Boolavogue
PARISH MISSION
The Parish Mission started on Saturday night last, November 4 at the 8 p.m. Mass. Fr Derek Meskell, of the Redemptorist Missionaries spoke at the weekend Masses on the theme of celebrating the roots of our faith. At the 7.30 a.m. and the 8 p.m. Masses on Monday his theme was ‘The healing power of Christ’. Today, Tuesday the seventh, the theme will be ‘Celebrating the call to serve’. The Mission will continue each morning at 7.30 a.m. and each evening at 8 p.m. and will conclude on Friday the 10th.
SOCCER NEWS
Building on their recent 4-3 win over Crossabeg which put them on top of the table, the Men’s ‘A’ team consolidated their postion with and emphatic 6-0 win over Killenagh Wanders on Sunday, October 29. Mark Brady, Seán Roche, Jamie Dempsey-Doyle, Brendan ‘Frikki’ Burke all scored a goal apiece while man-of-thematch, James Sweeney netted twice.
Away to Stoney Rovers, the ladies’ team lost by 0-2. Aoife Walsh was outstanding from start to finish for the Cormac’s.
In a thriller, the Men’s ‘B’ team came from behind twice to force a 2-2 draw with New Ross Town. Pádraig Moran brought them back into contention with a great goal but a stylish inswinger from Niall Finn gave our lads a last minute share of the points to leave them unbeaten in the league so far this year.
The previous day, Saturday the 28th. the under-12s were away to Bunclody and suffered their first defeat of the season.
ANTI-BULLYING COURSE
St Cormac’s parents’ association are organising an anti-bullying training course for parents in association with Boolavogue National school. It will take place this Thursday, November 9, at 7.30 p.m. in the hall in Boolavogue. The course will cover how to support your child in dealing with issues of bullying and also inform parents of the anti-bullying procedures in place in Primary schools.
SCHOOL SPLIT-THE-POT
Well done to Ollie and Mary Gahan, who scooped the splitthe-pot prize from Boolavogue NS and collected a cool €517.50.
GAA GYM
With the dark nights upon us, you might appreciate indoor rather than outdoor training, so why not join the Monageer-Boolavogue GAA gym? It is open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. from Monday to Sunday. It costs €120 for an individual to join, €200 for a couple, €60 for a student or €250 for a family. For further details, please contact 087 6825859.
GAA NEWS
Hard luck to our intermediate hurlers who suffered the heartbreak of losing the county final replay by a single point, 3-17 to 3-18 to Crossabeg-Ballymurn. The game was so close that it went to extra time and even then it looked as if a second replay would be needed to separate the teams. Our lads fought back from being 11 points down mid-way throught the second half to draw at the final whistle. They went five points ahead in extra time but a late flurry from Crossabeg, including a goal with only 30 seconds remaining, gave them the one point win.
MINISTERS OF THE WORD AND EUCHARIST.
On Saturday, November 11, Catherine Doran is the reader at the Vigil Mass while Mary Gilbride will be reading at the 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday morning. Geraldine Doyle is the Minister for the Eucharist at the Vigil Mass on Saturday with Catherine Gahan on duty at the 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday morning.
LOTTO DRAW
There was no winner in the last Monageer-Boolavogue GAA lotto draw when the numbers 10, 18, 21 and 30 were drawn. The next draw will take place on the club complex in Monageer at 9.30 on Tuesday next, November 14, at 9.30 p.m. The jackpot has been increased to €3,300 for this draw and tickets costing €2 can be had from all club members and local retail businesses. Although he didn’t have all four numbers in the last draw, John Joe Carroll had three of them and scooped the €160 match-three prize.