Club Strategic Plan: This Friday the 4th of March will see the first night of the Clubs Strategic planning for the years 2016 to 2018 take place in the Castle Suite of the Glencarn from 7.30pm . To date we have over 100 responses to the on line questionnaire which is great and our facilitator Ger O Connor from Leinster GAA will start the evening by presenting the summary of your feedback. We are asking as many of the local community to attend on the evening so that your views can be incorporated into the final development plan which will take us up until the start of 2019, it will be a good evenings interaction, so come along as the slogan says “It’s your Club” let’s hear what you have to say about it.
Senior Ladies: Last Sunday saw another historical moment in the history of our club when the Faughs Football Club fielded their first Senior Ladies football team in their 111 year history when the girls travelled to Tyholland. On a beautiful morning the girls started well with team captain Laura McQuillan find the net early on to help settle any nerves and as the first half progressed the Faughs settled into a nice pattern of play with half time approaching they girls found themselves five points in front. The second half started well with the Faughs keeping the score board ticking over with scores further scores from Kym Owens, Aoibhean Fitzsimons, the impressive Eileen Cullen, Aine Clarke and Sheena McKenna. Panel for this historical occasion was Shauna Coogan , Laura McQuillan, Jessica Cullen, Tanya McGrath, Aoife Cullen, Maire McQuillan, Jacqueline Harte, Aine Clarke, Ciara Farrell, Orla Coogan Front row left to right Kate Deasy, Rebecca Treanor, Eileen Cullen, Ciara Kelly, Nicola Quinn, Kym Owens, Eleanor Doyle, Aoibhin Fitzsimons and Sheena McKenna. Final Score Faughs 4-07 Tyholland 0-02. Well done to the players, coaches and committee members for making this historical occasion happen for the Club, it is a great achievement by everyone concerned. The ladies next match is a home tie against Seans, Sunday 1pm – please watch social media as time may change for game.
Senior Men: Last Saturday saw the Senior Men’s team travel to neighbours Crossmaglen to take part in the James Hughes Sevens Competition, the team emerged out of their group to set up a semi-final versus Madden which they won but lost out to host Crossmaglen in the final. Well done to the lads on the day, from all accounts some of the younger members of the senior panel played really well throughout the day.
JunB: Our reserve league campaign was due to start Sunday week with an away fixture to Aughnamullen. This match may be changed to the coming weekend, Saturday 4pm, please watch social media for updates.
Juvenile Leagues: The Monaghan Youth Committee have issued dates for the first round of competitions for 2016, Saturday 12th of March see the Under 14 return to action while Saturday 19th of March see the Under 12 team take part in the first round of the Spring League while the Under 16 team will have to wait until the 31st of March before they play their first game. We are currently waiting on fixtures from the County Board as soon as we receive them we will send out to the parents.
Well Done: This week well done goes out to our Senior Ladies team on their great win in their first league game in the history of the club well done to everyone involved on making it a great day for everyone associated with the Club.