Ashford
COMMUNITY GAMES
Heavy rain did not deter the children from Ashford/Glenealy as they gave it their all at the County Cross Country finals in Avondale as Alia, Noah, Finn Harris and Ellen Savage won Gold. Lily Sheehy and Owen Savage both winning Silver. Mary McElhinney, Molly Sheehy, Ollie Behan, Sarah Gillispie, Una McElhinner and Simon Lynch bronze medals and second team place overall.
A big thank you to Team Manager Andrea Dunne and Jennie Teevan for all their hard work a special thank you to Peter and Aideen Savage Ashford Athletic Club bibs.
At the County Swimming on Sunday the Harris brothers Noah under-12 Breaststroke and Finn under-14 Freestyle won gold medals.
Well done to the Chess Team: Patrick Butler, Luke Clements Felix Rothchild, Felix Beauman, Thieaud Empey, William and Harry Smith and thank you to manager Justine Beauman.
Thanks to all at the three schools for their wonderful support parents who helped in any way. To all the children who took part you all did your area proud.
On Sunday, April 8, Ashford/ Glenealy will have the honour of hosting the County Talent Final for the second year in a row. Check in at 12.30 with 1 p.m. start in Glenealy Hall for an afternoon of wonderful entertainment. Good luck to all the children from the area who will be taking part. Well done to the three quiz teams who put their knowledge to the test at the County Final last Saturday.
CARD DRIVE
45 card drive will be on in Glenealy village hall this Thursday, April 5, and whist partner card drive will be the following Thursday, April 12, at 8.30 p.m. New pLayers always welcome.
FOROIGE YOUTH CLUB
Glenealy Foróige youth club is back in Glenealy Village hall for youths aged 12 years to 18 years. It will be on every Friday night at 8 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. Anyone interested can come along any Friday night for more information contact 0404 44040.
GLENEALY IT CENTRE
Enrolement is now taking place for the following courses to commence in April: Computerised payroll course, book keeping/Accounts and Microsoft Office specialist (MOS) Word and Excel advanced. All course are QQI accredited and funding is available dependant on criteria. For further information contact Sheila at 0404 44980.
COMMUNITY GAMES
Heavy rain did not deter the children from Ashford/Glenealy as they gave it their all at the County Cross Country finals in Avondale as Alia, Noah, Finn Harris and Ellen Savage won Gold. Lily Sheehy and Owen Savage both winning Silver. Mary McElhinney, Molly Sheehy, Ollie Behan, Sarah Gillispie, Una McElhinner and Simon Lynch bronze medals and second team place overall. A big thank you to Team Manager Andrea Dunne and Jennie Teevan for all their hard work a special thank you to Peter and Aideen Savage Ashford Athletic Club bibs.
At the County Swimming on Sunday the Harris brothers Noah under-12 Breaststroke and Finn under-14 Freestyle won gold medals.
Well done to the Chess Team: Patrick Butler, Luke Clements Felix Rothchild, Felix Beauman, Thieaud Empey, William and Harry Smith and thank you to manager Justine Beauman.
Thanks to all at the three schools for their wonderful support parents who helped in any way. To all the children who took part you all did your area proud.
On Sunday, April 8, Ashford/ Glenealy will have the honour of hosting the County Talent Final for the second year in a row. Check in at 12.30 with 1 p.m. start in Glenealy Hall for an afternoon of wonderful entertainment. Good luck to all the children from the area who will be taking part. Well done to the three quiz teams who put their knowledge to the test at the County Final last Saturday.
GYMBOREE
Gymboree Play and Music Classes every Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. in Glenealy Village Hall. Suitable for babies, toddlers and Pre-Schoolers from six months – four years. Teach your child a love of music through songs, dance, movement fun and musical instruments, exploring various different musical styles. Booking is essential as places are limited. Contact Rachel at 086 8330212 for more information and to book your place.
ASTRO TURF
Our state-of-the-art astroturf pitch is available. We are taking bookings for morning, 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.
BINGO
Come join us for Monday Night Bingo in St Patrick’s Hall, Kilcoole. First game at 8 p.m. €10 per book (to include loose sheet and jackpot game). Extra loose sheet €1. Raffle Tickets on sale on the night. All welcome to attend.
COMMUNITY CENTRE
The centre is available for bookings (e.g. classes, meetings, birthday parties). Bookings can be made via email kilcoolecc@ gmail.com or by phone 01 2872017. The office is open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is closed for lunch between 12.30 p.m and 1.15 p.m.
INDOOR BOWLS
Bowls takes place every Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. in St Patrick’s/Forrester’s Hall. New members are welcome.
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.
NOTES
If you would like to have a notice included in the Kilcoole Notes please email jenniferwicklow2016@hotmail.com. and Wicklow Rovers grounds. The teams that took part were our under-eights, 10’s, 11’s and 14’s and every player on those teams played to their best of their ability and enjoyed what was a well run competition by Tony Doran and his hard working group of helpers. Also in action from the club were Newtown Juniors FC players Hannah Martin, who captained the WDSL under-12 girls Academy team and Jack Coughlan, who was playing with the under-12 county squad. Well done, everyone.
The following are the fixtures for Thursday, March 5, to Sunday, March 8. under-14s at home to Glencormac Utd ko Thursday at 6.45 p.m. (Interim Final second Leg); under-eights away to Rathnew ko to be confirmed; under-nines at home to St Patrick’s ko Saturday at 11 a.m.; under-10s at home to Wicklow Rovers Blue ko Saturday at midday; under-11s – Fixture to be confirmed; under-12s away to Greystones B ko to be confirmed; under-14s away to Rathnew FC ko to be confirmed (Fixtures and ko times are subject to change)
Only one player from the club celebrates a birthday in the coming week and he is Jamie Fitzgerald from the under-12s. Happy birthday Jamie from everyone in Newtown Juniors FC All our teams are back in training now for the past couple of weeks. 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 need.
Also in a new venture by the WDSL they have started a Girls Academy for all girl’s playing in the league that will also cater for girls who may not be a member of a club or a team. Training takes place for all age groups under-10, under-12 and under-14 at from 4.30 p.m. till 6 p.m. every Sunday evening. For further information please contact our secretary Hughie at 087 6987653/ hughienolan@gmail.com.
We had 29 Players still standing going into week seven but that number dropped by two to 27 Players thanks to the Watford vs Bournemouth game ending in a 2-all draw which included the winners of our last competition JP and Sorcha. Week eight Fixtures will be for next weekend of Sat.7th-Sun. April 8. You can follow the progress of the competition on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
The WDSL Fundraiser ‘ The Kube’ will take place in the Parkview Hotel on Saturday, April 7. We have two participants namely John Dunleavy and Stephen Nolan, who will both be raising funds for our club through this event. If you can sponsor either John or Stephen for any amount no matter how small please contact any committee member for further information. Tickets to the event are €20 each but we have a number of tickets for sale at €10 per head which are on sale at a first come first served basis. Please support as all money raised will go back towards the youth of the area.
The club would like to extend their deepest condolences to the family and friends of Charlie Gray from Bray, who sadly passed away last week. Charlie apart from been a gentleman was a referee for years in the Wicklow and District Schoolboys/Girls League. 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 our Facebook and Twitter pages.