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ACFL Div 1: We welcomed Mullingar Shamrocks to the park last Saturday evening for our latest league outing. After a good win and performance the previous round vs The Downs where we collected two points , our lads set about looking for two more.  Our lads started brightly , and had the better of the early exchanges. We threatened right from the off with Deccie Mullen getting us going kicking a fine long range point off his right foot. There was real intensity in the game from both sides from start to finish, and it was end to end with Mullingar playing a high tempo game as well. Deccie Mullen kicked a free, but Mullingar responded with a point from play and two more from frees to leave the game eagerly poised at half time. We came out the second half , and struck what we thought was the important score when a long ball by Shane Tone found Davey Tone in space , he then turned his man and finished to the bottom of the net . Mullingar like all good teams looked to respond immediately, they scored a fantastic goal as well as kicking two frees to get themselves back in the game. They then hit a killer blow themselves with former Westmeath player Donal O'Donoghue finding space in our box to finish to the back of the net to put Mullingar one point in front with time up. It was last chance saloon for our lads, we won possession taking the ball down the field , we were patient and eventually found Sean Pettit in space who fired over the equalizing point with the last kick to leave it a draw match in the end 1.11 to Mullingar's 2.08.

ACFL Div 5: On Sunday last our Div 5 team took on Tubberclair in what was a crunch battle in the race for promotion to div 4. It was a tight , physical affair , with difficult playing conditions due to rain before the game. We got the perfect start with a fine goal by Ben Cox after five minutes. This was quickly followed up with a point from play by Cathal Byrne after a strong run forward. Tubberclair to be fair kept coming at us and caused us plenty of problems. We went in at half time 2 points down, but we were still very much in the game. The second started with both sides trading scores. Lorcan Daly kicked a great score from far out on the left , to keep us in the game. Sean Pettit entered the fray , and kicked a fine long range point, as well as a free to level the game with five minutes to go. The introduction of Shane Tone, Kieran Hanevy and Cathal Daly gave us the extra edge in the last five minutes. Darren Connell stood up to slot over a 45 , and David Fox finished the game off by kicking two long range points into the wind to give us a 3 point win by 1.13 to 1.10.  Well done lads on two very good performances. 

 

Rosemount National School 5k walk/run takes on Sunday, the 27th May, starting @ 11am from the Community Centre. All are welcome, please support. 

 

Walking track lights in the park are now off for the summer months. Only those with membership paid are permitted and insured to use the walking track. 

 

Well done to Aaron Keane who took 2nd place in the Intermediate Boys 400m at the Connacht Schools championship finals last weekend. Aaron also took gold in the 100m Inter Boys competitions , and will now represent his school and the Tullamore Harriers at the All Ireland Schools finals on June 2nd. Well done Aaron. 

 

Well done to Plunkett Maxwell and the Westmeath Hurlers who made it 3 from 2 defeating Kerry in the third round of the McDonagh Cup last Sunday. 

 

Best of luck to Boidu Sayeh , Eoin Carberry and the Westmeath footballers who take on Laois this Saturday in the Leinster Championship. 

 

Lotto -  Result from our draw on the 14th of May. The Numbers Drawn were 6, 8, 24 & 25. We had no Jackpot winner.  Match 3 winners were Aaron Deegan, Aoife Healy, and Eoin Kelly. Seller prize winner was Alan 'Jester' Mullen. Well done to all our winners. The Next draw is the 28th of May, Jackpot now €4,800.  

 

Rosemount Gaa Club Gear is now available on the O'Neills website. There are various different items of gear including socks , shorts, t-shirt's, jackets, tracksuit bottoms and hoodies and all Include the club crest. You must register on the O'Neills website before you can make any purchases. What ever the total amount bought on our club gear over the course of the year, O'Neills will refund 15% of this back to our club, so spend generously. The page can be found by going to the O'Neills website and searching for 'Rosemount' under the 'your club ' section. If any items are out of stock , they are due to be updated again in July with sizes. 

 

Thank you to everyone who turned out to support our final Members Draw last Saturday night in The Stile Bar. Special thanks to our first of honor Professor Fergal O'Brien who drew the winning tickets. The winners are as follows:

€1000 John Flattery & Eimear Fox

€200 Gavin Moore 

We had 10 winners of €100 each: Ger Egan, Nellie Kavanagh & Anne Fitzgerald, Johnny Harrington, Patrice & Ruairi Smyth, Gerry Tone, Marie Smyth, Eddie & Rosaleen Wade, Johnny Ward, Peter McCormack, Thomas McCormack. We also had 4 Sellers Prize winners of €50 each: John Keenan, Richie O'Brien, Paddy Wade & Colm Boland.

Your support over the past seven draws has been greatly appreciated.

 

Astro Turf: Bookings available for the Astroturf Pitch, only €35 per hour. For more information or to make a booking contact Kevin Keenan on 0879481521.

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