Archive for 2016
‘Ballybrown NS Parents Association are holding a
Cake Sale and Raffle Sunday 15th Of May after
10am mass in the Community Centre.
Many of the cakes will be made by budding bakers
from 3rd to 6th class as part of “bake off” competition.
All proceeds will be used to support the new Literacy
for Life Program in Ballybrown School. Your support
would be greatly appreciated.
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Leave a Comment (0) →COMMUNITY GAMES SPORTS EVENING will be held in Breska Rovers Soccer Pitch on Friday May 6. Registration from 6.30pm. Events start at 7pm. Cost is €3 per person. There will be events for all ages from Under 5 to Under 100+. Long Puck for Boys U12 and Girls U14. Ball Throw Boys and Girls U12.
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Leave a Comment (0) →SALESIAN COLLEGE, PALLASKENRY ACTIVE WEEK : Salesian College are hosting a 5km run on Thursday, May 5. All pupils from all years are taking part in the event. Pupils have been following a Couch to 5k programme in physical education (PE) classes for the past 8 weeks. They have also completed part of their training programme outside of school. The run will take place around Pallaskenry and is being organised and run by our transition year students in conjunction with the PE Department. This is the culmination of a two-week active week initiative, running from Monday, April 25 to Friday, May 6, which also includes a first year outdoor education trip to Connemara and a 5th and 6th year PE trip to the University of Limerick Gym and Swimming Pool.
This is one of a number of events being held as part of our Health Promoting Schools Initiative. Healthy Eating will be focused on with the Healthy Eating Guidelines being highlighted. Each day during the week, one of the guidelines will be promoted. Extra healthy foods will be offered in the tuck shop and school canteen. There will also be a dietitian coming to the school to talk to pupils about diet, nutrition and healthy eating. The theme of health will also be discussed and promoted in all classes in all subject areas throughout the week.
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Leave a Comment (0) →EASTER RISING PRESENTATION : There was a great turnout last Tuesday night April 19 in the Resource Centre for Tom Donovan’s 1916 Easter Rising presentation. The pupils from 2nd, 5th and 6th classes in Ballybrown National School opened the proceedings with the recitation of the proclamation and other interesting facts on the Rising. Tom Donovan dealt with the local ( Limerick) involvement in the rising and had some slides and old photographs to compliment his talk.
A big thank you to Martin, Breda, Colm and Mary Hayes from Tervoe who sponsored the tea and refreshments on the night. Martin Hayes presented Tom Donovan with a 1966 ten shilling piece as a thank you and memento of the occasion. It was a very informative presentation and was enjoyed by all in attendance.
Willie Ryan and Martin Hayes also had some memorabilia on display and these items added greatly to the occasion. Thanks also to Damien McNamara for the loan of a sword and gun holster dating back to this period. It was Martin Hayes’s brainchild and was a great success judging by the comments from patrons afterwards. Thanks to all who helped in any way on the night.
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Leave a Comment (0) →45 CARD DRIVE : The weekly 45 card drive in aid of the Ballybrown Community Resource Centre continues each Thursday night at 8.45pm and your support would be greatly appreciated. It’s a great night out for just €5 and if you’re coming please bring a partner. Winners for last Thursday April 21 were Ann O’Brien and Marie Cregan who finished on 9 games and took the first prize of €100. We had two groups, Mary Kenny with Anna Roberts and Leonard Coughlan with Niall Doolan, tied on 8 games for the second prize of €60. The table prize went to John Long and Anthony McGann. Raffle winners as follows: 1/ €30 John Kiely, 2/ €20 John Harty, 3/ €20 John Harty, 4/ €10 Donie Lane, 5/ €10 Eugene Quinn, 6/ €10 Gerry Moran. Just two weeks to go now in the league and it’s all to play for as to where the €280 prize money is going to go. Pauline Culhane and John Doolan are ahead on 82 games while behind them it’s very close between Jimmy McNamara on 73, Niall Doolan on 72 and Donie Lane, John O’Brien and Paddy Hanrahan on 71. The prize money of 1/ €150, 2/ €80, 3/ €50 will be presented to the successful gamblers at our final night on Thursday May 5th.
Our congratulations also goes to Richard Kennedy, Cragbeg on his recent election to the position of I.F.A. National Vice President. Best wishes also to Maura Byrnes who is recovering from a recent operation and we hope to see her back very soon. Thanks to all our patrons who have supported our card drive over the past nine months and we hope to see you all when we return in September after the summer holidays. See you on Thursday night April 28.
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Leave a Comment (0) →45 CARD DRIVE : The weekly 45 card drive in aid of the Ballybrown Community Resource Centre continues each Thursday night at 8.45pm and your support would be greatly appreciated. We had ten tables last thursday night and we had three pairs tied on eight games each dividing the prize money of €150. Pat Keogh with Dan McDaid, John O’Brien with Paddy Hanrahan and Teresa Neville with Peggy Cusack. The table prize went to Teresa Neville and Peggy Cusack.
The raffle winners were : 1/ €30 Evelyn O’Brien, 2/ €20 Sean King, 3/ €20 Leonard Coughlan, 4/ €10 Junior Hogan, 5/ €10 Evelyn O’Brien
and 6/ €10 Denis Casey. Just two weeks now to go in the league and with prize money of €280 it’s all to play for. The final card drive of this 2015/2016 season will take place on Thursday May 5 and then we take a break for the summer holidays. So we are expecting to see plenty of support now for the next three weeks. Thank you.
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