Glenealy
COMMUNITY GAMES
Any children for the ages of under-8 to under-16 interested in taking part in the Community Games for swimming or Gymnastics, entries must be in by March 2. For swimming entries contact Sinéad O’Neill at 086 1610483; for Gymnastic entries contact Sheila Driver at 086 8683395. Also any children interest in the under-14s table quiz contact Sheila Driver.
GLENEALY CARD DRIVE
A 45 card Drive will be on in Glenealy village hall this Thursday, February 23, and whist partner card drive will be on the following Thursday, March 2, time is 8.30 p.m. New players always welcome.
KIDS ART CLASSES
Kids art classes are back on Saturdays mornings at 11 a.m. in Glenealy club house. For more information contact Carol Davis at 083 3724331.
HEALTH/FITNESS CLASSES
Health and Fitness classes have started in Glenealy Village Hall every Friday morning at 9.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. and Monday nights from February 20 from 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m., cost of class is just €6 per class. For more information s contact Esther Doyle at 086 3438095 or email doyleesther@hotmail.com.
MONSTER BINGO
The next monster bingo will be in Glenealy village hall on Sunday, March 12, at 3 p.m. Hope to see you all there. Great cash prizes to be won.
ECCE PLACES
Toddlers Haven preschool/ Montessori has places available 1 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Contact Sheena for an interview at 086 4066308.
FOROIGE YOUTH CLUB
Glenealy Foróige youth club meets in Glenealy village hall on Friday nights from 8 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. New members are welcome to join. For more information contact 0404 44040. Wishing all our members and leaders a very happy new year.
GYMBOREE
Gymboree Play and music continues on Tuesday mornings at 11 a.m. in Glenealy village hall, come along and enjoy an hour of music through songs, dance, games, musical instruments and fun. Suitable for all babies, toddlers and pre school children from six months – four years. Booking is essential as places are limited. For more information and to book your place, please contact Rachel at 086 8330212.
IRISH DANCING
Irish dancing classes with Brenda McLoughlin will be on in Glenealy Village Hall on Thursday evenings from 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. New students very welcome to join.
SATURDAYS PLAYGROUP
The Saturdays playgroup meet in Glenealy Village Hall every Saturday morning from 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Fun play for pre school children and up. Cost €3 per family.
ASTRO TURF
Our state of the art Astro Turf pitch is now available. We are taking bookings for mornings, afternoon or evening times at very competitive rates. Please contact us at 0404 44040 for more information.
VILLAGE HALL
Glenealy village hall is now available for corporate and social events, meetings, parties, workshops etc.with great facilities and keen rates. Mornings, afternoons and evening times are now available. For more information contact us at 0404 44040 or glenealyvillagehall@eircom.net.
GLENEALY IT CENTRE
INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL FILM MAKING – This fun and creative QQi accredited course where participants will gain hands on experience in various aspects of filmmaking: Scripting, lightimg, set – design, make – up for film, Camera, Audio, Acting on screen, Editing, Storyboarding and how to make a short film. No fees for unemployed or medical card holders. November 2016. for further information contact Glenealy IT Centre at 0404 44980.
HARD LANDSCAPING SKILLS FPR HORTICULTURE/GARDENING – Ideal opportunity of a funded training nprogramme aimed at individuals with an interest in gaining a recognised qualification and employment in horticulture. Participants will learne a range of construction skills, and construct elements of hard landscaping such as building walls, constructing flat landscaping features, carpentry as well as the use of a range of tools and equipment associated with construction. this is a two-day a week part time QQI level four training course. To enroll or for further information contact 0404 44980. the 17th at the Killiney Castle Hotel. Congratulations to all the participants. The winners were third place to Fintan Donnelly and Emma Kate O’Reilly, who danced the Tango, second place to Thomas Messitt and Gina Nolan for the Cha Cha and first place to Patrick Woods and Edel Cooke for the Salsa. The Oscar for the best video clip went to Alex Sam and Rachel Robson for ‘Flashdance’.
PARENT/TODDLER GROUP
All are welcome to come along to the parent and toddler group at the Community Centre from 10.30 p.m. to midday every Wednesday. €2 per child.
SENIOR CITIZENS TRIP
The annual trip this year will be to Galway. Participants will travel by coach on Monday, April 17, and return on Friday, April 21. The group will stay in Flannery’s Hotel, Galway. Daytrips will incorporate visits to places such as Clifden and Kylemore Abbey and Gardens, ferry to Inishmore, half day scenic tour of South Galway and North Clare via Ballyvaughan and the Burren and other places of interest. Total Cost €330 (Sharing) and €410 (Single Room Occupancy).
If you wish to reserve a place please give your name and a non-refundable deposit of €30 to Veronica Byrne (086 3935471) or Tony Rennix (086 0747039) prior to March 1, with full payment no later than March 31.
EASTER EGG APPEAL
This annual charity day will be held on Saturday, April 8, from midday to 5 p.m. in the Mill Room. Organiser Sylvia Scanlon wants to buy 60 easter eggs for patients at Newcastle Hospital with the balance of funds being split between the Open Door, Kilcoole Tidy Towns and Bray Lakers. There will be a draw with 100 prizes. If anyone would like to donate a prize or unwanted gift please drop in to Kilcoole Pharmacy.
COMMUNITY CENTRE
phone 01 2872017. Office opening hours: Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Friday 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
LOTTO
Kilcoole GAA weekly lotto draw takes place every Monday night with the jackpot increasing €200 per week till it’s won. Pick four numbers, match four to win or share in the jackpot, match three to win or share €200. Tickets on sale in Tesco and Centra every Saturday morning or daily from some outlets or any committee member.
BINGO
Bingo is held on Monday nights in St Patrick’s hall at 8 p.m. Everybody is welcome.
NOTES
If you would like to have a notice included in the Kilcoole Notes please email jenniferwicklow2016@hotmail.com.
The Newtowmountkennedy Community Forum is meeting on Tuesday, February 28, at 7.30 p.m. in the Community Centre, all welcome.
GAA CLUB NOTES
The GAA club newsletter for January 2017 is now available; please see news section of the Newtown website.
Wicklow GAA is running an online Foundation Football course which is certified over the next few weeks, registration and instructions can be found onlearning.gaa.ie. If you would like to complete or know of anyone who wants even to be involved in a minor capacity it is a useful course to complete.
We are delighted to have a large number of kids playing for our fast growing juvenile sides, more kids means more helpers so if you feel you are in a position to help in any capacity our future GAA stars then please get in touch as it takes much more than a manager to run each team. We are still short of help for some of our teams and may not be able to enter teams at all ages due to lack of mentors, please give Tom a ring at 087 6611480 or Shay at 087 2699620 for more info.
Some of our juvenile teams are back training and we would hope to have all our teams back within the next few weeks. The under-14 girls are training next Saturday and every Saturday at 11.30 in the pitch, while the under-16 girls are training on Mondays and Fridays at 7.30 p.m.
Well done to Aisling McDonald and Seán Gregory, who represented the club on county teams last weekend
There is a good stock of club gear now available to buy for any enquiries regarding club gear please contact Ruth at 087 7472682 or Amy at 086 3332195.
If you have any club related notes for inclusion in the weekly notes, please forward to pronewtown@gmail.com before Sunday 6 p.m. for issue the following week.
NEWTOWN JUNIORS FC
The following are the fixtures for the weekend of Saturday/Sunday, February 25/26: under-8s at home to St Patrick’s ko Sunday at 10.15 a.m.; under-9s at home to Wolfe Tone ko Sunday at 11.15 a.m.; under-10s at home to Rathnew FC ko Saturday at 11 a.m.; under-11s away to Enniskerry Red ko to be confirmed; under-13s at home to Wolfe Tone ko Saturday at 10.30 a.m.; under-15s at home to Greystones ‘B’ ko Saturday at midday (Cup Q.F.). (fixtures and ko times are subject to change)
The Development Squad is back in action and they practise every Saturday morning 10.11 a.m. indoors in the Community Centre (Sports Hall). Cost per player each week is €3. Regards the Indoor Hall all players must wear indoor/astro runners and also must adhere to all rules governing goalpost safety etc.
The teams have confirmed their training times for the week beginning Monday the 20th Feb: Dev. Squad – no training this coming weekend; under-8s on Wednesdays 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. – (February 22. ); under-9s Thursdays at 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. – (February 23. ); under-10s on Tuesdays 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. – (February 21. ); under-11s Wednesdays at 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. – (February 22. ); under-13s – no training this week; under-15s Thursdays at 2 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. – (February 23.) All members are reminded that the remainder of Membership Fees for the season 2016/17 are now due. Please organise any outstanding payment with your child’s respective coach or any committee member. Thank you.
We will be starting our next Last Man Standing competition on the weekend of Sat.4th/Mon. March 6. €10 per player and 50% of the money taken in go to the last man standing. Please support as all money collected go towards the youth of the area. You can put your name forward to any of the team coaches or to any committee member.
For further information on all matters ‘Newtown Juniors F.C.’ please contact the secretary at 087 6987653 or by email tohughienolan@gmail.com and you can also follow the club on our Facebook and Twitter pages.