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ST PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
The village will once again hold the annual St Patrick’s Day parade on Saturday, March 17. We are inviting all clubs societies businesses to get involved. The parade assembly at Gregory’s Garage and makes it way through the village and returning from post office to reviewing stand opposite Druids Well. For more information call into Anne Duffy at the flower shop. More details later.
NEWTOWN 2050
Newtown2050 as part of Team Newtown with Newtown and District Forum recently submitted their response to the LADP Many thanks to all those who made suggestions and expressed interest. If you are interested in the future of your village get involved with Newtown2050@gmail.com, Ndewtown and district forum ntmkforum@outlook.ie or Tidy Towns newtowntidytown@gmail. com.
STRICTLY NEWTOWN
We are off and running, or should I say jiving. Please help us in making Strictly Newtown a great success. Support our dancers and help them make Greenway connections to serve our village promoting safe travel for kids and adults, health, wildlife and the future of our viillage.
We need anyone with PRO experience to help promote Strictly. We also need anyone who has experience fo dealing with local authority/LEader funding applications, strong admistrative etc to form a team for the village to start applying for funding for various projects including the Greenway.
Please contact newtown2050@gmail.com if you have think you can help your village with these. All work is voluntry but very rewarding. Its your village, please get involved.
NEWTOWN JUNIORS FC
Five of our teams saw action last weekend and a couple of teams even played in bright sunshine despite the low temperatures. Our under-14s game away to Arklow Celtic was postponed as the Celtic hadn’t dried out on time.
The under-8s travelled to carnew and enjoyed the best of a series of games. Among the players who played well and also scored into the bargain were David McCormack, Nathan Donohoe, Aaron Nolan, Colin Healy, Erik Lis, Kayla Hamilton, Alex Mackey and Bobby Spillane.
It was a similar outcome for the 9’s as they travelled to play Arklow United Stripes. Among their scorers were L8on Byrne, Ryan McDonald, Oisin Duffy, JV Kelly, John Turley, Nathan Donohoe and Aaron Nolan.
The under-10s travelled to Greystones and came home after a titanic battle with a deserved 4-0 win. Max Roche helped himself to a hat trick in the second half while Nikita Neaga scored the other goal. Aaron Roy was Newtown’s best player on the day.
The under-11s also had a good win in Greystones on a 4-1 scoreline. Two goals each from Jake Robertson and Cathal O’Toole gave the team the result and all this after going a goal behind. On the day best for Newtown were Scott McKenna and debutant Dayle Carthy.
It was no joy for our 12’s in Rathnew despite another battling performance in a 2-0 loss. Hannah Martin and Jack Coughlan were the pick of the Newtown players.
The following are the fixtures for Saturday/Sunday, March 3/4: under-8s at home to Shillelagh ko Saturday at midday; under-9s at home to Arklow Town Black ko Saturday at 11 a.m.; under-10s away to Wicklow Town ko to be confirmed; under-11s at home to Greystones C ko Saturday at 1 p.m.; under-12s at home to Sporting Greystones ko Sunday at 11 a.m. under-14s at home to Glencormac Utd ko Saturday at 11 a.m. (Fixtures and ko times are subject to change)
Only one player from the club is celebrating a birthday in the coming week and he is Leon O’Connor from the under-9s. Happy birthday Leon from everyone in Newtown Juniors FC Well done to our under-9 Red team who have made it to the finals of the WDSL Futsal which will be held in Arklow on Sunday, March 18. Well done everyone involved.
All our teams are back in training. There are also a couple of slots on all our teams at the moment so if there are any girl’s or boys who would like to join the club please contact our secretary Hughie at 087 6987653 and he will provide you with all the information you will need.
Also in a new venture by the WDSL they have started a Girls Academy for all girl’s playing in the league that will also cater for girls who may not be a member of a club or a team.
Training takes place for all age groups under-10, under-12 and under-14 at East Glendalough School from 4.30 p.m. till 6 p.m. every Sunday evening. For further information please contact our secretary Hughie at 087 6987653/hughienolan@gmail. com.
We had 44 players still standing going into week four but after the failure of Leicester City, Bournemouth and West Brom to win their games we have lost a further 10 Players. Week five Fixtures will be for the weekend of Saturday the third Monday, March 5. Many thanks everyone for your continued support.
The WDSL Fundraiser ‘ The Kube’ will take place in the Parkview Hotel on Saturday, April 7. We have two participants namely John Dunleavy and Stephen Nolan, who will both be raising funds for our club through this event. If you can sponsor either John or Stephen for any amount no matter how small please contact any committee member for further information.
On a sadder note the club wish to extend their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Bill O’Toole from Rathdrum, who sadly passed away last week. His grandson L8on plays on our under-9s team. May he rest in peace.
For further information on all matters Newtown Juniors FC please contact the secretary at 087 6987653 or by email to hughienolan@gmail.com and you can also follow the club on our Facebook and Twitter pages.