Coolgreany

SANTA DASH

The annual Santa Dash will be held in Coolgreany village on Saturday, December 31. This promises to be a fun event for the whole family. There is an option of a five mile run (8k) or a 5k fun run/walk. There are fantastic prizes on offer and lots of spot prizes. Registration: in the Coolgreany Inn from 11 a.m.

The 5k starts at 11.45 a.m. with the 8k starting at midday. The entry is €15 for the 8k and €10 entry for the 5k. Each participant will receive a Santa Dash technical T-shirt. Family rates also available.

There will be refreshments and prize giving in the Coolgreany Inn after the race. For further information check out the Croghan AC Facebook page.

LOCAL NOTES

May I offer a very sincere thanks to all of the local community who have helped and supplied me with notes over the past year, and hopefully that same cooperation will be there in 2017

COMMUNITY ALERT

The group is appealing to all members of our community to be on the lookout for all our neighbours in this changing time of cold weather, and we ask you to call on and help those who may need a small bit of support over the coming weeks up to Christmas. It is always very important to be on the lookout for your neighbour and give a helping hand where possible in their time of need.

HANDBALL

Handball lotto this week is €8,400, tickets are available locally at €2 in Shorts, Coolgreany Post Office, O’Rafferty’s and Liam Clare. Select any four correct numbers to win or share the big money, or select three correct numbers to win or share €500. Your support would be very much appreciated. Next Draw will take place on Monday, January 3. Coolgreany Handball would like to apologise for having no lottery tickets this past week. The tickets were sent by courier from Carlow and failed to arrive. We are unaware if the jackpot was won. Hopefully ticket sales will resume next week.

We would like to wish everyone a happy and healthy new year.