Club notes for week commencing 15th October 2012

Jackpot 1: €14,000

Numbers drawn: 12, 18, 26, 28

Result: No winner

2 x €100 winners: Michelle Maher (online ticket), Veronica Hynes.

Jackpot 2: €4200

Numbers drawn: 8, 12, 16, 24

Result: No winner.

Next week’s draws will take place in The Cloughan Inn with jackpots of €14,000 and €4400.

 

If you are not currently subscribing to our lotto, the weekly club lotto is available to play online at our website.

You can also register online to receive our free weekly email which includes lotto results and club notes.

Please spread the word to Na Dunta Gaels around the country and the world, encourage them to play lotto online.

An annual lotto ticket for €100 (with 2 weeks free) can be bought on line or from Matt Carley or Anthony Rowan.

 

 

Under On Sunday morning in The Downs our second under 14 team won the Shield final with a display of great spirit and skill. Inny Shamrocks quickly went into the lead scoring 1:1 without reply but The Downs rallied and went ahead where they stayed for the remainder of the game. Panel: Philip Martin, Peter Smyth, Jonathan Raleigh, Conor Gavin, Alex Henry, Cathal Faulkner, Darragh Monaghan, Keith Carroll, Joseph Moran, Max Rowan, Enda O’Rourke, Donal Coughlan, Ciaran Nolan, Mark McCann, Jack Carroll, Luke Maguire, Matthew Cunningham, Oisin Murphy, Liam Faulkner, Cathal Faulkner, Jonathan Lynam, Trevor Martin, Paul Flynn, Jordan Smith.

 

Our annual night at the dogs in on Saturday 3^rd November, this is a great opportunity for a social night out for all the club members and families, with the busy times of games and coaching finished. Tickets are going on sale shortly and all help with distribution of tickets is greatly appreciated. Contact Aiden McGuire 0862532327, Tommy Kelly 0872949714, George Coyle0863469647

 

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.

 

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 at the external wall of the entrance porch.

 

To purchase any club gear contact Carmel at 087 9496347.

Members of our club nursery can buy club jerseys at a 50% discount €15 thanks to the sponsorship of Eason Mullingar sizes available 3 / 4 and 5/6.

 

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

 

As enough people did not attend the AGM on Wednesday last there was no committee formed for 2013.     There is one last meeting on Thursday 18^th September, 2013 at 8 p.m. in the Downs N.S. and if there is no support from parents, there will be NO COMMUNITY GAMES in the Downs area.    We urge you not to let this happen.  If you cannot attend meeting, please leave your name in The Shop with Liz.

 

We extend our sympathy to the family, relatives and friends of Lawrence (Larry) McLoughlin Loughegar, Mullingar, Westmeath

 

On Saturday we travelled to Rochfordbridge to take on the home side, we started slowly and allowed Rochfordbridge to build up a 1:6 lead. For the last quarter of the half The Downs upped their game and reduced the difference to 5 points. The second half saw The Downs reduce the lead further. In the final minutes The Downs were chasing the equalising score but unfortunately time ran out and we suffered the heartbreak of a one point defeat. Team Linda Heffernan, Aisling Egerton, Amy Dagg, Rebecca Kelly, Katie Heffernan, Aoife Rowan, Fiona Dignan, Laura Wynne, Leanne Duncan, Mary Lynam, Roisin Scally, Ellen Tate, Orla Gavin, Beth McGuire, Amy Staunton, Niamh Rowan, Emma Murtagh, Ursula Carley, Serena Wynne, Aoife Carley,

 

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.