500,000 Steps Challenge

Sunday saw a very important event in our our club. A day which will be marked in our Club history for many years to come.
Uachtarán Cumann Lúthchleas Gael John Horan visited St Oliver Plunkett Park. President Horan planted an apple blossom tree to symbolise youth and in particular the young of our club. Immediately afterwards the President cut the tape to officially launch our 500,000 Steps Challenge.
It was a marvellous celebration of Lá Raonaithe Óga, of all their participation achievements, successes and their mentors and coaches whose hard work, commitment and dedication are the very heartbeat of our club.
Thank you most sincerely to Uachtarán Cumann Lúthchleas Gael John Horan and his wife Paula for taking time out of their busy schedule to visit our club, for planting the tree and for launching our Steps Challenge.
Thanks to all who sponsored the children, all monies raised will go towards maintaining and improving our underage structure.
Huge thanks to everyone within the club who assisted in any way to make the day such a success.

 

 

 

Raffle
Bottle of red & bottle of white wine compliments of Aidan Murtagh
£25 voucher compliments of Kams chinese Crossmaglen
Football jersey compliments of Shorts
Bottle of Nancy perfume compliments of Micheal McConvilles chemist
£20 voucher compliments of Caseys EuroSpar
£20 gift voucher compliments of superbites
£20 gift voucher compliments of the Cross square Hotel
3x£10 gift vouchers compliments of Centra Crossmaglen
£20 gift voucher compliments of the barber shop Bernice Carragher
£20 gift voucher compliments of Gags barbershop Tir Na Nog
2x family tubs of mauds compliments of MC’s grocery & coffee dock rathview pk
£10 gift voucher compliments of McNamees bakery
Makeup kit compliments of Luke Murphys chemist
A fresh fruit Pavlova for 12 compliments of Mona McEntee
A bottle red wine and a bottle of white wine compliments of Ma Kearneys
A bottle of white wine and a £20 gift voucher compliments of Hanratty’s Bar
A 16” pizza compliments of Marios pizza
A £20 gift voucher compliments of McArdle Meats
A haircut of your choice compliments of Cross cuts barbershop
Many thanks to all who donated prizes for our raffle. The raffle will take place during the interval at bingo on Monday night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsor A Ball

Kernan Property Services, Newry Rd sponsored the ball for our Senior league fixture with Ballymacnab.. Many thanks to Aaron and the Kernan family for your sponsorship and ongoing support for the club.

 

 

 

 

 

SFL Div 1A
Cross V Ballymacnab

After an eventful, enjoyable and historic morning in St Oliver Plunkett Park, all attention in the afternoon turned to the football field where our Senior game against Ballymacnab preceded the Intermediate clash with Tullysaran.
An overcast afternoon with a slight drizzle just before throw in left conditions nearly ideal for football.
A highly entertaining evenly matched first half saw some fine scores form both sides.
Our first goal of the game came as a result of a superb strike from the boot of Rían O’Neill with just over ten minutes on the clock played and give us the lead by two.
Both sides scored two points each and with ten left to the break, the sides were still separated by two.
A fantastic run down the middle by Aaron Kernan who put the ball over the bar to extend our lead . Ballymacnab fought back, getting the next three scores, three points in as many minutes to leave the game all square with minutes left until the break. Two points from us and a point from Ballymacnab left us ahead by one as the game entered injury time .Ballymacnab scored two quick points to edge them in front once more before a fantastic ball from Colin O’Connor to Kyle Carragher who fisted the ball into the back of the Ballymacnab net to give us our second goal and leave us two ahead but Ballymacnab responded hitting a point in the dying seconds of the first half to leave one between the teams at the half way point.
Cross 2-07 Ballymacnab 0-12
Heavy rain at half time left conditions very slippy for the second half.
The second half was only seconds old when an Oisín O’Neill point got the scoring underway. Ballymacnab got two quick points to level matters. Both sides scored two points each and with just over fifteen to go it was all square once again. A long range point from Ballymacnab and a ’45 which they converted put them in the lead. The last few minutes was a tense finale with Aaron Kernan converting a free in the closing minutes to leave the bare minimum between the sides once more but it wasn’t to be our day and Ballymacnab held on to their narrow lead to run out winners.
Cross 2-11 Ballymacnab 0-18

 

IFL Division 2B
Cross 2-13  Tullysaran 1-14
A great finish by the boys sealed the victory and secured the points for our Intermeduate team. Well done lads and management.

 

Fixtures

 

Tuesday 29th May

U14 League Div 1
Cross V Clann Éireann
7.15pm

Wednesday 30th May

U10 Go Games
Cross V Silverbridge

Saturday 2nd June

U8 Go Games
Killeavy V Cross

U12.5 Go Games
Cross V Loughgilly
4.00pm

Senior League Div 1A
Granemore V Cross
7.00pm

Sunday 3rd June

Intermediate League Div 2B
Clonmore V Cross
2.00pm

 

Pic Below; Our U10’s in action against Cullyhanna on Wednesday night.

 

 

 

James Hughes U10 Tournament

The James Hughes U10’s Tournament takes place on Saturday 9th June. Due to a fantastic expression of interest we will be hosting teams from near and far. It promises to be a great day in memory of James RIP.
Please keep the date free.

 

 

 

Rangers Tapas Party Night

The Rangers Tapas party which takes place on Saturday 16th June promises to be a sociable, casual dining experience and the perfect way to have a relaxed, fun foodie night with friends.
Doors will open at 8pm with food being served at 8.30pm sharp.
Guests will be greeted with a champagne drinks reception on arrival.
Once seated, our in house chef will share an array of delicious Spanish dishes in batches to each table.
To round off the evening, music will be provided by one of the Provinces top Dj’s – Paul McArdle
Tickets sales are limited to 200 and can be bought from any member of our senior and intermediate men’s teams at a cost of £20 or €25.
Get your ticket now to avoid disappointment for what promises to be a fantastic night.

 

Crossmaglen Rangers Annual Golf Classic

For the second year running we are delighted that our sponsors will be Killycard Developments & Hanratty Oils. Thanks very much to the Hanratty family for your sponsorship and ongoing support for the club. Don’t forget to tell family and friends that our Golf Classic will take place in Concra Wood Golf Club, Castleblayney on Friday 6th July.
Anyone who would like to take part in the classic please contact Gene Duffy (Tel 07831 784931‬) or Joe Kernan (Tel ‭07714 298696‬).
We look forward to welcoming new and old faces.
For those who are attending the golf Classic and need accommodation, please contact The Cross Square Hotel, Tel.02830860505, Email [email protected] or Murtagh’s B&B, Tel. 02830861378.

 

 

 

 

Summer Camp

It is envisaged that we will run our summer camp from Monday 6th – Friday 10th August. We would appreciate feedback from Parents if this date is suitable. Please PM Cross Rangers FB page with any queries that you may have.

 

Well Done

Well done to Thomas Og Duffy, Ronan Fitzpatrick & Ruairi Kieran who were part of the Armagh under 15 squad who beat Monaghan last weekend in the U15 Brian McLernon Cup Section C, Rd 1.

 

 

 

Well done also to Rían O’Neill who was part of the Armagh U20 squad who beat Fermanagh in the Ulster U20  Championship Quarter Final played on Friday night.

 

 

 

Comhghairdeas to all our club members who competed in the Armagh County Fleadh which took  place in Keady at the  weekend.

 

 

Crossmaglen Rangers LGFA Notes & Info:

Duck Race 2018:

The Ladies will be running there annual fund-raiser on Sunday 23rd June. This has been a great event, which has been well supported by our community. The ducks will be on sale from all members of the club. For more information, keep an eye on facebook.

 

 

 

Gaelic 4 Girls:

Training continues on Monday nights for 6-7pm. We will be presenting the girls who have participated in G4G with their limited addition Jerseys, and a special guest will be taking a coaching session with the girls. We are now inviting all girls who have participated in the G4G programme to become full members of the the Ladies Football Club. The membership is £20 for the year ahead, and it will cover the girls to participate in any blitzes which are coming up. Dates confirmed for blitzes are Sat 2nd:

U10 Blitz in Carrickcruppen (all camogs to attend their blitz) and Sat 16th June: Ulster G4G blitz in Killeshill.

 

Senior & Minor Girls:

Training continues this week on Tuesday night at 7.30pm and Saturday at 7pm. The next league game is Tuesday 5th June at 7pm, the Seniors will take on Forkhill. Girls are reminded that they must have paid their registrations in order to play and train.

 

U14 & U16 girls training:

All U14 & U16 players will train on Wednesdays at 6.30pm. Its important that all players attend these sessions as championship is coming up. U14s are taking part in Championship next Sunday, with venue and time to be confirmed.

 

Mouthguards:

A reminder to all players that mouth guards are a compulsory piece of equipment for all players.

 

 

Pic Below;  Caoimhe Dooley & Lucy Duffy in action during the recent  Armagh V Donegal clash (U15)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Club Lotto

 

Our club lotto is available to play online. If you have family around the world please let them know about our lotto online, it is a great way of supporting the club when you are miles from home.
Below is the web address to play our lotto online.
https://www.clublottery.com/Club/Details/37

Draw; 27/05/18

Numbers Drawn; 5 6 16 17

No Jackpot Winner

3 matched 3 numbers; K Hughes, A Lenagh & C Bellew, each receive £35. Well done to our match three winners.

Next Draw; 03/06/18

Jackpot; £9200/€10,200