CLAREGALWAY MEDICAL CENTRE

The new Claregalway Medical Centre has just opened. The Surgery Hours will remain 3.00 - 4.30 until January 1997. The Telephone Number is 798301

In the next month a questionnaire will be given to patients seeking their opinion as to what surgery hours would best suit the needs of the Community. From January 1997 it is hoped to expand the Surgery Hours. In addition, suggestions on how to improve the service available would be greatly welcomed and where possible, these suggestions will be implemented.

Thank you for your support over the past 17 years

Dr. Brendan Day

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CLAREGALWAY LEISURE CENTRE

Plans are presently being drawn up by the new committee for improvements to the Centre. It is hoped that renovations will commence immediately after the Fashion Show on 21st November 1996 and will consist primarily of the meeting room areas with proposals for a new floor for the main hall being considered for a later date. The hall is presently being used for a number of sporting and recreational activities, most notably Badminton, Indoor Soccer, Basketball, Keep-Fit, Flower Arranging.
Hall bookings can be made by contacting the Centre at phone no. 798371 and there are some vacancies for the current winter season. The Annual Fashion Show takes place on the 21st November. Tickets are now being sold and your support would be greatly appreciated. The committee are pleased to advise that the Centre has been approved for Grant Aid under the Dept.of Education's Recreational Facilities Scheme and these funds will go towards defraying a portion of the costs of the renovations.

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CHRISTMAS FLOWER ARRANGING NIGHT

A Flower Arranging Demonstation will be held in the Leisure Centre on Sunday the 15th December at 7 p.m., and all are invited to attend.
This should be a very enjoyable night for everyone. You can watch Ve Murphy demonstrate how you can transform your home with Christmas floral arrangements and these will be raffled on the night.
Tickets may be purchased by contacting Deirdre at the Leisure Centre (tel. 798371) or at the door on the night. Cost of tickets is £4.00.

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ALOE VERA
Aloe Vera is an extract from a desert plant of the same name. Its use has a very long history dating back some 3,500 years for both beauty and medicinal purposes. Aloe Vera is a very pure, safe and versatile plant extract. As you may be aware it is already widely used in shampoos, conditioners and creams. A minimum of 55% Aloe should be used in such preparation to be effective. Aloe Vera can even be consumed as a health drink. Aloe Vera looks like a cactus but in fact it belongs to the lily family which blooms annually. It is evergreen in colour on the outside but is a clear substance inside, not green. The leaves grow to about 30 inches in length in a rosette pattern. Forever Living grows only Aloe Barbadensis, even though there are more than 200 different species of Aloe Vera. Only mature Aloe Vera plants providing 100% full gel potency are used. Millions of people have used Aloe Vera products with very positive results.
For further information:- contact Evelyn Kitt (091-79848)

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Alzheimer Society Western Region

The Society has sent their most grateful thanks for the receipt of £310.50 raised at the Tea Day in Lakeview and at the Bingo session the same evening at Turloughmore. They go on to say:
"National Tea Day is a vital source of funding to the Society and is the only National Fundraising Day in our calendar. The money raised will be used in your region, for the care and support of Alzheimer patients and their families. Without contributions such as yours, our work could not continue.
On behalf of the 25,000 victims of this dreadful disease in this country and their carers once again Thank You. We, like they, are most grateful to you"

Sarah McCallen, Anna Cooke, Christine Keaney

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CLAREGALWAY BADMINTON

Congratulations to our U16 B Team who have full points from two matches played so far in the League and our U14 A team who have won their first match and are due to play again on Sunday 3rd Nov. Our U16A team will be in action for their first match on Sunday also, in the Leisure Centre. The U12A and U12B teams will travel to Maree for their first matches on the same day, so we will have a busy weekend. The U14B team have played two matches and have lost both. Good Luck to all the teams in their future matches.

Congratulations to John Forde, Cathy Casserly and Christopher Keane who played in the Dublin Open Championships last weekend, and did extremely well.

The County Championships in Doubles will be held in the Galway Lawn Tennis Club on Saturday 9th November. Good Luck to all who enter. There will be no Junior Badminton in the Leisure Centre on that day.

Senior Club
Our Division III team have played their matches against the Lawn Tennis Club and Loughrea. Our Division IV team have played one match and due to play again on Sunday 3rd Nov at 7.00 p.m. The Senior Singles County Championships will be held in Galway Lawn Tennis Club on 10th November. Good Luck to all Club Members who participate.

Senior Badminton every Monday 7.30 - 10.00 p.m.

Mary Forde

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PEIL NA N-ÓG
Fé-15
In a good game Claregalway beat Salthill by 2-10 to 2-5 in the City league at the Prairie. The next game against Mervue at the Leisure Centre ended in a draw and in the last round Claregalway had an easy win over Moycullen at Baile Doite. The league table for Group 1 is as follows:

Claregalway have now qualified with Barna for the "A" semi-finals and are joined by the qualifiers from Group 2, Oranmore and St.Michaels. So the most difficult part of the league has yet to come; it's a knock-out league cup from now on.

Fé-13
Eire Óg 1-2 Claregalway 3-8
Claregalway 2-11 Ml.Breathnach 0-1

Claregalway started the City league with two easy wins over Eire Óg at Tirellin and Ml.Breathnach at the Leisure Centre. The feature of the game at Tirellin was the large turnout of players and the rule on unlimited substitutes was used to the full so that as many players as possible got a run in the green and gold. In a good team display against Ml.Breathnach, Colm James Connealy, Thomas Moran, Robert Raftery were most prominent in the backs; Gary Dillon and Martin Kelly were dominant in mid field while in the forwards Stephen Cunniffe, Barry Cullinane, Alan Greaney, Barry McGrath and Jason Murphy all scored good points. Michael Maguire and Gary Dillon scored the goals.

Fé-10
A panel of 40, managed by John Feeney, Tony Clarke, Gerry Moran and Hugh Farrell and accompanied by some parents travelled by bus to Castlebar for the Inter-county Blitz tournament organised by Castlebar Mitchels. Claregalway played 4 games starting with a win over Kilmeena. They fielded a different team in the second match to give as many players as possible a game but lost to Balla. They then beat Ballinrobe to qualify for the B semi-final which they lost to Crossmolina. Teams from Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim, Galway as well as Mayo took part.

Co.Development Draw
The Juvenile Football Committee had a very good response to its ticket sales for the County Development Draw. The extent of the response qualified us to put up bonus prizes of £60 per 50 members of the Committee's ticket holders. In recognition and appreciation of the support, the committee also put up a number of smaller prizes for the ticket holders. Club President, and ex-All Ireland star with the Down team of the Sixties, Patsy O'Hagan, officiated at the Draw held at the Club Centre. The winners were: £60 each - Martin Kirrane, Cregboy and Billy Joyce, Bawnmore; £30 each - Vincent Moran, Lakeview, Margaret Rush, Kilclooney, Milltown, and Frank Starken, 6 Retreat Heights, Athlone. Grateful thanks are conveyed to the purchasers of our tickets for their financial support.

Seán Flanagan

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SPECIAL GREETINGS
Congratulations to Bernie and Joe Faherty on the birth of their baby boy, Cian, in October.

Welcome to the Monaghan Family who have taken up residence in Cahergowan.

Best wishes to Julie and Tom McKenna who have taken over management of the Abbey/Summerfield Bar. On behalf of the community, we wish them the very best of luck.

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Andy McDonagh, Gortatleva, who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary recently.

Congratulations to Kevin Flanagan, Ray Fleming and Simon Kavanagh on their selection for the Connacht Schools Rugby Team which played Warwickshire, Cheshire and Leicestershire Schools on their recent England tour. They play Leinster Schools on Saturday next.

Congratulations to Clodagh Fleming, Cahergowan, who was conferred with a BSc honours degree at UCG.

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THE GARDEN

Autumn is usually a beautiful month with lots of Autumn colours. Unfortunately, with the high winds and rain, nearly all plants lost their leaves early. It's not all gloom and doom however as there are many berrying shrubs and trees around to add colour. The bright berrying plants can often add colour on a very bleak day, bringing a lot of activity to your garden with birds of all type, vying to feed. Trees that give the best show are members of the Sorbus (mountain ash) family. The common mountain ash Sorbus Aucuparia, is covered with masses of red berries this year. A better variety is Sorbus Sheerwater seedling- more orange berry than red. The best of all are Sorbus Joseph Rock with its yellow berries, generally left untouched by the birds and Sorbus Vilmorinii with its pinkish berries.
Another tree that looks really well this year is Malus Golden Hornet, (crab apple family) with masses of yellow crab apples, also left untouched by the birds. As a wall covering shrub pyrancanthas (Firethorn) give great colour. Its a dense upright evergreen shrub. It has dark green leaves with clusters of small white flowers in summer followed by different coloured berries, depending on varieties, red, orange or yellow. In the shrub line there are a number of beautiful plants such as shrub roses or 'dog roses' with their different coloured hips.

Hollys of different varieties berry now. A very good variety is Ilex J.C. Van Tol. This does not need a partner as its self fertile. It has red berries against a dark green foliate and berries very freely. Its great for making holly wreaths, etc.as it is not very prickly.
Other berrying plants are skimmia Reevesiana, Arbutus Unedo, Gaultheira and Celastrus.

Feeding the birds is becoming more popular as we become more aware of the environment around us. Its a great way for kids to learn and care for animals and discover just how many birds there are; robins, blue tits, finches, warbless, etc. If you hang out a bird feeder or bird table and feed them bird seed or peanuts, you will get to see the most amazing colours and great amusement.

A lot of people ask about how to take a hardwood cutting. This is the time of year for it. Firstly, take a pencil thick cutting off your plant, cut below a bud, allow 8 -9 inches and cut a sloping cut above a bud again. So you have a pencil thick cutting 8- 9 inches long. Have your ground prepared, it should be free draining with lots of coarse sand and peat dug into it. Secondly, dip the cutting in hormone rooting powder, available in all hardwares and garden centres. Insert your cutting into the open ground leaving about 3 inches above ground, with the sloping cut up. Firm them in. Plants will have rooted by next spring and can be potted up or planted out. Resist the temptation of pulling them up to see if they have rooted!!! Plants that are easy to propagate this way are Dogwoods, Flowering currant, Forsythia, Weigleas, Buddleias, Philadelphus and winter flowering Virburnum.

Thats it for now, happy gardening in between the showers, 7 weeks to Xmas!
Bosco McDermott, Jnr.,
Glynn's Garden Centre, Lydican, Oranmore.

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