02/07/2023

 Club Notes

2nd July 2023

Sponsorship Thank you

Thank you to Joe, Alan and everyone at Joe Simon Home, Garden and Build for their sponsorship for the 2023 season and beyond.

Joe and Co have kindly sponsored a new set of GAA jerseys as well as other gear which can be seen in the picture.

Many thanks to them for their continued support and we wish them much success in the future.

Training gear

Thank you to club player, Paddy O Malley, for the time he commits to help St Michael’s. In recognition, Paddy’s personal training business, PK16, has been included on training jerseys recently received by the club.

Paddy is a very knowledgeable PT and is available for one-on-one sessions. You can contact him through his business social media profile https://www.facebook.com/pk16coaching

ADULT TEAMS

Well done to our men's Division 5 team sponsored by Joe Simon Home, Garden & Build, who defeated St Ronan's by 1-12 to 6pts on Friday last in their final league game. This result secured a 3rd place finish in the 9 team group.

Best of luck to our Tansey Cup team who play Castlerea on Saturday 8th July at 5pm in Ardcarne Park.

UNDERAGE

Well done to our Keenan Cup boys team who won their first round game in Tulsk on Thursday. They host Kilmore in the next round on Tuesday 4th July at 7.30pm in Ardcarne Park.

Our two under 12 Boys teams completed their Spring league campaigns last week with more fine performances. Well done to the players and their coaches.

Well done to our Under 10 players and coaches who hosted teams from Eire Óg and Elphin-Ballinameen for a very successful blitz in Ardcarne Park on Friday evening last with close to 60

children taking to the pitch. An excellent display of football was demonstrated with a great evening of football & fun enjoyed by all.

Thanks to Stephen McGuinness for supplying Goodie Bags for all the children involved.Thanks to Stephen Carty for referring & all club members who helped out on the evening

LGFA

Commiserations to the u14 girls who lost out to Kilglass-Kilmore after a very competitive league semi-final in Ardcarne Park on Tuesday last. The visitors started brightly and held a deserved 8pt lead at the interval, 2-4 to 2pts. Two points immediately after half-time extended their lead to a formidable 10pts. Our girls were not going to go down without a fight, however, and they proceeded to gain the upper hand all around the pitch. Slowly the deficit began to reduce, but this week, unfortunately, our comeback specialists ran out of time! Full-time: St Michael's-St Ronan's 1-4 Kilglass-Kilmore 2-7. Well done to the panel and their coaches on an excellent league campaign.

Best of luck to our Adult Ladies who take part in the Northern Harps Club 7s Tournament in Orchard Park, Elphin next Saturday 8th July. Games commence at 10am.

GAELIC FOR GIRLS - HAVE A BALL

We had a great first session of Gaelic For Girls at Ardcarne Park on Wednesday evening last. Huge thanks to our adult and teenage stars who took time out from their busy schedules to encourage and inspire the young girls. Many thanks also to all the parents for supporting their children and well done to all the young girls who had a ball!

Gaelic For Girls will continue next Wednesday 5th July, same time (6.30pm), same place.

COMMUNITY GAMES LGFA

Well done to the Ardcarne u14 Girls who represented the parish in the County semi-final on Sunday losing out to Ballaghaderreen. Our young understrength team performed admirably and are already looking forward to 2024!

Players Draw

The St Michael’s Players draw to fund the adult men’s team for 2023 took place at the weekend. On offer was: 2 x tickets to the all Ireland football and hurling finals, as well as a hamper sponsor by Stephen McGuinness.

Many thanks to all sellers and those who sponsored prizes.

Winners are:

1st prize: Darragh Heslin

2nd prize: Karl Moffat

3rd prize: Nathan Doherty

Foundation Coaching Course - Sat 15th July

A Football Foundation coaching course will take place in Elphin on Saturday 15th July. St Michael's invites members, parents and adult players (male and female), who are interested in assisting with coaching in the future, to attend this course. Please contact the Club Coaching Officer at 086 832 8337 to register and/or learn more.