Crossabeg

PILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK

The parish pilgrimage to Knock will take place on Sunday, July 3. For further information please contact the parochial house.

50TH ANNIVERSARY

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the formation of Crossabeg-Ballymurn GAA Club. The club hope to mark this occasion in the coming months and are currently trying to put together photographs and other memorabilia from 1966 to 2016. If you have any old photographs, other memorabilia or have any details on the formation of the club, then please contact a committee member.

PATRON

The annual Patron to Crossabeg cemetery will take place on Saturday next, July 2, at 7 p.m. and weather permitting, Mass will be celebrated in the cemetery. The Blessing of the old cemeteries will take place on Monday evening, July 4, as follows: Artramon at 8.10 p.m; Saunderscourt at 8.30 p.m and Tykillen at 9 p.m.

If you wish to have your deceased family and friends names included in the list which will be on display on the altar in Crossabeg church, then please leave the names in to the parochial house in the coming week.

CHURCH NEWS

Friday next, July 1, is the First Friday of the month and the sick and housebound of the parish will be visited at the usual times. Daily Mass every Wednesday and Friday morning at 9.30 a.m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. in the parochial house.

STORY TELLING

The next session of music, song, recitations and story telling will take place at Kyle Forge on Sunday next, July 3. Proceedings get under way at 8 p.m.

COMMUNITY GAMES

The local Community Games camogie team played hosts to a team from Glenmore/Tullogher-Rosbercon, Co. Kilkenny in the second round of the Leinster team events recently in Hollymount. Having come through the first round to Carlow, the team were feeling buoyed up and ready for action.

Kilkenny settled quickly into the match and put a point over the bar after about five minutes and had a few near misses at goal too. Wexford got into their stride and replied with a fine goal and minutes later added another goal and a point. They added another goal in this half to leave the half time score 3-1 to 0-4 in favour of Wexford.

Kilkenny meant business in the second half and with just a minute or two gone sent the ball to the back of the net and minutes later added another goal to see the sides level for the first time in the match. Wexford scored a fine goal from a free but Kilkenny equalised yet again minutes later.

Kilkenny piled on the pressure and had a great spell for the next 10 minutes or so and Wexford were playing catch-up. Kilkenny took the game on a final scoreline of 6-5 to 4-1. We wish them well in the Leinster semi-finals and finals which will be held in Carlow on Saturday, July 2.

The local committee wish to thank most sincerely Eamonn Mernagh and Patricia Fielding and all associated with the team for all their help in putting the panel together and competing so well in the competition. The panel of players consisted of Loren Doyle, Amy O’Connor, Hannah Mernagh, Nicole Harding-Kenny, Ciara Banville, Hannah Hearne, Leah Scallan, Kelly-Ann Dempsey, Caoimhe Parker, Orla Redmond, Andrea Fielding, Rioghna Hourihane, Sinéad Banville, Mai Ling Tynan.

WHIST

Results of play at the community centre on Wednesday of last week as follows: Stella Nolan (top score) Polly Maher (1st gent) Molly Murphy (2nd gent) Joan Pierce (3rd gent) Caitriona Cullen (1st lady) Maura White (2nd lady) Lily Thomas (3rd lady) Paddy Wickham (best half) Eilis Darcy (hatchers) Betty Shanahan, Joan Pierce, Kathleen McDonald, Kathleen Higgins, Kathleen Hayes (raffle).

GAA CLUB NOTES

Lotto numbers last week in the Crossabeg-Ballymurn GAA Club draw were 6, 14, 20 and 26. There was no jackpot winner and one match-three winner, Sarah Usher. The jackpot is worth €10,000 this week.

The Intermediate hurlers beat Adamstown in the League on Sunday on a 3-16 to 1-11 scoreline. The Junior B hurlers beat St Anne’s in the championship last week 1-20 to 0-7. Their game against Blackwater on Friday night was postponed and has been provisionally re-set for Tuesday, July 5, in Ballymurn. The Junior B hurlers will play Clongeen in the League on Wednesday at 7.30 p.m in Crossabeg, while the Junior B footballers will play St Mary’s, Maudlintown on Friday at 7.30 p.m in Ballymurn.

The under-21 hurlers have drawn Gorey away in the first round of the championship, and it is provisionally fixed for Tuesday, July 5.

CAMOGIE FIXTURES

Best of luck to all teams in action for Oylegate-Glenbrien club this week. The Intermediate women play away to Cloughbawn in the second round of the championship on Monday evening at 7.30 p.m. Tuesday sees the Junior women play Ferns at home at 7.30 p.m.

On Wednesday evening the under-16s play Davidstown at home at 7.30 p.m. in the championship. We wish the under-14 Féile football girls all the best this weekend also.