All club members are asked to attend.

We encourage people in the community to come along, get involved and help your local gaa club grow.

Senior training continues every tuesday at 8, please let Paul Phibbs know if you can make it or not.

Newcomers always welcome!

There was no winner of the club’s lotto last time, the jackpot was €2,400. The numbers drawn were – 12,2,8,10. €25 winners included – Riann O’Connell, Katie Daniels, Philip & Jan c/o Eddie Gallagher, Lisa & Barry &Holly Murphy .

Next draw has €2,500 up for graps,

it takes place this friday week (Febuary 10th) in Zellers Bar.

A big thanks to those who continue to support the lotto each and every fortnight, its very much appreciated as it is the club’s main source of income. Tickets are available in Zellers Bar, The Lakes Bar or from any club member and cost only €2.

Honorary Presidents:Joe and Beth Kearney.

Catherine Melia.

Kevin Melia.

Anthony Doyle.

Rev.Fr.Kavanagh.

Rev.Fr.Nolan.

Chairperson:Patrick Doyle.

Assistant  :Yvonne Kelly.

Secretary  :Trevor Culbert.

Assistant  :Essie Fogarty.

Treasurer  :Carol Murphy.

Assistant � at Sheehy.

P.R.O.     :Ian Culbert.

Development Officer:John Snell.

Child/youth Officer:Vivienne O Neill.

Ladies Football Officer:Louise Hollingsworth.

COMMITTEE:Alison Sayer.

Robert(Whaler)Doyle.

Peter(Bruiser)Byrne.

Peter Byrne(JUnior).

Harry Murphy.

Marion Murphy.

We send best wishes for a speedy recovery to one of the great Gaels of the Village Betty Doyle, who is presently in hospital.

Congratulations to one of our loyal fans Anthony Doyle Seaview Heights who got engaged last week to Danielle.

Remember Gym Membership is available at fantastic rates contact Yvonne Kelly 0861690628.

Well folks i would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone i have dealt with over the last six years as P.R.O. regarding “Club Notes”, to the Team Mentors who were consistant with information(you know who you are). A huge thanks to all in “The People Newspapers” Wexford, especially Wexford man Dave Devereaux and Wicklow and Knockannana man Brendan Lawrence for all their support,and thanks also to everyone who submitted info each year regarding “Year Book”.

A Foundation Hurling course will also take place  in Aughrim National school on Monday 13th Feb and Wednesday 15th Feb at

7.30pm.

There are still a few places available on these courses.

For Further information Please Contact Colm Gaskin at 083 373 9411 or Leighton Glynn 083 364 5136.

Club membership is now due and can be paid to Brigid Bollard or Annette Mangan.  Adult 30Euro and juveniles 10Euro.  This year the club has introduced an incentivised scheme. With each adult membership payment – each member will receive a 20 Euro Club voucher which can be put towards club gear/leisure wear.  With juvenile membership payment – each juvenile will receive shorts and socks.

Lotto: Winning numbers 02, 06, 09 and 16. No winner. Jackpot now worth 9,500. There were 8 Match 3 winners – each received 20.00Euro. Catherine Allen – Seller: Brigid Bollard. Fiona Phelan – Seller: Margaret Cronin. The Burke Family – Seller: Pat Cronin.  Pauline Curry – Seller: Annette Mangan. Danielle Donovan – Seller: Katie Bollard.  Jimmy Moore – Seller: Brigid Bollard. The Crazy Gang, Timolin – Seller: Brian Byrne. Mary Fox – Seller: Ronan Moore. Seller’s prize: Jas Fanning.

The junior footballers played Blessington in the west winter league on Sunday morning despite the harsh weather conditions it didn’t put either team off. The match was played in the Lacken pitch and the final result was a draw. Stratford/Grangecon 2-05 Blessington 1-08.

This week we say goodbye to another of our players who is emigrating to Phoenix Arizona, USA as part of his job for the company he works for.  Our club wishes Michael Boland and his wife Lorena his children Katie, Ava and Nick the very best of luck in the USA.

Our club wish to convey their sympathy to Nuala Farrell, Barraderry on the Death of her brother Andy Dolan, Navan, Co. Meath to Siobhan, Grainne, Niamh and all relatives and friends our sympathy.

Michael Dwyer’s Juvenile Club held their AGM recently and Nigel Byrne was returned as chairman for the coming year, other members elected were; Declan Troy Secretary, Christy O’Toole, Fixtures secretary, co-ordinators to look after various teams are; Ned Doyle, PJ Kavanagh, Peter Byrne, Pat Gartland, Christy O’Toole, Michael Moran, Ava Bermingham and there is still vacancies for more people to help with teams.

Registration day will be held on Sunday 26^th February in the GAA field Kiltegan.

Indoor hurling for beginners to under 12’s takes place every Tuesday night at 7pm in Hacketstown Community Centre and indoor Hurling for the under 14’s will be held in Dunlavin School Hall Monday nights from 7 to 8 pm.

Our senior club held their AGM recently where Pat Keogh was returned as chairman for the coming year, Colm Doyle secretary and our new treasurer is Edel Wynne, Michael Lennon, having served as treasurer for over 5 years did not seek re-election.  The club wish to thank him for all his work and dedication to our club over the years.

The club is holding a committee meeting on Friday night in the Club House at 8 pm; all members are requested to attend.

Lotto Draw Results:  Winning Numbers: 05 – 08 – 10 – 26.  No Jackpot Winner. Next week’s Jackpot €6,800.  Match 3 Winners: Breda Kearney, Tom Doyle, John and Bridget Keogh, Catherine Farrell and Eileen and Fiona Finn.  Next Draw takes place in Katie Lowe’s on Monday 30^th Jan, at 10pm.

Club Lotto The Bray Emmet’s Club Lotto will be launched next Tuesday 7th February at 8PM in the Martello on Bray Sea Front. It will be a little different from the old traditional lotto and we would like to invite all Club Officers, committee members, team mentors and members to attend the launch. It is 9 years since we had club lotto and we hope to make this a permanent fixture. So please, join the other members at the launch on Tuesday next, February 7th in the Martello, and help us spread the word.

Handball For anyone interested in playing handball Conor Brittan of Wicklow VEC will be running a handball session at St Thomas’ in Bray on Tuesday evening from 6pm – 7pm in the sports hall. There is no charge and anyone aged 10 years and over can attend.

Recycling Following the success of our clothes recycling days we will be holding another one in June. We would ask that you hold onto suitable items for recycling and details on a date and time will be available in due course.

Juvenile Match Reports

U11 Match Report The under 11s welcomed Foxrock Geraldines to Bray for a football match on Saturday 28th January, conditions were ideal with no wind (a contrast to the gales they played in the week before).  The teams played 14 aside with Bray adapting well to the tighter spaces. Gavin Henderson and Jamie Baguley worked tirelessly up and down the pitch. Aaron Graham used his height well, making several assured catches from high balls. Michael Timmons in defence ensured that the Foxrock had very little time on the ball. Conor Dowling frequently turned defence into attack with long accurate clearing kicks from the back to his forwards. The final score 4-8 to 1-9 in Bray’s favour reflected the overall team performance and the progress the lads are making.

Táimid ag traenáil arís ar an Déardaoin, 2 Feabhra ag 7pm i bPáirc Emmet Bhré.

Emmet Bhré : Aaron Graham, Adam Temple 0-1, Conor Dowling 0-1, Conor Hardiman, Darragh McCormack, David Maloney 1-3, David Nesbitt 0-1, Gavin Henderson 2-1, Jamie Baguley 1-0, Michael Timmons, Nick Hederman, Oisín Carney, Rian Knox 0-1, Rory Lambe, Seán McDonagh.

U12Bray Emmets vs Foxrock/Geraldines The U12s got the 2012 season underway with a 2 game friendly vs Foxrock/Geraldines in Old Conna on Saturday. Despite missing several players the teams put up a very good show.

On pitch 1 Bray Emmets played a fast kicking game that Foxrock/Geraldines never got to grips with. Bray scored a goal in the first couple of minutes and never looked back from there.  It really was a team performance with every player contributing to the win. The final scoreline was Bray Emmets 7-11 Foxrock Geraldines 4-2.

Team was as follows

Macdara Ó Midheach , Patrick Emms, Ronan McMahon, Ciaran McKay, Lochlann Dougan, Andrew Conway, Joe Phelan,  Darragh Rochford, David Maloney.

The match on pitch 2 was a much closer affair where after a ding dong battle Bray lost out by a single point. Special mention must go the the U11 players in the game who played less than half an hour after an U11 match against the same opposition.

Team as follows

Nick Hederman, Sean MacGabhann, Gavin Henderson, Conor Hardimann,  Mathew Dehanschutter, Jacob Stanley, Jack Maguire, Sean McDonagh, Gavin Rochford.

The Club are holding  a Texas Hold ‘em night on Saturday 11th in the clubhouse.

Membership for 2012 is now due with Membership Forms now making their way around to all households.

Please return these as soon as possible.

St. Kevin’s AGM is on this Saturday, February 4th in Hollywood Gaa Clubhouse at 730pm.

The Lotto Jackpot was not won and is now 7000 euro numbers drawn were 2, 12, 22 and 29 the five twenty euro winners were Paul Cullen, Rebecca Paton, Noel Tisdall and family, Des Winders and Mick Bealin. Contact any committee member to get your tickets for next weeks draw.

The last game in the West Winter league takes place next Sunday morning at 11.30am in Lacken against Lacken.

HURLING  NEWS The cold war is over.  A non-aggression treaty has been signed.  Things have even gone further and a Senior Hurling free-trade area comprising the parishes of Kilcoole and Greystones has been created.  As a result the clubs will be entering a combined team to compete for the O’Donoghue Trophy in 2012.

The Cathaoirleach of the juvenile coiste, Colm Dorgan, informs me that training for the underage hurlers will be beginning shortly.  He expressed himself a little disappointed at the difficulty in recruiting adults to pass on the skills of the game – the harvest is great but the labourers are few.  As it stands at present, he said, he has fears for the indoor Academy which caters for children from 6-8 years.  This Acadamh has heretofore been a great success and was hugely enjoyed by its young participants so it would be a shame if it had to go.  The commitment involved in its running is minimal.  It is scheduled for 1 hour per week, 6.30pm to 7.30pm on Mondays and, since the players are not involved in outside competitions, there are no team management duties.

You would like to help in the promotion of this unique and wonderful game?  Don’t allow a lack of coaching experience discourage you from becoming involved.  Our hurling enthusiasts will be only too pleased to help you acquire the required skills and confidence.

A propos: on Jan 18^th on the John Murray show a PE teacher from Norway, Ivan Dahl (relation of Roald?!) described as an evangelist of the camán, spoke of his work in promoting hurling in Europe.  He told us how during his Easter holidays in Ireland in 1995 he had seen hurling on the TV in a pub and was immediately impressed “I had never seen a game with so many skills”.  Ivan decided there and then that he would introduce it into his PE classes as soon as he had the chance.  The opportunity arose when he moved to Toulouse.  The Dept of Education in France allows non-language teachers to teach their subject through a foreign language so he teaches the hurling through English for 2 hours per week.

Last year he initiated a European-wide project to propagate the game and he has succeeded in getting schools from 3 other countries involved – Denmark, Norway and UK.  He is bringing 4 teams to Ratoath from 13^th -16^th March to participate in a hurling school.

Significantly, one of the things he mentioned was that neither the children nor their teachers had ever previously heard of the game.  Not altogether surprising when we, as a nation, do so little to promote our games abroad and many within the country dismiss them as not worthy of their consideration.  Tourism Ireland asserts that what attracts people to Ireland are those aspects of the country and its people which afford them a different experience.  In its brochures it promotes the physical residues of our past but it doesn’t see Páirc an Chrócaigh and its heritage of our unique and vibrant Gaelic games as worthy of being brought to the attention of visitors.  These sports are truly reflective of what has any claim to uniqueness in the Irish psyche and of which we can be justly proud.  Surely then, these games are as worthy of promotion as Georgian buildings or Blarney stones.

A little research by the Board would demonstrate that most open-minded visitors with an interest in sport are truly entranced by hurling and camogie.

Our next game is against Kiltegan at home in Sparrow Road on Sunday morning at 11.30am, please come out and support the lads.

Training takes place every Tuesday and Friday nights in St Kevins C.C for both adult teams. Membership is now due for 2012 and can be Paid on training nights.

The club lotto was not won, it now stands at €3200 !! the tickets are €2 and can be purchased in all the local businesses in the town, the draw takes place every Monday night in our clubhouse, please buy a ticket and support our club.

The club wish to thank everyone who donated and helped out on our “scrap metal and Clothes collection weekend” it was a huge success for the club and very much appreciated.

A very important evening is planned for February 6^th at 8pm in Dunlavin Clubhouse , our “Motivation Night” will be a social evening for the club which will involve well-known guest speakers who have become very successful in their field of Sport/Business , they will be speaking about their achievements their Ups & Downs and sacrifices they have had to make in life in order to achieve their success.

This is a social evening for everybody to attend in our local community which will be one of the most interesting and informative nights ever to be held at our Gaa Clubhouse.

The line up for the night has now been confirmed and we are delighted to announce our Guest speakers are Geraldine Giles (Former Ladies Gaa President) John Lonergan (Former head of Irish prison services) Dermot Early (Kildare Footballer, 2 Time All Star) Paul O Toole (Director of FAS) Paddy Dalton (Wicklow Co Footballer & Senior Championship winning captain St Marys 2011) Liam O Neill (Gaa President In waiting 2012)

This is an evening not to be missed so please try come along early, it is a proud special evening for the wider community of Dunlavin to attend, Trojan work has been done behind the scenes in organising this event by Andy o Brien , Stephan Miley , Conor Miley  also Thomas Harney and his team of volunteers who have given our clubhouse a complete Face lift! it looks absolutely amazing and a credit to everyone involved in making this showcase event a success for Dunlavin Gaa Club.