Intermediate Championship
The championship resumes this Friday when we play Cashel at 8pm in Newtownforbes. Best of luck to the team and management
Win a €1,000 Travel Voucher
The Travel Draw, in conjunction with The Marquee in Drumlish, is also back this year where for just €5 you can win a €1,000 travel voucher. You can also buy 5 lines for €20 or 10 lines for €40. Tickets are on sale from any of the players or executive as well as on Clubspot. The prize has once again been kindly sponsored by Cunningham Design & Planning and Larkin Windows. The draw will take place on August 31st in Quinn’s Bar, Drumlish.
Junior B Championship
The Junior B championship continued last Friday evening in Clonbonny against Rathcline. The lads had a good win on a final score of 0-19 to 0-7. Team and scorers: Cody Lee, David McKenna, Caelum McGee, Rory McEvoy (0-1), Sean Hourican (0-1), Ciaran Cooney, James McCann (0-2), Nigel Kiernan, Darren Farley (0-1), Jack Nertney, Petie Collum (0-5, 2f), Orrin Greene (0-1) Padraig O’Neill, Aiden Gray (0-2), Christopher Crowe (0-6, 1f). Sub: Nigel Kiernan for Jack Nertney (inj). We wish Jack Nertney a speedy recovery from the nasty head injury he received in the early stages of the match. We play Mostrim this evening, Wednesday, at 8pm in Monaduff. Best of luck to the team and management.
Junior C Championship
The Junior C championship continued last Wednesday evening in Leo Casey Park against Ballymahon. Unfortunately, we were beaten, 2-12 to 1-5. Team and scorers: Ryan Francis, Brean Kane, Derek McKeon, Nathan Maher (0-1), Mick Kane, Ciaran Cooney, Darren Cawley, Mark Duffy, Eamon Nertney, Padraig O’Neill, Auley Thomas (0-2), Colm Jordan (1-1), David Taylor, Tyrone Crowe (0-1), Ciaran Mulligan. Subs: Cathal Curwin, Darren Smith, Anthony McKeon, Gareth Donnelly. We play Cashel tomorrow, Thursday, at 8pm in Monaduff. Best of luck to the team and management.
Lotto
The lotto draw took place in Dillon’s of Ballinamuck, on Monday last, August 19th. The Jackpot was €18,800. Results are currently on the club website and social media and will be published in next week’s notes. Thank you to all who support our lotto. Please play again on Clubspot by selecting the Fr Manning Gaels option or from the usual ticket sellers.
The Marquee in Drumlish Festival
Our 13th Marquee in Drumlish Festival was held last weekend and we would like to thank everyone involved for helping make it such a tremendous success. Thank you to the artists who provided such wonderful entertainment on each of the four nights. Thank you to the Gray family for the use of the Old School site. Thank you to the many volunteers who worked in the preparation of the site and over the course of the weekend. There were many early starts and late finishes, but your hard work paid off and is greatly appreciated. Thanks to all those who helped run the Monster Bingo in aid of St Vincents MFC in Ballinamuck on Sunday and to those who ran the youth event in the Marquee on Saturday afternoon. Thanks to An Garda Síochána and the emergency services for their tireless work also.
Thank you to Cathal Quinn of Quinn’s Bar, Drumlish who was our licencing partner this year. Thank you to Mike and Martin Mulleady at Mulleady Properties who sponsored the festival once again this year. Finally, a massive thank you to all those who came from near and far to attend the Festival. We are sure you all had an enjoyable weekend, and we are looking forward to seeing you all back in Drumlish next year. We are extremely grateful to the people of our parish for their continued support in running the Marquee. Without this kind of support from the people of the community it would be impossible for us to stage such an event. Go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir.
New Arrivals
Congratulations to Paddy Collum and wife Ailbhe on the birth of their twin boys last week, Dan and James. Two future Gaels and Longford stars!