A massive well done to Dylan Connolly who today has been signed by Ipswich Town.
Its been a very exciting few weeks for Dylan who only last week won Outstanding Achievement award at the Meath Chronicle/Cusack Hotel Group Meath Sports person of the Year. With today’s announcement Dylan will be starting the next phase of his career and we would all wish him the best of Luck in the world and we can still cheers “Come on the Town”
We hope you all had a fantastic Christmas Happy New Year to everyone
Our senior team are looking to recruit a new Goalkeeper. If you are up for the challenge like to train on a regular basis and free every Sunday morning for games. Then please call our First Team manager Iain for all the details 083 116 4921
Happy Stevens Day everyone enjoy the day and don’t eat Too much!
Happy Christmas Everyone . Hope you all have a wonderful day and that Santa was good to everyone.
I would just like to thank you for your dedication and for all your support this year. I hope you all enjoy a well earned rest ( parents included) and I look forward to another successful year in 2015. Happy Christmas! Paddy Allen
As many of you who follow our website and social media channels will have heard we often celebrate our three International Players success on the pitch. This of course got us thinking how lucky we are a s a Club are to have such an accolade to celebrate. So Wednesday week the Friends, Family and some of us from the club gathered in the MDL to celebrate with Amanda, Dylan and James their success.
The event was well supported with The Meath Chronicle, Councillor Tommy Reilly ad FAI Development Officer Mark Scanlon in attendance. To start of our Chairman Mr Paddy Allen presented each of our three stars a Trophy of congratulations from the club, then a few speeches from Shane, Mark and Tommy. It was noted by all, how as such a young club celebrating their tenth anniversary this year, what an achievement it is to have three players who are International Caps and are still all involved in the club.
We look forward to seeing Amanda, Dylan and James develop their game further and wish them ever success in 2015. The Meath Chronicle have this week published a full page article about the event.
Its the big day so please come down at 3pm to support Pat as he Flys the flag for us!
This Sunday sees the official opening of the MDL Fifa One Astro Pitch. The occasion is being marked by a match between
MDL Over 35 champions Ardee Town (plus guests) v Irish Masters
And our Patrick Hegarty will be one of the guest players on the day. Pat was chosen from all of the players in the over 35s this year to join Ardee, who won the 0ver 35s League this year. This a fantastic honour for Pat who was instrumental in the forming of our over 35s this year. It also shows how his commitment and passion for the game has not just impressed his fellow team mates but also the game officials and the league as he is now guesting with Ardee on the opening day.
So on Sunday if you are free please come down in your club coat and support Pat as he takes on the Masters. KO is at 3pm in the MDL and all are welcome.
The end result of six years of planning will be proudly put on show at the MDL grounds on Sunday 16 November at 2.40 when FAI Chief Executive John Delaney will officially unveil the first full sized FIFA 1 standard All Weather Pitch in County Meath. The Carpet product is called Edel Future DS and comprises the maximum density of fibres available on the market. After checking out numerous similar type developments throughout the Country in what is a very competitive market with numerous suppliers. The MDL settled for a product which was selectively sourced and installed by Crawford group a Northern Ireland based company with offices in Wexford. The results of an obligatory independent rigorous test were very encouraging where all aspects of the test achieved the maximum marks available. All Groundworks were completed by a well known and respected North Meath based firm Michael Rick Plant Hire. In 2008 Floodlights were installed on the undeveloped grass pitch that was earmarked for what is now the finished product.
The development of this facility would not have been possible without the help of the North Eastern Counties Schoolboys League who contributed €40,000 to the project. These funds along with €250,000 from a Sports Capital grant, plus €60,000 from our own funds, on top of the €90,000 previously spent on lighting six years ago. There are so many people to thank for their efforts in helping the MDL to deliver the project, especially those that provided assistance to secure the sizable Sports Capital Grant, in particular FAI officials John Delaney, and Richard Fahey, former TD for East Meath, the late Shane McEntee, Meath West TD’s Ray Butler, and Damien English, Meath County Council representatives Shane Cassells, along with Meath development officer Mark Scanlon.
Best of luck to everyone getting their Junior Cert Results today.
With the weekend now over we have successfully completed our bag pack. This could not have happened with out the support of our members. The event was a great success with €1704 raised for the club. We would like to thank the following for helping this weekend
The under 16s, 17s and 18s, the committee and the managers that volunteered on the day. Also thanks to Parents Stephen, Kelly, Robert, Arlene, Michelle, Lisa, Linda, Mary, Laura, Gabriel. Also a special thank you to Andre from Macaris in Johnstown village where they held a collection over the last few weeks which they donated to us as well as Andre himself helping with the bag pack.
And Lastly a very special mention to Adrian, who organized the whole event, coordinated our efforts, liased with Tesco and stayed in Tesco Navan for the 2 days of the bag pack to make sure the event was as successful as it was. Thanks very much Adrain for all your hard work not just on the day but tirelessly behind the scenes as always to insure we as a club are presented in as well a manner as possible.
