Castleconnor
CASTLECONNOR LOTTO
There was no winner of the €24,000 jackpot, numbers drawn were 3, 4, 9 and 14; no jackpot winner; €50 winners were Jason Cawley, Phil and Pakie Kilcullen and Carmel Crean; next week’s jackpot is €24,100, and will take place on Saturday, February 15, you need to be in it to win it.
AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY
Castleconnor Amateur Dramatic Society will present ‘They Got What They Wanted’ by Louis D’Alton on Friday, February 28, Saturday, February 29, and Sunday, March 1, at 8 p.m. in Castleconnor Community Centre. Cast members include Tom Tuffy, Pauline Boland, Marie Sommerville, John Bourke, Frank Barrett, Anna Marie McHale, Jason Earlis, Michael Barrett, Enda Geoghegan, Susan Mahon and Vinny Igoe. Tickets are available on the door priced at €10 and the drama group are looking forward to welcoming you all to their first production of the new decade.
COMMUNITY GAMES
Well done to Áine McGranaghan (first) and Caoilfhinn Geoghegan (second) in the under-13 gymnastics and Lilly Creighton (first) and Rachel Maughan (second) in the under-11 gymnastics earlier today. Best of luck to Áine, Lilly and Jennifer Blakeney (under-15) who will represent Castleconnor at the county competition at the end of the month.
GAA CLUB NEWS
Our chairman, along with the organising committee and members of the O’Hora family were delighted to present cheques to representatives from both St Dymphna’s and St Nicholas’ special school on Friday last. A final total of €10,246 was raised from our charity game – ’A match for Jack’ and was divided between the schools. It will no doubt be of great benefit to both schools who do such wonderful work in the locality. The O’Hora family and the club would again like to thank all those who donated, helped out or supported in any way and made the event such a success. A special word of gratitude to the event’s main sponsor, Office Pro.
Castleconnor GAA has engaged with Croke Park and are currently working on developing a five-year and 10-year plan. Step one in this process is to canvas our members and friends for their opinions. Step one it to complete an online survey which can be found at the link https://www. surveymonkey.com/r/ZDYCDXT The survey will remain active for a number of weeks and will be followed by a public consultation meeting/discussion. We encourage everyone in the parish to take the survey and give us your opinion on what you would like from your club.
Club Mass – A Mass in honour for all the deceased members of Castleconnor GAA will be held this Sunday at 11 a.m. in St Joseph’s Church, Corballa. Children from the club will be involved throughout the Mass and we ask that all our members please try and support as we remember those who have gone before us.
Match for Jack Presentation – Funds raised at our Christmas Charity match were presented to two worthy charities in Muddys on Friday night last. St Dympna’s and St Nicholas schools each received a whopping €5,123. The cheques were presented to the charities by club chairman Noel Gallagher, Brian Howley and Shane Feeney representing the Castleconnor GAA and Kieran, Danny and Scarlet O’Hora representing the O’Hora family. Receiving the cheques were Breege McAndrew and Helen Conlon from St Nicholas’s School and Donna Shevlin from St Dymphna’s School. It is fantastic to be able to raise money like this for important local organisations and a massive thank you to everyone who was involved in raising the money.
Club Membership – Membership is now due and must be paid before any games are played by players, with a general deadline of March 31 An added bonus for those who pay in February is an entry into the GAA National draw where first prize in a Renault Clio as well as many other super prizes. We encourage parents to become members using our family rate. How to pay: Click on the ‘Shop Now’ Button on our Facebook page. Visit our website, castleconnor.sligo.gaa.ie and click on the ‘Membership 2020’ button.
Under-16s Evening Bowling – The club was delighted to support an evening out for last year’s victorious under-16 team which won league and championship honours. The lads were brought Bowling in Castlebar and had a great time.
‘Know You Sport’ Contest – The club has launched a new fundraiser, a know your sport predictions contest. It can be accessed from our website. Most importantly, funds raised are being ring-fenced for the running costs of all our teams.