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NEWTOWN ICA

Newtown ICA wish to sincerely thank all who supported their very successful cake sale and raffle on Sunday, September 9.

Newtown guild meetings take place on the first Monday of each month in the community centre, Newtown. New members are very welcome.

MINDFULNESS CLASSES

Our next six Week Mindfulness Course is starting on Monday, September 10, 7.45 p.m. to 8.45 p.m. This Course will specifically teach Mindfulness Skills for managing Stress and Anxiety. No previous experience necessary. Cost: €60 for six weeks or €13 drop in. Booking essential. Please contact Angelika at 087 2176068.

YOGA CLASSES

The next term of Yoga Classes is starting on Wednesdays September 10 6 p.m. to 7.15 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Space behind the Corner House Village Practice. This class is suitable for all levels of experience and beginners are very welcome. Cost: €65 for six class or €15 drop in. Reduced rates are possible also. Booking is essential. Please contact Angelika at 087 2176068.

LOCAL LINK BUS SERVICE

The local link bus route 1413 will depart from the church at 10.30 every first Wednesday of the month to Nutgrove. Leaving Nutgrove at 14.30 to return to Newtown and will stop at Garden Village. Every third Wednesday of the month the bus will depart the church at 10.30 to Blanchardstown. Leaving Blanchardstown at 14.30. If anyone has issues getting to the church they can call local link at 056 7715912 and they will accommodate home pick ups where they can.

BINGO

There is bingo every Fri- day evening in the Community Center. Contact the Community Center at 012810913 for details.

TIDY TOWNS

Tidy towns meet every Monday evening 7-9oc on the Main Street. If you have an hour or so free to help keep our village tidy and meet some new neighbours please pop down and join us. Contact Paul for details 087 1458164.

NEWTOWN JUNIORS FC

All our teams had matches last weekend apart from the under-10s whose game away to Carnew fell victim to the heavy overnight rain.

The under-8s played away to Wicklow Rovers Blue and our teams proved too strong on the day. Among those that starred on the day were Colin Healy, Theo Messitt and Jack Gavin.

Our under-9s hosted St Patrick’s and despite a rather one sided game on one of the pitches in the first game the other seven games were much much closer. On the day Albie Chance, Jack Barlow and Alex Ryan starred.

It was another narrow victory for the under-11s as they edged out Enniskerry White away by 4-3. Jake Robertson scored another treble and Brooklyn Doyle also scored in a good team display.

It was another even game for the under-12s as they hosted Avonmore B and it was a late goal in the second half that gave the away side all three points in a 1-0 win. For Newtown it was a day where they had good possession but too often the final pass in the attacking third was missing. Edward Valentine, Iggy Szpilka and Jamie Fitzgerald were among those who tried hard for the home side.

Arklow Town arrived in Newtown looking for a win to secure the Division 1 league title and after a titanic game full of goals and drama they got the required three points.

We congratulate Arklow on their league win and commend our team for making sure that if Arklow were going to win it they had to earn it. Our team can take a lot of positives from the game but they will also know that they need to improve on a few things. On the day we had six different goalscorers namely, Bogdan Rusu, Ryan Clarke, Luke Breen, Charlie Sullivan, Bobby Dowling and Shane Dunleavy. There will be a report on the game in Striker Evening Herald on Monday.

The following are the fixtures for the weekending Saturday/ Sunday, September 15/16: Academy Team away to St Patrick’s, ko to be confirmed; under-8s away to Greystones Yellow, ko to be confirmed; under-9s away to Arklow Town White, ko to be confirmed; under-10s away to Avonmore FC, ko to be confirmed; under-11s at home to Enniskerry White, ko to be confirmed; under-12s – Fixture to be confirmed; under-14s – Fixture to be confirmed (fixtures and ko times are subject to change)

All fixtures, competitive and non-Trophy will finish weekend of 17th/November 18, followed by the WDSL Awards, Presentation Day in the Parkview Hotel Sunday, November 25 (details times etc to follow in Oct),

There are also a couple of slots on all our teams at the moment so if there are any girl’s or boys who would like to join the club please contact our secretary Hughie at 087 6987653 and he will provide you with all the information you will require. All of our teams are back in training. If anyone is interesting in joining any of our teams please contact our secretary Hughie at 087 6987653 and he will provide you with the necessary information including training times.

Well done to our coaches and parents who attended the FAI PDP Workshop last Tuesday in the community centre. Many thanks to the RDO Ritchie Fitzgibbon and his two helpers Jim and Seán for their assistance on the night.

All players and parents from the club will receive a pocket sized copy of all the different formats of the game within the PDP that their child/children are likely playing and if anyone has any questions regards the same please forward them to the secretary.

Our ever-popular Development Squad started back last Saturday and will continue every weekend from 10 a.m. till 11 a.m. and new players are welcome. The cost is €2 per head. The WDSL would like to run an Academy/Development Squad league from September 15 to November 18 in preparation for the under-8s season in February 2019. This venture would be open to players born in 2011/2012 only and would require among other things recruiting a couple more volunteer coaches.

We have had some interest in folk wanting their children to play and while we welcome all players’ please only sign your child up for this team only if you intend to commit to practise and matches for further information please contact the secretary.

This coming week we have four of our footballers celebrating a birthday and they are Amelia Lacey and Samuel Kearns from our Development Squad and Michael Synnott and Daniel Eager from the under-10s. Happy birthday guys from everyone in Newtown Juniors FC.

Our Last Man Standing competition will start back on September 29/October 1. 2018 and it’s our first one of the season. To enter it costs €10 per head and the more players we get the more money we can hand out. If interested in taking part please contact any committee member or coach in the club for further details. LMS Rules are posted on our Facebook and Twitter pages.

On a sadder note we would like to extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Nancy Cullen (Killadreenan) and Reverend Canon Robert Jennings (Newcastle) who both sadly passed away last weekend. May they rest in peace.

For further information on all matters Newtown Juniors FC please contact the secretary at 087 6987653 or by email to hughienolan@gmail.com and you can also follow the club on our Facebook.

NOTES

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