AROUND THE DISTRICTS
Laytown/ Bettystown CONTACT ME
Ring Iris on 0864033557 or email irismaryg@gmail.com with items of interest in the area.
EMARA
East Meath Active Retirement continue their weekly meetings each Thursday in the Meeting Rooms St. Mary’s Church of Ireland Julianstown at 2.30 p.m. New Members welcome.
SONAIRTE
You can now buy fresh vegetable boxes at the centre; boxes contain a mix of the organic, seasonal produce currently available from Sonairte’s garden. Just choose how much you want (€10, 15, 20, 30 etc.), contact us and your box will be waiting for you.
EAST MEATH BRIDGE CLUB
Tuesday September 11th N/S 1st Patricia Broderick & Maida McGowan. 2nd Loraine Cooney and Siobhan McElearney; 3rd Bill O’Brien & Hugh Leech. E/W 1st Ann Traynor and Anne McCulloch; 2nd Margaret Currant & Pat Eakin. 3rd Josephine Cannon and Anita Grant. The club continues activities every Tuesday at 7.30p.m. at Laytown & Bettystown Golf club. New players welcome.
CAR SHOW AT RACECOURSE
The Performance Car Show 2018 will take place at Bellewstown Race Course this Sunday 30th September from 11am until 5.30pm. Display cars: €10 per car including driver & passenger admission & small commemorative gift. General admission €5 per person (under 12’s free) Bouncy castle for the kids! Full facilities on site.
Julianstown WEDDING SHOWCASE
The Glenside Hotel is holding a wedding showcase evening this Thursday 27th of September from 6-9pm. There are plenty of offers available on the night with live music and bubbly on arrival, food tasting, wedding suppliers, full wedding banqueting on view, and even Goody Bags for the early arrivals! Special offer of room draping and lighting worth over €1,250 and 3-tiered wedding cake with topper and flowers worth over €350 for all deposits paid on the night and up to the 11th of October.
JULIANSTOWN DRAMA GROUP
Members are very busy rehearsing their upcoming production of “The Battle of Julianstown 1641”. It will be staged on 19th and 20th October in the Lime Kiln Julianstown, so keep the dates free. Tickets will go on sale in the very near future.
STAMULLEN BOWLS CLUB
Bowls has resumed at St. Patrick’s GAA Centre and continues each Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 8 to 10 pm. Go along any Tuesday or Thursday and see if bowls is for you Stamullen is proud to have a very successful club and we look forward to meeting new members. For more information contact Rose on 018412086.
CAR SHOW AT RACECOURSE
The Performance Car Show 2018 will take place at Bellewstown Race Course this Sunday 30th September from 11am until 5.30pm. Display cars: €10 per car including driver & passenger admission & small commemorative gift. General admission €5 per person (under 12’s free) Bouncy castle for the kids! Full facilities on site
Bellewstown CONTACT ME
Any news or items of interest contact Iris @0864033557 or emailirismaryg@gmail.com
BLOTTO
Blotto Draw Wednesday 19th September. The numbers drawn were 05-11-12-13-17-29. No winner. The €10 winners were Marie Black: Darren Heeney: Colm O’Brien: Sinead Reilly: Alan, Sharon & Adam: May Coyle. There will be six numbers drawn again next week. Jackpot next Wednesday is €2,000. Reserve Jackpot €2,000.
CAR WASH
This Saturday 29th September a fund-raising car wash will take place at Howard’s yard Ongenstown, 10a.m. until 2p.m. €5 per car. Scoil Naomh Treasa pupils and staff are raising funds for buses during the year to bring them to sports events. Please give them your support.
PLAY DRAUGHTS
Draughts for children aged 7-13 takes place Monday evenings at the slightly later time of 7-8pm in Duleek prayer rooms. Experienced and new players all very welcome. Contact Mary for more information 087 2232533.
HOSPICE THANKS
Thank you to all who attended & supported the Hospice Coffee Morning in Bellewstown with your donations we raised €927.55 this will all go to East Meath Hospice Association- heartfelt thank you to those that donated the very lovely prizes - big thank you to the ladies who helped serve the coffee & cakes and clean up - see you all next year
BELLEWSTOWN P & P
Club competitions continue each Sunday morning at 10a.m. The Captains (Marie Brennan & Richard Bennett) Prize competition will take place on Saturday 3rd November with dinner that evening in Whytes of Stamullen. Entry sheet in the clubhouse. Congrats to Marie & Richard Brennan on winning the second session at the National Mixed Foursomes in Tipperary last weekend.
SEAN NOMINATED
Sean Clerkin has been nominated for the U/18 Sports person of the year in the Duleek Awards to be held on December 1st in the Glenside Hotel. Best of luck Sean, you deserve it.
BELLEWSTOWN GOLF CLUB
Sat 15th Sept; Single Stableford; 1st Felix Zimyemba 38 pts,2nd Colin Martin;37 pts
Sun. 16th Sept: Monthly medal;1st John Rooney nett 70,2nd Darren Bradley nett70 Best Gross Gerard McLoughlin 77. Ladies Monthly Medal 1st Jean Gogarty nett 77,2nd Shelly Biddulph 87. Full Membership Available to end of 2019 just €599.
CONCERT
Bellewstown Choir present a concert in the church on Friday 5th of October at 8pm called “I DREAMED A DREAM” Directed by choir master Peter Moore and performed by the junior and senior choirs, some special guests will make an appearance. There will be performances of some of the great musical songs of our time & more. Tickets are €20, proceeds in aid of Bellewstown church.
DULEEK/ BELLEWSTOWN GFC
Lotto results for 19/9/18. No Winner. Numbers drawn 02-0721-22. Instead of the usual 5 x €20 winners we are giving away one of the Meath County Board €100 House Raffle Tickets. This week the winner was: P.P Noone. Next Jackpot €6000
CAR SHOW AT RACECOURSE
The Performance Car Show 2018 will take place at Bellewstown Race Course this Sunday 30th September from 11am until 5.30pm. Display cars: €10 per car including driver & passenger admission & small commemorative gift. General admission €5 per person (under 12’s free) Bouncy castle for the kids! Full facilities on site.
Ardcath/ Clonalvy DEFIBRILLATORS
Three defibrillators have been secured from Meath County Council for our area. They are located at Donnelly’s of Cloghertown, Kilmoon Service Station and Ardcath N. S. The Ardcath/ Clonalvy First Responders AGM will be held in Ardcath N. S. on Thursday 27th September. Everyone welcome.
ARDCATH/CLONALVY PIONEERS
There will be a presentation of Silver, Gold and Diamond pins to those who are eligible them on Sunday 21st October. For more information contact Anne on 087 0649274.
CLOGHERTOWN FUNDRAISER
The first fundraiser in four years for Cloghertown United will take place in the City North Hotel in Gormanston on Saturday 27th October. “The Kube” promises to be a great night and there are still spaces for contestants. Your support will be much appreciated.
ARDCATH MACRA
The club are always very welcoming to any new members; please don’t hesitate and just come along and join in the fun follow us on Facebook @ Ardcath Macra.
CAR SHOW AT RACECOURSE
The Performance Car Show 2018 will take place at Bellewstown Race Course this Sunday 30th September from 11am until 5.30pm. Display cars: €10 per car including driver & passenger admission & small commemorative gift. General admission €5 per person (under 12’s free) Bouncy castle for the kids! Full facilities on site.
Collon CONTACT ME
Notes Contact Mary Fitzsimons at 0861081448 or emailmary.
MATTOCK BLOTTO
The numbers drawn were 1115-30-31. Jackpot not won. There was one Match 3 winner, Fergus Flynn. Next Jackpot €10,500.
ARDEE HOSPICE CONCERT
A great night for a great cause in the Nuremore Hotel on the 25th October 2018. The doors open at 7pm show starts at 8pm with the great Mike Denver and special guest Caitlin. Don’t miss out get your tickets early as the show sold out very quickly last year. Tickets at the Nuremore 0429671300 or Paddy 086 3555555.
SHAUNA IS 18
Happy 18th birthday wishes are sent to Shauna Matthews who celebrated this special birthday last Tuesday 18th September. I believe a great party was held in her home where everyone wished her the best for the future. This lovely young lady is a daughter of David and Jeanette Mathews.
ENGAGEMENT
Congrats and best wishes are sent to Nicola Reilly and Darren Wogan who announced their engagement while on a Mediterranean cruise. All their family and friends wish them the very best for the future.
MICKLER IS 80
I know when you read this you will all find this impossible to believe but Mickler McGuiness, Ardee Street has just celebrated his 80th birthday! Yes, very hard to believe. A great family celebration was had for this wonderful gentleman and we all wish him the very best of everything in the future.
21ST BIRTHDAYS
Special birthday wishes are sent to Cillian Hickey who celebrated his 21st recently.
A weekend was had in Rome to mark this milestone. Cillian is the eldest son of Derek and Majella and we wish him all the best for the future.
Our local “twinees” Alan and James Gallagher celebrated their 21st recently.
I believe a few good nights out was had to mark this special occasion.
Alan and James are sons of Declan and Bernie and we wish them the very best in the future.
Jack Ruddy had a special birthday recently as he celebrated his 21st. This popular young man celebrated with a party in Drogheda. Jack is a son of Pat and Caroline and we wish him congratulations and the best of everything in Life.
SYMPATHY
Sincere sympathy is sent to the Flanagan Family on the recent death of Mrs. May Flanagan from Old Mellifont. The huge numbers that attended her wake and funeral was testimony to the huge respect she and her family hold in the community.
Deepest condolences to her family and extended family members. May her gentle soul rest in peace.