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ROSSLARE STRAND

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ROSSLARE COMMUNITY AND SPORTS CENTRE

In line with HSE guidelines, the community centre is open to facilitate outdoor activities for small groups who reside within a 20km radius.

Tennis courts and bowling greens are available for hire, and the crazy golf facility is now up and running; all activities are operating with strict limits to the number of players. If sport is not for you, our Access for All Garden offers the opportunit­y for an afternoon stroll and might be just the place to meet for a safe distance coffee and chat with a friend.

All donations towards the upkeep of the grounds are very welcome; donation point is located in the garden. You can now indulge in a visit to our very popular charity shop, set in the garden, for a browse through the fashion rails.

The playground has now opened its gates and we are happy to welcome children and families to enjoy the facilities. Admission is free; voluntary donations are most welcome and can be left in the donation box onsite. Please note that the playground is not supervised, and responsibi­lity for health and safety lies with parents and guardians. The equipment is sanitised regularly, but parents are advised to bring hand sanitiser for the children’s use.

All of our facilities will operate with strict adherence to the current social distancing and hygiene regulation­s and we ask that all participan­ts read the activity guidelines in advance; these can be found on our website rosslareho­lidayresor­t.ie and are prominentl­y displayed at the centre, and at the entrances to each facility. All activities must be prebooked by calling the community centre at 053 9132202.

In light of our reduced activities, we are now offering annual membership­s at hugely reduced prices; our very popular family membership can now be purchased for a very reasonable €60; membership offers the whole family unlimited use of the tennis courts, crazy golf, bowling, running track and playground (subject to availabili­ty). Tennis and Bowling membership­s are also available at significan­tly reduced rates; call us on 9132202 for more informatio­n.

As we move through the Government roadmap phases, we hope to extend the range of facilities on offer with a gradual return to full operation in time. In the meantime, we thank you all for your patience and tolerance as we all become accustomed to these necessary modificati­ons 053 9132202 rosslareho­lidayresor­t.ie As you know, RCDA is a registered charity and any support/donations are greatly appreciate­d.

ST MARY’S GAA

We are very hopefully our grounds will open up on June 29 as per GAA and Government advice. We are all looking forward and are very busy trying to get our grounds ready.

We will be sending out informatio­n on the new rules required for people coming onto our grounds which can be found on the GAA website. If everybody could go to learning.gaa.ie/covid19 to find out all the informatio­n they need and to go onto the online course which needs to be done by all parents/guardians/ players etc. At the end of it you need to print the cert to give to our Covid supervisor on the first night of training. Everybody will have to fill out a health a form to be given to our Covid supervisor­s on the first night.

As with all aspect of Life the GAA needs to adapt to live with the virus. We will try to keep all informed as things are changing day to day.

Our lotto will start again on Tuesday, June 30. Hopefully you will have received a letter in your post about our future plans for the club. With this letter is a standing order form to buy a lotto ticket for the year. With the Virus it is very hard to sell tickets and we are hoping as many people as possible would sign up for the lotto. So far your response has being god and we appreciate your support. This helps us run our club and our hope to put in a walking track this year for all the community to use.

We have a network of volunteer members in our GAA and camogie club who are ready and willing to provide assistance during the cCovid-19 virus restrictio­ns. This is in conjunctio­n with the Wexford County Council Wexford Response Community support contact number 053 9196000.

We ask all our members to please support our country in trying to defeat this virus by following all government requests. Together we will succeed. Please keep safe.

HISTORY OF ST MARYS GAA CLUB: A book recording the history of St Mary’s Club Rosslare, is being currently compiled. We are grateful to those of you who have contacted us to-date with your contributi­ons. So far we have over 30 contributo­rs, but wed still very much like to hear from anyone who may have informatio­n, stories or pictures relevant to the life of the club from 1886 to modern times. Feel free to contact either Gerry Byrne at 087 9709887 or Larry Byrne at 086 2537539 any time.

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