Crossabeg

REHAB REUNION CANCELLED

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Cardiac Rehab Support Group’s annual dinner dance due to take place in the Ferrycarrig hotel on Friday, February 24, has been cancelled.

GAA NEWS

Lotto numbers in the Crossabeg-Ballymurn GAA Club lotto draw last week were 21, 27, 29 and 30. There was no jackpot winner and no match-three winners. Lucky dips were Siobhán Cummins and Lena Larrissy. Next week’s jackpot is worth €6,800. The club lotto can now be played online at klubfunder.com/Clubs/ Crossabeg_Ballymurn_Gaa_ Club/lotto.

The minor footballers get their championship under way when they play the Shamrocks on Sunday morning next, February 26 at 11 a.m. in the Ballymurn pitch. The intermediate footballers will play the first round of the league at home to Kilmore on Saturday, March 4, at 3.30 p.m.

Adult membership fees are due, €120 for players, €60 for students and €50 for non-playing members.

AFTERNOON TEA PARTY

There was a very good attendance at the Afternoon Tea Party organised by the local Crossabeg-Ballymurn GAA Club and which was held in Kyle Forge on Saturday last. There was a lovely relaxing atmosphere in the Forge and teas and coffee on offer as well as plenty of good food and tasty cakes. The cake sale itself was doing a roaring trade and outside under a canopy, members of the club were on hand to accept underage registration.

Club chairman Gerry Bernard extended thanks to all who helped out beforehand and during the day, to the many parishioners from Crossabeg and Ballymurn and indeed outside of the parish who attended; to those who made donations and handed in items of food for sale on the cake stall as well as for the guests who attended, and to all who donated prizes for the raffle. It was he said, a great community gathering.

The winners of the raffle were Blaithnaid Sinnott, Maria Gormley, Lilly Cummins, Niamh Sherlock, Albert McDonald, Pat Reck, Katie Foley, Cian Kinlough.

JOINT FUNDRAISERS

Oylegate-Glenbrien camogie club in conjunction with the Hurling club will host a 10k and 5k timed run/walk on Sunday, March 5, starting at 10.30 a.m. from the pitch in Oylegate. Registration for the 10k can be found on runireland.com. Registration for the 5k will be taken on the day. You can also register for the 10k on the day. Families and serious runners are all welcome.

The club will also host a breakfast day on Saturday, March 18, in the community centre, Oylegate, to raise money for the upcoming Féile. Registration night will take place on Friday, February 24, from 7 p.m. to 8.15 p.m. in the community centre in Oylegate. All players are asked to go along on that night to pay part or all of the membership fees due for 2017. Fees stay the same as last year’s. Contact committee members with any queries.

COMMUNITY GAMES

A reminder that the under-14 table quiz takes place in the Ferrycarrig hotel on Thursday, March 2. Registration is at 6.30 p.m. and the competition begins at 7 p.m. €10 for a team of four players and two subs. Contact Anne at 086 1980775 if you have a team. Information on the local Games, can be found on the Castlebridge/Crossabeg Community Games Website. You can also contact Michelle at 086 0605022 for further information.

Anyone interested in competing in the under-12 or under-14 Cross-Country Relays should contact Anne by the end of the week. Entries for the boys and girls under-16 Marathon are also being taken. Both of these events at national level will be held in Abbottstown, Co. Dublin on Sunday, May 6.

Well done to the team of Peter Kenny, Sarah Kenny, Bronagh Boggan, Max Sweetman and Ben Kelly, who competed in the under-12 Draughts competition in Bree hall on Saturday evening last. They enjoyed the occasion, gave of their best, but finished outside of the medal placings. Thanks to Bobby Kenny and Evelyn Boggan, who helped out with adjudicating during the competitions. Thanks also to Crossabeg school for all their help in selecting the team.

On Sunday morning last, an under-12 girls Soccer team took on a team from Rathgarogue-Cushinstown in the semi-final of the county competition held at Bridge Rovers grounds in Castlebridge. The sides were level 0-0 at half time and again at full time. Extra time was played and still the sides could not be separated. Then it was down to penalties where the Rathgarogue-Cushinstown side sent two goals to the back of the net compared to Castlebridge/ Crossabeg’s one goal. Rathgarogue-Cushinstown went on to win the county title defeating Taghmon 4-1 in the final. Well done to the team of Keira Carroll, Caoimhe Byrne, Rachel Jackman, Olivia Morris, Nicole Murphy, Mia Denton, Isabel Morris, Aoife McEldowney and Chloe Johnson. Team manager was Crystal Doherty. Thanks also to Steven Carr, who refereed. OPERATIONTRANSFORMATION

Operation Transformation is drawing to a close with the last night of recording your distances taking place tonight, Tuesday, February 21, at Crossabeg community field. Final results will be given out on Tuesday, February 28.