Gneeveguilla

GNEEVEGUILLA ATHLETIC CLUB

No winner of our lottery August 19, numbers drawn were 3, 14, 25 and 27. Sellers prize winner: Shelia O’Donoghue, €50 Y/T to Baby Sinéad Galvin f/Fore, €50 to Liz Lane Newmarket, €40 each to Donal Vaughan Ballydesmond, Sinéad Galvin F/Fore, Margaret Coughlan Douglas Cork. Bonus not won numbers drawn were 3, 11, 23 and 30. Next week’s jackpot €13,800 plus €1,000 bonus.

Community Games National finals: At the National finals held in Athlone Shona O’Brien won gold in under-16 1500m, Donal O’Sullivan was fourth in under-17 200m and he was part of Kenmare relay team that were second in four x 100m. Jack Greaney even though won his hurdles semi – final on Saturday was edged out on Sundays final.

National Masters: Held in Tullamore on Sunday last, Catherine O’Sullivan Moynihan was first in LJ O35 and third in 100m O35, Annette O’Brien O40 was first in HJ and second in LJ, Norma O’Connor O45 was third in HJ, Eileen Riordan O45 was first in Discus and third in Hammer. Shelia O’Donoghue was first in shot and first in Hammer. The relay team of Catherine O’Sullivan Moynihan, Norma O’Connor, Annette O’Brien and Elaine Cronin were first in 4x 100m, so they have five in a row all-Ireland Medals. Congratulations to all.

Tralee Festival Race: John Barrett was first O45, Siobhán Daly was third Lady Home.

Tom Fitzpatrick Memorial Race: Held in Liscarroll Maurice Fehan was third senior overall.

Training: Cross country training programme for all ages will commence in Barradubh on Friday, September 2, at 6.30 p.m. in Barradubh field, Monday the fifth in Gneeveguilla and Tuesday the seventh in Boherbue all at 6.30 p.m.

GNEEVEGUILLA BASKETBALL CLUB

We will have our registration on Wednesday, August 24, at 8.30 in the club Bar Gneeveguilla. €65 per child, €110 for two and €140 for three or more. New members welcome.

GAA UPGRADES

The GAA club will have the extensive work and upgrades it undertook last year finished by early next week. Thanks to the work from Kelly Bros Balleydesmond our main field has been fully drained, new fencing has been constructed around the pitch and our car park has been extended. Our training field has been developed to a high standard and we also purchased some more land adjacent to the club. All this work comes at a cost and fundraising is vital to our club. We will once again be holding our carnival weekend on September 2, 3 and 4. On Friday we will be holding a dance night with music by the Kelts to elect a Lord Mayor of Gneeveguilla. Pádraig O’Connor representing the village, John O’Donovan representing Tureencahill, Frankie O’Leary representing and Johnny Crowley representing Gullane. Admission of €10 on the night buys you a vote for each candidate with a full election count taking part during the night. On Saturday Camel racing returns to Gneeveguilla for a second year running with camels costing €20 available from club officers a great nights entertainment guaranteed. On Sunday the newly elected Lord Mayor will lead a parade trough the village with floats from local community groups and national schools. La lé club will be held after the parade in the football field. There will be extra amusements this year due to the extension of our car park. As you can see this is our major fundraising drive for the year and an excellent opportunity for the whole community to gather and celebrate everything that’s great about our parish. I would really appreciate it if you could do a piece on our carnival a week or two before the event just to highlight it. I understand that space is at a premium with Kerry still involved in the all-Ireland series. If you could please contact me to talk further on what you might be able to do that would be great. Thanks for taking the time to read this you can contact me any time at 087 2733598.