On the pitch
Best of luck to Shane McGrath who will be lining out at midfield as UCD take on UUJ this Tuesday in the Sigerson Cup. Well done to Katie McGowan and Ciara Larkin who both featured strongly as the Donegal under 16s scored two wins over Sligo in well contested challenges in Bundoran earlier this afternoon. Well done also to Faye Gillespie who had the opportunity to do her stuff in the impressive Connacht Air Dome on Sunday as the Donegal under 14s took on Clare. A further well done to Caitlin McGarrigle on getting a spot on the Gaelic Life team of the week.
Last One Standing
The Juvenile Hurling Committee are delighted to run our ever popular, annual fund raiser thanks to the continued support of Liam Gallen at Mr G’s. Test your football knowledge by picking a winning team for each of the seven rounds of the upcoming National League, the only catch is that you can only pick each team once! There’s a prize fund of €250 to be won by the player or players that manage to correctly predict the winning teams right through to the finals and of course, the smugness of being the Last One Standing! Entry costs €10 and cards can be collected from Owen Roe’s Bar or from any committee member and can be sent via WhatsApp or email – contact Orla Bannon on 086-8035316. Payment can be made in cash, via Revolut or Klubfunder.com. Get your entries in before Friday, 26th January and let the best one win!
Dinner dance
Mark it in your diaries! The social night of the year takes place on Saturday, 17th February, as Aodh Ruadh host their annual dinner dance! As usual the action takes place in Dorrian’s Imperial Hotel, and we are all looking forward to what should be a big night of craic and celebration. Thankfully the club had a successful 2023 on a number of fronts, so we have quite a bit of achievement to mark. Attendees will be greeted with a complimentary glass of fizz on arrival from 6pm, before proceedings formally get under way with the banquet at 7pm sharp. After the fine dining, Master of Ceremonies Sean Perry will take to the rostrum to introduce the presentation of awards. As well as our usual individual presentations we will be saluting our senior reserve championship winning footballers, as well as the under 23 championship winning ladies. We will also be honouring our 1998 senior and reserve championship winning sides, as well as the intermediate camogie champions as they mark their jubilees. With the gongs given out, the fabulous Keltic Kaos will take to the stage to entertain the crowd into the small hours. Tickets priced €40 are now available on klubfunder.com or by contacting Lisa McTernan on 086-2338636. Don’t delay, get yours today!
Ballyshannon Bingo
The Jackpot was won at last Tuesday’s Ballyshannon Bingo on 9th January, with Fiona Murphy taking the spoils. The House winners were Gerard Kane and Teresa Campbell (shared), Eoin Duffy, Mary Faith, Teresa Campbell, Marian McDermott, Molly Ferguson, Jean Murray and Annette Smyth. The Snowball rolls over for another week, with Patricia O’Connor winning the €100 prize on that game. The Line winners were Michael Keating, Áine McManus and Eoin Duffy, Brendan Hoey, Paula Farrell, Maureen Connolly, Brendan Hoey, Paula Farrell, Geraldine Kane, Tina Gannon, and Sonya Kelly and Annette Smyth (Shared). Josie Lynch took the €50 double line prize in game 10. Celine McGrath and Jean Brolly won free books for next week’s bingo in our half-time book draw. Anne Mulhern took the Stand-Up game prize of €130! The €1,000 Winter Snowball escaped another week so is in play on 54 numbers or less this week, all as part of a €2,800 prize fund including €500 50/50 Jackpot and €300 Lucky Numbers Game. Bingo at the usual time of 8.30pm Tuesday with doors open at 7.45pm. Books cost just €10! Come along a bring a friend for a great night of craic and prizes!
Aodh Ruadh lotto
There was no winner of the Aodh Ruadh Lotto jackpot of €5,600. The winning numbers drawn were 1, 3, 5, 7, 10 and 12. In the lucky dip prizes of €20 were won by Philip McLoone, Eunan McGrath, Tom Vaughan, Una Bonner, and Nessa and Keelin Ferguson. The next draw is for a jackpot of €5,700 on Sunday in McGinley’s bar. Lotto tickets are available in Kernan’s Spar and Pearse O’Neill’s. You can play also play the lotto online. Log onto klubfunder.com and then search for and select Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon. Users can now avail of the auto-renew option to play the same line every week until they decide to stop when they pay using Stripe. If you’re not in, you can’t win!
The lotto team for McCosker’s Centra on Saturday is: JUVENILE HURLERS.