Well done to the U10s who won the Lowry Cup at the weekend. After coming through their group unbeaten with wins over Enniskillen and Truagh, they beat Errigal Ciaran in the quarter-final, St Gall’s in the semi-final and Trillick in the final. Thanks to everyone who assisted at the blitz especially Fiachra Woods, the referees, the sandwich makers, the Gaelscoil choir, Paddy Cleary and the Lowry family. The U10s have a tournament this Saturday in Carrickmore. All players are to be at the club for 9.15am. Please bring £2 for the bus. U8 training continues as normal from 10.30am on Saturday at Clanabogan. U8 and U10 training continues on Wednesday nights at Clanabogan from 7pm to 8pm. The Drumragh ‘Astro Gaelic’ programme will commence on Saturday October 29 at Omagh Leisure Centre. It will run from 11am to 12noon each Saturday for five weeks. This is open to U8 and U10 age groups. The cost per child is £2. Ask your coach for details. The Gaelic Start winter programme will begin on Saturday November 5 and run from 10.30am to 11.30am. The programme will run for seven weeks. Existing members and anyone with children in P1, P2 or P3, boys or girls, are welcome. It is an exciting programme aimed at improving the child’s skills through fun games and activities which parents and children will all enjoy. Please read the notes next week for details of our end-of-season youth trip. The seniors have a challenge game on Sunday at Clanabogan at 12noon as preparations continue for the League play-offs. More details at training. Good luck to the Gaelic4Mothers teams who head to Dublin at the weekend to take part in the national blitz. Best wishes to them as another very successful season draws to a close. Best of luck to Peter Doherty and Kilrea in this Sunday’s Derry SFC final. This week’s winning Club Drumragh lotto letters were C H K N O. There was no jackpot winner but two lucky match 4 £50 winners are Conor O’Kane and Shane Kelly. Next week’s jackpot is £3,150 and the draw will be held in The Coach Inn.
LADIES NOTES
Training for all teams including Saturday morning youth training has now finished for the year. The ladies committee wish to thank all players, parents and managers for the commitment they showed all year. Thanks to everyone who washed jersey, transported girls to games and helped with training and hospitality. Congratulations to our U13 development squad on another fantastic performance on Sunday. Get well wishes to Clare McSorley who sustained a fractured finger on the day. A girls end of year day trip for U10s, U12s and U14s has been organised for Saturday October 22. We plan to travel by bus to Eclipse Cinemas in Lifford. Please bring a packed lunch. The cost of the trip is £8 per child. Please forward your name to Jackie 07551432432.
