Newtownmountkennedy

SCHOOL NEWS

NEW INFANTS – The junior infants of 2018-2019 met their teachers on Monday, June 18, We wish them and their families every happiness and success in Newtownmountkennedy Primary School.

RETIREMENT – Mr O’Riordan will be retiring after 36 years teaching in Newtown Schools. There will be an End of Year Assembly when we will honour Jim

Juliane Moran, Bert Nicholson, Ruth Roberts and Clara Jenkinson having fun in the sun at the Wood Spoon Blitz at Greystones Rugby Club.

and thank him for his dedication and commitment to Primary School Education in Newtown. The Assembly will be held in St Joseph’s Church at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 29, and all friends, relations, past pupils, parents and the local community are welcome to attend.

SUMMER HOLIDAYS – School will close at 12.30 p.m. on Friday, June 29, and reopen at 9 a.m. on Thursday, August 30, for All Pupils.

WRITE A BOOK – Congratulations to Shelby McDonald and Aaron Hackett, who were Merit Award Winners in this year’s Write a book. Their stories have been published by Blackrock Education Centre.

TEXACO ART COMPETITION – Congratulations to Ali Keogh, who received a Merit Award in this year’s Texaco Art Competition.

A HELPING HAND IN UGANDA

What makes life seem worthwhile are people who are willing to extend a hand, to give us that support when we are down, to help those of us who are less fortunate in their struggle.

Baale is a fishing village on the shores of Lake Victoria. It has a few brick-built houses, a couple of shops, and a pub, and a lot of wooden shacks. There is no quay or jetty, so the boats work from the beach.

UGA

Irish Project are those people, who at the end of June travel to Uganda to extend that very hand, and travelling with them are two Red Cross Volunteers from our very village and the community of Newtownmountkennedy wish Denise Commons and Megan Lynch bon voyage, in their quest to extend that helping hand.

GAA CLUB NOTES

Congratulations to our Newtown senior men who overcame Carnew in the league final. Newtown looked comfortable for victory with a couple of minutes to go, but a quick fire reply from Carnew meant that Newtown went into the last minute looking for an equalising score which Luke Martin duly delivered. The team showed great commitment and skill to dominate extra time and end the league season with a cup and promotion to Division 1 a. Final score was 3-16 to 2-11. All roads lead to the championship.

The under-nines next outing is a monster blitz in Ballinakill next Saturday, they are training every Monday at 6.30 p.m. Contact Alun at 086 3017500 if you need any more information.

The under-11s had a good win against Kilmac last week and their next outing is on Wednesday the 27th away to AGB the under-13s had a great win over Clann na Gael recently on a score line of 5_13 to 5_4, team and scorers on the night were Ryan Clarke (3-4), Aidan Heffernan, PJ Duffy, Mike Synnott, Shane Synnott (0-1), Paudie Gammell (0-1), Daragh Heffernan (1-6), Matthew Doyle (0-1), Aaron Hackett (1-0). Their next match is at Home to at Kevin’s,

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. The lads next game is away to Michael Dwyer’s on Wednesday, June 27.

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-eight_u10 girls are training on Tuesdays at 6.30 p.m. contact Ruth at 087 7472682 for more information. The under-12 girls are training twice a week on Tuesdays and Friday at 6.30 p.m. the girls are playing their last league game tonight (Wednesday) away to at Pat’s, Loretto is the team contact at 087 9295591. The under-14 girls who were involved in a fantastic game against at Nick’s recently are making the long trip to the league leaders Baltinglass for their next game. 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 currently sitting exams.

The Cúl Camps are returning to Newtown on July30th, there are still some vacancies for Cúl Camp coaches throughout the summer contact Garrett Doyle at 083 4357460 for more information regarding all camp matters.

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 was the deadline.

Anybody looking to buy club gear please give Ruth a bell at 087 7472682.

Two people took away €100 each in the lotto last week, numbers drawn were 11, 18, 19 and 25. This week’s jackpot was €7,800.

NEWTOWN PARKFEST

Save the date for the Newtown Music Festival kindly sponsored by the Greystones Credit Union. It will take place on Saturday, July 14.

QUIZ NIGHT

A quiz night is being held on June 30 in the Druids Well in aid of Liam Odlum. Call Trevor at 085 2499982 for details.

NEWTOWN DISTRICT FORUM

Newtown District Forum are meeting on Tuedsay June 26 7.30 in the community centre. This is an open meeting – all are welcome to attend.

LOCAL LINK BUS

The local link bus route 1413 will depart from the church at 10.30 every first Wednesday of the month to Nutgrove. Leaving Nutgrove at 14.30 to return to Newtown and will stop at Garden Village. Every third Wednesday of the month the bus will depart the church at 10.30 to Blanchardstown. Leaving Blanchardstown at 14.30. If anyone has issues getting to the church they can call local link at 056 7715912 and they will accommodate home pick ups where they can.

NEWTOWN UNITED FC

Well in what has already been an amazing season with the treble completed we go in search of an unprecedented fourth trophy.

We face Roundwood in this seasons Jim McLaughlin Cup Final and we know it will be an arduous task to bring the cup back for the fourth season in a row, this is our final game of the season and thus our last rally call for all of you wonderful folk, the support.

The team has received has been overwhelming and we hope this continues on Sunday the 24th. Newtown vs Roundwood on the ground of the last team to achieve four trophies in a single season, Rathnew. It will be tough, no doubt but with your support, we believe we can do it.

NEWTOWN JUNIORS FC

Plenty of football last weekend as we edge ever closer to the summer break. Our 8’s travelled to take on Arklow Town and despite finding the going tough they acquitted themselves well. Among the players who starred were Colin Healy, Aaron Nolan and Nathan Donohoe. Our 9’s ended up with no game after their opposition failed to muster a team.

The 10’s (kindly sponsored by Real Debt Solutions) also travelled to Arklow where they edged out the home side in a cracking game of football. Ryan Collins signed off with a hat trick before he headed away on his holidays while Sebastian Anton and William Valentine scored a goal each. Best were Mikey Synnott, Aaron Roy and Kacey Kelly.

The 11’s had an off day at home to Enniskerry White in a game where the away side edged in front early on and Newtown despite plenty of goals on each side just couldn’t get their noses in front. The Newtown goals came from Jake Robertson two (1pen), Dylan Dunleavy and Brooklyn Doyle. On the day there were good performances from Cilia Coffey, Jack Daly and Cormac Chance.

The 12’s had a good 7-1 home win over Ashford Rovers, who to give them their due battled away till the very end. Pádraig Gammell scored a hat trick, Patrick Martin scored twice and there were singles for Aaron Cawley and Keira Farrelly.

The 14’s also had an excellent win at home, defeating Avonmore. Bobby Dowling scored a hat trick, Jason Carthy scored twice, while Charlie Sullivan, Adam White and Luke Breen added the others. Jamie Hamilton, Michael Byrne, Laragh Davis and Seán Bishop played well.

The following are the fixtures for Wednesday, June 20, to Sunday, June 24: under-eights at home to Wicklow Rovers Green ko Saturday at 10.45 a.m.; under-nines – Fixture to be confirmed; under-10s at home to Carnew FC ko to be confirmed; under-11s away to St Anthony’s White ko to be confirmed; under-12s at home to Avonmore B ko Wednesday at 7.15 p.m.; under-14s away to Arklow Town ko to be confirmed (Fixtures and ko times are subject to change)

We have only the three players this week celebrating their birthdays in the coming week and they are Kayla Hamilton from the under-eights, Felix Geoghegan from our under-nines and Eoghan Fox from our under-12s. Happy birthday to all from everyone at Newtown Juniors FC 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 – Carlo Duggan c/o Dave. €20 – 50th Minute – Lucy Nolan c/o Stephen. €20 – 52nd Minute – Rory Hackett

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. As you can see we are still waiting to find out who was the €20 winner from the FA Cup final game. Please check your tickets.

We extend our sincere sympathies to the Kelly and McCullagh families on their recent bereavement. 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.