St. John's GAA Club notes

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Annual General Meeting
The St Johns GAA club AGM was held on Sunday Dec 1st in The Sligo Park Hotel. The Chairman, Seamus Casey welcomed the large attendance and began the meeting with a prayer to remember the deceased of our club. Detailed reports on club activities followed from (i)Secretary, Sarah Mc Namara , (ii) Treasurer, Seamus Reilly, (iii)Chairman of Bord na nOg, Fergal Kelly (iv) Coaching Officer, Gerry Quinn, (v) Team  Management Reports from Intermediate, Junior, Minor, and all underage boys and girls teams, Chairman of the Ladies club, Liam Kelly , Pitch Committee Chairman, Niall Gordon, and The Lotto Committee. These were followed by the Chairman's Address in which he detailed the many and varied activities of our club during 2019, with many highlights including our U14 girls winning their All Ireland Feile competition, Our U14 boys winning their League, St Johns winning The Healthy Club Award, the successful hosting of Feile Na nOg and an International Tournament,the successful 24 hour Walk and Talk in Cuilbeg around the newly installed walk path. He said that none of these achievements could have taken place were it not for the very many volunteers who selflessly gave of their time and expertise to provide great facilities, give brilliant coaching and mentoring to young players and provide catering and a welcome for visiting teams and officials and he expressed his heartfelt thanks to all of these volunteers.

The election of club officers for 2020 followed ; Chairman, Seamus Casey; Vice Chair Fergal Kelly; Sec. Sarh Mc Namara; Assist Sec Niamh Walsh; Treasurer Seamus Reilly; Assist Treasurer, Geraldine Gordon; Presidents Paddy Galvin and Gene Flynn; Club Patrons Fr Murray, Fr Gilhooley, Fr Walsh and Fr Lombard; Co Board Reps Charlie Jordon and Colm Nevin; Insurance Officer Colm Nevin ; Oifeagach Gaelac Olivia Flannery; PRO Tommy Mc Manus; Ass PRO James Conneely; Coaching Officer James Barnicle; Substance Abuse Officer Gerard Egan; Childrens Officer Ciaran Feeney; Registrar Fergal Henry; Development Officer Niall Gordon; Bord Na nOg Chairman Liam Cashell; vice Chair Ciaran Feeney; Healthy Club Officer Darren O'Connor; Girls Section Chairperson Olivia Flannery; Vice Chair Niamh Walsh; Secretary Victoria Mc Guinness; Girls Childrens Officer Olivia Flannery Pitch Committee Chair Joe Lawlor; Social Committee Chair John Greene; Disciplinary Committee Chair Tommy Mc Manus

Annual Club Mass
On Saturday next Dec 14th our annual club Mass will take place in St Johns Church, Carraroe at 7.30pm. Afterwards there will be a presentation of medals to our Under 12 and Under 14 Boys teams and Under 14 Girls who won their competitions. These will take place in The Carraroe Social Centre.