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MAJOR SPONSORS OF ROUND TOWER G.A.A, CLUB

Colfix Complex Bluebell Ind. Est. Dublin 12 Tel. 01-4591973/4593116 Fax; 01-4670908 Mobile; 087-2594659

MAJOR SPONSOR OF ROUND TOWER G.A.A, CLUB, JUVENILE SECTION

Round Tower GAA Club, Convent Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 Phone (01) 4592960 Email: [email protected] Between The Posts: [email protected]. Or 087-2232119. 1 Coaching: Zoe Cole 085 1557919

MEMBERS CORNER Lá na Club Celebrations marking the start of our 125th Anniversary year. This year the GAA celebrates its 125th anniversary. As I am sure you are aware we at the Club also celebrate this milestone achievement. As part of an international campaign we, along with every GAA club in the world will host a Lá na

Happy 4th Wedding Anniversary We send our best wishes to Andrea & Mark Bassett Who celebrate their 4th Anniversary On Wednesday 6th May We hope they enjoy their day And we wish them many more happy years together

Club on the 10th May. The 9th and 10th May have been set aside for a series of events in Clondalkin to mark the birth of GAA in our community. Our Annual Club mass has been brought forward this year and will be held in the Parish Church on Saturday evening, 9th may at 7:30pm. This mass is a memorial service for past club member s who have passed away. It is our intention that all teams will be represented at the mass and you and your family are invited to participate and to enjoy Tea/Coffee and refreshments after the service in the Scoil Mhuire hall opposite the clubhouse. Sunday 10th May sees us hosting the Lá na Club event. This will take the form of our annual Family Day and we will see each and every team take to the playing field during the day. Fun and games will be par for the course and this year we will be adding traditional Irish Music & Dance as part of our celebrations. The usual BBQ will cater for the hungry hoards and skill displays from all ages will be in evidence. Later that night the adults out there are invited

We send a Birthday Wish to Bren Cronin and Thomas Harrington Who celebrate their birthdays This Friday. Happy Birthday Also to Nuala Carroll who celebrates Her birthday on Tuesday We wish them many more and hope the enjoy their day.

to a night of traditional Irish music, ballads and craic in the club house. We hope you can join us over the weekend and throughout the year as our celebrations get under way. Le chéile trí spoirt.

The 125 Committee

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FEILE PEIL NA NOG FIXTURES SATURDAY MAY 2ND Div 3 Gr A Game 1 Rush 10.45 a.m. Naomh Barrog v St. Maurs Game 2 Rush 10.45 a.m. Round Towers © v Thomas Davis Rush 11.45 a.m. Winner Game 1 v Loser Game 2 Rush 11.45 a.m. Winner Game 2 v Loser Game 1 Rush 12.45 p.m. Winner Game 1 v Winner Game 2 Rush 12.45 p.m. Loser Game 1 v Loser Game 2

We send a great big birthday wish to Eoin Barrett, Ryan Byrne, Daniel Clooney, Sinead Collins, Ciaran Courtney, Sarah D’Arcy, Kevin Flaherty, and Aoife McBrien Who are Juvenile members of Round Tower GAA Club. And celebrate their birthdays this week Happy birthday to all these Young players.

Div 8 Gr A St. Margarets 10.45 a.m. Round Towers © v Craobh Chirain St. Margarets 11.45 a.m. Loser Game 1 v St. Margarets St. Margarets 12.45 p.m. Winner Game 1 v St. Margarets Div 8 Gr B Kiltipper Rd 10.45 a.m. St. Pats (D) v Thomas Davis A. Clinton, Croi Ro Naofa Kiltipper Rd 11.45 a.m. Loser Game 1 v St. Judes A. Clinton, Croi Ro Naofa Kiltipper Rd 12.45 p.m. Winner Game 1 v St. Judes A. Clinton, Croi Ro Naofa

MATCH FIXTURES THURSDAY APRIL 23RD JUNIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP C2

ROUND TOWER V Kevins Venue: Dolphin Park Time: 7pm SATURDAY MAY 2nd

Semi Finals St. Margarets 4 p.m. Winner Group A v Runner Up Group B M. Joyce, St. Colmcilles Kiltipper Rd 4 p.m. Winner Group B v Runner Up Group A A. Clinton, Croi Ro Naofa

SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST ROUND

SUNDAY MAY 3rd

ROUND TOWER V Trinity Gaels

MINOR HURLING MHL3S

ROUND TOWER V Kilmacud Crokes Venue: Monastery Road Time: 11am MONDAY MAY 4th

Venue: O’Toole Park Time: 2pm

UNDER 16 B FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL

UNDER 8 HURLING BLITZ

ROUND TOWER V St. Peregrines

VENUE: 12th Lock TEAMS: Lucan Sarsfields, Round Towers ©, Crumlin, Liffey Gaels

Venue: Hartstown Pk Time: 2pm WEDNESDAY MAY 6th

Start: Time 10am

SENIOR LADIES FOOTBALL CUP DIV 2

UNDER 10 HURLING GROUP 5 (1TEAMS)

ROUND TOWER V Clannagael Fontenoy

ROUND TOWER V Good Counsel Venue: Monastery Road

Venue: Clondalkin Time: 7.30pm THURSDAY MAY 7th

Time: 11am

UNDER 12 HURLING CUP DIV2 GROUP A

JUNIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP JHC2

ROUND TOWER V Naomh Mearnog

ROUND TOWER V Crumlin

Venue: Carrickhill Time: 12.15pm

Venue: Monastery Time: 7.15pm 3

to assist, please contact Pat Murphy on 087 9209335.

FRIDAY MAY 8th MINOR FOOTBALL MFL 3S

ON THE PLAYING FIELD

ROUND TOWER V Ballyboden

This weekend sees the start of the

Venue: Pairc Ui Murchu Time: 7.15pm

championship season with the AFL2 facing

SOCIAL FUNCTIONS Thursday 30th – Free Friday 1st – Private Party Saturday 2nd - Private Party Sunday 3rd – Free Monday 4th LOTTO DRAW JACKPOT €3,200 Tuesday 5th - Bingo

Trinity Gaels in the first round of the senior championship this Saturday see fixtures for time and venue. (Please check listings for times and venues of other championship matches) The AHL3 team beat Setanta at home and lost away to Kilmacud Crokes in the Intermediate Hurling championship The AHL6 team beat St Marks at home and lost away to Kevins. The Minor footballers registered their first league win of the season beating Naomh Olaf comfortably at home Commiserations to the U11 footballers who missed out on the Cup semi-finals on scoring difference.

CLUB NEWS LA NA gCLUB The GAA's national La na gClub takes place on Sunday 10th May - this will be preceded by the annual club Mass which will be held in the Church of the immaculate conception and afterwards tea, coffee & refreshments will be available afterwards. The clubs family day will be held in the Monastery rd grounds on Sunday 10th May and all adults are then invited to the clubhouse Sunday night of traditional music, ballads and craic from 9pm on.

CLUB NOTES Items from members including match details, results and fundraising initiatives should be forwarded to me by email before 10am on a Monday morning for inclusion in our club notes. Our notes are posted in the Evening Herald, The Echo, The Gazette, on the Hill 16 website and on our own

THANK YOU

website. They are also sent to members who provided

The Race night committee would like to thank everyone who supported the night and would ask for any outstanding monies to be

email addresses at the time of membership renewal.

[email protected]

paid to the Race night committee.

Private Functions

MEMBERSHIP NOTICE

Round Tower's Clubhouse is available for hire.

Membership renewal is now overdue – all members are kindly asked to renew their membership ASAP. Thanks to all members who have renewed their fees for 2009 and members with outstanding fees are asked to renew them as soon as possible.

To book please call to the club any Monday or Friday night and ask for Jimmy

Round Towers Ladies Football 22/04/09 Round Towers 6-7 v Skerries Harps 5-9

MILL LOTTO SELLING CONTINUING.

In their second league outing of the season, Towers maintained their unbeaten record. Windy conditions, gave Towers full advantage in the first half scoring two goals in the first ten minutes. The first

Sales of club lotto tickets continue in the Mill Centre and volunteers are being sought for a rolling Rota. If you have a two hour slot to spare every three or four weeks and would be happy 4

Annette Harrington, Natasha Daly, Amanda Murray, Eimear McGrath, Andrea Bowe, Maria Kavanagh, Suzanne Murray, Hannah Tyrell, Ruth Collins, Emily Hamill, Caitriona McGrath, Karina Connolly, Gillian Dowling, Danielle Campbell, Caoimhe Young.

came from a well worked half back line of Andrea Bowe, Maria Kavanagh and Suzanne Murray. Suzanne Murray finished the move with a long range effort that ended up in the back of the net. Hannah Tyrell, from midfield, added the second goal with a shot from the 21 yard line. Skerries launched several attacks in the first half, resulting in two well taken goals. The full back line of Amanda Murray, Natasha Daly and Eimear McGrath worked hard, and stuck tight to keep out the opportunity for more goals. Emily Hamill from half forward added two points from play within the half to keep Towers in front. Danielle Campbell at full forward finished off the half with a well taken free. In the second half against the breeze, Towers knew they were in for a battle. The composure was kept for the opening period, with Emily Hamill adding another goal, along with a Karina Connolly goal. The two corner forwards, Caoimhe Young and Gillian Dowling worked their socks off, and won many breaking balls which resulted in Ruth Collins and Danielle Campbell claiming points. Suzanne Murray made some vital wins of possession in the half back line. The positivity continued with a superb penalty from Emily Hamill when Hannah Tyrell was taken down at the goal mouth. Natasha Daly put in a solid performance in the back line alongside Amanda Murray keeping the Skerries forwards at bay. In the last ten minutes, with nine points in front, Towers were surely onto a win. Panic set in, and Towers conceded 1-0 from the Skerries full forward. An injury to full back Amanda Murray, resulted in a big gap to fill, which Skerries made use of. A side line ball resulted in a messy goal from Skerries, leaving just three points in it. Towers conceded a further two points in the last three minutes to just hang onto a one point win. Towers play St. Brigids away in the first round of the championship next Wednesday to hopefully continue the winning streak.

Team:

Match Report by:

Becky O’Connor LOTTO RESULTS

27/04/2009 This week’s numbers were

1 – 7 - 18 - 19

There was no winner of this week’s Jackpot of

€3,000 CONGRATULATIONS TO Ned O’Byrne, Lisa Cooney, M. Giltrap, John Daly and Bob Russell Who were the five

€100 winners

Next Jackpot

€3,200 NEXT LOTTO TAKES PLACE ON MONDAY MAY 4th 2009 AT 10PM SHARP IN THE CLUBROOMS AND TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CLUBROOMS FROM FRIDAY TO MONDAY EACH WEEK

ROUND TOWER GAA CLUB SHOP

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OPEN EVERY MONDAY FROM 8-9PM IN THE CLUBROOMS CONTACT NUMBERS FOR THE SHOP ARE AS FOLLOWS

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Coaching News THANK YOU

Summer Draw 2009

I wish to thank everyone for their help with the Easter Camps. Which were great

1st Prize: 2 Tickets for the All-Ireland Hurling Finals, Croke Park Sunday 6th Sept,2009 & overnight stay in Jury’s Croke Park Hotel. 2nd Prize: 2. Tickets for the All-Ireland Football Finals! Croke Park Sunday 20th Sept, 2009 & overnight stay in Jury’s Croke Park Hotel. 3rd Prize: 2 Tickets for the All-Ireland Hurling Finals, Croke Park Sunday 6th Sept, 2009 4th Prize: 2. Tickets for the All-Ireland Football Finals! Croke Park Sunday 20th Sept, 2009

successes. A special thank you to Mary, Michelle, Martina and Dawn for their helping in the organising and to Barry from energizer sports for the drinks, also to all the children for their great work. Club GPO Zoe Cole phone on 085-1557919.

Plus 20 €100 cash prizes Tickets €IO each,

EVERY TUESDAY IN THE ROUND TOWER GAA CLUBROOMS

Available from Gerry Banks @ 085 174 3758 Eugene Garrigan @ 0868303454

GOLF SOCIETY

Ray Verso @ 087 240 4001 Nuala Tyndall @ 087 206 9141 Martin Ryan @ 087 674 1407 Annette Harrington @ 087 282 7631 Draw will take place at Round Tower GA.A. Club On Friday 4th September 2009.

OUTINGS FOR THE YEAR 2009 Captain: Pat Collins President: Fred Kavanagh Saturday May 16th – Coolattin GC Friday June 26th – Castlewarden GC (President’s Day) Saturday July 25th – Bray Golf Club Friday August 21st – Craddockstown Friday September 25th – Rathsallagh (Captain’s Day) Saturday October 17th – Athy G Club Saturday November 7th – Elm Hall GC

The Football Academy Has changed venue and will be held at the Monastery Road Pitches This Saturday from 10am 6