Saturday next (19th) marks our social highlight of the year, the Dinner Dance in the Claregalway Hotel. The Club is looking for a big turnout of members and followers and the proceeds will be used for the Club’s Development Fund, in particular for the on-going works at Knockdoemore. Proceedings commence with Dinner at 8.30pm and the speeches have been dropped from the formalities. The entertainment features special guest Don Stiffe and music by Silkwood. If you would like to reserve a table for your own ‘gang’, this can be arranged by telling the committee in advance. Tickets are available from Mary Conlon 087 7999379, Gerry Moran 091 798510, Kenny Murphy 087 6707297, Margaret Kearney 087 2044158 or any of the committee.
The team being honoured this year is our history-making Minor footballers of 1991 who won the Co. B League and Championship double. The team panel was: Phillip Leahy, Joe O’Connell, Declan O’Brien, Declan Duggan, Kevin Moran, Pat Cullinane, Shane Walsh, Richard Kearney, Declan Madden, Kenneth Walsh, Michael Kenny, Micky Grealish, Martin O’Connell, Peter Fahy (c), Geoffrey Keating, Liam Hession, Ollie O’Connell, Michael Pinky Walsh, Michael Hiker Walsh, Derek Long, Colin Fleming, Frankie Connell and Gerry Murphy. Special Awards will be presented to those selected for distinguished performance in 2010 as well as the Distinguished Person’s Award.
Adult Football Committee: Jimmy Hughes, chairman; John Feeney, secretary; Kenny Murphy, treasurer; Emmett Feeney, PRO; Eoin Clarke, Registrar; Club delegates, Gerry Kearney and Frank Moran.
Team management 2011
Senior: Eoin O’Donnellan, Manager; Fergal McEvoy, Selector; training is on Wednesdays and Fridays at 7.30pm, on Sundays at 10.30am. Patrick Stephens and Joe Gorham will assist with training including Dublin-based players.
Junior: John Morrin, Tom Flaherty, Paul Concannon, James Concannon, Jimmy Gavin.
U21: Brendan O’Hagan, Roddy Grealish, Gerry Higgins, Joe Gorham. Minor- Tony King, Alan Moran, Cormac Evans, Barry Cullinane.
Registration Night will be held in the Clubhouse on Thursday February 24th. from 6 to 9pm. For insurance purposes, all senior, junior, underage, juvenile and ladies football players must be officially registered. All current players and members are requested to attend.
Survey: There is a survey up on our website www.claregalwaygaa.net inviting comments and ideas on various aspects of the Club. It would be good to get ideas from parents, member and players.
U21s had a comfortable win over Annahgdown in the North Board A Championship played in calm and sunny conditions at Annaghdown on Sunday last. The score was 1–11 to 0–5. It was an encouraging team display and goalie Eoin Clarke’s save from a one-on-one situation early in the second half deserves special mention.
Team panel: Eoin Clarke, Keith McDermott, Michael Evans, Michael Brennan, Colm O’Hagan, Conor Costelloe, Hubert Newell, David Hansberry, Michael Noonan, Peter Divilly, Matthew Moran, Sean Moran, Danny Cummins, Eoin Commins, Gerry Cheevers, Robert Moran, Donal McGreal, Ciaran Harte, Diarmuid Gavin, Emmett Feeney, Michael Igoe, Colm Brennan, Donal Conroy, John Evans, Ryan Harrington, Michael Martin Coyle, Shane Divilly, Jason Byrne.
Darby Greally RIP: We convey our deepest sympathies to Tom and Sean Newell, ex-Claregalway footballer and Carnmore hurler respectively, on the death of their uncle Darby Greally, Muinteach. Darby was a member of the Waterdale football team of yore and hurled with the Claregalway Juniors in the 1950s. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
