St Josephs GAA Notes (13 Feb. 22)

Welcome to new Senior Management Team:

St Josephs GAA are delighted to announce that our management team for the Senior team has been in place over the past couple of weeks and with the season commencing next week, the time is apt to announce those who are in charge for 2022. We welcome Declan Mulally from Portarlington in as team Manager for this season. Declan has managed a number of sides in Laois in recent years and is new to the Westmeath club scene and we are certainly delighted that he has taken the reins. The former Gracefield and O Dempseys player will bring a different view and we do wish him the very best of luck. Joining Declan as selectors are our own Daire Lynam and Eoin Carberry from neighbours Rosemount. Daire has had a long career with St Josephs and played up to last season winning a JFC in 2004 and Eoin who is out injured this year has come on board with a good knowledge of most of our players so overall it is an interesting set up and hopefully it will be a successful season for all concerned.

Opening League game V Tubberclair:

St Josephs open our Division 5 league campaign with a match against Tubberclair on Saturday 19th February at 5-00pm in Tubberclair. With a shortened league in 2020 and 2021 due to covid restrictions, it is great to see a normal league season commencing again. In 2019 we finished third in this Division losing out on head to head for a top two spot which would have gained us promotion. There is no guarantee on anything but it is a tough opener next weekend. Last time we met in the Divison, we edged it by 3-10 to 2-10.

Scór na nÓg:

Scór na nÓg is resuming on the first weeknd in March after being in hiatus for the past two years. St Josephs hope to enter but it will be difficult as the time scale is very short to get people involved. If anyone has an interest in participating, then please contact the club secretary Aidan Walsh as soon as possible.

Mentors Meeting:

A mentors meeting for underage teams is due to be held on Thursday 17th February at 8-00pm in the Horseleap Streamstown Community Centre. Registration night for teams will be decided at that meeting but is likely to be on the weekend of 26/27th February.

PRO Required!

At our AGM in December, the position of PRO was left vacant and it is an important one where the news and views from our club are put together on a regular basis to keep our supporters and friends informed of what is going on. If anyone has an interest within our club structure in doing this, please contact club secretary at secretary.stjosephs.westmeath@gaa.ie