Adjourned AGM
The Adjourned AGM will take place this coming Friday 18th February at 8pm in the GAA complex in Puckane.
Golden Ticket Fundraiser
The Kelly family are running a fundraiser in memory of Paddy Kelly, with the proceeds being split 50/50 between Kiladangan GAA and North Tipp Hospice. There will be 950 big bars of chocolate for sale at €10 each and are available from local shops and bars within the parish or by contacting Eamonn Kelly on 086 252 4819. There will be 10 “golden tickets” to be found with €1,000 prizing money with one lucky winner getting €500. Well done to Aine Slattery (Coolbawn) and Niamh Hackett (Urra) who found two of the golden tickets so far. They now go into the draw for the €500 jackpot which will take place on Friday 4th March.
College’s Hurling
It was a mixed bag for the Kiladangan hurlers competing in the Fitzgibbon Cup Quarter Final’s which took place last week. There was success for both Fergal Hayes and Darragh Flannery with Fergal corner back for Carlow IT in their impressive 1-17 to 0-14 win over UCC whilst Darragh was a member of the NUIG panel that defeated Waterford IT by 1-22 to 2-13. Billy Seymour and Ronan Ducie lined out for TUS Midwest (formerly LIT) as they were defeated by GMIT by 1-19 to 1-12 with Billy scoring 1-4 (3 frees) from full forward.
Both Semi Final’s and Final’s will take place this week. On Wednesday 16th, Darragh Flannery’s NUIG will face neighbours GMIT in Pearse Stadium at 2pm whilst on Thursday 17th, Fergal Hayes’ Carlow IT side take on UL at 7.30 pm in Carlow. The Final will take place on Saturday 19th at 3.15 pm in Carlow. Best of luck to both Darragh and Fergal.
Handball
Hard luck to Ryan Gillick (representing Tipperary) who lost out to the Waterford representative last Sunday afternoon in the Munster Semi Final of the Under 17 40 by 20 Handball competition. Well done to Ryan who had an excellent campaign winning both North and County titles.
Dinner Dance
The club will host a dinner dance on Saturday 12th March where medals will be presented to the victorious teams from 2021 along with the 2020 County Senior Hurling winning panel. More details will be announced within the coming weeks.
Intercounty Hurling
Well done to James Quigley (full back), Alan Flynn (midfield), Barry Hogan and Paul Flynn who were part of the Tipperary Senior Hurling panel who defeated Kilkenny by 1-19 to 1-18 in the second round of the Allianz Hurling League last Sunday in FBD Semple Stadium. They will take on Dublin in the third round of the league on Saturday 26th February at 5pm in Semple Stadium.
Lotto
Kiladangan Lotto draw took place last Monday 7th February. There was no winner of the €19,200 jackpot (6,28,33,35) or the Second Chance €500 Draw (10,20,22,31) The €25 lucky dip winners were as follows:,
Tony & Ann Slattery (Ballyanny), Bernie McGrogan (online), Stuart Tomlinson, Seamus O’Brien (Nenagh)
Many thanks to the large number of people that have signed up. We would urge people to sign up for the lotto online at kiladangangaa,com/products. There are currently a number of options available online on how long you can sign up for whilst tickets are also available in the shops and restaurants in the parish.
Every Step Counts Challenge
The “Every Step Counts” challenge is back where clubs walk/run a collective 4,000km (that's roughly the distance around Ireland!) between January 19th to February 23rd. Clubs that reach this target will be entered into a prize draw in each province there are 3x O'Neills vouchers up for grabs - €2,500, €1,500 & €1,000. There has been a great uptake in the parish with a large number competing. Anyone can register for this so appreciate if you can support and forward the link below to anyone you think may be interested in taking part. To take part - simply register with Kiladangan GAA & Camogie via the My Life app https://mylife.irishlife.ie/home Download the MyLife by Irish Life app on your phone and register - go to 'My Challenges' and join. Scroll down to Kiladangan GAA & Camogie under the Munster section.
