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The Kilkenny Observer Friday 14 January 2022
Community & GAA Notes
Kilkenny GAA clubs and Community news SQUASH CLUB COUNTY CAMOGIE Congratulations to Teresa Carrigan of Clara, who was recently appointed as County Camogie Chairperson for 2022. Teresa moves up from the position of Secretary and we wish her well in her new role. PRESENTATION Good luck to the Clara girls that play on the Presentation senior camogie team that have qualified for the Leinster Schools Final, where they will meet either Birr or old rivals Loreto Kilkenny. In all there are nine Clara girls on the panel - Rachel Whelan, Grace Barcoe, Laoise Nolan, Gráinne Glynn, Emma Shortall, Katie Ryan, Keara Ryan, Niamh Brickell and Rachel Brickell. The game was originally fixed for next Saturday 15th January but may now be deferred by a week. LGFA Clara/Thomastown had a good 8-5 to 1-2 win over Kilkenny City in an eleven aside minor football league game in Clara on Sunday. City led 1-1 to 1-0 at the interval but the home team had created the best of the chances. Once the net was rattled early in the second half the floodgates opened and the Clara/ Thomastown girls added six more goals before the finish to run out impressive winners. Wins over City have been few and far between over the years because of the sheer numbers they have available to them, so this win will give the country girls great confidence going forward. Well done girls! CLUB LOTTO There was no winner of this week’s Club Lotto ( Jan 4th) Numbers Drawn 2, 16, 22, 23 Bonus 15 Next week’s Jackpot will be €10,200 ( Jan 11th) www.oloughlingaels.com/lotto Promotors Draw: 1. Shannon Greene c/o Paddy Greene 2. Anne Loy c/o Neil Loy 3. Michael Dreela 4.Noreen Curry c/o John Joe Cullen 5. Joe Rice 6. R Byrne c/o Neil Loy 7. John Cahill c/o Esther Maher 8. Niall O’Callaghan c/o Online 9. Bridget Butler c/o Online 10. Patrick Kealy c/o Online Thank you for your continued support www.oloughlingaels.com/lotto RENEW MEMBERSHIP NOW. All current members are asked to renew their memberships to O’Loughlin Gaels GAA, Camogie and Handball Clubs for 2022 now. Full details and payment options at www. oloughlingaels.com/membership HANDBALL NEWS: What a great start to the handball New Year. Firstly we would like to welcome our new handball members Finn Walsh, Sean Millea, and the three Hogan brothers Daire, Lory and Tom. Congratulations to Daire Hogan a new O’Loughlins Handball member hailing from Tullaroan, who on Sunday competed in his first County Championship U13. No doubt a talent we will be hearing of in the future. Also on Sunday we saw a very exciting Christmas Tournament for our u10s take place, at last! Delayed since last year because of restrictions. We were entertained with very skillful and competitive games throughout as Stephen McCormack, Leon Delaney, Fionn Brannigan, Ollie Morrissey and Johnny Delaney all turned on the style. Congratulations to young Ollie Morrissey who claimed this year’s trophy (or was it last year !). We are looking
forward to seeing all these boys progress during the year with their hard work and commitment earning them awards. Well done to everyone at O’Loughlin Gaels Handball particularly John Morrissey, Paddy Delaney and Eoin Brannigan who looked after the young handballers ,great work as always Thanks to Maurice Nolan and Nolan’s Gala Ardnore for sponsoring 25 bags for the players and to Tracy Brannigan of Big Steps Creche for sponsoring the prizes. EVERY STEPS CHALLENGE O’Loughlin Gaels GAA and Camogie Clubs are teaming up and getting 2022 off to a Healthy Start. Irish Life are inviting Clubs from all over the country to join them and compete in their ‘Every Step Counts Challenge’ where participants join up with club mates to walk 4000km collectively and so be entered into a draw to earn big prizes for St. Johns Park. We invite women and men from around the community to download the MyLife App , register and select the Challenge as an O’Loughlin Gaels participant. (O’Loughlin Gaels will be included on the list of participating clubs over the weekend). Get organised - arrange to meet your friends and track your steps and lets build up that 4000km over 5 weeks. Follow the instructions on the image below. The challenge officially starts from Jan 19th so we are inviting you to bring your hi-viz to St. Johns Park next Monday at 7:30pm.and get the ball rolling. or.you can get your friends and clubmates to hook up anytime and record those kilometers on your MyLife App. Club Sponrs: Pat Robert Carroll Eurospar Ireland and Camogie MacDonagh Junction Shopping Centre Juvenile O’Loughlin Gaels Handballers enjoy a late Christmas Tournament
EMERALDS GAA CLUB Mega Bingo: Every Sunday, 4pm at Urlingford GAA pitch. Gates open at 3pm. Single books and one sheet €10; Double books and two sheets €15. Extra jackpot sheet €3 or two for €5. Please support. AGM: Postponed to Friday, January 14 at 8pm. EMERALDS URLINGFORD AND GRAINE LOTTO January 4 prize fund was: €6,100. Jackpot: €4,100. Numbers drawn: 3, 8, 20 24, bonus no 9. No winner and one match three winner: Jake Peters. Promoters prize: Hotel. Five lucky dips of €20 each: Graine Development, Martin & Catherine, Jack, Eoin Hartnett, Liam Comerford. Next draw takes place on Monday, January 11 in the Clubrooms. Results next week. URLINGFORD ON THE MOVE WALKING TRACK Works for the walking track are ongoing in the club grounds. Therefore the grounds are closed to the public during the day. The field will reopen as per normal for evening training sessions. MILL FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE Art Classes: Free Adult Art Classes in the Centre every Thursday 10am-12pm, from January 20 for six weeks, if interested please contact the Centre. Safe Pass: Course being held in the Centre at end of February, few spaces available, please contact the Centre if interested. BTEI Healthcare Course QQI Level 5: BTEI is currently recruiting for the Healthcare QQI Level
5 course which will be commencing in January 2022. If anyone is interested in completing this course you can contact the Mill FRC on 056 8838466. LTI Pathway to Employment course QQI Level 4: LTI is recruiting for the new programme 2022. If anyone is interested in completing this full-time course, please contact the centre for an expression of interest form. Food Donations: We are now working with “Food Cloud” to ensure that unsold food from supermarkets does not go to waste. Every week we receive food donations which we distribute in Urlingford and surrounding areas. If you, or anyone you know, would benefit from this, please make contact with the Centre. Senior Alert: If you need to apply for a Personal Alarm, please contact Sue or Josephine on 056 8838466. Counselling Services: Our low cost Counselling Services, include One-to-One, Family & Teens, aged 12+. General Counselling: Bereavement, Stress, Anxiety and Depression. Other Counselling Services available: Drug, Substance and Gambling Addiction. Please contact Sue for more information or to make an appointment on 056 8838466 Appeal for Clothes Donations: Any clothes donations would be appreciated in aid of the centre’s counselling services. Donations can be left into the Centre. Contact Sue on 056 8838466. URLINGFORD ARMS SPLIT THE POT Will resume in the coming weeks. URLINGFORD / GRAINE DEFIBRILLATOR GROUP In case of emergency, call: 085 2726396. URLINGFORD NEWS Anyone wishing to submit news items, club events, announcements etc can do so by emailing urlingfordnotes@gmail.com. If you have any photos you wish to include, please forward them to the email address. DUNNAMAGGIN GAA Dunnamaggin GAA Last Man Standing: Our Dunnamaggin adult hurlers are running a Last man standing fundraiser for our new Gym and Ball wall. Want to be in with a chance to win €500?? Kicking off on 21st January .It’s very simple to participate, simply pay €10 to the following go fund me page https://gofund.me/6b3fc256 and contact one of the contacts below or any adult player and they will forward you the link for the website to submit your selections and the lads will then contact you through What App as the competition progresses. Victor Costello087 7690637, Jack Brett- 087 9422859, Michael Cody– 085 1168453, Andrew Fitzpatrick - 087 1148941 -LOCAL LOTTO. Local Lotto Draw for 27th December 2021 Winning Numbers :12, 30, 35. No Winner Winners for Draw for 5 x €30. Emma & Anne ( Anne Hickey ).Cindy ( Cis Ryan ),Owen Brennan ( Aidan Farrell ),The Other Way ( Ellen Delehunty ),Jimmy Hawe ( Marie Kelly ). Local Lotto Draw for January 3rd 2022: Winning Numbers : 11, 22, 35. No Winner.- Winners of Draw for 5 x € 30. Brian Ireland ( Malachy Hogan ),Jake Butler (Pat Butler ),Stella Byrne ( Marie Kelly ),Maria Reid ( Johnno Reid ), Andy, Aideen, & Ciaran ( Anne Hickey ) Jackpot Next Week January 10th € 4,750.Venue : Townsend’s @ 9pm. All Welcome
