The Club congratulates, Ann Marie Healy, Greenhills, Knockcroghery. Seller: Padraig O’Connor, who won €1,151 in the Club’s weekly draw on Saturday 28th January. 50/50 draw next week on Saturday 4th February will be in Kellys, Lecarrow. You can sign up for the next 52 weeks (Cost €100) or 26 weeks (Cost €50) at any time, please contact 087 3552383 for details and online Club website at www.naomhdominic.ie. Envelopes, for entry into each individual draw on each Saturday, are also available in the Shops/Post Office and Bars in the locality, as well as from John Corcoran’s Menswear and Roscommon Leisure Zone in Roscommon – only €2 per draw. Team 9 – Thady Beirne on selling duty. Ladies Football are on helping duty for January. Many thanks for your support.
Club Membership 2017: Annual Membership for 2017 is now due. Registration Fees for 2017 are as follows: Adult (Player) €70, Adult (Non Player/Scor) €30, Student €50, Juvenile €40, Juvenile (Member of another Club) €20, Family €150, Senior Citizen €25, Registration form is available on our website www.naomhdominic.ie.
St. Dominic’s Strictly: The club is proud to announce that it will be hosting “St. Dominic’s Strictly” this Easter in the Hodson Bay Hotel on 15th and 16th of April. This important fundraising event aims to assist the club in catering for its growing membership base of over 600 members, through the development of facilities. A committee has been working hard over the past few weeks and are delighted to announce that 28 individuals have agreed to take to the stage and don their dancing shoes. Under the excellent guidance of choreographer Trisha McDermott of McDermott School of Ballet, our dancing stars will volunteer their time, energy and effort, as they polish their routines. There will be a formal launch of ‘St. Dominic’s Strictly’ in Murray’s Bar Knockcroghery on Friday, 17th February. Please come and join us on the night, as we reveal our dancing couples not only to the public, but to each other as well. Please keep an eye on St. Dominic’s Facebook, Twitter and Club website naomhdominic.ie for updates and announcements. So the countdown to the 15th and 16th of April begins!
Scor: St. Dominics Leiriu team will compete in the All-Ireland Final on Saturday 11th February, in Belfast. Tickets are €20 per adult and €10 per child (U16), orders for tickets must be placed via the Co. Board. Please contact Anita on 0879933177 for availability.
Senior Football: This year’s O’Gara Cup kicks off on the weekend of the 18th/19th February. St. Dominics are away to Michael Glaveys in the first match. Training takes place on Wednesday night at 8pm for all home-based players and Friday night at 8pm for all players.
Ladies Football: Grab your Whistle Go Games will be held on the 25th February. You do not have to have completed the Grab your Whistle to do the Level 1 course. Course participants must be over 17 years. Registration 9.30am to 9.45am. No fee. Course consists of two 6 hour days and a two hour evening session. Please contact Helen on 0861574623 These courses have been organised as a result of feedback at Ladies County board meeting where delegates requested that more people are trained as referees. Important: As from the 1st of January 2017 mouthguards are mandatory at all age grades in ladies football.
Coaching and Games: In conjunction with the County Coaching and Games Committee we are looking for a club member to deliver some Gaelic football coaching in the primary schools of the parish.
Go to club website for full details or contact Tomás Gilleran on 0874110974. The county board have scheduled coaching courses in both Hurling and Football over the coming weeks . Anyone that has not completed the Level 1, or Foundation course and would like to do so, should email our Ollie, Games Promotion Officer (GPO) to book a place ( Oliver.lennon.gpo.roscommon@gaa.ie). Or contact club coaching officer Tomás Gilleran (0874110974) for more information. Details of upcoming coaching courses also available on the club web site.
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