Boolavogue
PILGRIMAGE
The Adoration Apostolate is organising a pilgrimage to Knock on Saturday the 28th. And Sunday, April 29. The cost is €95 and this includes the bus fare, dinner on Saturday evening and B&B. To book a place or for further details, please contact Monica at 087 6419960.
TIDY VILLAGE GROUP
Boolavogue’s Tidy Village Group are holding their annual sponsored walk on Sunday, April 29. This year they are taking a new route, departing from the church at 2 p.m. and heading out to Clone Cross. There they will turn right, across Dranagh bridge and turn right onto Dranagh Lane. At Sullivan’s hill, they will again turn right, down towards Ballyorley Cross where they will once more turn right and head back towards the old post office. The group, which does tremendous work tidying and beautifying the area, would appreciate as much support as possible. Sponsorship cards are available from Lawless’s shop or directly from Paddy O’Dowd. If you can’t take part yourself but would like to make a donation, please leave it in the shop for collection.
MINISTERS OF THE WORD
The Minister of the Word reading at the Vigil Mass on Saturday, April 21, is Rosaleen Gahan with Cormac O’Loughlin helping distribute Holy Communion. Marie Barne is reading at the 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday morning and Philip Kehoe is Minister of the Eucharist.
UNDERAGE GAA NEWS
The under-13 team would like to say a very big thank you to Daire Turner and Associates, Chartered Accountants, who sponsored their stylish new jerseys.
Well done to the under-17 footballers who started the year well, beating a tough Craanford side by 4-8 to 3-6 on Monday, April 9.
Cúl Camps – Booking is already open for this summer’s Cúl Camps, once again sponsored by Kellogg’s. To book a place you can go to the website kellogsculcamps.gaa.ie/booking/
GAA training – Hurling, football and camogie training have restarted for the underage teams. The under-six and under-seven boys and girls are training on Mondays from 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. The under-nine boys also train on Mondays from 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. Sunday sees the under-10 girls train, starting at 11 a.m. and the under-10 girls’ footballers train on Thursdays from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. New members are always welcome to come along and join.
SOCCER
The Youths’ team were due to play New Ross Town on Wednesday, April 11, but received a walkover. This leaves them one victory away from a league title and if they can keep focus, could crown a very successful season for Phil Christophi’s charges.
The previous Sunday, the ladies were at home, taking on Stoney Rovers, the league lead- ers and deservedly winning by 2-0. Lorraine Fortune scored both goals, one from a penalty. At the other end of the pitch, Kelly McLaughlin starred, saving a penalty and keeping the visitors scoreless. This was a great result and means that our ladies’ team could gain promotion this year.
Despite a great goal from Liam Walsh, the men’s ‘B’ team were beaten at home by Rosslare Port.
The ‘A’ team were out against Killenagh and thanks to goals from James Sweeney, Brendan Burke and Cormac Finn, lead 3-0 at the break. They eased off the throttle a little in the second half and while not scoring themselves, they never conceeded any goals and collected the maximum points thanks to the three first half goals.