Silverbridge Harps GAC

Annual Dinner Dance

The club's Annual Dinner Dance took place in the Resource Centre on Saturday 7 November. The guests of honour for this years dance were the 1959 Senior Team and 1984 Minor Team. People travelled from far and near to be part of the nights celebrations and to show their appreciation for the committment and dedication shown by the players of the two teams. It was a nostalgic night for a lot of people and an opportunity to remember those who for whatever reason could not be there and it was a night of remembrance too for our past members who have sadly passed away.

The evening began with a beautiful meal followed by a few words from Sean Reavey and Eddie Hughes who then proceeded to make the following presentations:

B Team League Champions accepted by team Captain Colm Traynor

U16 Player of the Year: Lorcan Burns

Minor Player of the Year: Oliver Hearty

B Player of the Year: Joseph Campbell

Senior Player of the Year: Christopher Reel

Senior Girls Player of the Year: Laura Murphy

Special presentations were made to:

Senior Scor Team, Peter Murphy, Brian Murphy and Martin Reel

All Ireland Scor Winner : Megan Burns

Peter Carragher Armagh Minor player

Paul Mc Shane Armagh Minor Manager

Gerard Mc Garvey U 21 Player

Jarlath Burns and Michael Mallie

The guests of honour then received their presentations from Eddie Hughes

F Burns, J Burns, P Callan, P Creegan, M Daly, D Finnegan, E Finnegan, O Hamill, H Kelly, B Mc Ardle, S Mc Ardle, J Mc Guinness, S Mc Keown, P Mc Quillan, M Mc Shane, D Mc Verry, K Mc Verry, J Reel, O Reel, M Reel, A Sheehy, P Taggart, M Taggart and M Traynor. Managers of this winning team were J Mc Cann, D Walsh and M Reel.

M Ballie(dec), S Reel, P Carroll(dec), B Conlon, B Connolly, O Donaghy, P Hearty, T Kierans, J Mc Avoy, J Mc Keown, P Murphy, J Reel (dec), M Rice, G Rowland (dec), J Smyth, E Smyth, P Traynor, M Traynor, T Traynor, J Walsh and T Walsh. Manager of this winning team was Pat Murphy (dec).

A special word of thanks must go to the huge crowd who made the effort to turn up on the night and help make it such a sepcial occassion for the honourees.

Thanks also to all who helped organise the night and prepare the Resource Centre the bar staff and waiters, to Mc Entees for the beautiful meal and to "Town and Country" and A Martin who provided the musical entertainment and to Martina Crilly for the table decorations. No doubt I will have forgotten someone so a huge thanks to everyone involved.

If you use a Vodafone mobile you will be able to contribute 5% of your monthly bill or your top up voucher to the club. However this facility is only avialable for people who use a Southern mobile. For more details you can view the Vodafone website or contact Aidan Murphy on 087 4132210. Application forms are also available from Thomas Hamill.

Gaelic Go Start resumes on Sunday 15 November in the Resource Centre. Parents are asked to arrive at 10.45 to help set up the course so that activities can start at 11.00am. Please bring some drinks along for your children.

Under 16 training has now finished for the season. It is hoped to have some indoor football in the near future to help keep fit during the winter months. More details to follow.

6 week Circuit Training course begins on Monday 9 November at 7.30 and will run on Monday and Thursday nights from 7.30 to 8.30pm.

Classes take place on Saturdays 2.30-3.30pm in the Resource Centre. Adult classes are available on request. For more details contact Cathal on 086 0543712.