AROUND THE DISTRICTS
BannowBallymitty SOCIAL DANCING
Dancing in Tir na nOg continues every Thursday night with music this Thursday August 23 by Tom Murphy and Thursday August 30 by Delta Dawn. STUDY GROUP
The Study Centre in Wellingtonbridge will open on Monday, September 3, at 5 p.m. There will be an information and booking evening, Monday, August 20, in the study centre at 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. For further information please contact Margaret Moran 087 2040823 or Marie Carthy 087 9709901. GAA CLUB NOTES
This Tuesdays lotto jackpot is €7,100 and will only cost you two euro each to enter. Tickets can be purchased from post office Carrig, Seabreeze drycleaners, Tír na nÓg and from any Club Officer down in the complex.
The Junior Hurling team play Faythe Harriers in St Patrick’s Park Enniscorthy in June this Friday evening in the next round of the Championships. Throw in at 7 p.m. Best of luck to all involved.
Speedy recovery to Niamh Millar, who sustained a dislocated finger in the Blackwater camogie match recently.
The very best of luck to our under-13Boys’ Football squad who are in the County Final. They played Oylegate in Bree on Wednesday evening last and won by five points.
Bingo continues every Saturday evening at 8.30 p.m. in Carrig Community Centre. Keep up to date with all the GAA news on our Facebook page and Twitter account. BRIDGE RESULTS
Results W/E August 7 – First Peter MaGeehan and Mick Harpur second Nancy Wall and margaret Quigley third Pat and Mary Campbell.
Results W/E August 14 – First Ethna Horan and Theresa Foley second Mick Harpur and patsy Farrell third Watt Hayes and Mary Cosgrove. GRANTSTOWN NEWS
Upcoming Events in Grantstown Community Village – Tuesday the 21st: Pongo in the morning and a trip to Our Lady’s Island in the afternoon. Wednesday the 22nd: Tap to Heal in the morning and Pongo in the afternoon. Thursday the 23rd: Pongo in the morning and Cards/Yoga with Julie in the afternoon. Don’t forget you can find all of this information on Facebook.
Treatments Available In Grantstown Daycare Centre – Tuesday the 21st: No hairdressing this Tuesday. Wednesday the 22nd: Reiki from 10 a.m. Thursday the 23rd: No hairdressing this Thursday. Counselling from 1 p.m. Monday the 27th: Group Physiotherapy at 11 a.m. Imagination Gym and Sonas Available on request. Phone 051 561016 to make your appointment for the treatments. HORTICULTURE COURSE
The Horticulture classes continue
If you every would Friday like to in join Grantstown. the class please more information. phone 051 561016 for COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP Ballymitty Clg is looking Community for an Playgroup enthusiastic, experienced childcare professional to join our team.
A minimum Fetac level six qualification in Early Childhood Care and Education required however a level 7/8 will be an advantage. Three years practical experience in a preschool/childcare setting is preferable with a minimum of two years experience essential. Knowledge of and experience with the Siolta framework and Aistear curriculum are vital to this role. Occupational First Aid, Manual Handling, desirable. Garda Vetting essential. Hours: 20 hours per week. Closing date for applications is Friday, August 31, at midday. SAD PASSING
Deepest sympathy to the family of Breda Kelly, Coolishall, Duncormick and formally of Ramsgrange. Beloved wife of the late Jimmy and sister of Mary, Lucy, Thomas and the late Jim, Johnny and Kay. Sadly missed by her loving family, relatives and friends. She reposed in Ryan’s funeral home Wellingtonbridge on Friday, August 10, from 3 p.m. with removal at 6.30 p.m. to St James’ Church, Ramsgrange. Funeral Mass was on Saturday the 11th at 11 a.m., burial afterwards in the new cemetery Ramsgrange. May she rest in peace. Glynn-Barntown WHITECHURCH PATRON
Whitechurch Patron will take place on September 9 with Mass at 2 p.m. SPLIT THE POT
This week’s lucky winner of Barntown split-the-pot is Antoinette Murphy, Coolmeadows, Barntown, who pocketed €. This is Antoinette’s second time scooping the pot in recent weeks and again, the winning envelope was purchased in O’Brien’s Londis. Congratulations to you Antoinette. Envelopes as always available in the Barntown parish office, C & D Providers, Clonard Laundry Services, O’Brien’s Londis, Mary Jo’s, The Saucy Butcher and Joyces Expert, Many thanks for your continued support. CAMOGIE NEWS
Hard luck to our under-14 camogie team who were unfortunately defeated by a very strong Cloughbawn outfit in the county premier final last Sunday in Davidstown. Our girls were well prepared and worked hard on the day but it was not to be. We are very proud of both our under-14 squads and congratulate them, their dedicated mentors and parents for a great year that yielded a co premier final spot and a division two semi-final spot.
Hard luck also to our under-10 camogie team beaten by Rathnure on Wednesday evening.
Good luck to our senior camogie team playing St Martin’s at home on Tuesday the 21st in
Round three of the championship.
Well done to our super under-eight camogie team who had a great Sunday morning in Marshalstown playing Blackwater, Oylegate, Buffers Alley and Kilrush. VOTE FOR CAITLIN
Huge congratulations to under-14 camogie star Caitlin Hunt, who is one of just 10 national entries shortlisted in the Liberty Insurance ‘Camogie Made Us 2018’ competition. By sharing the inspirational story of her personal camogie journey Caitlin has already bagged €500 for Glynn-Barntown camogie club and should she come out on top in the competition will win an amazing €7,000 for the club. Caitlin and her teammates and coaches were busy putting their final video entry together last week which has been submitted to the judges and is now online for voting. Vote for Caitlin on Her. ie or follow our social media pages for the link. COISTE NA NOG
Well done to our under-13 Rising Stars, who won their final on Saturday in the David Murphy Group defeating Duffry Rovers 4-5 to 2-1. Our scores came from Craig L 2-0, Colin C 1-1, Diarmuid H 1-0, Mark W (capt) 0-2, Liam C 0-1, Rory G 0-1. Captain Mark Walsh received the cup from Wexford football stalwart David Murphy.
Our under-nine hurlers played two super games v Rathgarogue-Cushinstown on Monday evening in Killurin.
Well done to our under-13 footballers who battened down the hatches in Wednesdays Shield semi-final to take a one point victory over Castletown. Final score 4-8 to 3-10. The final has been fixed for September 4.
A great day was had by our under-10 boys who played super games against Buffers Alley and Horeswood in Wexford Park on Saturday.
Our under-15 footballers defeated St Martin’s on Thursday evening 1-12 to 2-7. GUESS THE SCORE
Our Guess the Score cards
for Sundays all-Ireland Hurling Final Limerick v Galway are in circulation with the underage boys and girls in the club. Correct or nearest score wins/shares €200. Please support this fundraiser. SENIOR GAA
Our Senior footballers had an impressive win over Gusserane last weekend in championship and we wish them the best of luck v St James over the weekend. Final score v Gusserane was 4-7 to 0-7. Scores came from Mark F 1-0, Bobby D 1-1, Brendan D 1-0,
Our Junior footballers pulled an impressive win out of the bag v Blackwater on Sunday in Oylegate – well done lads.
COUNTY WIDE DEVELOP- MENT DRAW – Many of you will have heard of our exciting clubgrounds development plan to include state-of-the-art floodlighting for our top pitch (closing this week) along with much needed drainage of same. This project will be funded in various ways including our upcoming countywide development draw which will require huge support and manpower from our club community. If you are interested in helping in this project please contact John at 087 2807679 or Danny 086 1089553. More details soon.
TOP PITCH CLOSURE – With the closure this week of our top pitch for drainage it is vital that coaches/team management liaise with Lorcan Doyle re pitch availability for training and matches. With the club set to benefit hugely from the work our cooperation in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
ALL IRELAND TICKET DRAW – The draw was made Wednesday evening and the following names were drawn – Pádraig Donnelly, Frankie Hynes, Aaron Kehoe and Bill Whelan. Congratulations. LADIES FOOTBALL
County Final here we come – on the double. Congratulations to our under-12 White ladies’ football team who have kicked their way into the Division 1 County Final after winning their semi-final game against the Shelmaliers on Monday evening in Killurin. County final, we’re on the way ........
Massive congratulations to the under-14 Blue team who have reached the county final having beaten Shamrocks on Thursday evening 9-5 to 1-7 at home. What a match. It was no walk in the park and tough at times but these girls are masters at teamwork and they pulled together to get into their stride after a shaky start. Well done girls and mentors on this fantastic achievement-keep up the hard work.
Our under-12 Green ladies’ football team travelled to Ramsgrange on Monday evening take on St James in the shield quarter finals.
The girls put their heart and soul into the game digging deep, giving everything they had relentlessly fighting till the bitter end. However, despite their heroic performance, St James’ took the win. Keep up the good work girls, ye are winners in our eyes. FIELD DAY
Glynn-Barntown LGFC are hosting the clubs annual field day on Sunday, August 26, from midday to 3 p.m. at Killurin.
There are many fun events planned, including a point scoring competition, long puck, kids races, and the old reliables of bric-à-brac and Bottle Stalls. We are also going back to the future with our Z Cup where parents are going to relive there past glories in a Gaelic Football mini blitz. Our tennis club are also holding their end of season finals and raffle. The unflappable Tom Dempsey will oversee proceedings so please come along and support.
We are looking for donations of items for our bric-à-brac and Bottle Stalls. Donations of old hurls/club gear fit for a new home are also welcome. TENNIS
In conjunction with the ladies’ football fun day on Sunday, August 26, the Tennis Finals and prize giving (sponsored by Sebz Restaurant) will take place from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. on courts 1 and two in the GAA grounds, Killurin. Your support would be much appreciated. CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to all our young members and friends upon receiving their Leaving Certificate results on Wednesday last
and the very best of luck for the future. NOTES CONTACT
Email to hillaryobrien@eircom.net or alternatively, phone or text Hillary at 087 2028065. TaghmonCamross CAMROSS DRAMA GROUP
We have been kindly invited to join Wayside Players, Blackwater in their summer drama event. Camross will perform One-act Play ‘Lucy in the Sky’ by Tony Layton on Saturday the 18th, Wednesday the 22nd and Wednesday, August 29, in Levers Bar, Blackwater, 830 p.m. Wayside will also perform ‘A Family Affair’ – promising a great night’s entertainment.
Like Camross Drama Group on Facebook for details and updates. COMMUNITY GAMES
The four athletes from the Taghmon area had a great weekend representing the parish and Wexford in University Limerick last weekend at the national finals. Evan O’Grady just missed qualifying for the 1500m under-16 final, Bobby Joe Pitt did well in his shot competition under-14, Craig Doyle also had a strong performance in his ball throw under-12. Aisling Kelly ran a super final in under-16 200m and secured the gold medal. This was Aisling’s last Community Games and it brings her medal tally to five National medals since under-10. Great end to Community Games 2018. COISTE NA NOG
Our under-nine footballers are playing in Rathangan on Thursday night. The under-13s hurlers are out tonight (Tuesday) at home in the Shield Cup against Naomh Eanna.
The adult teams have a very busy fortnight coming up. The Junior B team will play district semi-finals in both codes with football first up this against Fethard on Tuesday night and the hurlers then play Ratharogue Cushinstown on Friday night.
The Intermediate A hurlers are up against the Shelmaliers on Saturday in Killurin (2 p.m.). The Senior Footballers play their final and critical group game against Gusserane the following weekend.
Finally congratulations to Mark Doyle and his teammates on their outstanding performances in Minnesota at the World Handball Championships and a huge thank you to everyone that supported the recent fundraiser at the club. LADIES’ FOOTBALL
Our under-14s are County Champs for 2018. They played and defeated Cushinstown on Sunday, August 19, in the Division 3 Cup Final in Clongeen. What can we say about these girls only bloody brilliant.. The girls played out of their skins and gave it all to finish off an absolutely fantastic year. Well done girls on playing an absolute stormer and coming out on top once again. Final score – Taghmon-Camross 6-04 Cushinstown 3 points.