GNEEVEGUILLA

ATHLETIC CLUB NOTES

Lotto: No winner of our lotto draw 04/01/2019, numbers drawn were 2, 11, 14 & 24. Sellers prize winner Gneeveguilla Po, €50 Y/t prize winner John Vaughan Lisheen 450 to Paul Moynihan Rathmore, €40 each to Nora & Jerry c/o Gneevguilla Po, Shane Nagle Rathmore & Paudie O’ Connor Scartaglin. Bonus not won numbers drawn were 4, 15, 22 & 27. Next week’s jackpot €15,600 plus €1,000 bonus.

St Valentine’s 5K: A new race in Gneeveguilla Ac calendar is St Valentines 5K February 9th in Demense Killarney. The race commences at 11.30 am, The Old Monastry is the race headquarters, the prize giving will be afterwards, with prizes for senior men & ladies, master men and ladies and juveniles. Entry fee is €15.00 for adults reduced fee for juveniles. This race replaces the 4 x 5K which the club use to feature. We are hoping a lot of our schools will participate. We will also promote the Rathmore to Rathmore 4K on March 9th, that will able followed by The Jack O’ Keeffe Road Races on Easter Monday which is a 4 miler. There will be a special prize allocated for all those who will participate in all three events.

Recent Winners: Well done to Saoirse Tompkins who has had many a win recently. Caroline Murphy & Mary O’ Connell won their sections in Beaufort on New Years Day. Robert Purcell & Andrew Purcell were also in fine form recently.

Membership & Lotto renewal: We are still collecting the money for yearly lotto tickets, €100 for 12 months or €50 for 6 months. Contact Tom Joe on 087 / 9339087

Lotto: No winner of our lotto draw 11/01/2019, numbers drawn were 1, 4, 6 & 19. Sellers prize winner Tom Joe O’ Donoghue, €50 Y/t prize to Cynthia Daly Tureencahill, €50 to Paudie McGillicuddy Leam, €40 each to Nathan & Leah Cronin Tureenamult, Liam Fitzgerald Kilcummin & Jerry O’ Mahoney Tureen. Bonus not won numbers drawn were 8, 17, 20 & 26. Next week’s jackpot €15,800 plus €1,000 bonus.

Sympathy: The club extends it sincere sympathy to Robert & The Purcell Family on the tragic death of Mary Purcell, Listowel on Monday last. May she rest in peace.

Lotto: Thanks to all those who have joined for the first time or have renewed their annual membership. If you are interested in joining or if its time to renew your ticket , contact Tom Joe on 087 / 9339087

Club Training: Club training resumes this week. Boherbue Tuesday 6.30 – 7.30 pm and Fridays in Barradubh 6.30 – 7.30 pm. There is no training in Gneeveguilla at the moment., children who did attend training in Gneeveguilla can attend training in either f the other venues. The bus will operate from Gneeveguilla to both other training venues, should you wish to travel by bus contact Tom Joe on 087/ 9339087. In a few weeks we hope to resume training in Gneeveguilla.

Daniel O’Leary (front left) presenting the proceeds of the Kerry Bikers’ Charity Ring of Kerry Christmas Run to Liam Twomey of St Francis’ Special School, while David Foley also presented proceeds to Josephine Clifford of Kerry Parents and Friends, with Kathleen Shine (front right) Mount Eagle Lodge and (back from left) Patricia O’Donoghue, John Keogh, Fiona Carroll, Gerard Reidy, Maggie Harte of Kerry Parents and Friends, Laurence Kelly of Eagle Lodge, Kate Foley and John Savage at Scotts Hotel, Killarney.

Pictured on Main Street Killarney, following last week’s announcement that Killarney had clinched third place in the Irish Business Against Litter Survey were (from left) Gerry McCarthy, John Ahern, Cllr Michael Gleeson, Eileen O’Donoghue, Killarney Municipal District, Darren O’Neill, An Cathaoirleach Cllr John Sheehan & Noel O’Leary. Photo by Marie Carroll-O’Sullivan.