Jack The Joker
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| No. Drawn - 48 |
Our popular Jack the Joker Fundraiser will continue
this Sunday night in Kennedy’s Live where the Jackpot will be €6,760 as on
Sunday night Patricia Power was drawn out of the drum and picked card 48 which
wasn’t the Joker though she did win €50. Evie Cliffe and Declan Ahearne won €25
each. As well as our group of ticket sellers tickets can be purchased from
Convenience Store Ballinroad, The Village Inn, Village Flowers, Kennedy’s Live,
Spar, Mike Kiely’s Butchers and Mousies Takeaway.
Senior Football
On Thursday evening last we defeated Clashmore in
Round 4 of the County Championship in Fraher Field.
TEAM: S. ENRIGHT, D. COLLINS, B. LOOBY, G. BREEN, S. O’DONOVAN, C. MOLONEY,
R. SHEEHAN, S. O’HARE, G. HURNEY, P. HURNEY, M. FERNCOMBE, M. O’HALLORAN, M. GORMAN,
M. FIVES, J. O’BRIEN.
SUBS: J. POWER, R. FOLEY, J. RYAN.
Senior Hurling
This Saturday evening we play Passage in Round 3 of
the County Championship in Walsh Park at 7:30.
Sponsored Cycle
On Saturday last after months of careful planning our
Sponsored Cycle from Limerick to Abbeyside took place and to say it was a great
success would be a major understatement. From when the brave cyclists started
to gather in the Clarion Hotel, Limerick on Friday night and great buzz started
to build up and you got the feeling that everything would go smoothly thanks
mainly to the work of Liam O’Connor and his hard working committee. After
enjoying the hospitality of the City on Friday night all the cyclists were
ready for departure from Limerick by 9 am and they hit the road in truly great
form. After a pit stop in New Inn with refreshments provided by the two Mary’s
the pelaton headed for the dreaded climb over The Vee. All of the cyclists gave each other great
encouragement up the climb and it was fitting that first man over the Vee was
Jack O’Hare who has supported the club so generously for many years now. After
a brief stop in the Cats, Melleray, it was time for the final leg of the
journey to Abbeyside. A large group of supporters were waiting at Quill’s to
join the cycle back into Abbeyside and it was great to see so many younger
members of the club supporting the cycle. There were many sore and stiff limbs
as the 27 brave cyclists completed their journey in Abbeyside where they were
greeted by many family members and club supporters. Some welcome refreshments
were provided by Minnies Bar before the cyclists headed home for some much
needed rest and to prepare for the evenings barbecue in Kennedy’s. The evening
was most enjoyable where after some well-earned sustenance all involved shared
stories of the cycle long into the night. To round off the evening
presentations were made to our main sponsor Jack O’Hare and to the one and only
Liam O’Connor in recognition of the work he put into organising the whole
weekend.
Of course such a major event couldn’t have happened
without the hard work and dedication of the organising committee. Trying to
name all of those involved would be impossible but we would like to thank them
all for their great work. Without them the event could not have gone ahead. A
big thank you to the people who drove with the cycle, and to the motor cyclists,
who gave great support to the cyclists throughout the cycle. We must thank all
the businesses of the town and also to the people who sponsored the cyclists
for their most generous support. Finally and by no means least we must record
our appreciation to the brave men and woman who completed the cycle. Many of
them were more or less novice cyclists and without the time they put into
preparing for the cycle it would not have been the success it undoubtedly was.
Club Bingo
This Sunday our Club Bingo returns to the CBS Hall at
8:30 pm where the jackpot is €1100.
Intercounty Activity
On behalf of all in the club we would like to wish the
County Minor Hurlers the very best of luck ahead of their All Ireland Semi
Final against Kilkenny in Croke Park this Sunday. Conor Prunty is on the team
while Stephen Cliffe and Sean Daly are on the panel and Donnacha Enright and
Pat Moore are part of the backroom team.
Booking of Pitches
All team managers are reminded to please ensure that
they have booked the pitch for training or matches with Michael O’Donovan. We
would also ask team managers to please try and do as much heavy training in the
areas behind the goals.
Sympathy
On behalf of all in the club we would like to extend
our sympathies to the family and friends of the late Mary McGovern who passed
away last weekend. The McGovern family have ties to our club stretching back
many generations and Mary’s children lined out in the club colours for many
years, a tradition carried on by her grandchildren. Mary’s son Pa continues to
serve our cub in his role as one of our main fundraisers through his work in
the club bingo where he is on duty every Sunday night of the year without fail
whilst he sells tickets for all our fundraising efforts throughout the year.
Once again we extend our sympathies to the McGovern family on their loss.
We would also like to send our sympathies to Pat
Grant, Western Board Secretary on the death of his brother Willie last weekend.
