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Bree Parish Newsletter

9/10^th May 2009 5^th Sunday of Easter

BREE NATIONAL SCHOOLS ENROLMENTS

Parents who wish to enrol their children in Bree National School for the 2009/10 school year commencing in September should contact the Principal for enrolment forms and details as soon as possible.  Telephone 053 9247725.

USED CLOTHING COLLECTION

The “Education Project” in Kitui are holding a used clothing collection on Tuesday May 12^th.  Bags containing used clothing and shoes should be left in Bree or Galbally Church/School Carparks before 12 noon on the day.

NATIONAL SCHOOLS SOCCER COMPETITION

Well done to the girls of Bree N.S. who won their County Semi Final of the National Schools Soccer Competition in New Ross during the week.  The girls are now through to the County Final to be played in the coming weeks.  Date and venue still to be decided.  The boys of Bree N.S. also gave a wonderful performance in their County Semi Final but were narrowly defeated.

GALBALLY CHURCH RESTORATION

It is expected that the restoration work to Galbally Church will begin in the near future. The first phase of the work will include replacing the current copper tower with a new structure. These essential repairs are the most extensive repairs to the Church for many years. A brochure outlining the project is currently being circulated to the homes through out the Parish. In order to complete the work it is necessary to hold fundraising events in the Parish. Your support will be greatly welcomed.
Galbally Parish Monthly Draw
Tickets for our monthly draw are being sold and distributed through the Parish. The cost per ticket is €5 and the draw will be held on the first weekend of the month in Galbally Church. There are three cash prizes and the winners will be notified and results will be printed in the Parish notes. We ask each family to purchase a monthly ticket and to encourage family/friends who are living away to support our efforts in raising funds.  Tickets are available from any of our promoters, A Murphy, P Boyle, M O Leary, H Roche, B Fenlon or B Carberry.
Tractor Run
A tractor run will be held in Galbally on Sun 31 May. The event will begin at the community centre where registration starts at 12.30pm. The course will take two hours approx. to complete and refreshments will be served at the conclusion of the event. All proceeds and donations will go towards the renovations of the Church. In this fun day old and new tractors are welcome to participate, support from Galbally, Ballyhogue and Bree would be appreciated. Participants are asked to make a donation at registration. Throughout the curacy sponsorship cards will be distributed to all the houses. This is the first of our fundraising projects and your support is very much welcomed.

WEXFORD MACRA 60^TH ANNIVERSARY

Wexford Macra Na Feirme are currently in the process of collecting photographs and old memories from the past twenty years to compile into book form, if you were involved during these years and have any memories from your time in Macra, please could you contact Lucy (087) 1346911 or Maresa (087) 2861598 or Margaret (087) 2334776. All photographs will be returned.

WHO’S GOT TALENT ? – 2009

A 'Talent Competition' open to everyone 18 years and under from around the county will be held in Bree Community Centre on the following dates; May 16th, 22nd, 29th, 30th and June 5th, with semi finals on the 12th and 14th of June and the Grand Final on the 20th of June. There are U13 and U18 Categories in Solo & Group Singing, Solo & Group Music, Solo Dance (Modern, Irish etc), Group Modern Dance, Group Irish / Set Dance, Recitation, Novelty Act and a Miscellaneous Section. Trophy for winner of each section with a total of €700 in prize money. Entry fee is €5 per solo competitor and €3 per group competitor. Call 087-7535354 for further information and to secure your date, as entries will be limited in each category each night.

COMMUNITY GAMES NEWS

The local area Bree / Davidstown Community Games Finals for Preschools to U16 due to be held in Ballyhogue GAA field on Sunday, 17th May has been postponed until Monday evening 25th. Athletics training for 7 year olds and over take place in Bree on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6.30pm to 8pm. Contact area Sec Una on 087 9704372 for further details. Best wishes to the Variety, which take part in the Co Final in Clonroche on this Saturday, 9th May at 8.30pm and to the Skittles Team, which take part in their Co Final in Bree on this Sunday afternoon. Best wishes to the U15 Girls Soccer teams in the Co Final this week and well done to the U12 Girls team, which won the silver medals in their Co Final on Tuesday night last. They lost 1-0.

BREE PARENT AND TODDLER GROUP

Bree Parent & Toddler Group meet every Friday in the Hall (excluding school holidays) from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.  All are very welcome to come along.

BREE AC NEWS

Best wishes to all athletes in the Wexford Creamery Track & Field Championships that take place on this Sunday, May10th at 11am in Rathangan. The rescheduled date for the postponed programme from last Sunday is Sunday May 17th in DMP Grounds. Training continues in Ballyhogue GAA pitch on Monday and Wednesdays from 6.30 to 8pm for all athletes aged seven years and over. All younger age groups (4 to 6 years) are welcome from this Monday night, 11th May from 6.30pm to 7.30pm. Training donation is ?2 per child to max ?5 per family. Contact Clare on 087-4151350 for further details after school hours.

BREE ICA NEWS

Bree ICA Guild are holding a Sponsored Walk on Sunday May 10^th commencing at 2.30 p.m. from Bree Community Centre.  The proceeds of the walk will go to the “Touched by Suicide” group.  Please come along and support us.  Sponsorship lines are now on sale from all Guild members.

Bree ICA Guild held their monthly meeting on April 21^st last.  The Guild President Carmel Mernagh opened the meeting  and the group then heard the Secretary’s minutes and the Financial Report from the Treasurer.  The competition on the evening was for the “nicest delph teapot” and was won by Ann Carton with Mollie O’Leary taking second place.  A lovely supper was served by Margaret Doyle and Josephine O’Reilly.  A collection was also taken up for the Special Olympics team.  The next Committee Meeting will be on Tuesday evening May 12^th and the next Guild meeting will be on May 19^th.  Many thanks to all the ladies who gave toiletries for the most recent collection for the Women’s Refuge.  The Ladies of the Refuge were delighted to receive the donations.  Ladies are reminded to bring along donations of toiletries to the next meeting also as they are desperately needed.

BREE YOUTH CLUB NEWS

The 2008/2009 year is now drawing to a close and Friday May 15th will be the final club night until September. Congratulations to everyone who took part in variety shows and sports competitions. Thank you to everyone who helped with the running of the club especially those who gave of their time to help out on club nights and discos. Thanks also to all parents for your support throughout the year. Bree Youth Club is a great asset to the Bree Community, offering the youth of the parish a place for social interaction as well as the opportunity to display performing and sporting talent. It is wonderful that young people in our community have such an amenity locally. For this reason we urge anyone interested in becoming a youth leader and assist with the club, to contact any of the leaders or speak to Anne at 92-43470.   We would like to wish "good luck" to our members who are sitting exams  shortly. Finally, we wish all our members and their families a safe and enjoyable summer and we look forward to seeing you back at the youth club in September. Details of our enrolment night will be advertised in this newsletter and in the local notes in the newspapers.

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