Newtownmountkennedy
TIDY TOWNS
Our Tidy Towns calendar 2020 is on sale now for only €5 in the following locations: post office, Eugene’s Grocery Store, KavaCoffee, The Coffee Place, Texaco Garage shop, Top Oil shop.
COMMUNITY REMEMBRANCE EVENING
Join us on Monday, December 23, at 7 p.m. around the memorial tree at the 1798 memorial (opposite Druids Well). Bring a candle or torch and take some time this festive season to remember family, friends, neighbours and loved ones who have passed away.
You are invited to bring an ornament that honours a loved one that has passed away and place it on the tree. The tree lights up at night and is a fitting reminder of those who are no longer with us but will never be forgotten. Ornaments will remain on the tree till the first week in January.
DISTRICT FORUM
There will be no meeting in December and we would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Our next meeting will be January 28. Come along and join us. For more information or meeting minutes follow us on Facebook – Newtownmountkennedy District Forum.
LIGHTING UP FOR CHRISTMAS
Our town is now beautifully lit for the festive season with wonderful lights on display throughout.
A Massive Thank You to all our very generous sponsors so far throughout the town and community, who have made this all possible: Druids Well, Wicklow Wolf, Bunters, Prendergast Maguire Finacial Services, Justin Connolly Chartered Accountant, Henry and Rose, Nolan’s, Dunnes Stores, Greystones and District Credit Union, Pat Toolan Bookmakers, Newtown ICA, Anna’s Alterations, Mac Farlane Group, Newtown Community Forum, Fishers, NMK Construction, Ann Duffy Flowers, The Coffee Place, Indian Spice, SRS Motors, Salon H, David Murray, Parkview Hotel, Grove Motors, Ciara Eloise, Newtown GAA, Eugene’s Foodstore, McCormick Family, Mrs O’Shea, Texaco, Little Explorers Childcare, Portella Developments, Mountkennedy Inn, Swift Kick, Appletree Crafts, Cabello by Aideen, KavaCoffee, Shane Allen Solicitors, Kids Fashions, Sam Mar, Jack Synott, MC Hire Greystones, Alan McDonald, Hub 13 and Newtown 2050 – remember to shop local.
All the wonderful team of people and groups who helped get the show on the road, there are too many names to mention but without all the volunteers giving their time this would not have been possible.
ALZHEIMER’S/ DEMENTIA SOCIETY
We meet every Friday at 11 a.m. in the Parkview Hotel Newtownmountkennedy. It is an opportunity for family members and carers to bring their loved ones for a coffee and a chat. Its open to people in the surrounding areas towns and villages.
NEWTOWN ICA
Newtown ICA will host their annual Christmas party for senior citizens on Thursday, December 19, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Parkview Hotel, Newtownmountkkennedy.
RETIREMENT
Congratulations to Kitty on her retirement. A wonderful lady who has given many dedicated years to the community of Newtownmountkennedy as well as the post office. We wish her a relaxing and enjoyable retirement.
PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWS
Christmas Concerts – Junior School Christmas concerts and Christmas Stay and Play for classes for children with autism take place on Tuesday, December 17. Senior School Christmas Concert takes place on Wednesday, December 18, at 1 p.m. in St Joseph’s Church. Thanks to St Catherine’s School for inviting our sixth class students to sing in their Christmas Concert on Thursday, December 19. We are delighted to take part in this wonderful event again this year.
GAA – We are delighted to have Jackie Kinch with us for GAA training this term. Jackie coaches GAA skills to all our students in the junior and Senior School. Thanks to Newtown GAA for including our school in this programme.
A big thank you to everyone for supporting our raffle at Newtown Bingo last week, all money raised goes directly back to the children.
Whole School Assembly for December takes place on Friday, December 20, at 11.15 a.m. in St Joseph’s Church. School closes at 12.30 p.m. on Friday, December 20, for Christmas Holidays and reopens at 9 a.m. on Monday, January 6. We wish all our families a happy and peaceful Christmas.
SWIFT KICK MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY.
It was a jam packed exciting day for SKMAA on the 14th. We would like to say a big Well done to all of our members that earned their new grades.
We had our fourth Senior Black Belt and our first Junior Black Belt, father and son duo Dean and Jake Carroll. After both training in Swift Kick for over six years they got to accomplish this great achievement on the same day through years of hard work, dedication, and commitment. It was great to see other club members come along for moral support.
On top of this we had our annual awards for 2019: Most Improved – summer Martin; Best Attendance – Leah Kiernan; Competitor of the Year – Heidi McLoughlin; Club Spirit Award – Stephen O’Reilly; Student of the Year – Adam O’Reilly.
We also had three Grand Champions from our club competitions throughout the year: Zoe Ledwidge – Forms Grand Champion; Ali Ryan – Fighting Grand Champion; Eoin Ledwidge – Fighting Grand Champion;and our overall gold medallist – Alex Carroll
NEWTOWN JUNIORS FC
Most of our teams have finished up for the Christmas/New year period but will all be back early in the new year in preparation for the season ahead. Currently we know we will be back in action in mid-February, but we will have to wait till the WDSL AGM to see if we will continue with Calendar Football or revert to winter Football. Either way action on the pitch will start back in February. We will keep you all updated as we get information.
Our own 2019 Club Presentation will take place on Saturday, February 1, 2020, in the community centre from midday till 2 p.m. More details to follow.
Our ever-popular Development Squad finished up for the Christmas break last weekend and the boys and girls of the Squad had a very welcome visitor Santa Claus, who handed out some goodies to those present. Thank you, Santa, you’re the best. The Development Squad are back on Saturday, January 11, 2020, in the community centre from 10 a.m. till 11 a.m. For further information on all matters relating to the DS contact our secretary Hughie at hughienolan@ gmail.com.
We have a number of players celebrating a birthday in the around this time and they are Eoin Ledwidge, Leo McCabe and Ellie Crimmins from the Development Squad, Jake Robertson from the under-12s and Samuel Falkiner from the under-13 team. Happy birthday everyone from all at Newtown Juniors FC.
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.