*Club Newsletter – Emails Required*
The club has established a newsletter that can be emailed out to all interested parties on a weekly basis. In this weeks issue we have all your club news and lotto results, as well as upcoming fixtures and training schedules for the week ahead.
We also have match reports from the recent games as well as the coaching section which covers the spectacular ‘High Catch’. We also have in our photo gallery pictures of the recent 5K which took place in Milford recently.
This weeks player profile’s are on Ladies team playmaker Caoimhe Barrett and in the underage section it is on half forward Niall Trearty.
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Championship Forecast Competition
McConville and Brolly did it last year but Colm O’Rourke couldn’t pick the winner in a one horse race!! CAN YOU?? Predict the outright winners of 43 Provincial Championship games to be in with a chance of winning cash prizes.
Entry is €10 with €500 in prize money to be won. The deadline for entries is Friday May 18th. To enter contact the Facebook page, milforddonegalgaa@gmail.com or 0863400082 to receive an easy to fill out Excel document.
Lotto
This weeks lotto numbers were 12-18-22-23. No jackpot winner, 1 match 3 winner gets €70. The winner was: Rosemary McGee, Glentidally. Next weeks Jackpot is €440.
Senior Fixture
The Seniors and Reserves will be back in league action this Saturday in a home game against Robert Emmetts at 6 and 7.15pm
Allianz League Prediction Competition
Congratulations to Nicky Boucher for finishing in top spot in the Milford GAA Mini-League in the Allianz League Predictions Competition! Nicky has won himself two items of club gear while Enda McElhinney in second place gets himself one item. The top five were:
Nicky Boucher 1923 Enda McElhinney 1826 James McGinley 1804 Aodh McCormack 1731 Martin Boucher 1696
Buncrana Cup
Commiseration to SP Barrett and his Donegal U16 team on their recent defeat in the Buncrana Cup.
Kane Barrett was a member of the team that defeated Down (4-9 to 0-7) but ultimately lost to Tyrone (0-8 to 3-5), while fellow clubmen Darran Nash and Luke Barrett were also on the sideline as selectors, as was Michael McGlynn as physio. It is great to see so many club people being involved at county level.
Donegal U16 Girls v Roscommon
Hard luck to Aisling McHugh, Lianne Boyce and Aoife Donnelly who were all members of the Donegal Ladies u16 team that was defeated by Roscommon last Friday.
Aisling started at corner back while Lianne came off the bench at half time to play full forward and score two goals.
GAA Forum Prior to Donegal’s clash with Tyrone
Donegal County Board will be holding a GAA forum in the build up to Donegal’s first round Ulster Championship clash with Tyrone.
The forum will be held in An Grianan Theatre in Letterkenny on Wednesday, 22nd of May. Guest speakers on the night will be 1992 All Ireland winning captain Anthony Molloy, RTE’s Martin McHugh, Monaghan referee Pat McEnaney, and there will also be a member of the Tyrone panel to provide some balance!
MC for the night will be Charlie Collins and afterwards there will be music and craic. Tickets are available at the theatre, book early as this will be a sell out. Admission €10. Contact Aidan Cannon on 087-1223177 for more details
CLG BnaG ‘93 v Glenfin ‘93
A rematch of last year’s ‘friendly’ between the CLG BnaG team of 1993 and the Glenfin team of 1993 in memory of the late Chris Gallagher will take place on the 31st of May in Glenfin. CLG BnaG made their only ever appearance in the Senior Championship in 1993 after winning the Intermediate Championship in 1992 when they played Glenfin in a four game thriller.
CLG BnaG won the game last year and Glenfin will no doubt be out to avenge that result this year!
Senior Friendly
CLG BnaG 1-11 Naomh Colmcille 0-14
The Senior team maintain their unbeaten start to the season with a credible draw against Division 3 opposition in their friendly against Newtown last Thursday night.
It was a game of two halves for the boys tonight as they were quiet poor at times in the opening period, going in 0-8 to 0-4 at half time.
The second half was a different story as a much improved and energetic Milford team seemed to emerge, with an early second half goal from Barry McNulty stirring the boys into action.
Indeed if the game went on another few minutes Milford would probably have finished the game as victors.
With 8 changes to the side that played Pettigo at the weekend it showed the strength in depth to the squad at the minute with 20+ players all vying for positions, and tonight’s draw against a Division 3 team that includes past an present Donegal panelists in Thomas McKinley, Willie Gillespie and Ryan McErlean should give the boys plenty of confidence going into their next league game against Robert Emmetts on Saturday week.
Team: Caolan McGettigan, Anthony McPaul, Barry McNulty (1-0), Ryan Sheridan, Sean Gallagher, TJ Evesson (0-1), Sean Black (0-1), Lorcan Friel, Luke Barrett (0-2), Sean McBride, Pauric Curley (0-1), Gary Helferty, Paddy Peoples, Cathal McGettigan (0-5), Emmett Conaghan. Rolling Subs: Conor McNulty (0-1), Tony McGettigan
Ladies Intermediate League
CLG BnaG 5-11 Dungloe 1-1
The ladies team made it four out of four in the league when they made the trip to Dungloe on Sunday morning and the scoreline says it all.
This was a game that Milford dominated from start to finish and the fact that Dungloe didn’t score from play tells how hard the girls worked.
Playing with the wind in the first half Milford’s speed and use of space was too much for the Dungloe girls to handle with Amber Barrett and Aisling McBride in particular causing the Dungloe defence a lot of trouble with their direct running, and they went in at half time leading 4-5 to no score.
As to be expected playing against the wind in the second half, the defence were more involved and they did a great job restricting Dungloe to just two scores from frees with their goal coming just a couple of minutes from the end.
Dannielle Friel and Aisling McCafferty came off the bench at half time and contributed 1-2 between them which shows the strength of the panel and Danielle Friel in particular caused the Dungloe full back problems due to her own unique brand of physicality.
It was a great team performance and player of the match was Bridgeen Devenny who’s work rate at midfield was immense.
Team: Denise Gallagher, Sharon Graham, Aoife Gallagher, Karen Peoples, Joey McFadden, Niamh Carr, Emer Callaghan, Orla Harrisson, Bridgeen Devenny, Orla McAteer, Lianne Boyce, Amber Barrett, Shannon McGroddy, Rachael Coyle, Aisling McBride. Subs used: Danielle Friel, Aisling McCafferty, Laura McCafferty, Gemma Hegarty
U16 Girls
Buncrana 2-3 CLG BnaG 4-10
Milford U16 Girls had an excellent win away to Buncrana on Monday night. Playing against a strong wind in the first half they battled hard with great defensive play from Carmel Black and Katie McAteer and were leading 1-4 to 1-1 at the break.
With the aid of the wind in the second half the girls took a real grip of the game with some fine scores from Lianne Boyce, Aisling McHugh and Niamh Gallagher
Unemployed
Are you in receipt of Social Welfare and unemployed for more than twelve months? Are you interested in coaching Gaelic Games?
If so you may be eligible to partake in a Social Employment Scheme, Sponsored by the Club, training will be provided. For more information contact Joe at 086-8547114 or milforddonegalgaa@gmail.com
Traditional Session
Don’t forget, a traditional session, for young musicians, singers and storytellers, as well as for adults, will take place in The Travellers Inn, Milford on Friday 3rd May, beginning at 7.30 pm, Hopefully this can be continued throughout the summer with a view to getting groups together for Scor in the autumn. All musicians, young or “otherwise”, are welcome
Sen/Res/u21/Minor Training
Training for all Senior, Reserve, U21 and Minor players this Tuesday at 7pm and Thursday at 7.30pm at the pitch in Milford. If for any reason you are unable to attend let the management know.
Ladies Training
Training continues at the pitch every Wednesday at 6.30pm and Saturday morning at 10am.
U14 Training
The U14′s have training every Friday at Fern from 5.30pm to 7pm. Managers are Darragh Kelly and Gerry Crossan.
U12 Training Change
U12 training will now take place on Monday from 6-7.30pm at the pitch in Milford. All welcome.
U10 Training
Milford GAA U10 Training continues on Friday at 6pm at Moyle View Park. Please bring Gumshields and a drink.
U8 Fundamentals
U8 fundamentals training this Friday from 6-7 in the Milford convent gym. Any parents wishing to help out in any way are more than welcome to attend.
Milford GAA Club Gear
Club gear is now available to order. The range of club gear includes Hoodies, Tracksuits tops, Windcheaters, hats, navy polo shirts, white polo shirts, and t-shirts.
There is some lovely gear available at very reasonable prices and photos are available to view on the club Facebook page. Orders can be placed with either Barry on 086-3400082 or Aidan on 087-1223177.
Hoodies (Kids 5-11: €29.99. Kids 13-14: €38. Adults S-XXL: €39.99) Track top (13/14 – Adult XXL: €38) Windcheater (Adult S-XXL: €23) Hat (€7.50) Polo Shirts (Navy) (13/14 – Adult XXL: €29.99) Training T-Shirt (Kids 5-11: €18. Kids 13-14: €19.99. Adults S-XXL: €23) Initials can be added at an additional €2 each