< Previous© June 2019 The Meath Coaster 60 Club News A s the season draws to a close for our amazing girls teams our Girls awards night will be held in Whytes func- tion room on Wednesday the 29 th of May, will will update you next month on all the events of the night. Over 35’s tournament. We are delighted to be hosting the over 35’s tournament June bank holiday week- end, when we will be welcoming 2 teams from Germany and 10 teams from around the country. Kick off starts 12pm Saturday 1 st June, come down and show your sup- port, we will update you next month with all the news from the tournament Girls academy 2018/2019 What a wonderful year for the girls in the club... we welcomed over 30 news girls to our after school girls academy and what a joy it has been . To see these girls de- velop over the last two terms this year is amazing. From girls that were quite shy to start, They have gotten to learn new skills, to grow in confidence, to work as a team, to making new friends and most impor- tantly having loads of fun along the way . While we bid a sad farewell to some of our older girls of the academy, they have now graduated to join the girls u8s team and we know they will fit straight in and do a superb job together, we look forward welcoming and introducing even more new girls to football when we come back in September, A big thank you to all the parents, St Patrick’s NS, St Patrick’s Gaa club and to all the coaches Alan, Jean, Leonie and Ali, if you would like to put your daughters name down for the after school academy in Sept you can contact Ali 0876125466 or the club itself at Stam- ullenfc@gmail.com MGL - Under 8’s Our little ladies completed a brilliant first season on Sunday down in the MGL head- quarters in Coolock.They were up against teams from all over the greater part of Dub- lin and gave a great account of themselves. Our girls who have come through C2 General © June 2019 The Meath Coaster 61 the Stamullen Academy last year with coaches and Development Of- ficers Ali and Alan,who set the foun- dations for 25- 30 girls at this level. Our girls were then taken into the com- petitive ranks by FAI Licensed Coach Simon Quigley.Simon helped the girls on to the next stage of their development and have flourished under his guidance. The average age of our girls at the start of the season was 5 years old,and they have been coming up against players from the age of 6,7,8 and 9 years old and are win- ning games. Our girls have captured the hearts of our local community with their performances in their first season and with them going again at this level next season the future of girls and women’s football in Stamullen FC looks very bright.... Lip Sync - Stamullen FC! Do you fancy yourself as the next Freddy Mercury, Beyonce, Spice Girl or Back- street Boy. Look no further as we can make your dreams come through. Grab your mi- crophone & your mates as we’re looking for participants for Lip Sync on Sat 5 th Oct, in City North Hotel. Please contact Grainne Carmody 087-6395245 to register Sponsor news Thanks to Gary and the team at Dunne’s Centra Stamullen for sponsoring Con’s under 12 boys team this season. We really appreciate the support. If any local busi- ness would like to sponsor a team please get in touch! Our academy is on Saturday mornings on the small gormanston pitches from 10am- 11am,for ages 4 upwards. New players are always welcome, so if you have a budding little soccer player who would love to give it a try please bring them along. Club Contact Details: Email - stamullenfc@gmail.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/stamullenfc Club Secretary Marcus Kelly – 0851477825 Website – www.stamullenfc.com © June 2019 The Meath Coaster 62 EST. 1950 Cockhill Road, Stamullen, Co. Meath T: 086 1731739 E: pro.stpatricksmeath@gmail.com Facebook Stpatricksgaastamullen/ Naomh Padraig GAA Senior Teams O n 16 th May, the Senior team played Skryne in the first round of the Feis Cup and after a tough match they lost St.Patricks 1-15 Skryne 2-16. 19 th May the A League Division 2 played against Duleek/Bellewstown away and won in fine style St.Pats 1-19 Duleek/Bellewstown 1-15 On 22 nd May the A League Division 2 played against Seneschalstown and had a great win again St.Pats 3-14 Seneschal- stown 2-13 Junior Team 17 th May the B League division 2 match against St.Peters took place in Dunboyne and unfortunately we lost to a very strong team St.Pats 0-07 St.Peters 1-14. Senior Ladies On 15 th May the ladies played Moylagh in the Junior A Championship, round 2. Moylagh were a very strong team and the score definitely doesn’t reflect how well our ladies played and they kept go- ing strong right up until the final whistle. Final score Moylagh 4-09 St.Pat’s 2-09. On 21 st May the ladies played a League game against Wolfe Tones and won to a fantastic score of St.Pats 6-16 to Wolfe Tones 2-06 Under 16s Saints Hurling 19 th May the under 16s went to Dunganny to play in the Shield final and unfortunate- ly lost out to a very strong Kiltale team. Under 16s Ladies Football Club Cham- pions 2019 Meath LGFA Under 16 Club champions 2019….The girls went to Dunganny and played their hearts out against Na Fianna and won the final!! Under 14 Girls Football The girls played in Division 1 against Walterstown on the 14 th May at home and had a fantastic win, St.Pat’s 4-10 to Wal- terstown 1-07. 17 th May the girls played Ratoath in the Division 1 League and won with a very healthy score of St.Pats 3-14 Ratoath 1-02 Under 14 Boys Football The boys played Trim in the RS Awards football League and unfortunately lost. Final score Trim 6-09 St.Pats 3-09. On 17 th May the boys played Skryne and lost nar- rowly in a very close game to the top of the League team. St.Pats 5-01 Skryne 3-1 Under 12 Boys football 18 th May the boys played against © June 2019 The Meath Coaster 63 Colmcilles in Laytown and won a fantas- tic game. St.Pats 22 Colmcilles 17 Under 9s The under 9s have managed to se- cure sponsorship from Applegreen in Gormanston for their team and we would like to sincerely thank Applegreen for supporting our Club. Call out for Mentors for U8s If anyone has a few hours per week to spare to be the lead mentor for our U8 team could you please contact Stephen Brennan for more details. Thank you New County Players Well done to the 3 player's who have made the U12 Meath Development squad; Cad- hla Burns, Megan Nolan, Grace Dawson Bingo News The bingo in the clubhouse is proving to be a great success. There is great atmos- phere and prizes to be won and everyone, young and old is welcome. Bingo every Sunday in the St.Pat’s Clubhouse at 8pm. Big Féile Fundraiser from 3 rd June until 9 th June We are having a massive fundraising event for the under 14s girls team that have made it to the féile in Galway in June. The event is as follows All week we will host bring a book and buy a book in the room beside the shop downstairs in the Clubhouse • 8 th June - there will be a car wash event form 10am until 1pm • 8 th June – A table quiz will take place upstairs in the hall at 4pm at 20 euro a table and lots of spot prizes to be won • 8 th June – A footballathon will take place • 9 th June - Cake sale in St.Patricks Church Stamullen after 10am Mass The famous pre-loved dress sale will take place on the 14 th of June from 7pm to 9pm in the Clubhouse and all one off preloved dresses can also be donated to Tania 0860239031 or leave into reception at the clubhouse before the sale. §© June 2019 The Meath Coaster 64 Naomh Colmcille C.L.G. www.cilles.com u16 Saints Hurlers who lost the Division2 Shield final to the famed Kiltale club Rounders Champions Two teams made up of our u12 boys took part in the county Rounder's competition finals held at scenic Seafield. After a ti- tanic struggle the Yellow team advanced with the silverware and now go on to rep- resent the County in the Leinster finals County Players Pride of place this month to our two mi- nor Ladies Leinster Champions, Caoimhe and Alannah who were part of the Meath squad that claimed Leinster honours af- ter a superb battle with Kildare in the fi- nal at Kinnegad recently. Looking dead and buried at half time the Meath girls showed tremendous character to blitz the Lilywhites in the second half an claim a At our recent medal presentation were the 2006 boys who claimed u12 and u13 honours in 2018 M ay is one of the busiest months of the year as competitions hurtle to a conclusion with exams and holidays on the horizon. No doubt we have missed loads of news so apologies in advance ! Underage Competitions In Full Swing At the time of writing we are very busy travelling the length and breadth of the county. This month saw a lot of county competitions come to a conclusion. Hard luck to our wonderful u16 Division 6 girls team who reached the final only to lose to Dunboyne. Best wishes to our two u12 girls teams in final action on the 26 th May. Our U14 teams await their final details. Hard luck to the u16 Division1 boys losing out in the final to old rivals Dunshaughlin at Pairc Tailteann and our © June 2019 The Meath Coaster 65 The 2004 boys had a memorable 2018 winning a clean sweep of u14 titles clean sweep of ladies underage titles. We look forward to taking the Leinster Ladies u14, 16 and 18 titles back to Piltown with all our representatives on SUNDAY 9TH JUNE in Piltown. It promises to be a very exciting day Well done to David, Endy and Sean on reaching the Leinster Minor Football quarter finals v Westmeath next weekend. Good luck to Andrew Beakey in the up- coming Leinster U20 championship and bet wishes to Ben, Graham and James in the forthcoming Leinster semi-final v Westmeath or Laois at Croke Park in what is sure to be a very entertaining game. It was great to see the lads all contribute to the score board v Offaly and Carlow re- cently Lotto Winner Well Done to our latest lotto winner, Den- Our u12 rounders teams played each other in the Meath final recently good luck to the yellows in the Leinster series © June 2019 The Meath Coaster 66 ise Burthenshaw who claimed the jackpot last week. A super club person there can be few deserving winners. Don’t miss out on your chance to win what must surely be the most won lotto prize locally by play- ing weekly. Our lotto sales team are now selling at Southgate (Friday's) and Tesco (Saturday's) and we thank both outlets for their support of our community focussed club. You can also play online at www. cilles.com by asking your team coach or in the clubhouse. Development works at Piltown will commence in the coming months and Lotto is the lifeblood to sup- port our plans. If you are able to support our sales team by giving 1 hour a week then please let us know Shane Black Cúl Cilles Academy The 2019 Cúl Cilles Academy is in full swing offering football and hurling to all. The hurling dedicated academy is on Monday nights at Piltown and the football academy on Sunday mornings. All are welcome to come and try! All you need is to bring your best attitude and spirit to give it a go. We would like to thank Shane Black Property Advisers and Auctioneers for sponsoring the academy now in its 20 th year. We are delighted to welcome such a high profile and successful business on board and wish Shane and his team all the very best. We ask all our members to sup- port our sponsors Kellogs Cúl Camps Registration is now open for the Kel- logg's Cúl Camps on www.kelloggscul- camps.gaa.ie We are holding two camps on 15 th -19 th July and 19 th -23 rd August, We are a host venue for the camps and they are administered by the GAA. Therefore registration must be undertaken via the of- ficial website only. We will shortly be an- nouncing details of our own club summer Congrats to Caoimhe and Alannah on a history making Leinster Minor Football Championship win last month Our May Carroll Estates volunteer of the month was Hugh Reilly from the Saints Hurling pictured receiving his prize from President Pat Haigney, Ollie Cawley of Carroll Estates and Gwen Lanigan Oifig na Gaelige © June 2019 The Meath Coaster 67 activities via GPO Niall Kane Cois na Mara/Carroll Estates Volun- teer Of The Month A big congratulations to our latest Volun- teer of the month winner Hugh Reilly from "The Saints" hurling. Hugh is the organ- iser of the Breaga Cup hurling competi- tion between the local East Meath schools and featured 5 local schools with Realt na Mara Donacarney Boys winning the Cup and Whitecross claiming the shield. Well done to everyone who took part. Enjoy the prize Hugh and keep up the great work Adult Football Update It was a positive month on the league front for our adult men's and ladies teams who climbed the league tables. Our ladies teams have been desperately unlucky in Championship action facing the favour- ites for intermediate and junior champion- ships in the early rounds. However very solid performances and with a few league wins under their belts it's safe to say that there is a long way to go yet!. Good luck to all our teams in the coming weeks and months Presentation of jersey to our 2004 boys sponsor, Devanney Solicitors Good luck to our u12 girls teams in final action this month © June 2019 The Meath Coaster 68 Medals Presentation Our medals presentations took place last month. Well done to all our teams on your suc- cesses in 2018. 2019 looks even better § Well done to everyone who attended our recent ladies medals presentation at Colaiste na hInse. So great to see © June 2019 The Meath Coaster 69Next >