Club News - May '09

Club News - 3rd May 2009

Match Results

The senior side were defeated by 2-13 to 1-08 in the first leg of the senior championship game away to Gweedore on Sunday. Full match reports from the senior and reserve games are available by clicking here.
The reserve side were also defeated on Sunday and they must also win next weekend to keep championship hopes alive.
The minors made it 3 out of 3 in the County league beating Glenfin by 0-10 to 0-06 in Malin on Monday evening. A good second half display from Malin saw them come back from 0-04 to 0-02 behind at the break to win, had they taken all their chances then the margin of victory could have been much more as after a slow start, Glenfin taking a three points to nil lead, Malin were much the better side all over the field. Scorers for Malin were Daniel McDaid(0-5, 1 free), Shaun Monagle(0-2), Ryan Crua, Gary Farren and Seamus Houghton.

La na GClub
Sunday, 10th May is La na club all over Ireland to celebrate 125 years of the GAA, the premier sporting organization in the country. There will be lots of activities going on in Malin that Sunday beginning at 2-00pm. The ladies will play the Mary Houton Tournament while there will be under-age blitzes. Also on the program of events are a hurling display, poc fada, penalty, 45 and free kick competitions while there will be music and Irish dancing upstairs from 6-30 to 8-30pm. Tea and sandwiches will be available and everyone is welcome to come along on the day.

Fixtures

The return leg of the senior championship between Malin and Gweedore takes place this Saturday, 9th May in Malin, where Malin must win to force the tie to a playoff game. Kickoff is at 6.30pm and we would seek as much support as possible on Saturday evening, against the club who have won more senior championships than any other in the county.
The reserves will also play their return leg against Gweedore next Saturday in Malin at 5pm.
Next Monday, 11th May, Malin Minors are away to Lifford in Round 4 of the competition while the minors are in the last four of the Inishowen competition.
The U-16s are away to Moville on the 12th May in the last of the Inishowen league games while the U-12 A and B sides are home to the same opposition on the same evening.
The U-14 side begin their Inishowen campaign on the 15th May with a home fixture against Moville.

Sliabh Sneacht Sponsored Climb
Due to the inclement weather on Monday (and James Hamish having a herd test!) the Sliabh Sneacht climb was cancelled and will take place in the near future. All sponsorship money for the climb should be handed in as soon as possible please.

Gym Inductions
Charlie Byrne will do inductions on Wednesday(6pm to 8pm) and Friday(8-30pm onwards) evenings for anyone in the parish interested in joining the gym. Membership of the gym is E100 for the year, anyone interested should contact Charlie or Sean McLaughlin(O).

Club Membership
Club membership for 2009 is now due and will be collected in the coming weeks. Membership is as follows; Adults; E15 each, Family Membership; E30 for two adults and two children.

Club Lotto
There was no winner of this weeks lotto. The sequence drawn was 4,5,6,2,7,1,3. The E50 prize was won by Brendan Monagle, Leitirorr, Malin with the E20 sellers prize going to Naomi McLaughlin, Malin. This weekend’s jackpot is E1,000 and as always we thank the local community for its continued support.

Club News - 10th May '09

Match Reports

The seniors exited the senior championship with the defeat against Gaoth Dobhair on Saturday evening. The reserve side, after a fantastic result on Saturday evening, will meet their western counterparts in a play-off game to decide who progresses to the first round proper. This game will take place this weekend, at the time of going to press date and venue are unclear, check local press for details. There is a strong possibility that the senior side will not be playing this weekend. Match reports from both games are available by clicking here.

La na gClub
Thanks to everyone who helped make the 125 year celebration in Malin on Sunday such a success (pictures from the day are available by clicking here). A special mention to club treasurer Martin McColgan who won the Poc Fada, just goes to prove the old adage that you can beat a good man but you can’t beat a lucky one! Just on the subject of luck, Paddy Collins got New York in the All Ireland Sweepstake, drawn at 7-30 on Sunday evening, possibly the shortest life of a E20 note ever!

Fixtures

The U-14 side begin their Inishowen campaign on the 15th May with a home fixture against Moville.
The County League minor game on Monday evening was cancelled due to a water-logged pitch in Lifford, this Monday Malin are at home to Carndonagh in Round 5 of the competition.
The ladies are away to Robert Emmets this weekend in the Junior League.

Gym Membership
Charlie Byrne will do inductions for anyone in the parish interested in joining the gym. This gym is equipped with cross-trainers, treadmills, rowing machines, etc, all the equipment that is needed for a fraction of the cost of joining other gymnasiums. Membership of the gym is E100 for the year per person or E170 for family membership, anyone interested should contact Charlie on 0874103782 as they must be inducted before becoming a member.

Club Membership
Club membership for 2009 is now due and will be collected in the coming weeks. Membership is as follows; Adults; E15 each, Family Membership; E30 for two adults and two children.

Club Lotto
There was no winner of this weeks lotto. The sequence drawn was 2,5,3,6,4,1,7. The E50 prize was won by Rodney Lockwood, Port Ronan, Malin Head with the E20 sellers prize going to Seamus Doherty, Malin Head. This weekend’s jackpot is E1,050 and as always we thank the local community for its continued support.

Club News - 17th May '09

Match Reports

The reserve side lost their Championship playoff by 0-16 to 1-07 in Convoy on Sunday.
The ladies were defeated by 4 points away to Robert Emmets on Sunday, this Sunday they meet Convoy in Malin at 12-00 midday, all support welcome.
Malin minors picked up another two points in the County League with a 2-13 to 2-05 win over neighbours Carndonagh on Monday evening. The first half was a close encounter, Malin leading at the break by 0-07 to 1-03 but the home side hit 2-03 without reply early in the second half to kill the game. Scorers for Malin were Seamus Houghton(1-04), Cathal McGrenahan(1-0), Seamus Doherty(0-4, 1 free), Patrick McLaughlin(0-2), Finbarr Collins, Tony McColgan and John C Doherty. Next outing for the minors is away to Glenswilly on Monday, 22nd June.
The U-14 side opened their Inishowen League account with a 2-08 to 0-10 win over Moville in Malin on Friday evening. Scorers for Malin were Adam Byrne(2-03, all frees), Darragh McLaughlin(0-4) and Darren Mullarkey while there were good performances from Niall O’Connor, Conor Byrne, Matthew Crampsie and Dean McGonagle. The U-14 side are free this week, next fixture is away to Buncrana on Friday 29th at 7-00pm.

Poker Night
The club are running a poker night in the Malin Hotel this Friday, 22nd beginning at 8-30pm, everyone welcome.

Gym Inductions
Charlie Byrne will do inductions for anyone in the parish interested in joining the gym. This gym is equipped with cross-trainers, treadmills, rowing machines, etc, all the equipment that is needed for a fraction of the cost of joining other gymnasiums. Membership of the gym is E100 for the year per person or E170 for family membership, anyone interested should contact Charlie on 0874103782 as they must be inducted before becoming a member.

Club News by Text
Anyone interested in receiving text messages about club events, upcoming fixtures etc, should send their name and number to 086 8668531 and they will be added to the list. The club would like to thank Paul Kelly from the O2 mobile phone shop in Carndonagh for sponsoring this phone.
Club membership for 2009 is now due and will be collected in the coming weeks. Membership is as follows; Adults; E15 each, Family Membership; E30 for two adults and two children.

Club Lotto
There was no winner of this weeks lotto. The sequence drawn was 2,6,3,5,7,4,1. The E50 prize was won by Eoghan Farren, Aughaclay, Culdaff with the E20 sellers prize going to Sean Gallagher, Muff, Culdaff. This weekend’s jackpot is E1,100 and as always we thank the local community for its continued support.

Congratulations
Finally, congratulations to Roisin McGrory and all her competitors who did very well in the Donegal Fleadh and we wish them well in the Ulster Fleadh.

Club News - 24th May '09

Match Results

Congratulations to our Under 16 panel who won the Under 16 Northern League Shield when they defeated Carndonagh 3-4 to 1-6 on Friday evening. A hat trick of early goals by Dan McDaid paved the way for a narrow 4 point win. The Under 16s also defeated Burt last week 3-9 to 1-6 to clinch a place in the Inishowen final, they will now meet Buncrana in the decider.
Malin ladies recorded another fine victory at the weekend when they defeated Convoy 3-7 to 0-4 on Sunday.

Mini-Marathon
Ladies players, Maria McLaughlin (F), Maria Houten, Denise McCarron and friends are doing a mini marathon on Bank Holiday Monday in Dublin In aid of CCS Special Needs Dept and the Irish Kidney Association. Sponsor sheets are available throughout the parish. The ladies have been in training recently so if you see any of them walking the roads.....DONT GIVE THEM A LIFT.

Refereeing
Sunday the 24th of May was another milestone in the short refereeing career of Shaun McLaughlin when he was the man in the middle in Celtic Park in the Ulster Minor Championship clash between Derry and Monaghan. Shaun gave his usual assured performance and it is only a matter of time before he takes another step up the refereeing ladder. Malin were well represented in Celtic Park in the Minor clash as Shaun's umpires in the game were John McLaughlin (R), Terence Colhoun and Noel Mc Laughlin. Noel has denied rumours that a “Paddy Russell” type book is in the pipeline, stating that he will wait until he does an All Ireland Final first!!

Charity Cycle
Special mention also must go to Terence Colhoun and Sean Mc Laughlin (O) who took part in a charity cycle between Muff and Moville at the weekend. With the Tour De France, just over 2 months away, if the lads set off for France now, they might just make Paris in time for the final stage.

Club Membership
Club membership for 2009 is now due and will be collected in the coming weeks. Membership is as follows; Adults; E15 each, Family Membership; E30 for two adults and two children.

Gym Inductions
Charlie Byrne will do inductions for anyone in the parish interested in joining the gym. This gym is equipped with cross-trainers, treadmills, rowing machines, etc, all the equipment that is needed for a fraction of the cost of joining other gymnasiums. Membership of the gym is E100 for the year per person or E170 for family membership, anyone interested should contact Charlie on 0874103782 as they must be inducted before becoming a member.

Club Lotto
There was no winner of this weekends lotto. Sequence drawn was 3-2-4-7-6-1-5. €50 prize was won by Vincent McColgan, Carrowmore and the sellers prize of €20 went to Naomi.

Poker Night
Another very successful Poker night was held in The Malin Hotel on Friday night with over 40 players taking part. Winners on the night were

€530 George Ardagh
€330 Jacob Dineen
€245 Darren Doherty
€190 Geraldine Farren
€145 Paul Tam.

A special word of thanks to Cathal Doyle for running the tournament in such a professional and efficient manner.

Club News - 31st May '09

Match Results

Seniors - The senior side recorded a good 0-15 to 0-8 victory over Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon in Division 2 of the All County League on Sunday. Malin were well on top throughout the game and led by 0-7 to 0-4 at the interval although they had Declan Lafferty to thank for bringing off a superb save from Steven Ward midway through the first half - had the visitors scored the result might have be different. As it was, Malin hit four unanswered points early in the second half to put the result beyond doubt and leave Ballyshannon with a long trip home contemplating their first league defeat of the year. Best for Malin were Declan Walsh, Damian Harkin, Danny and Gerard Greene and Anthony and Patrick Kelly while Aodh Ruadh had good performances from Steven Ward, Michael Gurn, Johnny Gallagher and Pauric Buggy. Scorers for Malin were Anthony Kelly(0-8, 5 frees), Michael Doherty (0-2), Damian Harkin, Matthew Byrne, Danny Greene, Gerard Greene and Charlie Byrne while Pauric Buggy(0-5, 3 frees), Steven Ward, Michael Gurn and Philip O'Reilly scored for the visitors.
Reserves - There was no reserve game on Sunday as Aodh Ruadh were unable to field a side which is very disappointing on the best day of the year so far.

Fixtures

This weekend sees the Malin U14 side travel to Leeds on Friday where they will play a local team on Saturday and then travel to Manchester for another game on Sunday morning before returning home. The Manchester game will take place at Turnmoss, Stretford, near Old Trafford, if anyone would like to contact relations there and tell them about the games.
The U12 A and B sides were both defeated by Buncrana last week. This week they are at home to Muff on Tuesday evening.
The U14 side also lost to Buncrana last week.
The U16s will meet Buncrana in the Inishowen A final which takes place after the exams, they defeated Carndonagh in the County Northern Shield final last week.
The first U10 blitz of the year takes place on 13 June with Malin playing in Muff. The club would like to thank county coach Paddy Hegarty for taking sessions with the U-10s, U-12s and U-16s last week.

Gym Membership
Gym membership is now available at 100 per year per person or 170 for family membership. Anyone wanting to join the gym must do an induction with Charlie Byrne, Charlie can be contacted on 087 4103782.

Club Notes
Apologies for absence of notes last week, we had computer problems but we would like to give a mention to Shaun McLaughlin who refereed the Ulster minor championship game between Derry and Monaghan at Celtic Park and also to his umpires Noel McLaughlin, John McLaughlin (R) and Terence Colhoun, well done to all of them. Just on the subject of Colhoun, himself and Shaun Owen did a charity cycle last Saturday from Muff to Moville and back so well done to them, no ill effects reported by either, unfortunately the same cannot be said for the two poor bicycles!!

Mini-Marathon
Well done to the girls who did the Dublin mini-marathon on Monday, more details next week.

VHI Summer Camp
This years VHI summer camp takes place in Malin from Monday 20-Friday 24 July. This is an enjoyable week for children aged 7 to 13 years old, boys and girls. It consists of 4 days coaching with coaches from all over the county and a sports day on the Friday where each child will receive their kit and bag. The cost for the week is 65 for the first child and 50 for each additional child in a family while a bus will be available throughout the parish. For application forms and further information contact Maria McLaughlin on 087 7763679.

Malin Ladies
Malin ladies senior side have no games in early June because of the Leaving/Junior certificate exams which start shortly and the club wish all the best to all club members who are taking exams now. Next game for the ladies is away to Lifford on the last weekend in June.

Club lotto
There was no winner of this week's lotto jackpot. Mags McClean, Carrowmore, Malin, won the 50 prize with the 20 seller's prize going to Naomi McLaughlin, Carrowmore, Malin. Next week's jackpot is 1,200 and we thank the local community for their continued support.

Congratulations
Finally everyone involved in the club would like to send their congratulations and good wishes to Kevin Gallagher and his wife Laura who got married at the weekend.

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