VIP coming to town!
On next Saturday night, a person far more important than Larry McCarthy, the current president of the GAA, a person more important than Kevin O’Donovan, the Cork GAA CEO, is coming to Killavullen, and it’s…Santa.
Now, Michael D Higgins made representations and he was turned away, as was Finian Magner, chairperson of the Killavullen GAA club – the night belongs to Santa!
Organized by the CSSR group, that is the Community Santa Special Recruits, led by chief elf’s Maire Cremin and Roseanne Roche, Santa will make a whistle stop tour of Killavullen on that night. A huge thanks to the CSSR Group for getting things organised to make this yet another spectacular event in our community.
Cars are asked to assemble in the car park of the GAA grounds and persons, even small persons are asked to stay in their bubbles (cars) and Santa will by special powers invested only in Santa, magically appear. Follow Santa on the night, if you can keep up on his magical mystery tour.
BAD NEWS
In light of the current circumstances regarding Covid-19 and for the health and safety of our community and our volunteers, the street gathering after - music, food and drinks has been cancelled.
COLLECTION OF MUNSTER MINOR FOOTBALL MEDALS
Killavullen GAA supporters at last Sunday’s senior county finals were delighted to witness two Killavullen players on the field of play, as part of the Cork minor football team that won the Munster minor football championship earlier this year. The team was introduced to the crowd and paraded around the stadium. On that team and panel Killavullen had Patrick O’Grady and Niall Murray. Killavullen GAA Club is very proud of the achievements of these fine players who are great ambassadors for our club and inspiration to our younger players. Patrick and Niall were recipients of their Munster minor medals on the day.
FABULOUS HAMPERS AND OTHER PRIZES FOR JUVENILE DRAW
Killavullen GAA Juvenile club is running a Christmas hamper draw this December. This is the only fundraiser for the juvenile club with money raised going to support the purchase of equipment and strategic objectives planned for 2022. We really need a huge effort from all to get raffle lines sold. There are some beautiful hampers and lots of prizes to win, and a special prize draw for all full cards received back. Cards will be distributed over the coming days, watch this space for further updates on our great selection of prizes. Thank you all for your support!
Entries can also be bought as a single ticket, (€2) or in bundles of 5 (€10) or 10 tickets (€20) from the Killavullen GAA website.
LOTTO IN ADVANCE OF BLACK FRIDAY SURVIVES
There was no winner of the lotto jackpot last Tuesday night when the numbers drawn were 19, 23, and 25. The jackpot on the night was at €3,400. The next jackpot will be drawn on the 30th November for €3,500. The winners of the lucky dips on last Tuesday night were as follows; €50 – Padraig Lankford – Seller – Michael Linehan, €30 –Greg Fennell – Seller – Michael Linehan, €20 – Anthony Kenneally – Seller – The Haven Bar.
For the next five weeks, there will be additional lucky dip prizes for the festive season, so more good reasons to play. Tickets can be purchased from any committee member or from our website. Thank you for your anticipated and ongoing support.
FIXTURES
Killavullen played Clyda Rovers in U21B football championship on Wednesday night, December 1 at 20.00pm in Mourneabbey under lights. Killavullen received a walk over from Charleville last Saturday, and hopefully nobody went to Shanballymore. We did try with WhatsApp messages, and text messages and phone calls to advise people of the late cancellation. Check our website for details, as fixtures can be quite fluid at the moment.
AGM
The 2021 AGM of Killavullen GAA Club will take place in the Community Centre on Friday night, December 10 at 8pm. With it having been a busy but truncated year, due to Covid restrictions, Finian Magner as chairperson has presided over a busy campaign. Come along on the night to hear the 2021 review from secretary Joe Howard, and to hear of the state of the club finances from Sean Turner, club treasurer.
EXERCISE CLASSES FOR OVER 60S CONTINUE
The exercise classes that the GAA Club organised in the community hall, and were scheduled to cease will now continue due to popular demand. These classes occur every Monday at 10am, and please contact John Morrissey on 0831053666 for any further details.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MALLOW
Killavullen GAA Club extend sincere congratulations to Mallow on winning the senior A football championship in Páirc Ui Chaoimh last Sunday, and thus promotion for 2022 to premier senior ranks. Sean Hayes was the hero with a late goal, but Mallow’s path to the final had been very progressive and they came up trumps on the day that mattered. Well done.
Club sponsor - Howard Farm Feeds.