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KEEP FIT – TRX CLASSES AND PILATES CLASSES
TRX Classes take place in the club house every Monday and Wednesday evenings at 6.30 p.m. and Tuesday and Friday mornings at 9.30 a.m. For further details please contact Kevin Cogley at 086 3656233.
PILATES
Pilates Classes take place in Cleariestown Community Centre on Tuesday evenings from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Bring a mat, towel and drinking water. Cost is €9 and it is recommended to book a place. For further details please contact Teresa White at 089 4620552.
FASTNET ROVERS DRAW
Fastnet Rovers are now selling tickets for our Christmas Grand prize draw. Tickets are €20 and limited to 300 tickets with the winner receiving €1,000. Tickets are available from the committee, managers and players. This is a key fundraiser for the club and your support is greatly appreciated.
MICHAEL ENGLISH
To mark Mulrankins Church Bicentenary, Michael English and his band will be performing in cabaret at Clayton Whites Hotel, Wexford, on November 24 at 8.30 p.m. Tickets €20, please call 087 9136932,087 2052820, also available at Whites hotel reception. This promises to be a great occasion so book early to avoid disappointment.
GAA GEAR FOR KENYA
Seán Sheridan is a 16-yearold student from Newbridge, Co. Kildare, and has made contact with the club to collect GAA memorabilia (jerseys, shorts, socks, etc.) to bring with him to a homeless children’s charity in Kenya in February 2017. If anyone wishes to donate anything, can they make contact with Dee O’Keeffe secretary. stannesrathangan.wexford@ gaa.ie.
IRISH DANCING
Irish Dancing classes will resume in Cleariestown Community Centre on Monday evenings at 6 p.m. Girls and Boys of all ages are welcome from three yrs. Contact 087 9364255.
PARISH AEDS
We’re delighted to now have four AEDs in our parish – Baldwinstown, Cleariestown, Duncormick and Rathangan. They are located at the shop in Baldwinstown; Church in Cleariestown; Former post office in Duncormick and on the school in Rathangan. They’re in a bright yellow box. If you suspect a cardiac arrest please call 999/112 FIRST and then, if you can, your voluntary AED team. We will try our best to respond and our number is 086 4011688. Volunteers for the team are always required. Visit Facebook or call Jacqui at 087 2219302 for more information.
RATHANGAN PARISH COUNCIL
Rathangan parish council would like to thank everyone who supported and helped to make the South East Country Music Festival a great success and we are looking forward to next year’s festival. More details to follow.
RATHANGAN HALL ACTIVITIES
Regular activities going on at present in Rathangan Hall. New members are always welcome to all classes/groups. Enquiries to 051 563039.
Monday and Wednesday Morning 9.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. and evening 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. – Exercise Classes with Macfit
Tuesday Morning 10.30 – 12.00 Mother and Toddler
Tuesday Afternoon 3.15 – 4.15 Irish Dancing
Tuesday Evening 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Gymnastics
Thursday Evening 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Archery
Friday Evening 5.15 p.m. to 6.15 p.m. Hip Hop
TOMHAGGARD SOCIAL CENTRE
Women’s Shed continues Mondays 10-1. New members welcome Yoga Mondays 6-7.30 Art Tuesdays 7-9 Scouts Wednesday 7-8.30 Drama Mon, Tuesday and Thur 8 p.m. One Act Comedies on in St Michael’s Hall Wexford 27-30 Oct, tickets e10 at door. Scouts Saturday 17 1011.30 Reading Room open when centre in use. Great selection of books to read, borrow and swop. Centre available for hire, contact 087 6858480.
BAG COLLECTION
Cleariestown Community Playgroup will be having a Fundraising used clothing collection on Monday, November 14. Please donate all your clean unwanted clothes also bed linen, towels, curtains, shoes, bags, belts and soft toys. Old mobile phones will also be accepted. You can drop off any items at the playschool any weekday morning between 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
TABLE QUIZ
Fun table quiz in aid of Senior Citizens Party in Sammy’s Duncormick on Friday, November 4.
RATHANGAN-DUNCORMICK COMMUNITY ALERT
An open meeting will take place on Thursday, October 27, at 8 p.m. in Rathangan Hall. Registered members and new members are welcome to air their views and concerns and ask questions on the night as we head into yet another winter. We would appreciate if you could attend this meeting.
ST ANNE’S COISTE NA NÓG GAA CLUB
St Anne’s Coiste na nÓg GAA Club will hold their Presentation Night for all their underage players in Cleariestown Community Centre on Friday, November 4, at 7 p.m.
ST ANNE’S GAA CLUBS AGMS
Dates for your Diaries: St Anne’s Ladies’ Football and camogie GAA Club AGM will take place on Friday, October 21, at 8 p.m. in the clubhouse St Anne’s Coiste na nÓg AGM will take place on Friday, November 11, at 8 p.m. in the clubhouse St Anne’s GAA Club AGM will take place on Friday, November 25, at 8 p.m. in the clubhouse
CHILDREN’S HALLOWEEN DISCO
Cleariestown Hall on Friday, October 28, at 6.30 p.m. €3 per child.
DUNCORMICK HARVEST FESTIVAL
Brogan Tractors Sponsors of Signage for Duncormick Harvest Festival would like to congratulate all involved in this successful day for the people of Duncormick – Brogan Tractors – Proud to help.
JOKERS WILD DRAW
Last week’s winner of the Jokers wild draw held at the Roadhouse, Curracloe, was PJ Redmond. The draw takes place every Sunday at six, seven, eight and nine o’clock. All prizes are doubled if you are on premises at the time of the draws.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The annual general meeting of Screen hall will take place on Wednesday, November 9, at 8 p.m in Screen hall.
CURRACLOE SCHOOL NEWS
The students enjoyed Maths Week, which included online activities, daily brainteasers, estimation challenges and maths trials. The co-ordinating teacher was Ms Fitzgerald.
The parents’ association have organised a new and used clothing collection in conjunction with the National Council for the Blind as a fundraiser for the school. Please leave in your donations of clothes etc at the school during school hours from now till Thursday of this week, October 27. The NCBI will accept the following: new and used clothing, shoes belts, handbags, linen. Please, do duvets or pillows. The NCBI will sell the garments in their shops nationwide and recycle what they cannot use.
The boys and girls’ teams played quarter final matches of the Rackard League last week. After a great run, alas, both teams were beaten. The girls went down to Bunclody while the boys lost out to Rathangan. Well done to one and all and to the team managers and parents who helped out.
Split-the-pot winner last week was Michaela Bartkova who won €190.
FASHION SHOW
A Fashion Show will be held in the Wexford Harbour Boat and Tennis Club on Wednesday, November 23, commencing at 8 p.m. Proceeds in aid of Curracloe national school. This promises to be a fun night with finger food and a glass of wine included in the price. ‘The Loft’ are providing the clothes for the fashion show and there will also be a benefit stand. Your support would be very much appreciated.
DEVELOPMENT LOTTO
The numbers drawn in the Curracloe United AFC development lottery on Sunday, October 16, were 15, 20, 23 and 28. There was no jackpot winner and one match-three winner, Jacqueline Warren, Enniscorthy, who received €150.
CARDS
Weekly winners of the cards in Hotel Curracloe were Angela Griffith and John Byrne. Cards continue every Thursday night at 9 p.m and all are welcome.
BRIDGE DRAMA
Bridge Drama group are returning to the Wexford Arts Centre stage with Seán O’Casey’s moving classic ‘Juno and the Paycock’. This production is not to be missed and will be staged from Tuesday, November 1, to Sunday, November 6. Tickets cost €12.50 each and are on sale now from the box office or at wexfordartscentre.ie or by phone to 053 9123674. Booking is advisable. The group is looking forward to seeing you all there.
FUN RUN/WALK AND 10K
St Ibar’s Shelmalier camogie club will host a 6k Halloween fun run and walk and 10k road race on Sunday next, October 30. Races start at 10.45 a.m for the 10k event and at 11 a.m for the 6k. There will be prizes for fancy dress, so get your thinking cap on. You can register on the day from eight to 10.30 a.m or check out Runireland.com or active. com.
MUSIC SCHOOL
The Shelmalier Music School and Mags Boland Murphy School of Dancing starts back on Tuesdays at the complex in Hollymount.
Children’s lessons from 4.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. including band practice from six to 6.30 p.m.
Adult classes from 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. All instruments catered for, tin whistle, button accordian, banjo, guitar (beginners and advanced) singing, whistling, bodhran, drumming, uilleann pipes, fiddle and flute, concertina and keyboard. €7 a lesson or two classes in different instruments or dancing for €10, including band. All ages welcome from playschool to adults. Please bring a friend. Check them out on Facebook.
TABLE QUIZ
The Shelmaliers are holding a table quiz in Furlongs lounge, Curracloe, on Friday next, October 28, at 9 p.m in conjunction with the Prickly Rose of Shelmalier Entry fee is €40 for a table of four persons. Your support is much appreciated.
HANDBALL AGM
There was a very good turnout for the annual general meeting of Castlebridge Handball Club, which was held on Friday night last. The following were elected for the coming season: Tom Rossiter (Chairman) David Kenny (Secretary) Stephen Murphy (Vice-Secretary) Dara Cloke (Treasurer) Cory Murphy (PRO) and committee members Pádraig Devereux, John Bail, Michael Burke, Virginia Hanrahan, John Roche, Brendan Murphy, Malachy Whelan, Brian Murphy, Eugene Kelly, John Murphy.
GAA
After the drawn game on Sunday of last week, the Shelmalier junior hurlers showed their intent from the first ball when they took on Gusserane in the replay in Wexford Park on Saturday. They continued where they left off a week earlier with sheer force and determination and challenged for every ball from start to finish and the final scoreline of 6-13 to 0-10 accurately reflects this skill and determination.
Conor Byrne got the Shels off to an early lead with a point in the first minute with Shane Griffith registering his team’s first goal in the tenth minute.
Further points form Conor Byrne, Ronan Kavanagh, Graham Staples and Denis Kelly saw the Shelmaliers lead by 1-9 to 0-2 at half time. Gusserane played with the breeze in the second half and put some early pressure on the Shels back line of Eoghan Fitzgerald, Kevin O’Leary, Eoin O’Leary and goalie Fergal Hynes cleared their lines on several occasions. Early points from James Cash and Chris Gordon before Shane Griffith got his second goal in the twelfth minute and further goals from Eoghan Nolan (2), James Cash and Michael Feeney saw an easy victory for the black and amber side. Captain Kevin O’Leary received the cup from his aunt Country Secretary Margaret Doyle. Panel included Fergal Hynes, Eoin O’Leary, Kevin O’Leary, Eoghan Fitzgerald, Aaron O’Neill, Graham Staples, Cian Manley, Denis Kelly, Emmet O’Leary, Conor Byrne, Eoghan Nolan, Chris Gordon, Shane Griffith, Ronan Kavanagh, James Cash, Barry O’Connor, Michael Feeney, Stephan Whelan, Paul McCleane, Aodhan Foley, Cathal Gaule, Craig Parker, Michael Kelly, Shane Birney, Joe Redmond and Seamie Harding.