Lanesboro
Ballyleague Notes
Graduate Employee of the Year
A
wonderful honour was bestowed on local man Dwain Tarmey, Anntrabeg, who was
announced as the Graduate Employee of the Year on Wednesday last at the Gradireland
awards in Dublin. Dwain, son of Martin and Bernie Tarmey, is a former student
of Cloontuskert NS, Lanesboro Community College and Athlone IT. The award for Dwain
is richly deserved when one reads of the impact his work has made to his
employers VistaMed since taking up his position in February 2009. His work has
made a huge impact on the life of osteoporosis patients allowing them to leave
hospital after just 24 hours with improved mobility, reduced pain and a much
greater quality of life.
Again
we congratulate Dwain for his wonderful work and join with his family celebrating
the acknowledgement of his work and marvellous achievement
25 Drive in the Peer Inn
The
results of the regular 25 Drive held every Sunday night in the Peer Inn are – joint 1st Tom Mulvihill
& Mickie Connaughton, and Joe Dolan & Edmund. Table prizes went to Tom
& Joe Rooney and Johno Beirne & Brendan Casey
Annual 25 Drive
The
annual 25 Card Game (partners) hosted by the Rathcline GAA club will take place
on Good Friday 22nd April in St. Mary’s Parish Hall at 9pm. Top and
numerous prizes will be won and refreshments will be served. Tickets are
available from any member of the committee and priced at only €5. There will
also be a draw for non-playing ticket holders. You are asked to be as supportive
as possible.
Lanesboro Bridge
Club
The
results of the competition held on Wednesday 13th April are; 1st
Gemma Douglas & Elish Gray, 2nd Brid Mc Dermott & Una Lawlor,
3rd Marie Sheeran & Mary Mc Gushin, 4th Frank &
Frances Brennan.
Ladies Mini
Marathon Bus
Anybody
wishing to avail of the bus t the Ladies Mini Marathon on Monday 6th
June is asked to contact Pam Farrell to reserve your seat. Phone Pam at
087-4146987 any day after 6pm.
Charity Shop
The
Friends of Asthma Charity shop would appreciate donations of any clothing,
ladies, men’s and clothing, delph, ornaments, linen, books and toys.
Lough Ree AC
After
a winter in Ballyleague hall, a facility the club appreciates very much the
club will be going outdoors, after Easter, now that the evenings are getting
longer.
Only
four from the club made the journey to Sligo for a newly organised 4 county
competition, (Roscommon, Longford, Sligo and Leitrim). This was quiet successful,
with a good turnout but several of the Lough Ree Club members had other commitments.
Still, the club managed two gold medals; Orla Keane was successful in the 60m
sprint while Larissa Noone won the shot competition.
Larissa
and Enda travelled to Athlone on Sunday for the Connaught squad coaching
session. Not for the first time Enda impressed the coaches with her javelin
throwing, the problem is to impress Enda that she has the natural ability for
this event.
The
club hopes to organise its annual social evening presentation during the Easter
holidays. The bad weather at Christmas forced it to be put on the ‘long finger’!
The
Primary Schools Sports Day is coming up in May followed by the Roscommon county
championships. Both fixtures are at Lanesboro’s all-weather track. Be prepared!
Lanesboro Badminton Club
We
would like to say well done to the Grade 6 Mixed Lanesboro Team who travelled
to Whitehall Dublin to compete in the semi-finals of the Leinster Inter League
competition on Sunday last17th, unfortunately. despite multiple injuries on the
team and closely fought matches we lost out to the ESB team. The team was,
Kieran Healy, Keith Healy, Noel Moran, Charlie Mc Conway, Maura Duffy, Edel Mc
Dermott, Regina Scally, Gráinne Gallagher and subs Donal Casey and Mary Rohan.
Well done to all for a valiant effort and dedication throughout. The matches
are not finished yet with some team members competing in the individual
competitions over the next few weeks in Baldoyle in Dublin.
Easter
ceremonies at St. Mary’s Church
The
schedule for Easter week at St. Mary’s Church, Lanesboro are as follows: Wednesday
10 am Mass, Holy Thursday evening at 7.30pm, Good Friday at 3pm and 7.30pm,
Holy Saturday at 7.30pm and Easter Sunday at 9.30pm and 11.30pm.
Ballyleague N.S. Enrolment:
Enrolment for new entrants to
Ballyleague N.S. will take place in the school on Thursday May 5th
at 2-15pm. Parents are asked to bring along a copy of their child’s birth certificate.
Parents of new pupils unable to attend on the day may contact the principal at
043-3321906 to make arrangements to register their child. The principal and
staff looks forward to meeting you all
on the day.
Kilgefin Community Games
Congratulation to Ian Trautt, Cloontuskert, who won
silver in the County Roscommon U13 handwriting competition recently.
Easter Ceremonies at St. John’s
Church
The Easter Services for St Johns Church
of Ireland are: Wednesday 20th, service in St John’s, Lanesborough
at 8 p.m. Maundy Thursday 21st Holy Communion service in Ballinlough at 8.p.m. Good
Friday 22nd Roscommon, St Coman’s church at 8.p.m.Easter eve 23rd in St Johns
church Lanesborough at 9.p.m.and Easter
Sunday 24th Roscommon Holy Communion service 11.30 a.m.
All welcome to come and join with us
at Easter.
Lanesboro Pike Angling Club
On
Sunday Apr 17th we held a boat pike competition in Lanesboro. The
competition proved a great success. 12 boats took part in the competition.
The
fishing was very good with a large number of fish caught on the day and all
fish weighed in were returned safely to the water. 12 boats took part in the
competition and the following is the list of prize winners: 1st
prize of €500 went to Joe Mc Dermott with a fish weighing 14lb/13oz. 2nd
prize of €300 went to Padraic Corcoran his catch weighing 11lb/12oz
3rd
prize of €250 went to Ciara Corcoran 9lb/8oz, 4th prize of €200 went
to Joe Mc Dermott 8lb/9oz , 5th prize of €150 went to Cathal Galvin 7lb/6oz.
The
club would like to thank the E.S.B. for sponsoring this competition, thank all
the anglers who took part. You were the people who made the day a great success
it was. The club would like to give a special word of thanks to Joe and Martha
Farrell for the use of their premises for the presentation and for providing
the refreshments after the competition.
The
club looks forward to welcoming all the anglers back for their next competition,
the date for, which will be announced in the near future
Children’s
competition
The
club will be holding a children’s competition on Saturday 30th April.
This competition is for primary school children only. Entry fee will be €1 per
child and will start at 10am. along the hot water stretch
Engagement
Many
congratulations to Brendan Healy son of Sheila and Gerard Healy, Ballyleague
and Emma Mannion daughter of Tom and Winifred Mannion, Galway Road, Roscommon
who announced their engagement last week.
Lanesboro Community Games
The Lanesboro Community Games Athletics competition
will take place on Tuesday 3rd of May at the Track.
Competitions for all children from U/8 to u/16. The
Swimming County Finals will take place Mid May. If anyone is interested
in representing Lanesboro at the Finals, please contact Teresa Ryan before May
1st.
The parish community games kit, which is required
when competing at County Events such as the athletics county finals, needs to
be replaced. Some funding has been received from the ESB in support of
this and we are thankful of that but additional fundraising will be
required. While our church gate collection was very successful and we are
very grateful for this, this is totally accounted for by the on-going costs of
affiliation fees, medals and sundry expenses.
Co.
Longford Rural Transport – Good Friday
Please
note that all Friday Routes, throughout the County, will run on Thursday 21st
April, with the same collection and departure times. All age-groups are welcome to travel.
Shannon
Gaels
U14 League Div. 3 Round 5
Southern Gaels
8-13 V 2-10 Shannon
Gaels at Pairc Ciaran
Our U14 team were out in their 3rd league game on Friday 15th April in Cashel.
Even though the final score did not give a true reflection of the game we were
competitive until the final quarter.
A weakened squad due to injury proved too much an ask for the lads. Keep
the chin up lads.
The next completive game takes place on Mon 18th April in Clonbonny at 6.45pm
against Kenagh.
U16 League Div. 2 Round 1
St. Colmcille’s
5-16 V 3-11 Shannon
Gaels at McGee Park
Our U16 squad had a bad result for their 1st competitive game of the
year, but if we learn
from our mistakes we can do well in this league with our next two games,
at home. Challenge match organised for this Tuesday 19th in
Clonbonny at 7.00pm against near neighbours, Southern Gaels.
Cumann Na mBunscoil Div. 3 Final
Ballymahon 1-10 Fermoyle 2-6
Hard luck to Fermoyle
Girls who were beaten in Cumann Na mBunscoil final on Thurs evening last.
Ballymahon NS edged out Fermoyle NS in a thrilling Division Three Final at
sunny Pearse Park recently. Fermoyle NS will be extremely disappointed with the
outcome of this contest especially after they held the lead right up until the
last phase of action when in stoppage time a point from Ballymahon sealed their
fate.
Things were looking
good for Lanesboro School and in the early exchanges of the second half they
lead by three points. Ballymahon however continued to chip away at the deficit
and with stoppage time looming snatched the victory from the jaws of
defeat.
Fermoyle team: Olivia Lisle, Haley Rooney,
Hannah Shea, Anna Peters, Tanya Farrell, Sarah Farrell, Grace Brennan, Niamh
Chawke, Rachel Ginty.
Longford Minors:
Hard luck to our clubman Aaron Madden and Longford minors following their
defeat to Kildare on Saturday. Let’s hope ye get a favourable draw in
qualifiers next week.
Training resumes as usual on Thurs for U6 to U12 at
7.00pm in Clonbonny.
Congrats to the Rathcline Senior team who had a well-deserved victory over
Carrickedmond on Friday evening.
Rathcline
GAA
Congratulations
to our senior team on a hard fought win over Carrickedmond on Friday evening on
a final score of 1 – 13 to 14 points.
The next round of the League is on Good Friday against Abbeylara in
Lynch Park, Abbeylara at 6p.m. Time is
subject to change so please keep an eye on fixtures. Please come along and
support the team.
There
are still some seats available for the annual County Board Punchestown racing
festival which takes place on Wed 14th May, please contact Liam
Connerton as soon as possible to book your seat.
Final
call for any unwanted scrap metal for the players fund, to arrange collection
or for any information please contact any of the following players Kevin
Hanley, Conor Casey, James Hanley, Ryan
Fallon, Michael Hanley or Alan Fayne.
The
Club would like to extend their sympathy to Geraldine Skelly, Longford Road and
Celine Hester, Knock on the recent death of their sister Margaret O’Dwyer in
England.
Shannon
Gaels
St. Faithleach’s GAA
O’Rourke
Cup: We were defeated by Boyle on Sunday last. Final Score – St. Faithleachs
1-11 Boyle 3-7. Team: D. Thompson, D. McCormack, C. Brennan, D. Thompson, S.
Ormsby, D. Murray(0-1), B. Scally, A. McCormack, A. Murtagh, E. Kenny(0-1), G.
Cox(1-3), D. Hussey(0-2), H. Kenny, P. Wallace, C. Murtagh(0-2). Subs: S.
Connor, B. Murtagh(0-2), B. Reynolds. We play against Kilmore next weekend, see
fixtures for details.
U12
Girls: Our U12 Girl were defeated by Kilbride at home on Sunday last. Final
Score – St. Faithleachs 1-2 Kilbride 2-6. Team: L. Fahy, I. Farrell, N.
Hegarty(1-0), K. Mullooly, M. Cox, N. Parker, G. Banahan, A. Curley, M. Kelly,
S. Scally, O. Costello, E. Collier, J. Brennan(0-1), E. Irwin(0-1), D.
McCaffrey. Subs: S. Fallon, L. Farrell, C. Kelly.
‘Night
at the Dogs’: A great evening’s entertainment for all the family was held at
Longford Greyhound Stadium on Friday last where we held our St. Faithleachs GAA
Club Fundraising Event. Our 1st Dog Race got underway, Sponsored by Bernard
Keane, Super Value, Lanesboro followed by Race 2, Sponsored by Barry Mollaghan,
PhysioWorks. Race 3, Sponsored by Pat Hussey, Direct Heating & Pluming.
Race 4, Sponsored by James & Brid Nerney. Race 5, Sponsored by Brian
Scally, Heating & Pluming. Race 6, Sponsored by Bord na Mona, Lanesboro.
Race 7, Sponsored by ESB, Lanesboro. Race 8, Sponsored by Sean Murtagh,
Building Contractors. Race 9, Sponsored by Jerry & Carmel Construction. Our
Club Relay Races Heat stages took place between Dog Races, many thanks to the
following Relay Teams – Strokestown, Kilbride, Tulsk, St. Barry’s, St.
Faithleachs Seniors/Minors, Elphin, Castlerea Prison Officers, Western Gaels,
Faithleachs Minors, Boyle, St. Brigids & Clan na Gael. The Relay Final was
between Tulsk, Western Gaels & Elphin. Congratulations to the Tulsk Winning
Team – Richard Feeney, Michael Furey, Kieran Donoghue & Cregg Burns who
received a cheque for €1,000. Many thanks to all teams who took part. Following
the Night at the Dogs, a large crowd travelled back to St. Faithleachs GAA Club
house for Food & Refreshments followed by Music by Colm Mulligan.
Congratulations to Clement McCormack who was the Winner of our Buster Ticket
Draw & received €500 & to Stephen West, Navan won was the Winner of the
Weekend-Away, ticket sold by Padraig Wallace. Damien Rooney thanked our
Chairman, Frank Curley along with the Senior Players & the Minor Club, who
organised the event. Thanks to the Dog Track Committee & special word of
thanks to Martin Tucker for all his help. Many thanks to the Sponsors, all who
bought & sold tickets all who supported the event, the staff of the Club
House & all who helped out in many ways on the night. Many thanks to musician
Colm Mulligan for a great night’s entertainment. Thanks to Alan McCormack for
organisation of the transport. A hugely successful event & a great night
was had by all.
EASTER
at St. Faithleachs GAA Club: The Club are holding their annual Easter Egg Hunt
on Easter Sunday 24th April @ 5.00pm. This year we are holding a Children’s Art
Competition. Pictures must have an Easter Theme, all pictures will be collected
from the Schools on Friday next 15th April & Winners will be announced on
Easter Sunday with Prizes for U6’s and upwards. Children’s Talent Show will
take place on the day also, we are looking for dancers, hip-hop, singers, and
musical instrument players etc. so round up your friends & get practicing
for the event. Many more activities on the day including, Penalty Shootout,
Guess-the-Name Game and our Annual Easter Disco will be held in the Club House
from 7.00pm to 9.00pm. Raffle on the night also.
Best
of Luck: We wish the very best of luck to our St. Faithleachs GAA Club Rose,
Rachel Garvey & Escort, Mark Tarmey who will represent the Club at the
Roscommon Rose Competition in Kilronan Castle on Saturday next.
Minor
Club Family & Presentation Night: To be held in the Club House on 1st May @
7.00pm sharp.
Cards:
Every Tuesday in the Club House, 9.00pm. All welcome. Last week’s winners: 1st,
Dan/Gerry. Joint 2nd, Peggy/Phonsie & Tom/Sonny. Last game, Gemma/Freda.
Ticket Winners, Ann, Tom, Sonny, Brendan, Jacinta.
Sympathy:
The club extends deepest sympathy to the Molloghan Family, Kilrooskey, on the
death of their grandmother