ST. MARY’S: The Club medal presentation night took place in the Glasshouse Hotel last Friday night. In what was a very successful and enjoyable night, medals were presented by County Players, Stephen Coen and Mark Breheny and also by County Chairman, John Murphy. Many thanks to the Glasshouse Hotel.

Clodagh Murray is travelling to Haiti in April to assist Haven Partnership with the rebuilding project after the devastation caused by the recent earthquakes. As part of her fundraising efforts we held a fundraising raffle at our medal presentation in the Glasshouse Hotel on Friday night last. All donations and contributions will go towards the Haven Partnership rebuilding project in Haiti and thanks to everyone who supported the raffle.

The Saturday Morning Coaching commences on April 10th 2010. Any player that didn’t get a jacket last year can still get one if they contact Joe Campbell.

We wish Summerhill College the very best in the Connaught Senior ‘A’ Final against St. Gerard’s Castlebar in Charlestown on Saturday next at 2.30pm. It is 25 years since they last won the ‘A’ Final and the team included many Club Members such as Tommy Breheny, John Clifford, Declan Conlon, Pauric Oates, Ciaran Ryan and Martin Keaney. We also wish St. Attracta’s well in the ‘B’ Final at the same venue. Well done to the Summerhill College 2nd year team who have qualified for the semi final of the 'A' Championship after beating St. Muredach's, Ballina on a scoreline of 4-12 to 1-3. Well done to panel members Cian Breheny (captain) 1-6, Dylan Corcoran 0-2, Jake Dykes 0-3, Aaron McGoldrick, Stephen Henry, Ryan McManus, Gerard O’Kelly Lynch, Peter Kelly, Liam Henry and Rory Molloy. The Semi-Final is on Tuesday 16th march v Headford.Best of luck. Good luck to Summerhill College in the first years ‘A’ final due to be played shortly. Many of our successful U-12 and U-14 Feile teams are part of the college panel.

We lost narrowly to Eastern Harps at home on Sunday morning last in the Division 1 League on a scoreline of 2-11 to 1-12. The Senior side face St. Molaise Gaels on Saturday evening in Kent Park (Throw-in 5.00pm) in the last round of the Kiernan Cup. Training continues on Tuesday and Friday evenings with all Senior and Junior Panellists expected to attend. Members of the Senior Squad attended a Motivational Seminar at the weekend in Westport. We offer our condolences to Rosaleen O’Grady on the death of her mother Rose Foley, Treacy Avenue last week and to Margot Farrell on the death of her mother in Tipperary recently. Sympathies to the Lipsett and Fitzpatrick families on the death of Liam Lipsett Senior of Coolaney. Sympathy is extended to the family of the late Philip Ward, Fatima Avenue. Philip was a valued member of a Community Employment Group who constructed the terracing at Kent Park approximately 10 years ago.

The return of Michael Bree, a member of the 2001 Senior Championship winning team, to take up work in Sligo this week is a great boost for the Community. His musical and footballing skills will surely be put to good use and its good to see locals returning to the area in these recessionary times.

We will be having a "spring clean" around our club grounds on Saturday 13th March from 10.30am – 11.30am. We would ask all club members to come along for the hour and help tidy up around our club grounds in advance of the sporting season starting in earnest. The Club’s website is live at http://stmarys.sligo.gaa.ie/. The Club’s email address is stmarys.sligo@gmail.com.

ST. PAT’S

Anyone who wishes to register their child for St. Pats Bord na nÓg for the coming year can come to the Community Centre this Friday from 8pm to 9.15pm.

Those who wish to register for the senior club should contact Chairman Micheál Clarke on 0876847137 or Treasurer Trevor Boland on 0879983271 and pay their membership that way. Remember the club welcomes non-playing members also.

Anybody wishing to register their 5% Vodafone bill or prepay each month should contact Trevor Boland to get instructions, or send him your number so that he can register for you. That 5% goes to the club at no expense to you.

TOURLESTRANE

The Minors had a good weekend with victory over St Molaise Gaels on Friday night last, There is no game this weekend as our lads will be involved with St Attracta's in the Connacht Senior Football B Final in Charlestown on this Saturday. Best of luck to Anthony Brennan and his squad in what would be a great day for Sligo Football if they could pull this off . Summerhill are in action in the A final also at the same venue. Best of luck to both teams.

Our intermediate team won their postponed game against Mullinan=breena at the weekend 0-11 to 0-8. We wish a speedy recovery to their player who was injured in the course of the game and had to be brought to hospital.

Our seniors are in action this weekend when they play the last round of the pick and choose league against St John's on Saturday afternoon, but this could be subject to change on account of the St Attracta's game. The intermediates play on Sunday away to Enniscrone Our u16 footballers are away to Shamrock Gaels on Sunday at 11.

ST. FARNAN’S LADIES

The St. Farnan's Novelty Act Bandwagon is on the road again, this time in Scór Sinsear, after victory in the Co. Finals in Gurteen Hall on Saturday night last. The cast of Teresa Dunne, Sean KIlgannon, Frances Hanley, Emer Connolly and Bernie Mullarkey coped admirably with the enforced late withdrawal of their colleague, Rory Kelly, and will now go on to represent the club in the Connacht Finals in Loughrea, Co. Galway on Sat. week next, March 20th. Also representing the club on the night were Sean Kilgannon in the Recitation / Storytelling section and the Quiz team consisting of Frances Hanley, Kieran O'Connor and Martin Mulligan who shared top spot with St. Molaise Gaels but were unfortunate to lose to the North Sligo club in the Tie Breakers.

The AGM of the club will take place this Friday, March 12th at 8 pm in Dromore West Community Centre. It is essential that all families with players involved in the club are represented. We wish Junior team player Jackie Mulligan a speedy recovery from injuries received during the Sligo Ladies defeat to Donegal on Sunday last.

Congratulations to Emmett Dunleavy, of Dunbeakin, brother of club player Vanessa, on winning a richly deserved Sligo Sports Star Award in Athletics recently.

SHAMROCK GAELS

The Bord Ná Nóg registration evening for underage players was postponed as a mark of respect for the late Eugene Davey. It has been re-scheduled for next Saturday evening 13th March from 6.00PM to 7.30PM in the Clubhouse - registration is €10 per player or €20 per family.

It is now only two weeks to the 2010 Dinner Dance, which takes place in Castledargan on Saturday 20th March. Tickets at €30 and are available from Mary Quinn 086 3757626, Cormac Kearns 087 2358840, Josephine Leyden 086 8366558 or any committee member. The Senior team are at home next Saturday 13th March to Castleconnor in the final Kiernan Cup group game. The minor game against Tourlestrane was postponed and now takes place on St Patrick's day at 11.00AM.

The U16 team play their first game next Sunday 14th March at home against Tourlestrane at 11.00AM. The U14 team have their first game on Friday 26th March away to Geevagh. The underage player of the year awards take place in the Folk Park on Saturday 27th March at 8.30PM.

The monthly club meeting was postponed as a mark of respect for Attracta Cavanagh, Riverstown who died last week, the club would like to express sympathy with her family and relatives and also to the family and relatives of Eugene Davey, Coola who died at the weekend.

EASTERN HARPS

Our Senior team recorded a 3-10 to 2-07 victory over Bunninadden in the Pick ëní Choose Cup on Saturday last in Keash. Niall McGill accounted for 2-04 of our final tally with the other goal a thundering shot courtesy of corner back John Lynch. This team play the final match in the Group Stage of this competition away to Curry on Saturday, March 13th at 5.00pm. Our Intermediate team had a free weekend last week and are at home to Drumcliffe/Rosses Point on Sunday 14th March at 12 noon in the Kiernan Cup.

Our Minor team recorded an impressive 2 points win away to St. Maryís on Sunday morning last. Training for Under-12 Boys is on every Tuesday in Keash at 7.00pm, with all in this age group welcome. Under-16 training continues every Thursday in Keash at 7.00pm.

A Club Executive Meeting will be held in the clubhouse in Keash on Thursday 11th March. All Executive Members are asked to attend. County SCOR took place on Saturday last 6th March in St Patrick Hall Gurteen. A great nightís entrainment was enjoyed by all with a wide variety of entrainment from dancing, singing, 10mins acts and quiz teams from all GAA clubs within the county. Many Eastern Harps club members participated in the competition and while they were not all winners, they represented their club proudly. Well done to Annette Henry who represented us in the Solo Singer, Padraic Henry/ Recitation, PJ McKeon, Nicholas Ryan, Paddy Casey /Quiz team and winners on the night our Ballad group Annette Henry, Sinead McGill, Emma Horan Kevin Higgins and Damien Killoran.

Great credit is due to our Scor Committee Peggy Gaffney, Padraic Henry, Liz Coyle, Kieran McGill, Damien McGovern, Christina Coleman and Teresa Horan who made this all possible. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Gurteen Hall Committee for the use of the hall and the help they extended to Eastern Harps especially Christina Coleman, Geraldine and Eamon Towey. Also thanks and credit to the county Scor Committee who work so hard year on year and to make this all possible. A watch was found on the night, the owner should contact Teresa Horan @087 287 5836

Many Thanks to all the club members who turned up on Saturday morning last to help out with the General Clean Up of the dressing rooms, pitch and surrounding areas. The club would ask as many people as possible to again turn out this Saturday at 11.00am to help out with some painting.

There will be two St. Patrickís Day Parades held in our area on March 17th. The Parade in Ballinafad starts at 1.00pm with the Parade in Gurteen starting at 4.00pm. Eastern Harps will have a float in both Parades. If anybody has any items they would like to include please e-mail easternharpspro@gmail.com or ring 086-8046525

FRIENDS OF SLIGO FOOTBALL

Sligo suffered their second defeat of the League when going down away to Wexford last Sunday. This was probably one of the worst displays from Sligo for sometime. We wish a speedy recovery to Eamonn Mullen and Charlie Harrison, who were injured during the game and hope to see a return to winning ways at home next Sunday. Congratulations to Sligo star, David Kelly, who was a vital member of the DCU team, which won the Sigerson cup recently. David played a key role in this success particularly in the semi final when he gave a 5 star performance. He succeeds other Sligo greats like Hugh McGonigle, who captained UCG to victory in the 50s , Paddy Henry and Donal Brennan with Maynooth , Martin McCarrick, UCG, Mark Brehony Sligo IT and Noel Maguire UCD.

Congratulations to Summerhill College and St Attractas, who have qualified for the Connaught Colleges finals of their respective competitions. Both teams did it the hard way having gone to extra time. Summerhill seemed to be in trouble 4 points down with only 2 minutes left but once again they found their goal touch and over ran their opponents in extra time. St Attractas also defeated Rice College a few years ago on their way to All Ireland glory. It is not often 2 Sligo colleges defeat Mayo opposition in the penultimate stages of a competition in the same week and we wish both teams the best of luck in a very attractive double header in Charlestown next weekend, when hopefully a big crowd will be there to cheer them on.

There was mixed luck for St Attractas ladies as the footballers lost out to Tuam but the Basketballers qualified for an All Ireland final following a comprehensive win over Wexford opposition and we wish them best of luck as St Attractas seek an All Ireland victory. It should be borne in mind that many of these girls are involved in both teams so it is a supreme effort.

Congratulations to John Hughes on his nomination for a GAA Presidents award. Few people in Sligo have made such a contribution to the GAA at youth level in particular and the community in general and I am sure it is no coincidence that Geevagh has been in the ascendancy in recent years in ladies and gents football. We extend sympathy to the family of Liam Lipsett, Coolaney, who died recently. He was father of Robert Lipsett corner back on Connaught minor champions in 1968 and Connaught Senior champions in 1975. The Lipsett family have a strong tradition in GAA and both Robert and his sister Rita have been supporters of Friends of Sligo football in Dublin over the years. The Sligo Association are having a race night in Dublin on 16th March in aid of the Morrisson Teach Ceoil in Riverstown and I am sure they would appreciate all support.