Jack The Joker
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| No. Drawn - 22 |
Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night
in Minnies Bar where the jackpot is €7,600 as on Sunday night last Eleanor
Hickey was drawn out of the drum and chose card number 22 which wasn’t the
Joker although she did win €50. Jane and Wayne and Ken and Jim won €25
each. As well as our group of ticket
sellers tickets can be purchased from Convenience Store Ballinroad, Village
Flowers, Spar, Mousies Takeaway, Minnies Bar and Crotty’s Corner Bar.
AGM
Our Annual General Meeting took place in St Laurance’s Hall, Ballinroad
on Friday night last. Chairman Bernard Shields got the meeting underway by
welcoming all those present after which Treasurer Packie Hurney presented the
Club Accounts which showed that once again the club to be in a good a financial
position despite paying back the loans on our development work. Packie was
praised for the work he put into not alone preparing the accounts for the AGM,
but for the work he put into the club finances all year. Next on the agenda was
the Secretary’s Report and once again Jonathan O’Donovan produced a very detailed
report on all areas of club activity during 2015. All in the club are aware of the
many hours put in by Jonathan in administering the club business and we are
fortunate to have somebody so diligent carrying out this role.
It was then time for the Chairman’s Address where Bernard Shields
thanked all those who worked for the club in 2015 in any way. Bernard appealed
for more people to get involved in the club in 2016 to help in any way they
feel they can help. Bernard thanked all the players who played for any of our
teams during 2015 and while we would all have wished for a more successful year
on the playing fields, it was still a year which saw us win Divisional and County
Honours at Adult Level as well as many Underage Titles. The election of
officers saw the election of the following officers:-
Chairman: Bernard Shields
Vice Chairman: Frank Sweeney
Secretary: Jonathan O’Donovan
Assistant Secretary: Éamonn Cashin
Treasurer: Packie Hurney
PRO: Neil Moore
Membership Officer: Kevin Tobin
Committee: Niamh Enright, Pa
McGovern, Jim O’Mahony, Audrey Hallahan, Joe Cleary, Brendan Mansfield, Michael
O’Donovan.
National Draw
Once again this year the GAA are holding a National Draw with tickets
costing €10 each. There are some fantastic prizes on offer and like last year
we are holding a Christmas Raffle for all those who purchase tickets for the
National Draw before Christmas. Tickets are now available from Committee members
and team managers.
Club Bingo
This Sunday our Bingo will continue in the CBS Hall where the Jackpot is
€400.
Sympathy
On behalf of all in the club we would like to send our deepest
sympathies to the family and many friends of the late Kathleen Woods (nee
Organ), Shears Street, Abbeyside who passed away last week. Kathleen’s family
has many connections with our club for generations on the playing field and they
continue to support the club today. Once again we send our sympathies to
Kathleen’s husband John, daughter Patricia and son Seán on their loss.
We would also like to send our sympathy to the family of the late Kevin
Keating, Leamybrien who passed away recently. Kevin was a familiar face to the
field workers in the club as he often helped out with maintaining the machinery
in the field.