The Division 6 team went under to Kilbeggan in their first round encounter on a score-line of 3-10 to 1-08. However, on positive note Jack Murtagh and Darragh Smith made their adult football debuts for the club. We wish both young men a long and successfull career in the black and amber.
The Division 3 team travelled to Moate on Thursday evening. Unfortunately, the game did not go the way of the travelling team going down on a score-line of 2-16 to 0-11.
The Division 1 team restored their winning ways with a victory over Garrycastle on Saturday evening last at home in a very high scoring game. Final score 1-25 to 1-17.
Easter Camp
The Downs GAA Club are running an Easter camp on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th April from 10 am to 1 pm each day. Children from Junior Infants to 6th class all welcome. Prices are €25 for one child, 2 children €40, 3 children €55 and 4 children €70. You can register via www.thedownsgaa.ie
LGFA Medal Presentation
There were great celebrations in The Downs Clubhouse on Saturday evening as the Downs Ladies gathered to mark their achievements last season, having won the Div 2 League and the Senior B Championship. A special presentation was also made to Alanna Corroon to mark her All Ireland Scór na nÓg Recitation Title, when she represented The Downs GAA Club in Monaghan last January. Huge thanks to all of the organisers of the evening, in particular Muriel & Trudie for all their hard work behind the scenes. Thanks as always to Bernie Conneely for the photos.
LGFA Easter Raffle
The LGFA held a very successful Easter raffle on Friday evening. Huge thanks to all our fantastic sponsors and all who bought and sold tickets. Please contact Muriel to arrange collection of your prizes 0876482976. Prize winners are as follows:
1st Prize Grange Motors-Mullingar Toyota Service Voucher & Toyota Gift Pack Jack Scally/2nd Prize Kilmurrays Homevalu Voucher Sandra O Brien/3rd Prize Kilmurrays Homevalu Voucher Chris McNamee/4th Prize Newbrook Tyres Voucher Aaron O Reilly/5th Prize Mullingar Pewter Voucher Maci Kate Rossitea/6th Prize Easter Egg in Basket Paul Kelleghan/7th Prize Easter Egg in Basket Penny & Kate Bohan/8th Prize Voucher Wallace Recycling Cillian Deane/9th Prize Voucher Wallace Recycling James Eivers/10th Prize Voucher Wallace Recycling Josh Bonner/11th Prize Voucher Wallace Recycling Julie McGuire
Why not be in with a chance to “Win a Home in Spain” aswell as €50,000 in cash in conjunction with Westmeath GAA. Proceeds going towards the development of “Centre of Excellence” for all our GAA teams. If interested, please use the following link to purchase a ticket: https://linktr.ee/Thedownsgaa
Congratulations
Many congratulations to Westmeath U14 panel on their Silver Leinster final win against Wicklow last Saturday in Portlaoise. We were very well represented by Laura Tansey, Aoife McCormack, Orla O’Connell and Caoimhe McHugh. Well done to all involved.
Registration
Registration for 2025 is now live. All registration can be paid with the click of a button. All you have to do is follow the link https://linktr.ee/Thrdownsgaa and get registering. Please note GAA and Ladies Club memberships are separate.
If you are a prospective member or new to the area and are interested in joining The Downs GAA club, please don’t hesitate to contact us or visit our Facebook Page for further information. New members are always welcome
Club Shop
The club shop will be opened on Friday May 2nd and every second Friday from then on during underage training from 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Gaelic 4 Mothers and Others
Na Dúnta Gaelic 4 mothers & other's starts back March 19th from 8-9pm and every Wednesday (back middle pitch). No experience required, all fitness levels welcomed. This is a lovely outlet for women to get some exercise, learn a new skill and meet new people. Contact Carley 087 7701318 or Elaine 0868785006
Bingo
Bingo continues every Friday night at 8.30 p.m. All new members welcome.
Club Lotto
We will continue to live stream our Lotto draw via our Facebook page for the foreseeable future. Tune in at 9-30 on each Monday night to catch the draw.
1.Add a discounted bundle to your Downs GAA club membership by clicking here. 2.Play online at our website www.thedownsgaa.com 3. Play online at Clubzapp http://bit.ly/3ItlksQ 4. Contact your regular draw collector for your area or any Committee member who will enter your numbers on to our Perma Book which is retained at the club. 5. Send a cheque for €100 to club secretary Tommy Kelly, Coralstown, Mullingar (one year’s subscription). 6. Or scan here: Thanks to our supporters for their loyal commitment to our Fundraising Draw and to those new players who have signed up online and in hard copy.
Keep up to date with club activities There are lots of ways to keep up to date with our activities. Our award-winning website can be viewed at www.thedownsgaa.com where you can sign up to receive our weekly newsletter by email. Also check us out on Twitter, Facebook YouTube and Instagram.
