Mullingar Shamrocks and especially Pat Collins and Sean Hynes, chairman and secretary of our under-age committee would like to thank all our under-age coaching volunteers for their wonderful dedication shown to the different age groups in progressing their football skills; hopefully all will be on board again in 2017. There is little doubt that all the young footballers had a ball since the action began in Springfield last March. In the coming weeks we will be having a meeting to review the year and plan for the future.

Theere was great fun in Springfield on Saturday morning at the final under-age coaching session for 2016. After the football it was into the Clubhouse for the drinks and crisps and buns and tea and coffee for young and old. Three generations of a number of Shamrock families were to be seen with grandads and grannies observing with pride the achievements of the latest generation of the family to tog out in the green and white.