Bruree Notes 14/3/2010

Coffee Morning
A Coffee Morning in aid of Daffodil Day will be held at Mildred O’Dea’s house in Ballynaught on Friday, March 26th, from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm approximately. Everybody is welcome.
Fashion Show
The Ballyhoura Community Radio Fashion Show will take place on Friday, March 26th, in the sumptuous function room of the Charleville Park Hotel, starting at 8.00 pm. The Hilary Thompson Agency will provide the models. The latest Spring and Summer fashion ranges from Murrays ladies, Morans gents, Lilys ladies, Charleville Country Wear, Kimono ladies, Glitz and Glamour, Chic Boutique, Charisma Fashions, Butterscotch ladies and childrens and Little Uniques will be on show on the night. Tickets, priced at a very reasonable €15.00 each, are available from John Harrold, from committee members and from Horgan’s Pharmacy, Main Street, Charleville.
GAA
Membership: The annual membership subscription is now due and should be paid to Kit O’Halloran immediately. The membership fee for 2010 is €20 for adults. Any player will not be allowed participate in training or play in games until such time as they have paid their membership fee.
Internet
News from Bruree is now available online at www.brureenews.blogspot.com.
45 Drive
Winners of the 45 Drive last week with nine games were Mary Margaret Noonan and Nora May Donworth. Runners up with eight games were Noreen Hayes and Josephine Lynch. Raffle prizes went to Sadie Moloney, Fintan Stone, John Healy and Josephine Lynch. The 45 Drive continues in the Community Centre every Tuesday night, starting at 8.30 pm sharp.
Bruree Juvenile GAA
Indoor Hurling 2010: This year’s indoor hurling competition is finished in a welter of excitement at the Community Centre on Thursday night last. The large crowd were treated to some exciting games from Under 8, Under 10 and Under 12. A mark of the importance the players place on this competition is that the disappointment of defeat for was every bit as profound as the elation of victory. Once again, this year’s main sponsor was Ray Moloney, Bruree, who has been a faithful supporter of this event over the fourteen years since it started. The first final of the night was the Under 8 final between Cork (Matthew Howard, Sean Frawley, Sam Williams, Robert Lynch and Lorna Murphy) and Tipperary (William Sexton, Sean Daly, Fergus Carey, Laura Frawley and darragh Sexton). Cork came close to scoring on a number of occasions in the first half but were denied by a strong Tipp defence. However, they found the net three times in the second half to win out the competition. Matthew Howard scored one Cork goal while Sean Frawley had the other two. In third place in the Under 8 competition was Limerick (Frankie Barrington, Sebastian Fitzpatrick, John Sheehan, Katie Sexton and Aaron McCarthy) with Waterford (Peter Buckley, James O’Shea, David Sexton, Shannon McCarthy, Julia Wisniewski and Fionan O’Driscoll) in fourth place.
The Under 10 final was next up with Kerry (Jimmy Leslie Madigan, Grace Donworth, Fionnbarr Fitzpatrick and Chloe Kiely) and Clare (Emma Hogan, Cian O’Grady, Harry Mullane and Emma Howard) looking for the title. This was again a close game with Clare leading at half time by two goals to one. Both sides scored once in the second half to leave Clare the victors by three goals, all scored by Harry Mullane, to two. Cork (Jonathan Fitzpatrick, Laura Considine, Brian McCarthy and Kiara McCarthy) were third in this competition with Limerick (Julianne Barrington, Christopher Kelleher, Sam Cronnolly and Kayleigh Thompson) fourth and Tipperary (Eoghan O’Driscoll, Megan O’Grady, Cathal Barrington and Allanah Sheedy) in fifth.
The night had started with two very exciting semi-final in the Under 12 competition and the Under 12 final was the last game of the night. These left Cork (Aaron Fitzgerald, Tori O’Grady, Michael Sheedy and Edward Moore) and Kilkenny (Eoin O’Connell, Tommy Cronnolly, Laura Murphy and Abigail Adams) to contest the final. Cork led by five goals to three at the break but added four more in the second half to win on a nine three score line. Cork’s scorers were Aaron Fitzgerald (7), Michael Sheedy and Edward Moore (one each). Waterford (Eoin Carey, Rosarie Heffernan, Brian Sexton and Sean Quirke) were third, Limerick (Finbarr Kelleher, David O’Connell, Nella O’Regan and Owen Carey) fourth, Tipperary (Seamus Lyons, Ciaran Sexton, Rachel McCarthy and Robert Kelly) fifth, Kerry (Thomas O’Dwyer, Owen Carey, Lucy Donworth and Ciara Mullane) sixth, Clare (Chloe Kelly, Sean McCarthy, Ciara Daly and Jack Murphy) seventh and Galway (Oskar Wisniewski, Daire O’Driscoll, Michelle Brosnan and Gearoid McCarthy) eighth.
Congratulations to everyone who tokk part in this year’s competition and well done on the great performance over the past month. Thanks to Ray Moloney for again sponsoring the competition and to everyone involved in organising it.
Golf Society
Winners of the societies first outing of the year, at Nenagh Golf Club, were as follows: !. Noreen Potter, Mike Potter, Tom Weekes 2. Rose Moloney, Larry Moloney, Eamon Williams 3. Trevor Barry, Gary Tierney, Conor Howard.
The next outing is the Pat Potter Memorial Singles to Killarney Golf and Fishing Club. This is on May 1st.
The latest date for entry to the matchplay competition is March 31st so have your name and fee (€10) with Danny Deady before that date.
St. Patrick’s National School
Enrolment Of New Pupils: Application forms for the enrolment of children starting school in September are now available from the school. Parents of new pupils are invited to visit the school, view its facilities, visit the Infant Classroom and meet with the Infant Teacher and Principal between 2.15p.m. and 3.00p.m.Monday to Friday of next week. For other times please ring 063-90896 for appointment.