Scotstown GAA Club Notes 23/06/2020
Scotstown GAA Club Notes. 23/06/2020
Big Big Drive-In Bingo coming in July at Kilmore: €7,500 in prizes
You’ve heard of drive-in movies and drive-through fast food outlets, but have you
heard of a drive-in bingo? Summer 2020 is looking a lot different than what we
envisaged earlier in the year with measures still in place to combat the spread of
Covid-19 and a ban on mass gatherings of events. A drive-in bingo is an opportunity
to have a large community event from the safety of your own car. All you have to do
is drive in, turn off your engine and buy a bingo book. If you get a line, simply beep
your horn! Total prizes €7,500 with a jackpot of €3,000. We are holding this event at
the Kilmore Training grounds in mid July. Please see the Facebook event and our
Clubforce platform for more details. Beep beep!
GAA Revised ‘Safe Return to Gaelic Games’ Guidance and entering Phase 3 of
the Roadmap
Last Friday, the government announced this a revised accelerated Phase 3 of the
Roadmap to general reopening of society, effective from next Monday 29 th June. This
is a welcome development and reflects the improving situation in our fight against
the Covid 19 Pandemic. The following day the GAA issued a revised statement
regarding its own guidelines of reopening for us to follow.
This allows for pitches to reopen on Wednesday 24 th June for Adult training only.
Then, this Saturday 27 th June pitches are available for minors and below.
Both of the above on a non-contact basis and on the understanding that players and
all participants have completed the eLearning module and are following the control
measures in place (health questionnaire etc) and is on the basis of a maximum of 15
players in a designated area of the field.
The key points, guidelines and earliest reopening dates in this document cover:
Walkways on GAA pitches (gradual reopening commenced 8 th June, fully reopen 29 th
June)
Club gates re-opening (Expected 29 th June at earliest)
Juvenile and adult club championship games commencing (Decision next week, Late
July at the earliest)
Inter-county training to commence on 14 September
The inter-county calendar will commence from 17 October
The Advisory Committee is considering the position in relation to other GAA
buildings (such as Club bars that are serving food, Gyms, Handball alleys etc).
Guidance will be provided in this context before June 29th. We are currently
formulating possible means and approximate dates of return to all our activities and
facilities, in consultation with these documents, Monaghan GAA and other
stakeholders. We will keep you informed and up to date on the reopening of all our
activities and facilities as soon as we can confirm them. Please download our
Clubforce app to receive direct messages of the activities and events dates as we
are enabled to confirm them definitively. We will also notify the developments
through the club notes and our Social Media platforms. Please note, our community
assistance will still continue on and we thank you for your patience and
understanding as we work out our own road map to fully reopening. Watch this
space, Stay Safe. An Bhoth Abu.
2020 Monaghan Club Football Championship
Our senior and junior mens’ teams are set to get back into football action in late July
/ early August. The Monaghan county board have proposed seven continuous weeks
of club football from the August bank holiday weekend until the semi-finals in
September with the final two weeks later. We expect confirmation on the
championship next week and we will post the updates on this on our Social Media
platforms as soon as there is confirmation.
Kilmore walking track to be reopened fully from Monday 29 th June.
We are delighted that the limited reopening of the walking track has been successful
and those who have been cocooning during the lockdown are getting safe walks
again around Kilmore. Please Note until next Monday 29 th June, the track is open
only for those over 70, vulnerable and have been cocooning during the Lockdown
can only from June 8th to June 29th, and is open daily for 2 hours from 10am to 12
Noon only.
It’s brings great pleasure to us to announce that from the Monday 29 th June, the track
is open to all the general public daily and all day. Please adhere to Social distancing
guidelines while walking, remaining 2 metres away from people outside your
household, with no more than 4 people in a group and walking in one direction only
(as guided onsite at the track). We thank our volunteers involved in this reopening of
the track process and the supervisors for the track allowing those who were
cocooning the opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors safely again.
New Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto
– Next Draw Wednesday 1 st July.
Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw on Wednesday 24 th June.
Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results.
There was no winner of our draw on June 17 th . Lucky Dip winners of €20 of June 3 rd
draw were Oisin Sherlock, Sean Murphy, Brean Hand and Ann Marie Dolan.
Congratulations.
The Scotstown GAA online Lotto Draw takes place every Wednesday at 8:30pm with
last entries at 8pm. The draw is conducted on-line and is fully automated using
secure facilities.
There are 4 numbers to choose from a range of 1 to 31.
Match the 4 numbers to win the Jackpot of €2,600.
If no jackpot winner €100 is rolled over to the following week.
Also if there is no jackpot winner there will be lucky dips.
Next draw Wednesday 1 st July at 8:30pm.
Clubforce App
As we formulate our roadmap to the resumption of all our activities, our Clubforce
app is an invaluable means of receiving instant updates of when events and
activities are schedules to commence. Please see our Scotstown GAA Facebook
page for the link to downloading the app.
An Bhoth Face Masks
We have An Bhoth Face Masks for sale. In light of guidance on the role of face
coverings in the community in response to Covid 19, we are now taking orders of An
Bhoth Face coverings (see our social media platforms for images) for 3 Euro each.
There are 2 sizes, adult and youth. They are reusable and washable at 60 degrees.
Please contact either Pauline at 085 119 7063 or Aine at 089 200 6820. The first
batch arrived last week! Thanks to everyone involved in organising this initiative.
Our continuing community help and assistance through Phase 3
As we move on towards the end of June and into phase 3 next Monday, we would
like to continue and reinforce our message that we are here to help. In light of the
ongoing concerns and impacts to our daily lives over Covid-19, since March,
Scotstown GAA would like to reassure those in our community that we are still here
to help. The health and wellbeing of our community is very important at this time and
we can phone and have a chat with those that are alone or vulnerable check if they
need anything, groceries, medicines, a friendly voice and reassuring chat can help.
If you are living away from the parish and have relatives that may need a hand
getting in medicines or shopping or simply checking in with them, contact Cormac on
087 6504979 or any committee member. Please private message on the Scotstown
GAA Facebook page with any other suggestions on how we can help over the next
while. We will keep you updated on our Facebook page and we are and will look out
for each other. As stated elsewhere in these notes there are leaflets with crucial local
numbers and information available throughout the parish.
Please continue to follow the HSE and government guidelines which are frequently
posted. We are moving into Phase 3 of the Revised Roadmap of Reopening the
Country next Monday 29 th June and all being well GAA activities can commence in
line with ‘Safe Return’ plan (as outlined above). We would also like to praise and
thank the front-line staff in the services during this time and all the goodwill that is
happening in our community. Thanks everyone for abiding by the stay at home,
washing hands and social distancing guidelines and for being patient during this
time.
Also, an appropriate version in these times for our Making Your Céili initiative is
“Phone your Céili”. We ask that all in the club to be conscious of all the venerable
and vulnerable people in our parish and not to assume that someone else will think
of them. Please check in on people over the phone, but please be mindful that if are
you visiting people, you can only meet up to six people from outside your household
both indoors and outdoors for social gatherings. Please also keep practicing social
distancing.
There are Tydavnet Parish Community Health and Wellbeing leaflet of crucial local
numbers and contact information for people in our community. These leaflets are
going out through the local shops, churches etc. Many thanks to all our volunteers
involved. Remember to keep washing your hands, adhere to social distancing and
follow all HSE guidelines. Please keep up your good work, your collective cop-on
and patience, we are getting through this and thanks.
Mass online in Tydavnet Parish and reopening of the churches
Mass will feature every Sunday 11:30am live on Facebook during the current
restrictions on social gatherings. You can find it on the Facebook page “Tydavnet
Parish RC Churches” and we are sharing it on our own Scotstown GAA page. Well
done and thanks to everyone involved. Actual attendance to masses can resume,
subject to guidelines and restrictions from Monday June 29 th and phase 3 of
reopening map. We will post the guidelines as soon as they are available.
Shave or Dye Monaghan Players challenge for Charity
During the past couple of weeks the Monaghan team and management launched
their Shave or Dye fundraising campaign for the Holy Family School Cootehill and
Monaghan Cancer services. On the Monaghan GAA Facebook page, several
members of the team have offered their heads of hair for either shaving or dyeing.
Last week our Blues Rory Beggan and David McCague featured and joined our other
Blues from the previous week; Shane Carey, Darren Hughes, Kieran Hughes, Conor
McCarthy and Barry McKenna. This week on the Monaghan GAA page they are
showing the results of each of the participants, so you can see the implications of
your votes on their heads! Well done to the lads and everyone else involved!
Thanks to Monaghan GAA
We would like to thank Monaghan GAA for all their updates, keeping us informed
and for sharing some our posts on their Social Media platform.
To the resumption of Football and meeting other clubs
We can now look forward to a schedule of fixtures and we hope that play can
resume as planned for in August. We hope all other clubs are keeping well and safe
and we look forward to seeing and playing you all again.
An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 04/03/2025 Allianz Division 2 National Football League Round 5 Result – Louth 1-21 Monaghan 1-27 The senior Monaghan team and management travelled to Drogheda on Sunday last in Round 5 of the National Football League Division 2 in another highly entertaining high scoring league game of two halves. Well done to the Monaghan senior men and management in their victory and well done on another brilliant performance. Well done to our Blues on the panel, Rory, Ryan, Conor, Micheál, Gavin, Darren and Jack, with excellent scores by Conor (1-4, 1 x 2 pointer); Rory (0-5, 2 x 2 pointer); and Jack (0-2). Monaghan next play Meath away on Sunday 16th March in Round 6 in Meath at 2:00pm. All the best to our Blues on the County panel, and the rest of the Monaghan team, and the management. You can get your tickets at McMahon’s Centra Scotstown. No ticket sales at the ground. The full Monaghan fixture list is as follows. Round 1: Cavan (0-20) v (2-22) Monaghan, Saturday January 25th, Cavan; Round 2: Monaghan (2-29) v (2-21) Westmeath, Sunday 2nd February, Clones; Round 3: Roscommon (0-25) v (2-14) Monaghan, Sunday 16th February, Roscommon; Round 4: Monaghan (3-16) v (1-15) Cork, Sunday 23rd February, Inniskeen; Round 5: Louth (1-21) v (1-27) Monaghan, Sunday 2nd March, Drogheda; Round 6: Meath v Monaghan, Sunday 16th March, Navan, 2:00pm; Round 7: Monaghan v Down, Sunday 23rd March, 2:00pm, Clones. Lidl Ladies Division 2 National Football League Round 4 Result: Clare 1-9 Monaghan 4-11 Well done to the Senior Monaghan County Ladies in their 4-11 to 1-9 win against Clare in Round 5 of the LGFA National Football League Division 2 on Sunday last. Well done to Éabha Sherry in scoring and outstanding 2-5 of the scores including a brilliant long range point from 45 metres. The County Senior Ladies next play Galway at home on Sunday 23rd March at 2pm in Round 6. We wish our players on the panel, Casey Treanor, Eabha Sherry, Aishling McGuirk, Katie McCaffery and Katie Sherlock, and the rest of the team and management the very best. National League Tickets You can purchase your tickets for the Round 6 Meath v Monaghan National League game in Navan on Sunday 16th March at 2:00pm in McMahon’s Centra Scotstown shop through the Ticketmaster system. U20 Monaghan Football Ulster Championship The groups for the upcoming 2025 Ulster GAA Under-20 Football Championship have been confirmed. Monaghan is in Group B with Armagh, Cavan & Derry. The competition commences Wednesday 19th March, with Monaghan’s first game at home to Cavan on March 26th. LGFA U18 Monaghan Well done to Monaghan minors in their 1-15 to 2-5 win against Down at home in Round 2 of the Ulster Minor Championship Group 2 on Saturday last. The U18 girls next play Antrim away in Round 3 on Saturday 8th March at 2pm. We wish our Blues on the panel, Aoife Corrigan, Shannon Corrigan. Michaela Grew, Caoimhe Kelly, Trea MacCinna, and Ava McGinnity, and the rest of the team and management the very best! LGFA U16 Monaghan Well done to the Monaghan U16 girls in their 6-12 to 1-9 win against Fermanagh at home in Round 2 of the U16 Ulster Championship. The Under 16 Monaghan County girls next play Antrim away in Round 3 of U16 Ulster Championship Group 1 on Sunday 30th March at 2:00pm. We wish our player on the panel Branagh Connolly and the rest of the team and management the very best. Rory Beggan and Conor McCarthy make GAA.ie Football Team of the Week A massive congratulations to Rory Beggan and Conor McCarthy for making the GAA.ie Football Team of the week after their amazing performances against Louth on Sunday last. Well done lads. This was Rory’s 2nd week in a row for being awarded on Team of the week after his outstanding performance against Cork on the Saturday previously which included an exceptional scoring tally of 7 points! Reserves Men Season Commences this Sunday. Our Junior Reserves 2023 season commences this Sunday 9th March at 2:00pm in Blackhill when the Division 3A team play Blackhill away in the Reserve League Football Division 3A Round 1 game. Our Senior Reserves commence their season with an away game against Carrickmacross on Saturday March 15th at 5:00pm in the Division 1A Round 1 fixture. We wish the teams and managements all the best. Scotstown Senior Ladies The Scotstown senior ladies commence their competitive 2025 football season with a home game on Sunday 16th March at 11:00am against Castleblayney in Round 1 of the Reserve League Division 2. We wish the team and management the very best. Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €9,800 Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €9,600 jackpot on Wednesday 5th March. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results. In the February 26th draw, there was NO Jackpot winner. Numbers drawn on the night were 3, 16, 21, 27. There were NO match 3 w1nners. We had 5 Lucky-Dip winners, Tracey McCaffrey, Arthur King, Sean Arthurs, James Turley, and Nicola McKenna who win €30 each.Congratulations to all our winners! The Scotstown GAA online Lotto Draw takes place every Wednesday at 8:30pm with last entries at 8pm. The draw is conducted on-line and is fully automated using secure facilities. There are 4 numbers to choose from a range of 1 to 31. Match the 4 numbers to win the Jackpot of €9,800. If no jackpot winner €200 is rolled over to the following week. Also if there is no jackpot winner there will be lucky dips. Next draw is Wednesday 12th March at 8:30pm. Ciste Draw Congratulations to Frankie McCarey our €1,000 February Ciste Winner! Also congratulations to our 5 x €100 winners,Jackie Caulfield, Niamh Doherty, Betty McKenna, Michael & Bernie McKenna and Damien Martin. Sellers prize: Tommy McMahon and Stephen McKenna You can purchase your Ciste tickets in our local shops. There are tickets, envelopes and collection boxes in each of these shops; McMahon Centra, Scotstown; XL Ballinode & Killylough, and in Knockatallon. You can also purchase your Ciste tickets using the Scotstown Clubforce website and clicking on ‘buy event tickets’ link. First prize €1,000 and 5 prizes of €100 must be won. In total €18,000 in prize money is won every year! “Leave your Mark” Big Cash Prize Fundraiser Another super result and great days craic last weekend in the ticket selling. Massive effort from everyone again—70 people out selling, from every part of the club! Veterans, minors, senior lads and ladies, players and non-players—all pulling together to make this happen. Big shoutout to Shane Stirrat, Seamus McCarville, and Damian Stirrat for their table topping selling display! But honestly, every single person played a part, and that’s what makes the difference. At the end of the day, it’s all about getting as many people as possible in that room on a Saturday morning. We appreciate every single volunteer who generously sacrifices their valuable time and this fundraiser simply couldn't function without you. A big push now will make an impact for generations! We launched our Club Development fundraiser “Leave your mark”, with 1st prize of €15,000 plus several more large cash prizes to be won including a special €5,000 winning prize for any nominated club. Please see our social media platforms for more details. Social Club open The Social Club is open this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9pm. Bar Rota: Trevor McKenna and Damian Mohan. The Highstool Prophets playing Saturday 15th March in Scotstown Complex Get Ready for a Cracking Night with The Highstool Prophets! - Supporting acts announced! Join us for an unforgettable evening as The Highstool Prophets, the sensational 5-piece folk band from Cavan, light up the stage at Scotstown GAA. Known for their energetic performances and unique twist on folk classics, they're set to deliver a night full of foot-tapping tunes and sing-along favorites. Live Music starting at 8.00 and Highstool prophets on stage at 9.30 followed by DJ till late. Supporting acts include Caolium Mullen, Charlene and Stephen, Cúpla Port. Link for tickets, https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-highstool-prophets-tickets-1104797762849 Win 2 Tickets to The Highstool Prophets We are giving away 2 free tickets for the High Stool prophets To Enter the Draw visit our Facebook page and click on the featured post at the top. Please do the following. 1. Like the post 2. Tag some of your friends in the Comment Box 3. Share thie post on your Facebook Page (Please set your share to public view) Please see our The Highstool Prophets Facebook Event page on the link for all the details and please share and invite your friends on Facebook! https://fb.me/e/2NVffvbRR We will make the draw on during week of the 9th March and reveal the winner on our Social media platforms to the The Highstool Prophets gig New Ladies Junior Development Team Training continues on a Friday night. All players who wish to return to football are welcome to join our new women's junior development team. Email jnr2025anbhoth@gmail.com for more information. This new team is part of our Player Pathway. Juvenile Presentation Night – March 21st On Friday night, 21st March we are having a presentation night for our juveniles. A night to celebrate our amazing Juvenile success in 2024. Appeal for members to volunteer in Fundraising activities We would be grateful if members could become involved in fundraising activities, such as selling tickets. Please contact Shane on 086 836 7997. Thank you. Interested in Volunteering? Anyone interested in helping out in one of our many new committees, we are looking for volunteers. Please contact Cyril at 087 9628521. Membership 2025 – Open for payment on Clubspot You can register for 2025 Membership on our Clubspot app. Please go to Menu, select Memberships, Buy Membership and select your appropriate option. Please note players must be registered before they start training. Any teams who have started group trainings should register asap. You can also pay your membership through a club officer. Health and Wellbeing Scotstown GAA will continue in 2025 with its Healthy Club project which aims to help GAA clubs explore how they support the holistic health of their members and the communities they serve. During 2024 we continued the Make a Ceili initiative which was launched before Christmas. In January / February saw the start of the Operation Transformation walk, the Scotstown Ladies hosted a Women’s Health talk, a drugs and Alcohol awareness workshop with our coaches, and we had several card nights during the first quarter. During May we had the Hello How are you? Campaign and in August, a community event after the Blessing of the Graves. In November we had daffodil planting in Kilmore and in November we had the return of the card nights for the winter. In January / February we had a charity fun / walk which took place on St. Brigid’s weekend. Please donate to the Dillon Quirke Foundation On the St. Brigid’s Bank holiday Monday last, Scotstown GAA Health and Wellbeing committee organised a Charity Fun Run / Walk in aid of the Dillon Quirke foundation. Thanks to all our bakers, supporters, volunteers on the day and whoever else contributed to make the event welcoming and successful. The event was run to raise money for the Dillion Quirke foundation. This foundation provided heart screening for over 90 pre teens and teens last year from 12-18 year olds within the club. It was an excellent service of which we at Scotstown GAA are very grateful. You can donate at the following link. Many thanks! https://www.idonate.ie/forms/DQF Card Playing night Friday March 7th Scotstown GAA are inviting everyone to come along and play Cards in the Scotstown complex this Friday March 7th at 8pm especially young people who want to learn the game of 45, there will be card players there on the night to guide and help, fun night ahead don’t let our traditional card games become a thing of the past. The card nights will continue every subsequent fortnight on Friday nights till the end of April. Couch to 5K – Week 3 We’re now three weeks into our Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others Couch to 5K at Kilmore Training Grounds, Scotstown – and it’s been fantastic to see everyone getting stuck in! If you’ve been with us from the start, well done and keep going! If you haven’t joined yet, it’s never too late to get involved. All welcome! Sunday @ 10AM €2 per week Just a few weeks to go – let’s keep it up! See you all there! Vote of Sympathy The following votes of sympathy were passed at the last Committee meeting. McDonald Family on the death of Ethna Maguire Family on the death of Patrick Sewell Family on the death of Alan We would like to offer our condolences to all the family and friends who lost loved ones during this time. Scór agus Cultúr Please note the All Ireland Senior scor final is in Mayo on April 26. The Ulster final is April 5th. The Ulster semifinal between Monaghan Antrim, Donegal, Fermanagh and Armagh Saturday is March 22nd. Monaghan County events final this Thursday March 6th for Table Quiz in Currin and March 9th at Inniskeen at 1:45 for Stage events. We wish all our participants the very best. Tá an Ciorcal sa Spórtlann gach Oíche Mháirt ag a 8 a chlog! Fáilte roimh gach duine!
An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 25/02/2025 Allianz Division 2 National Football League Round 4 Result – Monaghan 3-16 Cork 1-15 Monaghan hosted Cork in Inniskeen on Saturday last in Round 4 of the National Football League Division 2 in another highly entertaining high scoring league game. Well done to the Monaghan senior men and management in their victory and well done on another brilliant performance and a high scoring tally optimising the new 2 point rule. Well done to our Blues on the panel, Rory, Ryan, Conor, Micheál, Gavin, Darren and Jack, with some fine scores by Rory (0-7, 3 x 2 pointer); and Jack (1-2). Monaghan next play Louth away this Sunday 2nd March in Round 5 in Drogheda at 2:00pm. All the best to our Blues on the County panel, and the rest of the Monaghan team, and the management. You can get your tickets at McMahon’s Centra Scotstown. No ticket sales at the ground. The full Monaghan fixture list is as follows. Round 1: Cavan (0-20) v (2-22) Monaghan, Saturday January 25th, Cavan; Round 2: Monaghan (2-29) v (2-21) Westmeath, Sunday 2nd February, Clones; Round 3: Roscommon (0-25) v (2-14) Monaghan, Sunday 16th February, Roscommon; Round 4: Monaghan (3-16) v (1-15) Cork, Sunday 23rd February, Inniskeen; Round 5: Louth v Monaghan, Sunday 2nd March, 2:00pm, Drogheda; Round 6: Meath v Monaghan, Sunday 16th March, Navan, 2:00pm; Round 7: Monaghan v Down, Sunday 23rd March, 2:00pm, Clones. Lidl Ladies Division 2 National Football League Round 4 Result: Monaghan 1-3 Cork 1-9 Hard luck to the Senior Monaghan County Ladies in their 1-6 to 1-3 defeat to Cork in Round 4 of the LGFA National Football League Division 2 on Sunday last. Well done to Éabha Sherry in scoring 1-2 of these including a brilliant goal from a free kick. The County Senior Ladies next play Clare away this Sunday 2nd March at 2pm in Round 5 in Doonbeg. We wish our players on the panel, Casey Treanor, Eabha Sherry, Aishling McGuirk, Katie McCaffery and Katie Sherlock, and the rest of the team and management the very best. National League Tickets You can purchase your tickets for the Round 5 Louth v Monaghan National League game in Drogheda this Sunday 2nd March at 2:00pm in McMahon’s Centra Scotstown shop through the Ticketmaster system. U20 Monaghan Football Ulster Championship The groups for the upcoming 2025 Ulster GAA Under-20 Football Championship have been confirmed. Monaghan is in Group B with Armagh, Cavan & Derry. The competition commences Wednesday 19th March, with Monaghan’s first game at home to Cavan on March 26th. LGFA U18 Monaghan Well done to Monaghan minors in their 1-15 to 2-5 win against Down at home in Round 2 of the Ulster Minor Championship Group 2 on Saturday last. The U18 girls next play Antrim away in Round 3 on Saturday 8th March at 2pm. We wish our Blues on the panel, Aoife Corrigan, Shannon Corrigan. Michaela Grew, Caoimhe Kelly, Trea MacCinna, and Ava McGinnity, and the rest of the team and management the very best! LGFA U16 Monaghan The Under 16 Monaghan County girls next play Fermanagh at home in Round 2 of U16 Ulster Championship Group 1 on 2nd March at 2:00pm. We wish our player on the panel Branagh Connolly and the rest of the team and management the very best. Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €9,600 Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €9,400 jackpot on Wednesday 26th February. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results. In the February 19th draw, there was NO Jackpot winner. Numbers drawn on the night were 6, 11, 14, 29. There were THREE match 3 winners, Nicola Cusack, Mark Monahan, and Mary Maguire who win €40 each. We had 4 Lucky-Dip winners, Declan Smyth, Elizabeth McPhillips, Tracy McGuigan, and Claire McGinn, who win €20 each. Congratulations to all our winners! The Scotstown GAA online Lotto Draw takes place every Wednesday at 8:30pm with last entries at 8pm. The draw is conducted on-line and is fully automated using secure facilities. There are 4 numbers to choose from a range of 1 to 31. Match the 4 numbers to win the Jackpot of €9,600. If no jackpot winner €200 is rolled over to the following week. Also if there is no jackpot winner there will be lucky dips. Next draw is Wednesday 5th March at 8:30pm. Ciste Draw – 2nd March The February Ciste draw will take place this Sunday night, March 2nd at 10:00pm, in the Social Club. You can purchase your Ciste tickets in our local shops. There are tickets, envelopes and collection boxes in each of these shops; McMahon Centra, Scotstown; XL Ballinode & Killylough, and in Knockatallon. You can also purchase your Ciste tickets using the Scotstown Clubforce website and clicking on ‘buy event tickets’ link. First prize €1,000 and 5 prizes of €100 must be won. In total €18,000 in prize money is won every year! “Leave your Mark” Big Cash Prize Fundraiser We launched our Club Development fundraise er “Leave your mark”, with 1st prize of €15,000 plus several more large cash prizes to be won including a special €5,000 winning prize for any nominated club. Please see our social media platforms for more details. A massive thank you to everyone who turned up to sell tickets again last weekend for our Kilmore development fundraiser as we sell throughout the province over the next couple of months. Social Club open The Social Club is open this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9pm. Bar Rota: Stephen McKenna and Pauric Connolly. The Highstool Prophets playing Saturday 15th March in Scotstown Complex Get Ready for a Cracking Night with The Highstool Prophets! - Supporting acts announced! Join us for an unforgettable evening as The Highstool Prophets, the sensational 5-piece folk band from Cavan, light up the stage at Scotstown GAA. Known for their energetic performances and unique twist on folk classics, they're set to deliver a night full of foot-tapping tunes and sing-along favorites. Live Music starting at 8.00 and Highstool prophets on stage at 9.30 followed by DJ till late. Supporting acts include Caolium Mullen, Charlene and Stephen, Cúpla Port. Link for tickets, https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-highstool-prophets-tickets-1104797762849 Win 2 Free Tickets to the Highstool Prophets You could win 2 free tickets for the Highstool Prophets gig by simply sharing, liking and tagging the Facebook post at the top of the Scotstown GAA Facebook page which will enter you into the draw. U10 girls at Monaghan v Cork league game. Well done to the Scotstown GAA girls who took part in the half time games at the Monaghan v Cork senior men’s league match on Saturday last. New Ladies Junior Development Team Training started last week with an excellent turn out. All players who wish to return to football are welcome to join our new women's junior development team. Email jnr2025anbhoth@gmail.com for more information. This new team is part of our Player Pathway. Appeal for members to volunteer in Fundraising activities We would be grateful if members could become involved in fundraising activities, such as selling tickets. Please contact Shane on 086 836 7997. Thank you. Interested in Volunteering? Anyone interested in helping out in one of our many new committees, we are looking for volunteers. Please contact Cyril at 087 9628521. Membership 2025 – Open for payment on Clubspot You can register for 2025 Membership on our Clubspot app. Please go to Menu, select Memberships, Buy Membership and select your appropriate option. Please note players must be registered before they start training. Any teams who have started group trainings should register asap. You can also pay your membership through a club officer. Health and Wellbeing Scotstown GAA will continue in 2025 with its Healthy Club project which aims to help GAA clubs explore how they support the holistic health of their members and the communities they serve. During 2024 we continued the Make a Ceili initiative which was launched before Christmas. In January / February saw the start of the Operation Transformation walk, the Scotstown Ladies hosted a Women’s Health talk, a drugs and Alcohol awareness workshop with our coaches, and we had several card nights during the first quarter. During May we had the Hello How are you? Campaign and in August, a community event after the Blessing of the Graves. In November we had daffodil planting in Kilmore and in November we had the return of the card nights for the winter. In January / February we had a charity fun / walk which took place on St. Brigid’s weekend. Card Playing night Friday March 7th Scotstown GAA are inviting everyone to come along and play Cards in the Scotstown complex on Friday March 7th at 8pm especially young people who want to learn the game of 45, there will be card players there on the night to guide and help, fun night ahead don’t let our traditional card games become a thing of the past. The card nights will continue every subsequent fortnight on Friday nights till the end of April. Scór agus Cultúr Please note the All Ireland Senior scor final is in Mayo on April 26. The Ulster final is April 5th. The Ulster semifinal between Monaghan Antrim, Donegal, Fermanagh and Armagh Saturday is March 22nd. Monaghan stage events final next Thursday March 6th for Table Quiz in Currin and March 9th at Inniskeen at 1:45 for Stage events. We wish all our participants the very best. Tá an Ciorcal sa Spórtlann gach Oíche Mháirt ag a 8 a chlog! Fáilte roimh gach duine! Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta 2025 Tá 36 leathscoláireacht ar fáil do dhaltaí dara leibhéal i gContae Mhuineacháin chun freastal ar Choláistí Samhraidh i 2025. Tá na scoláireachtaí urraithe ag Comhairle Contae Mhuineacháin agus: Gael Linn Coláiste Bun an Inbhir Coláiste na nOileán Coláiste Bhríde, Rann na Feirste Coláiste Sheosaimh Bronnfar 4 scoláireacht bhreise (€100) ar iarratasóirí a roghnaíonn ‘Coláistí Eile’ nach bhfuil liostaithe ar an bhfoirm iarratais. TABHAIR FAOI DEARA: Ní ghlactar le hiarratais ar scoláireachtaí i gColáiste Bhríde ach do dhaltaí le háit curtha in áirithe acu. Spriocdháta: 28 Feabhra 2025. Gaeltacht Scholarships 2025 Monaghan County Council will offer 36 part scholarships for second-level students to attend Irish Colleges in summer 2025. Sponsored by Monaghan County Council and: Gael Linn Coláiste Bun an Inbhir Coláiste na nOileán Coláiste Bhríde, Rann na Feirste Coláiste Sheosaimh An additional 4 scholarships (€100) will be awarded to students attending 'Other Colleges' not listed on the form. PLEASE NOTE: Applications are only accepted from students with a confirmed booking / on a waiting list. Closing Date: 28 February 2025 Apply Here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdYuFu4v2qI-bI1cxEQiDMOD514NvGuJ-HASt-T5Jq59AdGA/viewform
An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 18/02/2025 Allianz Division 2 National Football League Round 3 Result – Roscommon 0-25 Monaghan 2-14 Monaghan travelled to Roscommon on Sunday last in Round 3 of the National Football League Division 2 where they played Roscommon in an entertaining top of the table clash. Hard luck to the Monaghan senior men and management in their loss, but well done on another good performance and a high scoring tally. Well done to our Blues on the panel (which included Darren Hughes in his welcome return to intercounty football), Rory, Ryan, Conor, Micheál, Gavin, Darren and Jack, with some fine scores by Micheál (0-2, 1 x 2 pointer); Conor (0-2); Rory (0-1) and Ryan (0-1) Monaghan next play Cork at home this Sunday 23rd February in Round 4 in Inniskeen at 1:30pm. All the best to our Blues on the County panel, and the rest of the Monaghan team, and the management. You can get your tickets at McMahon’s Centra Scotstown. No ticket sales at the ground. The full Monaghan fixture list is as follows. Round 1: Cavan (0-20) v (2-22) Monaghan, Saturday January 25th, Cavan; Round 2: Monaghan (2-29) v (2-21) Westmeath, Sunday 2nd February, Clones; Round 3: Roscommon (0-25) v (2-14) Monaghan, Sunday 16th February, Roscommon; Round 4: Monaghan v Cork, Sunday 23rd February, 1:30pm, Inniskeen; Round 5: Louth v Monaghan, Sunday 2nd March, 2:00pm, Drogheda; Round 6: Meath v Monaghan, Sunday 16th March, Clones, 2:00pm; Round 7: Monaghan v Down, Sunday 23rd March, 2:00pm, Navan. Lidl Ladies Division 2 National Football League Round 4 Fixture: Monaghan v Cork The County Senior Ladies next play Cork at home this Sunday 23rd February at 2pm in Round 4 in Castleblayney. We wish our players on the panel, Casey Treanor, Eabha Sherry, Aishling McGuirk, Katie McCaffery and Katie Sherlock, and the rest of the team and management the very best. National League Tickets You can purchase your tickets for the Round 4 Monaghan v Cork National League game in Inniskeen this Sunday 23rd February at 1:30pm in McMahon’s Centra Scotstown shop through the Ticketmaster system. LGFA U18 Monaghan The U18 girls next play Down at home this Saturday 22nd February at 2pm. We wish our Blues on the panel, Aoife Corrigan, Shannon Corrigan. Michaela Grew, Caoimhe Kelly, Trea MacCinna, and Ava McGinnity, and the rest of the team and management the very best! LGFA U16 Monaghan The Under 16 Monaghan County girls commenced their Ulster championship on Sunday lasty with an away game against Down. Hard luck in their 1-5 to 1-3 defeat. They next play Fermanagh at home in Round 2 of U16 Ulster Championship Group 1 on 2nd March at 2:00pm. We wish our player on the panel Branagh Connolly and the rest of the team and management the very best. Scotstown Senior Ladies Manager / Coach position Expressions of Interest Expressions of interest are now being sought to fulfil the position of manager/coach for Scotstown Senior Ladies for 2025. Please submit your interest to secretary.scotstown.monanaghan@lgfa.ie or Marc Mullen, Coaching Officer @ 086 1732603. Closing Date for Expressions of interest for Scotstown GAA Senior Ladies Manager / Coach for the upcoming season is 21st February. Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €9,400 Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €9,200 jackpot on Wednesday 19th February. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results. In the February 12th draw, there was NO Jackpot winner. Numbers drawn on the night were 10, 11, 15, 21. There were NO match 3 w1nners. We had 5 Lucky-Dip winners, Mairead Keenan, Patricia McCrudden, Treacy McCaffrey, Kieran McGuirk, & Sean Arthurs, who win €20 each. Congratulations to all our winners! The Scotstown GAA online Lotto Draw takes place every Wednesday at 8:30pm with last entries at 8pm. The draw is conducted on-line and is fully automated using secure facilities. There are 4 numbers to choose from a range of 1 to 31. Match the 4 numbers to win the Jackpot of €9,400. If no jackpot winner €200 is rolled over to the following week. Also if there is no jackpot winner there will be lucky dips. Next draw is Wednesday 26th February at 8:30pm. Ciste Draw – 2nd March The February Ciste draw will take place on Sunday night, March 2nd at 10:00pm, in the Social Club. You can purchase your Ciste tickets in our local shops. There are tickets, envelopes and collection boxes in each of these shops; McMahon Centra, Scotstown; XL Ballinode & Killylough, and in Knockatallon. You can also purchase your Ciste tickets using the Scotstown Clubforce website and clicking on ‘buy event tickets’ link. First prize €1,000 and 5 prizes of €100 must be won. In total €18,000 in prize money is won every year! “Leave your Mark” Big Cash Prize Fundraiser We launched our Club Development fundraise er “Leave your mark”, with 1st prize of €15,000 plus several more large cash prizes to be won including a special €5,000 winning prize for any nominated club. Please see our social media platforms for more details. A massive thank you to everyone who turned up to sell tickets again last weekend for our Kilmore development fundraiser as we sell throughout the province over the next couple of months. Social Club open The Social Club is open this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9pm. Bar Rota: Hugh / Fionnuala Sherlock and Peadar / Charlene Sherry The Highstool Prophets playing Saturday 15th March in Scotstown Complex Get Ready for a Cracking Night with The Highstool Prophets! - Supporting acts announced! Join us for an unforgettable evening as The Highstool Prophets, the sensational 5-piece folk band from Cavan, light up the stage at Scotstown GAA. Known for their energetic performances and unique twist on folk classics, they're set to deliver a night full of foot-tapping tunes and sing-along favorites. Live Music starting at 8.00 and Highstool prophets on stage at 9.30 followed by DJ till late. Supporting acts include Caolium Mullen, Charlene and Stephen, Cúpla Port. Link for tickets, https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-highstool-prophets-tickets-1104797762849 New Ladies Junior Development Team Training started last week with an excellent turn out. All players who wish to return to football are welcome to join our new women's junior development team. Email jnr2025anbhoth@gmail.com for more information. This new team is part of our Player Pathway. Appeal for members to volunteer in Fundraising activities We would be grateful if members could become involved in fundraising activities, such as selling tickets. Please contact Shane on 086 836 7997. Thank you. Interested in Volunteering? Anyone interested in helping out in one of our many new committees, we are looking for volunteers. Please contact Cyril at 087 9628521. Wedding Wellwishes Congratulations to Ross McKenna and his wife Niamh on their wedding at the weekend. We wish you all the best in your future! Registration 2025 There is a Registration night for Membership on Thursday evening 20th February, from 7:00 to 8:30 in the Scotstown Complex. Ideal for those with no internet access. Please spread the word and let those who have no online access know. Thanks! Membership 2025 – Now open for payment on Clubspot You can register for 2025 Membership on our Clubspot app. Please go to Menu, select Memberships, Buy Membership and select your appropriate option. Please note players must be registered before they start training. Any teams who have started group trainings should register asap. You can also pay your membership through a club officer. Our Condolences Scotstown GAA would like to offer our deepest condolences and sincerest sympathy to the family and friends of Alan Sewell. We would like to pass on our sincere sympathy to his wife Maura, daughters Caroline and Maireád, son-in-law Sean Mc Kenna, grandchildren Jamie, Andrew, Liam, Daithi, Kyran and Cameron, brothers Jim and Gerry, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, neighbours and friends. Alan was a former player for the Scotstown senior team. May Alan Rest In Peace. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. Health and Wellbeing Scotstown GAA will continue in 2025 with its Healthy Club project which aims to help GAA clubs explore how they support the holistic health of their members and the communities they serve. During 2024 we continued the Make a Ceili initiative which was launched before Christmas. In January / February saw the start of the Operation Transformation walk, the Scotstown Ladies hosted a Women’s Health talk, a drugs and Alcohol awareness workshop with our coaches, and we had several card nights during the first quarter. During May we had the Hello How are you? Campaign and in August, a community event after the Blessing of the Graves. In November we had daffodil planting in Kilmore and in November we had the return of the card nights for the winter. In January / February we had a charity fun / walk which took place on St. Brigid’s weekend. Mothers & Others Couch to 5K A huge well done to everyone who joined us for the first session of our Mothers & Others Couch to 5K on Sunday morning at Kilmore training grounds. The energy, the smiles, and the effort were just brilliant—what a way to kick off a Sunday! We’re delighted with the turnout and hope you all enjoyed it! The programme runs every Sunday at 10 AM for the next 7 weeks, so if you couldn’t make it today, don’t worry—there’s still time to get involved! Just drop a message to Nicola on 086 406 1434, and we’d love to have you join in. Let’s keep up the momentum and make this an amazing journey together! Card Playing night this Friday February 21st Scotstown GAA are inviting everyone to come along and play Cards in the Scotstown complex on Friday 21st February at 8pm especially young people who want to learn the game of 45, there will be card players there on the night to guide and help, fun night ahead don’t let our traditional card games become a thing of the past. The card nights will continue every subsequent fortnight on Friday nights till the end of April. Grainne McElwain documentary Well done to Grainne McElwain on her brilliant documentary on GAA referees “Réiteoir”. In the documentary Gráinne investigated the physical, mental & emotional toll of refereeing in the GAA. The programme is available on the RTE player. T Scór agus Cultúr Please note the All Ireland Senior scor final is in Mayo on April 26. The Ulster final is April 5th. The Ulster semifinal between Monaghan Antrim, Donegal, Fermanagh and Armagh Saturday is March 22nd. Monaghan stage events final March 6th for Table Quiz in Currin and March 9th at Inniskeen at 1:45 for Stage events. Tá an Ciorcal sa Spórtlann gach Oíche Mháirt ag a 8 a chlog! Fáilte roimh gach duine! Mackie Rooney Book Launch – last Friday in the Scotstown Complex A Book for the Ages - Book-Launch of Mackie Rooney’s A Sliabh Beagh and North-Monaghan Miscellany. Thanks to Scotstown Comhaltas Craobh Éamonn Ó’Muirí for the report below and Laura Treanor from Lavery Photos & Video for the photos on Social media. As Mackie Rooney launched his book, a huge crowd gathered to celebrate this special occasion. Mackie shared some of the captivating stories behind his work, keeping the audience entertained throughout. The night was further enhanced by live music from his amazingly talented children and grandchildren, and our brilliant MC, Seamus McElwain, ensured everything ran smoothly. A huge thanks to Scotstown GAA for the wonderful facilities, and a big thank you to everyone who helped make the night such a success. We are all so proud of you, Mackie - a wonderful occasion for you, Pauline, and all your family! Comhghairdeas, Mackie. A Sliabh Beagh and North-Monaghan Miscellany abounds in folklore which was quite common to an Ireland of former times-a belief in fairies, ghosts, banshees, and superstitions of a malign nature. However, the author has tossed in so many humorous pieces that we can feel assured that he, at least, is not in thrall, to this past, while yet shining a light on the lives of our ancestors. An excellent read and very good value at €40-£35. Outlets for A Sliabh and North-Monaghan Miscellany following the launch: McMahons’ Centra; Martin the Butcher; The Pharmacy; Henry’s Bar;McCarvill’s, Killylough; The Village Shop, Ballinode; McAloon’s, Knockatallon; Emyvale Post Office; Luke Orru, Dunmoran N2; McAnenley Fuels Moy Bridge; Rock’s Stationary Park Street Monaghan; The Braeside Stores, Clonstibret; Katie’s Main St. Castleblayney; McAleers, Eshnadarra P.O. Roslea; O’Neill’s Mace Dernawilt Cross, Roslea; Campbell Butchers, Roslea. Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta 2025 Tá 36 leathscoláireacht ar fáil do dhaltaí dara leibhéal i gContae Mhuineacháin chun freastal ar Choláistí Samhraidh i 2025. Tá na scoláireachtaí urraithe ag Comhairle Contae Mhuineacháin agus: Gael Linn Coláiste Bun an Inbhir Coláiste na nOileán Coláiste Bhríde, Rann na Feirste Coláiste Sheosaimh Bronnfar 4 scoláireacht bhreise (€100) ar iarratasóirí a roghnaíonn ‘Coláistí Eile’ nach bhfuil liostaithe ar an bhfoirm iarratais. TABHAIR FAOI DEARA: Ní ghlactar le hiarratais ar scoláireachtaí i gColáiste Bhríde ach do dhaltaí le háit curtha in áirithe acu. Spriocdháta: 28 Feabhra 2025. Gaeltacht Scholarships 2025 Monaghan County Council will offer 36 part scholarships for second-level students to attend Irish Colleges in summer 2025. Sponsored by Monaghan County Council and: Gael Linn Coláiste Bun an Inbhir Coláiste na nOileán Coláiste Bhríde, Rann na Feirste Coláiste Sheosaimh An additional 4 scholarships (€100) will be awarded to students attending 'Other Colleges' not listed on the form. PLEASE NOTE: Applications are only accepted from students with a confirmed booking / on a waiting list. Closing Date: 28 February 2025 Apply Here - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdYuFu4v2qI-bI1cxEQiDMOD514NvGuJ-HASt-T5Jq59AdGA/viewform
