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NUACHTLITIR COISTE CHONTAE LAOIS:

VOL. 1 NO. 1, MARCH. 28TH 2012 DATES FOR YOUR

DIARY

April 1st: NHL Laois v

Wexford, 2.30pm @

Enniscorthy.

April 8th: NFL Laois v

Down, 2.30pm @ O'Moore

Park

April 14th: MFC Laois v

Wicklow, Aughrim @ TBC

April 13th-14th: GAA

Congress

April 16th: County Board

Meeting, 8.00pm

LAOIS GAA

EXECUTIVE

Chairman: Brian Allen

Vice-Chairman: Gerry

Kavanagh

Secretary: Niall Handy

Treasurer: Martin Byrne

Ass Treasurer: Phil

Duggan

Central Council: Anthony

Delaney

Leinster Council: Michael

Carroll, Kieran Leavy

P.R.O: Paschal McEvoy

Development Officer:

Tom Jones

Coaching Officer: Peter

O'Neill

Youth Officer: Andrew

Broderick

Irish Officer: Pat

O'Sullivan

Coiste Iomana: Kieran

Delaney

DOWN AWAIT SENIOR FOOTBALLERS The Laois senior footballers will take on Down on Easter Sunday in the last

match of the Allianz National Football League.

A defeat to Kerry last weekend means Justin McNulty's troops must win at

home against Down in Portlaoise on April 8th.

HURLERS FACE WEXFORD TASK It's also crunch time for our senior hurlers as they face Wexford on Sunday in

Wexford.

With championship time only around the corner, a win is needed in the Allianz

National Hurling League Division 1B

NEW REFEREES

Laois GAA are pleased to

announce 16 new

referees graduated from

the 2012 Laois GAA

Referees Course recently.

LAOIS FOOTBALL

DEVELOPMENT

SQUAD TRIALS

Laois GAA Football

Development Squad

trials will be held on this

Saturday for U14, U15

and U16.

The U14 and U16 trials

will take place in

Rathleague, Portlaoise, @

9.30am and the U15's

will be held in Stradbally

@ 3pm.

NEW GAA

PRESIDENT

The weekend of April 13

and 14th will be special

as Trumera man Liam

O'Neill will replace

Christy Cooney as

President of the GAA.

This will be an historic

occasion and everyone in

Laois is proud of Liam.

He has served his club,

county and province with

distinction and he now

leads the GAA forward.

O'MOORE PARK SCOREBOARD

Launching the new Gerry Browne Jewellers scoreboard before Laois against Dublin in the NFL at

O'Moore Park. From left: Gerry Kavanagh (Laois GAA vice-chairman); Gerry Browne and Brian

Allen (Laois GAA chairman). Photo Courtesy of Alf Harvey.

COUNTY BOARD DRAW

Congratulations to all our winners in the first of the €130 County Board

draws which was made recently. The €10,000 prize was won by Tom

Kinsella of Courtwood GAA Club.

First prize winner of the March Draw (l to r): Andrew Mulhare, Damien Behan, Eddie Kinsella,

Pat O'Connell, Tom Kinsella, Mick Behan, Martin Byrne

PARK RATHENISKA GAA AWARDS NIGHT The Park/Ratheniska GAA Club gathered recently to pay tribute to its Laois

and Leinster Junior Hurling Champions of 2011. Uachtarán Tofa CLG Liam

O'Neill and Laois County Board Vice Chairman Gerry Kavanagh were on hand to

present the double winning hurlers with their medals to mark their 2011

achievements.

Mr. O'Neill congratulated the Club on its dedication to its place and

people and most notably in the efforts to promote both Hurling and Football

in the area, a fact proven by the Clubs unique position in Laois GAA, being

the only Club to have Leinster Titles in both codes.

Park Ratheniska GAA Dinner Dance-Gavin Tynan, Minor B HC Trophy, David Larkin, Leinster and Laois

Hurling trophies, Uachtarán Tofa CLG Liam O'Neill, Jimmy Morrin, Chairman and Sean Tynan Under 21 B

Trophy-Picture courtesy of Alf Harvey

LEINSTER GAA ROADSHOW COMES TO

PARK/RATHENISKA

Leinster GAA Gaelic Games Roadshow being launched at picturesque Park/Ratheniska. Picture courtesy of

Alf Harvey

CLUB LAOIS

Applications for Club

Laois 2012 are now

available from the Laois

GAA Website,

www.laoisgaa.ie or also

from the Laois County

Board. The yearly

subscription costs €30

and this includes Car

Sticker, Wallet for new

members, keyring and a

host of superb discounts.

Contact 057-86-60674

for more details.

ALLIANZ LEAGUE

FIXTURES

All of Laois’ Allianz

League Fixtures for 2012

can now be viewed in the

News section of the Laois

GAA website,

www.laoisgaa.ie

SOCIAL NETWORK

The Laois GAA Twitter &

Facebook page is

attracting scores of

followers each day.

Another communications

milestone!! Check it out

for yourself at

http://twitter.com/CLGL

aois

OFFICIAL CLUB

GAA EMAIL

Every club now has an

official GAA email

address for its

Chairperson, Secretary,

Treasurer and PRO. If

you are any of the above

and do not have access to

your official email

address, please contact

[email protected]

e as soon as possible and

access details will be

provided – otherwise you

may miss out on vital

information, as these

addresses only will be

used for GAA

communications.

COUNTY LEAGUES

The full fixtures

programme for the

County Leagues 2012 is

now available in the

Fixtures 2012 section of

the Laois website,

www.laoisgaa.ie

PEIL ABU

Laois GAA, in association

with Laois Sports

Partnership, will be

hosting Peil Abu in

Portlaoise, starting

Wednesday @ 7.30pm.

Turn up, register and

play on the night.

SPARROW INSURANCES CHAMPIONSHIP DRAWS

The Laois GAA Sparrow Insurances Championship Draws took place on

Monday night. For a full list of draws please see our website (www.laoisgaa.ie)

LAOIS GAA GOLF CLASSIC

The 1st of June will see the return of the popular Laois GAA Golf Classic

(Champagne Scramble) in Portarlington Golf Club.

The cost is €300 per team and Time Sheets are available from Liam Delaney

(086-6097732)

SCÓR

Congratulations to Ballypickas GAA Club as they participated in the Leinster

Scór final recently.

Please remember Scór na for children will take place on April 28th.

FÉILE PEIL LAOIS AND OFFALY 2012

Preparations are well and truly underway for the Feile in Laois and Offaly this

year.

Clubs around the county should have all their Garda Vetting Forms completed

and sent to Tomas in the Laois GAA Office. This is a huge event for the county

and we appeal to all clubs to have their grounds in order for the event.

KIDZ ZONE

Paschal McEvoy - - County PRO - - [email protected] - - www.laoisgaa.ie

LAOIS U-16

HURLING

DEVELOPMENT

SQUAD

The Laois under-16

hurling development

squad played Offaly on

Saturday last. The team

lost by two points in an

exciting game. They will

now play Westmeath on

Saturday next in another

challenge game. New

players are always

welcome and clubs

should encourage all

players, of a suitable

standard, to attend

training sessions, trials

etc. Any queries please

contact Ciarán

Muldowney (Hurling

GDA)

FOUNDATION

HURLING COURSE

Laois GAA will host a

Foundation Hurling

Course in Heywood

College on Saturday 31st

of March at 9.30am.

Anyone interested please

submit names to Ciarán

Muldowney (Hurling

GDA) 086-8293008 as

soon as possible.

LAOIS HURLERS & FOOTBALLERS ON THE ROPES!

Well done to Laois footballers and hurlers on their recent Fight Night which

was a major success. All the proceeds from the night go towards the respective

panels training fund for the forthcoming year.

The Laois County Board would also like to thank all the local businesses who

donated sponsorship to both panels.

Kevin Lalor and Peter O'Leary with sponsor, Phil Duggan

NEXT ISSUE

The next issue of Laois County Board News will be

published on April 23rd.

Please forward this newsletter to all your contacts.