Ballyduff
COMMUNITY ALERT
The Community Alert are holding their first card drive of the winter in Clonee GAA Complex on Friday, November 18, at 8 p.m. Cost is €5 per person which includes tea and raffle. All are welcome to what is always an entertaining night.
CLONEE LADIES FOOTBALL
Thank you to Sports Active Wexford for their support as the club has been awarded €100 under the Physical Activity Promotion Scheme 2016. Thank you to all who supported our Strictly Club Dancing recently, and a huge well done to all our dancers.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Happy significant birthday to Jigger Browne who celebrated with family and friends at his home over the weekend.
DEVELOPMENT GROUP
Work continues each week; if you can help in any way or have any ideas on how to add interest to our area please come along any evening that the group is gathering. We’re always delighted to see new faces. Thanks to everyone who supports Ballyduff Looking Beautiful.
LADIES CLUB
The Ladies Club will meet again on Wednesday, November 9, in Ballyduff NS from 8 p.m. Be sure to come along to find out this month’s speaker and enjoy a cuppa and a chat with ladies from our area. The group meet on the second Wednesday of every month. New members are always welcome.
LOCAL NOTES
All Star team for 2016.
Monageer-Boolavogue’s GAA supper dance will be held the Riverside Park Hotel on Friday, November 18. Music will be by ‘Freeway’ and medals will be presented to the Intermediate ‘A’ hurling winners of 2015, the Junior ‘A’ hurlers of 2016 and the Junior ‘B’ district winners of 2015 and 2016. Hopefully there will be other presentations as well. Tickets costing €25 can be had from all committee members or reserved by phoning the new GAA club phone at 083 8672073.
FORÓIGE NEWS
The Ministers of the Word on duty next weekend in St Cormac’s are Caroline Farrington at the Vigil Mass on Saturday night and Gaye Gahan at the 11 a.m. Mass in Sunday, November 13. On Saturday evening, November 12, Geraldine Doyle is the Eucharistic minister on duty while Catherine Gahan will help distribute Holy Communion on Sunday morning.
SOCCER NEWS
team. Joe Ivory was ‘player-ofthe-match’ with Matt Gahan, Fionn Walsh and Tristan Whelan starring in defence.
On Sunday, November 6, the Men’s ‘A’ team were away to Taghmon and won by 2-1. Paul ‘Roddy’ Doyle brought them level after they had gone a goal down and a Michael Rossiter special gave them the lead and the vital league points. The men’s ‘B’ team were also away, taking on Duncannon and losing by 2-6. Understrenght from the start, they were under pressure throughout but Dean Fortune still managed to score twice.
GAA LOTTO DRAW