AROUND THE DISTRICTS
Glenealy COMMUNITY GAMES
Anyone from Glenealy interested in helping out with the Community Games will they please contact Sheila Driver at 086 8683395.
TEA DANCE
There will be a Tea Dance held in Glenealy village hall on Sunday, April 22, at 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. music by the Wicklow Man. Hope to see you all for a bit of music and dance.
AUCTION
The next auction will be in Glenealy Village Hall ON Sunday 29TH April at 2 p.m. More information to follow. Keep the date free.
MONSTER BINGO
The next Monster bingo will be in Glenealy village hall on Sunday, April 15, at 3 p.m. with great cash prizes to be won. Hope to see you all there and bring a friend.
INDOOR BOWLS
Indoor bowls has started in Glenealy village hall on Wednesday nights at 8 p.m. New players welcome. for more information you can contact us at 0404 44040.
TODDLERS HAVEN
Just to bring to your attention registration is on going for 2018,2019,2020. New ECCE start date is two years and eight months, morning and afternoon sessions available, contact Sheena at 086 4066308 for more information.
GLENEALY CARD DRIVE
Whist partner card drive will be on in Glenealy village hall this Thursday, April 12, and 45 card drive will be the following Thursday, April 19, at 8.30 p.m. New players always welcome.
FOROIGE YOUTH CLUB
Glenealy Foróige youth club meets in Glenealy Village hall for youths aged 12 years to 18 years every Friday night from 8 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. Anyone interested can come along any Friday night for more information contact 0404 44040.
GYMBOREE
Gymboree Play and music classes continue 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.
GLENEALY IT CENTRE
Enrolment 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 dependent on criteria. For further information contact Sheila at 0404 44980.
Newtownmountkennedy STRICTLY NEWTOWN
The April 21 at 8 p.m. in the Parkview sees the biggest social event in the village in decades. 26 dancers will grace the stage dazzle and entertain you with charm grace and some awesome moves. Come join our celebrity judges for the night and vote for your favourite dancers. Tickets on sale in post office, Eugenes, and online at Strictly.
Newtown.com You can see our dancers on posters and online at Strictly.
NEWTOWN.COM.
Your dancers are Martina Keating and Bernard Mooney. Christine Lee and Huw O’Toole, Ashling McDonald and Cian Gallagher, Amanda and Stephen, Grace Garde and John Whelan, Paul and Siobhán, Nikki and Shane, William and Kathleen, Thomas and Sabina, Mieke and John, Linda and Ferdia, Josephine and Daniel, Claire and Clifton.
Please support this fundraising activity to help generate starter funding for the Greenway linking Newtown and Kilcoole, for Schoolkids, for you and you, for health, for exercise, for tourism, and just for the hell of it. It’s your village, get involved.
Organised by Newtownmountkennedy and District Tidy Towns and Newtown2050. Working towards a cleaner brighter healthier future. Join us if you can, always looking for new members. New settlers in the village especially welcome. newtowntidytown@ gmail.com, newtown2050@ gmail.com.
NEWTOWN JUNIORS FC
At the moment a lot of coaches and players are certainly getting frustrated as the weather reared its ugly head again last weekend as heavy rain on Friday put paid to a number of fixtures. Our 14’s were away to Rathnew and unfortunately suffered a heavy defeat. U p against at least the team kept plugging away and no doubt there will be better days ahead. On the day goalkeeper Ryan Clarke was the pick of the Newtown players. Our 11’s played a friendly against the WDSL under-12 girls Academy team and it was excellent game full of good football played out in glorious sunshine, yes I said sunshine.
The following are the fixtures for Thursday, April 12, to Sunday, April 15. Under-14s at home to Glencormac Utd ko Thursday at 6.45 p.m. (Interim Final second Leg); under-8s away to Ashford Rovers ko to be confirmed; under-9s away to Rathnew ko to be confirmed; under-10s at home to Greystones Utd Red ko Saturday at midday; under-11s away to Avonmore ko to be confirmed; under-12s at home to Greystones C ko Saturday at 10.45 a.m.; under-14s at home to Ashford Rovers ko Sunday at 10.30 a.m. (fixtures and ko times are subject to change)
Two players from the club celebrate their birthdays in the coming week and they are Jerard Johance from the Development Squad and Evan Fahey from the under-12s. Happy birthday guys 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 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.
Week 8 may be just the week that proved to be the ‘turning point’ in our Last Man Standing competition as from the 27 Players, who stood in week 8, no less than 23 Players bit the dust as the selections of a number of players failed to get the required win. Week nine Fixtures will be for next weekend of Saturday, April 14, to Monday, April 16, as the remaining four Players do battle for the €500 prize pot. You can follow the progress of the competition on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
The WDSL Fundraiser ‘The Kube’ took place in the Parkview Hotel last Saturday night. We have two participants namely John Dunleavy and Stephen Nolan taking part trying to win the top prize of €1,000. The lads did well with Stephen making it to the final four but he had to settle for the runners-up position as Paul Lennon from the Wicklow Advertiser took the top prize. On what was an excellent night plenty of Newtown natives and people with the ‘Ben connections’ took the Kube on for various clubs and organisations and they were Hannah Martin, Lorraine Nolan, Ger Kelly, Paddy Kelly, Aaron Hackett, Shane Synnott, Mick Synnott and Declan Carthy. Hannah won the top raffle prize of two tickets to the Electric Picnic. Well done everyone in what was a very enjoyable night. Newtown Juniors FC would like to thank everyone who sponsored, bought tickets and supported the participants on the night. It was greatly appreciated by everyone in the club.
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.
Rathdrum COFFEE MORNING
The 10th annual East Coast FM Wicklow Wide coffee morning takes place Friday, April 20, in the RDA Hall Rathdrum. Money raised will go directly to Cancer Support Services and the Wicklow Hospice. We look forward to meeting you all there.
PARNELL ATHLETIC CLUB
The County Community Games Cross Country took place in a very wet Avondale recently. In the under-12 Ciara Colohan in a very close finish got over the line to take first place with Maria Zakharenka in seventh; in under-13 Tara O’Toole was fourth; in under-14 Alice Kirwan fourth and Hannah Joynt fifth. In the boys under-14 Robert Cherry third and Edward Byrne fourth. They all now qualify for the all-Ireland on May 27 in UL Limerick – more results to follow.
THURSDAY WALKS
A reminder that the season of Thursday evening walks from Rathdrum begins again this Thursday evening, April 12. Our first walk will be to the Slate Quarry circuit in Kilmacrea, meeting as usual in the Memorial Park for 7 p.m. and 7.15 at the start proper. A reminder also that for the comfort and safety of all walkers no dogs are allowed.
PLAYGROUND CLEAN-UP
Last Saturday members of the playground committee and some volunteers spent the day cleaning up the playground. We removed weeds and cut back the hedging.
We also put up some new signs that were designed by Sean Kearns, iMagism Media, we think they look great and we hope you think so too. We collected over 3 bags of rubbish including plastic bottles, nappies, broken glass and cigarette butts.
The playground is a wonderful amenity for our town and we would just ask that everyone who uses it takes care of it. So check out the new signs on your next visit.
Rathnew COMMUNITY CENTRE
Important Date for Your Diary: East Coast FM coffee morning hosted by Rathnew Community Centre on Friday, April 20, from 10 a.m. in Aid of Wicklow Cancer Support.
Rooms available for Meetings, Presentations etc. St Brigid’s Hall is a Great Space for your Company’s Training, Workshops, classes or Camps. Looking for a Venue for Your Party? Contact us to secure a slot in the schedule.
Sewing Machine Classes for Adults Thursdays during School Term 10 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Join us any time for a chat. Contact Joann at 089 2411420 Sponsored by: Croi Rath Naoi, County Wicklow Community Partnership Fly Tying Classes by Vartry Angling Club: Thursdays 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. For Info Call 086 3130140
‘Forever Friends’ Pre-School – Phone 087 4104121 Tai Chi and Kenpo Karate: For Adults, teens and Kids – Phone 089 4567533 Crochet Classes: Tuesdays 7.309.30 p.m. Bingo: Wednesdays 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Yoga: Tuesdays 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. – For Info Call 086 0596235 In-Door Bowls: Thursdays 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Meditation: Every second Sunday 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – For Info Call 086 0596235 For Women’s Group; After School Children’s Activities; Youth Transition Programmes contact Croi Rath Naoi/ County Wicklow Partnership at 087 6440693.
For more Information contact us at 085 1752339 and visit us on Facebook facebook.com/ st.brigidshall facebook.com/rathnewcommunitycentre.