended to Sean Coyle, Ballymanus who celebrated the 19th Anniversary of his 21st birthday recently.  Congratulations also this week to Pat and Mary Kenny, Sallymount who celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary, we wish them many more years of wedded bliss for the future.

WEB SITE
Our web site is going from strength to strength and we must congratulate Seamus Coyle for doing so in such fine style.  Seamus's dedication to this site was really highlighted when he was hospitalised recently and updated the site from there.  Well done again Seamus.  The address of the site is www.ballycomoyle.com and is definitely worth a visit.

Monday January 23rd 2006    (Back to the top)

On Monday night next 30th January we are holding a very important meeting, regarding the underage and ladies section on the club. The meeting will be held in Fore N.S. at 8 p.m. sharp, we are urging everyone concerned to please make the effort to attend. Our underage section has been quite fruitful in recent times and it essential that we build on the hard work and dedication put in by previous mentors in the coming years, looking forward to seeing everyone on Monday night next. For more information please contact Dermot or Helen.

Bit's "n" Bobs
Thanks to everyone who came to our very constructive players meeting on Thursday night last............Remember Lotto resumes on Tuesday night next in Meehan’s, Coole, 1st draw E10,000 2nd draw E2,000......Your support as always is greatly appreciated. Senior Scor takes place on Saturday 11th February.....

Monday February 6th 2006       (Back to the top)

UNDERAGE MEETING
On Monday night of last week we held a very well attended meeting in Fore N.S. Dermot Mc Kenna presided over matters and gave a detailed account of all the previous years high's and low's. In his address Dermot congratulated all the teams and their mentors for performing so well last year and highlighted what the plans are for the coming season. Training for our underage section will not begin until Friday March 31st, at the usual time of 7 pm. Our Youth Officer, Helen Coyle, gave a very concise briefing on "The Code of Best Practice for Youth Sport", and Helen outlined numerous items for any club for the future. Our trainers and mentors were selected for the various teams and shall be circulated to everyone concerned in the next few days.

LOTTO
We held our first club lotto of 2006 in "Meehan's", Coole on Tuesday night last, 31st January. The numbers drawn for the first jackpot of E 10,000 were 1,6,11,15, there was no winner. The numbers drawn for the second jackpot of E 2,000 were 4,10,25 and 28, again there was no jackpot winner and the E 30 winners were Phylis Bohan, Aoife Gallagher, Ita Halpin, Tony Carroll and G.Dogs. Our next draw will take place in "Comiskeys", Castlepollard on Tuesday night 14th February, again we will have two draws, the first jackpot will be E 10,000 and the second jackpot will be E 2,200. Your support as always is greatly appreciated.

JUNIOR TEAM
A few of our junior team members got together on Sunday morning last for a very "light" kick around, it was good fun and it was decided that we will begin training in earnest before the end of the month. The team selectors for the year ahead are as follows: Manager/Trainer- Joey Williams, Selectors- John Smyth, Jimmy Ward and Seamus Fay. We would like to wish the manager and selectors the best of luck for the year ahead and indeed with the new Junior League system in place, it would seem that they will have a tough year ahead of them. The club would like to thank one of our local hedge-cutting contractors, Kieran Ring, for sponsoring the set of footballs for 2006. Joey informs me that everyone will be contacted regarding start time for training in the coming weeks.

SNIPPETS
Well done to Joe Fay and Gerry Lord who were out "trimming" hedges in their MK 2 Escort on Sunday last in the local rally and finished a fantastic 14th overall.............word has it that a local contractor almost got stuck at a toll plazza recently.........pay the whole fee the next day K..............rumour has it that Damien Clogher is taking up boxing in Dublin in his spare time.......hope that opponents are not too big Damien..........hear that club chairman is heading out to Thailand to play golf.....????......rumour has it that Seamus F (the bigger one) is getting in shape for something big next August............Maurice G will have to get a different alarm clock for Sunday mornings........

Monday February 13th 2006        (Back to the top)

SCOR
Pride of place this week must go to Siobhan Murphy who represented the club in the senior  scor semi-finals in the Downs on friday night last and following a beautiful rendition of "Lovely Jimmy", she secured her spot in the final next week. Our other representatives were not so fortunate on the night but they can be very proud of themselves. Seamus Mc Dermott, Niall Mc Keanna and Seamus Coyle took part in the question time and Grainne Mc Manus took part in the recitation. Well done to everybody concerned and hopefully we will continue to take part in scor for many years to come. Siobhan will be taking part in the final in The Downs on Saturday night 25th February and the entire club wishes her the very best of luck. We are hoping that Siobhan will get lots of support on the night, which promises to be a wonderful night.

LADIES
We are holding a very important meeting on Friday 24th February for all our U 14, U 16 and Junior team players. The time and venue has not yet been decided but we will have more details next week. As everybody knows, ladies football is one of the fastest growing sports in Ireland at present and we are urging as many people as possible to get involved in this great sport. For more information regarding the ladies section of our club please contact ladies chairperson Maureen Fay @ 61446 or Helen Coyle @ 61096. Alternatively you can log onto our website web address where you can easily access all the information that you require. A huge amount of work has gone into our underage girls over the last few years and we hope that this work will show in the coming years, so please make an effort to attend this extremely important meeting, venue and time will appear next week.

TRAINING
Our junior team had another "light" kick around on Saturday evening last and it was great to see so many new faces appearing. We would like to welcome back Davy Nolan, Seamus Farrelly, Paul Murphy, David Murphy and Noel Morgan. Some of these lads were very prominent at underage level and it is great to see them returning, we are hopeful that we can recruit some more people to add to our junior panel for the coming year. Training will be starting in earnest in the near future and all will be notified in due course.

SNIPPETS
Word has it that the terrible twins were seen with two rose bushes each early on in the week............Ronaie F is said to have been in Galway for a romantic weekend...............Figgy was cold on Friday night last......he ended up in Birrrrrrr..........Damien H was lucky to get the van out of the garage........Seamus F is thinking of converting the jeep to left hand drive as he can't get in the other door..........Word has it that Jimmy R likes breakfast in Virgina.

Monday February 20th 2006        (Back to the top)

On Saturday evening last we kicked of our season with a very worthwhile challenge game against a strong second team from Oldcastle. Our opponents started stronger and were clinical in all of their movements but as the game progressed our youthful side improved and grew in confidence. Davy Nolan was outstanding in goals and in the first half he made a spectacular save. Derek Cheevers was a tower of strength at full back as was Seamus Farrelly at full forward. Our centre field pairing of Billy Ryan and Tossy Brady combined well and Barry Smyth was lethal as usual from the placed ball. David Cunningham showed well throughout and Joey and his selectors were very pleased with the result. Training has begun in earnest from Tuesday night last and will continue each Tuesday and Thursday night at 7.30 sharp.  Team that defeated Oldcastle Juniors: D. Nolan, C. Dermody, D.Cheevers,  B.Halpin, G.Farrelly, R.Fagan, A.Smith, B.Ryan, T.Brady, D.Cunningham, J.Williams, D.Fagan, P.Smyth, S.Farrelly, B.Smyth, P.Molloy,P.Dermody, S.Bardon.

SCOR
All roads lead to The Downs on Saturday night 25th, where the county final of senior scor takes place. Ballycomoyle will be represented by the very talented Siobhan Murphy, who takes part in the solo singing. The club would like to wish Siobhan the best of luck and it is hoped that a good number of people will be supporting Siobhan on the night.

LOTTO
We held a very well supported club lotto in "Comiskey's", Castlepollard on Tuesday night 14th February. The numbers drawn for the first jackpot were 5,10,15,28, the numbers drawn for the second jackpot were 7,16,19 and 21. There was no jackpot winner on either draw and the E 30 winners were as follows Thomas Fox, Julie-Anne Comiskey, Mary Kenny, Maeve Murphy and Anne Dermody. The next draw will be in "The Lough Lene", Collinstown on next Tuesday night 28 February and again we will have two draws, No.1 for E 10,000 and No. 2 for E 2,400. Your support as always is greatly appreciated and remember "if you're not in you can't win".

LADIES
Our ladies section of the club are holding a very important players meeting in the "Pollard Arms”, at 8 pm on Friday night 24th February. All U.14, U.16 and Junior players are invited to attend and anyone else who has an interest in ladies football should make the effort to attend. For further information please contact Maureen Fay @ 61446 or Helen Coyle @ 61096.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congrats are extended to Phil Shields(Tawney), Hilltown who celebrated his 86th birthday last week. Phil was a very stylish footballer in years gone by and we would like to wish Phil the best of luck for many more years to come. Congrats also to Saoirse Farrelly, Ballymanus who celebrates her birthday this week.

SNIPPETS
Word has it that Noel S will be back training as soon as he finds the new boots.............Damien H is reported to be taking a crash course in the laws of gravity....?? what goes up must come down....... try not to hit the wrong lever the next day D..........rumour has it that Joey almost got his eyebrows burned with all the candles on the table in the Park Hotel on Valentines night.......very romantic............

Monday February 27th 2006       (Back to the top)

SCOR
On Saturday night last 25th February, Ballycomoyle were represented in the county final by Siobhan Murphy. Siobhan took part in the solo singing and despite putting in an excellent performance, she unfortunately did not get the approval of the adjudicators on the night. We would most sincerely like to thank Siobhan for representing the club in such fine fashion and hopefully next year we may claim that coveted title.

LADIES
We held a very constructive players meeting in The Pollard Arms hotel on Friday night last. The meeting was well attended and quite a number of issues were discussed. One of the main points from the meeting was that when training actually starts the U 14, U16and Juniors shall all train together as a unit. It was decided that we will have a follow up meeting on March 15th to further discuss some outstanding issues, start time for training will also be announced at this meeting. More details in coming weeks.

JUNIORS
Our first outing in the junior league is scheduled for Sunday 12th March in Clonmellon against old rivals St. Pauls. This promises to be a very competitive encounter as both sides will be eager to start the season with a win. Joey has asked everyone to ensure that they attend training each Tuesday and Thursday night at 8 pm sharp (on the field).

MEMBERSHIP
Just a quick reminder to everyone that membership is now due and is € 30 for a family, € 20 for an individual, € 10 for a student or  O.A.P. and € 5 for juvenile members. Membership forms will be sent out everyone in the coming week and it is imperative that these are returned as soon as possible, as the County Board are putting pressure on clubs to return completed forms.

Monday March 6th 2006       (Back to the top)

LOTTO
We held a very well supported club lotto on Tuesday night 28th February in "The Lough Lene Inn", Collinstown. The numbers drawn for the first jackpot of E 10,000 were 1,4,7,13 and there was no winner. The numbers drawn for the second jackpot of E 2,400 were 14,16,24 and 26 and again there was no winner. The E 30 winners were as follows Oliver Boylan, James Gilsenan, Mick Comiskey, James Leahy and Paddy Smyth. The next draw will be in "The Abbey House", Fore on Tuesday night next 14th March and as always your support is greatly appreciated. The first draw will be for E 10,000 and the second draw will be for E 2,600, if you're not in you can't win and remember that it is two draws for the price of one.

CHALLENGE GAME
On Saturday evening last we had a challenge game against our near royal neighbours Ballinacree and despite a better display of football in the second half of the game, we suffered a heavy defeat. On the day only one man in particular was outstanding and that was our own Davy Nolan in goals and Davy was forced to make several outstanding saves, well done Davy. Overall we were disappointing on the day and look forward to returning the challenge better prepared in the coming weeks. The team that was defeated were D.Nolan, M.Gavigan, D.Cheevers, S.Carroll, G.Farrelly, R.Fagan, A.Smith, B.Ryan, T.Brady, P.Molloy, D.Cunningham (capt), J.Williams, J.Rhynne, S.Mc Eoin, D.Fagan, P.Smyth, C.Mc Cormack, R.Farrelly, N.Morgan, J.Corrigan, E.Kiernan, I.Coyle, and M.Mc Nicholas.  A quick reminder to all players that training is on every Tuesday and Thursday night at 8 pm sharp (on the field) and that the first round of the junior league kicks off in Clonmellon on Sunday next at 11 am against St. Paul’s. Our second outing in this league will be in Ballycomoyle against Delvin on Sunday 26th March 26th at 11 am. Our captain for 2006 was selected on Saturday evening last and is David Cunningham from Collinstown. David has been a loyal servant for the club down through the years and justly deserves the position. We wish David the best of luck for the year ahead and we hope that he will have to make the compulsory victory speech next September.

MEMBERSHIP
Membership is now due and should be paid without delay. Players are reminded that for insurance purposes they must pay their membership prior to Sunday next, the start of the league. Dessie Carter and Ray Farrelly have been assigned to collect fees, so please make contact with either before next Sunday.

CALENDER
At the most recent County Board meeting, we were advised to warn people and business alike that if they are approached by anyone trying to get them to advertise on an official Westmeath GAA calendar, to please not to do so. These people are reaping all the benefits and the GAA receive no payment from them whatsoever. So we are just warning people to be vigilant.

SNIPPETS
See that B.Duke is sporting a neat pair of sunglasses........word has it that he walked into a door or maybe that could be a doorman...!!!!!!.....Word has it that S. Fay was flashing the cash in Oscars over the weekend as Leslie celebrated her birthday......happy birthday Leslie..........Rumour has it that Tossy has learned how quick it can be to descend a ladder (ouch)........Dessie has been reported to have been on a diet when the team physio was on holiday........ some say that there was a lot of liquid involved............A scout informs me that the team manager was dining out (in the van) in Pollard after the challenge game and was said to be enjoying a low fat bag of chips..??????...Dont worry Noel S you will be featured shortly.........

Monday March 13th 2006        (Back to the top)

FIXTURE
Unfortunately our eagerly awaited first round league game against St. Paul fell victim to the atrocious weather conditions on Sunday morning last. As of now our next outing will be at home on Sunday 26th March against Delvin, we would like to remind people that it is important that attendances are kept up at training. Training is on each Tuesday and Thursday night at 8 pm sharp, this means on the field at 8. Membership forms and membership fees are being collected by Ray Farrelly and Dessie Carter, so please give this your immediate attention.

LADIES/UNDERAGE
Our ladies held a follow up meeting in The Pollard Arms Hotel on last night, Wednesday 15th, a report of this meeting will appear at a later date. On the underage front, time is now getting shorter to our first Friday evening training session. It is hoped that we will be starting training on Friday evening 31st March at 7pm sharp. For anyone who may require information regarding this, please contact our underage secretary Dermot at 044-61805 or our youth officer Helen at 044-61096. We are holding a very special presentation night early in April and full details will appear soon.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations are extended to Mrs. Kennedy, Ballycomoyle who celebrated her 104th birthday last week and we would like to wish her the best of health for many more years to come.

SNIPPETS
Word has it that Paul and Donnie G bought a thirsty tractor..........hear that Ciaran D has thrown away the "L" plates.........another man looking to throw away the "L" plates is Maurice G who is doing a course on Thursday nights for something big next October...????.......Damien H is reported to be looking for Gordon Ramsey's number after he burned the sausages and pan in Stonetown Motors kitchen last week..........we hope that club chairman will remember to get jersey's out of the cleaners before next game..........I am reliably informed that Dermot Mc K is almost ready to head to Cheltenham ....he has the jeep and horsebox and all that he needs now is the tweed hat.........speaking of horses and horsepower I hear that Farlo has got extra horsepower of late........

Monday March 20th 2006        (Back to the top)

LOTTO
On Tuesday night last 14th March we held yet another very well supported club lotto in "The Abbey House", Fore. The numbers drawn for the first draw of E 10,000 were 11,23,26 and 28, there was no winner.  The numbers drawn for the second jackpot of E2,600 were 13, 15, 16 and 18 and again there was no winner. The E30 winners were as follows, F. O'Neill, Maureen Fay, Anthony Rehill, Mai Leahy and Kelly Coyle.  The next draw will take place on Tuesday 28th March in McCormacks, Castlepollard. Again, there will be two draws on the night.  First draw will be for  E10,000 and second draw will be for E2,800.  Your support as always is greatly appreciated.

LADIES
We held our follow up meeting on Wednesday night the 15th March, in the Pollard Arms and we were very pleased with turnout.  A lot of outstanding issues were clarified and much discussion followed.  Training begins for our U.14, U.16 and Junior ladies on Friday evening next 24th March at 7.30pm in Ballcomoyle.  After this initial training session all training sessions will take place at 8.15pm each Friday evening.  Helen Coyle and Sean Dermody are at the helm for this coming season and we wish both the best of luck for the year ahead.

UNDERAGE
A very special presentation night takes place on Wednesday 5th April for our U.12 and U.14 girls of 2004 and also our U.12 girls of 2005. On the night the 2005 GAA sports person of the year, Sean Óg O Halpin, will be making the presentations.  This promises to be a very enjoyable night.  Details of time and venue will be notified to all relevant persons in due course.

CUMAN NA mBUN SCOIL
We would like to wish St. Feichin's National School the very best of luck in their semi-final (small school section) in Springfield on Friday evening next 24th March at 4.30pm.  Support would be greatly appreciated on the evening.

FIXTURE
We kick off our league campaign on Sunday morning next 26th March, in Ballycomoyle against Delvin.  All players and selectors are advised to be in the pitch no later than 10.30am.  Training of late has been on a downward trend and if we are to proceed in this years' championship, a much better effort has to be put in by all.  New players are always welcome and it is good to see Noel Morgan, Feichin Morgan and Ollie Boylan back training again.

SNIPPETS
Word had it that Seamus Mc has switched his allegiance from GAA to Rugby following the match last weekend.... Rumour has it that young bull may be getting a new job with the ESB (Demolition)...B Duke got a lift home in an unconventional taxi on Paddy's night...next time make sure it says taxi on the roof !!!! ... word has it Figgy had to polish the wing of the car last week.... Jimmy R is reported to be going baling for the summer....Word has it that Paul F almost got the bird flu....I see the Halpin Brothers have finally found tractors that they are able to drive (paddie's day)...............  

Monday March 27th 2006         (Back to the top)

JUNIOR LEAGUE
Our fixture against Delvin on Sunday morning was cancelled and due to a lack of communication saw all our lads down in Ballycomoyle at 10.30am.  Despite the disappointment, we held a very good training session.  We are due to play St. Paul’s in Clonmellon in the league on Sunday evening next at 5.00pm and support on the evening would be appreciated.  Training continues on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 8.00pm sharp.

LADIES
Our season got off to a flying start on Saturday afternoon when our ladies played host to a visiting team from Castleknock, Dublin.  It was great to see a big turn out of players on such a bad afternoon.  Both games were played in a very sporting manner.  With very little difference between the teams, every ball was keenly contested.  At under 12s, a single point separated the sides however, Ballycomoyle under 14s had a bit more to spare.  Afterwards both teams were treated to some refreshments in McCormacks.  Training for all under 12 girls commences next Friday March 31st form 7 - 8pm.  Ballycomoyle under 12 team: Aoife Gallagher, Emma Goodwin, Alice Murphy, Jane Coyle, Anne-Marie Boylan, Sinéad Connell, Alanna Clogher, Niamh Clogher, Kelly Coyle and Saoirse Farrelly.  Ballycomoyle under 14 team: Karen Coyle, Nicola Fox, Tara Kennedy, Ruth Daniels, Ciara Clogher, Amy Connell, Mairead McLarney, Sinéad Plunkett, Grace McKenna and Emma Sullivan.

On Friday night last our first training session for all players in Junior, under 16 and under 14 got started under floodlights.  There was a good attendance and it is hoped that the next few weeks will see us build on this attendance.  Training takes place in Ballycomoyle every Friday night from 8.15 to 9.30pm.

UNDERAGE
Next Friday evening, we kick off our underage training at 7pm.  We are hoping that more parents will get involved this year and help out as much as they can.  As briefly mentioned last week, we are holding a very special presentation night on April 5th at 7pm in the Parish Community Centre, Castlepollard.  The 2005 GAA Sports Personality of the year, Sean Óg O’Halpín, will be making the presentations on the night and it promises to be a wonderful evening.  Everyone connected with the underage teams, young and old are invited to come along.  We are also hoping that Sean Óg will be able to come early in the day and visit the local schools, which no doubt, will be greatly appreciated.

ANNUAL SOCIAL / BENEFIT NIGHT
Our Annual Social night takes place in the Lough Lene Inn, Collinstown on Easter Saturday night 15th April.  This is a very special night as we are also holding it as a benefit night for one of our brilliant young players who has been hospitalised recently.  This young man was a pivotal figure in St. Michael’s success recently, when they clinched the U.14 2002 Premier Championship and also in 2004 when they won the U.16 Club 2 Championship.  Tickets for the night are now on sale and cost just E10, your support for this benefit night would be greatly appreciated.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations are extended this week to Mrs. Mary Farrelly, Hilltown who celebrated her 90th birthday.  Mary celebrated this day in fine style with a special mass and afterwards with a party in "The Ceile House Hotel.  We would like to wish Mary many more years of good health and happiness.  Also this week we would like to wish Helen Coyle a very happy birthday.  Helen celebrates the 19th anniversary of her 21st on Saturday next, 1st April and we know very well that she is no "April fool.  Best wishes Helen from the entire club.

ST. FEICHIN'S NATIONAL SCHOOL
Hard luck to St. Feichin's national school, Fore, who were narrowly beaten by Ballinagore last week in the Cuman Na Bun Scoil semi-final.  We would like to wish the equestrian team the best of luck on Sunday next when they represent the school in the Inter schools competition, which will be held in Mullingar Equestrian Centre. 

SNIPPETS
Word has it that Seamus F and Maurice G are exchanging notes as both are doing pre-marriage courses at the moment....See Davy Nolan got a new set of wheels... Club chairman is finding it hard to adjust to Summertime....don't worry John we will change the clock for you next year....Great to hear Greg Cullen, Mike Ginnell and J. Farlo are coming back training next week.... Rumour has it that Ita H is joining the ladies training on Friday evening next....Hear that Seamus F (the other on) was in the new casino in Corbally till late on Saturday night last.... 

Monday April 3rd 2006        (Back to the top)

PRESENTATION NIGHT
Tonight, Wednesday night 5th April, there is a very special presentation night taking place in the Parish Community Centre, Castlepollard at 7 pm sharp. Our special guest will be the outstanding 2005 GAA Sports Personality of the year, Sean Og O Hailpin. Sean Og is a living legend and we are very fortunate to have secured his services for this presentation, we are deeply in debt to both Dermot McKenna and his brother Peter, for organising this event. We will be giving a full report next week about this tremendous night. Finally we would like to thank Castlepollard Bowling Club for changing their schedule in order for us to have the use of the Centre on the night.

LOTTO
On Tuesday night 28th march we held our club lotto in McCormack’s, Castlepollard. The numbers drawn for the first jackpot of E 10,000 were 8,9,17,18 and the numbers drawn for the second jackpot of E 2,800 were 2,7,21 and 28. There was no winner for either jackpot and the E 30 winners were as follows Jamie Ward, Oliver Boylan, Maura Meehan, Fergal Fahy and Martin Doyne. The next draw takes place on Tuesday night next 11th April in "The Seven Wonders", Fore. As usual there will be two draws on the night, the first draw will be for E 10,000 and the second draw will be for E 3,000, so remember, "if you're not in you can't win". Your support as always is greatly appreciated.

FIXTURE
Unfortunately our fixture against St. Paul's on Sunday evening last fell foul of the atrocious weather conditions which we experienced last weekend, however with better weather on the horizon we are scheduled to play Milltown in Ballycomoyle on Saturday evening next 8th April at 6 pm sharp. Everybody should be at the pitch no later than 5.30 pm. Following on from this fixture we are scheduled to play St. Paul’s on Tuesday evening 11 th April in Clonmellon at 7 pm sharp and again everyone is requested to be at the venue no later than 6.30.

SOCIAL NIGHT/BENEFIT NIGHT
Tickets are now on sale for our social/benefit night which takes place in "The Lough Lene Inn" on Easter Saturday night. Tickets cost just E10 and we hope that you can support us in making this a very special night.

SNIPPETS
Heard that C. Ring was seen coming out of the cinema on Sunday night last (romantic film no doubt)........Word has it that Ita H is getting very serious about training........herself and Snowy are practising every day.......speaking of training....word has it that Claire C has taken up aerobics in Collinstown........Elaine L is said to be taking up photography....... make sure that you have a film in the next day........Ger H is reported to be selling a power harrow as pictured in local paper recently........Noel S is offering a reward for the safe return of the side bonnet of his Fiat 110/90.........maybe he lost it bringing the bales from Leitrim.......Word has it that Marius got a bit of colour at the stag party in Slovakia.......albeit on his eye.....!!!!.....Heard that Dermot ate well at the party on Saturday night last......

Monday April 10th 2006        (Back to the top)

PRESENTATION NIGHT
Pride of place has to go everyone concerned with our presentation night which was held on Wednesday last. The night was an outstanding success and the memories will last a lifetime. We were very fortunate to secure the services of the 2005 GAA Personality of the Year, Sean Og O hAilpin. Sean Og arrived up late on Tuesday night and on Wednesday morning he visited the local national schools and just after lunch he went to the Vocational school. We would like to thank all the teachers and staff for the reception that Sean Og received and later on at the presentation he pointed out how enjoyable his day had been. Sean Og gave a wonderful speech and in it he left the whole congregation with several lessons, not only for sport, but for use in all walks of life. One such example was a teacher once told him about the "3 D" factor, this was dedication, determination and desire, and if applied to whatever you are doing, you will succeed. He told us also about his first ever U 12 Championship medal and how important it still is to him. Sean Og then presented all 49 girls with their medals (U12+U14) and after this he presented the mixed U12 team of 2005 with a special memento to mark the good season that they had. The night finished with light refreshments for everyone and Sean Og signed jerseys etc,. We would like to thank everyone for helping out on the day and on the night and a special word of thanks must go to Dermot, Anna-Marie and Peter McKenna, who, without their input this wonderful event would not have taken place. Finally we would just like to say a huge thank you to Sean Og for honouring us with his presence.

LADIES
Our U 16 girls kicked of their season last week with a visit to Springfield, where they took on Mullingar Shamrocks. After a shaky first half we came out more determined in the second half and we improved very well. However the improvement was not sufficient and we lost, we do know now that we must settle down early in a game and hopefully we will have a better result the next day out. Team: S.Boylan, A.Byrne, L.Fox, M.Lynch, A.M.Boylan, R.Daniels, J.Coyle, K.Flynn, K.Coyle, C.Clougher, M.Murphy, A.Dermody, M.Nea, L.Gorman, E.Salmon, S.Boyne, A.Murphy. Our Junior ladies are due to play on Monday next April 17 in The Downs, while our U 14 girls are due to play in Loughnavalley on Thursday 20th. All ladies are reminded that fixture updates can be viewed on our website.    

BENEFIT/SOCIAL NIGHT
Tickets are selling very well for our benefit/Social Night on Saturday night next April 15th in "The Lough Lene Inn", Collinstown. We would like to urge people to return ticket money before the night. Junior players are asked to return their money at training on Thursday night next, Niall McKenna and Ray Farrelly will be collecting same, for any other people who got tickets, please return money to whoever that you got the tickets off.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Majella Reilly who was the latest to celebrate the 19th anniversary of her 21st birthday, Majella celebrates on Easter Sunday and we wish her the very best. Congrats also to John Smyth and Bridie who celebrated their wedding anniversary last weekend.

JUNIORS
We had our first competitive game on Saturday evening last in Ballycomoyle against a strong physical Milltown side. We were short quite a number of key players and we were defeated. Best on the night for us was Alan Smith, Derek Cheevers and Roanie Fagan. Team: D.Nolan, M.Gavigan, R.Fagan, A.Smith, G.Farrelly, S. Mc Eoin, J.Williams, B.Ryan, T.Brady, K.Gavigan, D.Cunningham, D. Cheevers, D.Fagan, S.Farrelly, P.Molloy, J.Ward, E.Kiernan, C.Ring, N.Mc Keanna, N.Morgan, O.Boylan, S.Bardon, C.Mc Cormack. Training continues each Tuesday and Thursday evening at 7.30 sharp and with Championship only around the corner it is imperative that everyone attends.

SNIPPETS
Rumour has it that Jimmy W will not be needing a holiday in the sun this year as he has quite a tan at the moment..........Seamus C is reported to have been late home from training in Ballycomoyle on Friday evening last...........Word has it that Joey is in need of a bit of "Nip and Tuck".......ouch!!!!!.......Word has it that Keith Mc is heading to Athlone on Thursday nights with Maurice G...........

Monday April 17th 2006   (Back to the top)

BENEFIT/SOCIAL NIGHT
We must congratulate everyone associated with our Benefit/Social night which took place on Saturday night last in "The Lough Lene Inn". The night was a huge success with a huge crowd turning up on the night. We held a raffle midway through proceedings and we must thank all those who donated prizes: Andrew Dowdall donated a fabulous Rally Jacket, Angie McHale donated a beautiful Fruit Hamper, Marius Reilly a DVD Box Set, Sinead O' Neill a Hair Voucher and numerous other people donated bottles of whiskey, brandy and also Easter eggs and boxes of chocolates, thanks must go also to our raffle ticket sellers on the night. At this stage we must thank all those who sold so many tickets for the function and a special mention must go to Paul Molloy and Olivia Dolan. For anyone who still has money outstanding we are urging people to get it back to any of the committee members as soon as possible. To Kathryn Cooney and all her hard working staff in the " Lough Lene Inn", we would just like to say a huge thank you and we wish them continued success for the future. Thanks again to everyone.

LOTTO
Our most recent lotto was held in "The Seven Wonders", Fore on Tuesday night 11/4/06. The results were as follows- numbers for the first draw of E10,000 were 11,12,14 and 27, there was no winner. Numbers for the second draw of E 3,000 were 5,20,22 and 23 and again there was no winner. The E30 winners were as follows Barry Smyth, Ned Nolan, Anne Dermody, "Rimmer" Farrelly and Seamus Farrelly. Our next draw will be in the "Town and Country" on Tuesday night next 25th, again there will be two draws on the night the first one will be for E 10,000 and the second one will be for E 3,200. Your support as always is greatly appreciated.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congrats are this week extended to Peter McKenna (formerly of Fore) who celebrated his 50th Birthday on Sunday last. We are told that the celebrations lasted all weekend in the area and we would like to wish him all the best for another 50 at least.

SNIPPETS
Word has it that Pamela W got a sore head walking into a "bar"......people usually get one after being in a "bar"........word has it that Damien C won a sleeping bag in the raffle......speaking of the raffle....Marius R won the hair voucher..!!!!!!!!!...need I elaborate......Alan S was not able to make it on Saturday night as he was in "The Point" at Westlife........Dermot Mc was unable to attend also as reports tell us that "Johnny Walker" was holding him back..........hope Claire and Co. got on well at the Golf on Easter Monday and stayed dry...!!!!!!.....  

Monday April 24th 2006         (Back to the top)

UNDERAGE

We played our first game in this years under 12 league when we travelled to Milltownpass on what turned out to be one of the worst evenings so far this year. With seven of last years team moving up to the St. Michaels under 14 and a number of our under 12's missing for various reasons we had just 16 players to pick from. In the first half scores were hard to come by but with 10 minutes gone Sinead Connell collected the ball to give us our first point. Both teams scored two more points each before Matthew Gilsenan playing at full forward got the crucial score of the game when he sent the ball to the back of the net to give us a 4 point lead at half time. The second half was very evenly contested and despite Milltown pass getting in for a goal we emerged winners by 5 points. Best on the day for Ballycomoyle were John coyle in Goals, Ciaran Fagan at full back, John Egan at centre half forward and Matthew Gilsenan and Sinead Connell in the full forward line. We would also like to mention two new players, Jack Keating and Fergal Tiernan to the team and hope they enjoy the year’s football.

Team:

    John Coyle,                            Jane Coyle                                Matthew Gilsenan

    Kieran Fagan,                         Tommy Gallagher                      Jack Keating

    Andrew Leahy,                        Brendan Doyle                          Fergal Tiernan

    Alice Murphy                           John Egan                                Jack  Coyle

    Kevin Shiels                            John Morris

    Killian Daly                              Sinead Connell

BALLYCOMOYLE V MULLINGAR SHAMROCKS UNDER 12:
For our second game this year we were at home to play Mullingar Shamrocks. We had a shaky start but slowly got into the game and were most unfortunate to go in a point down at half time as we had a lot of possession but kicked quite a number of wides. On two occasions in the second half we found ourselves 3 points behind but showed great determination to get back on level terms only to be denied a share of the points by a late, late Mullingar point. When the final whistle was blown huge disappointment was plain to be seen on the faces of all our players, but despite loosing the game this can be regarded as a first class team performance with each and every one of the 16 players used running themselves into the ground for their team mates. In goal Conor McLaverty was excellent with his kick outs and distribution of the highest quality. In the backs Kevin Shiels, Andrew Leahy, Alice Murphy and Jane Coyle in particular were impressive. At midfield Tommy Gallagher never say die attitude and his willingness to chase every ball lifted his teammates on more than one occasion. In the forwards John Egan had one of his best games for Ballycomoyle and his running with the ball and his passing brought all the forwards into the game. Jack Coyle, our youngest player was a real handful for Shamrock defenders when he came on and is improving with every game. Our next game is away to St, Lomans on Wednesday 26th April and bus will leave Castlepollard at 5.30 and continue on to Fore and Collinstown. All players will be notified close to the date. It was great to see 4 new players down at Under 12 training last Friday night, I would hope they will come to St. Lomans on Wednesday 26th. A warm welcome to Brendan O Donnell, Niall McCormack, Thomas Bardon and Max Charles.

Team verses Mullingar Shamrocks:

  John Coyle,                            Jane Coyle                                Matthew Gilsenan

 Ciaran Fagan,                         Tommy Gallagher                      Conor McLaverty

  Andrew Leahy,                        Brendan Doyle                          Fergal Tiernan

  Alice Murphy                           John Egan                                Jack  Coyle

  Kevin Shiels                            John Morris

  Peter Mc Kenna                      Sinead Connell

LADIES 

The under 12 girls travelled to The Downs on Tuesday 11 April for their first game of the season.  This was the first full game for many of our players and they did very well.  With the strong wind in their backs in the first half, they gave it everything and had a comfortable lead at half time.  The second half saw a strong challenge from The Downs girls, but it was not enough for them.  A great spirited performance from all the Ballycomoyle players ensured a win.  Ballycomoyle team: Shannon Farrelly, Aoife Flynn, Kelly Coyle, Alice Murphy, Jane Coyle, Niamh Clogher, Anne Marie Boylan, Claire Cheevers, Tara Kennedy, Sinead Connell, Aoife Gallagher, Saoirse Farrelly and Mamie Reilly. 

Ladies Junior Team:
We played The Downs in the first round of the Junior Championship on Monday 17th.  With some new players and players playing junior football for the first time, this was no easy task.  Inexperience and lack of match practice proved costly with The Downs running out easy winners on the day. Ballycomoyle team: Clodagh O’Neill, Michelle Egan, Sharon Kenny, Jenny Cooney, Keri Flynn, Elizabeth Hannon, Tracey Weldon, Aisling Farrelly, Rachel Coyne, Emer Cullen, Deirdre Macken, Lynn Byrne, Claire Flanagan, Sabrina Dermody, Aisling Dermody, Sinead Traynor

Girls Under 14:
The under 14 girls travelled to Loughnavalley on Thursday 20th April.  As with all games between Loughnavalley and Ballycomoyle this was a very closely contested game.  Both teams evenly matched.  On this occasion Ballycomoyle girls fought the hardest and came out winners.  Ballycomoyle team: Niamh Lynch, Sarah Boylan, Nicky Fox, Emma Goodwin, Alice Murphy, Ciara Clogher, Jane Coyle, Ruth Daniels, Claire Cheevers, Mairead McLarney, Karen Coyle, Sinead Connell, Shauna Boyne, Samantha Smith, Tara Kennedy, and Aoife Gallagher. The Girls Under 16 team play Athlone in Ballycomoyle on Thursday night and the Junior team take on St. Paul’s in Clonmellon on Sunday next, time to be confirmed for both matches. Our U 16 girls will be back in action on Thursday night next 4th May when they travel to Loughnavalley, the bus will be leaving the Square in Castlepollard at 6 pm sharp. Just a quick reminder regarding training, training takes place in Ballycomoyle every Friday evening from 7-8pm for our U8, U10 and U12 and from 8.15 pm training is for our U14, U16 and Junior ladies.

JUNIORS
Our poor performance in the junior league continued on Saturday evening last with a defeat to Caulry. Despite some very spirited displays on the evening we were not just fully up to scratch. We are still in the process of building a team and hopefully by our next outing, which will be the first round of the Junior Championship on May 7th v Caulry, we will be able to reverse the result from last Saturday evening. We would like to welcome back Stevie Reilly and Adrian Smith onto the training field, and without any doubt they both will have a major role to play in this years Championship. 

CONGRATULATIONS
Congrats this week to Austin Dobson who celebrated a "big" birthday last weekend, with a surprise party in Castlepollard. Austin has been a solid supporter for all our functions down through the years and we wish him all the best for many more years.

REMINDER
A quick reminder to everyone that if they want anything for inclusion in the weekly notes, please send it to P.R.O. before 10pm on Sunday nights. I would like to thank people who contributed this week and look forward to more in the future. Photos and bits and bob's from Sean Og's visit can be viewed on our website. Thanks to Seamus for keeping our site updated on a regular basis.

Monday May 1st 2006         (Back to the top)

JUNIOR
All roads lead to Mullingar next Sunday where we kick off our Junior Football Championship campaign. The game takes place in St. Lomans at 2.30 and our opponents are Caulry. This game is a rematch of our last league fixture where we suffered a heavy defeat, however we would be hoping to reduce this deficit quite substantially. Everyone involved in this game are requested to be at the venue no later than 1.45 pm. We are also appealing to people to come and support us on the day and as always the support is greatly appreciated. We would like to wish the team and management the best of luck on Sunday next and we look forward to seeing you all there.

LOTTO
Our most recent club lotto was held in "The Town and Country", Castlepollard on Tuesday night last 25/4/06. The results are as follows, Draw No. 1 E 10,000, numbers drawn 7,9,10,20. Draw No. 2 E 3,200 -numbers drawn 3,13,15 and 28, there was no jackpot winner in either draw, the E 30 winners were as follows Sean Carroll, Thomas Finglas, Niall McKenna, Mary Kenny and Brandon Fagan.  The next draw takes place in "Meehan’s", Coole on Tuesday 9/5/06 and again there will be two draws- draw 1 E 10,000 and draw 2 E 3,400.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congrats this week are extended to Seamus Fay who celebrated his 30th birthday in fine style last weekend. Seamus received a huge surprise party in "The Castle House Hotel", Oldcastle and it was an excellent night. Seamus has been a selector with us for the past few years and is very highly respected with everyone. The party was not the only surprise that he received on the night as he was questioned by a "Ban Garda!!!!", and we all saw a different side of poor Seamus on the night. All the ladies present will never look on Seamus the same again. Congrats again Seamus and the best of luck for many more years to come.

SNIPPETS
Word has it that C.Ring is going to read the manual for the tractor before bringing it out again????....... when the fuel gauge says empty it means put diesel in and not keep going..........The terrible twins are being chased by record companies after their brilliant rendition of "The Breakfast Roll" song at the party.......speaking of which I see that Ivan and Sinead G were displaying their ballroom dancing skills on the night........must be getting lessons from Jimmy and Mary S........rumour has it that drugsie and figgy were sharing accommodation post party.........might even get a few photos for next week......

Monday May 8th 2006         (Back to the top)

JUNIORS EARN DRAW
Our junior team earned a draw in the first round of the Junior Championship on Sunday last in St. Lomans, where they played Caulry. We all knew that after our heavy defeat in the league that we needed to improve and that we did. The game was very evenly contested throughout and in the end a draw was probably a fair enough result. We must thank all the lads for putting such a huge effort on the day and everyone is reminded that training continues each Tuesday and Thursday night at 8 pm sharp. There will be no more excuses accepted and in the case of a genuine reason for absenteeism, Joey must be contacted well in advance. It is going to take a massive effort from everyone if we are going to progress to the closing stages of this year’s championship. We are scheduled to play Killucan on Tuesday night next 16 th in Joristown at 7 pm in the first round of the Junior "B" Championship. This game is equally important as the "A" championship and everyone involved is requested to be at the venue no later than 6.30 pm. Team that drew with Caulry: M.Reilly, A.Smith, D.Carty, M.Gavigan, G.Farrelly, T.Brady, R.Fagan, B.Ryan, M.Mc Niochlas, J.Williams, S.Farrelly, P.Molloy, D.Cunningham, D.Cheevers, B.Smyth, Subs: S.Reilly, K.Gavigan, D.Clogher, B.Halpin, D.Fagan, C.Mc Cormack, N.Morgan, D.Nolan, S.Mc Eoin. Finally we would like to thank the sizeable number of people that came to support the team on Sunday, great to see it once again.                                                                                                                                     

Girls Under 12 vs. Mullingar Shamrocks.
Ballycomoyle girls faced Mullingar Shamrocks on Tuesday 25th April in the second round of the Under 12 Championship.  Games between these two teams for the past number of years have always been close encounters.  On this occasion it was the girls from Ballycomoyle that came out on top.  With each girl giving her best, it was a superb team performance.  Ballycomoyle team: Shannon Farrelly, Aoife Flynn, Emma Goodwin, Alice Murphy, Jane Coyle, Sinead Connell, Claire Cheevers, Aoife Gallagher, Niamh Clogher, Tara Kennedy, Alanna Clogher, Saoirse Farrelly, Ciara Walsh, Caoimhe McCrossan, Anne-Marie Kennedy, Maria Henry, Marie Egan, Katie Egan, Emma Carter, Anna Henry, Kelly Coyle.

The girls under 16 team suffered two defeats at the hands of Athlone and Loughnavalley recently.  Their games are finished now until after the Junior Cert.  We wish all our players the very best of luck with their exams.

Quick reminder to our U.14's who were due to play Clan Gaels on Thursday evening next, this game has been postponed until Thursday 25th May at 7 pm.

ST. FEICHINS N.S.FORE
Congratulations to the girls from Fore National School on making history last Wednesday when they defeated Sonna National school to reach their first ever county final in the Cumann na mBunscoil competition.  Every player from Fore gave their very best on the day.  Well done girls!  Team: Anne Marie Boylan, Nicola Fox, Alice Murphy, Emma Goodwin, Jane Coyle, Sinead Connell, Sinead Plunkett, Grace McKenna, Mamie O’Reilly, Kate Corrigan, Niamh Clogher, Kelly Coyle, Alanna Clogher and Ruth Mulligan.  They face Tyrrellspass NS in the final in the coming weeks.

UNDER 12'S
We travelled to Mullingar to play St. Lomans Blues in what was our third game of the year. On a near perfect evening for football the first half of this game was evenly contested but towards the end, our mid field pairing of John coyle and Tommy Gallagher gained the upper hand and this allowed this to tag on some scores to take a lead in at half time. In the second half we went from strength to strength and increased our lead most notably through John Coyle, the excellent John Egan and a goal from Brendan O Donnell, who was playing in his first game for Ballycomoyle. Brendan was one of four players who was playing for the first time, well done also to Max Charles, Thomas Bardon and Niall Mc Cormack. In the backs Kevin Shields, Andrew Leahy and Killian Daly, (who recently returned from ten days in the sun) were as reliable as ever. Our next game is at home in Ballycomoyle when we will play St. Paul’s on Wednesday 10th May. All players to be in Ballycomoyle at 7 o'clock please.

Team:

John Coyle,  Jane Coyle, Matthew Gilsenan, Thomas Bardon,  Kieran Fagan, Tommy Gallagher, Brendan O Donnell, 
Conor McLaverty,  Andrew Leahy, Brendan Doyle, Fergal Tiernan,  Peter Mc Kenna , Alice Murphy, John Egan, Jack  Coyle, 
Kevin Shiels,  John Morris, Niall Mc Cormack, Killian Daly, Sinead Connell, Max Charles.

CONGRATULATIONS:
Congratulations to Daniel Devine of Ballycomoyle and St. Michaels who has been chosen to play for the mini sevens in CrokePark next Sunday. Daniel is a grandson of John "Jobber" Mc Grath, one the Westmeath’s greatest ever hurling legends, and we wish Daniel the best of luck on Sunday.

UNDER AGE TRAINING:
Our Friday night's, our under age training in Ballycomoyle is getting a great response and with an Under 8 Blitz on Saturday 13th May and the North Westmeath Under 10 League starting shortly there will soon be games for everyone. If any parents have an hour to spare between seven and eight o clock on Friday evening's, to help us with the large number of children, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please speak to any members of the club if you can help, or contact Dermot at 61805 or Helen at 61096.

SNIPPETS
Word has it that Brendan D had to break into his car last week.......always have a spare key handy Brendan.........Goosey had a close shave last week.....see "molly" was bringing Sharon K for a walk on Sunday last........

Monday May 15th 2006        (Back to the top)

LOTTO
Our most recent club lotto was held on Tuesday night last 9th May in Meehan’s, Coole. The numbers drawn were: Draw 1- 4,10,17 and 21. Draw 2- 3,4,6 and 9. There was no jackpot winner in either draw, the E 30 winners were as follows Geoffrey Nea, Mattie Reilly, Bob Allen, Paul Meehan and John Dermody. Our next draw will be in Comiskey's, Castlepollard on Tuesday night next 23rd May and as usual we will have two draws, draw 1- E10,000 and draw 2 E 3,600, as always your support is greatly appreciated.

LADIES
Just a quick reminder to our U 14 girls that we are due to play St. Paul’s this Thursday evening in Ballycomoyle at 7 pm and everyone involved is requested to be at the pitch no later than 6.30 pm.

BEST WISHES
We would like to wish the girls from Fore N.S. the best of luck on Wednesday next 24th May, when they take part in the Schools Final in Cusack Park at 4 pm. Support on the evening would be greatly appreciated on this historic occasion, as this is the first time ever that the school was in a final.

BITS "n" BOB'S
Speedy recovery is extended to Helen Coyle following an operation on her shoulder......Speedy recovery is also extended to Enda Kiernan who is on crutches at the moment following some late night manoeuvre's in Mullingar recently..........Birthday wishes are extended to Declan Browne who celebrated his birthday last weekend...........Great to see Derek Mc Nicholas and Adrian Smith back at training and we hear that Thomas Ginnell is due back soon.......Well done to all our U 8's who took part in the under 8 Blitz in Multy last weekend, hopefully we will have a full report on those proceedings next week.......Preparations are underway for organising our "Night at the Races", which takes place in Mullingar Greyhound Stadium on Saturday night 24th June, more details on this to appear in the coming weeks.........Anyone with info for notes please contact P.R.O. before 10pm on Sunday night's.

Monday May 22nd 2006        (Back to the top)

JUNIOR "B" CHAMPIONSHIP
We suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Killucan on Tuesday night of last week in the first round of this championship. This game gave us an opportunity to give a lot of our younger and not so young lads a chance to play. Overall it was a very one sided affair but we can be quite content with the displays from Paul Molloy, Alan Smith, Adrian Smith and Stevie Reilly. Our next outing in this championship is on next Tuesday evening 30th May in Ballycomoyle at 7.30 sharp, we are requesting that everyone involved should be at the park no later than 7pm. On Saturday evening next 27th May we are due to play Multy in Ballycomoyle at 7.30 in the 4th round of the junior league. Again we are asking everyone involved to be at the park no later than 7pm. It is very important from now on that we have a full turnout of players at both training and games, as the next round of the all important Junior Championship is only two weeks away.

UNDERAGE NEWS

UNDER 12'S
We were at home for the first game of this year’s league, when we played St. Paul’s in Ballycomoyle. In good conditions and in front of a great crowd we undoubtedly played our best football of the year. From the throw-in we took the game to our physically stronger opponents, and near the end of the first half we held a well deserved three point lead. However, a goal and a point in the last minute of the half caught us on the hop and left us trailing by a point at the break. We scored the first point of the second half to draw level, but St. Paul’s seemed to find a second gear and with the help of another goal, they went into a six point lead halfway through the second half. This was the signal for Ballycomoyle to throw everything they had at St. Paul’s, and with great determination from the whole team we got back to within one point of our opponents. Unfortunately, we could not get that next score and three late points gave St. Paul’s a four point winning margin. Despite the result, each and every player including all seven subs used can be proud of their performance. Our next game is at home to Bunbrosna on this Wednesday evening 24th May at 7.30pm. All players are asked to be in Ballycomoyle by 7pm (sharp).

Team:
John Coyle, Jane Coyle, Matthew Gilsenan, Thomas Bardon, Kieran Fagan, Tommy Gallagher, Brendan O Donnell, Conor Mc Laverty, Andrew Leahy, Brendan Doyle, Fergal Tiernan, Peter Mc Kenna, Alice Murphy, John Egan, Jack Coyle, Emmet Kane, Kevin Shiels, John Morris, Niall Mc Cormack, Killian Daly, Sinead Connell, Max Charles.

UNDER 8 TOURNAMENT
Our under eight team played in our first tournament of the year when they travelled to Multyfarnham for games with St Paul’s, Streete/Multy and C/F/C/W. Our first game gave us a narrow win over St Paul’s. We lost the second by a goal to C/F/C/W and finished the day with a win over Street/Multy. We had a great turnout of players with nineteen in total and all played very well. Special thanks to Frank Gilsenan, Kevin Walsh and Maurius Reilly.

Team:
Jack Coyle, Eoin Fagan, Stephen Wheatly, James Bardon, Joseph Gilsenan, Daniel Reilly, Conor Mc Crossan, Shane O'Donnell, Ciaran Goodwin, Michael McKenna, Caelon McClaverty, Marie Egan, Katie Egan, Daniel Higgins, Joseph Higgins, Lorna Hillard, Mary Doyle, Aaron Walsh, Ciaran Lynch

Under-age training: Training in Ballycomoyle as usual every Friday night from 7 to 8pm, for all players aged between12, 10 and 8, boys and girls.

U12 Girls v Milltown
The under 12 girls are going from strength to strength.  Tuesday night saw them take on Milltown in Ballycomoyle.  The weather was not any way kind to us in the first half but with new nets on the goals the target was easy to see.  A great team performance keeps our unbeaten record in tact.  It is great to see Emma Sullivan back in action after her time out to perform in Mayhem and Madness.  Ballycomoyle team: Anne Marie Boylan, Sarah Fagan, Aoife Flynn, Emma Goodwin, Shannon Farrelly, Alice Murphy, Niamh Clogher, Jane Coyle, Sinead Connell, Emma Sullivan, Aoife Gallagher, Maria Henry, Kelly Coyle, Mamie O’Reilly, Tara Kennedy, Anne Marie Kennedy, Caoimhe McCrossan, Rebecca Flood, Alanna Clogher, Ruth Mulligan, Anna Henry, Saoirse Farrelly, Ciara Walsh, Katie Egan, Marie Egan.

The under 14 team play Clann Gaels in Ballycomoyle on Thursday 25th at 7pm.  All players are requested to be at the pitch by 6.30pm.  The under 14 team also play Rochfortbridge away on Tuesday 30th.  Bus leaves Castlepollard at 6pm.

FORE N.S.
A reminder that Fore NS girls football team are playing in Cusack Park at 4pm Wednesday 24th in the final of the Cumann na mBunscoil competitions.  All support welcome. We would like to wish them the very best of luck on this historic occasion.

BITS 'n BOBS
As a reminder to all club members and friends, that the Irish Blood Transfusion Board will hold a clinic in the Castlepollard Hurling Complex on Monday 29th May between 4 30 and 8 30. As blood is always very scarce, your support for this very worthy cause would be very greatly appreciated. Well done to the Westmeath hurlers, on their great win against Dublin in the Leinster Championship in Portlaoise last Sunday. The northern end of the county was very well represented and we look forward to the big match in Cusack Park in two weeks time. A special word of thanks must go to Dermot McKenna and Seamus Coyle for setting up the new underage goals, complete with nets, ( and also the local farmers yearly supply of insulating tape). It is wonderful to see five pitches in use on a Friday evening and all packed to capacity, well done lads.

SNIPPETS
Word has it that Alan H was keeping up with the latest fashion in Leixlip last weekend.........he had to wear attire usually associated with ladies......???......he was very ably assisted on the night by his macra buddies....the dukes....rumour has it that Christy B received the new J.D. last week.......wrong number on it we hear..!!!!!!!......word has it that two of our most senior players have recently purchased new boots.....Marius R and Niall Mc K.......(at least two more years now)......Crock is reported to have had a very bad week last week....firstly the new van got a wee bit Smokey and has to have a re-test and then he was interviewed by a ban-garda when he decided to purchase some fruit and veg........we spend euros these days .

Monday May 29th 2006         (Back to the top)

JUNIOR LEAGUE
On Saturday evening last we recorded our first league win of the season over an impressive youthful Streete/Multy side. Despite being short five of our first team players our lads put in a huge performance. Tossy Brady, Dan Carty, Derek McNicholas, David Cunningham and Seamus Farrelly were outstanding on the night and we are eagerly awaiting the next round of the championship. Training continues each Tuesday and Thursday night at 7.30 sharp. Team that   defeated Multy/Streete: M.Reilly, D.Fagan, T.Brady, M.Gavigan, R.Fagan, D.Carty, A.Smith, B.Ryan (0.1), M.McNicholas (0.2), D.Cunningham (0.4), D.McNiochlas (0.3), J.Williams (0.1) K.Gavigan (1.02), D.Nolan, S.Farrely (0.1), Subs: N.McKenna, C.Mc Cormack, I.Coyle, N.Morgan, S.Carroll, P.Dermody.

LOTTO
We held a very well supported club lotto on Tuesday night of last week 23rd May, in Comiskeys, Castlepollard. The numbers for the first draw of E 10,000 were 12,19,22,27 and the numbers for the second draw of E 3,600 were 5,8,22 and 27. There was no jackpot winner for either draw. Our next draw will be in "The Lough Lene Inn", Collinstown on Tuesday night next 6th June, your support as always is greatly appreciated. Yearly lotto tickets are now available from Niall McKenna and cost E 50 for 25 draws.

FUND-RAISING NIGHT
We are holding a major fund-raising night in Mullingar Greyhound Stadium on Saturday night 24th June. We are currently looking for sponsorship from local business and in case someone has not yet approached you, do not worry, you will be contacted. As this is our major event for the year, we will be looking for all sections of the club to put their shoulder to the wheel and try to make this night a huge success. Tickets are now in circulation and are priced at E 10, if a person wishes to nominate a dog this is E 20, which also includes a ticket. More information about this fund-raiser can be obtained by contacting any of the committee members or by logging onto our website at www.ballycomoyle.com . We will have more news of this night as it gets closer to the date.

SPEEDY RECOVERY
We would like to wish Barry Smyth a speedy recovery after he aggravated an old injury from last year in the past few days. It now seems likely that Barry will have to undergo major surgery in the near future and we wish him well. Barry has been one of ace marksmen for the past few years and he will be missed for the rest of the championship.

UNDERAGE NEWS

Under 12 League verses Bunbrosna.
Our 5th game of this year’s league was at home in Ballycomoyle when we played Bunbrosna. On the night we were too strong for our opponents and ran out winners with a few scores to spare. This was our 3rd win out of five starts and with just one game remaining a good result would give us a very good position in the next stage of the league. A special word of thanks from the lads from Collinstown how despite having their school tour made it back for the second half. Also thanks to Alice, Jane and Sinead who played against Bunbrosna despite the disappointment of earlier that day losing to Tyrrellspass in the Cuman na mBun Scoil Final in Cusack Park.

Team:

    John Coyle, Jane Coyle, Matthew Gilsenan, Thomas Bardon, Kieran Fagan, Tommy Gallagher, ConorMcLaverty, Emmet Kane

    Andrew Leahy, Fergal Tiernan, Peter Mc Kenna

    Alice Murphy, John Egan, Jack Coyle, Kevin Shiels, John Morris, Niall Mc Cormack, Killian Daly, Sinead Connell, Max Charles

Cuman na mBun Scoil
As already mentioned the girls from St. Feichin’s N.S. Fore had to give way to a very strong and skilful Tyrrellspass team in the the Cuman na mBun Scoil Final for 3 to 4 Teacher Schools in Cusack Park last week. On the day Cusack Park looked magnificent and because it was the first time that any of the girls had played there, despite the defeat it was a great occasion. Great credit must go to both Monica Fanning and Helen Coyle for the time and effort they have put into both the boys and girls teams in St. Feichin’s. Also well done to all the pupils parents and supporters who cheered on the team right to the final whistle.

Congratulations
Congratulations to club member Billy Kennedy from Fore who recently received a special award from the Irish Blood Transfusion Board at a presentation ceremony in Kells to mark his great achievement of donating 100 pints of blood. A fitting reward for many years of service to those less fortunate than ourselves.

Sympathy
Ballycoymoyle G.A.A. Club extents its deepest sympathy to the Dobson family Drumcree on their recent sad loss. On many occasions Pat drove us to football games and no mater how bad we were doing he always had words of encouragement and praise. On the way home stopping at the shop or dropping off children at different places was never a problem. May he rest in peace.

Eoin Fagan
Sorry for the misprint of name in last weeks under 8 team report. Great game as always and keep up the good work!

SNIPPETS
See that Ian C was out for a romantic meal in Oldcastle on Sunday evening last.......word has it that Ringo's new job is getting a "grip" on him........rumour has it that Legs in going to get lessons on how to reply to text messages to the club phone.........no word from Brendan H 21st yet but I am sure that we will have something for next week...........

....!!!!!!!!....

Monday June 12th 2006         (Back to the top)

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
On Sunday last, June 11th we played our old rivals St. Paul’s in Delvin and unfortunately we had to  give way to a more clinical side on the day. Playing against a very stiff breeze in the first half we failed to score and went in at half time five points down. The second half was a very different affair with our lads combining well and played some nice football. Kevin Gavigan took over the mantle from Barry Smyth (injured) and converted three frees. The introduction of Adrian Smith gave a much needed boost of pace to our rather subdued forward line and in the space of a few minutes, following a good clearance from defence, Adrian found the Paul’s net. This was to be our last score and we lost on a scoreline of Paul’s 0.08, Ballycomoyle 1.03. It was very much re-iterated after the game, that we have any notion of going further in this championship, then the work will have to be put in by everyone concerned in training over the next few weeks, this also includes selectors. On the day we were best served by Marius Reilly, Tossy Brady, Dan Carty and Stevie Reilly. Team: M.Reilly, M.Gavigan, T.Brady, D.Clogher, R, Fagan, D.Carty, S.Reilly, B.Ryan, M.Mc Nicholas J.Williams, D.McNicholas, D.Cunningham, S.Farrelly, D.Cheevers, K.Gavigan. Subs: Alan Smith, Adrian Smith, D.Fagan, E.Kiernan, P.Molloy, N.Morgan, I.Coyle, C. McCormack, D.Nolan, N.McKenna, N.McCormack.

JUNIOR "B" CHAMPIONSHIP
On Tuesday evening 30th May we played Ballinagore in the second round of this championship at home in Ballycomoyle. This game again was a great opportunity for some of our younger lads to get a chance to play competitive football. The game was very close throughout and a lack of penetration in the forward line proved costly in the end as we were defeated by three points. On the night Roaney Fagan was a tower of strength and notched up three points for himself. Team: N.McKenna, D.Clogher, E.Kiernan, D.Fagan, R.Fagan (.03) M.Gavigan, A.Smith, T.Brady, S.Farrelly, P.Molloy, D.Nolan, I.Coyle (0.01), P.Smyth (0.01), C.McCormack, P.Dermody, D.Cheevers, B.Ryan (0.02), R.Farrelly, D.O Rourke, N.Morgan, E.Boylan.

LOTTO
Our most recent club lotto was held on Tuesday night last 6th June in "The Lough Lene Inn", Collinstown. This draw was very well supported and the numbers drawn were as follows- Draw No. 1 E 10,000 , 3,4,5,19, there was no winner. Draw No. 2 E 3,800- 23,25,27 and 28 and again there was no winner, the E 30 winners were as follows Sean McEoin, Alice Murphy, Jimmy Finglas, John Gilsenan (Lake View) and Derek McGee. The next draw takes place on Tuesday night next 20th June in "The Abbey House", Fore and again there will be two draws, no 1 E 10,000 and no. 2 E 4,000. Your support as always is greatly appreciated.

MAJOR FUNDRAISER
Saturday night 24th June is a date for everyone to keep free in their diary, as this is the night that we are holding a very special fundraising night in Mullingar Greyhound Stadium. We are pleading with all sections of the club to put their shoulder to the wheel and to try and make this night a success. Tickets are now in circulation and cost just E10, or if you wish to nominate a dog this will cost E20. Further information regarding this night can be obtained by logging on to our fantastic website at www.ballycomoyle.com or by ringing Doreen at 087-9268049 or John at 086-2667011.It is important that everyone gets behind the club for this night as this is our only major fund-raiser for the year.

UNDERAGE NEWS

North Westmeath Under 10 league versus Finea:
Our first game in this year’s tournament was played last Tuesday in Ballycomoyle when we hosted Castletown Finea Coole Whitehall. With a lot of new players in this grade, our selectors started with an experimental line-out and it took a while for the team to settle down. Finea had a great start, and after 15 minutes we found ourselves 1-3 to no score behind. On the stroke of half time we were awarded a penalty, which was dispatched excellently by Adrian Leahy, to leave us just 3 points behind at half time. Ballycomoyle brought on 3 subs at the start of the second half (Conor lynch, James Bardon and Marcus Kennedy) and they made an immediate impression helping us to compete better in all areas of the field. Despite Finea getting another point, the lads kept going and after a great move between Jack Coyle, Alan Jennings and Conor McCrossan, was sent to the back of the net once again by Adrian Leahy, to leave us just a point behind going into the last five minutes. However, the last score of the game was a Finea point to see them run out worthy winners by two points.

With two extra clubs in this year’ competition, each team will have seven games so there is still lots to play for. Our next game will be at home in Ballycomoyle to Bunbrosna.

Team on the day:
Conor McCossan Owen Connell Jack Coyle Adrian Leahy Kevin O Brien Ryan Farrelly Warren Williams Conor lynch Daniel Higgins Mark McCormack James Bardon Ciaran Lynch Nathan Clarke Richard Clogher Alan Jennings Niall McComack Sean Lancaster Andrew Keating Daniel Reilly Dylan Smith Marcus Kennedy Jordan Williams Daniel Reilly Joseph Gilsenan

North Westmeath Under 10 league versus Bunbrosna
We played our second game in the North Westmeath league when we hosted Bunbrosna in Ballycomoyle on Friday last. Unfortunately, due to time restraints, we had to play on this date which left us without the service of all our Collinstown players. This however gave Gerry and Liam an opportunity to try out new players, and in what turned out to be a close and very exciting game they all played very well. Bunbrosna started brightly and scored the first two points, before Adrian Leahy found the back of the net to put us into the lead for the first time by one point which we held until half time. The second half was every bit as exciting as the first with only a point separating the teams at any one time. And in fact with the last kick of the game, Bunbrosna got a great chance when they shot narrowly wide with only the goalkeeper to beat. However, Ballycomoyle held on to win by two points and secure our first success in this year’ competition. Our star man was undoubtedly Ciaran Fagan who covered every blade of grass in what was a fine display from the young midfielder. However, he was not alone and his midfield partner Eoin Connell, goalkeeper Robin Burns and backs Kevin O Brien and Jack Coyle were all excellent. Unfortunately, the full team sheet is not available at time of going to press. Great to see Paul McCrossan adding his name to the under 10 management team and hopefully we will see some of the famous Tyrone blanket defence in the coming weeks.

Under 12 girls:
Well done to our under 12 girls who maintained their 100 percent record with a hard fought away win to Rochfortbridge last week. And also our under 14 girls who despite losing to St Paul’s in Ballycomoyle gave one of their best performances of the year so far. P.S. Congratulations to Grace McKenna who celebrates her 14th birthday on 19th June.

St Michaels under 14:
St Michaels continued on their winning ways with a comprehensive victory over Casdtledaly in Ballycomoyle last Sunday. If we can get good results in our remaining two games we will be very much in the shake up for the league title.

Walk in Mulllaghmeen:
Once we have our very important fundraising Night at the Dogs in Mullingar out of the way, we will be ale to give full details of our annual walk in Mullaghmeen. With different walks to suit all ages this can be a great day out for all the family. This year we are hoping to bring everyone to the highest point in Westmeath, which is located in the forestry complex. More details soon.

Blood Transfusion:
Thanks to all club members who donated blood at the recent clinic in Castlepollard recently. Great to see Jennifer Cooney, Damien Clogher and Damien Fagan, who under the watchful eye of Tossie Brady donated for the first time. Keep up the good work folks and thanks again.

Football Summer Camp:
Ballycomoyle have provisionally booked a bus to bring their members to the football summer camp in Delvin, which starts on Monday the 31st July and finishes on Friday 4th August. The bus will collect players, both boys and girls, starting in Castlepollard and then on to Fore, Collinstown and straight into Delvin. The cost will be determined by how many players are on the bus and please book early because we are restricted to approx. thirty players. For further details please contact the under age secretary, Dermot McKenna at 044 9661805.

SNIPPETS
See Alan S picked up a shiner in training last week........Roaney F was in need of a bit of nip"n" tuck following game on Sunday.......word has it that Niall Mc entered his final year in the thirties on Monday last..........rumour has it that Jackie C had a "bunny" surprise in the car last week.........great to see "An Taoiseach" back on the Ballycomoyle line again...also welcome back to "Fuiggy" who appeared on Sunday with his usual amount of sarcasm..........good to see both........

Monday June 19th 2006         (Back to the top)

MAJOR FUNDRAISER
All roads lead to Mullingar Greyhound Stadium on Saturday night next 24th June, where we are holding our major fundraiser for the year. The night promises to be an enjoyable occasion and we are urging all our supporters, young and old, to come and support us on the night. Tickets are still available up until the actual night and can be obtained from any of the committee members and they are priced at E 10, it would be greatly appreciated if people could return money for tickets prior to the night. We look forward to seeing you there.

JUNIOR "B" CHAMPIONSHIP
On Tuesday evening of last week our "B" squad made their way to Streamstown to play St. Josephs in this competition. After a very enjoyable game of football our opponents came out on top by a margin of 2 points, a lack of accuracy upfront, in the second half proved costly to us in the end. We are scheduled to play Milltown in the fourth round of this competition, tonight Wednesday 21st in Ballycomoyle at 7.30 pm. Everyone involved is requested to be in the park no later than 7 pm. Team that was defeated by St. Josephs: N McKenna, N.McCormack, E. Kiernan, D.Fagan (0.01), G.Farrelly, A. Smith (capt), S.Reilly, T.Brady, R.Fagan (1.01), P.Molloy (0.02), S.Farrelly, J.Corrigan, D.Cheevers (1.02), D.Nolan (0.01), C.McCormack, P.Cooney, R.Farrelly, I.Coyle, O.Boylan, C.Ring, N.Morgan, P.Dermody.

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Yet again we head to Delvin on Sunday next 25th June, when at 2 pm, we face Multy in the third round of this years championship. This game will be a tough encounter and even though we defeated them earlier on in the year, we are expecting a much tighter affair on Sunday. Again we are requesting that everyone involved should be at the venue no later than 1 pm. Full report next week.

Monday June 26th 2006       (Back to the top)

JUNIORS SECURE POINTS IN CHAMPIONSHIP
Our Junior team secured their first win in the preliminary round of the junior championship for two years. It almost seems impossible that even though we contested the semi-final last year, we have not had an actual win in the preliminary round of the championship in over two years. Our win on Sunday last, came as a result of us overcoming a very fit and well prepared St. Fintans/ Multy side. The game was very evenly contested throughout and luckily enough we had enough of a cushion built up in the first half to see us emerge victors by a margin of three points. We went in at half time with a lead of 1.06 to 0.03, and we knew that we were in for a "battle royale" in the second half. Our opponents came out after the interval with all guns blazing and we had to dig deep to keep our lead intact, this we did and the final score read- 1.09 to 0.09. We are delighted with this result but we know that we have immense work left to do and that it is going to take a massive effort from everyone to keep our championship dreams alive. On the day we were probably best served by the hardworking Tossy Brady, Roaney Fagan and Derek Cheevers. Team that defeated St.Fintans/Multy: M.Reilly, M.Gavigan, T.Brady, D.Clougher, R.Fagan, D.Carty, S.Reilly, M. McNicholas (0.01), B.Ryan (0.02), J.Williams, D.Mc Nicholas, P.Cooney, D.Cunningham (capt)(0.04), D.Cheevers (1.02), S. McEoin, Adrian Smith, K.Gavigan, G.Farrelly, D.Fagan, A.Smith, E.Kiernan, O.Boylan, C.Mc Cormack, N.Morgan, N.McCormack, N. McKenna.

NEW SET OF JERSEYS
Prior to the start of the game on Sunday last, Niall McKenna of "McEnroe  McKenna & Co.", presented the club with a new set of jerseys to the junior team. The jerseys are now sporting the new club crest which was designed by our own clubman Ciaran Ring. We would like to thank Niall and Co. for their generous donation and wish them the best of luck in their business for many years to come.

CLUB CREST
As mentioned above our new club crest was designed by Ciaran Ring. On our crest Ciaran brought together three images, firstly St. Brigid's Cross which represents St.Brigid's Well on top of the Hill of Maoil, from which our name derives. Secondly Ciaran put in a sketch of Stonetown Bridge which represents the original birthplace of Ballycomoyle Football Club. Finally Ciaran put in a sketch of Fore Abbey which represents the entire community from which many people have been associated with down through the years. Full credit must go to Ciaran for a job well done and we look forward to Ciaran's next task within the club (pro, chairman, etc, etc)

LOTTO
On Tuesday night last 20th June we held a very well supported club lotto in "The Abbey House", Fore. The numbers drawn were as follows: Draw No.1- E 10,000 5,10,19 and 26, there was no winner. Draw No.2- E 4,000 4,12,26 and 27, again there was no winner and the E 30 winners were as follows, Paddy Egan, Brian Clune, Jimmy Ward, Jimmy Fagan and Sean Óg Doyne. Our next draw will be in "Farrelly's", Castlepollard on Tuesday 4th July and as always your support is greatly appreciated.

FUNDRAISER
Saturday night last saw us holding our first ever "Dog Night" in Mullingar Greyhound Stadium. The night was a huge financial success to the club and we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who supported us in this venture. The weather was perfect on the night for the large crowd that attended. From all accounts, a lot of the adults were not so lucky on the betting front but some of the younger folk were very lucky indeed. The night was most enjoyable and we would to thank Pat Flynn and all in the Stadium for their hospitality and we wish them continued success in their business. To the hard working committee behind this venture, we will be forever indebted to you, a special word of thanks must go to Helen and Seamus Coyle for putting together such a wonderful commemorative booklet, fair dues. Finally we would like to thank Paddy Egan for his input into the night, which left our efforts a lot less leading up to the night. Thanks again to everyone.

SNIPPETS
After a lay off for two weeks now here goes.......word has it that D. Geraghty won a trophy for dancing at a Feis in Pollard last weekend.......look out Michael Flatley.......Alan S is heading to Rallyschool to learn how to park a car using the handbrake technique......bang.!!!!!!.......rumour has it that Seamus C had an eventful shower before heading to the Dogs......Johnny C was said to be displaying just how agile he was at the Karting last Saturday......ouch...!!!!!!.......word has it that Jamie W was seen delivering flowers to Kiltoom last weekend.........Ted F is said to have just been on time with the license..........speaking of which ...I see someone gave Paddy C a set of "L" plates.......Ciaran D is said to have had a good snooze in the "Napper" last Saturday night........Daniel R showed everyone how to win big at the dogs.........pity "Figgy" did not get talking to him.......word has it that Farlo and Colm B are spending a lot of time down Mountnugent way lately.............

Monday July 10th 2006    (Back to the top)    

LOTTO
On Tuesday night last 4th July we held a very well supported draw in "Farrelly’s Bar", Castlepollard. The numbers drawn for the first draw of E 10,000 were 10,12,17,19 and there was no winner. The numbers drawn for the second draw of E 4,200 were 10,15,17,21 and again there was no jackpot winner. The E 30 winners were as follows Cora Dermody, Derek O'Reilly, Nancy Gibbons, Noeleen Mc Gann and Noeleen Mc Gann. Our next draw will be in Doynes, Glenidan on Tuesday night next 15 th July, again there will be two draws, the first for E 10,000 and the second draw is for E 4,400. As always your support is greatly appreciated.

DOG NIGHT
As mentioned previously we held a very successful fundraiser in Mullingar Greyhound Stadium on Saturday 24th June, there is still quite a substantial sum of money to be returned and we asking everyone to get the money to a committee member as soon as possible. On Friday evening next Anne Dermody and Doreen Farrelly will be at the underage training collecting money and for anybody else, they can give money to Ciaran Ring, Alan Smith or Ray Farrelly. Finally we would most sincerely like to thank everyone again for helping to make this night such a huge success.

SYMPATHY
The entire club would like to express it's deepest sympathy to the family, relatives and friends of Kit Masterson, Ballymanus. Kit was a legend in his own time and was almost 97 years old when he died. He was very well respected by those who had the pleasure of knowing him and he will be sadly missed by all.

JUNIOR "B" CHAMPIONSHIP
We played our fourth game of this championship on Saturday evening last at a windswept Bunbrosna pitch. We struggled for numbers and despite this we put in quite a good performance. Our younger players such as Niall McCormack and Paul Dermody were impressive as was Maurice Gavigan, Billy Ryan and Derek Cheevers. After a close encounter we were defeated by the home side and we look forward to the next game in this series. Team: N.McKeanna, A.Smith, T.Brady, R.Farrelly, N.McCormack, M.Gavigan (capt.), D.Fagan, B.Ryan, E.Kiernan, P.Molloy, D.Cheevers, C.Williams, C.Mc Cormack, D.Nolan, P.Dermody, Subs: S.Fay, J.Smyth, J.Corrigan, M.McCormack.

SNIPPETS
Word has it that Patsy G had to do a bit of spring cleaning on the car recently.............Joey W likes to graze grass by the look of the last game..........see Gary F was enjoying the sunshine in Galway last weekend as was Stephen B and Lightning.........speaking of Galway, rumour has it that Aoife Mc D is brushing up on her Irish as is Cian F...........Alan S is said to have been in high spirits in Mullingar recently.........

Monday July 10th 2006    (Back to the top)   

LOTTO
On Tuesday night last 4th July we held a very well supported draw in "Farrelly’s Bar", Castlepollard. The numbers drawn for the first draw of E 10,000 were 10,12,17,19 and there was no winner. The numbers drawn for the second draw of E 4,200 were 10,15,17,21 and again there was no jackpot winner. The E 30 winners were as follows Cora Dermody, Derek O'Reilly, Nancy Gibbons, Noeleen Mc Gann and Noeleen Mc Gann. Our next draw will be in Doynes, Glenidan on Tuesday night next 15 th July, again there will be two draws, the first for E 10,000 and the second draw is for E 4,400. As always your support is greatly appreciated.

DOG NIGHT
As mentioned previously we held a very successful fundraiser in Mullingar Greyhound Stadium on Saturday 24th June, there is still quite a substantial sum of money to be returned and we asking everyone to get the money to a committee member as soon as possible. On Friday evening next Anne Dermody and Doreen Farrelly will be at the underage training collecting money and for anybody else, they can give money to Ciaran Ring, Alan Smith or Ray Farrelly. Finally we would most sincerely like to thank everyone again for helping to make this night such a huge success.

SYMPATHY
The entire club would like to express it's deepest sympathy to the family, relatives and friends of Kit Masterson, Ballymanus. Kit was a legend in his own time and was almost 97 years old when he died. He was very well respected by those who had the pleasure of knowing him and he will be sadly missed by all.

JUNIOR "B" CHAMPIONSHIP
We played our fourth game of this championship on Saturday evening last at a windswept Bunbrosna pitch. We struggled for numbers and despite this we put in quite a good performance. Our younger players such as Niall McCormack and Paul Dermody were impressive as was Maurice Gavigan, Billy Ryan and Derek Cheevers. After a close encounter we were defeated by the home side and we look forward to the next game in this series. Team: N.McKeanna, A.Smith, T.Brady, R.Farrelly, N.McCormack, M.Gavigan (capt.), D.Fagan, B.Ryan, E.Kiernan, P.Molloy, D.Cheevers, C.Williams, C.Mc Cormack, D.Nolan, P.Dermody, Subs: S.Fay, J.Smyth, J.Corrigan, M.McCormack.

SNIPPETS
Word has it that Patsy G had to do a bit of spring cleaning on the car recently.............Joey W likes to graze grass by the look of the last game..........see Gary F was enjoying the sunshine in Galway last weekend as was Stephen B and Lightning.........speaking of Galway, rumour has it that Aoife Mc D is brushing up on her Irish as is Cian F...........Alan S is said to have been in high spirits in Mullingar recently.........

Monday July 24th  2006    (Back to the top)  

UNDERAGE
The VHI GAA Cul camp for footballers aged 7 to 13 in the Ballycomoyle area will be held in Delvin this year. The dates for the camp are as follow: Monday July 31st to Friday August 4th from 10 am until 2.30 pm. Ballycomoyle Club have arranged transport to and from the camp and these are the pick-up and drop off details. Castlepollard 9am, Fore 9.15am,  Collinstown 9.30am
(Pick-up along the route by arrangement with Dermot McKenna or the bus driver.)

Drop offs will be in the reverse order ie Collinstown, Fore and on to Castlepollard. There will be a charge of €3 per day per child for this service. If you want your child/children to travel please give Dermot Mc Kenna a ring on 044 966 1805 to book a place on the bus. Please note that Ballycomoyle are organising the transport only, we have no role in the running of the summercamp. If you haven't already booked your place on the summercamp you can still do so by contacting Michael McHugh on 087 293 5504 .

UNDERAGE TRAINING
Parents please note that will be no underage training on either of the next two Friday evenings, i.e. Fri 28th July or Fri 4th August. Training will re-commence on Friday evening 11th August. If there is a game in the meantime, parents will be notified well in advance.

JUNIORS
Our junior team are eagerly awaiting the next round of the championship and it appears that Milltown will be our opponents. We are due to play St. Lomans in a challenge match on this evening, Wednesday 26th at 7.30 pm sharp in St. Lomans. All players are requested to be at the venue no later than 7 pm, it is very important that we have a good turnout on the evening.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations are extended this week to Dermot Clogher who celebrated the 19 th anniversary of his 21st recently. Word has it that he had a party at the house and a great time was had by all. Congratulations are also extended to Barbara Heslin who celebrated her birthday in fine style last weekend, Barbara was whisked away to Mullingar in a Stretch Limo (nice one C).

SNIPPETS
Seamus F demonstrated what a good forward he is by scoring another two points in Lismacaffery last week....!!!!!!!.....Seamus C is reported to have got a puncture while picking strawberries.....Harry F has found a new way of keeping eggs fresh........Donnie G and Milo C showed their agility when they had to jump into hedge at Stonetown Motors last week.....Enda K is rumoured to have been auditioned for a boyband in The Fence last week......Bootsie prefers to keep both feet firmly on the ground as was demonstrated at the airport recently........Fayser is said to be hitting the country with the new digger very soon.......word has it that boys spent 3 hours stacking bales in Freighmore recently and then started knocking them down again.........something to do with a new rally school......

Monday July 31st  2006    (Back to the top)  

JUNIOR CUP
We made a dismal exit to the Junior Cup competition at the hands of a well prepared St. Fintans/Multy side on Sunday evening last in Ballycomoyle. From the start we knew we had an uphill battle on our hands as we were short five of our regular first team players, however those who were playing on the day tried hard, but were defeated by a scoreline of 2.06 to 0.06. It was very evident on the evening that we have a lot of work left to do both on the players end of things and also on the selectors side of things. We are possibly playing championship this weekend coming and everyone is advised to check press for details, training is on Wednesday night at 7.45 sharp. Team that was defeated by Multy: M.Reilly, M.Gavigan, T.Brady, M.Gavigan, G.Farrelly, R.Fagan (0.01), S.Reilly, B.Ryan (0.02), M.Mc Niochlas, D.Cuningham (capt.), S.Mc Eoin, P.Cooney, J.Williams, E.Kiernan, K.Gavigan (0.01), N.Mc Keanna (0.02) for P.Cooney, J.Corrigan for S.Reilly, P.Molloy for S.Mc Eoin, N.Mc Cormack for D.Clougher, P.Smyth for G.Farrelly, C.Mc Cormack, R.Farrelly.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations are extended this week to Eugene Gallagher who celebrated the 19th anniversary of his 21st last weekend. We are told that there was a party in the house and a great time was had by all, well into the wee hours. We are also told that even at forty Eugene is still one of " The Cresley Hards".

SYMPATHY
The club would like to express its deepest sympathy to the Egerton family of Gortloney, Oldcastle, on the tragic loss of John. John was a very quiet and caring person and was always involved in his community and he will be sadly missed by everyone who had the pleasure of knowing him. Ar dheis lamh De go raibh a anam uasal.

Monday August 7th 2006    (Back to the top)   

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
On Sunday evening last we were very unlucky not to have secured a win against a very physical Milltown side. We started without three our regular starting fifteen and only ten minutes into the first half we lost Joey Williams and Maurice Gavigan through injury. Overall the team played well and with a bit more work we are very hopeful of reaching the semi-finals. Training has switched back to its usual Tuesday and Thursday nights and everyone is expected to be in the park no later than 7.45 pm. Team that was defeated by Milltown: M.Reilly, M.Gavigan,E.Kiernan, S.Reilly, J.Williams, T.Brady, D.Carty, R.Fagan(capt.)(1.01), B.Ryan(0.02), P.Cooney, A.Smith, M.Mc. Nicholas, K.Gavigan(0.02) S.Mc Eoin, D.Cheevers,Subs:D.Clogher for M.Gavigan(inj.), G.Farrelly for J.Williams(inj.) D.Fagan for P.Cooney, P.Smyth,R.Farrelly, C.Mc Cormack, N.McCormack, J.Corrigan, D.O'Rourke.

LOTTO
We held our club lotto in Mc Cormack's, Castlepollard on Tuesday night last 1st August. As usual we held two draws and the results were as follows: Draw No.1- E 10,000- 3,4,9,11. Draw No. 2- E 4,600- 14,19,21 and 29. There was no jackpot winner for either draw and as a special holiday treat the committee decided to award E 100 each for the five lucky people to be drawn from the hat and they were John Coughlan, Eammon Campbell, Laura Owens, Paddy Smyth and Paddy Smyth. Our next draw will be on Tuesday night 15th August in "The Seven Wonders Bar", Fore and again there will be two draws, firstly for E 10,000 and the second one for E 4,800. Your support as always is greatly appreciated.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations are extended this week to Seamus Farrelly and Louise Gallagher who got married on Friday last. The entire club would like to wish the couple the very best of luck and happiness for the rest of their lives. Congratulations are also extended to David Murphy and Joy Kennedy who announced their engagement last week. Well done to Ringtown Hurling Club for running such a successful and enjoyable weekend.

UNDERAGE
We would like to say well done to our underage players who took part in "B" Final of the North Westmeath U 10 League on Monday last in Multy. At time of going to press we did not have a result but we will have a full report next week. Underage training resumes again this Friday evening 11th August at 7pm sharp, for further information please contact Dermot.

SNIPPETS
Word has it that the two terrible twins were "cementing" their relationship last week aided by Damien H........seems that there was more water thrown at each other than actually went on the floors to stop it drying out.........Club Chairman is reported to have been showing everyone how to dance at the wedding last Friday.........watch out John Travolta.......John S is around..........Maurice G should have learned by now that it is easier to put in nails with a hammer rather than his foot....ouch!!!!!!........hear that R. Duke had a falling out with someone or something at Le Cheile last weekend and is displaying the proof of it...........

Monday August 21st 2006    (Back to the top)   

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
On Saturday evening last we earned another two points in the championship race at the expense of a very spirited Delvin side. We were very fortunate to come away with the spoils as our overall performance was somewhat off par. We welcomed Barry Smyth back onto the team as he is making a remarkable recovery from his serious knee operation only a few short weeks ago. Barry opened the scoring on Saturday evening with a pointed free. Following on from this David Cunningham demonstrated a captain’s role by opening up the Delvin defence and blasting to the roof of the net. We then exchanged scores and the second half was a very lively affair and after some quite wayward shooting we ended up winners on a scoreline of 1.09 to 0.07. On the evening one man in particular stood out from everyone else and that was Roaney Fagan, Roaney dislocated his toe moments prior to the game and was unable to start, however, Roaney in the second half endured the pain and came on for the last twenty minutes. He made an immediate impact when introduced and we must salute him for his efforts. Our final game in this opening round of the championship takes place in Springfield on Tuesday evening next 29th at 7 pm. We are urging everyone to come and lend their support as this is a crunch game for both ourselves and Loughnavalley. Team that defeated Delvin: M.Reilly, M.Gavigan, E.Kiernan, D.Fagan, G.Farrelly, D.Carty, S.Reilly, B.Ryan (0.03,1f) T.Brady J.Williams, M.Mc Cormack, P.Smyth, D. Cunningham (1.02), M.Mc Niochlas, B.Smyth (0.04f), Subs; R.Fagan for G.Farrelly, D.Mc Nicholas for P.Smyth, P.Molloy, P.Dermody, N.McKenna, N.Mc Cornack, N.Morgan, J.Corrigan, D.Clougher, K.Gavigan.

SNIPPETS
Word has it that Gerry F was giving his mobile some flying lessons..........try and not leave the next one on the roof of the car........rumour has it that Dermot and Helen were rooting for something in the nettles at the school pitch recently..........Damien H is reported to have had difficulty in finding his b & b in Kilkenny........it was No. 6 and not No. 9........!!!!!!!!.........speaking of b& b .......word has it that Crock was very fond of his........!!!!!!........Ringo is reported to have enjoyed the cheap chips in Mountmellick on way home from Kilkenny...........reports has it that Olivia K threw away the "L" plates last week......well done .......no doubt Damien C helped out.........  

Monday September 4th 2006    (Back to the top)   

CHAMPIONSHIP
On Tuesday evening of last week 29th August, our junior team earned a place in the quarter final of this year’s championship by merit of a comprehensive victory over a downhearted Loughnavalley side. This game was predicted to be a close affair but it certainly did not live up to expectation. Both sides started very well but after the first ten minutes, one could see that our opponents were in trouble. We went in at half time leading by 1.07 to 0.01and by the end of the game we finished 2.12 to 0.02 ahead. It was a very good result but we know that we still have a lot of improvement to do ahead of this quarter final clash against a very strong Mullingar Shamrocks side who have some senior experience behind them. This clash is provisionally set for next Saturday evening and as of yet the venue has not been decided. We would like to thank all the people that supported us in Springfield and hopefully we will see everyone again at this upcoming match, check press for details of time and venue. Team that defeated Loughnavalley: M.Reilly, M.Gavigan, E.Kiernan, D.Fagan, J.Williams, D.Carty, S.Reilly, T.Brady, R.Fagan, B.Ryan (0.01), M.Mc Cormack (0.01), M.Mc Nicholas, D.Cunningham (1G)(capt.), D.Mc Nicholas (1.01), B.Smyth (0.08,5f), Subs used: G.Farrelly for S.Reilly (inj.) S Mc Eoin, P.Smyth, D.Clogher, K.Gavigan (0.01).

LOTTO
Our most recent club lotto was held on Tuesday night last in "The Town and Country", Castlepollard on Tuesday night 29th August and the results were as follows: Draw No. 1 E 10,000 -2,14,21,26 and Draw No. 2 E 5,000 - 9,15,20 and 27. There was no jackpot winner for either draw and the E 30 winners were as follows Miriam Coyle, Barney Smith, Martin O' Neill, Leslie Whyte and Valerie Mc Dermot. The next draw takes place on Tuesday night next 12th September in "Meehans", Coole. Your support as always is greatly appreciated and remember "if you're not in, you can't win".

CONGRATULATIONS
Congrats this week to Mrs. Mary Ward, Corbally who celebrated her 92nd birthday on Monday last. We wish Mary the best of health and happiness for many more years to come.

BITS n BOBS
Word has it that we might have our annual sponsored walk in Mullaghmeen forestry in the near future.......Scor secretary informs me that we will be sending out information to schools regarding same in the next few weeks........Our U 12 girls were in a final on Tuesday evening last and we will have a report on that next week.......Well done to Joe Fay and Gerry Lord for finishing the local rally in "flying" form on Sunday last.........

SNIPPETS
Word has it that Gerry F was giving his mobile some flying lessons..........try and not leave the next one on the roof of the car........rumour has it that Dermot and Helen were rooting for something in the nettles at the school pitch recently..........Damien H is reported to have had difficulty in finding his b & b in Kilkenny........it was No. 6 and not No. 9........!!!!!!!!.........speaking of b& b .......word has it that Crock was very fond of his........!!!!!!........Ringo is reported to have enjoyed the cheap chips in Mountmellick on way home from Kilkenny...........reports has it that Olivia K threw away the "L" plates last week......well done .......no doubt Damien C helped out.........

Monday September 11th 2006    (Back to the top)  

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
All roads lead to Delvin on Saturday evening next 16th September, where we take on a fancied Mullingar Shamrocks side in the quarter final of this year’s championship. This game promises to be a very evenly contested affair with a date against Milltown in the semi-final at stake. We are urging people to come out and support us on the evening and play their part in hopefully seeing our side progress to the next stage. Joey and the selectors are quite happy with the way training has gone in the last few weeks and all that we can do at this stage is to wish the entire squad the best of luck for Saturday. We would also like to thank Tossy Brady for altering his holiday to suit the game on Saturday evening.

UNDERAGE TRAINING
Our underage training is drawing to an end on Friday evening next 15th. It has been decided that we will run some games for the different age groups among themselves, commencing at 6.30 sharp and to finish off, we will have light refreshments served. Everyone that was involved in any way throughout the course of the year is invited to attend and take part and even if some people have lapsed from training in the past few weeks, please come on the evening. For further information regarding this please contact either Dermot, Helen or Gerry.

UNDER 12 BOYS

Under 12 football League V Moate
Having finished the first section of this year's league with win's over Milltownpass, St Loman's Blue’s, Bunbrosna and Streete Multy and narrow defeats to Mullingar Shamrock's and St Paul's, we were paired with Moate, The Down’s and Garrycastle for the second phase. Our first game was at home to Moate and it proved to be one of our best performances of the year. The game was played on a perfect evening and this was reflected in the quality of the football displayed by both teams.  We started brightly, scoring the first three points, but Moate soon found their rhythm and at halftime we trailed by two points. In the second half two goal's from our excellent centre-half forward John Egan gave us the lead that we held until the very last kick of the game when a Moate point earned the visitors a share of the spoil's with a final score of Ballycomoyle  2 - 5 Moate 1-8

BALLYCOMOYLE U12 V THE DOWNS
Once again we had home advantage when we played the Downs and in this we really found out that a game is never over until the final whistle. In the first half we played fantastic football and built up a lead of seven points before our influential midfielder Tommy Gallagher got injured and had to be replaced. In the second-half the Downs slowly chipped away at our lead and caught us at the very end to win by 3 point's. Despite the defeat this was a great performance and it must be remembered that we were without the services of five of our regular starting fifteen and for this, great credit must go to all the panel who played their part on the day. I have rarely sat in a dressing room after a game at any level and seen such genuine disappointment on the face's of all concerned. They had given their all and had just come up short. If as a team we can continue to show this level of spirit and determination the future of Ballycomoyle is bright indeed.

BALLYCOMOYLE U12 V GARRYCASTLE
For our final game we made the journey to Athlone to play Garrycastle last Friday night.  A total number of 24 players travelled, two for the first time -Alan Jennings and Adrian Leahy who have recently moved up from our under 10 team. We started very well and with the help of our excellent free taker John Coyle we took a four point lead. But this was a strong and skilful Garrycastle team and they slowly got into their stride and pulled away to lead by 7 points at half time. We made nine changes at half time as we insisted, that like in every game we played this year, every player got as much time on the pitch as possible. Despite all the changes we closed the gap to just 3 points and it is hard to know whether the two brilliant saves by Conor Mc Laverty or the wonder goal scored in his first match by Adrian leahy was the highlight. As darkness fell we played the final ten minutes under floodlights (a first for Ballymoycoyle Under 12's) and by the finish Garrycastle had stretched their lead by 6 points. This defeat could not take away from another brilliant team performance and to celebrate we stopped in Supermacs Moate for some well deserved refreshments. 

As this maybe our last under 12 game for this year I would like to thank all the girls and boys who made up our under 12 panel this year. Having lost so many of last year’s players we thought this would be a difficult year, but it proved to be quite the opposite. From the beginning of the year we have great numbers at both training and games and there was not a wrong word between any of the players from beginning to end. Time keeping for games and behaviour on buses and to our opponents was first class.

Well done to all concerned. To the parents who came to the games both home and away, thank you very much, it really means at lot. To Larry who made many trips down from Dublin and Helen who was always there when we needed a helping hand, to Declan Gaffney a selector with the Cavan Under 16 team who came to Ballycomoyle with his tackle bags and ladders and showed us how training can improve our skills and be fun at the same time. Thanks also to Johnny Corrigan who gave us a great day out at Pollard Karting and to anybody who helped in any way to make this a most successful and enjoyable year for our Under 12 football team.

UNDER 12 GIRLS
Ballycomoyle 2-4 The Downs 1-4

Tuesday 5th September saw our under 12 girls in their third final in a row.  There were great expectations that amends were going to be made for the disappointment of the pervious years.  The team played against the wind in the first half and that coupled with strong opposition saw them in arrears at half time The Downs 1-2 Ballycomoyle 0-1. There were a few positional changes made at half time. A tense and exciting second half saw the girls work hard in every corner of the field, Jane Coyle scoring a point shortly after the interval and then after ten minutes came the goal from Sinead Connell to draw level.  Shortly after that came another point to go ahead.  A spell of severe pressure ensued from The Downs which saw them level the game once again.  With ten minutes to go Sinead hit the target with a superbly taken goal.  But the game wasn't over at that.  Anne Marie Boylan had to pull off a crucial
save to deny The Downs from drawing level.  The Downs did, however, hit target to put just two points between the teams.  The girls from Ballycomoyle played with greater determination and urgency as the game went on.  One last point from Bal ensured the
victory.  Great credit is due to each and every one of these players that never tired during the game and gave of their very best throughout the game, showing great character in the second half to come from behind and win the game. Thanks to all the supporters who made the trip to St. Lomans to cheer these girls on.  It was great to see such a huge attendance (even if some were delayed with the traffic on the way in to the pitch). Team: Anne Marie Boylan, Emma Sullivan, Aoife Flynn, Emma Goodwin, Maria Henry, Alice Murphy, Anne Marie Kennedy, Jane Coyle, Sinéad Connell, Aoife Gallagher, Rebecca Flood, Tara Kennedy, Alanna Clogher, Mamie O'Reilly, Niamh Clogher. Caoimhe McCrossan, Kelly Coyle, Ruth Mulligan, Shannon Farrelly, Sarah Fagan, Ciara Walsh, Saoirse Farrelly, Katie Egan, Marie Egan. Following the presentation of the Seán Coyle Perpetual Cup to captain Jane Coyle, the team made a very noisy entrance to Castlepollard for a well deserved meal in McCormack's.  Well done girls.


SNIPPETS
Word has it that Paddy C has ambitions of being Ballycomoyle's fair-haired boy.........Trevor Mortimer watch out........rumour has it that R Mc C was "bootless" leaving Ballymanus last week...........see that Helen is keeping up with the latest technology..........Brendan H is reported to prefer sleeping on the floor.......

Monday September 18th 2006`(Back to the top) 

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
We unfortunately made a sad exit from this years junior championship at the hands of a very strong Mullingar Shamrocks side played in Delvin on Saturday evening last. With our recent form, we were expected to go as far as the final this year but fate dealt us a huge blow and took the wind out of our sails. A culmination of nerves, lack of speed in some areas and lack of a plan of attack, left us chasing our opponents for the entire game. It was obvious from early on that the senior experience on the Shamrocks side, proved to be a huge boost to them, as time after time we were found wanting in several key areas. Overall, we were naturally gutted after the match and even more so when our long serving custodian, Marius Reilly, declared his intention to call it a day. Marius has served our club with great dignity and pride since he joined us almost sixteen years ago and we must congratulate and salute him for his outstanding service since then. He was a pillar in defence and always gave encouragement to his backline and kept them on their toes. His retirement has left a huge void for us to try and fill and who knows what next year might bring. At this stage, all that is left for us to do is to thank the entire panel of players, selectors, physic’s and the ladies for supplying the tea and sandwiches, for putting in such a big effort during the year and as I already said maybe we will be there in the final come this time next year. Last but not least we like to say a massive thank you to Joey Williams who put in such huge effort all year in training the team and for his dedication to our cause, I was reliably informed that since the start of the year we have had over 90 training sessions including games and Joey has never missed one. This has got to be a record we must salute you for this.

UNDERAGE
Our underage training came to an end on Friday evening last with several games in the different age groups taking place. It was wonderful to see so many people there on the evening and it is reported that there was over ninety children present on the evening. The children were all presented with a medal to honour their participation throughout the year and light refreshments were served also. We would like again to thank everyone involved with the underage during the year and hopefully we will be able to carry the enthusiasm and spirit through to next year. Keep an eye on the notes for upcoming events or log onto our superb website. 

SNIPPETS
Word has it that Ringo is bringing a digger with him the next time that he is drawing bales........!!!!!......Maureen F is reported to be getting into the demolition business following her mishap engaging the handbrake.........!!!!!!!......Mary K is reported to be looking for a Billy Goat.........see the "Dukes" were out on the bikes on Sunday, must be trying to get in shape for the wedding.........

Monday September 25th 2006    (Back to the top) 

LOTTO
We held a very well supported club lotto in "Meehans", Coole on Tuesday night 12th September. The results were as follows: Draw No. 1- E 10,000 --10,17,20,25 and Draw No. 2 -E 5,200-- 15,16,20 and 22. There was no jackpot winner for either draw on the night and the E 30 winners were as follows, Tony Mc Cann, Ronnie Nally, Ned Flynn, Dermot Sheridan and Seamus Leahy. Our most recent draw was held on Tuesday night last 26th September in "Comiskeys", Castlepollard and the results will appear next week, as always your support is greatly appreciated.

SYMPATHY
The club would like to express its sympathy to the family and friends of the late Charlie Mc Clean, Lickblay, who passed away last week. He will be sadly missed by all who knew him. The club would also like to express its sympathy to the family and friends of Grainne Keague (nee Etherson) who also passed away recently. The huge numbers that attended both funerals clearly demonstrated the high esteem in which both people were held. May they rest in peace.

BITS "n" BOBS
Our U 10 girls took part in an U 10 blitz in Rochfortbridge on Sunday last and we hope to bring a full report for next week......St. Michaels U 14 are in a league final and a championship final soon and we wish them the best of luck.........We hope to have a social evening on Saturday evening 14th October for all the Junior team, management, wives, girlfriends, family, committee members etc., in a local establishment. It is hoped that as many people will attend as possible and it will be a very informal affair. We hope to be able to show a video of highlights of the year, followed by tea and sandwiches and hopefully music and some light refreshments to finish of the night. More details to follow shortly.........We are holding our annual dance on Sunday night 29 th October in "The Pollard Arms", so keep the night free..........

SNIPPETS
Word has it that Ciaran D was taking a close look at the rear of his boss’s jeep recently......ouch!!!!......

Monday October 9th 2006    (Back to the top) 

SOCIAL NIGHT
All roads lead to "The Lough Lene Inn", Collinstown on Saturday night next 14th October, where we are having a social night. The night kicks off at 8 pm sharp with a video of some of the games from this years Junior Championship. This will be followed by tea and sandwiches and then later on music will be provided by the talented Sean Coffey. During the course of the night we will be auctioning off a hurl and sliothar, which was signed by the "2005 Sports Personality of the Year", Sean Og O hAlpin, during his wonderful visit to our club earlier on during the year. The proceeds from this auction will go to our Benefit Night Fund which also took place earlier on during the year. Saturday night promises to be a great night and everyone is invited to attend, junior players and their wives/girlfriends, all our underage parents, committee members and all our friends and supporters, everyone is invited and there is no cover charge. We hope to see you all there.

SCOR
Believe it or not but it is that time of the year again and Scor na nOg kicks off on the weekend of 3rd and 4th November. We have entered two teams again this year Ballycomoyle GAA and Ballycomoyle Ladies. Doreen is recruiting interested persons at the moment. A note has been sent out to the local schools and if anyone requires further information please contact Doreen on the club phone @ 087-9268049. Last year we made a return to Scor and anyone who was involved in it really enjoyed the experience. We have been very fortunate again this year to secure the running of one of the first rounds which takes place in Collinstown Hall on Saturday night 4th November. We received wonderful praise last year for the way in which we ran the event and hopefully this year we will do just as well. There will be more details in the coming weeks in the notes.

BITS "n" BOBS
On Sunday 19th November we are holding our A.G.M. in the Parish Centre, Castlepollard at 2 pm. It has been decided that we will run on the same format as last year with nomination forms becoming available in the next few weeks. One major change that we will see this year, is that we have decided to include  both the Ladies section and the Underage section at our A.G.M., which can only be seen as a positive step. We are expecting a huge turnout again this year so keep the date free....Hard luck to our U 12's who were defeated by The Downs on Saturday last, match report next week.....Well done the Fore Parents Association on holding a very well attended sponsored walk in poor conditions on Sunday last around the historical sites in Fore.....On Sunday evening last some of the parents and children who had taken part in the walk, got a rare treat....They were brought around the village in a pony and trap, it was wonderful to see and we must compliment all in Sallymount House for this rare treat........

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to  Gerard Halpin and Sharon Kenny who were married recently. They had their reception in the fabulous Cavan Crystal Hotel, and a great time was had by all. We would like to wish them the very best of luck for the years ahead.

SNIPPETS
Word has it that Riverdance is looking for Roaney F following his fine display of Irish Dancing at the wedding........Brendan H is said to definitely prefer sleeping on the floor, even if it is outside the room.........Word has it that Sean D was having an outdoor shower last week.....Rumour has it that there was parking tickets issued in the Fore Church car-park last week......Elaine L is reported to be quite a photographer ......that is when she can find her camera.......word has it that there was Elder wine production in Mooretown last week.......Club Chairman is reported to have had an early wake up call the morning after the wedding.......make sure to turn of the repeat alarm in future John.......Ringo is reported to have brought down the house with his wonderful singing, post wedding also....Simon Cowell eat your heart out......

Monday October 16th 2006    (Back to the top)  

LOTTO
We held a very well supported club lotto in "The Lough Lene Inn", Collinstown on Tuesday night last 10th October. As usual we held two draws, the first for E 10,000 and the second for E 5,600 and the results were as follows. Draw 1 - 4, 6, 26, 28 and Draw 2- 4, 14, 20 and 26. There was no winner for either jackpot and the E 30 winners were as follows - Ted Fagan, Brendan Devine, Paddy Whelehan, Theresa O' Brien and Laura Owens. Our next draw will take place in "The Abbey House", Fore on Tuesday night next and again there will be two draws, the first will be for E 10,000 and the second will be for E 5,800. Your support as always is greatly appreciated and remember if you're not in you can't win.

SOCIAL NIGHT
On Saturday night last 14th October we ran a very successful social night in "The Lough Lene Inn", Collinstown. The night started with some video footage from a few years ago and some from this year’s championship and this was very well received. We must thank Olly and Stephen Gallagher for putting the video together and for doing such a wonderful job on it. We decided to raffle the hurl and football that was signed by Sean Og O hAlpin and we are delighted to say that a quite considerable sum of money was raised in the raffle, thank you for your support. We would most sincerely like to thank Kathryn Cooney and all the staff of the Lough Lene Inn for their hospitality on the night and to Angie Mc Hale for preparing the food, everyone concerned ensured that nobody was either hungry or thirsty....!!!!!. Following on from this night, I believe that Noel Smith and Seamus Fay are very interested in competing in Senior Scor in the Ballad Group..

BITS "n" BOBS
Our annual dance takes place on Sunday night 29th October in "The Pollard Arms Hotel", Castlepollard. This event has always been well supported and we look forward to another great night this year. Junior Scor or Scor na nOg takes place in Collinstown Hall on Saturday night 4th November and we are hosting this night. We have a lot of interest in this competition this year and already we have some young people practising and we would like to wish all of them the best of luck on the night. We will be listing all of our competitors in the coming weeks. Finally our A.G.M. takes place in The Parish Centre, Castlepollard on Sunday 19th November, commencing at 2 pm sharp, more details closer to the date.

Monday October 23rd 2006    (Back to the top)  

ANNUAL DANCE
All roads lead to the Pollard Arms Hotel on Sunday night next for our annual dance. The October bank holiday weekend would not be the same without our annual dance which has been very well supported down through the years and we hope that this year will prove no different. The ever professional P. J. Brophy will be banging out the hits on the night with music to suit all ages, so why not come and join the fun, hope to see you all there.

SCOR na nOG
Preparations are now in full swing for the first round of Scor na nOg which we are hosting in Collinstown Hall on Saturday night 4th November. Already there have been practises in St. Fechins N.S. Fore on the last two Tuesday evenings and Doreen will be letting everyone know in time about practise times for next week. We would like to thank Monica Fanning and all the teaching staff at the school for the use of the school and hopefully this year we will reap the rewards. The following is a list of those taking part this year: Figure Dancing; Sarah Fagan,Saoirse Farrelly,Kelly Coyle, Alice Murphy, Marie Egan, Jane Coyle,Bi-Bi O Reily and Katie Egan. Solo Singing: Jane Coyle, Fergal Tiernan. Instrumental Music; Cian Farrelly, Hillary Gaffney, Jack Coyle, Katie Egan, Sarah Fagan, Ciara Walsh, Marie Egan, Saoirse Farrelly. Question Time; Karen Coyle, Cian Farrelly, John Coyle, Rebecca O Brien, Killian Daly, Peter Mc Kenna. Recitation; Ciara Walsh, Karen Coyle. Ballad Group; Cliona Daly, Alice Murphy, Saoirse Farrelly, Sarah Fagan, Jane Coyle. We have entered two teams, Ballycomoyle Ladies and Ballycomoyle GFC and we would like to wish all taking part the very best of luck on the night and that everyone concerned enjoys the experience.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congrats this week goes to Noel and Caroline Morgan on the birth of their second child, a baby girl, Zara. The entire club wishes them the best of luck.

SNIPPETS
Word has it that Noel S has found that the new lorry must be a wee bit wider than the old one......either that or Fay’s gate got wider......ouch!!!!!.......Paul G is said to have got an expensive bag of chips in Trim last week.......get a parking disc the next day Paul........Ciaran D is reported to have tried to make a round wheel square......stay away from the potholes in future Ciaran.......A spy tells me that Jimmy R had to get a push in the town last week.......Michael H is said to be getting to be a big hit with with the ladies with his recent purchase of a bottle   Marylyn Monroe perfume last Sunday........

Monday October 30th  2006    (Back to the top) 

SCOR na nOG
Scor na nOg appears to be the main topic of conversation in almost all clubs at the moment and we here in Ballycomoyle are no different. We are hosting one of the first rounds of this year’s competition in Collinstown Hall on Saturday night next 4th November at 8pm sharp, doors will be open from 7.15pm so come early and book your spot as there is quite a large crowd expected. On the night our club will be represented by the following: Figure Dancing; Sarah Fagan,Saoirse Farrelly,Kelly Coyle, Alice Murphy, Marie Egan, Jane Coyle,Bi-Bi O Reilly and Katie Egan. Solo Singing: Jane Coyle, Fergal Tiernan. Instrumental Music; Cian Farrelly, Hillary Gaffney, Jack Coyle, Katie Egan, Sarah Fagan,Ciara Walsh, Marie Egan, Saoirse Farrelly. Question Time; Karen Coyle, Cian Farrelly, John Coyle, Rebecca O Brien, Killian Daly, Peter Mc Kenna. Recitation; Ciara Walsh, Karen Coyle. Ballad Group; Cliona Daly, Alice Murphy, Saoirse Farrelly, Sarah Fagan, Jane Coyle. We have entered two teams, Balycomoyle Ladies and Ballycomoyle GFC and we would like to wish all taking part the very best of luck on the night and that everyone concerned enjoys the experience. We hope that we will have a good show of support on the night for our young competitors.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations are extended to Maurice Gavigan and Gemma Lennox who got married last weekend and are now on honeymoon in South Africa. We wish them a lifetime full of happiness and we look forward to Maurice coming to training on time now that he is married. Congratulations are also extended to Christy and Aishling Brady on the birth of their first child, a baby boy, Shane.

BITS "n"BOBS
We had a very successful underage trip to Belfast on Monday last and we will have a full report next week, so watch this space.....

We would like to thank everyone who supported our annual dance in "The Pollard Arms Hotel", on Sunday night last and as stated before the October bank holiday weekend would not be the same without our dance.....Congratulations to Caulry on winning the Junior Football Championship last weekend and we wish them the best of luck in the Leinster Championship and hope that they will enjoy the same success as Ballinagore last year.....We would like to thank Gerry Farrelly for representing the club as a steward in Cusack Park on both Saturday and Sunday last....

Monday November 6th 2006    (Back to the top)

SCOR na nOG
Pride of place must go this week to everyone involved in Scor na nOg which we hosted in Collinstown hall on Saturday night last 4th November. On the night we were represented by the following people: Figure Dancing; Sarah Fagan,Saoirse Farrelly, Kelly Coyle, Alice Murphy, Marie Egan, Jane Coyle, Bi-Bi O Reilly and Katie Egan. Solo Singing: Jane Coyle, Fergal Tiernan. Instrumental Music; Cian Farrelly, Hillary Gaffney, Jack Coyle, Katie Egan, Sarah Fagan,Ciara Walsh, Marie Egan, Saoirse Farrelly. Question Time; Karen Coyle, Cian Farrelly, John Coyle, Rebecca O Brien, Killian Daly, Peter McKenna. Recitation; Ciara Walsh, Karen Coyle. Ballad Group; Cliona Daly, Alice Murphy, Saoirse Farrelly, Sarah Fagan, Jane Coyle. We must congratulate all our competitors for doing themselves, their parents and their club proud on the night and we must thank them for the effort that they put in, preparing for Scor in the past few weeks. In all categories the competition was of a very high standard and when the adjucators gave out their results we were delighted to hear that our Ceile Dancers and our Instrumental Group got through to the next round which will be held in The Downs on Saturday night 18th November. We wish Sarah, Saoirse, Kelly, Alice, Marie, Jane, Bi-Bi and Katie the best of luck on the night in the dancing and we wish Hillary and Cian the best of luck in the Instrumental Music. To our other competitors, all that we can say is a huge thank you and hopefully we will see you all again next year. The Club would also like to thank everyone who helped both leading up to the night and also on the night, it takes a big effort and we are delighted to say that again this year we were complimented in the manner in which we ran our night. We must say a special word of thanks to Seamus McDermott who stood in for Dermot McKenna as "Fear an Ti", at very short notice. Seamus done a wonderful job on the night and ensured that everything ran smoothly. Finally to our Scor Secretary Doreen Farrelly and Catherine Daly who had the mammoth task of preparing our different acts, we must say well done and ensuring that we don’t forget the parents that also helped out at the practise sessions Claire Coyle, Micheal Fagan and Helen Coyle, thank you to all concerned.

UNDERAGE TRIP
On Monday last 30th October we took our underage section of the club on their annual trip and after the unforgettable day that we had last year in Croke Park we thought that it would be hard to match this excitement.......However, we did manage to do this, and we did so in some style. At 8am on Monday morning two luxury coaches, with 80 children and 20 adults on board, departed Castlepollard and headed North towards Belfast and its wonderful Odyssey Centre which houses W5( Who,What,Where,When,Why). This centre was a huge hit with everyone both young and old as there was so much to do and see, it is unbelievable. It comes highly recommended for anyone to go visit and I know of several families who have vowed to go back in the near future for another visit. After about 4 hours here we headed back to the Carrickdale Hotel in Dundalk for a superb meal and afterwards we took everyone to the Cinema where there were films to suit all age groups. Finally after our  enjoyable stop in Dundalk we arrived back in Castlepollard at about 10.30 pm. We must thank all those who made the day possible(especially Dermot and Seamus) and for giving the children such fantastic memories and the only problem is now......where could you possibly go next year to match this year......we will leave that for another day. Thanks again to all concerned.

SYMPATHY
The Ballycomoyle Football Club would like to convey its deepest sympathies to relatives, family and friends of the late Kathleen Kennedy, Ballycomoyle. Kathleen was in her 105 th year and she will be sadly missed by all those who had the pleasure of knowing her. We must also extend our deepest sympathy to the family, relatives and friends of the late Anne Smyth, Colinstown. Anne was formerly the Principal of Collinstown N.S. and she will be sadly missed by all who knew her. The huge attendance at both the removal and funeral bore testament to the high esteem in which Anne was held.

A.G.M.
Just a quick reminder to everyone that we are holding our A.G.M. in the Parish Centre, Castlepollard on Sunday 19th November at 2.30 pm sharp. At this stage all club members should have received their nomination papers and we would ask that these would be returned to Doreen as soon as possible. Included in the letters that were sent out there are yearly lotto tickets and we would be hopeful that some people will take this oppturinity to ensure that their numbers will be included in every draw for the future. If anyone has any queries regarding any of the above please contact Doreen on the club phone at 087-9268049.

SNIPPETS
Word has it that Damien H must brush up on his shooting......4 shots and bird still flying.......rumour has it that Majella W was burning the rubber of the wheels in the W5 Centre last week.....nobody could catch her..........The terrible twins were out on Halloween night and a house and farm were put up for sale.......good laugh boys but "he who laughs last, laughs longest"....ha,ha...........see Micheal F was falling(trip) for Lizzie again on Saturday night last.......Alan S finished last in the Karting Grand Prix for Macra last week..... he was only 24 hours behind......Thomas G threw away the "L" plates last week, well done....

Monday November 13th 2006    (Back to the top)  

BUSY WEEKEND IN STORE

SCÓR NA NÓG
Our busy weekend takes off in The Downs on Saturday night next 18th November, where two of our groups from this years Scór na nÓg competitions take part in the semi-finals. We will be represented by the following: Ceile Dancing-- Marie Egan, Katie Egan, Bi-Bi O'Reilly, Jane Coyle, Kelly Coyle, Saoirse Farrelly, Sarah Fagan and Alice Murphy.  Instrumental Music--Cían Farrelly and Hilary Gaffney. We would like to wish all of these young talented people the very best of luck on the night and we hope that we will have good support for them. They all have put in a huge effort and we hope that they will be rewarded and go through to the county finals.

A.G.M.
It’s that time of the year again and yes we are holding our A.G.M. on Sunday next 19th November in the Parish Centre, Castlepollard, commencing at 2pm sharp. This year we are including our Ladies and our Underage sections in the overall A.G.M. and we are hopeful of a huge turnout on the day. Nomination Forms have been sent out to all members and we are reminded to have these back to Doreen on or before Friday 17th. We had a very busy year this year and no doubt we will be discussing the highlights on Sunday next. Everyone is invited to attend and we look forward to seeing you all there on Sunday.

WEBSITE
Our website is going from strength to strength and I get hard to find the words to thank our webmaster Seamus Coyle, for all the work that he puts into it. Our site is without doubt one of the best in G.A.A. circles in the country and is well worth a visit, it can be accessed at www.ballycomoyle.com . The site is very easy to navigate and a quick look through the photos page will definitely put a smile on your face, one photo dates back to 1965 and some of the persons in it are quite easily identified. Other photos would show lads like David Cunningham, Maurice Gavigan etc when they were U12 and U14 (interesting). So if you do have a moment to spare sometime, log on and you will not be disappointed. More recent photos are of our underage trip to Belfast and of the first round of Scór na nOg which we hosted in Collinstown Hall. Fair dues to you Seamus, keep up the marvellous work....

Monday November 20th 2006    (Back to the top)  

SCÓR NA NOG
Pride of place this week must go to our Instrumental Group of Hillary Gaffney and Cían Farrelly who after a wonderful performance, on Saturday night last in The Downs, secured their place in the county finals on Sunday next in Ballymore at 3 pm. The entire club would like to wish these two fine musicians the very best of luck on Sunday and we are urging people to go and lend their support on the evening. We must not forget our brilliant Ceile Dancers who also took part in the semi-final on Saturday night last, they also put in a huge performance, but unfortunately they did not get the "nod" from the adjudicators on the night. We were represented by Sarah Fagan, Bi-Bi O' Reilly, Katie Egan, Marie Egan, Kelly Coyle, Saoirse Farrelly, Alice Murphy and Jane Coyle. The Club would like to thank these young ladies for the huge effort that they have put in during the past few weeks and we hope that they will be back again next year as eager as they were this year.

A.G.M.
On Sunday last we held our A.G.M. in The Parish Centre, Castlepollard and this was quite well attended. The meeting followed the usual format with the minutes of the previous A.G.M. read and adopted. Then followed a very concise and detailed report from our club secretary Doreen Farrelly. Doreen must be congratulated for this wonderful report (which can be viewed on our website), and for all her hard work and dedication throughout the year. Anne Dermody then gave an equally impressive financial report, clearly detailing our income and expenditure throughout the past year. Anne must also be congratulated for her wonderful work and dedication throughout the year also. Our outgoing Chairman, John Smyth then gave his address and also indicated that he would not be seeking re-election. We must pay tribute to John for all his endeavours during the past years and we must thank him most sincerely for his endless work rate and striving to make the club as good as it is today. Thank you John. Our Underage Secretary, Dermot Mc Kenna gave his account of all the underage action and indeed there was quite a lot of this. Our P.R.O. gave a very brief report and thanked all who contributed to the notes during the year. He also thanked his spy’s for keeping him updated with material for his "snippets".  Following on from this we held our election of officers for both the main club and also for our ladies section. The Officer's for 2007 will be; Chairman- Seamus McDermott, Vice Chairman- Gerry Farrelly, Secretary- Doreen Farrelly, Ass. Secretary- Ciarán Ring, Underage Secretary- Dermot Mc Kenna, Treasurer- Anne Dermody, P.R.O.- Ray Farrelly, Club Regristrar- Niall McKenna, Co. Board Delegates- Gerry Farrelly, Ciáran Ring, Paul McCrossan and Seamus Mc Dermott, Players Rep Men's- Maurice Gavigan, Ladies- Elizabeth Hannon, Club Youth Officers- Helen Coyle, Sean Dermody, Club Development Officers- Michael Mc Cormack, Larry Masterson, Club/School Co-Ordinator- Helen Coyle, Culture and Language Officers- Catherine Daly, Doreen Farrelly, Ladies Chairperson- Dermot Mc Kenna, Ladies Secretary- Elizabeth Hannon, Ass. Secretary- Helen Coyle, Delegates to Ladies Co. Board- Gerry Farrelly, Helen Coyle. Following on from this election Niall Mc Kenna gave a detailed account of our Club Lotto. Our outgoing Chairman closed the meeting with a vote of sympathy to all who were bereaved during the past year. He also wished the new committee the best of luck for 2007. We would like to thank everyone who made the effort to attend on Sunday last.

SNIPPETS
Word has it that Harry F was seen driving a "steam" engine through Pollard last Thursday.........Hope the new engine is better.......hear that Seamus F had to avail of the services of the local recovery man on Sunday morning last......a new battery could solve the problem.......rumour has it that Brendan B and Ringo ended up with only three wheels on their wagon on Saturday evening last.........

Monday November 27th 2006    (Back to the top)  

SCÓR na NOG
For the first time in many years we were represented in the  Scór na nOg finals, which were held in Ballymore on Sunday evening last. Hillary Gaffney and Cían Farrelly took part in the Instrumental Music and despite a wonderful performance, they did not secure the laurels of victory on this occasion. The entire club would like to thank both Cían and Hillary for their participation in Scór and for all the hard word that they done for the past few weeks. We hope that we will have both these talented musicians back again next year. Finally we would again like to thank absolutely everyone who had anything to do with our Scór na nÓg this year and hopefully we can build on this year’s performance into the future

Ladies Junior Team
Our junior ladies team took on old rivals St. Paul’s in the Junior Shield semi final recently.  This was a hard fought game with many great performances from individuals and a very spirited team performance.  Ballycomoyle led by two points at half time but two lucky goals from St. Paul’s saw that lead fade before Ballycomoyle raised the tempo again to bring the final score Ballycomoyle 2-4 St. Paul’s 3-2.  Hard luck on the result girls but well done on a fine performance.    Welcome back to Sinead Kilmurray, Joanne Walsh and Orla Doolin who have spent the last year out of the country.  We hope ye have all the travelling out of your systems now.   Also to Aisling Farrelly who has just recovered from a recent operation. We are looking forward to seeing you all out again next year. We wish Joanne a speedy recovery from her injury sustained in the early part of the game.Ballycomoyle Team: Sarah Boylan, Ciara Tiernan, Libby Hannon, Jenny Cooney, Martina Murphy, Siobhan Murphy, Tracy Weldon, Orla Doolin, Joanne Walsh, Aisling Farrelly, Sinead Kilmurray, Ruth Daniels, Clodagh O’Neill, Karen Coyle, Cariosa O’Neill, Shauna Boyne.

Girls Under 10 team:

The first outing of our Under 10 girls’ team was to take part in a Blitz in Rochfortbridge.  In all they played 4 games.  This was their first time playing as a team but they looked like they had always been playing together.  They finished up with one win, one draw and two defeats.  It was a long day for these very young girls but they never gave up in any game.  With such great talent coming up the future of the ladies in Ballycomoyle is bright.  It was a great day out, and inspite of the fact that we were wondering in the morning if the blitz was going to be called off due to rain, the weather held fine for us, with sunshine for most of the day.  Well done to all concerned.  Thanks to all the parents who supported and helped out with the team on the day.

Ballycomoyle Panel: Kelly Coyle, Alanna Clogher, Ruth Mulligan, Caoimhe McCrossan, Anne-Marie Kennedy, Shannon Farrelly, Fiona Lawlor Sarah Fagan, Ciara Walsh, Saoirse Farrelly, Emma Carter, Breen O’Reilly, Marie Egan, Katie Egan.

CHRISTMAS GIFTS SORTED !
An ingenious suggestion by Seamus and Helen Coyle might just prove to be a life-line to all those people who are tossing their brains, wondering what Christmas present to get for a particular person. The idea was - why not buy a Ballycomoyle Yearly Lotto Ticket. We are after designing a voucher to the value of E 50 with four blank spaces on it and when the recipient of the voucher fills in their lucky numbers and returns it to either Doreen or Helen; they will automatically be entered in the next lotto draw and thereafter for the entire year. Vouchers are available from Sunday next 3rd December from either Doreen Farrelly 087-9268049 or Helen Coyle  087-2207374. The "male" folk are however warned that this voucher may only be used merely as stocking filler for their wives, girlfriends or fiancée. We are hopeful of a huge response to this novel idea and with the chance of winning in excess of E 16,000 at the moment, it seems like "the perfect gift".

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations are extended to Michael Farrelly (beardy mickshin) who celebrated a big birthday in fine style on Saturday night last at a local establishment in our neighbouring County Meath. I am not one to give away secrets especially about age, but all that I can say is that he celebrated the 39th anniversary of his 21st. A huge crowd attended on the night and I am told that it was well into the "wee" hours before it finished.

SNIPPETS
Rumour has it that "Goosey" lost a bit of weight..!!!!!....from the rear of the car I see(no bumper).......Donnie G is reported to be carrying a gallon of diesel with him now everywhere he goes just in case he might run out again......

Monday December 4th  2006    (Back to the top) 

CHRISTMAS GIFTS SORTED!
An ingenious suggestion by Seamus and Helen Coyle might just prove to be a life-line to all those people who are tossing their brains, wondering what Christmas present to get for a particular person. The idea was -...... why not buy a Ballycomoyle Yearly Lotto Ticket. We are after designing a voucher to the value of E 50 with four blank spaces on it and when the recipient of the voucher fills in their lucky numbers and returns it to either Doreen or Helen, they will automatically be entered in the next lotto draw and thereafter for the entire year. Vouchers are now available from either Doreen Farrelly 087-9268049 or Helen Coyle  087-2207374. The "male" folk are however warned that this voucher may only be used merely as stocking filler for their wives, girlfriends or fiancée. We are hopeful of a huge response to this novel idea and with the chance of winning in excess of €16,000 at the moment; it seems like "the perfect gift".

SYMPATHY
The entire club would like to convey its deepest sympathies to the family, relatives and friends of Michael ( Mickey) Fagan, Dublin Rd., Castlepollard, who died suddenly on Saturday morning last. Mickey was very well respected by all who had the pleasure of knowing him and the huge crowds that attended both the removal and funeral bore testament to this. Mickey will be sadly missed by all. Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a anam dilis.

LADIES GREYHOUND NIGHT
The Westmeath Ladies County Board are holding a fundraising night in Mullingar Greyhound Stadium on Saturday night next December 9th. Tickets are available from Claire Coyle (087-4160722) and are priced at E 10, or alternatively you can sponsor a dog for  E 20. We are hopeful that the Ladies will receive lots of support on the night and that they will have an enjoyable night.

SNIPPETS
Rumour has it that "The Terrible Twins" had a very busy weekend........Noel S was over in England shopping etc., (hope you remembered me on your list) and Seamus F is said to have been in training all weekend...??.....he was helping to babysit a 14 month old child and no doubt picking up some pointers for years to come......!!!!.......Joey W is reported to have been in Glasgow at the Celtic game........probably looking for tips......Figgy is reported to have been swotting all weekend for the upcoming exams.......Ringo is reported to have taken up sheep farming.........Seamus C is said to have been seen driving around "Pollard" in camouflage....??......a power washer might solve that problem Seamus..........

Monday December 18th 2006    (Back to the top)

BUMPER CHRISTMAS LOTTO DRAW
On Friday night next we are holding our annual bumper Christmas lotto draw in "Comiskey's", Castlepollard. Tickets are on sale from our usual outlets but just in case that all are sold out, please contact our club secretary @ 087-9268049, to ensure that you are in with a chance of winning. Our jackpots now stand at E 10,000 for the first draw and E 6,600 for the second draw, along with these we have numerous prize's on the night including turkey’s, ham's, spirit's, voucher's etc., so be warned, "if you're not in you can't win". Our recently launched idea of "The Ideal Christmas Gift", which is a E 50 voucher for our yearly lotto, has really been a huge success and many people are availing of the opportunity to ease some of the pressure of trying to get something for somebody who seems to have everything. The voucher enables the recipient to be included for every draw for the entire year and with the jackpot’s now in excess of E 16,000, it is indeed an ideal gift. Gift voucher's are still available from Doreen @ 087- 9268049 or Helen @ 087-2207374 and these will be available right up until 10 pm on Christmas Eve. We hope to see a huge crowd at our draw on Friday night next and the lotto will be getting underway at 10 pm (approx.).

GREETINGS
The Ballycomoyle Football Club would like to wish all it's members, player's and supporter's a joyful, peaceful and safe Christmas and a very Happy New Year. We would most sincerely like to thank everyone who helped out in any way during the year and we hope to see everyone again next year, with as much enthusiasm as they showed this year and who knows what "silverware" the new year may bring.

CONGRATULATIONS
The entire club would like to extend its deepest congratulations to Dessie and Mags Carter on the birth of their baby son on Monday morning last. Des and Mags are very highly respected members of our club and we wish them the best of luck for the future and hopefully "junior" will be donning the "bal" colours in the near future.

SNIPPETS
Good to hear that the "terrible twins" would not miss out on the last snippets for 2006........Seamus F is reported to have found a soft parking place for the lorry........next time you meet Jimmy S ensure that you don't have a soft margin.......Ringo and Fiat power was on hand to sane the day.....again.......Lawrence and Olive B are said to have been seen going in to see "happy feet" last weekend........Lawrence B must have had fairly cold feet after appearing as Mr. July in the Ballinacree Calendar in aid of The Irish Cancer Society........Paul D(kiltoom) is reported to have had an air mattress on a trailer last week......by reports it was an airborne mattress for a while......tie it the next time Paul......word has it that Barry S is taking culinary lessons since he won a "Wok" in the Fore N.S. Parents Association draw.......anyone for stir fry..........To everyone ......be careful over the Christmas period because you never know "big brother" could be watching......see you in 2007.........

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