Ballyhea

LOTTO

The lotto was held on Monday, February 19, at the Idle Hour. There was no winner of the jackpot of €5,950. €50 lucky-dip winner: Bernie Crowley Promoter Bernie Crowley, €30 lucky-dip winner Noel O’Donnell Promoter Tadhg Mortell, €20 lucky-dip winners were Ian Ronan Promotor Joan Ronan, Noreen Morrissey Promoter Alec Morrissey, Ballyhea camogie club Promoter Ger O’Shea. You can play the lottery online @locallotto.ie or visit the Ballyhea GAA website where you can access the same web address. Thank you for your continued support.

CHURCH NEWS

VIDEO STREAMING – A video streaming facility has been installed in the church to allow weekday and Sunday Mass as well as funeral and wedding ceremonies etc. to be broadcast over the internet. While primarily intended for the sick and housebound, the service is also open to anyone who wishes to have it.

The first phase is experimentally operative by logging on to the website mcnmedia.tv/. Family and friends overseas might like to log into this website to see the Parish Masses and what is happening in the Parish Church. Over the next few weeks, we hope to move to the next phase which is to provide a connection for the sick and housebound. Enquiries about the connection can be made in the sacristy or to 086 3016859.

FAMILY PRAYER BOOKLET – A revised booklet of Family Prayers has been prepared by the diocese in the context of the World Meeting of families. Copies are available to order through the sacristy. 100 booklets cost €40.

CHOIR PRACTICE – The choir is in full voice at the moment. If anyone would like to join us, please come along on Sundays for 11 a.m. Mass and we would be delighted to welcome you.

LENTEN STATIONS – Lenten Stations will begin in Mid-February. If anybody would like to host a Station Mass, please contact the parish priest at 063 81470 to arrange a suitable date and time.

ST PATRICK’S DAY PARADE

There will be Family Fun Parade on St Patrick’s Day March 17. This will start at Ballyhea National School and finish at Supermacs Carpark. Further information will be available closer to the time.

SCHOOL ENROLMENT

Application forms are available from the school at 063 81086 or ballyhea.ias@eircom.net. There will be an open day in early June where pupils and parents will get the opportunity to view the school facilities and receive an information pack. If you require any further information you are more than welcome to make an appointment at the above number.

GAA NOTES

SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP – Ballyhea have been drawn against Sarsfields in the Cork County Senior Hurling Championship first Round in 2018. The Losers play the losers of Ballymartle v Glen Rovers. We wish the team and mentors all the best in their preparation.

CUL CAMPS – The club will hold its annual Cúl Camps from July 9 to July 13 Further details to follow.

CLUB DEVELOPMENT – Ballyhea GAA is undertaking a major building construction of dressing rooms, a covered hurling alley, public toilets, a referees’ room and an upstairs area suitable for a gym etc. A Sports Capital Grant has been secured, a loan from Croke Park and a bank loan to finance the majority of this development. However, some fundraising will need to be done to meet the shortfall for this development. The various committees have decided to fundraise with ‘Buy a block to build the wall’. Blocks will be sold at €250 each and on completion of the building, a plaque will be erected with the names of all who contributed to this development.CORK GAA GAELTACHT SCHOLARSHIPS 2018 – Is cúis áthais dom Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta 2018 a fhógairt don samhradh seo chugainn. Date of courses, fees, application forms and any further details are available at colaistenamumhan.ie or 085 1709327.

RACE NIGHT

The GAA Club will hold its annual race night on Saturday, March 3, at the Corbett Court. Great fun and craic will be had. Make sure you have bought your horse for the starting line. Horses can be bought for €20 from any committee member.

MEN ON THE MOVE

Men on the Move in the gym on the first floor of the new complex from 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday evening. New members always welcome. Contact Jim Codd at 087 9223939.

COMMUNITY ALERT

Ballyhea Community Alert has successfully set up a Text Alert Network to immediately alert our community when an incident occurs. Prompt information to and from Gardaí deters criminal activity. If you are interested in becoming a member of our Text Alert Network please phone any of the following people for information and sign up details – Phil Ryan 087 2937465, Pat Daly 086 1220114, James Horgan 087 2572271, Willie Meaney 087 1936842, Con Walsh 086 8570355. The fee for this service is €10 annually.

SPEEDING

Speeding is still continuing to be an issue through the parish so please be aware of the speed limit of 60km. out with the hope of bringing home a medal, but things don’t always turn out like that. There is no disgrace in not winning and having done your best. Without runners there would be no winners.

Vickie Cusack: Under 19: Recovering from a hamstring injury won gold in the Shot Put and Long Jump.

Anna Kellegher: Under 18: Had a busy weekend winning silver in the High Jump and 800 metres on Saturday and bronze on Sunday in the Long Jump (which she had to interrupt to compete in) the 1500 metre for her second medal.

Aoife O’Sullivan: Under 16: Won gold in the High Jump at 1.55 metres and finished 6th in the 60 metre hurdles.

Sophie Perrott: Under 16: Competing in the Shot Put was in good form, to win silver.

Johnny Murphy: Under 13: Recovering from an ankle injury was happy with his championship, he won gold in the High Jump at 1.35 metres and in the 600 metre at 1.44.18. He finished 4th in the Long Jump which qualifies him for the All-Irelands next month and 5th in the hurdles.

Jordan Mason: Under 18; Competed in two events finishing 6th in both 60 metre and 200 metre sprints.

Irene Kellegher: Under 15: Had 6th place finishes in the Shot Put and High Jump.

Isobel Kellegher: Under 14: Had a fantastic race in the 600 metre against the clock, the hardest way of all to win a race. She finished 6th out of 20 runners.

Emma Lohane: Under 14: Also finished in 6th in the 60 metre sprint out of 30 runners.

Orlaith O’Sullivan: Under 13: Competed unsuccessfully in the Long Jump an High Jump.

Bill Collins: Under 14: Had a quick introduction to his first competition at a very high level.

As can be seen from the above, Liscarroll Athlete Club trains athletes in a variety of events i.e. short sprints,including 60m and 200m, middle distance 800m and 1500m, hurdles, Long Jump, High Jump and Shot Put, and who can compete successfully in a Munster Championship.

NEW MEMBERS–New members are always welcome. The only criteria is to be interested. Just turn up at any of our training sessions below.

COUNTY BOARD YOUTH INITIATIVE–The Cork County Athletics Board will launch a new training and caoching initiative at C.I.T Cork on Saturday next 3rd March commencing at 1:00pm. This is mainly for athletes born between 2003 and 2006. Anyone that can possibly should do so, where all will be revealed.

AWARDS–There are two award events taking place at the weekend. One on Friday night — The Cork County Awards at the Imperial Hotel at 8:00pm and the Munster Awards at Ennis. Full details and results next week.

ST PATRICK’S DAY PARADE– The club has been invited by Churchtown Development Association to participate once again in their annual St.Patricks Day Parade. We would like if as many members as possible, young and old would take part. The parade takes place on Saturday 17th after 11:30 mass. We ask everyone to be in Churchtown at 11:45.

TRAINING TIMES–Tonight Fri 2nd March at Charleville 6:30 to 8:00; Monday 5th at Liscarroll 6:30 to 8:00. U9 to U12; Tuesday 6th at Charleville 7:15 to 8:30; Thursday 8th Little Athletics at Liscarroll 6:30 to 7:30; Friday 9th at Charleville 6:30 to 8:00

FIXTURES–Sun 4th March: All-Ireland Indoor Masters at Athlone; Sun 11th March: All-Ireland Juvenille Championships Day 1 at Athlone; Sun 18th March: Day 2 at Athlone. Sun 25th March; Day 3 at Athlone All-Ireland Championships are for those who finished in the first four places in their individual events at the Munster Juvenille Indoors at Nenagh Last weekend.

Sat 31st March: Liscarroll Easter 5k at Doneraile Park at 11:00. There will be prizes for the first 3 men and first 3 women to finish. There will also be prizes for juvenilles.

Race numbers will be available on the day opposite the entrance to the park at €10.00 per adult and €5.00 per juvenile. Hope to see you there. is planning a visit to Buttevant in August to mark the 20th anniversary of the twinning of our two towns.

It is not known whether the original twining group in Buttevant still exists, but perhaps there are some interested persons who may wish to form a welcoming group. Contact local community council chairman John Lee for details.

LOTTERY

The jackpot in Buttevant Soccer Club’s weekly local lottery draw currently stands at €17,800 and will continue to rise until it is won. The draw is held weekly on Thursday night at an appointed local public venue. Your support is greatly appreciated..

RUBBISH

With the changes in the cost of refuse collection and the terms and conditions of how the cost is calculated it is evident that there is a return to the abundance of “fly-tipping” throughout the county and country. Buttevant is no exception and never before has there been so much evidence of the situation in the town and surrounding areas.

Some people have no regard, respect or pride in their local area and people can be seen dumping rubbish in daylight and in full public view for all to see.

There is no respect shown for people’s property as there is constant tipping on vacant open spaces and also on unoccupied private property. There is dumping regularly close to and within the town and side streets which causes an unslightly and unclean image of the town.

Now with the installation of closed circuit cameras in the town it is easy to identify the perpetraters and the areas being targeted. Within the very near future there are plans to combat this situation and there will be action taken and constant surveillance of the town and environs with relevant consequences.

BINGO

The weekly bingo session continues on Monday night in the local G.A.A. hall with numerous monetary prizes to be won. There is a weekly bingo jackpot to be won as well as an in-house lottery and an extra sheet game. The current jackpot stands at €6,200- and will be increased weekly until luck strikes some attending player. The session gets under way each night at 8.30pm.

PARKING

Parking

in Buttevant

is an ongoing problem and is continously causing traffic chaos, particularly at weekends and during daily business hours.

We have an excellent street surface and an equally excellent footpath structure, although the street width has been reduced somewhat to create a “traffic-calming” situation.

Credit is due to the businesses and their staffs who are using off-street parking, allowing some parking spaces to be freed-up for shoppers. However, more spaces need to shoppers and local businesses.

A unfortunate practice has arisen lately with some drivers parking on the footpaths causing hinderance for the elderly and shoppers who find it difficult to access local businesses. Let us all support our local community and be welcoming to both local visiting and passing trade.

SYMPATHY

Sympathy is extended to those who have suffered a bereavement or personal loss recently.

WELLWISHES

Well wishes go to those who are ill at home or in hospital at this time.

BEAWARE

Do be aware to the needs of your living alone housebound or infirm neighbour relative or friend particularly if the weather is inclement.