MILLTOWN CASTLEMAINE

SYMPATHY: All here at Milltown/Castlemaine GAA wish to extend our deepest sympathies to the family of the late Ciara Orme who died on Thursday last. Our thoughts are with Ciara’s husband John, her children Charlotte and Rory and her extended family and friends. May Ciara rest peacefully in the company of the angels. AGM: Save the date:This Friday November 30th 2018 @7.30 p.m. and just a few days of to go to our AGM. It is such an exciting time to be part of our GAA Club here in Milltown Castlemaine with the tremendous work being done at present. The development of our new ‘all weather’ training and playing surfaces, along with a state of the art gym, clubhouse and walking track will ensure that the present and future generations of our community will have the best possible facilities available to them. There is no better time to become involved. If you would like to be a part of the executive or any aspect of the club, why not get in touch with our club chairman Podge Leane or coaching officer Ian Twiss. Remember your small contribution could make a HUGE difference.Hoping to see you on the night. CONGRATULATIONS: A huge congratulations to Killcummim and Dr. Crokes who were crowned Munster Champions last Sunday Well done to you all. LOTTO: The next draw in our fundraising Lotto Jackpot is this Friday night, November 30th in Langford’s Bar, Milltown with a jackpot of €5,800 and €200 for a match 3. It has been a very lucky time for many people supporting our Lotto -particularly since mid August when Billy Sheehy, Milltown scooped the jackpot of €20,000. A few weeks later, we had a double match 3 with Eileen Sugrue, Lissivane and John Foley, The Square sharing a €700. Then it was John Quirke’s turn from Castlemaine to win the jackpot of €6,400. So as you can see, it’s well worth investing in a ticket with lots of money to be won whilst supporting your local GAA Club. So with just 3 weeks to go until Christmas... it sure would be a brilliant time to win some money. This time it could be you! So head on out and buy your ticket to be in with a chanceavailable at local businesses in Milltown Castlemaine and Ballyfinnane. FIRST AID: We had a super response to the course outlined below -with almost 2 full courses signed up for.The course is a Certified Sports \ Basic First Aid one, commencing in January 2019. It is a 4 hours CFR recognised certificate and will cover the following topics:Safety, emergency planning, phoning for ambulance, CPR adult, child and infantdefibrillator, choking, heart attack,stroke, stress management,fractures\sprains\ strains,bleeding injuries,asthma andconcussion. It is a practical, hands on course with PowerPoint, video and hands on demonstrations. To ensure quality the course is limited to just 8 places per class. The training is open to both coaches & parents .(There is a discount for coaches). We are hoping to start the course in early January, so if interested please contact Garry Murphy on 0879432746, to secure a place in the training.Nagle Rice Community Centre:With a debt of€50,000 still outstanding on the above Community Centre, the committee are embarking on their one and only fundraiser for 2017/2018...a night of music and song with ‘Britain ‘s Got Talent’ singing priest, Fr Ray Kelly. The concert will be held on December 20th in the Nagle Rice Community Centre. Supporting acts will be Noreen Ashe and Eddie Lee along with the Killorglin Mens Shed Choir. This building is a wonderful facility for each and every member in our community, regularly used by so many different groups and organisations. The committee are appealing to you to support this event -proceeds of which will help pay off some of the outstanding debt. Tickets can be purchased at O’ Doherty’s Pharmacy and Burke’s Butchers along with Larkins Bar and O’Shea’s Bar.