30th May 2024

Lucan Sarsfields Club Notes

June Bank Holiday Draw

This week we are holding a special draw for the June Bank Holiday weekend. This will take place directly after the lotto on Thursday 30th May.

1st Prize €1,000 cash

2nd Prize €500 cash

To Enter this draw please renew or sign up for a Lucan Sarsfields Recurrent Lotto Subscription via ClubZap.

The following will be entered into the draw:

1. All current direct debits get 1 Entry per Direct Debit line
2. All memberships paid with an Annual Lotto Subscription
3. All full year Lotto Subscriptions paid on ClubZap
4. Any Recurrent Clubzap Lotto subscription eg 3 for a fiver (Recurrent) equates to 3 entries, Catherine’s Special (Recurrent) has 11 entries all other Recurrent options equate to one draw entry.  

This is a great opportunity to win a guaranteed cash prize while also supporting the club's weekly lotto. Sign up via ClubZap or the link below

https://lucansarsfields.clubzap.com/categories/lotto/products

Lotto

We had no winner of last week’s lotto jackpot of €1,800.

The Numbers were 10, 11, 12, 28

The lucky dip prizes go to Carol Masterson, Claire Joyce, Luke Murphy, Joe Carbery and Anna McGillicuddy

This week’s Lotto will be for a jackpot of €2,200. The draw is sponsored by Diamond & Gem Jewellers and will be led by Josephine Donohue.

Community Garden

We have recently started a community garden at the entrance to the club and want to make this a community garden. We need to keep it tidy, so we ask anybody passing by to pick weeds, give it a water on a hot day or add some plants/flowers. A huge thank you to Mike Hanley and everyone else involved in this great initiative.

Social

There will be a Table Quiz in the Club on Friday 14th June at 9pm. €40 for Table of 4. All proceeds go towards the 1999 Intermediate Hurling Championship 25th anniversary celebration event which is being held on Saturday 6th July. Contact Paul Stapleton for more information – 087 205 8572.

Our Annual Golf Classic will take place on the 21st of June 2024 in Lucan Golf Club. The cost of a four-person team is €450. This event books up quickly and we had an unprecedented demand for tee times last year so make sure to register early. Invitations are also open for sponsorship opportunities for both companies and personal support. Please contact any member of our committee for registration, sponsorship enquiries and any other information. 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/  

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. 

The club has recently introduced Honorary Life Membership. Club Members over the age of 70, who have been members of the club for at least 20 years, can be nominated for approval by the Executive for this Membership of the club. Such nominations can be made by any full member of the club by emailing lucan.sarsfields.registrar@gmail.com 

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 2023/2014 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

School of Excellence

We had a great response to our school of excellence which is now sold out. To join the waiting list please contact Alan on 0871213587

Due to this demand, we have decided to run a second school of excellence from the 19th-21st of August. Keep an eye out for more details.

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  

County

Congratulations to John, Bellew, Chris Crummey, Paul Crummey, Colm Walsh, Ronan Smyth and the Dublin senior hurlers on their win over Galway last weekend. The lads now face Kilkenny in the Leinster final in Croke Park on the 8th of June at 6pm. Chris not only earned himself man of the match but also GAA Hurler of the week. A huge achievement, well done Chris! Pictured below.

Hard luck to Mark, Oscar, Senan, Killian, the Dublin Minor hurlers last weekend in their tough loss to Kilkenny in the Leinster final.

Hard luck Cathal Kennedy, Jack Behan, Liam Garrigan, Massimo Pappalardo and Eoghan Smyth in the backroom team in their Leinster Final loss to Offaly with the Dublin U20 Hurlers 

Well done to Erin, Ciara and Holly who represented the Dublin U15 Camogie team against Kildare.

Thank You for supporting Lucan Sarsfields GAA Club.