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LITTER PICK
Third Wicklow Scouts went out to do a litter pick last Saturday for our rough mile project. We expected one or two bags but came away with a small truck full of dumped rubbish. This included ovens, corragated iron, household waste, sofas, bikes and lots of bags from construction sites. We are hoping to help get the woods back into good shape by removing waste and enhancing the beauty of the woods.
NEWTOWN JUNIORS FC Plenty of footie last week and again loads of goals were scored. The 8’s hosted a gallant Sporting Greystones team in what turned out to be a very one-sided game. Well done to all the team on there performance and they will be facing tougher challenges in the weeks ahead.
The 9’s played out a very close series of games at home to Greystones B. On the day among the players who played well were Alex Ryan, Albie Chance, Ryan McDonald, Leon O’Connor, Nathan McMahon and Nathan Donohoe (up from the under-eights).
The under-10s (kindly sponsored by Real Debt Solutions) made the short trip to Kilcoole to take on St Anthony’s and after a great game they edged out the home side. Aidan Heffernan, Luke Turley, William Valentine, Ryan Collins and Pat Carey all scored while Mike Synnott and Sebastian Anton were the pick of the Newtown players.
Naoise Lowe helped herself to a hat trick for the under-11s at home to a gallant St Anthony’s team. Also scoring on the day were Cormac Chance, Jake Robertson, Brooklyn Doyle and PJ Duffy. Cillian Coffey, Jack Daly and Evan Fahey were among the players who starred on the day.
The under-12s played the second leg of their Cup semi-final away to Greystones B trailing 4-nil from the first leg. Despite their efforts where they gave it they’re all they went down to a 2-0 defeat and an aggregate score of 6-0. On the day among the best players for Newtown were Hannah Martin, Jack Coughlan and Patrick Martin.
The following are the fixtures for Thursday, May 31, to Sunday, June 3: under-eights – Fixture to be confirmed; under-nines – Fixture to be confirmed; under-10s – Fixture to be confirmed; under-11s – Fixture to be confirmed; under-12s – Fixture to be confirmed; under-14s at home to Roundwood FC ko Thursday at 7.15 p.m. (Fixtures and ko times are subject to change)
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.
From our recent ‘Golden Goals’ coupons the winners were as follows: Chelsea vs Manchester United €60 22nd Minute Josephine O’Toole c/o Rory €20 21st Minute Hughie Nolan c/o Self €20 23rd Minute to be confirmed Real Madrid vs Liverpool €60 51st Minute to be confirmed €20 50th Minute Lucy Nolan c/o Stephen €20 52nd Minute to be confirmed details of winners will be on our Facebook and Twitter pages. We will be putting out some coupons for some of the upcoming World Cup games and they can be purchased off any club coach or committee member.
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 pages.
GAA CLUB NOTES
Newtown seniors are awaiting confirmation of league final fixture against Carnew the under-11s are certainly clocking up the miles and are getting some difficult fixtures involving a lot of travelling; their next match is away to Donard the Glen tonight (Wednesday) at 7.15 p.m. The under-13s who have a couple of wins under their belt played St Mary’s in Ballinakill last Monday and the lads had a great win in a high scoring and thrilling game, their next match is on June 4 away to Clara Gaels.
Training continues every Monday at 6.30 p.m. for the under-11s and at 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday for the under-13s. Contact Peter at 087 7633089 for more info about the under-11s or under-13s. The under-15s under the watchful eyes of Shane, Karl and Glen are training away give Shane a buzz at 087 6239971 for all the details about training and matches etc. All our juvenile teams are always looking for more players and volunteers so if you want to get involved with any aspect with either a boys or girls’ team give our secretary Tom a buzz at 087 6611480.
The under-12 girls are training twice a week on Tuesdays and Friday At 6.30, Loretto is the team contact at 087 9295591. The under-14 girls had a league match away to St Nick’s last night. They are training on Mondays and Thursdays at 7 p.m.; give Shayne a ring at 087 2256436 for all info regarding the under-14s.
Best of luck to all those sitting exams in the coming weeks.
The Cúl Camps are returning to Newtown on July 30, contact Garrett Doyle at 083 4357460 for more information.
There were four match-three winners in last week’s lotto, numbers drawn were 04, 16, 19 and 20. This week’s jackpot was €7,200, please buy a ticket for €2 and help support our club
All membership is now overdue and as we are operating a strictly no pay no play policy it is advisable to please pay asap as May 31 is the deadline.