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POETRY COMPETITION

The Robert Monteith Internation Poetry Competition announces the winner of 2017 competition. Derek Coyle of Carlow. Thanks to all entries, they were really great, and what a response. Many thanks to Streetfeast. What a great day. Huge thanks to Newtownmontkennedy Tidy Towns for their sponsorship.

MEN’S SHED

All I have to tell you good people within our community would take two newspapers so I’ll just fill ye all in on the important bit’s as it were. Since I last reported we have had a few tragedy’s and some good happenings, the sad things being, losing our wee ‘Kithen’ the young ferule kitten who came to live among our beloved ‘Girls’ (hens) she has just vanished and searches hither and thither have resulted in nothing, so to say we are saddened by her loss would be an understatement.

Another great tragedy was the sudden death of ‘Big Ernie’ an exquisite cockerel from natural causes, and just when he had his ‘crowing’ just at the right pitch, we are also very sad at his passing, but as they say ‘Never a dark cloud will pass till a bright one show’s it’s head’, and that is exactly what happened, the lady who donated our hen’s Bridget came hurrying to our aid with replacements, thank you Bridget.

We’ve had our very successful first social outing to ‘Croker’ and Dáil Eireann just last Tuesday which was a fantastic day out, and then on the Thursday of the same week we played host to a very VIP group. Indeed, none other than a group from ‘The Ireland Funds’ visited our humble abode and spent a very happy time with us finding what this Men’s Shed business is all about, needless to say they were very well satisfied by our ‘Role model’ Newtown and Newcastle Men’s Shed.

All our allotments are now bearing great fruit and veggies to beat the band, and it will be a pity most will be harvested by the time we hold our ‘Community thank you’ day scheduled for Saturday, July 22, but we will try to keep ye all some, never mind aye.

It is a privilege to be a part of something where it is as appreciated as much as our Men’s Shed is by those within our community of Newtown, Newcastle, and surrounding districts, the goodwill and everything that entails is second to none and we are especially grateful to David of Murray’s Cabs, The Parkview hotel, the Egg lady, Synnott Butchers Druids well pub, and indeed in every household where we’re sure the will to support us is very strong we say Thank You always.

GAA CLUB NOTES

All roads lead to Ashford this coming Sunday, July 2, for the opening game of the senior championship (group B) where Newtown take on Avondale. Throw in is scheduled for midday but please check fixtures just in case there are any changes. Give it your all lads, the club and community are all behind you.

We enjoyed glorious sunshine recently at our popular junior magpie’s nursery which takes place every Saturday at 10 a.m. on the pitch, the nursery is for kids aged 4-8 and great fun is had by all every week. If you need more info please give Barry a buzz at 086 8390507.congratulations and best wishes to Barry and Irene on the birth of their son Joseph.

The under-seven and under-9s had a monster All County blitz in Ballinakill last Saturday. Both of these teams are training on Tuesdays at 6.30 p.m. and the under-13s who are doing well in the league train on Mondays at 6.30 p.m.

The under-8-10 girls next blitz is next Saturday and training is on Wednesdays at 6.30 p.m. The under-12 girls are doing well in the league and have two games left. The girls have only lost one match all season and are flying, well done girls keep up the great work.

The under-14 girls’ next game is tonight (Wednesday) against Clan na Gael and training is Mondays and Thursdays at 7 p.m.

Training for the under-16 girls continues every Wednesday and Friday at 7 p.m. Now that the leaving certificate is over the girls will be starting back in the league, they are unbeaten so far and remain top of the table after four games.

If you need more info about any of our juvenile teams please give Shay a ring at 087 2699620. All membership is now overdue and must be paid within the next two weeks when we will implement a strictly no pay no play policy.

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) Please note we will not be accepting money or registrations on the first morning of camp.

There is a good stock of club gear now available to buy for any enquiries regarding club gear please contact Amy at 086 3332195.

In last week’s lotto one person matched three numbers and took away €400 but no one scooped the jackpot of €3,800 so it rolled over to €4k this week.

NEWTOWN JUNIORS FC

Saturday, July 1, is the date for our Presentation Day. All the Finals for our Mini World Cup will take place on this date (we will have 9 finals in total) and we will need a little bit of help to make sure that things run smoothly. So if you are interested in football and can spare an hour or two on finals day (Saturday, July 1) to do maybe a bit of refereeing etc it would be greatly appreciated.

Please note that all children will play on Finals day, and you never know the ever-popular ‘Tiny Tots’ game may make a comeback. All the age groups have been keenly contested and positions are still up for grabs as we play the final group games this week. You can follow all the fixtures, results, teams etc on our Facebook page. All Sponsored Cards recently give out to all players are to be back with the committee on or before Thursday, June 22.

As part of our Presentation Day we will have loads of fun games, which will include ‘Bubble Football’ for all our teams from the season just finished. We will also be looking for the Penalty King, Accuracy King and the Top Bin King among other things on the day. Schedule of all the Finals etc will be posted on our Facebook and Twitter pages later in the week. For further information please contact Hughie at 087 6987653.

All our teams made their way to the Grand Hotel in Wicklow Town for the WDSL Presentation day last Sunday were all players from under-8-11’s were presented with their participation medals and certificates. Our under-13s collected their runners-up awards for the Premier Cup and shield while the under-15s collected Cup winners medals and league runners-up medals well done to all our players and thank you to the WDSL committee for organising the day.

We have three players from the club celebrating their birthdays in the coming week and they are Lucas Dowdall from the under-8s and twins Eva and Pat Carey from the under-11s. Happy birthday all from everyone at Newtown Juniors FC.

On a sadder note all at Newtown Juniors FC extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Phylis Roe who sadly passed away recently. May she 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 and Twitter.