Senior: The Senior side opened their season with a home draw against newly promoted Blackhall Gaels in Round 1 of the League on Sunday afternoon. Following a closely contested game two late points from Brendan Lynch and James Byrne secured a share of the spoils on a score line of 1-07 apiece.
Next up will be a short spin to Duleek to take on Duleek Bellewstown in Round 2.
Junior B: The Junior B season will get underway on Sunday when the team travel to Grangegodden to take on Gaeil Colmcille. These two sides met twice last year with the Kells men winning the League contest in Fr. Tully Park and the Championship game played in Carlanstown last May ending in a draw, Gaeil Colmcille 1-09 Seneschalstown 0-12. Another tough encounter is expected this Sunday but the team will be hoping to get off to a positive start.
Junior D: A busy day on Sunday will continue when the Junior D team welcome Carnaross to Fr. Tully Park in their Round 1 clash in Division 5 of the B Leagues. Throw in is scheduled for 15:00.
Club Membership: Membership rates for the year are as follows:
Adult Player (Over 16) €80
Juvenile Player €45
Adult (Non Player) €50
Family (2 Non playing Adults and Children U16) €125
Social Membership €10
Gym €110
Deposit for Fob Card for GYM €20
Membership is due by March 17th and can be paid to any committee member.
Strength and Conditioning: Plenty of effort was once more put in by all last Saturday, which made the decision of picking the best trainer even harder for the coaches. In the end they picked Aoibhe Monaghan as their topdog.
Aoibhe showed her battling skills in the game of Pella, having received a stray ball to the face she picked herself up, dusted herself down and continued to play on before finishing off with a crucial power play score!
There are only four topdog awards left! Who’s going to claim the next one? Our sessions continue this Saturday at 16:00.
Facilities: Saturday was a significant day for the club as our new cabin for changing facilities arrived in Kentstown.
This is a major step forward in our facilities as it will enable us to have more training and underage games in Kentstown while relieving our pitch in Fr Tully Park of some activities.
Lotto: The numbers drawn in this week’s Lotto were 14, 16, 19 and 25. There was no winner of the jackpot of €5,800. Next week’s jackpot will be worth €5,900. The 5 x €25 winners are Kieran Mulvany, Millie McGowan, Charlie Reilly, Orla Sheridan and Clare Finnegan.
Tickets for the Lotto are €2 or 3 for €5. They can be purchased from committee members, Lotto sellers, local shops or you can also play online at http://www.helpourclub.ie/localhome.asp?
Meath: Following their disappointing defeat to Galway, Meath will be looking to bounce back to winning ways when playing Kildare in Round 2 of the Allianz National Football League on Saturday evening in Páirc Tailteann. Throw in is at 19:00 and will be live on Setanta for those who can’t make it to the game.
Alan Mulvany: Our juvenile player Alan Mulvany will be opening the car park in St. Patricks School for the upcoming Allianz League matches v Kildare and Westmeath as well as the Leinster U-21 Championship game v Westmeath.
Alan is doing this as a fundraiser for the schools French Student Exchange Trip.
Parking for each individual match will be just €2 and €6 for all three games.
We would like to encourage our members and supporters to give this fundraiser your backing.
Meath Ladies: Commiserations to the Meath Seniors who lost out to Kildare by a point on Sunday afternoon in Round 1 of the Tesco Homegrown National Football League. They will look to pick up their first points of the campaign when travelling to Kilmihil, Co. Clare on Sunday to take on the ladies from the Banner County at 14:00. Kilmihil is located off the N68 between Ennis and Kilrush.
Ladies Coaching & Referees: The Ladies Co. Board have organised a Fundamentals Course on February 21st in Walterstown. There are only a few places left and anybody interested in doing this is encouraged to sign up as soon as possible.
They are also organising a referee refresher course on February 17th from 19:30 – 22:00. This is for all referees who wish to officiate at matches this year. Without referees matches cannot go ahead so anybody with an interest in this is urged to strongly consider it.
Meath Development Panels: Meath Coaching & Games are now accepting applications for the positions of U-14, U-15 & U-16 Football Academy Squad Managers. Applicants must have at least Level 1 Coaching Qualifications.
Closing date February 4th 2015. Interviews to be held from the 9th-12th of February
Send application letter via email to seamus.kenny.gda.meath@gaa.ie or post C/O Seamus Kenny, Páirc Tailteann, Brews Hill, Navan, Co. Meath
Meath Club Championships: The draws for the 2015 Championships will take place in Aras Tailteann at 20:00 on Monday February 9th. They will be broadcast live on LMFM.
