Con winner of €3,200 jackpot
There was only one person laughing, kicking and screaming after the lotto results of last Tuesday night were drawn and circulated. The draw was on Tuesday night, the second lotto draw of 2024 which took place in the Community Centre. The numbers drawn were 7, 12 and 32. The jackpot on the night was at €3,200. The winner was Con O’Keeffe, of Minos, who has been a long-standing patron of John Magner, Carrigacunna, the seller.
The next jackpot on Tuesday night, 16th January, will start all over again at €1,000. The winners of the lucky dips last Tuesday night were as follows: €50 Sophia Murphy, seller John Angland; €30 Pat O’Donovan, seller Michael Linehan; €20 Eoin Sheahan, seller John Magner.
Purchase your ticket from any committee member or from our website - Killavullengaa.com. Thank you for your anticipated and ongoing support.
AGE IS NO CHALLENGE TO UTILISING OUR GYM
Killavullen GAA provides facilities to enable Gaelic games for both boys and girls, men and women to be played in Killavullen. We have a growing population that utilise our pitch, AstroTurf and now gym. We also lend our facilities to both national schools of the parish, Killavullen and Ballygown and to any community group within the parish or the greater north Cork area that wish to utilise our amenities.
With Killavullen being a small village, facilities for sports and recreation are limited, but we earnestly try to unite our parish around our facilities. We also, in cooperation with Cork County Council, already provide a trailhead destination for the nearby walks in the Nagle Mountains and Nano Nagle Centre.
Killavullen GAA have created a community gym in their facility within their existing building structure, that can be activated by persons who wish to utilise. The cost of entry is kept deliberately low, so that all persons can join. We have an over 60s groups, who utilise the gym under instruction on a Monday morning at 10am. New participants are always welcome. A fully qualified strength and conditioning coach, in John Morrissey, is on hand to instruct users in age appropriate exercise at this time juncture and at other times, in a private arrangement.
Heretofore, it would be hard to get those older people to engage with our club. It is access controlled, to allow independent entry. Players, both male and female, are also able to use the gym, but so many more people in our community as well. This is all part of our long-term plan in Killavullen GAA to be more inclusive, reaching out beyond our playing cohort, to have Killavullen GAA facilities become a focal point in our community.
A community gym, such as what we provide, is an asset to an entire community. An accusation could be levelled at any GAA club that they only look after GAA players, but there are any number of individuals in a community, that do not play GAA. We want to reach out to them. We want them to stay in our community, rather than travel into Mallow, saving on the carbon footprint, to use a gym. We want our facilities to be utilised and we are getting traction in that regard. We want the age group that are no longer playing GAA engaged in recreational activities.
A community gym is one such solution. By allowing persons to access the gym at their own validation, the gym can be used more, but the persons utilising it are becoming more invested in their community and by default, our GAA club. The community is healthier as a result.
Contact any club officer if you want a tour of the facility, to ascertain if this is something that you may be interested in.
GET READY FOR EVERY STEP COUNTS 2024
What better way to embrace a healthier lifestyle this January than with a club activity. Our Irish Life - Every Steps Counts challenge is back in 2024 and we're asking you and all associated with Killavullen GAA Club and community to step it out to improve your overall health and wellbeing during Ireland Lights Up.
The Every Steps Counts challenge 2024 is now available to join on the MyLife app.
For Killavullen GAA Club, we need to track a combined 4,000km over 5 weeks, so the more club and community personnel Killavullen have signed up for the challenge, the faster you will achieve the target. It all wraps up on 12th February.
In week 1, a good start was made, but with the lovely dry weather forecast for the next couple of days, we can push on and do more.
REBELS’ BOUNTY TICKETS NOW ON SALE
The launch of the Rebels’ Bounty draw for 2024 has now occurred and a Rebel Bounty ticket might make a good early new year’s present, for someone in your life.
The first draw for 2024 will take place on Thursday, March 28th in Páirc Uí Chaoimh at 7pm. Draws for January, February and March will take place on this date. Ticket sales will close at 1pm on the day of the draw. Join the Rebels’ Bounty draw before then and we will give membership of the community gym, for free. The only caveat and it is a necessary one in terms of insurances, but you must become a member of the GAA club to utilise the gym.
Thank you for your continued support.
MEMBERSHIP 2024
Membership of all aspects of the club is now due for 2024, and the club would be gracious if persons will pay the appropriate fee on the new Central GAA app – Foireann and select Cill An Mhuilinn as your club.
CLUB SPONSOR
Howard Farm Feeds.