The Ballagh
CHOIR PRACTICE
In preparation for Christmas, a choir practice will be held in the Ballagh on Mondays at 7.30 p.m.
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 16 Phil’s team will hold another 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, Tom at 087 6138210 or Martin at 087 9001220. The 6foot trees sell at €30. Christmas Wreaths are also available at €8 each, two for €15 and three for €20.
BUSKING MOLLI
Molli, from the Ballagh is hoping to busk, every Sunday up to Christmas in Wexford Town and she will be donating ALL of her busking money to the Homeless Action Group in Wexford. So if you happen to see her on the Main Street, please stop, listen and support her in her charitable endeavour.
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. Well done to Liam Walsh, who has won the junior two Wexford boxer of the year.
CHRISTMAS IN THE CHURCHES
The Advent Penance Service will be held on Sunday, December 23, at 6.30 p.m. in the Ballagh and at 7.30 p.m. in Oulart. The Christmas arrangements for Masses are as follows: Mass on Christmas Eve will be celebrated in the Ballagh at 7.30 p.m. and in Oulart at 9 p.m. Christmas Day Mass in Oulart will be at10 a.m. and in the Ballagh at 11 a.m. Holy Communion will be brought to the sick and housebound in the Ballagh on Wednesday, December 19, at 10 a.m. and in Oulart on Friday the 21st at 9.30 a.m.
SCHOOLS CAROL SERVICE
The pupils of Scoil Mochua will present carols in St Patrick’s Church on Wednesday the 19th at 7.30 p.m. while the school-children from the Ballagh will hold their Carol Service on Thursday the 20th at 7.30 p.m.
TALENT SHOW
The Oulart Hill Lounge was the venue for ‘Show us your Talent’ competition, organised by the team of Mayoral candidate, Phil Redmond, on Saturday night, November 24. Upwards of 14 acts performed and following the counting of audience votes, The Murphy Sisters (Michelle, Anne-Marie, Lisa and Linda) were declared the winners, having delighted the huge attendance with their rendition of ‘Black is the Colour’.
They along with four other qualifying acts (Phil Redmond, Karen Atkinson-Sinnott, Kerri Wickham and Cormac Finn) will go forward to the final against a similar number of contestants from ‘Sponger’s’ heat of the competition which will take place, at a date to be announced.
MARTIN STOREY TOURNAMENT
Oulart-The Ballagh were very proud to host the three finals of the very successful Martin Storey Tournament on Sunday, December 2. 18 teams took part in the Tournament and the feedback was fantastic. The weather was kind and the rain held off for the morning.
St Mary’s’s Rosslare played a thrilling match beating Crossabeg-Ballymurn in the Red final in extra time. Our own boys played St Anne’s in the Black Final, playing very well but St Ann’s were just that little bit stronger on the day. The Gold final was won by the Shelmaliers, who beat Glynn-Barntown in another exciting match.
A massive big thank you to all the clubs who entered in the tournament and played matches for seven weeks giving over 400 boys lots of game time. Special thanks to Willie Cleary from the Co. Board and to Ray Harris for his input and especially to Martin Storey for presenting the medals to the winner and to the chairman of the club Bartle Sinnott and the club committee for their support.
GAA CLUB AGM
The Oulart-The Ballagh AGM was held in Oulart Community Centre on Friday, November 30, and was very well attended meeting with over 100 members turning up on the night. There was lots of discussion about the year ahead and the new committee is as follows.
Chair-Bartle Sinnott, Vice-chairpersons-Martin Dempsey and Peter Kennedy. Secretary-Niamh Sinnott, Assistant secretary-Noel Doyle. Treasurer-Martin Redmond and Vice-treasurer-Geraldine Doyle. Irish Officer-Breda Jacob. PRO Elizabeth Freeman. Children’s Officer-Adam Nolan. Co. Board Rep. Peter Kennedy and Ger Doyle. Health and Wellbeing-Breda Flood.
CAMOGIE
Hard luck to our under-18 camogie girls, who were beaten by St Martin’s in the county final last Saturday, December 1. The girls had trained well all year and did themselves proud as they played a great match against a strong team who were a little more experienced on the day. The final score was 3-7 to 2-7 and it was hard for our girls were very unlucky to lose by one goal in the dying seconds of the game.
GAA CLUB LOTTO
The club run the lotto every two weeks to pay for the running of the club and for the upkeep of the pitches. We would like to encourage as many people as possible to support the lotto by selling a book of six tickets for €10, book of 12 for €20 and be in with a chance of winning €9,600 plus five lucky-dip winners of €30 each draw. This is necessary way of making money to keep our club running Please support our club by taking a lotto book every two weeks for the benefit of the club and our young players in the future. Next draw Monday, December 17, in Marty’s Bar.
MONSTER BINGO
There will be a Monster Bingo game in the community centre in Oulart on Sunday, December 16, at 8 p.m. There will be over €1,000 in prizes with ‘sit-beside’ prizes and spot prizes also on offer.