There was no winner of the jackpot of €11,400 in our draw held on 14th of April last.

Numbers drawn: 8, 18, 28, 29

Weekly winners of €30: Tom Conlon, Noel Flynn, Adam O’Connor, Clodagh Grennan, Betty Shaughnessy

Seller’s prize: Kieran Hanevy 

Thank you for your support.

Next Jackpot is €11,600 on 22nd of April 2024.

Tickets can be purchased online via ClubZap.

Anybody interested in purchasing tickets for Westmeath GAA’s fundraising draw can contact Richie on 0868364951 or Roisin on 0868820195. 

The official opening of our new dressing rooms and gym takes place on the May Bank Holiday Sunday. We will be hosting a myriad of activities in the park involving both underage and adult teams. Our successful Girls U14 team and Boys Minor team will be presented with their medal on the day. Activities start at 2pm with the official opening taking place at 3:30pm. Later that night, our Junior B winning team will be presented with their medals in Egan’s Marquee from 9pm. A full itinerary of the day will follow on social media. We can’t wait to see you all there.
 

Caulry 3-6

Ballinagore 3-19

Our second team suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Ballinagore in their latest Division 4 ACFL game on Thursday evening last.

Our lads started the game well by adding two early scores; Liam Malynn tapped over a free inside the opening minute before Adam Donoghue found Thomas Dunnimg with a pass and Dunning dutifully converted this opportunity. The home side opened their scoring account then on the 8th minute with a point from play. Ballinagore dominated the following series of kick outs as they notched up a tally of 0-5 in as many minutes to take the lead. Cody Parker momentarily stalled the opposition’s advances as he moved the ball up the field before finishing with a well-taken point. However, within minutes the deficit was doubled once again as Ballinagore replied with 1-1 in quick succession. The game was competitive right throughout this first half as by the 25th minute it was all-square; Goals from Dunning (Neil Clinton sending in a vital pass for this score) and Alan Lynam (who found himself in scoring position after making good advances forward), and a point from Kyle Rainey (Cormac Murphy winning the kick out to set up this score) tied up the game. The referee and umpire then awarded Ballinagore a 29th minute goal despite Ernie Buckley’s intervention as this score proved to be the difference between the sides at the break. 

Our lads struggled to get to the pace of the game in the second half and didn’t score at all until the last five minutes of play. By this time, Ballinagore, who dominated the midfield area throughout this period, had notched up a respectable tally of 3-17. Malynn converted a free on the 56th minute to restart our scoring. The home side then kicked points either side of a Caulry goal (this from Nicky Killane after some hard work outfield by Malynn and Rory Mullins). Murphy rounded off the evening’s scoring with his late point as ultimately, Ballinagore cruised into the win with a strong second half performance.

Team & Scorers: Ernie Buckley, Ciaran Allen, Johnny Buckley, Ciaran Gaynor, Cormac Murphy (0-1), Alan Lynam (1-0), David Gaynor, Neil Clinton, Glen Carolan, Cody Parker (0-1), Thomas Dunning (1-1), Will Buckley, Adam Donoghue, Liam Malynn (0-2, 2f), Kyle Rainey (0-1)

Subs: Mark Fitzpatrick for Cody Parker, Paddy McHugh for Glen Carolan, Rory Mullins for Kyle Rainey, Dara Shortall for Will Buckley, Nicky Killarney (1-0) for Thomas Dunning

Caulry 1-13

Shandonagh 0-12 

Our seniors clawed back a two-point deficit at halftime to come away with a victory when they made the journey to Shandonagh for their latest Division 1 ACFL fixture on Holy Saturday last. 

Our lads hit the ground running when Conor McCormack sent over a two-pointer inside the opening 35 seconds of play. Shandonagh put their first score on the scoreboard then after five minutes. A converted-free by Alan Malynn and point from play by Sean Murphy (this coming after a patient build up via Olan Healy, Cody Parker and Tiarnán O’Donovan) were cancelled out up the other end of the field as the home side registered their first two-pointer of the game. Between the 13th and 15th minutes, the opposition completely controlled the Caulry kick out as they took the lead with four unanswered points. Parker and Kevin Maguire combined well on the 18th minute as Caulry almost had a goal but the Shandonagh keeper intervened to keep a clean sheet. O’Donovan’s two-pointer kept us in touching distance (this a very well worked score from a sideline kick as O’Donovan orchestrated a one-two before firing the ball over the bar). Shandonagh added two points to our one before the interval to lead 0-9 to 0-7 at the break (Parker adding Caulry’s last score after once again combining with Maguire).

A duo of McCormack points had the sides all square by the 32nd minute; McCormack tapped over a free after Sean Clinton was fouled before adding a point from play after a break down in Shandonagh’s defence. The opposition momentarily reinstated their lead with a similar brace of scores as it was still all to play for heading into the last ten minutes of the game. Our lads had a myriad of chances then to take the lead but only managed to convert two of these; Connolly and Maguire on target to level the game once again. The pivotal moment came on the 54th minute when Jack Connaughton brought off what would have been a game-changing score. Connaughton intervened for a second time within seconds (this time when no. 11’s shot fell short) as it gave our lads a chance to set up a counter attack. What should have been a Shandonagh goal resulted in a three-pointer for Caulry when Maguire finished to the back of the net having combined nicely with Malynn. McCormack stretched our lead to four then with another free. The sides shared late points but ultimately, our lads had done enough to pick up their third brace of points of this year’s campaign. 

Team & Scorers: Jack Connaughton, Glen Carolan, Kevin Maguire (1-1), Olan Healy, Sean Clinton, Damien Dolan, Eoghan Grennan, Stephen Connolly (0-1), Sean Murphy (0-1), Shane Lawless, Tiarnán O’Donovan (0-2, 1 2pt.) , Cody Parker (0-1), Conor McCormack (0-6, 1 2pt., 3f), John Maguire, Alan Malynn (0-1, 1f)

Subs: Cormac Murphy for Cody Parker, Neil Clinton for John Maguire

Boys’ U16 League Round 3 at home to St. Loman’s on Monday, April 21st at 6:30pm

Boys’ U14 League Round 3 at home to Multyfarnham on Wednesday, April 23rd at 6:30pm

Girls’ U14 League Round 2 at home to Mullingar Shamrocks on Thursday, April 24th at 6:30pm

Boys’ Minor League Round 2 away to Esker Gaels on Friday, April 25th at 6:30pm in Tang

Ladies Division 2 League Round 4 at home to Coralstown/Kinnegad on Sunday, April 27th at 12pm