17th of April 2024

Lucan Sarsfield’s Club Notes 

Social 

There will be a table quiz in the clubhouse on the 26th of April in Aid of the Elizabeth McNicholas Fund. We are encouraging our members and supporters to get involved in this event and help raise the much-needed funds. Read more about Elizabeth’s story below: 

Elizabeth Mc Nicholas is a young person from Lucan living with severe brain and spinal injuries. She is a full-time wheelchair user with complex medical needs and severe neuropathic pain. Elizabeth was a camogie player before her illness, and now struggles to get some normality back into her life. She was first diagnosed with her illness in her Leaving Cert year in Coláiste Cois Life. She went on to do Domestic Science teacher-training in St. Angela's College, Sligo, but unfortunately, she had to pull out of that course. 

In 2018, Elizabeth spent three months in a hospital in Istanbul, to undergo a series of extremely major lifesaving and life-changing surgeries. These surgeries gave Elizabeth some hope to get her life back to normal, and since then, she has been working hard to adapt to her new life and to regain some of the functions and abilities that she lost over the years. 

     Due to the complex nature of Elizabeth's condition, she requires ongoing specialist neurorehabilitation which is not available to her in Ireland. During the past two Summers, Elizabeth has undergone neurorehabilitation at Neurokinex Gatwick in the UK, making significant strides in her recovery, such as learning to sit upright unaided and regaining better function in her right arm.  

Elizabeth hopes to return to Neurokinex Gatwick for further intensive neurorehabilitation over the coming months, but this therapy does not come cheap. Fundraising continues to facilitate access to this vital treatment for Elizabeth, to give her the chance she deserves. 

     Please support Elizabeth's cause by donating online at: www.gofundme.com/u4wpzkjz . You can also visit the Team Elizabeth Page on Facebook for full updates on the campaign: www.facebook.com/TEAMELIZABETH  Thank you for your continued support. 

 

Our Annual Golf Classic will take place on the 21st of June 2024 in Lucan Golf Club. The cost of a four-person team is €450. This event books up quickly and we had an unprecedented demand for tee times last year so make sure to register early. Invitations are also open for sponsorship opportunities for both companies and personal support. Please contact any member of our committee for registration, sponsorship enquiries and any other information. Maggie Mulqueen 087 2866581, Sara Hickey 086 8187070, Ruth Langton 086 8231139. A huge thank you to Colm Corrigan Builders for sponsoring this event. As always, we encourage our members to support our sponsors, click the following link to view their website https://colmcorriganbuilders.ie/  

 

The Cúpla Focal Club started on Monday the 15th of January from 8-9pm and will continue every Monday. This is a great opportunity to learn Irish. All welcome.  

 

The club has recently introduced Honorary Life Membership. Club Members over the age of 70, who have been members of the club for at least 20 years, can be nominated for approval by the Executive for this Membership of the club. Such nominations can be made by any full member of the club by emailing lucan.sarsfields.registrar@gmail.com  

 

Referee Recruitment 

Dublin GAA are looking for passionate GAA members to join their team of referees. This is a great opportunity to get involved, improve your knowledge, keep fit and get paid to do it. There will be a course on the 13th and 20th of May in Parnell Park. If you are interested or would like more information, please contact Barry 0863761366 or email dublincoiste@gmail.com 

June Bank Holiday Draw 

We will be holding a special draw for the June Bank Holiday weekend. This will take place directly after the lotto on Thursday 31st May. 

1st Prize €1,000 cash 

2nd Prize €500 cash 

To Enter this draw please renew or sign up for a Lucan Sarsfields Recurrent Lotto Subscription via ClubZap. 

The following will be entered into the draw: 

1) All current direct debits get 1 Entry per Direct Debit line 

2) All memberships paid with an Annual Lotto Subscription 

3) All full year Lotto Subscriptions paid on ClubZap 

4) Any Recurrent Clubzap Lotto subscription eg 3 for a fiver (Recurrent) equates to 3 entries, Catherine’s Special (Recurrent) has 11 entries all other Recurrent options equate to one draw entry.   

This is a great opportunity to win a guaranteed cash prize while also supporting the club's weekly lotto. Sign up via ClubZap or the link below 

https://lucansarsfields.clubzap.com/categories/lotto/products  

 

White Collar Boxing 

Due to unprecedented demand, we are once again taking over the big top on the 4th of May 2024 for another White-Collar Boxing Showdown. 

We are looking for sponsorship for this event with several different packages available. If you have a business, work for a business or know someone who does, that might like to sponsor or advertise at our event, please contact lucansarsfields.fundraising@gmail.com 

We are also looking for volunteers to help run this event smoothly, for example assistance with car parking, stewarding and grounds set up. Your support in this would be greatly appreciated. If you are interested, please contact Gerry McAndrew on 0851744627. 

 

Lotto 

We had no winner of last week’s lotto jackpot of €3,000. 

The Numbers were 1, 13, 15, 25 

The lucky dip prizes go to Emer O’Leary, Eileen Benson, Pat O’Keefe, Mary Freeman & Estelle Carr. 

This week’s Lotto will be for a jackpot of €3,400. The draw is sponsored by Henley Forklift Group and will be led by Shay Hurson. 

Summer Camps Save the Date 

Our five summer camp 2024 dates have been set. These camps are open to both members and non-members. All camps will be multisport Registration details to follow. Please see below for more details: 

Cúl Camp: 1st – 5th July 

Club Camp: 8th – 12th July 

Campa Samhraidh: 22nd –26th July 

Club Camp: 5th – 9th August 

Club Camp: 125th - 16th August 

Juvenile 

As always, we had plenty of juvenile action over the weekend in all codes both home and away. A special shoutout to the U11 girls who had their first official camogie game of the year. 

Our U14 girls had their 2023 camogie medal presentation over the weekend. They were presented to them by Club President Pat Keane.  Pat also had the pleasure of presenting a medal to both his granddaughter Aoibheann and mentor daughter Aoife!  

 

 

Academy 

Our Academy is on every Saturday morning from 9-11am and provides a great opportunity to get involved in Gaelic, Hurling and Camogie. It is open to children born in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Training times are age dependent, please contact our club Games Promotion Officer, Alan O’Neill - 0871213587   

County 

After a tight battle with Wexford, the Dublin Seniors were named the Very Ireland Camogie Division 1B League Champions. This sees Dublin promoted back into 1A for next year. Congratulations to our Amy Gorman, Laura Sharkey, Aoife Mckearney and Emma Flanagan. It is great to have four Lucan representatives on the team. A proud day for the girls, their families and the club.  

 

Hard luck to Cathal Kenedy, Liam Garrigan and Jack Behan in their defeat to Galway with the Dublin U20 Hurlers. 

Well done to Cian, Killian, Senan and Rian in the win over Offaly with the Dublin Minor Footballers. 

We also had three Lucan representative on the Dublin Minor Ladies Football team who secured the Leinster B Championship title. Well done to Chloe, Siobhán and Rachel and the rest of their team.  

 

Congratulations to Mark Byrne (vice-captain), Oscar Brennan, Senan Bolger and Killian Costello who have made the Dublin Minor Hurling championship squad. Best of luck to the lads for the season ahead. 

 

We had four girls line out for Dublin U15 teams against Tipperary and Wicklow over the weekend. Well done to Ciara, Erin, Ruby and Sadhbh! 

 

 

We have several players lining out for the Dublin U19 Hurling development squad in their league final against Kilkenny. The match is on Thursday 18th April at 6:30pm at Faithful Fields. Best of luck to Ryan Clancy (Captain), Daragh Lyons, Massimo Pappalardo, Sean O’Neill, Darragh Meehan and Charlie Mulqueen. 

 

Best of luck to Réka Kiss Kalo (captain) and Cara Coffey who line out for the Dublin U16 Ladies Footballers in the Leinster final. The match is this Sunday 21st April at 12pm in TUD Blanchardstown.

 

Thank You for supporting Lucan Sarsfields GAA Club.