Best of luck to our own Robbie Dowling, who has been chosen at left-half back on the Laois minor football team to play Wicklow this Saturday night in Aughrim.

Robbie is only in his first year at minor level, so making the team is a fantastic achievement for him. He has plenty of experience in the half-back line though, having played centre-back on our U-16 team which won the 'B' championship last year, and he was also left-half back on the Portlaoise CBS team which made it to the Leinster final this earlier this year.

Well done Robbie, and best of luck to him and the Laois team on Saturday night.

The Laois team in full is as follows: 1. Adam O'Reilly (Mountmellick); 2 Mark Cahill (Ballyroan Abbey), 3 Conor Dunne (Portlaoise), 4 Rory C Fennell (Rosenallis); 5 Conor Hogan (Courtwood), 6 Martin Scully (Ballyroan Abbey), 7 Robert Dowling (The Heath) ; 8 Ciaran McEvoy (Portlaoise), 9 James Nerney (Portlaoise); 10 James Moore (Ballyfin), 11 Mark Lyons (Killeshin-Crettyard), 12 Evan O'Carroll (Killeshin-Crettyard); 13 Eoin Lowry (Killeshin-Crettyard), 14 Paul Kingston (St Joseph's-Barrowhouse), 15 Niall Mullins (Mountmellick)

This weekend sees our three adult teams in action, with full fixture details below:

FRIDAY

ACFL Division 2

Portlaoise: Portlaoise v The Heath @ 6.45pm

U-14 Division 2

Spink Gaels v The Heath @ 7pm

SUNDAY

ACFL Division 1

Portlaoise: Portlaoise v The Heath @ 6pm

The first training session of the year will take place on Sunday morning at 11.30am. All eligible players are asked to attend.

TUESDAY

U-16 Practice Match

The Heath: The Heath v St Paul's-The Rock @ tbc

All support for our senior teams is greatly appreciated!

The draws for the 2012 championships took place before Monday night's meeting of the Laois County Board.

The draw for adult teams in the club is as follows:

Senior Football

The Heath v Arles-Killeen

(game to be played on August 10)

Junior A

We are in Group C: The Heath, Stradbally, St Joseph's

(First group game is on July 29)

Junior C

We have a bye to quarter-finals where we play Graiguecullen

(Game to be played on August 1)

U-21 A

The Heath Gaels v O'Dempsey's

(Game to be played on September 28)

If we win, we will play St Joseph's-Barrowhouse in the quarter-final

Minor B

The Heath Gaels v O'Dempsey's

(No date for this game yet)

Best of luck to all of our teams in championship action this year.