Bunbrosna LFGA

Bunbrosna GAA are delighted to annouce that we have received the approval of the Westmeath LGFA board to establish an LGFA club here in Bunbrosna.

This is an extremely exciting development within the club and will give true equality and recognition to our young girls who have represented the club so well over the years both on and off the field.

We look forward to seeing our young girls develop and rise through the ranks in the weeks, months and years to come. Any girls in the area who want to come along and give it a go are more than welcome.

We hope that our new LGFA club will become a sustainable feeder club for Clann Gaels LGFA a in the future and that we will provide a sustainable route for girls in the area to play football long into the future. Exciting times ahead

Bunbrosna girls make history

Saturday last was a historic day for our club when our U10 girls travelled to St Loman’s and played brilliantly in games against St. Mary's, The Downs and Mullingar Shamrocks.

While ladies played football in Bunbrosna in the late 1960s or early 1970s this was the first girl’s football team to represent the club in a competitive fixture and they did themselves and their families proud. We look forward to our Under 8s playing in their first blitz shortly!

A special well done to Kate, Alannah, Orla, Taylor, Sarah, Anna, Aoife, Aifric, Patrycja and Grace for a wonderful effort all morning!

Thank you to St Lomans LFGA for organising the competition and for inviting our newly formed club to take part.

Junior B Championship

On Tuesday last Bun fielded a strong team against Ballycomoyle in the first round of the Junior B championship.

Playing against a very strong wind, at the first water break we were ahead by 1-1 to 0-02 the goal having come from superb fielding by Brian Maguire catching the ball from the kickout and putting it straight into the back of the net.

The wind proved problematic and both sides missed the target on a number of occasions. Darragh Lyons however found form and was responsible for 1-3 of Bunbrosna’s 2-3 at the half time mark.

By the second water break Darragh had extended Bun’s score to 3-4 and in the final quarter Caolan Fulham had notched up another point. Ballycomoyle scored 2 points in this last quarter.

This was an important result and an excellent performance from Bunbrosna and it saw a number of old faces return to the field of play and we also welcomed some new players who were making their debut for Bun.

Team

Tommy Murphy, Paddy Fitzgerald, Conor Lyons, Ger Brennan, Gavin Lyons, Simon Moorhead, Noel Yourell, Brian Maguire (1-0), Caolan Fulham,(0-1) Kenny Conroy, Niall Spain, Chris Cole, Fintan Connaughton, Darragh Lyons (2-4 )( 1-0 penalty 0-1 free,) Paul Connaughton. Subs: Eoin Clarke for Simon Moorhead, Richie O Neill for Paddy Fitzgerald and Eddie Glass for Paul Connaughton.

Gaelic for Mothers & Others

We are delighted to announce that we will be offering Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others/ Social football for all the ladies of the area.

Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others is a fun non- competitive form of ladies football for women looking to get fit, have fun and make friends as part of a team and to learn the basic skills of Gaelic football.

It is suitable for women of all ages, abilities and fitness levels and no experience is required! If you are over 25,not currently playing competitive football and are interested in joining us you can find more details on our social media pages.

Any queries for Gaelic For Mothers and Others please contact Bung4mo@gmail.com

Sympathy

All at Bunbrosna GAA wish to offer our sincere condolences to the Starkin family, Milltownpass, on the sad passing of Gabriel. Gabriel was a stalwart for Bun and captained the team in the late 1960s and 1970s.

To his daughters Elizabeth, Edel, Helga and Tina, relatives and many friends we offer our sincere sympathies.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh sé.

Rounders:

As the start of the championship season approaches, our mixed adult are delighted to be taking part in a social rounders league. These games start next weekend, with two home fixtures, so if you want to give the game a go, and have a bit of craic, come along. Training Mondays at 8pm. Fixtures will be posted on the clubs website. www.bunbrosna.com.

Underage training continues weekly. We were delighted to hear that the pupils of St. Fintans NS of Lismacaffrey and St. Mary's NS Rathowen were running rounders games, to celebrate this we have gifted bat's and balls to the schools. If your school is interested in playing the game of rounders please get in touch and we will bring the game, and the equipment to your school.

Enquiries to bunbrosnarounders@gmail.com or 086 1236086.

Congratulations

Everybody at Bunbrosna GAA sends every good wish and heartiest congratulations to Kate and Mark Donnelly on the birth of their baby boy Paddy during the past week.

Get well wishes

All of us at Bunbrosna send our very best wishes to Paddy McCormack who has been a bit under the weather recently and we wish him a speedy recovery.

Lotto

No winner of Club Lotto on Sunday last. Numbers drawn were 4, 17, 26 & 27. No Match 3 winners. Special Prize, Seamus Moran. Seller's prize, Tom Tormey. Next draw 4th July. Jackpot €7800.🔵⚪️