Newtownmountkennedy

NEWTOWN 2050

Newtown 2050 were delighted with the attendance to the meeting in the Parkview hotel last week, aimed solely at making people aware of the upcoming Local Area Development Plan. It was facilitated by Public Participation Network. Many thanks for the use of the room from the Parkview. More than 80 people attended the workshop.

Among the items discussed were ; The Proposed Data Centre, The Proposed Riverine Park in Ashes, Cycle routes. Main Street Parking. Quality Architecture and design in the area. Jobs locally. commuting problems on the N11. Disabled access through the town.

Attracting Tourism, walkways, how to ensure the village thrives and the main street develops in a manner that keeps it vibrant. Developing a green cycle and walking route to connect Newtownmountkennedy Kilcoole, Roundwood Newcastle. Tourism.

The continued development of the town to the west. Concern that the village has to develop in a more balanced way. The site opposite Eugenes on Main street. ‘Green’ businees as a focus. How to stop the village being destroyed by bad planning and out of village retail development. As you can see a lot was covered.

Its your village get involved in your villages future. Contact Huw O’Toole at newtown2050@gmail. com and on Facebook. and

NEWTOWN TIDY TOWNS

We are delighted to announce the that we have been awarded a BHIS grant this year of Eu9000 through our applications to Wicklow County Council. This is really great news. It will allow us to finish the works we started last year to stabilise the structure and allow it too be used for all and as a tourist resource. However, to avail of the grant we have to raise funds to match the grant awarded. This will form the main section of our fundraising. We appeal to all groups and individuals in the community to help us raise this amount. We are already over half way there with Darren Mooneys great concert earlier this year. Please help, it is a really lovely place. To visit take raod to Roundwood and follow the fingerpost sign to Kilmurray Graveyard. The lower graveyard contains this lovely 17th century church.

ROBERT MONTEITH POETRY COMPETITION

The Robert Monteith Poetry Competition is pleased to announce this year’s competition titled ‘Transition’.

We invite entries for poems that relate to the theme of transition.

Check our website for further details. wicklowlit.com We will be awarding a first prize of €300, Second prize of a weekend on Tig Oilean in Westmeath (islandlife. ie), The Third is selected books from Dubray Books.

We are delighted that Breda Wall Ryan has agreed to judge the competition again this year. She will be also hosting workshops on June 11 in Newtownmountkennedy. The closing date for entries is May 24. For more information on our judge, how to enter the competition, to find our entry form and read our updated terms and conditions, please look at our websitewicklowlit.com.

CHORAL EVENING

The local Alzheimer Society of Ireland are hosting a Choral Evening in St Fergal’s Church, Bray, next Sunday, May 14, at 7 p.m. Tickets are available on the door €8/€5. A choir from Missouri, USA, Cruinniu from Arklow and the Memory Lane Singers will be performing. Your support will be very much appreciated. Thank you.

School news

POP-UP RACES

Registration is open for a 5k Road Race around Newtown on SUNDAY MAY 28th from 2 p.m. followed by a family fun day in the grounds of the senior school. All offers of Donations and Sponsorship as well as Volunteer Helpers greatly appreciated.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION

Best wishes to the children from second class, who will receive first Holy Communion on Saturday, May 13, in St Joseph’s Church. Many Thanks to Ms Nolan, Ms Donlon and Ms Hurley for all the hard work and preparation.

GAA CLUB

Newtown seniors took on Coolkenno last week and had a disappointing loss considering the amount of possession and shots on goal. They take on Kilmac this coming Friday in the league, please check fixtures for venue and throw in time.

So after all the dust has settled, the lads’ heads are a little less sore from the punches while the crowd’s heads are a little less sore from the drink. Each of the fighters would like to thank every person who turned up on the night in the Parkview hotel to support them; the atmosphere created by you all was amazing. We also want to thank all the sponsors from the Parkview Hotel and their staff who were amazing from the day we booked right up to the event itself. Our ring sponsor @Appliances

Delivered.ie, our trainers at Swiftkick Martial Arts Academy, our amazing print specialist Snap Print Dun Laoghaire, our amazing compere for the night Ernie Gallagher, each fighters sponsor and all the companies who took out an advertisement in our official programme. We hope you all had fun and hope to see you at our next event #punchupinthepark.

Junior magpies: Newtown’s popular junior magpies nursery program has returned every Saturday at 10 a.m. on the pitch, an hour’s fun and excitement is guaranteed each week for fourto eight-year-olds. If you need more info please give Barry a buzz at 086 8390507.

The Kellogg’s Cúl Camps are returning to Newtown once again this year from July 24 to July 28 and online registration is now open (kelloggsculcamps. gaa.ie) 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

The lotto rolled over again last week to a total of €2,600 this week, numbers drawn were 7, 12, 17 and 22. There were six lucky match-three winners who won €35 each

NEWTOWN JUNIORS FC

Not a whole lot of action in the past week but the 13s got the disappointment of losing the cup final out of their system with a comprehensive 6-0 win at home to Wolfe Tone. Defender Shane Dunleavy scored twice to make it four goals in three games while the other goals came from Fionn O’Reilly (pen), Bobby Dowling, Sam Gillan and Ryan Clarke in what was a very good all round team display. The under-eights played out a cracker with their Roundwood counterparts where Leon O’Connor, Oisin Duffy, Aaron Nolan and David McCormack all hit the net. The Nines after getting over their experience on Thursday evening travelled to take on Arklow United where among the scorers for Newtown were Sebastian Anton, Mikey Synnott and William Valentine. Among the players who starred were Eva Carey, Kacey Kelly and Max Roche. The under10s took on near neighbours St Anthony’s and despite a 4-1 loss they did perform reasonably well. Cormac Chance scored the Newtown goal. When you see a final scoreline of 9-11 you would be forgiven for thinking it was the result of a GAA or Rugby match but it was in fact a result from last Thursdays under-11s game. Obviously in a game of non-stop attacking football, the Newtown goals came from Mason Melia (5), Keira Farrelly (2), Ryan McMahon and Jack Coughlan. The club would like to wish Leighton Byrne (U-8), Pat Carey (under-nine) and Josh Kennedy (under-15) speedy recoveries after recent operations/injuries.

The following are the fixtures for the weekend of Wednesday, May 10 to Sunday. May 14: Under-eights No Fixture. Undernines No Fixture. Under-10s No Fixture. Under-11s away to Avonmore Yellow ko to be confirmed. Under-13s away to St Anthony’s ko Wednesday at 6.30 p.m. Under-13s away to Arklow Celtic ko to be confirmed. Under-15s at home to Enniskerry ko Sunday to be confirmed. (FIXTURES and KO TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

We were delighted to welcome back last Thursday evening ex-junior Katie Taylor to the club. Katie was with Sky Sports who were filming a piece for their weekly programme ‘Sportswomen’ which airs on Sky Sports News (Channel 406) every Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. Katie came along with her mum Bridget and a Sky team to film and do an interview on her time with Newtown Juniors FC etc and with her she brought the Championship Belt she won last Saturday at Wembley stadium. Katie had a Q&A session with our under-nines team and assisted and took part in a session with their coach Lauren Nolan. Plenty of autographs and photographs were signed and taken as Katie was there for nearly two hours. Many thanks to Katie for coming along and no doubt all the kids went home buzzing after meeting Ireland’s greatest sportswoman and a very much down to earth lovely individual. We also had an under-11s game on Thursday which was slightly delayed as Katie posed for pictures with both teams and nearly every player (if not all) had their boots signed by Katie. Well done, everyone.

We have two players from the club celebrating birthdays in the coming week and they are Leighton Byrne from the undereights and Seán Douglas from the under-15s. Happy birthday, lads, from everyone at Newtown Juniors FC.

Our latest Last Man Standing competition will go into week eight thanks to the Champions Leicester City. Eva and Katrina had pinned their hopes on them and they duly obliged with a 3-0 home win over Watford. Unfortunately for our other Player Paul his selection came unstuck at home to bottom side Sunderland. Many thanks to everyone for their continued support.

On a sadder note the club members wish to extend their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Tommy Heffernan, who sadly passed away last week. Tommy was heavily involved in Schoolboys soccer throughout the country and served on the local WDSL committee for a number of years. May he rest in peace.

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