AROUND THE DISTRICTS Ballymurn
GAA NEWS
Congratulations to our intermediate football team who beat Man O’War, Dublin in the Leinster football group last week. They now play a team from Westmeath in the semi-final on Saturday, November 4.
Club Gear – Anyone interested in club gear or half zips for Christmas etc, contact John Cummins for any orders in the next two weeks.
DEEPEST SYMPATHY
Deepest sympathy is extended to the Ennis family Ballysilla on the death of Marie. May she rest in peace.
HOUSE OF HORRORS
On behalf of the committee of the Crossabeg-Ballymurn Community Centre we are sorry to inform you that we will be unable to run our highly successful house of Horrors this year due to the unavailability of a suitable venue. We hope to find an alternative venue for next year. Apologies to all concerned and we wish all the community of Crossabeg and Ballymurn a safe and scary Halloween.
CHURCH GATE COLLECTION
The Wexford Branch of Down Syndrome Ireland are holding a church gate collection in Ballymurn on Saturday, November 4, and Sunday, November 5. Every cent will remain in the Wexford branch to be used for the benefit of all the Down Syndrome children and adults. A permit has been granted by An Garda Síochána, your support would be very greatly appreciated.
Blackwater COMMUNITY CRAFT FAIR
This year’s community craft day is being held in the Blackwater Lodge on Sunday, November 26. This has been a successful promotion, exhibition and sales of crafts of the highest standard for the past number of years. Any crafter who would like to take a table at this event can contact Yvonne or the Blackwater Lodge, Blackwater.
Clonard LOTTO RESULTS
Results for Wednesday, October 25: winning numbers 3-13 – 26-29; o jackpot winner. Eight match-three winners receive €81 each: Therese Dempsey; Mags O’Brien; Paul and Marie Grant; Maureen; Louise Aherne; G Whitmore; Brian Doyle and Becky Godkin.Jackpot for Wednesday, November 1, is €13,750.
CHURCH NOTES
Memorial Service For the Faithful Departed: All are very welcome to attend the annual Clonard Parish Memorial Service in Clonard Church at 7 p.m. on Sunday, November 5, to remember and pray for the Faithful Departed, who died during the past year. The service will be accessible on Clonard Parish Radio at 92.9 FM Feast Of All Saints: Wednesday, November 1, is the feast of All Saints. Vigil Mass will be at 7 p.m. on Tuesday evening and Mass will be at 10 a.m. And 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
CHRISTMAS FAIR
The date of the Christmas Fair Volunteer meeting has been changed to November 6 at 7.30 p.m. in the Shamrock Room, instead of October 30. Apologies for any inconvenience.
SCOIL MHUIRE
Junior Infant Enrolment in Scoil Mhuire, Coolcotts September 2018. Parents and Guardians, who wish to make an application to enrol their child in Junior Infants in Scoil Mhuire for September 2018 are asked to submit an Application to Enrol Form on or before Friday, November 10. The form is available on the school’s website coolcotts.com (enrolment section on homepage) or you can pick up a copy of the form at the school. If you know of a parent or Guardian in the community who May have a child for enrolment, please pass on this message.
GIRL GUIDES
The Guides and Rangers had a great time at the Oyster Lane show Footloose on Monday last. The Guides and Rangers are off to the IOAC centre on the Bank Holiday Monday for a fun Halloween night of shooting zombie’s. The Cygnets and Brigins had a fun Halloween party on Tuesday with lots of tricks and treats. It’s only a few more weeks and the girls will be off to see Disney on Ice in City West. There’s lots more planned for all sections so watch out for more news. If anyone is interested in joining please call Michelle at 086 0567929.
CLONARD GAA
Clothes collection fundraiser Thursday, November 2, Clonard Community Centre between 12 and 4 p.m. all clothes, handbags, shoes, duvet covers, sheets, pillow cases, curtains, blankets, cushion covers, throws. greatly appreciated.
Congratulations to Shirley and Michelle on winning €376 in this week’s split-the-pot draw seller this week was Shirley Murphy, next week’s envelopes are on sale now, thanks to all who support us.
Crossabeg STORY HOUSE
The next session of storytelling, music and recitations will take place at Kyle Forge on Sunday, November 5, at 8 p.m. Refreshments are also served. No admission but a raffle takes place. All are most welcome.
TEXT ALERT NEWS
For all who ordered and signed up for Fire Alarms at a recent meeting of Crossabeg Text Alert, please call to Kyle Forge to collect same on Saturday, November 18, between midday and 1 p.m.
CHURCH NEWS
Wednesday, November 1, is the feast of All-Saints and Masses in Crossabeg church will be offered up at 11.15 a.m. And again in the evening at 7 p.m. Thursday, November 2, is the feast of AllSouls and Mass will be offered up at 11.15 a.m. with a Healing Mass at 7 p.m. in the evening.
PARISH CONCERT
A parish Variety Concert will be held in Ferrycarrig hotel on Thursday, November 9, commencing at 8 p.m. Tickets are €10 for adults with children being admitted for free. All proceeds are in aid of church funds.
ATHLETICS
St Killian’s AC senior athlete. Niall Sheil travelled to Abbotstown recently compete in the autumn Cross Country race. In one of the biggest races in the cross country season it also doubles up as the Masters International qualifiers for the upcoming five Nations Championships.
Niall had one of the finest races of his career working his way through the field to finish with a fantastic last lap in second place in the ultra competitive over 40 category. This follows on from the previous week where he finished second in the County Senior Cross Country Championships on a gruelling 10k course in Ferns.
This result in Abbotstown is the culmination of weeks and months of consistent, dedicated work. Special mention to his coach Pavel Kolesnikov, who has been instrumental in guiding Niall over the past 15 years. It is great to see this work paying off with the honour of getting selected to represent his club and country in four weeks time in Derry. We wish Niall and Pavel all the best as they prepare for the championships.
JUVENILE ATHLETICS
With the dark evenings setting in, training for the juvenile members of St Killian’s AC will re-locate to Crossabeg national school hall on Monday, November 6, and continue every Monday and Thursday evening from 7 p.m. to 8.15 p.m. Coffee morning.
Annis Kehoe of Slaneylodge, Crossabeg, is once again planning to take to the roads for a very deserving Charity. In March of next year, she will undertake the very gruelling road cycle from here to Lourdes with all proceeds in aid of the Irish Pilgrimage Trust. The Irish Pilgrimage Trust funds children and young people with special needs to take them to Lourdes. The Trust also assists with the upkeep and running costs of their centres in Clarinbridge, Co. Galway and Kilrane in Co. Wexford.
The venue for the coffee morning is Kyle Forge and this very relaxing and eagerly awaited event will take place on Saturday, December 9, from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. There will be many mouth-watering goodies on offer – small/ big Christmas puddings; Gluten free Christmas cakes; biscuit cakes; lemon drizzle cakes; tarts; bracks; mince tarts; jams; chutneys; breads; fresh vegetables and potatoes and holly wreaths. If you wish to pre-order, please call 087 2426146.
YOUTH CLUB NEWS
A great time was had by all members of the local Crossabeg Youth Club in Kyle Forge recently at their scary movie night get together. Well done to all who entered the quiz night in Oylegate hall. The under-15s performed very well indeed and will now go forward to represent the district in the all-Ireland Youth Quiz next year.
The teams finished as follows: Eamonn Moran, Adam Murphy, Niall Cullen, Ros Walker (first place) Aisling Murphy, Alannah McDonald, Eimear Halpin, Ava Kearney (second place) Matilda Meaney, Eloise O’Boyle-Ferguson, Chrislyn Forde, Alex Maher (fourth place) and Aaron Quinn, Padraic O’Carroll, Jack Purcell, Hugh Boggan in sixth place.
There will be no Youth club meeting this Friday, November 3.
SENIOR CITIZENS
The annual Christmas party for the senior citizens of the parish will be held in Ferrycarrig hotel on Sunday, December 9.Members of the organising committee will be calling on all householders in the coming weeks for their generous support for the event. Invitations will also be issued shortly to our senior citizens.
Oulart SPLIT-THE-POT
The latest winner of Scoil Mochua’s split-the-pot was GA Wynne, who won €230. There was also a lucky-dip win of €50 for Tony Heffernan. The next draw will be held on Monday, November 6. Entry envelopes are available from local businesses.
CAMOGIE CLUB
In conjunction with the club sponsor Corrigan’s Spar and Family Butchers and Super Chips, well – known chef and food writer Edward Hayden will give a cookery demonstration in the Riverside Hotel, Enniscorthy at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 28. Alongside Edward’s cooking delights, there will be a variety of stalls showcasing their products. It promises to be a great night’s entertainment. Tickets cost €15 each or two for €25 and will be available from camogie club members and the club committee.
SCÓR NA NÓG
The semi-final of Scór na nÓg (under 17 years) will be held in Inch Hall on Saturday, November 18. The Scór na nÓg table quiz will be held on November 9 in Piercestown. Contact Breda Jacob if you are interested in taking part in any Scór event.
WEDDINGS BELLS
Congratulations and best wishes for the future to Garry Morton, Raheenduff, Oulart and Vicki Cooney, Ballygow, Carrig-on-Bannow, who were married in Mary Immaculate and St Joseph’s Chapel in Carrig-on-Bannow on Friday, September 22. Though it was raining at the start, by lunch time the sun shone brightly on the happy couple. They, their families and other guests enjoyed a wonderful reception in the beautiful Riverside Park Hotel, Enniscorthy where the celebrations carried on till the wee small hours.
CHURCH GATE COLLECTION
The Wexford Branch of Down Syndrome Ireland are holding a church gate collection in Oulart and the Ballagh on Saturday, November 4, and Sunday, November 5. Every cent donated will remain in the Wexford branch to be used for the benefit of all the Down Syndrome children and adults. A permit has been granted by An Garda Síochána, Your usual generous support would be very greatly appreciated.
CLUB DEVELOPMENT DRAW
The winners in September were Colm Davis (€100), Peter Kennedy (€50) and Patsy Sinnott (€50). The October winners were Patrick and Mary Dempsey (€100), Joe Kirwan (€50) and Peter and Erin Laffan (€50). Míle buíochas to everyone who supports Oulart-The Ballagh Development Draw.
COUNTY FINAL
It would be remiss of me not to mention the recent county final defeat of our gallant senior hurlers or to fail to acknowledge the wonderful achievements of this remarkable group of men who have elevated the club to second place in the Wexford Senior Hurling Roll of Honour.
Winning 13 titles (1997-2016), a record Five-in-a-row (2009-2013) and a Leinster club title, while all the time, displaying abundant skill, determination and sportsmanship and being wonderful role models to youngsters from the parish and the county. Furthermore, it is much too early to be writing them off as future contenders. Coffee morning.
The recent coffee morning in aid of Oulart Community Centre was reasonably successful. The proceeds will help to defray some of the costs of maintaining the centre. Many thanks to the O’Toole family for the use of Marty’s Bar and for all their practical help on the day. Thanks also to all who donated confectionary and raffle prizes. The following were prize-winners in the raffle: Tara Finn x2, Fr P Browne, Michael de Lacy x2, Richard Lee, Linda Masterson, Owen Hiney, Henry Cleary and Eileen Dempsey.
Over the Water COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Castlebridge Community Development Co-op will hold their annual general meeting on Monday, November 13, at 8 p.m. in the Reading Rooms. All are most welcome.
CURRACLOE AFC NEWS
Curracloe United AFC had no winners of their jackpot and no match-three winners either in their weekly lotto draw on Sunday, October 22. The numbers drawn were 10, 20, 23 and 27. The club will host their annual table quiz on Friday, November 10 in Hotel Curracloe commencing at 9 p.m. Entry fee of €20 for a team of four members. There will be a raffle on the night and lots of spot prizes.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Curracloe Community Playgroup Ltd will hold their re-scheduled annual general meeting on Monday, November 6, at 8 p.m in the community centre.
SCREEN HALL AGM
A reminder that the committee of Screen hall will hold their annual general meeting on Monday, November 6, at 8.30 p.m. If you would like to put forward some new ideas, then please go along to the meeting. The hall caters for various fitness classes, birthday parties, charity events and meetings. A reminder that a scrap metal Skip is located in the yard of C &C in Screen and you can leave your donations in at any time.
CHRISTMAS FAIR
A reminder that tables are limited for the annual Christmas Fair to be held in Castlebridge hall on Saturday, November 26, All proceeds to the Tracie Lawlor Trust for Cystic Fibrosis. Contact 087 3341344 for further details.
CARDS
Winners of the weekly Cards at Hotel Curracloe were Mag Griffith and Sean Murphy. Last weeks winners were Eamonn Lacey and John Hanrahan. Cards for turkeys will continue until Christmas every Thursday night at 9 p.m.
CURRACLOE SCHOOL NEWS
Well done to Mr Morgan Mannion, who won €130 in this week’s split-the-pot draw. Many thanks for the continued support. Next draw takes place on Wednesday, November 8, On Tuesday, October 24, the whole school took part in a ‘Dress Up Sponsored Walk’ around the village. This was a very enjoyable experience for everyone and raised €1838.84 for the school. Well done to all the children and thank you to all the generous sponsors and to the parents who helped out on the day.
There was great excitement in the school recently when a magic show visited the school. The show was arranged by Wexford County Council and used a very imaginative and awe inspiring way to encourage the children to recycle. The children were amazed by tricks performed by the amazing Kevin from Kano Arts. All of the children participated and got involved in the show. They even joined in with the ‘recycle rap.
The message ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ will certainly be on everyone’s lips in Curracloe. Many thanks to the parents’ association for organising the recent used clothes collection, and to all who supported it so generously.
The children participated really enthusiastically in Maths Week Activities including class puzzles and brain teasers, Manga High activities and playground mazes. Well done to the girls and boys who proceeded to thequarter finals in the Rackard League.
HANDBALL NEWS
The winner of last week’s Bingo Bonus Ball draw was Rita Mythen, Brendan Murphy was the previous weeks winner Well done to Shane Birney, John Roche, Terry Gainfort, Paudie Devereux and Joe Devereux, who have reached the semi-finals of the Leinster Junior B Inter-Club team competition being played in Carlow on Wednesday, November 1.
A fun tournament for registered adult beginners will take place over the next couple of weeks, and the entry form is on display on the notice board in the alley. For all the latest news and information look up the club Facebook page castle.bridge Hbc.