Owen Roe O'Neills GAC

FIXTURES AND EVENTS (subject to change)

Thurs 6^th April – Coaching for 5 to 10 year olds from 7 to 8pm at the Clubrooms – please see note below for more details.

Volunteers Meeting at 8pm in the Clubrooms – see note below.

Sat 8^th April – U-10 Blitz – venue and time to be announced.

U-14 League: Clann na nGael v Tattyreagh at 1pm.

Sun 9^th April – ACL: Clann na nGael v Owen Roe’s. Reserves at 2.15pm, Seniors at 3.45pm in Aughabrack.

Mon 10^th April – monthly Committee meeting at 8pm

Tues 11th April – Club open at 8pm. Punters Club, Lotto and cards (25) from 9pm.

Wed 12^th April – Minor League (boys): Owen Roe’s v Urney.

Sat 15^th April – U-8 Blitz – time and venue to be announced.

Mon 17^th April – Ladies Minor League: Owen Roe’s v Donaghmore at 6.45pm.

Fri 21^st April – Charity Quiz Nite at 9.30pm – see Social below

Sat 22^nd April – U-14 League: Clann na nGael v Drumquin.

Wed 26^th April – Minor League (boys): Castlederg v Owen Roe’s

Mon 3^rd July – Thurs 6^th July – Tyrone GAA Summer Camp at Owen Roe’s.

VOLUNTEERS MEETING

All the Owen Roe’s events you see in these notes takes people giving up a few hours of their time each week and without these people there would be no football or social events taking place. And these are just the things people see.

There's loads more going on behind the scenes at Owen Roe's.

To keep things happening at the Club we need more volunteers to lighten the load on those already helping...

Can YOU give up 30 minutes, an hour, 2 hours, 4 hours or whatever suits you each week to help out?

Would you be interested in coaching, helping at matches or with teams, grounds maintenance, helping with Social events, check the Lotto on a Tuesday night, help with fundraising and so on?

If so please come along to the Volunteers Meeting tonight, Thursday, at 8pm. New and past volunteers welcome!

MEMBERSHIP

If you have paid your membership for 2017 don’t forget to get registered on the GAA’s new membership benefit scheme GRMA (Go Raibh Maith Agat – Thank You) is the new GAA Membership Card programme providing benefits and rewards to GAA members. It is a ‘thank you’ for your involvement in your GAA club, engagement in GAA activities and attendance at games. Registration for the programme is now open with benefits available from January 2017. When you sign up, you will receive your Membership Card enabling you to avail of partner discounts, special offers and earn points for going to games. Points can be redeemed by individual members or pooled for redemption by GAA clubs. You will need a GAA membership number to join GRMA and receive a Membership Card. Please request your membership number from Club Registrar, Paul Mc Gonagle or Club Secretary, Pat Mc Nulty when you renew your subscription for 2017. To sign-up, visit www.gaa.ie/grma

SOCIAL

The next Quiz Nite will take place in the Clubrooms on Friday 21^st April and is being run by Niamh Christy who is raising funds for charity work she will be taking part in later this year. Niamh will be off to Sri Lanka with SLV.Global (Sri Lanka Volunteers) who offer Psychology students and graduates mental health placements in places like Sri Lanka, Bali and India. All proceeds raised at the Quiz Nite will be used to take arts and crafts materials to help stimulate those with mental disabilities.

If you would like to run a Quiz for a chosen charity or other fund-raising event please contact Joe Hegarty to book a night.

Cards (25) continue every Tuesday night and all are welcome to come along for the night’s craic from 9pm. New players always welcome!

The Clubrooms and Glenmornan Community Hall are both available for any family functions, fundraising events, community activities or classes.

THANKS

Owen Roe O'Neill's GAC, Leckpatrick would like to thank the latest group of sponsors of B Mc Namee & Co Ltd, M Beattie and Son Ltd, Miller Wholesale, Byrne Coaches and The Label Mens Fashions who have recently sponsored pitchside advertising hoarding for the Club grounds in Glenmornan. As always we would ask our members, players and supporters to support our sponsors in return.

CAIRDE EOGHAIN RUAIDH LOTTO

Tickets are on sale from various Club members or at Devlin’s Bar, The Stables Inn, M.K.’s Bar or The Square Bar. You can now also do the Lotto online via the “Shop Now” button on the Club’s Facebook page or on www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Owen_Roe_ONeill_Leckpatrick

OWEN ROE’S GIFT TOKENS AND MERCHANDISE

The latest delivery of the new Club training tops has now arrived. Please contact Joe Hegarty to arrange collection and payment.

Club gear and merchandise in stock includes bobble hats, golf umbrellas, mugs, bodywarmers, jackets, kitbags, replica jerseys, shorts, polo shirts (adult), T shirts (youth), skinnie track bottoms and regular-fit track bottoms.

Gift tokens are now on sale so if you don’t know what to buy as a present, give an Owen Roe’s Gift Token instead!

If you need any item of Club gear please contact Joe Hegarty.

To help identify your Club gear in case it gets mislaid, GMG Logos in the Orchard Road Industrial Estate in Strabane will personalise your skinnies, tops and so on with yours or your child’s initials or name.

TYRONE GAA SUMMER CAMP

Owen Roe’s will host its annual Tyrone GAA Summer Camp from Monday 3^rd July to Thursday 6^th July this year. Application forms will be distributed as soon as they are available.

Campa Chormaic is the Irish Language and Sports Summer Camp held in the memory of Cormac McAnallen. For details on this year’s Camps check www.campachormaic.com

The Michaela Foundation Girls' Summer Camp offers girls aged 11-13 a week of unforgettable fun filled activities. For more details or if you would like to volunteer at a Camp check www.michaelafoundation.com

GOOD LUCK

Everyone at Owen Roe’s would like to extend their congratulations to minor player and underage coach Jamie Conway, who recently earned the opportunity to go to Atlanta in America to coach with Skill Schools Northern Ireland this coming summer.

Jamie has played football with Owen Roe’s from an early age, and got involved with coaching a number of years back assisting at our underage academy evenings. Since then Jamie has assisted in the Owen Roe’s schools coaching programmes in Cloughcor and more recently in the Club’s Sports NI coaching sessions at Melvin.

It’s the experience and skills that Jamie has collected over the last few years with Owen Roe’s, coupled with his own motivation and drive, that allowed the Owen Roe’s Minor player to get through the competitive selection process to earn the opportunity that he has been given.

SCHOOLS FOOTBALL

Well done to Peter O'Flaherty and Lumen Christi who won the Ward Cup last week with a 3-10 to 1-8 victory over De La Salle, Downpatrick.

COACHING FOR UNDER-6S TO UNDER-10S

Coaching for children aged 5 to 10 years of age continues this Thursday from 7pm to 8pm at the Clubrooms in Glenmornan. Coaching is open to all girls and boys! New players are always welcome! Please bring indoor & outdoor gear and £1 per player which will go towards an end of season event for the children.

The Under-10s will have their first Blitz this Saturday starting at 10.30am.

The Under-8s will have their first Blitz on Saturday week.

LADIES MINOR FOOTBALL

The Ladies Minor team lost out to Omagh on Monday night by 2 goals.

They now have a break until Monday 17^th April when they will host Donaghmore in Glenmornan with throw-in at 6.45pm.

MINOR FOOTBALL

The Minor team (boys) and their Clann na nGael teammates are home to Beragh tonight.

Their next match is another home game next Wednesday against Urney followed by a break until Wednesday 26^th April when they will travel to Castlederg.

U-14 (BOYS) FOOTBALL

The U-14 boys (playing with Clann na nGael) were due to play Loughmacrory last Friday but the match was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

This Saturday they are at home to Tattyreagh with throw-in at 1pm followed by a trip to Pomeroy on Tuesday evening with throw-in at 7pm. They then have a break until Saturday 22^nd April when they will be at home to Drumquin.

RESERVE AND SENIOR FOOTBALL

The Reserve and Senior teams get their League campaigns underway this weekend with a north Tyrone derby tie away to neighbours Clann na nGael. Throw-in for the Reserves is at 2.15pm and the Seniors throw-in at 3.45pm in Aughabrack.