Happy New Year – The club would like to wish our members, players, sponsors and supporters near and far a happy new year. Just before Christmas we also ran our Friends of Drumhowan Christmas Draw. The winners were as follows 1. Martin Duffy(Corvoy) €300 2. Ciaran Duffy (Laragh) €100 3.Mickey Conlan €50 Congratulations one and all. To all Friends of Drumhowan -Míle Buíochas
AGM – will take place on Thursday 12th January at 8pm.
Coaching Courses– Monaghan Coaching and Games are running a number of Foundation and Level 1 Coaching Courses. If anyone is starting out coaching the Foundation Award is the one for them. The Club would also like more coaches to take the step up to Level 1 and encourage all to do so from U6 to Senior. Full details are available at http://www.monaghangaa.ie/2016/12/upcoming-coach-education-courses-3/
National Club Draw. – The tickets have now been distributed a few weeks. Please remember to support it when people come asking over the next week or two. Tickets are only €10 All money raised goes back into club funds.
PRIZES 1. A new Opel Corsa car. 2. Trip with the 2017 All-Stars. 3. Travel voucher to the value of €1,500. 4. All-Ireland Hurling & Football Final Corporate Package 2017. . 5. All-Ireland Hurling & Football Final Package 2017. 6. All-Ireland Hurling & Football Final Package 2017. 7. All-Ireland Hurling & Football Final Package 2017 8. All-Ireland Hurling & Football Final Package 2017 9. Shopping voucher to the value of €1,000 at a retailer of your choice. 10. Shopping voucher to the value of €1,000 at a retailer of your choice. 11. All-Ireland Hurling Final Corporate Package 2017. 12. All-Ireland Football Final Corporate Package 2017.13. All-Ireland Hurling Final Package 2017. 14. All-Ireland Football Final Package 2017.
Also if interested in selling a few tickets – only 5 in a book please contact John Reilly. Full details available on website at
https://drumhowan.gaa.ie/national-club-draw-tickets-available-now/
GRMA – grma (go raibh maith agat) is the new GAA Membership Card programme providing benefits and rewards to you, as a GAA member. It is a ‘thank you’ or ‘go raibh maith agat’ for your involvement in your GAA club, engagement in GAA activities and attendance at games.
Registration for the programme is now open with benefits available from January 2017. When you sign up, you will receive your Membership Card early next year enabling you to avail of partner discounts, special offers and earn points for going to games. Points can be redeemed by individual members or pooled for redemption by GAA clubs.
You will need a GAA membership number to join grma and receive a Membership Card. Please request your membership number at the club when you renew your subscription for 2017. These numbers can be obtained from PRO Noel or secretary Paul.
Membership Cards will only be distributed to members who have signed up to grma online at www.gaa.ie/grma The programme is only available to adult members (over 18s)
New Website – folks please take time to view the new website at www.drumhowan.gaa.ie
Sympathy – is extended to the Kerley and Bannon families on the death of Emma Kerley just before Christmas. Her son Damien played on the 1960 Double Winning Team. Sympathy also to Owenie Sullivan on the death of his sister Annie May Clarke.
Congratulations to Kieran and Colleen Mooney on the birth of their son Shea Mooney on the 12th of December. Also to Aidan Duffy and Sarah Maguire on their engagement over the festive period.
News – if any of you want to include news in the notes please do so before 10pm on a Monday evening. This can be done by sending a text to 086 1931933 or emailing pro.drumhowan.monaghan@gaa.ie
