For those who did not make it to the AGM yesterday, our Chairman, Willie Keaveney, made a very comprehensive report on the work done and the success achieved by Kilmeena GAA over the past year.
He detailed the achievements of 2014, culminating with Kilmeena GAA being awarded Mayo Club of the Year.
The Chairman thanked all who had worked so hard and gave their time so generously to make these achievements possible, on and off the pitch.
Despite these successes, there is still a need for more members of our club and community to volunteer and assist with our numerous teams and with club development.
The club Lotto is the lifeblood of Kilmeena GAA and generates the funds that allow us to function as a club and facilitates our numerous teams in competition. A small number of people are asked to sell the Lotto on an almost weekly basis. If all families involved in Kilmeena GAA make the effort to sell the lotto, it will guarantee revenue for our teams and place less of a burden on the few regular sellers. After all, everyone benefits the same whether they sell the Lotto or not and if we are not making money for the running of the club everyone will lose out!
2014 has been a watershed year for Kilmeena GAA. Starting the year celebrating our 125th year in existence and finishing it as Mayo Club of the Year. Unprecedented success on the pitch for our underage teams and a fine league performance from our Senior players showed things are moving in the right direction on the pitch. But there is a lot of work ahead to ensure we have a progressive, successful club for our parish.
We have the people in place who are positive about the direction our club needs to take. This has been detailed in our 5 year Club Development Plan. With subcommittees set up to action this plan, and if more members of our community volunteer their skills, we can look forward to a very bright future for Kilmeena GAA.
Damian Hughes
Club Secretary
Sincere congratulations to Ronan O’Donnell, Fahy, member of the successful Westport U13 Athletic team, on their winning the Gold Medal in the All-Ireland Cross Country Championships 2500M event held in Santry over the weekend.
Also taking part in the second Westport U13 team was Cian Moore, Carrowholly, whose team finished outside the medals arena on this occasion.
Congratulations also to Colin Hastings, Kiltyroe, Kilmeena on his teams very respectable 4th place finish in the boys U-11 1500M event at the same venue. Well done Boys!
Cian Moore, Colin Hastings and Ronan O'Donnell.
(Image courtesy of Peter Moore)
Our Best Wishes to Colin Hastings, son of Seamus & Maura, Kiltyroe, who is a member of the Westport Athletic team that have qualified for U-11 All-Ireland Cross-Country Club Championships which will be held in Santry on Sunday 7th December. Colin is a footballer of some note with the Kilmeena U11 and12's teams. Go for it Colin!
Colin Hastings
"Club of the Year"
As we approach the end of what has been a memorable year, the Club is compiling a CALENDAR OF PHOTOGRAPHS as part of its 125 Celebrations.
Throughout the year, we held a number of activities to ensure this milestone in our Club’s history was suitably celebrated. Each event was photographed, and we now have an excellent collection of photographs that captured these special moments. While a good selection of these photos are posted on our website, it was suggested by some Club members that compiling a Calendar of Photographs containing a sample of the sporting and social occasions would be much appreciated. A Committee, comprising Martin McIntyre, Claire Ryan, Pat and Ollie Mulchrone, have undertaken the onerous task of sifting and sorting through what is available and are ensuring that the final copy will be wide-ranging and representative of what was undertaken throughout the year. It will be a fitting souvenir of the year and will be one to appreciate into the future. It will be available on the run into Christmas and will no doubt be of interest to supporters at home and abroad.
A LIMITED NUMBER number of copies will be available from next week on a first come first served basis. This once-off production should serve as a benchmark until the next major milestone in the history of the Club, i.e. 2039.
Retail outlets for the purchase of the Calendars will be posted here as soon as they become available. Watch this space!
Walter Cox
Committee Chairman