The Ballagh
LOCAL NOTES
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BOXING CLUB
Training resumes in the Ballagh on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and from 6.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. for underage boxers and beginners.
SPLIT-THE-POT
It costs just €2 to play and entry envelopes can be found in all local businesses: Tim’s Chipper, Caroline’s Hairdressing, Bob’s Bar, Lounge, Shop and Takeaway, The Sawdust, Barry Walsh’s Car Servicing, The Unyoke Cafe, The Trading Post, Angelo’s Takeaway, The post office, The School Office and Boland’s XL Thanks to everyone who support this fundraiser.
RACE TO BE MAYOR
The GAA Mayoral Election Campaign is well under way and the next few weeks will see lots of fundraising activities organised for the candidates. On December 1 Martin ‘Sponger’ Fortune’s team will hold ‘Come Dine with me’ in the Ballagh Community Centre while on second, December 9 and 16 Phil’s team will hold bingo.
As this year is the 25th Anniversary of Oulart-The Ballagh winning their first Senior Hurling Title (1994) Phil’s team will launch a Souvenir Calendar in Oulart Community Centre on Saturday, December 15. And if you want to buy a real Christmas Tree to support Sponger’s Mayoral campaign, please place your order with Declan at 087 3456523.
The two candidates’ teams also have raffle tickets circulating, with valuable prizes on offer. We would encourage as many as possible to support the events as all the proceeds go to Oulart-The Ballagh GAA Club. Please follow the Facebook page for more details.
CFR INFO EVENING
The Oulart-The Ballagh Unit of Community First Responders is live, seven nights a week and all day at weekends, assisting the National Ambulance Service, on a totally voluntary basis.
Anyone interested in being part of the CFR group should note that an Information evening will be held in the Ballagh Community Centre on Wednesday, December 5, at 8.30 p.m. For queries please contact Vickie (087 7780749) or Ger (086 1578484).
COLLECTION THANKS
The Wexford Branch of Down Syndrome Ireland would like to thank everyone who contributed so generously to the recent collection in the Ballagh. €324 was collected and has been banked and will stay in the branch to be used to benefit all the children and adults in the branch. Thanks to the collectors for their time and help.
BOOK FAIR
Thank you to everyone who supported the recent Book Fair in the Ballagh school. As always the books were hugely popular and the school earned over €800 worth of free books from the book sales. Thank you to the parents who volunteered each day and helped to make it such a success. There will be plenty of reading materials for the winter months ahead.
GAA CLUB AGM
Oulart-The Ballagh GAA will hold its annual general meeting this Friday, November 30, in Oulart Community Centre. Registration will be from 7 p.m. and the formalities will begin at 7.30 p.m. New members, male and female, are always welcome to join our GAA club and, where better to start than at the AGM where we review the past year, elect officers, committee and team managements and make plans for 2019.
Former players and older members who have let their membership lapse are encouraged to become involved again.
TRACTOR ROAD RUN
On Sunday, December 2, a Tractor Road-Run in aid of Oulart senior citizens Christmas party, will start at the 1978 Monument, opposite O’Leary’s Oulart Hill Bar, at midday. For further information please contact Seán Byrne at 087 6486279.