Grange 1-4 Castledermot1-5
This shield final was played at St Laurences in blustery conditions,it also brought  lastminute heartache to Grange youngsters.
Having never lead at anystage Castleddermot lads got a goal in injury time to win this game, it  prompted scenes of utter devistation simular to
those witnessed at Croke Park last week by kildare players and supporters. The victors are a very strong team and this is little consulation
to a young and skilled team from Grange at the moment who will have a bright future. The club wishes to acknowledge the work and commitment
of Kevin and Pat Costigan along with Danny Mackey too,many thanks to players and management for the commitment and entertainment they provided this year.

The draw for the Players' Gear Fundraiser took place in the clubhouse on Tuesday 17th August.  Many thanks to John Stynes for arranging the draw sponsorship and all the draw sponsors.  The winners were;

Grange GFC have a text service for those wishing to be infomed by text to their mobile phone of upcoming matches, training, club promotions, fundraising activities, lotto results etc.  Please text your name and contact number to 087 6001004 to be added to our club supporter list.

The club took owenership of a new score board last week, it comes complete with countdown timer and large  7 Segment  timer displays. It was build and designed by local workmanship , Its back lit with hundreds of LEDs  and is very bright and legible, we are delighted to be able to present the score Board  to home and visiting teams and supporters alike.

The Grange AGM  was held in Kilkea Golf Club on Fri 22  Jan.

Among many issues were the election of officers.The primary seats went to Pj Doyle as  Chairman,Michael Behan Vice Chairman,

Angela O Reilly  as Secretary and Kevin Peters as Treasurer. All club members and players past and present wish the best of good luck to Fran Miller, as he stood

down after 34 years as secretary to the club. With out,  him the club would not be in existence today and we are glad to say he will still be in the back ground to help us continue to steer the club in the right direction.

A new direct debit scheme for the weekly LOTTO is now is place and any member of the committee can be contacted for details, all LOTTO participation is much appricated 

to aid the running  and developments of the grounds at the club.

Mens training commences  Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8pm sharp, with a new trainer in place this year-Ned Kelly, we wish every success to him and his teams.

Under16 training is back in full swing on fri eves 4-5.

The brain child of john kissane, this venture turned out to be a very entertaining night for all  who attended,,  and it discovered some very  good talented people in the local area.  There were ten acts, each had to perform a song of their choice and rehearse it for a few weeks before performing live on stage in front of three judges and an audience, daunting for some but each act performed brilliantly in their own right. The acts that performed on the night were as follows,  

Joanne Cullen / Sylvia Murphy / Sabrina Dooley / Sinead Behan / Olivia English    

Johnnie Mannion / Mattie Nolan / Willie Lambe /Mick Behan    

David English / Jason Lambe and Kevin Casey

The judges were Mr Jimmy Burn AKA( simon cowell)/ Lorraine Mcmahon ( Danni Minogue)/ Angela o Reilly ( Sherryl Cole).

The acts they in personated were ,,   Jonathon Mannion  who gave a fantastic version of “Jailhouse rock” by Elvis Presley ,  Mick Behan gave a brilliant version of “ Mack the knife”,   Sylvia Murphy gave  the eye popping performance of a number by  Amy winehouse, she looked  very like her on the night also,  next  up to perform and here the judge’s  comments were two  very talented  young boys,, Kevin  Casey and Jason Lambe,, they didn’t use the karaoke prop  but instead opted to plug in live with their acoustic guitars for a brilliant rendition of “canon ball” by Damien Rice, a well deserved deafening applause was heard when they came back down to earth after.

Then veteran  Mr. Willie Lambe who is no stranger  to singing his heart out in the same venue gave a brilliant performance  while trying to dodge some ladies under garments that were been thrown at him Tom Jones style,, he survived this stressful situation  much to the delight of the ladies throwing the garments at him.
Ms Joanne Cullen gave her very impressive impression of Dolly Parton,   she really looked the part of the country icon on the night, also receiving an ear bursting applause and cheer from her young male followers in the front rows.
Then the “man in black “ himself got on stage to tell us about  the “Folsom prison blues”  in the form of  the ever so cool David English,  yes! For one night we thought the    one and only Johnny Cash had returned from the grave had we not known better.
Sabrina Dooley then decided her   sexy boots were made for walking on a performance that had our Simon Cowell on the night calling for extra ice cubes to cool down with his beverage, Sabrina pulled out all the stops convincing  the crowd  that Nancy Sinatra had grace the stage.
The Un-nerved Mattie Nolan was on duty  to give his version of “the green grass of home” by tom Jones,,  Mattie , no stranger to the mic either  gave a great performance ,, much to the delight of the ladies again,, Mattie seemed to even had  replicated the  Tom Jones style  ridiculously hairy chest,,  the wonder of miracle grow !.
And last but certainly not least came the act people were talking about all night,, and they certainly didn’t disappoint, the return of super Group ABBA nearly took the roof off the building and our Simon cowell off his chair,, totally deserving winners of the show with their version of “MAMA MIA”, the group comprising of Mick and Sinead Behan,, and David and Olivia English. The judges had a difficult time trying to find the winner of Grange X Factor 2009, but they did in the end.
A thoroughly enjoyable night was had by all, and already people are asking and awaiting for the next Grange X Factor, and hopefully sooner than later, watch this space!!

DVD of the night will be on sale soon,   contact MR John Kissane for further details.
Proceeds will go towards developing the Club..

See photos from the night: Album 1 and Album 2

Report and photos by DMannion

The club Christmas Draw took place on 15th December.  The winners of the various prizes including wine, spirits, boxes of biscuits were; Mary Cullen, Ann Davis, Margaret Tighe, Nancy Geraghty, Seamie Davis, Noreen Hickey, Christy Farrell, Kitty Kelly, Lauren Kirwan, Paddy Conway, Keeva Ryan, Lisa Holden, Aine Agar, Dale Enright, Aidan Hickey (Crophill), Jimmy Dooley, Mary Connolly, Regina O\'Shea and Johnny Miller.

The Committee would like to thank all our promoters and lotto members for their support throughout the year.  We wish you all a happy, peaceful Christmas and a prosperous New Year.