Castleisland RFC ‘Split the Bucket’ makes its return

CASTLEISLAND Rugby Club PRO Nóirín Uí Chathasaigh announced a pause in the club’s Split the Bucket Draw activities on March 19.

At the time, Noirín said that any entries they had in before having to call a halt would be entered in the first draw when it returned.

Now, the Split the Bucket signs are all up at strategic locations on the approach roads and the buckets are back in the shops.

New procedures on playing and posting your entry have been put in place, with health, safety and hygiene the major concerns. The first draw will take place on the coming Saturday, June 20.

Specially constructed boxes have been put in position in Centra and at Garvey’s SuperValu for the benefit of draw supporters, and further measures such as self sealing envelopes have been added for extra safety.

The club is also looking at the feasibility of moving the draw online if needs be, and other options to keep the club’s supporters and volunteers safe as we move out of the lock-down era. The last winner before the break was Stephen McCarthy, whose ticket was drawn at The Shoemaker’s Bar. Stephen won €1,050 on that occasion.

“We would like to thank everyone for their support up to this point and we look forward to making many more ‘thousandaires’ in the future,” said Noirín.

The club is encouraging people to take some envelopes so that they can fill one in at home and drop it in one of the buckets in the shops locally.

“We hope that this will help people maintain social distancing while shopping locally,” she said.

The legendary Mick Galwey supporting his old club’s Split the Bucket Draw on its return at McCarthy’s Daybreak Supermarket in Currow. RIGHT: the envelope provider and draw entry box at Centra, Castleisland.