19th June 2024

Lucan Sarsfield’s Club Notes 

Lotto 

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

The Numbers were 5, 8, 25, 28 

The lucky dip prizes go to Pat Keane, Jackie Foley, Matt O'Donovan, Sinead Sealy, Catherine Dardis 

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

Social 

Our Annual Golf Classic takes place this Friday the 21st of June 2024 in Lucan Golf Club. There are some great raffle prizes to be won. Tickets are available in the cafe and bar or from any member of our committee; 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/    

There will be a 5th and 6th class ‘shorts & shades’ summer disco in the club this Friday the 21st of June from 7-9pm. Tickets are €10 and can be purchased in the cafe. 

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.  

Healthy Club 

Our healthy club committee are facilitating another safeTALK (Suicide Alertness for Everyone), on Saturday 22nd June. Please see the link below to register.  We would encourage all mentors and parents to participate in this very important workshop.  Any questions please contact Audrey @ 087 2312560. 

AIM: safeTALK is a 3½ hour ‘suicide alertness’ programme that prepares participants (over the age of 18 yrs.) to identify and engage with persons who may be having thoughts of suicide. Participants learn how to provide practical help by using the steps of TALK (Tell, Ask, Listen and Keep safe) and gain information on the supports and resources available locally, regionally and nationally. These specific skills are called suicide alertness and are taught with the expectation that the persons learning them will use them to help reduce suicide risk in their community. 

Training: safeTALK (Suicide Alertness for Everyone) Training 

Date: Saturday 22nd June 2024 

Time: 9.30am-1.00pm 

Location: Lucan Sarsfields, 12th Lock 

For Password, please contact Audrey @ 087 2312560 

Trainer: George Brogan 

https://bookwhen.com/dublinsouth-kildare-west-wicklow/e/ev-sjdt-20240622093000  

25 Card Drive 

The final game of the Club’s 25 Card Drive for the 2023/2024 season took place Friday night 10th May 2024 with an accumulator of €300 on offer. Congratulations to the winner Tony Rigney with a total of 61 games and to runner-up John Kelly with 55 games. Congratulations to John O’Mahony who won a hamper and to the other raffle prize winners. 

Many thanks to all 23 players who competed over the season for their support of this Club event – we would love to see more players joining when play resumes on 11th October 2024. 

Contact Bill Ryan 086-8500376 for information. 

Summer Camps  

Our summer camps are now open for registration. These camps are open to both members and non-members who are in primary school (either starting in September or just finishing). All camps will be multisport. The Cúl Camp is already fully booked. Make sure to register soon for the club camps as places are limited. Places can be booked via ClubZap or the following link: https://lucansarsfields.clubzap.com/categories/camp/products  

Please see below for camp dates: 

Cúl Camp: 1st – 5th July (FULLY BOOKED) 

Club Camp: 8th – 12th July 

Campa Samhraidh: 22nd –26th July 

Club Camp: 5th – 9th August (This camp includes a trip to Croke Park!) 

Club Camp: 12th - 16th August 

Hurling 

Our Lucan Junior B hurlers made the short trip across the Liffey to St. Catherine's Park on Monday night for their latest league match.  Despite missing seven regulars due to a combination of holidays and injuries this was more like a training match.  From the time Ross Campion hit the back of the next within the first minute it was one way traffic.  Scores came from all over the pitch, but it was the manner of those scores that was pleasing. Great teamwork, support play, tackling and striking was the feature. While the forwards kept the scoreboard in overdrive, there were also solid defensive performances. Stand-in keeper Tiernan Swords didn't put a foot wrong, Dylan Ryan, Joey McSweeney, Alan Flanagan, Kian Quinn and Conor Mulqueen and Conor Sheary until he went off injured did not give their opponents a sniff of a score.  Finan Breen and Cillian Morrisey bossed the middle of the pitch. Up front, the forwards took their chances with aplomb.  

We now have two matches left in the league so automatic promotion is in our own hands.  

Lucan team & scorers: T. Swords, C. Sheary, A. Flanagan, R. Dillon, J.McSweeney, K. Quinn, C. Mulqueen, F. Breen,( 0-1)  C. Morrisey, A. Duffy ( 0-6), A.Whyte( 0-2), DB. Murphy (0-2), S.Teehan( 0-3), N.Higgins ( 2-2), R. Campion( 2-6), E.Power (2-0), J. Muiilins (0-1) . 

Camogie 

A huge thank you to Séan O’Keefe and the Springfield Hotel for sponsoring a new set of jerseys for one of our Minor Camogie teams. Make sure to check out their new RYE dining experience, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner daily from 7am! 

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   

Thank You for supporting Lucan Sarsfields GAA Club