Na Fianna Nuacht
Weekend Action
Senior and Inter footballers are in league action this Sunday at 10.30am. Seniors travel to Silverpark to play Kilmacud Crokes while our Inters host St Finnians in Mobhi Road. Later at 12 noon both Junior teams are in Collinstown with A’s playing St Maurs and C’s against Portobello. AFl10’s play St Judes in Collinstown at 2.30pm. All three Minor hurling teams play on Sunday. Minor B and C hurlers play at 11am with B’s hosting St Sylvesters in St Vincents CBS and C’s away against Whitehall. A’s play Ballyboden in Mobhi Road at 12.30. Best of luck to all teams and all support welcome. Full fixture list on website.
Na Fianna’s Dubs
Busy weekend with tomorrow’s double header in Croke Park. Best of luck to Dublin’s Senior hurlers including Shane Barrett against Cork. Good luck to Dublin’s Senior footballers including Jonny Cooper and Tomás Brady in tomorrow night’s Allianz Football League clash with Tyrone. Good luck also to Ciara Byrne, Emer Murphy, Niamh Gleeson, Niamh Rock and Dublin’s Under 16 Camogie panels who are involved in A and B Leinster championship matches on Sunday in DCU. The A squad take on Kilkenny at 1pm o clock followed by the B Squad at 2.30pm v Meath.
2015 Sports Prediction Quiz Closing!
Great cash prizes are up for grabs with this year’s Na Fianna Sports Prediction Quiz. In addition, a Club shop token for €250 is the top prize for the team that sells the most forms. To be in with a chance, don’t delay, forms are now available throughout the Club and in the members’ bar. Get your thinking caps on and return completed forms by this Sunday 8th March.
Club Shop
The Club Shop, located in Clubhouse foyer, will open tomorrow Saturday 28th February from 9am to 1pm.
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Spring Fair—Sunday 8th March.
Donations being taken in on Sat 7th from 9 to 4 pm and on Sun morning from 10 till 1. Dig out some items from previously loved presents, bottles, books, toys, jewellery, handbags, cosmetics etc to help fill out the stalls; your stuff is as useful to this fundraiser as anyone else’s. Volunteer support also needed from 9 am on Sat and 10 on Sun to put the tables etc in place to set up the stalls.
Fair will open at 1pm on Sun and run until 5pm. We need your support to make it further build on its success in recent years. Tea/coffee and goodies will be available in addition to cake and bread stall, wheel of fortune, bottle, sports gear, fruit and veg and all the regular stalls.
This is our big push to generate funds for the development of additional training pitches at Collinstown and other developments in all areas of the club. Thanks to all who have committed so far to help out on the day; contact Martin at 087-9092732 to get your name on that list and move this onto a successful outcome.
Club Lotto
This week’s Na Fianna Club Lotto winning numbers were; 7 9 12 27
No jackpot winner but congrats to our eight Match 3 winners this week each receiving €20, Gerry Donohoe, Grace Bone, Eamonn Cassidy, Anne Foley, Tom Ryan, Brendan McGuinne, Oisin Brabazon and Susan Reddy. Congrats also to our five Lucky Pick winners who won €15 each, Noreen McHugh, Maureen Ferguson Reilly, Claire & Eric Donnelly c/o Vinny, George c/o Vinny, Ray and Vinny c/o Vinny.
See Club website www.clgnafianna.ie for application forms and direct debit mandates. Next week’s Club Lotto Jackpot will be €7,000 please support.
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Ná dean dearmad ar an Oíche Airneán an Satharn seo ag 8.30pm sa Mobhi Suite. It promises to be a great night filled with ceol, amhránaíocht agus damhsa.
Lá Glas ar siúl ag an Nursery ar an 14ú Márta. Come down dressed in green do Seachtain na Gaeilge.
Members’ Subscriptions Now Overdue!
Members’ subscriptions due and payable since the AGM last October are now seriously overdue. The Club Executive confirmed at its meeting on 20 January 2015 that all membership fees must be paid in order for players to be eligible to train and play Club matches. Unpaid players are not covered by Players Injury Schemes for any injuries incurred during training or matches. Teams will not be entered into competitions unless the required number of fully paid up players are registered with the Club. Players who part paid their subscription in 2014 must pay the balance as well as their 2015 fees before they are eligible to play. The online payment facility on the Club website has been updated to facilitate instalment payments for family memberships. Subs can be paid online www.clgnafianna.ie , can be dropped into the Club office Mon-Fri 9am-1pm or can be given to team mentors.
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Péil trí Gaeilge
Castleknock GAA hosted the inaugural Péil trí Gaeilge Tournament last Saturday. Our ladies footballers were there on the day. The tournament was a great success, the games were all played in great spirit, úsáid gach duine a cúpla focal is bain gach éinne an taitneamh as. Go raibh maith agaibh, Caisleán Cnuacha!!
Handball News
Congrats to Ned Flynn winning his way to the Over 70 40X20 Singles All Ireland Final hoping to make it 2 in a row. This weekend Ned along with Pat Ryan play Antrim in semi final of over 70 Doubles in Belfast on Sat 7th.
Frank Daly and Egin Jensen play All Ireland Over 50 Doubles semi-finals V Antrim in Ballymore Eustace Sat 7th at 2pm. Best of luck to all our players and support welcome.
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Scór Success
Congrats to our Adult Scór group who swept the boards at last Monday night’s Scór Átha Cliath. Máirtín Mac con Iomaire won both solo singing and Scéalaíocht while our grúpa ceol also won. Our Ballad Group who performed very well came third but their score was enough to ensure Na Fianna won the Club na Bliana award for being the most successful club of the year. Comhghairdeas!!
The Leinster Scór semi-final takes place this Sunday in The Downes GAA Club in Mullingar at 3pm. Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire will represent Dublin in both Amhránaíocht and Scéalaíocht. We are also representing Dublin with our Grúpa Ceol featuring Jim Aughney, Gabriel Travers John McDaid and John Brennan. Go néirí libh, all support welcome.
Draíocht Returns to Na Fianna
Draíocht Players make their annual visit to Na Fianna on Thursday 26th March next. This year they will present a comedy, ‘Play On’, written by Rick Abbott. Tickets are €10 each and are available from Anne Ryan.
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Na Fianna Golf Classic The 2015 Na Fianna Golf Classic has been announced for Friday May 22nd and will take place in Donabate Golf Club. The event is for teams of four players and the cost is €300 per team. This includes the round of golf, some goodies on the day, Steak dinner in Na Fianna and smashing prizes. After a gap of 7 years, the event was restarted in 2013 and the day (and night!) were a great success. The committee are looking to increase the number of teams participating this year. It’s a great day out for the golfer in you and a good fund-raiser for the club. Pat Breen is once again leading the committee and you can enter a team by contacting any of his committee John Caffrey, Sean O’Laoire, Kevin Bulman or Gerry Donohoe. Na Fianna On TG4
TG4’s weekly magazine programme, Dúiche, featured a few well know Na Fianna faces in this week’s edition. If you missed it, the link below will take you to the player and the Na Fianna piece is about 5 minutes in. http://www.tg4.tv/play.php?pid=4095042850001&title=Dúiche&series=Dúiche
Lost & Found
A Neck Chain with a turtle attached was lost in Collinstown last Sunday. It is of sentimental value to the owner so if anyone came across it could they hand it into the bar or the office.
A pair of football boots and a cycling helmet were left behind after last weekend’s Camogie legends tournament. The owners can reclaim same by contacting the office, Mon-Fri 9am- 1pm, tel 8370210.
Car Parking
Users of the Na Fianna car park are reminded to park only in designated parking areas and not to park on double yellow lines. Members are also reminded not to leave any valuables in parked cars at any time.
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Na Fianna & TCD
Congrats to all involved with the successful Trinity College Senior Hurling team who won the Ryan Cup in Páirc na nGael last Saturday. There have been strong links between Coláiste na Trínóide agus Na Fianna over the years and Na Fianna helped host the Fitzgibbon Festival back in 2009.
Strong Na Fianna representation was again evident on Trinity’s successful team this year as both the team and the backroom had Na Fianna reps on board. Cillian and Ciarán Heeney were prominent among the players while Eoin O’Leary and Paschal Conboy were on the management team and we are respectfully reminded that the TCD Hurling Club Uachtaráin, Tom Heffernan (2nd from right at the rear of the photograph and originally from Lismore) also played for Na Fianna back in the day. Congrats to all involved.
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Scoil Chaitríona in Croke Park Challenge
Well done to the Scoil Chaitríona girls who represented their school with pride last Sunday in Croke Park. The girls took part in the 'Camán & Run 2015 Championship' held during last Sunday’s Camogie Club Championship Finals.
The girls were - Eve Ní hArrachtáin, Caoimhe Ní Thuathaill (bliain 1), Ruth Nic an Rí and Orla de Grae (bliain 2) and their teacher Iníon Ní Choileáin looked after them. They came 5th overall but were delighted to be on the hallowed turf.
…and finally
Congrats and best wishes to Paddy Quinn and Bríd Ní Laoire on their recent engagement.
Fógra Tabachtach
The objective of Na Fianna Nuacht is to communicate as much club activity as possible however it is important to note that all items for inclusion in either Club Notes or Na Fianna Nuacht are reported to [email protected] or texted to 087 9250697 by Sunday evening. With a membership of 2700 and approx 100 teams now competing it is difficult to ensure all club activity is reported upon – Do not assume that your team’s activity is already known to Na Fianna Nuacht or that someone else has reported it. When errors or omissions occur it is the policy of Na Fianna Nuacht to correct these in subsequent issues when they are reported to [email protected]
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