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A very big thank you to all our generous supporters and friends, who helped make our cake sale and raffle a great success on Sunday last September 10, a special thank you to those who made donations, sold raffel tickets, baked such beautiful tarts, and cakes etc.

Congratulations to the following lucky supporters who were pulled from the hat for one of the great prizes ; Kevin McDermott, Karen Carty, Pat Carty, Essie Hamilton, Ann Healy, Marie Eager, Stephen Kelly Kathleen Daly, Claire Gammell and Betty Clarke. Thanks again for all your support.

GAA CLUB NOTES

The seniors were scheduled to take on Bray Emmets in the Keating Cup last night Tuesday the 19th.

The under-12 girls finished off their season last Sunday when they were narrowly defeated in the A shield final by a good St Pat’s team, the girls battled on bravely and left everything on the pitch but a couple of goals just after halftime meant we were always playing catch-up. In the end we just ran out of time but nevertheless this team still had a great year having already won the div two league. Well done on a great season to the girls and management of Owen, Ned, Loretto and Lorna. Well done also to Tia McDonald, Anatasia Razniak, Katelyn O’Toole, Hannah Martin, Katie Smith and Alicia Farrell, who all represented the club and played their part in a Leinster blitz last Saturday.

The under-16 girls are still awaiting a date for their A shield final while the under-14 girls are also waiting for a date for their league play-off final. The under-11 final for last Saturday didn’t take place and hopefully will be re-fixed for this weekend.

The under-13s started their championship group with a hard earned win over St Hugh’s in Newtown. Newtown led by 3-5 to 1-2 at half time after playing with a strong breeze and knew they would have a battle to hold this lead against the wind in the second half against a good St Hugh’s side. A crucial Newtown goal just after the lead was cut to a point with 10 minutes to go along with some spirited defending in the last few minutes enabled us to hold out for the win on a score of 4-6 to 3-6. We are awaiting their next championship fixture, and training is on Mondays at 6.30. We have a bus organised for the ladies all-Ireland final next Sunday, for more info give Shay a ring at 087 2699620.

There is a good stock of club gear now available to buy for any enquiries regarding club gear please contact Amy at 086 3332195.

Well done to Jim O’Riordan, Johnny Murphy and Barry McGuirl who won the all-Ireland football tickets. 9 people matched three numbers in the lotto last week but no one won the jackpot of €6200; numbers drawn were 2, 3, 8 and 25. Keep up to date on all that’s happening by following us on Facebook or Twitter at Newtown GAA.

NEWTOWN JUNIORS FC

Plenty of football for everyone last weekend. The under-8s played Glencormac Utd again last weekend and yet again the games were full of action and a goal or two was scored. Among the players who starred for the 8’s were Kayla Hamilton, David McCormack, Calem O’Brien and Bobby Spillane. Our under-9s hosted Wolfe Tone in an equally contested series of games where among those who starred were Oisin Duffy, Alex Ryan, Jack Barlow and Lucas Dowdall.

The under-10s also played Wolfe Tone at home and came away with an excellent victory that was full of goals from both sides. William Valentine and Max Roche both scored hat tricks, Pat Carey scored two, and there were singles from Luke Turley, Frank Lang and Ryan Collins. On the day Nichita Neaga and David Mackey were among the players who starred.

The under-11s played out a cracking 4-all draw at home to Arklow Town White in a game where they started slowly and went 2-0 down, fought back to go in front 4-2 thanks to goals from Matthew Doyle (2), Cormac Chance and Dylan Dunleavy but Arklow scored two late goals to take a share of the spoils. On the day Evan Fahey, Scott McKenna and Jack Daly starred for the team.

The 12’s were idle but the under-14s hosted a very strong Rathnew team and went down to defeat. In this game they had a poor start and finish but enjoyed a decent middle part of the game where Bobby Dowling and Charlie Sullivan were on the scoresheet for Newtown. On the day a lot of players didn’t perform anywhere near their capabilities.

The following are the fixtures for the weekending Sat/Sunday, September 23/24: under-8s at home to St Anthony’s Green KO Saturday to be confirmed; under-9s away to Greystones B KO to be confirmed; under-10s away to Wicklow Rovers Blue KO to be confirmed; under-11s away to Ashford Rovers Yellow KO to be confirmed; under-12s at home to Arklow United KO Saturday to be confirmed; under-14s at home to Arklow Town A KO Sunday at 10.30 a.m.; under-16s – Fixture to be confirmed (Fixtures and KO Times are subject to change)

One of our ever-popular fundraisers the ‘Last Man Standing’ competition will start back on the weekend of Saturday the 14th – Monday, October 16. The cost to play is €10 per player and the club pays out 50% of all money we take in. All money collected go to the continued development of the youngsters in the club. Please support.

The WDSL in conjunction with all the clubs in the league are running a fundraiser ‘The Kube’ on Saturday, November 18, in the Parkview Hotel in Newtown. It is hoped every club will enter at least one participant to take on the Kube. The entry fee is €300 per participant which each club must pay themselves or get sponsored. Sponsored cards are available at present through any committee member. As yet the club haven’t decided who will take on the Kube on behalf of the club but we have a couple of interested parties. Anything over €300 raised on the sponsor cards goes to the club and our participant/s stands to win up to €1,500 for the club depending on how she or he does. Further information in the coming weeks.

As mentioned above all our teams are back in training. Parents if unsure of training times should contact their child’s respective coach and if unavailable should notify the coach, preferably before training/matches. Failure to train or notify your coach may result in not been able to play matches when they take place and may result in losing your place to another player.

Training times for the coming week are as follows: Development Squad (players born in 2011-2013) on Saturdays 10.11 a.m.; under-8s (players born in 2010) – Tuesday, September 19, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.; under-9s (players born in 2009) – Wednesday, September 20 (to be confirmed); under-10s (players born in 2008) – Thursday, September 21, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.; under-11s (players born in 2007) – Wednesday, September 20, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.; under-12s (players born in 2006) – Tuesdays at 7 p.m. And Thursdays at 7 p.m.; under-14s (players born in 2004/2005) – Saturdays at 11.30 a.m. (Training times may change, so if unsure contact respective team coach)

We have three players from the club celebrating their birthdays around this time and they are Leon White Emichamenor fro the Development Squad, Daniel Eager from the under-10s and Brooklyn Doyle from the under-11s. Happy birthday lads from everyone at Newtown Juniors FC.

For further information on all matters Newtown Juniors FC please contact the secretary at 087 6987653 or by email tohughienolan@gmail.com and you can also follow the club on our Facebook and Twitter.