Club notes for week commencing 18th February 2013

All roads lead to Derry where the Junior Set Dancers realise the ambition of anyone from the GAA family when they compete in the All-Ireland  final in Derry on Saturday. We wish Laura Wynne, Niamh Rowan, Ursula Carley, Leanne Duncan. Conor Murray, Stephen Colgan, Dillon Carroll, Jack Kennedy and Brenda and Alice Deihy the best of luck, they have represented the club with honour  all year and no doubt will give their best on Saturday.

They also took part in a recording of  Scor Encore for TG4 which will start airing soon, The Downs will feature on the episode on the  7^th of April tune in see them perform.

Our Senior Scor competed  in the first round on Friday night in Coole, the figure dancers, solo singer, novelty act and set dancers progressed to the county final in The Downs on Saturday 30^th.

 

2012 U15 Final            The Downs v Athlone.

The Game was played in Streamstown 2pm on Sunday 17th Feb.
The Downs lost narrowly by two points to Athlone in a equally matched contest that swayed back and forth during a course of a tough hard fought game. Despite having an equal share of possession The Downs had difficulty converting this possession into scores and better composure in front of goal by the Athlone team eventually settled the game in favour of Athlone. The display by the team bodes well for the coming league and championship.
Team, Adam Loughlin, Darragh Egerton, Conor Duncan, Evan O’Riordan, Jack Lynch, James Monaghan,
Conor Coughlan, Niall Gavin, Dylan Carroll, Conor Murray, Sean Loughlin, Jack O’Brien, Phillip Doherty, Niall Mitchell & Mark Walsh. Subs Stephen Colgan (31), Thomas O’Rourke (31) and Rhy Gilgan (40), Dara Flynn, Phillip Martin, Darragh Faulkner, Darragh Monaghan

 

Lotto Results

Lotto Results 18/02/13
Jackpot 1: €14,000
Numbers drawn: 2, 3, 13, 15
Result: no winner
2 x €100 winners: Darren Devine / Aidan Duncan, Betty Hegarty.
Jackpot 2: €1400
Numbers drawn: 2, 16, 22, 23
Result: 1 winner Nicola Devine.
Next week’s draw will take place in The Roadhouse with jackpots of €14,000 and €1000.

 

Variety Concert in aid of Knockmant Cemetery in The Downs GAA centre on Thursday 7^th March @  8pm Adults €10, Children €5. Featuring local and national known artists including Mick Foster

 

 

We are continuing with our text message service via TEAMER 51001 which we use to notify members regarding various club activities. If you wish to avail of this service, please text your name and number to 087 8362297.These messages are free to receive and a reply is not required. We currently have over 300 subscribers but would like to extend it further to ensure all our supporters are kept up to date. If you no longer wish to receive these messages then please text STOP with your name and number to 087 8362297. We want to avoid unnecessary duplication where several copies of the one message are going to the same household.

 

You can register to receive our free weekly newsletter email at our lotto website www.locallotto.ie – just search for The Downs. The newsletter is sent every Monday night and includes that night’s lotto results and club notes.

Face book you can now keep up to date with the club’s activities on our new FACEBOOK page:

http://www.facebook.com/TheDownsGAAClub  and TWITTER @TheDownsGAA.

 

Membership

Membership now due for 2013 Juvenile Player €25, Adult Player €40, Student Player €25, Ordinary Adult member €30, OAP €15, Family €50 You can also do your membership online through the website.

Free Draw of a years subscription to the club Lotto  for all members who pay their membership before 24^th March.

 

A Reminder  it is now compulsory to wear a mouth guard for all underage training and matches

 

Bingo continues every Friday at 8.30, come along and brings a friend for an enjoyable night’s entertainment.

Reminder that a Defibrillator is located at the clubhouse on at the external wall of the entrance porch.

 

To purchase any club gear contact Carmel at 087 9496347.

Full brochure available on our website and facebook page

 

Registration for all for club membership on March 9^th in the clubhouse.

 

Social dance classes in the GAA centre Thursday nights 8-10. Learn how to waltz, quick step and more beginners welcome €10 per session. Contact Marie 0863573271

 

Zumba dance classes on Wednesday s 8.30 – 9.30

 

CHESS & DRAUGHTS Congratulations to the U.10 draughts team on winning the County final against Castleday. The team were Lorcan Mullen, Daniel O’Connor, Nathan Sleator, Emma Smith, Katie Carroll, Gemma Faulkner and Ciara Conneely. Also congratulations to the U.12 Chess team who received silver medals having been narrowly defeated by Tubberclair in the county final. The team consisted of Cathal Dagg, Nathan Sleator, Andrew Cunningham, Kealan Sleator, Aine McManus, Daniel O’Connor and Alexandra O’Connor. A special thanks to Deirdre & Siobhan Corroon, Paddy Judge and Lorcan Sleator on their excellent job of coaching the children – they certainly achieved results.

TAG RUGBY – More congratulations are in order for the U.14 tag rugby team on winning the County Final.

ART & MODELMAKING On Tuesday 26th February at 6.30 p.m. the Art and Modelmaking competition will take place in the Downs school. This is open to boys and girls from U.6 to U.16. Please bring your own material eg paper, pencils and crayons. We look forward to seeing all the young budding artists on the night.

SWIMMING Anyone interested in competing in the swimming competition should contact Paddy Monaghan on 087 6856238 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 087 6856238 end_of_the_skype_highlighting before Thursday 28th February next. This is open to boys and girls from U.8 to U.16

BASKETBALL – Basketball training continues on Sunday morning at 11.00 a.m. for boys and girls. If anybody is interested they are more than welcome to come along and join in.

QUIZ – Anyone interested in joining the U.14 Quiz team please contact Maureen on 087 9348315

 

We extend our sympathy to the family, relatives and friends of  Margaret Elizabeth (Lily) O’Connell, Tullaniskey, Mullingar.

 

 

Registration for underage player on 9^th March in the clubhouse.

 

The Ladies Football are collecting bags of clothes as a fundraiser, so you can now de- clutter and help the club raise funds. Bags of clothes can be left with any team coach or committee member or in The Shop. Please ask family, neighbours, friend and co-workers to fill a bag.

 

A new keep fit class ‘The Power ½ hr’ is starting  and  will run on Mon, Wed and Sat . These fat burning workouts will have you toned up in weeks by using whole body exercises which are scientifically proven to burn more calories. Designed for your convenience, these workouts will only take 30mins, so why not drop the kids to school and start the day, the best possible way. Classes start @ 9:05 a.m in The Downs clubhouse.Water and mat  are desirable but not essential.

For more info contact Bernie 0879282432