Championship draw
Barrowhouse have been drawn against near neighbours Ballylinan in the first round of the Championship. The match is due to take place on the 18th of July with the venue yet tot be fixed. The full draws are as follows;
Senior Football Championship- – Portarlington v Crettyard; Clonaslee St Manmans v Ballyroan Abbey; Arles Kilcruise v Mountmellick; Portlaoise v The Heath; Arles Killeen v Emo; The Rock v Stradbally; St. Joseph's v O’Dempsey’s; Ballylinan v Graiguecullen.
Intermediate Football Championship
Group A - Annanough, Courtwood, Kilcavan, Park-Ratheniska
Group B - Timahoe, Killeshin, The Heath, Portlaoise
Junior Football Championship – O’Dempsey’s v St Joseph's; Ballyfin v Ballyroan Abbey; The Rock v Rosenallis; Portarlington v Stradbally; Ballylinan v Barrowhouse; Mountmellick v Graiguecullen; Spink Bye.
Junior “C” Football Competition – Errill v Spink, Winners v Ballylinan; Shanahoe v Mountmellick, Winners v Ballyfin; Shamrocks v Annanough, Winners v St Joseph's; Ballyroan Abbey v Timahoe; The Heath v Rosenallis; Park Ratheniska v Portlaoise; Portarlington v Kilcavan; O’Dempsey’s v Kilcotton.
Under 21 Football Championship – St Joseph's Barrowhouse v Graiguecullen, Winners v Heath Gaels; Portarlington v Stradbally Parish Gaels; Ballylinan Gleanmor v Mountmellick Ballyfin; Tinnahinch v Portlaoise.
Minor Football Championship – Mountmellick Ballyfin v O’Dempsey’s, Winners v Killeshin Crettyrad; Portarlington v Heath Gaels, Winners v Graiguecullen; Portlaoise v Stradbally Parish Gaels; St Joseph's Barrowhouse v Tinnahinch.
New league fixtures announced
Fixtures for the new season are now available on the Laois gaa website www.laoisgaa.ie. Our first league game is fixed for Graiguecullen on March 20th.
*Members registration*
The GAA have issued new registration guidelines for all clubs throughout the country. All members must now be registered on the central computer based system in Croke Park by MARCH 31st. If people are not on the GAA register of their club on this date they are not covered by insurance or allowed to participate in official club activities or competitions at both adult and juvenile level. Barrowhouse GAA will hold a registration day for members in the coming weeks to ensure all members are catered for. If anyone needs any further details you can contact any of the committee members.
Barrowhouse GAA club website has recently exceeded 10,000 hits, many thanks to all our visitors. If you have anything to contribute you can contact us on our "contact us" page.
New team manager appointed
A players meeting has taken place on Sunday 20th of December to discuss plans for the new year. The players were introduced to the new manager for 2010 Joe Dooley who laid out his plans for the season ahead. Joe's back-up team were also appointed with three selectors in Dom Whelan, Richard Davis and Tom Phelan. There seems to be renewed enthusiasm among the players and a call to anyone else who wants to get involved either playing or simply helping out. Best of luck to one and all for 2010.
Laois Stars talk about nutrition
Laois stars Ross Munnelly and Tracy Lalor recently addressed a juvenile meeting on the issue of healthy eating. The meeting which was organised by Ger Daly and Laois coach Donie Brennan aimed to inform players of all ages of the proper type of diet that you should have in order to perform at your best. The meeting which was attended by young and old gave a great insight into how top athletes prepare themselves for their sport. Well done to all for organising such an informative meeting.
AGM 2009
Our AGM was held recently in the old school, chairman Pat Whelan opened the meeting and secretary Paul Kenny read out his report for the year. This was followed by treasurer Dave Kenny's report on the financial year. It was worth noting that for the first time in a number of years we actually made more money than we spent and in the process cleared a number of overhanging debts. This in spite of the fact that we launched a new draw for pitch development during the year. Well done to Dave and all the committee.
A number of discussions then took place concerning the juvenile and adult teams before the election of officers took place. The meeting was also informed of the progress of the new grounds. The chairman informed the attendance that the pitches have been completed (see photos opposite) and all that remains to be done is some landscaping plus some stone has to be laid on the walking track. The meeting closed with a minutes silence for deceased members.
Phase 1 of grounds development almost complete
The recent spell of good weather has led to a dramatic change in the appearance of our new grounds. The muddy clay surface has been replaced with one of dry sand after hundreds of tonnes of sea sand have been laid on the pitch surface. After being held up for over a month by bad weather not a minute has been wasted over the last couple of weeks. Extensive drainage work has been completed prior to the arrival of the sand, the juvenile pitch has been levelled and reseeded and the entire grounds have been fenced. Seeding of the main pitch is due to start on week beginning October 5th. All going well we should have a state of the art facility for years to come.
Links
gaa.ie
laoisgaa.ie
www.azzurri.ie
www.oneills.com
hoganstand.com
leinster.gaa.ie
www.gaelicgear.com
www.clubgaa.ie/
www.coolanowle.com/
www.theGAAstore.com
www.laoistalk.com
www.teamer.net
GAA club links
www.stjosephsgaa.com
www.ballylinangaa.com/
www.courtwood.laois.gaa.ie
www.athygfc.com
Barrowhouse have been drawn against near neighbours Ballylinan in the first round of the Championship. The match is due to take place on the 18th of July with the venue yet tot be fixed. The full draws are as follows;
Senior Football Championship- – Portarlington v Crettyard; Clonaslee St Manmans v Ballyroan Abbey; Arles Kilcruise v Mountmellick; Portlaoise v The Heath; Arles Killeen v Emo; The Rock v Stradbally; St. Joseph's v O’Dempsey’s; Ballylinan v Graiguecullen.
Intermediate Football Championship
Group A - Annanough, Courtwood, Kilcavan, Park-Ratheniska
Group B - Timahoe, Killeshin, The Heath, Portlaoise
Junior Football Championship – O’Dempsey’s v St Joseph's; Ballyfin v Ballyroan Abbey; The Rock v Rosenallis; Portarlington v Stradbally; Ballylinan v Barrowhouse; Mountmellick v Graiguecullen; Spink Bye.
Junior “C” Football Competition – Errill v Spink, Winners v Ballylinan; Shanahoe v Mountmellick, Winners v Ballyfin; Shamrocks v Annanough, Winners v St Joseph's; Ballyroan Abbey v Timahoe; The Heath v Rosenallis; Park Ratheniska v Portlaoise; Portarlington v Kilcavan; O’Dempsey’s v Kilcotton.
Under 21 Football Championship – St Joseph's Barrowhouse v Graiguecullen, Winners v Heath Gaels; Portarlington v Stradbally Parish Gaels; Ballylinan Gleanmor v Mountmellick Ballyfin; Tinnahinch v Portlaoise.
Minor Football Championship – Mountmellick Ballyfin v O’Dempsey’s, Winners v Killeshin Crettyrad; Portarlington v Heath Gaels, Winners v Graiguecullen; Portlaoise v Stradbally Parish Gaels; St Joseph's Barrowhouse v Tinnahinch.
New league fixtures announced
Fixtures for the new season are now available on the Laois gaa website www.laoisgaa.ie. Our first league game is fixed for Graiguecullen on March 20th.
*Members registration*
The GAA have issued new registration guidelines for all clubs throughout the country. All members must now be registered on the central computer based system in Croke Park by MARCH 31st. If people are not on the GAA register of their club on this date they are not covered by insurance or allowed to participate in official club activities or competitions at both adult and juvenile level. Barrowhouse GAA will hold a registration day for members in the coming weeks to ensure all members are catered for. If anyone needs any further details you can contact any of the committee members.
Barrowhouse GAA club website has recently exceeded 10,000 hits, many thanks to all our visitors. If you have anything to contribute you can contact us on our "contact us" page.
New team manager appointed
A players meeting has taken place on Sunday 20th of December to discuss plans for the new year. The players were introduced to the new manager for 2010 Joe Dooley who laid out his plans for the season ahead. Joe's back-up team were also appointed with three selectors in Dom Whelan, Richard Davis and Tom Phelan. There seems to be renewed enthusiasm among the players and a call to anyone else who wants to get involved either playing or simply helping out. Best of luck to one and all for 2010.
Laois Stars talk about nutrition
Laois stars Ross Munnelly and Tracy Lalor recently addressed a juvenile meeting on the issue of healthy eating. The meeting which was organised by Ger Daly and Laois coach Donie Brennan aimed to inform players of all ages of the proper type of diet that you should have in order to perform at your best. The meeting which was attended by young and old gave a great insight into how top athletes prepare themselves for their sport. Well done to all for organising such an informative meeting.
AGM 2009
Our AGM was held recently in the old school, chairman Pat Whelan opened the meeting and secretary Paul Kenny read out his report for the year. This was followed by treasurer Dave Kenny's report on the financial year. It was worth noting that for the first time in a number of years we actually made more money than we spent and in the process cleared a number of overhanging debts. This in spite of the fact that we launched a new draw for pitch development during the year. Well done to Dave and all the committee.
A number of discussions then took place concerning the juvenile and adult teams before the election of officers took place. The meeting was also informed of the progress of the new grounds. The chairman informed the attendance that the pitches have been completed (see photos opposite) and all that remains to be done is some landscaping plus some stone has to be laid on the walking track. The meeting closed with a minutes silence for deceased members.
Phase 1 of grounds development almost complete
The recent spell of good weather has led to a dramatic change in the appearance of our new grounds. The muddy clay surface has been replaced with one of dry sand after hundreds of tonnes of sea sand have been laid on the pitch surface. After being held up for over a month by bad weather not a minute has been wasted over the last couple of weeks. Extensive drainage work has been completed prior to the arrival of the sand, the juvenile pitch has been levelled and reseeded and the entire grounds have been fenced. Seeding of the main pitch is due to start on week beginning October 5th. All going well we should have a state of the art facility for years to come.
Links
gaa.ie
laoisgaa.ie
www.azzurri.ie
www.oneills.com
hoganstand.com
leinster.gaa.ie
www.gaelicgear.com
www.clubgaa.ie/
www.coolanowle.com/
www.theGAAstore.com
www.laoistalk.com
www.teamer.net
GAA club links
www.stjosephsgaa.com
www.ballylinangaa.com/
www.courtwood.laois.gaa.ie
www.athygfc.com