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Club Lotto
There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot of €5200 on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 13, 14, 16 & 27. The five €30 consolation prizes went to:
1. Kevin Walsh c/o O’Shea’s Texaco
2. Jimmy Mulligan Tonevane,
3. Ella Fitzgerald c/o Poff Motors,
4. Jimmy Sugrue Lohercannon,
5. Josh Laucher Blennerville.
Next week’s Lotto will have a Jackpot of €5300 and the draw will take place on Sunday night, 18/04/2021 at 9-30pm. Lotto tickets can be purchased online https://www.locallotto.ie/play.asp?LL_ID=1328&PC=0 from any club officer or at the following outlets:
O’Sheas Shop and Service Station Blennerville
Poff Motors Dingle Road
Seamus O’Sullivan Master Butchers Manor
Noyeks Mile Height
Many thanks to all who contribute to our weekly Club Lotto. The Club cannot emphasise enough the importance of our members promoting the Club Lotto among family, friends and work colleagues. The Covid-19 restrictions have seriously hampered our fundraising and income The Lotto is now the critical and only source of funds for the Club. We are appealing to all club members to promote our lotto at this time as we are in dire need of funds to keep the club afloat.
Please have your lotto entries in by 7pm, every Sunday evenings.
2021 Football Roadmap
The GAA last week revealed the revised 2021 fixtures for the club and county seasons. A summary of football activities is given below:
Intercounty training – Only permitted to Seniors and will commence 19th April. No training yet for U20 and minors
Allianz Football League – Run from 15/16 May to potential league finals on June 19/20with teams split into North and South based on geography.
2021 Football Championships – The provincial championships start on 26/27 June in a straight knock-out format without qualifiers. The All-Ireland football final is down for decision on 28/29 August.
Club Provisions – Club championships can commence once the county has been eliminated from the championship. A club-only window will run from 4/5 September and provincial club championships will begin from 20/21 November. The provincial club championships will run until 15/16 January. All-Ireland club finals will take place on 12/13 February.
2020/2021 Minor and 2021 U20 Football – Details will be finalized when there is clarity on a return to training/play date.
Club Membership 2021
While we still await a definitive date of when training and games activities resume, we are working on being prepared to start without delay once a date is confirmed. One step in these preparations is to have members registered and in particular playing members. Players of all ages will need to be registered with the GAA via the Club to allow participation in activities and to complete health questionnaires as part of the ‘Return to Play’ protocol.
The GAA has introduced a new on-line system which provides for self-service membership registration and payment for individuals and families. The system is called Foireann, which is Irish for Team, and can be accessed via the Club website www.stpatsgaclub.com or type www.foirean.ie into your internet browser.
Members who set up a ‘ReturnToPlay’ account in 2019 to complete the Health Questionnaires can access their Foireann account by using the same logon id and password as used last year. If you don’t have a ReturnToPlay account then you can register a new account very easily on Foireann. Go to www.foireann.ie and follow the instructions for New user. If you go to the Club website www.stpatsgaclub.com further information is provided and if you encounter any difficulties send an email to Sean at treasurer.stpatricksblennerville.kerry@gaa.ie
Last Man Standing Competition
263 players commenced our competition and nine weeks later the competition is now down to 7 players Wolves and Arsenal both won their respective games resulting in the seven players progressing to week 10. Unfortunately for 3 players Man City recorded a rare defeat to Leeds and elimination is the fate for those 3 players.
Best of luck to the remaining 7 players in Week 10.
All Players and team selections can be viewed by clicking on the link below:
https://1drv.ms/x/s!Ar2Xv9mDQBG-giy7I9MMSM8PPKyr?e=iH
Juvenile PRO
The club is actively looking for a Juvenile PRO to help promote the club’s juvenile section and its activities across various online and offline media. The role will be most suited to someone with a keen interest in online and social media activities and has a passion for writing.
If you are interested, please contact Juvenile Secretary Seamus Murphy or Juvenile Chairperson Joe Costello.
St Pats Blennerville GAA Ceol and Greetings Production
The club would like to thank all who have donated so far to our ‘St Pats GAA Ceol and Greetings Production’ starring local performers and supported by a few surprise guests from near and far. Funds raised will go towards the running and development of the club.
See link: https://gofund.me/ea66075a
GAA National Club Draw
Each year the GAA runs a National Club Draw where 100% of all funds raised are retained by each club. The GAA at a national level puts up all the prizes and the clubs keep 100% of all ticket sales to help with the development of each club’s facilities.
The 2021 GAA National Club Draw has even more prizes on offer, varying from a Renault Car to All Ireland Final Tickets, and a variety of cash prizes.Due to Covid 19 restrictions we are unable to call to people’s homes asking them to support the draw. Instead, we are making the tickets available to purchase online Tickets are €10 each and you can purchase a ticket for the GAA National Club Draw by clicking here.
https://member.clubforce.com/tickets_m.asp?LL_ID=1328
To see the full list of prizes and further information on the Nation Club Draw, please click on the link below:
https://res.cloudinary.com/dvrbaruzq/image/upload/fl_attachment/lsr5y551mvbpshz3yahe.pdf
Congratulations
To Conor and Siobhan Burke on the birth of their baby boy, Cathal and to Kieran and Deirdre Young on the birth of their son, Galvin recently.
Sympathies
The club would like to extend its sympathy to the families and friends of Michelle Clifford, The Kerries, Tralee.
