The Aodh Ruadh Senior Hurling Team has welcomed Daithi Breen have been appointed Team Manager and Paul Sheridan as Team Coach for 2025.
Also joining the Management Team as selectors are Kevin Loughlin, Aidan Begley and David Downey.
Daithi Breen, a native of Tipperary, has enjoyed much success with Aodh Ruadh underage teams in recent years particularly with championship winning minor teams and most recently guided the Aodh Ruadh under 21 Hurlers to the B championship title. Paul Sheridan will bring immense coaching and playing experience to the management team having successfully played at both club and county level for both Donegal and his native Cavan.
Aodh Ruadh Club Chairperson, Barry O’Neill said, “We are very pleased to have this wealth of experience to lead our adult hurlers into 2025, I want to wish Daithi, Paul, Kevin, Aidan and David the very best and look forward to them bringing forward the emerging underage hurling talent to Senior level over the coming years.”
Bualadh bos to Eugene Drummond who took charge of Sunday’s intercounty challenge between Donegal and Roscommon in Páirc Aoidh Ruaidh on Sunday afternoon.
Huge congratulations to Daithi Sheerin, Corey Sheridan, Joe Gibbions, Jayden McGrath Clyne, the twinners – Oisin and Eoghan McCadden, and Anton Duffy on their selection to the county minor hurling panel. It’s a great achievement for the club to have seven players represented.
Ladies
Congratulations to Patricia Bradshaw who has been appointed senior ladies football secretary. Congrats also to Jackie McGarrigle who is taking up post as underage ladies chairwoman and Donna McGowan will comes on board as the underage ladies secretary. Best wishes for the coming season. There are still outstanding officer positions vacant for anyone who might be interested in helping develop and promote ladies football in the Club.
New Year, New You
Get out and get active this winter. Join us at the fitness trail in Páirc Aoidh Ruaidh to walk or run and keep active in a safe and sociable environment this winter. Everyone welcome to come and get active after the festive period. All age groups children and parents, and all levels of fitness. You can come for a walk, or for those that want a push can join our Couch 2 5k programme. We have training programmes for all levels. Refreshments will be available!
Last One Standing
Test your football knowledge by picking a winning team for each of the seven rounds of the upcoming National League, the only catch is that you can only pick each team once! There’s a prize fund of €250 to be won by the player or players that manage to correctly predict the winning teams right through to the finals and of course, the smugness of being the Last One Standing! This is a fund-raiser for the Juvenile Hurling Committee, supported by Liam Gallen at Mr G’s. Entry costs €10 and cards can be collected from Owen Roe’s Bar or from any committee member and can be sent via WhatsApp or email – contact Orla Bannon on 086-8035316. Payment can be made in cash, via Revolut or Klubfunder.com. Get your entries in before Friday, 24th January and let the best one win!
A night with the History Maker in Óg’s
Seán Óg’s will be the venue for a darts exhibition with the History Maker, Brendan Dolan, on Friday 24th January. Proceeds from what is sure to be a great night of top quality arrows will go to Aodh Ruadh Bord na nÓg. To play on the night go to the Seán Óg’s Facebook page and drop them a message, but don’t hang about because spaces are limited spaces.
Dinner Dance 2025
Not long now until our annual club Dinner Dance on Saturday, 8th February. As usual the action takes place in Dorrian’s Imperial Hotel, and we are all looking forward to what should be a big night of craic and celebration. Thankfully the club had success on a number of fronts in 2024, so we have quite a bit of achievement to mark. Attendees will be greeted with a complimentary glass of fizz on arrival from 6pm, before proceedings formally get under way with the banquet at 7pm sharp. After the fine dining, Master of Ceremonies Sean Perry will take to the rostrum to introduce the presentation of awards. As well as our usual individual presentations we will be saluting our minor four-in-a-row county championship winning teams of 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982 on the night with our under 21 hurling championship shield winners and Junior B Shield winning ladies receiving their medals. With the gongs given out, the fabulous Rockhill Ramblers will take to the stage to entertain the crowd into the small hours. Tickets priced €40 are now available on klubfunder.com or by contacting Lisa McTernan on 086-2338636. Don’t delay, get yours today!
CPR / AED course
The club will be organising a CPR / AED course in March for all club members 16-years-old and above, parents and underage coaches involved in Aodh Ruadh. We are encouraging at least one coach from each age group to register. The course is €15 and should take about two and half hours which could potentially save a life. To register send Chris Kelly a text at 086-8813553 with your name and phone number. Precise dates and details to be confirmed in due course.
Club membership
We ask all club members to make arrangements for their 2025 club registration ahead of the new season. Once again, we are using the official GAA online platform, Foireann, as the primary channel for processing club membership. To obtain or renew membership go online to foireann.ie, and your membership status will be displayed on the dashboard after you login, with the option to register, if you have not yet paid your membership for 2025. Anyone running into problems with Foireann can contact the club Secretary, Louise Larkin, for assistance. Alternatively, membership can also be paid to Gerry Ferguson at Ferguson’s Jewellers. All players, without exception, must be signed up club members prior to the commencement of training. Non members are not covered by the GAA’s injury insurance scheme and cannot line out for the club. Adult members will receive first priority for the club’s allocation of Ulster or All-Ireland final tickets in the event of Donegal contesting these deciders. Only adult members registered by 31st March may vote at the club AGM.
Ballyshannon Bingo
The Winter Snowball finally went at Bingo Tuesday last, with Caroline Murphy Checking on 53 numbers to take home the €1600 prize. A massive congratulations to Caroline from all the Bingo team. Our Snowball starts again at €1,000 this Tuesday, on 42 numbers or less. The Jackpot went to Margaret Meehan, and her luck was in on Tuesday as she took home two line wins too. The other line winners were Anna Kane, Marie Gallagher, Josie Lynch, Eoin Duffy, Marie Gormley and Majella Gethins (shared), Suzanne Cassidy, and Jude Rooney. The €50 line winner in game 10 was James Gethins, and our stand-up game went to Ellen Maguire. Our other house winners were Mary McGonigle, Caroline Murphy and Melina McManus (shared), Kathleen McGroary, Eileen Maguire, Edmund Brennan and Marie Ward (Shared), Mary McGloin, Marie Ward, and Mary Cleary. We go again this Tuesday with a huge prize fund of over €3,100. Doors open at the Abbey Centre at 7.45pm for eyes down at 8.30pm. Books only €10.
Aodh Ruadh lotto
There was no winner of the Aodh Ruadh Lotto jackpot of €1,700. The winning numbers drawn were 1, 3, 4, 7, 12 and 17. In the lucky dip prizes of €20 were won by Sean Perry, Eunan McGrath, Kathleen O’Neill, Karen Higgins and Marie Doherty . The next draw is for a jackpot of €1,800 on Sunday in McGinley’s bar. Lotto tickets are available in McCosker’s Centra, Kernan’s Spar, Pearse O’Neill’s, Seán Óg’s Bar, O’Donnell’s Bar, The Bridgend Bar, Owen Roe’s Bar, and McGinley’s Bar. You can play also play the lotto online. Log onto klubfunder.com and then search for and select Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon. Users can now avail of the auto-renew option to play the same line every week until they decide to stop when they pay using Stripe. If you’re not in, you can’t win!
The lotto team for McCosker’s Centra on Saturday is: RESERVE FOOTBALLERS.
