Newsletter 25-Feb-2025

Table Quiz Fundraiser For A New Defibrillator: Table Quiz followed by Music with Seany Mac to raise funds for a new defibrillator – a vital, lifesaving piece of equipment. Venue: Dug Out Pub, Blacklion. Date: Sunday, 16th March (Paddy’s Weekend!). Time: 8:00 PM. Quiz Entry: €10 per person. Spot Prizes on the Night. A great night for a serious cause – your support could help save a life! Gather your team, test your knowledge, enjoy the craic.

Thanks to Béal Cú O’Raghallaigh: A big thank you to Belcoo GAA for the use of their pitch for our challange game against Drumkeeran on Sunday 23rd Feb — we really appreciate it.

Lotto Results 17 February 2025: Numbers Drawn 02, 09, 17, 25. No Jackpot Winner. €20 Lucky Dip… Barry Maguire – Gowlan. Online. Ena McGinley – Rockview. Annual Lotto. Tommy Mc Manus – Gowlan. Chairde Shannon Gaels. Frankie (Bobby) McLoughlin – Dowra. Envelope. Donncha Maguire. Blacklion. Envelope. Next Draw Monday 3rd March 2025. Jackpot €3400. Play online at www.SmartLotto.ie.

Bright Times Ahead: Great to see progress on our new energy efficient LED lights on our training pitch. This upgrade will give much better light performance and energy savings. Looking forward to seeing our teams training under these lights soon.

Awards & Social Night: Date: April 5th 2025. Venu: Blacklion Golf Club. Sit Down Meal at 8:00 pm. Music by Conor Owens – Dance Till Late. More details coming soon.

Support Shannon Gaels with Lidl: LGFA Stamp Cards are back, help us earn rewards! It’s simple. Select “Shannon Gaels” on your Lidl Plus app. Spend €50+ in-store & scan your Lidl Plus app to collect a stamp. Collect 4 stamps & submit by Sunday, March 16th

Website: Our revamped website is now live at www.ShannonGaels.ie.

Newsletter: We will be posting a weekly newsletter on our website. Sign up to get a newsletter notification by email at www.ShannonGaels.ie/NewsletterSignUp.

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Newsletter 10-Feb-2025

Upcoming Events: 16 March Pub Quizz Followd By Music in The Dugout (Fund raising event for the purchase of new defibrillator). 05 April Awards Night with music By Conor Owens in Blacklion Golf Club (Awards night with meal and live music). 03 May Toll Bridge Blacklion / Belcoo Bridge (Bucket Collection).

Lotto: Next draw Monday 17th February 2025. Play online at www.SmartLotto.ie. Results 3rd February 2025: Numbers Drawn: 01, 06, 16, 27. No Jackpot Winner. €20 Lucky Dips: Conor McNiff, Blacklion – Online. Tony McGourty, Belcoo – Envelope. Gita Lynch, Glan – Envelope. Fr.Eamon Lynch – Annual Lotto. Peter Fitzpatrick, Blacklion – Cháirde Shannon Gaels.

Green Club: The club has been accepted into Phase 3 of the Green Club Programme. Survey results below.

Litter Pick: Well done to Blacklion Tidy Towns and all involved with the litter pick on Sunday 09 Feb. Thanks to all the club members that helped out.

Photo Prints: Prints of the 1989 Junior “A” Championship winning team, size 15 by 13 inches are now available to purchase from committee members for €20.

Website: Our revamped website is now live at www.ShannonGaels.ie.

Newsletter: We are posting a weekly newsletter on our website. Sign up to get a newsletter notification by email at www.ShannonGaels.ie/NewsletterSignUp.

Social Media: You can now follow @ShannonGales78 on our Facebook Page, Twitter / X, Instagram and YouTube.

Newsletter 05-Feb-2025

Lotto: Results 3rd February 2025. Numbers Drawn: 01, 06, 16, 27. No Jackpot Winner. €20 Lucky Dips: Conor McNiff, Blacklion – Online. Tony McGourty, Belcoo – Envelope. Gita Lynch, Glan – Envelope. Fr.Eamon Lynch – Annual Lotto. Peter Fitzpatrick, Blacklion – Cháirde Shannon Gaels. Next draw Monday 17th February 2025. Play online at www.SmartLotto.ie

Photo Prints: Prints of the 1989 Junior “A” Championship winning team, size 15 by 13 inches are now available to purchase from committee members for €20

Litter Pick: Blacklion Tidy Towns are having thier first litter pick of the year on Sunday February 9th. If any of our members / supports / players are around and free to help please do. Meeting at 11.30am in the Market House. Gloves, litter pickers and bags will be provided. There will be free tea, coffee & pastries afterwards as a thank you to all the volunteers.

New Lighting: Work on the lighting around our pitch started on Monday 27-Jan-25. We’re also switching to energy-efficient LEDs on our training pitch, which will not only significantly reduce our energy consumption but also provide better performance with improved brightness and light quality. To ensure the safety of everyone involved, the pitch and club grounds is now closed for 3 weeks, starting from Monday morning 27-Jan-25. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to unveiling the improved facilities soon!

Website: Our revamped website is now live at www.ShannonGaels.ie.

Newsletter: We will be posting a weekly newsletter on our website. Sign up to get a newsletter notification by email at www.ShannonGaels.ie/NewsletterSignUp.

Social Media: You can now follow @ShannonGales78 on our Facebook Page, Twitter / X, Instagram and and YouTube.

Newsletter 26-Jan-2025

New Lighting: Work on the lighting around our pitch is set to begin on Monday 27-Jan-25. We’re also switching to energy-efficient LEDs on our training pitch, which will not only significantly reduce our energy consumption but also provide better performance with improved brightness and light quality. To ensure the safety of everyone involved, the pitch and club grounds will be closed for 3 weeks, starting from Monday morning. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to unveiling the improved facilities soon!

Lotto: Results 20th January 2025. Numbers Drawn: 07, 16, 18, 29. No Jackpot Winner. €20 Lucky Dips: Maria Keaney, Dowra – Online. Seamus Maguire, Belcoo – Envelope. Colm Quinn, Blacklion – Envelope. Dympna Armmatage, Lisnaskea – Annual Lotto. Michael Higgins, Blacklion – Cháirde Shannon Gaels.Next draw Monday 3rd February 2025.

County Players: Best of luck to Rebecca McLoughlin, Jason McLoughlin, Nevin O’Donnell and the Cavan teams and management as the league campaigns get under way.

Green Club: Tanks to everyone who filled out the survey, we have submitted the application, more updates to follow.

Website: Our revamped website is now live at www.ShannonGaels.ie.

Newsletter: We will be posting a weekly newsletter on our website. Sign up to get a newsletter notification by email at www.ShannonGaels.ie/NewsletterSignUp.

Social Media: You can now follow @ShannonGales78 on our Facebook PageTwitter / XInstagram and and YouTube.

Newsletter 19-Jan-2025

Green Club Survey: Our club is considering taking part in the GAA Green Club Programme. By completing this very short survey of four questions, you can help us in planning priority Green Club actions for our club. The survey is opened on our website at www.ShannonGaels.ie/GreenClubSurvey. Survey closes Friday 24th January at 18:00. The Green Club Programme is designed to support environmental awareness and action in Gaelic Games clubs; see www.gaa.ie/greenclub for more details.

Underage: U14 & U16 girls had their 1st training session of the year, very happy faces returning. Well done to all the girls and coaches and best wishes for the season ahead.

Senior Ladies: Thank you to Caroline Fit4Ever Greene for a brilliant 1st session of core stability with the ladies team. Fantastic turn out.

Lotto: Draw takes place this Monday 20th January 2025. Jackpot €3100. Play on line at www.smartlotto.ie. For as little as €2 you can help fund the club and help develop our facilities.

Website: Our revamped website is now live at www.ShannonGaels.ie.

Newsletter: We will be posting a weekly newsletter on our website. Sign up to get a newsletter notification by email at www.ShannonGaels.ie/NewsletterSignUp.

Social Media: You can now follow @ShannonGales78 on our Facebook PageTwitter / XInstagram and and YouTube.