Rathdrum

COFFEE MORNING

The 10th annual East Coast FM Wicklow Wide coffee morning takes place Friday, April 20, in the RDA Hall Rathdrum. Money raised will go directly to Cancer Support Services and the Wicklow Hospice. We look forward to meeting you all there.

PARNELL ATHLETIC CLUB

The County Community Games Cross Country took place in a very wet Avondale recently. In the under-12 Ciara Colohan in a very close finish got over the line to take first place with Maria Zakharenka in seventh; in under-13 Tara O’Toole was fourth; in under-14 Alice Kirwan fourth and Hannah Joynt fifth. In the boys under-14 Robert Cherry third and Edward Byrne fourth. They all now qualify for the all-Ireland on May 27 in UL Limerick – more results to follow.

THURSDAY WALKS

A reminder that the season of Thursday evening walks from Rathdrum begins again this Thursday evening, April 12. Our first walk will be to the Slate Quarry circuit in Kilmacrea, meeting as usual in the Memorial Park for 7 p.m. and 7.15 at the start proper. A reminder also that for the comfort and safety of all walkers no dogs are allowed.

PLAYGROUND CLEAN-UP

Last Saturday members of the playground committee and some volunteers spent the day cleaning up the playground. We removed weeds and cut back the hedging.

We also put up some new signs that were designed by Sean Kearns, iMagism Media, we think they look great and we hope you think so too. We collected over 3 bags of rubbish including plastic bottles, nappies, broken glass and cigarette butts.

The playground is a wonderful amenity for our town and we would just ask that everyone who uses it takes care of it. So check out the new signs on your next visit.