Rosslare Strand

ROSSLARE YOUTH CLUB

New members are always welcome.

Join us for weekly activities, hang-out, regular outings and great fun with your friends.

Meeting every Friday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Rosslare Community Centre. Follow our Facebook page for all the latest news.

CHARITY BOUTIQUE

New 2 U Charity Boutique have a great selection of winter wear in stock at bargain prices, including a lovely range of children’s jackets from only €2. See our Facebook for details.

Open Monday to Saturday from 10.00 p.m. to 5 p.m. If you’ve received any Christmas gifts that ‘aren’t really you’, we would be happy to take them off your hands.

Donations are always welcome; any out of hours contributions can be handed into the community centre.

TIDY TOWNS

Happy, Healthy and Litter Free New Year from Rosslare Tidy Towns. Please dispose of all your Christmas waste in a responsible manner by making use of the Recycling Centres. Also Please help us in keeping the village clear of Litter by picking the area outside your Home/Business. In early February we will have the first Formal Beach Clean of the Year, date and times will be published later.

Tidy Towns is part of a Nationwide group of volunteers, who enjoy keeping their Villages and Towns looking their best. We welcome New Members; Please feel free to join. Contact Margaret at 086 1257487.

COIS BARRY CENTRE

We currently have the following weekly activities in the Cois Barry Community Centre in Rosslare.

MONDAY – 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Art Group Waves; 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Code Club for primary school aged kids; 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. Youth Club; 7: 30-8.30 p.m. School of trad music

TUESDAY – 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Crochet Club; 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Getting On the Road – Driver Theory Training and Test practice and Road Safety course; 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. Drums; 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Beginners’ Guitar.

WEDNESDAY – 11 a.m. to midday Computer Skills for Beginners of all ages; 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. Intermediate Guitar (kids); 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Intermediate Guitar (adults).

You can still join our classes and activities, get in touch to find out more. We are preparing several more courses and activities in the coming weeks, please refer to our website for news and updates.

OPEN DAY – We would love to show the community what we are doing and how everyone can benefit from our services. We hope you will be able to join us on Thursday, February 21. We will update the information as soon as we have the schedule ready. Find us on Facebook, email us at coisbarryhouse@gmail.com or call at 087 7631305. Check out our website for more info: tiny.cc/CoisBarry.

GAA NEWS

St Mary’s Rosslare wish all our community a Happy New Year. We look forward to another busy and successful year. We are looking for people to help in any way possible and are looking for a PRO to manage Twitter, Facebook, Web page and various news outlets. If interested please ring Conor Roche at 087 2027202.

Our lotto now stands at an amazing €20,000. Buy a ticket – it might be the one to get 2019 off to a great start. On Tuesday, January 8, numbers were 1, 15, 16 and 23; there was two matchthree winners Ruth McNamara and Mag McDonald. Tickets can be bought throughout community and from any committee member.

We have entered our first Jim Byrne Football Cup under-17 team in over a decade. They will play Bannow in Tagoat at 11 a.m. Sunday the 13th. Please come along and support the team; they have a match every Sunday for the whole of January. Best of luck to Larry and the lads.

Our Team Managers for underage are as follows. Under-20 – Conor Roche 087 2027202/ under-17 – Larry Morrissey 085 858446/under-15 – Liam Brohan 086 3425445/under-13 – Alan Murphy 086 8139885/under-11 – Jimmy Wickham 087 3440372/ under-nine – Patsy Meyler 086 6381207/under-seven – Liam Lawlor 086 8528299 and our Nursery four to six Roy Ryan 087 1225693.

Membership for the year is as follows – annual Gym Membership €160 or €90 for six months/Adult playing €120/ Adult non-playing €50/Pavilion €20/Student plus under-20 €50/ under-17 to under-seven €40/ Nursey €10. All are due now. Please pay ASAP.

Christmas Raffle winners: First - €1,000 Monart House – Matty Foley; second - day treatment Monart House – Dermot and Kathleen Ryan; third - two nights B&B plus dinner – Trish Boyce; fourth - dinner for two in Kelly’s Hotel Rosslare Strand – Sandra Andreucetti; fifth - crate of logs – Áine Hayes; sixth - €100 SuperValu Rosslare Harbour – Breda Cusack; seventh - Christmas Hamper – Pauline Devereux; eighth - five Guitar Lessons Pete McCauley – Ella Carroll; ninth - annual Gym Membership St Mary’s GAA – Danny Howlin10th - Voucher for McGuires – Cathal Byrne.

KETTLE CLUB

At Swing and Spin and Rosslare Kettle Club Clara and Melonie are offering a wide range of spinning and fitness classes with attractive drop in rates and membership packages available. Visit their website (swingandspin.ie) for more information

COMMUNITY/ SPORTS CENTRE

Schoolboys/Girls’ Soccer Club – Academy Saturday 11 a.m. to midday/under-11s Monday 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Girls/under-15s Monday 7 p.m. to 8 p.m/ under-14s Tuesday 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Girls/under-10s Wednesday 6 p.m. to 7 p.m/under-11s Wednesday 7 p.m. to 8 p.m/under-9s Thursday 6 p.m. to 7 p.m/ under-12s Thursday 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Call Colm at 087 6087475.

St Paul’s Athletics Club Mon and Wed on Rosslare Track 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. Fridays 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Call Leo at 086 3103417. Find us on Facebook.

Menapians Athletics Club – Tues, Thurs and Friday at 7 p.m., seven years +/€4 per session Call 087 9955505.

Boxing Club. Enrolment for this season on Tuesday, September 4, nine years + boys and girls. Training every Tue and Thursday 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Contact Teresa at 085 1592984 for information.

Youth Club – Come along on Fridays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m/€2 per week/first to sixth year students. Lots of activities, discos and trips. Parents and members can join our Facebook group.

Rosslare Bowls Club – Finals on 15/16 and September 22/23. Call Catherine at 086 8177679 rosslarebowlsclub.com.

Tai Chi – Monday and Wednesday at 9.30 a.m. on the beach.

Men’s Sheds – Mon, Tues and Thursday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Call Jim at 087 6815029.

Women’s Sheds – Wednesday 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Call Jackie at 087 6468677 or Paula at 086 7870696.

Rosslare Tennis Club – Friday at 9.30 a.m. New players wanted. €2.

Rosslare Badminton Club – Saturday at 11.30 a.m. New members needed and welcome. €3 (pay-as-you-go)

Badminton Club – Saturday at 11.30 a.m. New members needed and welcome. €3 (pay-as-yougo)

KEEP FIT PROGRAMME: Yoga – Mondays at 6.45 p.m. and Fridays at 8.30 a.m. Contact Sharon at 086 1943527.

Full Body Circuit Classes – Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. with qualified personal trainer Liam Kehoe.

Pilates with Theresa on Fridays at 10 a.m. €10 per class. Call 089 4620552 for further info.

Forever Fit Dancefit. – Saturday at 10 a.m. Hi energy, heart pumping, body toning. €8 (payas-you-go) Call Amanda at 087 9713339. Visitors and drop-ins always welcome.

Forever Fit Active 50+ – Dance exercise to music. Every Saturday at 11.30 a.m. €8 (pay-as-yougo) Call Amanda at 087 9713339 to book. Visitors and drop-ins always welcome