Bree Parish Newsletter16/17th
May 2009
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Bree Church Notices |
| CONFESSIONS
– Confessions on Saturday next at 2.30 p.m. and at
6.30 p.m. MASS – Mass on
Friday evening at 7 p.m. for the deceased of the Parish. READERS:
Feast
of the Ascension of the Lord Sat. May 23th –
7.00 p.m. - Breda
Donohoe Sun. May 24th – 10.00 a.m. – Josie Foley EUCHARISTIC ADORATION – Eucharistic
Adoration continues on Monday next from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. ENVELOPE COLLECTION — last Sunday
amounted to €601.40. Sincere thanks to
all who contributed. MEETING – There will
be a meeting in the New Cemetery, Bree on Monday evening at 8 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss and
decide how best to improve underfoot conditions between the rows of graves. On wet days these passageways become quite wet and
muddy. I would be most grateful to
receive your advice as to how to solve the matter. If
Monday evening is wet, we will meet on Tuesday evening instead. |
Galbally/ Ballyhogue Church Notices |
Fr. Matt's contact number is 053-9247814
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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.
The Annual Church Gate
Collection in aid of the Rehab Foundation takes place on Saturday and Sunday June 6th
and 7th next. All support would
be greatly appreciated.
The girls of Bree National
School who took part in the Leinster 5-a-side Soccer Competition were narrowly beaten in
the Finals of the competition. Well done to
girls on great performances in all their games throughout the competition.
Monthly
Draw
The draw for May took place following Mass last weekend. The winners for this
month are Pat Dunne, Kereight who won €50 while Marion Rattigan, Kereight and Jimmy
Sutton, Raheenahoone both won €25 each Thanks to all those who purchased tickets and
especially to the promoters whose hard work made this months draw an overwhelming success.
The proceeds from ticket sales goes towards the Church Restoration Fund. The next draw
takes place on the second Sunday of June. If you haven't been asked to buy a ticket please
contact any of our promoters, A Murphy, P Boyle, M O Leary, H Roche, B Fenlon and 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 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.
The next Guild meeting will be on May 19th. 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.
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 22nd, 29th, 30th and June 5th, with semi finals on the 12th and 14th of June and the Grand Final on the 19th 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.
Bree AC had great success in the Wexford Creamery T & F Championships over the first three dates. Results were Girls U9 Katie Mai McCabe 3rd 100m; U10 Olivia Howe 1st 100m 3rd BT Ava Dempsey 3rd 100m Relay 1st U12 Fiona Joyce 2nd 600m 3rd BT; U13 Annie Stafford 1st 100m 2nd Jav Aoife Fanning 1st LJ 2nd 100m Stephanie Nolan 1st Jav Relay 1st U14 Catriona Carroll 1st 100m, LJ, HJ Dervla McCabe 1st Walk 3rd 1500m; Niamh Rochford 2nd Jav; U16 Amy Flanagan 1st 100m, Discus, LJ, HJ 2nd SP Eleanor Nolan 1st SP 2nd Discus 3rd 100m Elaine McCabe 1st Walk, 1500m 3rd LJ, SP U17 Catriona Corcoran 1st 100m, 300mH, HJ, LJ, TJ 2nd Discus, Jav 3rd SP Relay 1st; U19 Fiona Furlong 1st 100mH 2nd 200m; Novice Fiona Furlong 1st 100m; Senior Fiona Furlong 1st 100mH, 400m 3rd 200m Catriona Corcoran 1st LJ 2nd HJ 3rd Discus Boys U9 Daire Rochford 2nd 100m; U11 Dean Doyle 3rd 100m Relay 2nd U12 Ronan Devereux 1st HJ 2nd 600m 3rd 100m; U13 Cormac Walsh 2nd 100m; U14 Ciaran Joyce 1st 100m, 1500m, LJ 2nd HJ Paddy Devereux 1st HJ 2nd 100m, LJ 3rd Jav; U16 Tony Stafford 1st 100m, HJ 2nd 250mH, LJ, TJ 3rd SP; Dylan Walsh 1st 250mH, TJ 2nd HJ3rd 100m, LJ; Shane Byrne 1st Walk; U18 Kieron McCabe 1st 800m 2nd LJ, SP 3rd 200m, HJ, TJ; U19 Oisin Dunbar 3rd 200m; Novice Shane Murphy 1st 100m; Senior Kieron McCabe 2nd 400m, LJ; Best wishes to all competing in the final part of Wexford Creamery Track & Feld Championships that takes place on this Sunday, May17th in the 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 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
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.
The local area
Bree / Davidstown Community Games Athletics Finals for Preschools to U16 due will be held
in Ballyhogue GAA field on Monday, 25th May at 6pm. 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. Congratulations to the Variety Team and to the
Skittles Team on winning Co Finals over the weekend. The Variety Team is Shauna Buckley,
Niamh Curran, Cait Doyle, Shannon Somers, Joanne Wickham, Sadhbh Kirwan, Clodagh Coughlan,
Aoife Doyle, Shauna Dunne, Sean Hogan, Cathal Byrne, Mark McKelvie, Micheal Long and Shane
Jordan with Producer Sinead Fortune. David Minogue managed the Skittles Team of Cormac
Byrne, Joseph Byrne, Conor Byrne, Daragh Byrne, Enda Minogue, Shane Doyle and Niall Jones.
The U12 Girls Soccer team lost the county final 1-0 against Tintern last week. Team
manager was Lar Rochford.
Well done to the Girls U10 team
of Aoife Rochford, Brid Byrne, Kim Horan, Aideen Kane, Kasey Doyle, Sophie McCabe, Niamh
Treacy, Sinead Kinsella, Moya Neary, Louise Butler, Emma Byrne, Carrie Power, Aoife Codd,
Lauren O'Leary, Ciara Browne, Olivia Howe, Kate Humphrey and Ava Dempsey on winning an
exciting Co Cup Final on Sunday last against Curracloe. Teams were drawn 1-1 after extra
time and the Bree team won 2-1 after a penalty shoot-out. Goal scorers were Louise Butler
and Kim Horan. Team managers were Lar Rochford, Nicky Dempsey and Aidriel Byrne.
Well Done
Well done to the U16 football
team who beat Oylegate, the U14 hurlers who beat Gorey and the U12 team who drew with
Gusserane recently.
U12 Hurling
The U12 Boys Hurling Team will
play Naomh Eanna on Monday evening next at 7.30 p.m. in the Ballyhogue pitch. All support would be greatly appreciated.
Model
County Draw
Committee members will be collecting the next instalment (€20) of the Model County
Draw ticket in the next two weeks from those who opted to pay monthly as the next draw is
at the end of the month. Thanks again to all who supported the draw.
The IBTS will hold a Blood
Donation Clinic in Enniscorthy this coming week on Sunday May 17th from 11.30
a.m. to 3.30 p.m., and on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, May 18th, 19th
and 20th from 4.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. The
Clinic is in the Riverside Park Hotel. The
IBTS is at present experiencing difficulty in collecting enough voluntary blood donations
in order to meet hospital requirements of 3,000 units of blood a week. All support and help would be greatly appreciated. For further information log onto the IBTS website
at www.ibts.ie or www.giveblood.ie
The May Active Retirement
Social Afternoon will take place on Wednesday afternoon next, May 20th from 2
p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Community Centre. All
are most welcome to come along and join in the activities.
Fax (053) 9247613
E-mail breeparish@eircom.net