All Ireland Senior Club Finals on St. Patrick Day!
Reminder to all members that the Senior Club Finals take place in Croke Park next Wednesday 17th March. Details on tickets are as follows:

Croke Park are encouraging everyone to purchase their ticket before match day.

Adult tickets are available at discount price of €15 from now until March 16th.
There are no concessions on the discounted Adult tickets, i.e. No Concession Rebates for Students or Senior Citizens on discounted tickets.

Juvenile EUR 5 - at all times
Juvenile tickets are available in the Cusack & Davin Stands (301-323) only.

As with every fixture in Croke Park, everyone needs a ticket to gain entry. Reserved seating applies on the day.
Tickets can also be purchased via www.gaa.ie

A Group Pass Application form is also available: 3 euro per Juvenile and with every 10 juveniles one adult goes free!

Contact the club for more details.

There will of course be a number of sales points on match day.
Match Day Prices are as follows:

Adult Stand         EUR 25
Juvenile               EUR 5
Senior Citizen      EUR 20 - Cusack or Davin Stand tickets only. Concession rebate available from Block D turnstiles with valid ID prior to entry only.
Student               EUR 20 - Cusack or Davin Stand tickets only. Concession rebate available from Block D turnstiles with valid ID prior to entry only.

Comhghairdeas le Paddy Joe Moran a bhuaigh a chomórtas i Leath Chraobh Scór Cúige Laighin agus atá ag dul ar aghaidh chuig Craobh Laighin le scéalaíocht aonair - "Operation Transformation". Mi-ádh leis an mBailéad Ghrúpa, Martin, Niamh, Tommy, Ian agus John a rinne an iarracht ach faraor níor éirigh leo an bhabhta seo. Táimid bródúil astu ar fad.

Congratulations to Paddy Joe Moran who won his heat in the Leinster Semi-final of Scór and who will now represent the club in the Leinster Final with his recitation - "Operation Transformation". Hard luck to our Ballad Group, Martin, Niamh, Tommy, Ian and John who gave it everything but unfortunately they did not suceed on this occasion. We're very proud of them all.

Membership Now Due!
All members are reminded that their Membership Fees for 2010 are now due.
All players must be registered by March 22nd or they will not be insured to play or train.
Any member not registered by the end of March will not be entitled to a vote in our AGM at the end of the year. This is a directive from Croke Park and there can be no exceptions.
Download the membership form, or drop in to the clubhouse.

Information on fees

Mixed Weekend for our Junior Teams
Our three junior teams were in action this weekend as they opened their 2010 league campaigns. On Saturday afternoon our second adult football team travelled to Seneschalstown and managed to come back down the N2 with full points. On Sunday we had our Division 3B team hosting Moynalvey at home where they recorded a 1-10 to 0-10 opening day victory.
Our 4th team travelled to Athboy, but despite playing well lost out on a 2-12 to 1-07 scoreline. The important thing from a club development point of view is that we managed to get 54 different players in action this weekend alone.
Final Scores:
B League Div1: Donaghmore/Ashbourne 2-10 Seneschalstown 2-08
B League Div3: Donaghmore/Ashbourne 1-10 Moynalvey 0-10
B League Div5: Donaghmore/Ashbourne 1-07 Clann na nGael 2-12

Senior Camogie League
Our Camogie ladies had an early start on Sunday morning in their second match of the senior league against Navan O’Mahony’s. The girls battled hard in the first half, and were within a point of Navan at half time. Unfortunately, Navan proved to be the stronger team and their experience won out in the end.
Final Score: Donaghmore/Ashbourne 4-01 Navan O’Mahony’s 3-13

Clubhouse Open Day!
Join us in the clubhouse on Saturday 20th March, from 10am – 1pm, as the club opens its doors to the community!
Come along and see what our club has to offer… fun and games on the day from all our codes - Camogie, Hurling, Football and Ladies Football! All Ages Welcome! No Experience Necessary! Fun & Games for All!

3 Course Lunch

Main Course, Dessert & Tea/Coffee

€15 per person

Your Country, your Call

Ard Stiurthoir of the GAA, Mr Paraic Duffy, has endorsed a new initiative by Dr Martin Mc Aleese called Your Country, Your Call.

Your Country, Your Call is a competition to find and reward two transformational proposals which will help secure jobs and prosperity for Ireland - proposals which could help change the way we do things, allow businesses to grow, employment to be created and prosperity to flourish. The two winning proposals will be awarded a prize of €100,000 each and both will then be implemented with the support of an independent working group, and with a development fund of up to €500,000 for each project.

Your Country, Your Call is all about Ireland. It's about helping to create future prosperity,  whilst at the same time generating hope, confidence and positive thinking. It is about encouraging everyone in the country  to look at what they can do to make use of our innate ability as a people to be creative and imaginative, and generate fresh thinking.

Details regarding the application process, other participants and their proposals, possible collaborations and a message board can be found on www.yourcountryyourcall.com.

The competition is open for entries until the 30^th April 2010, after which the entries will be reviewed, assessed and whittled down to the final two submissions in the middle of September 2010.

The GAA believes this to be an inspiring and timely initiative, and is proud to promote and encourage the involvement of members of the GAA in this competition.