More than 300 club members, guests and friends gathered in the Radisson Hotel last Friday night for our End of Season Boston Tea Party. Congratulations to Mary Power who was deservedly named Club Person of the Year for 2016 – a fitting tribute to mark her contribution to Drumcliffe/Rosses Point over the last 12 months. It was a special night too for Aoife Clancy and Niall Canning, who collected our senior Footballer of the Year awards. Congrats also to Denise Regan and Ronan McCormack who were named Young Footballers of the Year.

We are very grateful to all our hosts to who took a table on the night, and to the local businesses and individuals who generously donated spot prizes. A full photo gallery and list of acknowledgements is on the club’s Facebook page.

A reminder that the club’s Annual Juvenile Awards ceremony, celebrating the achievements of our underage teams, will be held in Rathcormac early in the New Year. More details in the coming weeks.

We were proud to see former club player Nicole Fowley make her international debut for the Ireland women’s senior rugby team against England last Sunday in Belfield. This will no doubt be the first of several appearances for Nicole in an Irish shirt.

If your Christmas shopping list includes DRP clothing/merchandise, a reminder that the closing date for pre-Christmas orders with the Club Shop is November 27th. To get your order in on time, please contact Declan Carroll on 0879480114.

The club’s monthly meeting for November takes place on Monday 28th in Oxfield at 9pm.

Our AGM for 2016 is provisionally fixed for the weekend of December 11th. Details of venue and time will be confirmed soon.

Handball coaching continues every Saturday morning in Oxfield at 10am. New players (all ages) are always very welcome.

Sligo GAA is holding a coaching workshop for club nursery coaches (U6 – U10) on Tuesday, November 23rd in Scarden at 8:15pm. A new coaching resource designed to help support club coaches will be presented at the workshop.