Nuachtlitir Cumann Fánaithe na Claise Vol 8 Issue 03 VALLEY ROVERS HISTORY SEE PAGE 4 FOR MORE DETAILS Upcoming Fixtures Lotto Results Sunday 21th January 2018 Numbers Drawn: 4, 13, 20, 24 NO WINNER Winners of 20 Senior Football League Division 1 Sunday 4 th February 2.30 pm Ballincollig v Valley Rovers Sunday 11 th February @ 2.30 pm Valley Rovers v B. A nghaorthaidh Sunday 18 th February @ 2.30 pm Valley Rovers v Cill Na Martra All fixtures subject to change, please check website homepage prior to games Alanna Farrell,c/o Johnny's. Anne O Connor, c/o Down's Centra. Mary Crowley, c/o Crossbarry Inn. Chrissie Nyhan, c/o Johnny s. Henry Donegan, Ahiohill. Kay Murphy, c/o Down's Centra. Debbie Kelly, Old Park. Thomas O Donovan, Bandon. Seamus Mc Carthy, Barna. Cha Dinneen, Dunderrow. Next lotto will be held on January 28 th at Johnny Crowley's Bar Jackpot 2,600 Page 1 of 7
Camogie AGM Congratulations At the recent very successful AGM of the Valley Rovers Camogie club the following officers were elected Chairperson Sean Michael Collins Vice Chairperson Paul Morrissey Secretary Martina Dullea Assistant Secretary Orla Deasy Treasurer Alice O Sullivan Assistant Treasurer Donal Linehan Registrar Alice O Sullivan PRO John Mac Sweeney Insurance Officer Nancy O Driscoll Child Welfare Officer Joan Ryan For the coming year the Camogie club have a new Chairperson and Secretary and we wish them the very best of luck in their roles in the year ahead. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the outgoing Chairperson Leo Flynn for four years of sterling service. He was very professional in how he approached his duties. Valley Rovers Under 10 Congrats to Niamh Hurley and Jane Mulvihill who received their Munster u16 winners medals at a Cork Ladies Gaelic Football Association function held in Mount Oval recently. Valley Rovers Under 10 s are attending Cloughduv indoor hall every Friday night. A good attendance of players are enjoying these skills based sessions and hopefully they will practice these skills at home during the week. A big thank you to the coaches that are helping out this year. Valley Rovers Adult Club Runai At the AGM the position of Club Secretary was not filled but at the latest Valley Rovers Executive meeting Rose Hoey was elected Runai of Valley Rovers for the coming year. We would like to congratulate and thank Rose for taking up this very important role. We wish her well in the year ahead Valley Rovers Ladies Football Family Fun Bingo On Sunday 28th January in Innishannon Parish Hall 3-6pm. There is a jackpot prize of 100. These funds are much needed for new training equipment and your support would be greatly appreciated. Donations of cakes/buns etc for teas at the interval would be appreciated. These can be dropped to the parish hall on the day from 11-1pm. Please Support Page 2 of 7
Strictly Valleys 2018 Strictly tickets for sale Tickets went on sale for Strictly Valleys 2018 during the week. Sales were brisk and over 90% of the tickets are sold now and the remaining going fast. Please Contact Rebecca at 0879634344 to secure your ticket if you haven t already done so. D Dont delay! All proceeds for the development of our club facilities. Valley Rovers are also looking for sponsor for the dancers, If interested again please contact Rebecca. Thank you Strictly Valley Dancers Barry Casey & Debbie Keane Tango Alan Coleman & Nicola Egan Quickstep Cian Kiely & Rose O Leary Charleston Arthur O Leary & Siobhan Malone Waltz Rick Barrett & Mags Buckley Jive James Conway & Grace Corrigan Quickstep Coleman Power & Michele Hobbs Cha Cha David Lynch & Niamh Salmon Waltz Dave Tyner & Priscilla Lane Waltz Phil Sewell & Claire McGonnigle Cha Cha Juan Carlos & Brenda Coleman Tango Kieran Delaney & Sheila McCarthy Salsa Shane O Sullivan & Darine O Shea Tango Chris Hayes & Adele Looney Charleston Cormac Desmond & Triona Cowhig Jive Willie Glavin & Mags Looney Waltz Ball Wall Bookings If teams need to book the ball wall. Please contact Tony O Reilly on 0851740604 A special thanks to our organising committee Rebecca Slyne, Therese Kiely, Petra O Mahony, Mary Cremin, Michele Rohu, Cian Kiely Ciara, Colm and Aoife Dullea with Ashling Thompson at the Cork vs Galway camogie game in Blackrock, on the 14th Jan. Page 3 of 7
Valley Rovers Membership is now being collected. Please make every effort to pay ASAP. Players are reminded that they must be paid up by February as league games will be starting. Please contact Registrar Willie Casey Valley Rovers History Thanks for your cooperation. Valley Rovers are in the process of gathering information with the view of recording the History of Gaelic games in the parish in a book. This project is covering all aspects of Gaelic games, be it Hurling Football, Camogie and Ladies Football. We need your Help!! If you have any memorabilia, pictures, old medals etc or equally important, any historical information we would greatly appreciate if you would share it with us. We have set up an email address valleyrovershistory@gmail.com that you can email any items. Also in early March (date to be confirmed) there will be a day in the Hall in Innishannon that people can come and bring interesting items and we will scan them and you can take your items home again. If someone has many items and they want us to come to your house to copy them that can be arranged also. All information is welcome and we will endeavor to include as many items as possible. For more details or any queries please contact John Lynch at 0877617532 or any club officer Please spread the word! A joint celebration night including medal presentation for Adult Club, Camogie Club, Ladies Football Club and Minors will be held on Saturday 10th February 2018 in Munster Arms Hotel, Bandon. All welcome to come along and celebrate the great success of 2017. Tickets for meal and Disco 25 each, available from 2017 Team managers. LOTTO TICKETS Yearly lotto tickets are due for renewal by 31 st January. Please contact your local collector to renew this year s ticket and remain in the draw. New people always welcome, never miss a draw! Page 4 of 7
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Seán Ward R.I.P. New online booking system Valley Rovers wish to express its sympathies to the family of the late Seán Ward R.I.P. Seán was a Vice president of Valley Rovers for many years and was a great friend to all at Valley Rovers. When Seán was employed at Schering Plough now MSD Brinny he was instrumental in the Valley Rovers GAA complex at Brinny becoming a reality. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dilis Brinny pitch 1& 2 The executive committee has decided to introduce an new online booking system to simplify bookings initially for Brinny. The Bleach can be added on in due course The online booking calendar will give a visual overview of what times and dates have been booked, who has booked them and what times are available. This calendar will be accessible to all members via our website for viewing however only designated officials from Adult club, Juvenile club, Camogie club & Ladies football club will do the actual bookings. Each club will be consulted on the system in the coming weeks. Valley Rovers GAA Contact Valley Rovers Phone 0857038198 Email chairperson.valleyrovers.cork@gaa.ie secrectary.valleyrovers.cork@gaa.ie pro.valleyrovers.cork@gaa.ie Website: www.valleyrovers.com Every effort has been made to ensure the contents of this newsletter are correct, however we take no responsibility for any errors, omissions or misprints that may occur in this publication from time to time Page 7 of 7