Ashford GAA

The Ashford and Glenealy GAA Clubs Lotto will take place next week on Monday 9^th January for €6,200. The draw will take place in Chester’s, don’t forget while tickets are available from all the usual outlets you also can play Lotto in the comfort of your home www.ashfordgaa.com
The last lotto to take place was on the 21/12/2011, there was no winner of the jackpot worth €5,900 (19/12/2011), Numbers drawn were 2, 8, 18, 19. However 4 people matched 3 numbers and shared €300. David Driver (S. Driver), Becky Grant (S. McDermott), Sonny Byrne (A. Murphy), Ann Farrell (P. Farrell). Christmas Bonus P. Kavanagh, A. Shannon, S. Lawlor & R. Byrne, P. Reynolds. Sellers Draw Sadie Dempsey, Sheila Driver, Damien O’brien, Robert Byrne.

There was no winner of this week’s Ashford and Glenealy GAA Clubs Lotto Jackpot worth €5,900 (19/12/2011), Numbers drawn were 2, 8, 18, 19. However 4 people matched 3 numbers and shared €300. David Driver (S. Driver), Becky Grant (S. McDermott), Sonny Byrne (A. Murphy), Ann Farrell (P. Farrell). Christmas Bonus P. Kavanagh, A. Shannon, S. Lawlor & R. Byrne, P. Reynolds. Sellers Draw Sadie Dempsey, Shelia Driver, Damien O’brien, Robert Byrne. Next week’s draw will be held in Chester’s with a Jackpot of €6,200. Don’t forget play lotto on line in the comfort of your home www.ashfordgaa.com

The Wicklow GAA Yearbook featuring Ashford GAA Club on two pages is now available from

Ashford Fair or from Club PRO Pat Lawless (087 2540550) at €10. The book has many photos of

Ashford GAA teams from Under 8 team up to our Intermediate team. This book is an ideal

Gift and a must for every family engaged in GAA throughout the Parish.

Ashford GAA Club will hold their AGM on the on the 12^th January 2012 in Chesters at 8:00pm. Nominations and Motions should be forwarded to the Club Secretary on or before the 6^th January. Secretary email: mp30@eircom.net Home Address 30 Bramble Glade, Ashford, Co. Wicklow.

You can find our yearbook for 2011 here

There was no winner of this week’s Ashford and Glenealy GAA Clubs Lotto Jackpot worth €5,600 (12/12/2011), Numbers drawn were 3, 9, 22, 25. However 4 people matched 3 numbers and shared €300. Cora Byrne (B. Evans), Nicola Phillips (C. Byrne), Shelia Driver (S. Driver), Mick Ryan (S. McDermott). Christmas Bonus Viv & Sharon, M. Hender Phillips, Ian & Mary, Caoimhe O’Neill. Sellers Draw Ester Doyle, John Downey, Chester’s, S. McDermott. Next week’s draw will be held in Chester’s with a Jackpot of €5,900. Don’t forget play lotto on line in the comfort of your home www.ashfordgaa.com

The Wicklow GAA Yearbook was launched to-day at the Convention in Aughrim. Ashford GAA Club is featured over two pages with eight team photos from Under 8 through to the Intermediate Football Team. This book is an ideal Christmas Gift and a must for every family engaged in GAA throughout the Parish.

ASHFORD GAA CLUB NOTES 03/12/2011

There was no winner of this week’s Ashford and Glenealy GAA Clubs Lotto Jackpot worth €5,000 (28/11/2011), Numbers drawn were 7, 8, 9, 27. However 7 people matched 3 numbers and shared €300. Katriona Kavanagh (W. Kavanagh), Barry McNabb (B. McNabb), Butch & Collette Kavanagh (W. Kavanagh), Will Hender Phillips (R. Phillips), Mgt Quinn (S. Driver), C & J Cummiskey (L. Cullen), Sally White (W. Kavanagh). Christmas Bonus Draw, Fiona Duffy, Caroline & Gerry, Darren Doyle, Vincent O’Brien. Next week’s draw will be held in Kings with a Jackpot of €5,300. Don’t forget play lotto on line in the comfort of your home www.ashfordgaa.com

From the Wicklow GAA Strategic Vision & Action Plan we note that Ashford GAA Club have 192 Registered Members while 44 are Adult Players and 83 are Juvenile Players. We also note that 340 boys and girls attend Na Coroine Muire NS in Ashford and 96 pupils attend Nuns Cross NS. Also mentioned is the fact that Ashford GAA Club were the first club to be established in Wicklow (May 1885) the first game took place in Ashford between Ashford and Dalkey Gaels. Now the Association in Wicklow have 39 Adult Clubs with 4,000 members. Under the heading of Club Planning we see that each club must have a Strategic Plan for the future, it is the responsibility of the County Board and each club to implement same, the target for 2012 would be that at least 10 clubs have their plan in place and by 2015 all 39 Clubs will be on board.

Well done to two of our players Aaron Nugent and Gavin Weir who have been selected on the County Minor Football Provisional Panel for 2012.

Wicklow GAA launched their Strategic Vision & Action Plan 2011 – 2020 in Aughrim this week. Martin Skelly Chairman of Leinster Council announced the programme to more than 100 guests. A very elaborate booklet has been produced providing facts and figures and where we should be going over the next few years. Martin Coleman Vice Chairman of the County Board with his Committee have been working on this programme over the last 3 years. Unlike other plans that were launched over the years and then left to gather dust, this plan has one major difference in that each section will be reviewed annually. Under the heading of Games Schedule we see the need for a Fixtures Plan for all adult games each year with an agreed minimum number of games per year for each grade, it is the responsibility of the CCC to have this completed by 2012. This item is very important considering that Ashford did not play a league game for three months. Also we note that a Fixtures Plan for Coiste NOg as outlined in the Games Development Plan is required. It is the responsibility of the Fixture Planners to have this completed by 2012 to ensure that all competitions are run to a proper schedule.

FOUNDATION AWARD FOOTBALL COACHING COURSE
Five Ashford GAA personnel completed the Foundation Award Football Coaching Course in the Abbey Community College recently. The Course was provided by Wicklow GAA under the directorship of Garrett Doyle (Games Development Administrator). The personnel from Ashford were Gavin Connolly, Alan Murphy, Wesley Manning, Brendan Hughes and Pat Lawless. The Foundation Award is the introductory award for coaches of Gaelic Games. The course is aimed at beginner coaches and will enable participants to assist a coach in the organization of activities to develop football. The course was run over two nights and covered four key modules, as well as introductory and conclusion modules. The four modules were. Introduction to Games, Skill Development, Movement Skills, Coaching Skills, Coaching Children, Youths and Adults. Ashford GAA Club who funded the project hope that the skills learned by the Coaches will be beneficial to all concerned.

There were no winners of this weeks €4,400 jackpot. There were 5 match 3 winners who each received €60 . Áine Shannon(M. Purcell), Mick Evans(B. Evans), Berny Glynn(J. Glynn), Mary Marah(A. Marah), Peter Doyle(T. Glynn). Next weeks draw takes place in Kings of Glenealy, the jackpot will be €4,700.

You can now play our lotto online here with locallotto.ie