The Lotto draw was held last Monday, July 24th. The Jackpot was €7,000. The numbers drawn were as follows:

07, 09, 13, 20

There was no winner.

€30 winners

1. Sean Tyrell, Drumgowna
2. Mary Gearty, Drumlish, Co. Longford.
3. Michael McGarry.   
4. Enda Hughes, Drumlish, Co. Longford.
5. Michael Reynolds, Kiltycon, Moyne.

Sellers’ Prize

1. Thomas Gill.

2. Packie Duffy.

The next draw is in O’Reilly’s Bar Drumlish on Monday, August 14. The Jackpot is now €7,200. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive.

Senior Championship: Hard luck to our senior team who bravely lost out against Colmcille on Sunday evening last in a sun-soaked Allen Park on a scoreline of 0-12 to 0-9. We were extremely unfortunate not to get at least a draw out of the game. With only injury time remaining and a point between the sides, it appeared as if Petie Collum was clearly fouled 14 yards out from goals. However, the free was unfortunately not given, and Colmcille were able to manufacture two further points to win out by 3 in the end. We have a bye next weekend and are out again the following weekend in a must-win game against St. Mary’s, Granard. Best of luck to the team and management in their preparations for this crucial encounter. The team and scorers were as follows:

Paddy Collum (0-1, ’45), Mickey Kelly, Cian Brady, Emmet Noonan, Mark Duffy, Pauric Gill (0-2). Nigel Kiernan, Seán Whelan, David Collum, Anthony Kane (0-1), Diarmuid Cooney, Eoin Keane (0-4, (4f)), Kevin Whelan (0-1), Petie Collum, Mark Hughes.

Substitutions used: Dean Cosgrave, Stephen Cosgrave, Gearóid Nertney.

Lotto: The draw will be held in The Village Inn, Drumlish on Monday, July 24th. The Jackpot was €7,000. Results will be available on the club website when available and will be in next week’s notes. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive.

The Marquee in Drumlish – August 18^th to 21^st Thank you to all who attended our Marquee in Drumlish Launch Night on Friday night last in O’Reilly’s Bar, Drumlish. It was a great night’s entertainment thanks to the great singing and comedy of Gerry Keenan. Thank you to Cathal and the staff for their hospitality, it was greatly appreciated. If anyone is interested in volunteering at this year’s festival please let any executive member know of what night(s) you are available.

Executive Meeting: The monthly Executive Meeting will be held this Thursday, July 27^th in Monaduff at 8:30pm. Please note the revised start time. All members of the Executive are requested to attend.

The GAA nursery for children aged 4-6 continues this weekend at 10:30am at the astro-turf pitch in Drumlish. All children are welcome to attend, it does not matter if they have out before or not. All new faces are welcome.

Senior Championship: Our senior championship campaign got underway on Saturday evening last in poor weather conditions in Ardagh against Ballymahon. A last minute, long range point from Eoin Keane rescued a deserved draw for us leaving the scoreline 1-9 apiece at full time. We started the match the brightest, racing into a 1-2 to no-score lead, with Petie Collum tucking away a lovely goal. However, Ballymahon came storming back and just before half time they struck for a crucial goal and they went in at the break 1-6 to 1-3 ahead. Our lads battled tremendously hard in the second half and deserve great credit for coming back to earn the draw. The next match is against Colmcille, this Sunday at 6pm in Clonguish. Please come out and show your support. Thank you to Séamus Gallagher for providing refreshments for the squad afterwards. The team and scorers were as follows:

Paddy Collum (0-1, ’45), Mickey Kelly, Cian Brady, Dan Gorman, Emmet Noonan, Mark Duffy, Nigel Kiernan, David Collum, Seán Whelan, Martin Cassidy (0-4), Pauric Gill (0-2), Kevin Whelan,Diarmuid Cooney, Petie Collum (1-1), Mark Hughes.

Substitutions: Eoin Keane (0-1), Dean Cosgrave

Lotto: The Lotto draw was held last Monday, July 10^th in Gallagher’s Bar, Drumlish. The Jackpot was €6,800. The numbers drawn were as follows:

2, 14, 21, 25.

There was no winner.

€30 winners

1. Caoimhe Smith, Cootehill.
2. Naney Walsh, Aughnacliffe.
3. O’Toole’s, Ballinamuck.
4. Joe Caldwell, Drumlish.
5. Peadar Cassells, Bohey.

€20 Sellers’ Prize

1. Malachy Scott.
2. Thomas Gill.

The next draw is in The Olde Village Inn, Drumlish on Monday, July 24th. The Jackpot is now €7,000. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive.

Junior League Division 3: Our junior side were well beaten on Sunday last in Monaduff against a much better Ardagh/Moydow team. The final score was 4-17 to 2-4 in favour of the visitors. We wish a speedy recovery to Darren Cawley who sustained a knee injury in the first half. The team and scorers were as follows:

Michael Heslin, Darren Cawley, James O’Neill, Cathal Howe, Micheál Kane, Seán Diffley, Kevin Whitney, Mark Breslin, Jonathan Connell, Scott Howe (0-3, (3f)), Aiden Gray, James Breslin, Seán Breslin (0-1), Derek McKeon (1-0), James McCann.

Substitutions: Anthony McKeon, Gearóid Nertney (1-0)

Marquee in Drumlish – August 18^th to 21st: The Launch Night for the Marquee in Drumlish Festival will be held in O’Reilly’s Bar, Drumlish on Friday night, July 21^st. Gerry Keenan will be providing the music and entertainment on the night. All are welcome to attend.

With all of our acts in place for the upcoming festival, we now need volunteers to help out for the weekend. If you would like to help out in any capacity please contact Pakie Duffy or any member of the Executive.

Clubrooms: Thank you to Brendan Ghee Painters for the excellent paint job done on the clubrooms in Monaduff.

Welcome Home: Welcome home to Mark Gillooley who is back after a number years in the UK.

St. Vincent’s Fun Day: Well done to St. Vincent’s on a fantastic fun day and Parish League on Saturday last in Monaduff. It was great to see such a large turnout and everyone enjoying themselves.

Senior Championship: It is championship time again and we face Ballymahon this Saturday in Keenan Park, Ardagh at 7pm. The team and management have been working hard all year and we wish them the best of luck in this very important fixture. Please come out and show your support.

Lotto: The draw will be held in Gallagher’s Bar, Drumlish tonight Monday, July 10th. The Jackpot is €6,800. Results will be on the club website when available and will be in next week’s notes. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive.

Junior Team: Our Junior team were scheduled to play Ballymahon on Sunday last in Monaduff, however the match was called off as the opposition were unable to field. The next round of the league is this Sunday at 2.30pm in Monaduff against Ardagh/Moydow.

Senior League: Our seniors played Colmcille in round 7 of the Division 1 league on Friday night last in Monaduff. Unfortunately we came out second best on a score line of 2-11 to 0-9. The concession of two soft goals in the first half and a number of missed chances proved costly for us in the end. The team and scorers were as follows:

Paddy Collum, Mickey Kelly, Cian Brady, Mark Duffy, Nigel Kiernan, Emmet Noonan, Eoin Keane, David Collum, Pauric Gill (0-2), Kevin Whelan (0-1), Diarmuid Cooney (0-1), Ciarán Cooney, Petie Collum (0-3, (2f)), Martin Cassidy (0-2, (2f)), Mark Hughes.

Substitutions used: Dan Gorman, Stephen Cosgrave, Gearóid Nertney, Seán Whelan

The Marquee in Drumlish – August 18^th to 21^st The Launch Night for the Marquee in Drumlish Festival will be held in O’Reilly’s Bar, Drumlish on Friday night, July 21^st. Gerry Keenan will be provided the music and entertainment on the night. All are welcome to attend. If you are interested in volunteering at this year’s festival please let any executive member know of what night(s) you are available.

Sponsorship: The club would like to thank David Collum for his very generous sponsorship of football gloves for the senior squad. It is greatly appreciated.

Gym Membership: A reminder that those wishing to use the gym in Monaduff must pay their club registration fee to Registrar Bridie Reilly, otherwise they are not covered by insurance.

Scór: If there is sufficient interest among clubs, An Coiste Náisiúnta will organise a scriptwriting workshop this Autumn to help clubs develop scripts for the Léiriú and Aithriseoireacht/Scéalaíocht segments for Scór. If you are interested in learning how to develop an idea and take it through scripting in order to make it suitable for stage production please contact siobhan.nichuana@gaa.ie as soon as possible.