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Fitness Suite 21/12/2006
Work has completed
on the refurbishment of
the Fitness Suite.
Thanks to all who gave
their time, it has been
a tremendous help. One
last push saw the new
gym completed last week.
Conventions
Congratulations to Hugh
Cahill and Diarmuid
Cahill elected to the
County Committee and to
Houston Mc Veigh,
Michael O’Rourke and
Joseph Donnan elected to
the Divisional Board.
Fitness Suite
11/12/2006
Work has
continued on the
refurbishment of the
Fitness Suite. Thanks to
all who gave their time,
it has been a tremendous
help. One last push now
will see the gym
complete this week.
Clothes Collection
11/12/2006
Thanks to those who
contributed to the
clothes collection which
benefits the Club and
developing countries.
Trip
04/12/2006
A
group of girls from
the Club attended ice
skating at Dundonald
last Friday.
Christmas Bazaar
04/12/2006
The Annual Christmas
Bazaar took place at
Dunavil on Sunday.
Thanks to all who
helped with or
supported this
important event in the
Club calendar.
Fitness Suite
04/12/2006
Well done to the group
of players who came
out on Sunday morning
to work on
refurbishing the
fitness suite.
Ulster Coaching
Conference
Peter and Jim
attended the Ulster
Coaching conference in
Newcastle on Saturday.
Anne, Maura and
Christina attended the
Well woman
presentation in the
Burrendale.
Schools Football
27/11/2006
The Down Vocational
Schools Football
semi-final, St.
Columbans v St. Marks,
took place at Dunavil
on Friday with the
Warrenpoint school
just coming out on top
in terrible wet and
windy conditions.
Well done to St. Louis
who have qualified in
the MacRory Cup.
South Down GAA
Awards.
27/11/2006
Congratulations to
Neil Cousins, first,
and Peter Mc Clory,
third, who picked up
awards at the South
Down Dinner on Friday
night in the Juvenile
Referee of the Year
category.
An Riocht Annual
General Meeting
27/11/2006
A good sized
attendance was present
for a quiet AGM last
Wednesday at Dunavil,
reflecting members’
satisfaction with the
past years activities.
Among the successes
highlighted were the
provision of covered
spectator seating and
terracing and the
additional car parking
provided; the success
of the U21 footballers
who won our first
County Championship at
this level, the Senior
footballers who won
Division Two, the
Junior Camogs who
reached the
Championship Final and
the U12 Camogs who won
our first such Title
in eighteen years;
also six girls won All
Ireland medals with
Down; the Gift Aid
scheme was reactivated
and a special Dinner
Dance was held to mark
the Clubs Silver
Anniversary, while we
participated in Scor
after a lengthy
absence. Targets were
set for 2007 including
monthly sub committee
meetings, increased
take up on Coaching
courses, and
increasing Gift-Aid,
Lotto and Gaelic
Telecom subscription.
Comprehensive reports
were presented
covering all aspects
of the Club before the
Election of Officers
resulted in the
following taking up
positions for 2007:
Chair James
Cunningham; Treasurer
Daniel Cunningham;
Secretary Joseph
Donnan; County Board
Rep. Houston Mc Veigh;
Registrar Raymond
Sloan; Insurance
Officer Daniel Sloan;
Gift-Aid Chair Paul
Hennity, Secretary
Mary Colgan; Games &
Coaching Chair Peter
Walsh, Secretary Tom
Cunnigham; Finance &
Social Chair Michael
O’Rourke, Secretary
Anne Mc Ardle; Grounds
Development Chair
Nicholas Sloan,
Secretary Pat Rodgers;
Recruitment Chair Sean
O’Rourke, Secretary
Gerard Mc Conville.
If anyone is
interested in PRO or
Cultural activities
please contact any
committee member as
soon as possible.
The new committee will
meet at 7:15pm on
Monday 4th
December at 7:15pm.
Gaelic football poaching
signals new tribal warfare
Arizona: days 5 and 6 - Interview with Martin Clarke
Martin Clarke - One who baulked at taking the punt
Annual Club Mass
The Annual Club
Mass for deceased
members and friends
took place on Friday
night. Thanks to Frs.
Hennity, Sheehan and
Murray, to the altar
servers and choir, to
the readers and those
who took part in the
Offertory procession,
to those who helped
prepare the hall, to
those who helped on
the night, and to the
good sized attendance
who participated in
this important event
in the Club calendar
Chairman addresses
congregation at club
mass
Annual deceased
members mass at dunavil
Mass
Fr. Hennity at Club
mass
Readers at
mass
Congratulations 23/10/2006
Well Done to Helen Mc Conville who won a prize in the Gaelic Telecom Draw. She received her cheque at the Club on Friday from Gaelic Telecom representative Fergal O’Hagan. There will be a relaunch of Gaelic telecom within the Club soon.
Scor na nOg
The GAA talent contest for those U17 (that is born 1990 or later) starts soon. Entries are invited for Set and Ceili Dancing, Solo Singing, Ballad Group, Instumental Music, Recitation and Question Time.
Presentation 06/11/2006
This year the Camogie girls won the U12 Championship for the first time in eighteen years and won the Kingdom Cup; the U14 reached the semi final of the Championship and were runners up in the Patsy Conkey Cup; while the U16 were runners up in their Championship and represented Newry & Mourne in an exhibition match with Clare County Council. Three girls represented the Club with Down U14 & three with Down U16 teams.
In Football the U16 team were runners up in the ‘A’ league; the U12 reached the final of the ‘A’ Championship and were successful in tournaments in Castlewellan, Dunavil, Belfast and Ballyholland; the U10 won the Jim Mulholland Cup competition at Dunavil and the Mourne League. The U8s had success in tournaments in Longstone and Burren.
Players of the Year were as follows:
U16 Camogie Louise Rodgers; R/up Christina Trainor; Most Improved Sophie Colgan; Most Dedicated Cliona Donnelly.
U14 Camogie Colleen Fearon; R/up Carrie Killen; Most Improved Cheryl Flood.
U12 Camogie Noelle Fearon & Nicole Kelly; R/up Crystal Mc Loughlin; Most Improved Orla Mc Alinden.
U16 Football Shane White; R/up Stephen Corr.
U14 Football Ryan White; R/up Declan Doyle; Most Improved Adam White.
U12 Football Ronan Mc Alinden & Declan Doyle; R/up James Reilly; Most Improved Aidan Donnelly.
U10 Football John Paul Farrell; R/up Michael O’Rourke; Most Improved Stephen Doran.
U8 Football Aidan Sloan; R/up Liam Rodgers; Most Improved Conor Clarke.
Thanks to all who helped with teams and games during the year and to everyone who helped with the Presentation Night.
Presentation Night
Interview with Martin Clarke in Collingwood
Martin Clarke accepts a personalised An Riocht jersey
from Peter Walsh Chairman Games & Coaching committee
at his last training session before going to play for
Collingwood Football Club in Australia.
Photo shows Martin Clarke with An Riocht senior management
at training on Wednesday
L to R Pat Rodgers Sean O'Rourke Tom Cunningham (holding photo presentation) Martin Clarke Pete Mc Grath & Peter Mc Grath
Martin Clarke attended his last training session with An Riocht on Wednesday. Photo shows Martin with teammates including Paul Murney, Deaglan O'Reilly, Paul Sherry, Brendan Mc Veigh, Liam Mc Veigh holding up a personalised jersey.
Clean Up 19/09/2006
Thanks for the clean
up to the vandalised
town changing rooms
which means that we can
now prepare under lights
for the conclusion of
the season.
Clarke signs for AFL side Collingwood
25/08/2006
Summer Coaching Camps
19/06/2006
There will be a VHI
GAA Cul Camp at An
Riocht from 10am to
2:30pm on Monday 17th
to Friday 21st
July at a cost of £35
per child aged 7 to 13
years. Camogie, football
and hurling will be
coached and each
participant will receive
a full set of playing
gear (jersey, shorts &
socks) and a knapsack.
Places are limited and
will be allocated on a
first come basis.
Application forms are
available at the Club
and should be returned
to the Down GAA Board as
soon as possible. There
are only a few places
remaining.
Then from 21st
to 25th
August from 10am to 4pm
NMDC will hold football
and camogie/hurling
coaching at Dunavil.
Details later.
Safe Driving 19/06/2006
The group meets on
Thursdays at 7pm. There
will be discussion with
the various services
involved including Fire
Brigade, Trauma Unit,
Ambulance Service,
Driving Instructors,
Road Safety. There will
be sessions on
completing Provisional
and Theory application
forms, car maintenance,
safety awareness and
mock tests, plus free
driving lessons.
An Riocht Tournament Details 2006
27/05/2006
Some of the large
attendance making full
use of the new covered
terracing at Dunavil
during the recent SFL
match when An Riocht
defeated Atticall
Eamon O'Rourke was
off to Australia
06/04/2006
James Cunningham
(An Riocht
Chairman), Eamon
O'Rourke (Ireland
Masters team),
Michael O'Rourke
(Chairman An
Riocht Finance &
Social committee),
Christopher
O'Rourke (Eamons
son & An Riocht
U14 footballer).
An
Riochts Eamon
O'Rourke was off
to Australia on
Friday as a member
of the Ireland
Masters GAA
Football team.
Eamon has long
being a stalwart
of the An Riocht
Club. Way back in
An Riochts first
season in 1982,
while still a
minor, as a stand
in keeper he saved
a penalty in
Longstone in the
final Senior match
to keep the League
alive and indeed
An Riocht went on
to clinch the
Title after a
playoff victory
over the 'Stone a
few weeks later.
Two years later he
played half back
in the Centenary
Senior
Championship
Final. Later still
he was the full
back rock on which
Barney Mc Aleenan
built his side as
An Riocht Seniors
went whole seasons
without a home
defeat. Having won
a PRFC medal in
2002, An Riochts
only adult
Championship
success, Eamon
went on to lend a
hand with team
management while
still playing
Reserve football
and last Sunday
lined out at full
back for the
Thirds in
Ballykinlar! He
has also
contributed a lot
of time to the new
development at
Dunavil and on
Wednesday past in
the new covered
terrace there was
a presentation to
Eamon on behalf of
An Riocht ahead of
his departure to
Australia with the
Ireland GAA
Masters team.
Grounds &
Development
03/04/2006
Nick, James
and Pat attended a
meeting in
Newcastle
organised by the
County Board on
Thursday of last
week to do with
grounds
maintenance. The
finishing touches
are being made to
the new
development at
Dunavil. Thanks to
all who assisted.
Former President of
the GAA Jack
Boothman was a
welcome visitor to
An Riocht on Monday
afternoon taking
special interest in
the new seated and
terraced covered
stands.
27/03/2006
Photo
shows L to R Dan Mc
Cartan (Down Central
Council Delegate),
Jack Boothman (Past
President), James
Cunningham (An
Riocht Chairman),
Nick Sloan (Chairman
Grounds &
Development)
sheltering from the
rain in the seating
stand.
Games & Coaching
13/03/2006
The Foundation
Coaching Course took
place over three
evenings last week. Well done to all those who completed it. A Foundation
qualification is the
minimum requirement
for anyone involved
with an underage team.
Training 27/02/2006
James and Felix
attended the GAA
officers training course
at Castlewellan.
The
next major fundraiser is
the Disco in the
Archways on Saturday18th
March. The next F&S
meeting is on Monday 13th
March.
Grounds & Development
13/03/2006
Thanks to all those
who gave their time
since Christmas to get
the grounds up to
standard for the start
of the season. The
Saturday morning work is
now completed.
Grounds & Development
27/02/2006
Alan and George
have moved on to another
project and they will be
sorely missed about the
Club for all the work
they did.
Games & Coaching
06/02/2006
Nine of our
coaches attended the
‘Fitness & the Ball’
coaching course last
Monday. Gerard from the
U12s; Brendan from the
U14s; Damian, Eric and
Noel from the U16s; Jim,
Nick and Peter from the
U18s; and Brendan from
the Reserves. Gerard
went on to attend the
Coaching Seminar on
Saturday.
Photos -
Development of Seating
Stand at An Riocht
13/01/2006
Photos -
Development of Covered
Stand at An Riocht
13/01/2006
Photos - Preparatory Work for New Stand
13/01/2006
Spectator Stands
16/01/2005
Both of the
spectator stands have
been erected at Dunavil.
Mass
16/01/2005
There was a good attendance at the
annual Mass for deceased members and
friends at Dunavil on Friday and a
healthy collection took place for Frs.
Sheehan and Hennity missions. Thanks
to Fr. Diarmuid and Fr. Murray, to the
altar servers and the choir, to the
ladies who provided refreshments and
to everyone who helped or attended.
Games & Coaching
11/01/2006
There is a coaching
course ‘fitness & the
ball’ at Dunavil on 30th
January. A request has
been made to hold a
Foundation Level
training course at
Dunavil, more details
later. At the meeting on
last Wednesday the
following football
managerial decisions
were taken:
U8 & U10 Michael
O’Rourke, Peter Morgan,
Eric Campbell, Sean
O’Rourke, Martin Hughes,
Turlough Eastwood
U12 Geard Mc Conville,
Don Cole, Conrad Mc
Alinden, Peter Morgan
U14 Brendan Mc Veigh,
Martin Donnelly
U16 Noel Fitzpatrick,
Damian Cunningham, Eric
Campbell
U18 Peter Walsh, Jim
Allen, Nick Sloan
Thirds Neil Cousins
Seconds Joseph Donnan,
Pat Rodgers, Kevin
Flanagan
Seniors Peter Mc Grath,
Sean O’Rourke, Tom
Cunningham
Some people could not
commit at this early
stage and all other
offers of assistance
with teams would be
welcome, contact Tom
Cunningham or Peter
Walsh. Child Protection
& Foundation Level
Coaching qualifications
are minimum requirements
for taking a team. Both
will be held in early
February so do not miss
that opportunity. Also
there is a First-Aid
course coming up but the
deadline for applying is
next week. So again
don’t delay.
Scor
09/01/2006
The Club intends to
participate in the Scor
competition. To this end
a quiz team is being
recruited, if willing to
join in see Michael
O’Rourke. Also we will
need another item,
either dancing,
instrumental music, solo
or group singing. This
is for over sixteens.
Grounds & Development
09/01/2006
The next meeting is on
Monday 23rd
January at 7:30pm.
The first of the
spectator stands has
been erected at Dunavil.
Games & Coaching
06/01/2006
There will be a
meeting on Wednesday 4th
January, tonight, at 7pm
of all those players
intending to play senior
football this year. The
meeting to appoint team
managers and arrange
practices for 2006 will
also take place on
Wednesday 4th
January at the later
time of 8pm at Dunavil.
The County U21
football final is on
Saturday 7th
January. There is
a coaching course
‘fitness & the ball’ at
Dunavil on 30th
January. Hall practices
resume from Monday 9th
January.
Football for U8 (born
1998 or later), U10
(born 1996/97), U12
(born 1994/95), U14
(born 1992/93), U16
(born 1990/91). New
players welcome.
Finance & Social
06/01/2006
Down Year Books on
sale, still a few left.
The Annual Dinner Dance
will take place on
Friday 3rd
February in the Park
Hotel Omeath. The next
F&S meeting is on Monday
9th January.
Disco with Francie C on
Saturday 14th
January including
novelty head shaving and
waxing.
Grounds & Development
06/01/2006
Work resumes next
Saturday morning from
9am, the 14th
January. All available
Club members are asked
to come along and give a
hand.
Maths 06/01/2006
The next Maths class
is on Thursday 12th
January.
Mass 06/01/2006
The annual Club Mass
for deceased members and
friends will be
celebrated by Fr.
Diarmuid Sheehan at
Dunavil on Friday 13th
January.
Executive Committee
06/01/2006
The Clubs management
committee will meet the
third Monday of each
month. Next meeting at
7:30pm on Monday 16th
January.
Fitness Suite
06/01/2006
The fitness suite and
changing room area are
closed until next
Monday, 9th
January, due to
refurbishment.
