Newtownmountkennedy

COMMUMITY AWARDS

Many thanks to the organisers of the Community Awards. What a wonderful night. Well done to each and everyone that was nominated for the awards. And congratulations to the winners.

Service with a smile - the staff at Adrian Dunne’s Pharmacy. Younger Achiever - the Felonies. The Glue that holds the community together the community centre. Best Business - Druids Well. Unsung Hero - Hughie Nolan. Good Neighbour - Ger Roche. Best Event - Strictly (Robert Byrne). Sporting Achievement - Newtown United FC. Working for the Community - Jim O’Riordan. Best Estate - Sycamore Estate.

COMMUNITY FORUM

The next meeting of the Newtownmountkennedy Community Forum will take place on Tuesday, September 25, room six Community Center. Public meeting all are welcome to attend.

MINDFULNESS CLASSES

This Course will specifically teach Mindfulness Skills for managing Stress and Anxiety. No previous experience necessary. Cost: €60 for six weeks or €13 drop in. Booking essential. Please contact Angelika at 087 2176068.

YOGA CLASSES

Space behind the Corner House Village Practice. This class is suitable for all levels of experience and beginners are very welcome. Cost: €65 for six class or €15 drop in. Reduced rates are possible also. Booking is essential. Please contact Angelika at 087 2176068.

LOCAL LINK BUS SERVICE

The local link bus route 1413 will depart from the church at 10.30 a.m. every first Wednesday of the month to Nutgrove. Leaving Nutgrove at 2.30 p.m. 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 a.m. to Blanchardstown. Leaving Blanchardstown at 2.30 p.m. 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.

BINGO

There is bingo every Friday evening in the Community Center. Contact the Community Center at 01 2810913 for details.

TIDY TOWNS

Tidy towns meet every Monday evening from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the Main Street. If you have an hour or so free to help keep our village tidy and meet some new neighbours please pop down and join us. Contact Paul for details 087 1458164.

NEWTOWN JUNIORS FC

Plenty of action last weekend for our teams but pride of place goes to our new Academy team who hosted Arklow Town Black. There were plenty of thrills and spills on the pitch but on the day the Arklow side were a tad stronger than us. The players who played their first ever game were Donnacha, Hubert, Ruby, Mia, Finn, Jake, Noah, Adam, Adon, John Paul and Cian and well done to everybody.

The under-eights played some lovely football away to Greystones where among the players who came to the fore were Tyler Doyle, Aaron Nolan, Rory O’Gorman, Theo Messitt and Lorcan Owens.

Our under-nines played out a series of good games at home to Arklow Town Red where Ryan McDonald and Lucas Dowdall were among the players who starred.

It was a below par display from our under-10s (kindly sponsored by Real Debt Solutions) away to Greystones Yellow. The game ended 2-2 and the team equalised twice thanks to goals from Max Roche and Pat Carey. On the day best for Newtown were Aaron Roy, Kacey Kelly and Frank Lang.

Our under-11s maintained their 100% start to their Champions League Group with a 5-2 home win over the WDSL Academy. The goals came from Brooklyn Doyle (3) and Cormac Chance (2) in an excellent team display.

Two Newtown players namely Hannah Martin and Keira Farrelly lined out for the Academy side. In a game where if they were still on the pitch they wouldn’t put the ball in the net as they missed countless chances away to Ashford Rovers in a 2-1 loss. Fair play to the home side who took their chances. Aaron Cawley scored the Newtown goal while Hannah Martin and Jack Coughlan were among those that starred.

Our 14’s played away to Wicklow Rovers B and they came home with all three points in a 4-2 victory. The goals came from Luke Breen, Charlie Sullivan, Jason Carthy and an own goal.

The following are the fixtures for the weekending Saturday/ Sunday, September 29/30: Development Squad Practise every Saturday 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Academy Team at home to Arklow United ko Saturday at 11 a.m.; under-eights at home to Wicklow Rovers Blue ko Saturday at 10 a.m.; under-nines at home to Greystones A ko Saturday at midday; under-10s at home to Sporting Greystones White ko Saturday at 1 p.m.; under-11s away to Rathnew ko to be confirmed; under-12s away to Avonmore B ko to be confirmed; under-14s away to Coolboy Rangers ko to be confirmed (fixtures and ko times are subject to change)

All fixtures, competitive and non-trophy, will finish weekend of November 17/18, followed by the WDSL Awards, Presentation Day in the Parkview Hotel Sunday, November 25 (details times etc to follow in Oct).

Our ever-popular Development Squad has started back and will continue every weekend from 10 a.m. till 11 a.m. and new players are welcome. The cost is €2 per head. At the moment we have a large number of boys and girls attending each week and thankfully at the moment we have the required coaches needed but we wouldn’t say no to a few more volunteer coaches. If you think you can give an hour or two each week please contact our secretary at the contact details below.

Two players from the club celebrate their birthdays in the coming week and they are Nathan Hall from the Development Squad and under-10s goalkeeper Nichita Neaga. Happy birthday guys from everyone in Newtown Juniors FC.

Our Last Man Standing competition will start back next weekend on the 29th.

Sept/October 1. 2018 and it’s our first one of the season. To enter it costs €10 per head and the more players we get the more money we can hand out. If interested in taking part please contact any committee member or coach in the club for further details. LMS Rules are posted on our Facebook and Twitter pages.

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 take on Eire Óg in Roundwood on Friday evening in the final of the Keating Trophy, it would be great to add another bit of silverware to the league competition that was already won, all support would be very welcome.

Many congratulations to Newtown clubman Jim O’Riordan, who was honoured with the working for the community award at Newtown’s community award ceremony in the Parkview hotel on Saturday last. Jim has given years of service to Gaelic games in the Garden County in his capacity as both secretary and chairperson of cumann na mBunscol since 1988. Jim retired from Newtown primary school this year after almost 40 years dedicated to educating local children. Jim, your teachings will forever be treasured and your contribution to the community and to so many children’s lives can never be measured. Happy retirement.

The under-nines had a great day at their last blitz of the year in Ballinakill last Saturday, there was clearly a massive improvement over the season in the skills of each and every player, which is a credit to the many hours spent on the training ground, we would like to say thanks to all the players, parents and especially Paul, Tina and Alun for all the time and effort they put into this team over the year.

The under-11s are playing Kilcoole away next Saturday at 11 a.m. The under-13s are playing their county final on Monday, October 8, against Eire Óg at 7.15 p.m. in Ballinakill and the under-15s next outing in the championship is away to Tomacork next Saturday at 4 p.m. Please check fixtures for confirmation of all juvenile matches.

All our juvenile teams are always on the lookout 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.

Training for the under-12 to under-14-under-16 girls has stopped for a few weeks and we hope to resume at the end of September in preparation for next year. The under-12_u14 girls had a great day recently at the ladies all-Ireland, many thanks to Emma, Rose, Lorna, Shayne and Shay for looking after the girls on the day. For all club gear inquiries please contact Ruth at 087 7472682.

We don’t want to mention the C word but Newtown GAA gear always makes a great present and we have a large range to suit all sizes’, so get your order in early.

Newtown lotto rolled over again last week and is now gone over the €10.5k marker. Buy a ticket for just two euro to be in with a chance to win this massive jackpot. Numbers drawn last week were 02, 07, 16 and 25 and three people matched three numbers taking home €70 each. book and great raffle prizes. Come along and enjoy.

002 BRIDGE CLUB

Kay Plunkett and Teresa Leahy stormed in to first place for North/ South on Friday the 21st, Ger Lenihan and regular partner Paddy O’Brien were second and third place went to Catherine McGillycuddy and Nancy O’Brien. Noeleen Redmond and Margaret Bolger took first place once again for East/West, second Maria McGee and Rowena Brady and third place Phil Kenna and Liz Belton.

SET DANCING

Set dancing in Kavanagh’s every Thursday night from nine till 11 p.m. Music for September will be by the O’Kane family. If there is enough interest we will start jiving lessons again this season. Watch this space

MASS OF THE ANGELS

Our annual Mass of remembrance will be on Saturday, October 6, at 6.00 p.m in Roundwood Church. This special Mass will be for the parents and families of babies who died before birth, at birth, or in infancy, and for those who died in early childhood, youth and young adulthood either in recent years or in the past. We extend a very warm welcome to all parents, families, relatives and friends who have suffered such a loss.

ROUNDWOOD COMHALTAS

Traditional Irish music classes will start back in Roundwood National School on Tuesday nights at the end of September. New members are very welcome. We are also looking for new teachers. For more information, please contact RoundwoodCCE@ gmail.com.

CAR BOOT SALE

The monthly car boot sale will take place in Roundwood Parish Centre on Sunday, October 13, from midday to 4 p.m. It is proposed to have our November car boot sales on the second Sunday of the month on November 10.

MUSIC IN CALARY

The final concert in the music in Calary 2018 series will take place in Calary Church at 8 p.m. on Friday, October 5, when Musici Ireland will play Johann Stamitz’s Bassoon Quartet No five in Bb major, Beethoven’s String Trio in C Minor Op nine No three, Franz Danzi’s Bassoon Quartet Op 40 no three in Bb and Mozart’s Bassoon Quartet in Bb. Tickets for the concert are €18 and €15 for concessions and, for further info or to book tickets, please ring John at 01 2818146 or email derekneilson@eircom.net.

MATHS LESSONS

Rebecca Delamere will be teaching group maths lessons on a weekly basis in Roundwood for first year students. For further information, please contact Rebecca at 086 0650129.

DONEGAL MUSIC WEEKEND

There will be a music weekend in Donegal from the second to November 4 This will be a threeday coach tour at a price of €289 per person sharing. The price includes the bus from Roundwood to Donegal and back to Roundwood, two nights dinner, bed and breadfast in four star Clonee Hotel, Letterkenny with music nightly with Lisa McHugh, Derek Ryan and Gerry Guthrie.

A depost of €100 is required before September 25. Names to Susan at 087 6273032 and remainder of money to be paid before October 15. The bus will leave at 8.30 a.m. from Roundwood.

ROUNDWOOD WHIZZERS

Roundwood Whizzers Walking Group are back in action meeting at 7 p.m. every Wednesday at the Coach House car park. All welcome to walk at your own pace for approximately one hour. In association with GET IRELAND WALKING the Roundwood Whizzers Walking Group are participating in the National Community Walking Day on Sunday, September 30, as part of European Week of Sport 2018.

Our walk will start from outside the Roundwood Parish Hall at 2 p.m. for approximately 6km on the Vartry Reservoir Trails.

ANGEL HEALING

Angel Healing and Angelic Guidance is back tomorrow evening, Monday, September 3, in the Parish Hall Roundwood at 7.30. So if you would enjoy an evening of peace relaxation and hands on energy healing join us for a wonderful new experience.

THANK YOU

Thanks to the people for supporting the recent 45 card game held on Sunday, September 16, in aid of the Mustard Seed Communities. The amount raised on the night was €300.

ROUNDWOOD DANCE

Next Roundwood Parish Hall Dance Friday, October 26, with music by Jimmy Hogan.

WHIST

The next whist is this Wednesday, September 26, in the Parish Centre, Roundwood.

LOTTO RESULTS

There was no jackpot winner in last week’s draw. The numbers drawn were 4, 9, 21 and 23. There were nine match-three winners Mary Vickers, B Lawless, Sharon and Joe, Ciaran McKenna, Dawn Furlong, Jim Carr, Martha Hill, Kym Turner and D Keane Next week’s jackpot will be €20,500 the lotto celebrates 25 years in existence this year and to celebrate this there will be a €3,000 jackpot for match three win or share on Sunday, October 14.

HOME PRODUCERS

Roundwood Home Producers Market is open from midday till 5 p.m. every Sunday in the Parish Centre. New members always welcome or 087 2506785.

CEILI DANCING LESSONS

Adult ceili dancing classes are held every Wednesday night in the parish hall from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Learn to solo dance and also group dances under the tuition of Aoife, Cian and Eimear and have great fun learning.

MONEYSTOWN 45

A 45 Card Game takes place every Tuesday night in Moneystown Community Centre starting at a new time of 8.30 p.m. for the summer months tea served.