Social Club;

This Saturday night Sigersons will be showing the McKenna Cup final between Tyrone and Armagh live in the social club from 7.30pm, all members are encouraged to support the social club.

 

Youth Football;

On Thursday 9th January Strabane Sigersons hosted their 2018 youth awards night in the Fir Tress Hotel, there was a big crowd in attendance to see who picked up the sought-after awards for their previous season. However, as chairman Liam Sweeney and Youth Officer Arán McGowan both stated that it’s not just about winning the awards but about representing their club around the county with their friends.

2018 saw our youth teams’ field again at every level from under 6 right up to under 18 both boys are girls, the talent we have in our club is immense and it is down to the dedication of our young players turning up to train and the coaches who offer their time voluntarily every week to ensure the best opportunity is being offered to these players.

On the night Debbie Deans from our main sponsor Strabane Training Services spoke to the young people to tell them about the great opportunities on offer within their training centres. Strabane Training Services have been a valued sponsor of Strabane Sigersons for many years, we would encourage any of our young players leaving school at 16 or 18 to have a look at some of the fantastic courses on offer.

Also speaking was Danielle Flanagan who works with the Public Health Agency, Danielle talked to the young people about mental health awareness. Mental health is a huge issue at present, the information provided was really helpful to the young people as they were made aware of where they could speak to someone if they felt they needed too. It’s always important to remember ‘It’s Ok not to be Ok’!

We would like to thank all the young people who attended, we also would like to thank all the parents, without parents sending their children to Strabane Sigersons many of these young people would never have got the opportunity to play Gaelic Football, it is never too late to start. We also want to thank the coaches who have put in another year of fantastic effort ensuring that a high level of coaching is delivered to our young players.

Thanks to Johnny Kelly at the Fir Trees Hotel for hosting us yet again, Johnny and the hotel have also been fantastic sponsors to us over the years we encourage all our members to give them your trade.

Well done to everyone below who received their awards, they were all very hard to choose by each of your coaches, we look forward to seeing everyone in the coming weeks and months for the 2019 season and to all our 2018 players who are now progressing to adult football we look forward to seeing you represent the Men’s and Ladies team respectively for many years.

 

Under 12 Girls

Performance Award - Toni Devine

Dedication Award - Ava Mc Dermott

New Comer Award - Grace Gallagher

 

Under 12 boys

Performance Award – Ronan Mc Laughlin

Dedication Award - Callum Houston

 

Under 13 boys

Performance Award - Joe Bishop

Dedication Award - Luke Coyle

 

Under 14 boys

Performance Award - Ciaran O'Reilly

Dedication Award - Joe Bishop

 

Under 14 Girls

Performance Award - Riley Neeson

Dedication Award - Ellie Friel

 

Under 16 Boys 

Performance Award - Oran Mc Grath & Anthony Crossan

Dedication Award - Gabriel Corry

 

Under 16 Girls

Performance Award - Niambh Foley

Dedication Award - Ella Stewart

 

Minor Boys

Performance Award - Mark Roarty

Dedication Award - Kevin O'Kane

 

Minor Girls

Performance Award - Shanni Doherty

Dedication Award - Orlaith Sweeney

 

Tyrone Representatives;

Aaron McGrath 
Oran McGrath 
Eoin Barkley 
Oisin McGillion  
Oisin McGranaghan 
Oisin Kelly 
Ciaran O'Reilly 
Anthony Crossan

Anna Morrimore  
Aoife O'Kane 
Ellie Jay McMenamin  
Liana MacIntyre

 

Sigersons ‘Have a Ball’ programme is back on each Tuesday night in Melvin Sports Complex, P1 & P2 from 6.15pm to 7pm, P3 & P4 from 7.15pm to 8pm. £2 Per Session, any coaches available are asked to be down for 6pm.

 

Membership;

The membership for Strabane Sigersons GAA is now open for 2018. The membership prices are as follows;

Adult - £30

Couple - £50

Family £50

Children – 1st Child - £20, Children after £10

OAP - £10

To pay membership you can leave money behind the bar, otherwise you can contact Registrar Eamonn Dudgeon on 07851589202, there will be an online method of payment hopefully up and running soon.

 

Coaching Courses;

Foundation Award Courses

Saturday 19th January - Clann Na nGael

Saturday 9th February - Castlederg

Saturday 9th March - Tyrone GAA Centre, Garvaghey

 

Award One Youth/Adult Course

8th/9th/23rd February - Moortown

 

Contact youth officer Arán McGowan if you would like to avail of any of the courses – 07542062953

 

Health & Wellbeing;

On Monday 11th February in Ballycolman Community Centre there will be a MindFit Programme taking place from 7pm-8.30pm. MindFit is a mental health awareness workshop developed by AWARE in conjunction with Ulster GAA which aims to promote resilience and emotional intelligence in young people aged from 14 – 18 years of age.

If you require further information on the event, then please contact Aodhán Harkin - Project Co-ordinator on 07765470693 or Arán McGowan – Club Youth Officer on 07542062953

 

 

Grounds;

Can all club members be advised that the main club pitch is closed until further notice.

 

Congratulations;

Congratulations to club player Haydn McNamee who was on the St Mary's University Panel for the 2019 McKenna Cup, Haydn made a substitute appearance last Wednesday night against Antrim.

 

Sympathies;

The club extends its deepest sympathies to the friends and family of Beibhinn Hegarty-Devine, Strabane/Derry, Charlie Duddy, Barrack Street, Pat Sharkey, Glen Road, Brian McGuigan, Mulvey House, John Joseph Gormley, Victoria Bridge.

 

Mary Queen of the Gael pray for them.

 

Lotto;

The club Alphalot letters for Monday 14th January were; B-C-Q-W - No Jackpot Winner – 3 Match 3 Letters – Liam Sweeney x 2 and Gerard Murray – Receives £35 Each – Next Week’s Jackpot - £1450 

A massive thanks to all those who support our club lotto on a weekly basis, we would encourage everyone to support our lotto as it is important resource each week.

Sigersons Alphalot is now available with online lotto sales, family and friends at home and around the globe are now able to support the club lotto by buying their lotto through a link which can be found on the club’s Facebook page.

 

Click the link below and follow the simple instructions to play Sigersons lotto weekly, this income is vital to the club on a weekly basis, your support is much appreciated.

https://www.clublottery.com/Club/Details/17

 

All club members, players, supporters and parents of underage players are urged to continue to play their part in promoting the Alphalot which is a major source of revenue for the club.

 

Club Notes Deadline;

Anyone that would like any item in the club notes can they forward me the information by 6pm on a Monday Evening.

 

Anyone wishing the club notes emailed to them on weekly basis please forward your email address to: ([email protected])

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