30-08-2003

Juvenile Soccer Club

Training has restarted. Players please contact your manager/coach for time and place or call Eamon.

Cabaret

Mountmellick United Football Club are holding a cabaret night in aid of the Connor Davis Park development on Friday night, September 5 in The Mellick Inn. Music by After Hours. All past and present players please support. Everyone welcome. Admission €5. There will be a raffle on the night. Music from 9.30 pm.

Community Care Whist

Results, August 20: top score, Paddy Dolan; ladies, 1, Sheila Duff; 2, Kathleen McHugh; gents, 1, Mikie Scully; 2, Elizabeth Fletcher and Denny Kelly; halves, ladies, 1, Vera Hutchinson; 2, Tina Lalor; gents, Mick Buggie and Tom Kearns; 2, John Bracken and Jim Delaney.

Old School Whist

Results, August 21: top score, B O'Brien; ladies, 1, R Cole; 2, M Gowing; gents, 1, F Conroy; 2, J Delaney, halves, 1, V Bryan; 2, M Buggy; best of three games, A Brennan; free pass, J Clooney. The committee appreciate you continued support every Thursday night.

Computer Courses

Evening courses start at MDA from September. They will include absolute beginners, equal skills, Microsoft Office, ECDL Level 1, computerised accounts, ECDL AM3, farm accounts, managing and maintaining your PC and one to one tuition. For further inquiries please contact Imelda Burke.

Knock

The Legion of Mary will have a bus travelling to Knock on Sunday, September 14.

Names are being taken for those wishing to travel, all are welcome to come along.

Grow Group

A Grow Group has begun in Mountmellick. If you are someone who experiences depression, anxiety attacks or who is simply in need of company do come along.

You will have an opportunity to meet others, share your problems in confidence, get support and make new friends. All are welcome.

Meetings will take place in the MDA, lrishtown at 3 pm every Monday. For further information please contact Harriet.

Laois Citizens’ Information Service

The above is in attendance every Wednesday at MDA lrishtown from 10 am to 12.30pm or else may be contacted at the Portlaoise office. Anyone who would like help with tax problems, social welfare entitlements, health, housing or any related problem are welcome to attend.

Sympathy

The death of William Graham of Garoon at the Regional Hospital, Portlaoise on Thursday, August 21 occasioned much sadness. Willie, a popular man with always a friendly word for everyone, will be most sadly missed by his many friends and neighbours.

Removal from his home at Garoon took place on Saturday evening to St. Joseph's Church. Requiem Mass was celebrated on Sunday at noon with burial afterwards to St. Joseph's Cemetery.

Willie is mourned by his sisters Lena and Stella, family, relatives and friends to whom the sincere sympathy of the community is extended.

Mountmellick GAA

Best of luck to the u/12 football team who play in teh County Championship final this evening in O’Moore Park at 5pm.

The panel is as follows: Daryl Malone, Thomas Strong, Barry Grennan, Stephen Burke, Sean George, BrendanMaher, Cian Hyland, James Quigley, Gary Donoher, Eoin Hogan, Gary Fitzpatrick, Sean Gorman, Ben Forde, Oisin Hanlon, David Whelan, Niall Donoher, Declan Kenny, Cathal Gorman, Mark Dowling, Emmett Ward, Robert Dowling, Michael McCrohan, Ronan Gorry, Sam O’Neill, James O’Neill, Karl Donoher, Eddie Melia and Patrick Keating.

Mountmellick Active Retirement

The above group would like to thank the Ballinakill group for a lovely evening spent with them last week. They met up and all went out to Heywood Community School for a walk around the gardens. They are magnificent at the moment. The Rose garden is beautiful. There are hundreds of blooms on every rose bush. There are lovely walks laid out and lined with flowers each side and several small gardens. They have acres of ground in well cut lawns as well.

The group then returned to Ballinakill to have tea outdoors with Teasie, lots of home baking. It was welcome. Later the group wnet across to Delaneys, where there was a live band and all the tunes and songs of the fifties and sixties. Many thanks to Ballinakill for a wonderful time.

Juvenile Soccer Training Times

Wednesdays, u/11 and u/13 girls, 6.30 - 7.30pm.

Wednesdays, u/9 boys, 6 - 7pm, u/10 boys 6.30 - 7.30pm and u/16 boys 6.30 - 8pm.

Saturday evenings at 5pm u/11 (Unitted) boys are training until further notice. All new players welcome.

Countdown

The countdown has begun to the turning of the sod at the Conor Davis Park in Mountmellick. This will bve the new grounds of Mountmellick United Football club. Best wishes to all concerned.

Mountmellick Sports Complex

Bookings are now being taken for all sporting activities from September. All clubs and groups must re-apply to secure a place.