The Club’s 2017 AGM was held on Monday night past, 27 November, at Gortacladdy and the well-attended meeting heard a series of reports on another very positive year for the Club. The Wolfe Tones’ activity levels, particularly at underage, and finances remain in very good order and plans for the new Ionad Pobail Chill Dreasa development at Gortacladdy have been well-progressed during the year with Planning Permission now obtained.
The Kildress Gaels elected to manage the Club’s business for 2018 were:
• President: Matt Tracey, Vice-Presidents: Mickey Loughran, Sean McCullagh, John-Joe Quinn, John Nugent, Fr Hughes, Fr O’Donnell
• Chair: Sean McCrory, Vice-Chair: Dominic McGurk
• Secretary: Marie Quinn, Assistant-Secretary: Caroline Mullin-Beggs, Ladies Secretary: Donna Hagan
• Treasurer: Paddy Devlin, Assistant-Treasurer: Don McKernan
• Youth and Coaching Committee: Joan McCrory (Youth Officer), Philip McKenna, Don McKernan and Donna Hagan, PRO: Mark Conway, Development Officer: Frankie Corey, Registrars: Eileen Leadon and Eoin Brannigan, Referees Officer: Kieran Kelly, Cultural Officer: Janette McCrory, School/Club Liaison Officers: Eileen Leadon and Imelda Muldoon, Healthy Club Officer: Hannah McGarrity, County Delegate: Dominic McGurk, Child Protection Officer: Michael McCallion, Committee: Martin Keenan, Martin Grimes, Matt Tracey, Seamus Loughran and Jason Lagan.
The first meeting of the new Committee will take place on Monday 8 January 2018 at 8.00pm at Gortacladdy.
Finally, a thank you to our own Arlene Corrigan who opened our meeting with her stunning version of ‘O Holy Night’.