Ballycanew
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
First Holy Communion will take place on Saturday, May 26, at 11 a.m. in St Moling’s church.
TIDY TOWNS
It’s that time of year again and just a reminder to everyone that the judging time for the the Tidy Towns Competition is fast approaching. Judging takes place during June, July and August. We would ask everyone again to make a special effort this year as we are still first in the county for the tidies centre. A huge thank you for your support in the past and your continued support, it is really appreciated.
SPLIT-THE-POT
Congratulations to the Saturday, May 12, winner of split-thepot, Brendan Bulter; prize money was €213
ST PATRICK’S GAA LOTTO
There was no winner of last week’s jackpot; winning numbers were 5, 7, 12 and 20. Three matched three numbers to each receive €70: Margaret Fitzpatrickm, Sheila and Brian Murphy, Winnie Kenny.
WHIST DRIVE RESULTS
Results of whist drive held in hall on Friday night, May 11, Gents; first Cyril Bryan; second Doris Doyle; third Anne McGrath; ; Ladies first Peg Kennedy ; Ladies – second – Alice Gibney; third ; Ladies Half time Anne Fleming. Whist drive every Friday night in the hall. Skittelton Memorial Cup
The Jimmy Kavanagh (Shakey) skittleton memorial cup will take place on June 3 at Goslin’s pub, Ballycanew in aid of Wexford hospice home care and palliative care unit. Teams of four – €40 per team. Saturday, June 3, preliminary rounds. Sunday, June 3. prizes for ladies and gents division. Barbecue and live music on the day. All Entries must in be by Friday, May 18, for fixtures and times to be available to all teams by Monday, May 28, Any queries contact Phil Byrne at 086 8600122, James O’Brien at 087 2890181 or Patsy Kavanagh at 087 63775396.
LITTLE DUCKLINGS
Avail of the free playschool facility with Little Ducklings for your child. Little Ducklings Playschool are now taking enrolments for September 2018. Limited places available so contact Lucy at 086 0883141 to secure your child’s place now.
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
With our profit form Thousandaire and fundraising over the past three and a half years we are now actively looking to fulfill the dream of purchasing or long term lease of land in the area so that we can get funding from outside agencies to build a state-ofthe-art community center #the dream is to become a reality.
TEXT ALERT
Please report any suspicious activity to Gorey Garda Station at 053 9430690. For our vital system to work it is important that members of the public to report directly to the local garda station to ensure our system works effectively.
It is imperative that anything you feel is worth reporting goes directly to 053 9430690 so that it can be sent out on our text alert system.
NOTES
Please note the change of deadline day. Any items to be included in the local notes have to be sent to me by Thursday evening by 5 p.m. and not a Sunday. Please contact Ann at 087 7433684 or email annkehoe@ yahoo.ie.