Could you please put the following under Glenamaddy/Williamstown GAA notes

Hard luck to Johanna & Noelle Connolly, Eilish Gannon and the Galway senior ladies who lost by the smallest of margins away to Cork last Friday.

Last Saturday night we held our Annual social in the Ard Ri Hotel Tuam, around 180 attended for the meal. On the night our guest’s of honour were Galway senior player Shane Walsh and Galway ladies development officer Maura Conneally, our MC for the night was Galway Bay FM’s John Mulligan. Chaiman Peter Clarke welcomed everyone and thanked them for coming.

 Our u8/10 & 12’s were presented with a certificate  of participation  from Maura and all the team management were presented with a trophy for all their hard work during the year. Team management: U8/10 Joe Gillooly Kenneth Comer, Lelia McDonnagh .  U12 Bernie Conneelly, Siobhan O’Brien Liz Collins. Ass: Secretary Marie Ryan on behalf of the club presented Maura with a desk clock/pen set and Joe Gillooly u8/10 management presented her with a signed O’Neills ball signed by our u8/10 girls.

Maura then made a small speech, Thanks Maura.

Our u14 girls were presented with their county shield winners medal’s  from Shane walsh who also presented the Team management  with a trophy for all their hard work during the year Team management: Larry Cunningham, Ciara Clarke, Niamh Fahy and Gail Clarke, Bernie Conneelly also helped out.  Maeve Keaveney, Kathlyn Davis, Kayley Manninon & Mia Fahy on behalf of the players presented the team management with a small token of their appreciation. 

Next Shane presented our u16 girls with their county shield runners up medals and their U16 All Ireland  runners up trophy’s, he then presented the team management with a trophy for all their hard work. Team Management: Martina Ruane and Kieth Davis.

 Finally Shane presented our intermediate ladies with their County Shield winners medals and their All Ireland intermediate 7’s winners trophy’s (that’s two in a row winners 2013 & 2014), he then presented the team management with replica All Ireland winners trophy’s Team management: Micheal Gannon, Patricia Keady and Nicola Conneely. Club secretary Mary Fahy made a presentation to Shane on behalf of the club. MC John Mullingan then asked Patricia Keady what was the secret she had been keeping all week, it was that our own Mary Fahy had been chosen Connacht club person of the year and they were going to Croke park on Tuesday 3rd of March to pick up the award, and fingers crossed she could be awarded the national club person of the year which will be picked on the day. Chairman Peter Clarke presented Mary with a Bouquet of flowers on behalf of the club and congratulated her on such a prestige’s award.

P.R.O. Gail Clarke made a presentation to John Mulligan on behalf of the club, then it was over to our DJ for the night Noel Finnigan (Freebird)  and we danced into the wee hours. Thanks to our guests Maura Conneally and Shane Walsh for all they done giving their time etc, to MC John Mulligan to DJ Noel Finnigan, to our photographer Alan Hunt who also took family photos, and I’d say Shane won’t want to see a camera for a long time. Photos can be seen capturedmoments.ie.

Thanks to the management and staff of the Ard Ri Hotel for a great meal, to our underage girls Laoise Collins and Lauren Conneally who played a couple of reels on the concertina and accordion, to Aisling Ward and Aoife O’Brien who did a bit of Irish dancing during the interval . Thanks to all who supported us and made it a enjoyable night, finally thanks to our hard working committee who organized the event.  

                                                             Thank you

                                                                Peter Clarke