Now might be a good time to purchase a ticket in the Development Draw even if you have purchased some already. To be  in with a chance of winning the fabulous KIA EV2 AIR visit mullingarshamrocksgaa.com and click on Development Draw on the home page. Choose 1 ticket for €20, 3 tickets for €50 or 7 for €100. 

Or via Clubzap at

Once again we have to commend the extraordinary dedication of a small number of  volunteers who sacrificed their time to staff our two selling points in Tyrrellspass and Tullamore on Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday to give those attending the National Ploughing Championships an opportunity to purchase tickets in our Development Draw.  

For some this involved taking position at the selling point at 6.30am, selling for two or three hours and then checking in to their place of employment. Incredible dedication to the cause. 

So a special word of thanks to Pearse, Maeve and Amy  Corroon, Ollie Keating, Margaret Donohoe, Trevor Keena, David Nohilly, Murty Hanly, Joan Ormsby, Padraic Murtagh, Roisin Masterson, Lisa Corcoran, Garrett Doyle, Tom Hunt and the organiser in chief Debbie Noonan. 

Thanks to those who purchased tickets over the three days and to the executive of Tullamore Town FC for giving us permission to pitch our tent on their premises and to Jamie, the proprietor of Daybreak Inver Tyrrellspass  for providing a similar facility on the Forecourt. 

Thanks also to Ollie Sleator of Sleator Kia for arranging to display a KIA on the Daybreak forecourt.  

With 109 days to the draw just 5,000 tickets remain to be sold to make the venture worthwhile and to raise sufficient funds to have a meaningful impact on the development project.