Community Games 2010

Clonea/Rathgormack Community Games will take place Saturday May 22nd at 11am at Clonea GAA Pitch. There are a number of events to take part in from age Under 8 upto Under 16. Also some novelty events : potato + spoon race, Sack race, Three-legged race, Mom and Dad’s race.
All the family are welcome for a fun morning out!
All children must know their date of birth.

The day was a great success

Committee members have a copy of a cd with photos of the day
Contact
Joan Curran    086 0583301

Clonea Vintage Tractor Run 2010 in aid of Church Renovation

These are a selection of photos from members of the Carrick Camera Club www.CarrickCameraClub.com and other people who took photos of the event.


(CLick arrow to start - to view photo's full screen click the box in the bottom right with the four arrows point outward)

For more sets of photos follow the links below
Francis Quigley
Joe Cashin
Martin Tobin


Over 110 vechicles took part in the event which was in aid of the newly renovated church in Clonea. It raised close to €4000.


Rathgormack was also the host of the All-Ireland model helicopter comeption over the weekend, the 3DX Ireland event was hosted by Waterford Model Flying Club at their base in Ross. Some photos of it can be seen at the link below
Waterford Flying Club host 3DX Compeition

Celie night

The next celie night is the 18th June 2010.

Rathgormack Drama Group

Adults who might be interested in taking part in a new Drama Group in Rathgormack are asked to forward their name to the hall committee, just email your details to the address below.

chairman@rathgormackhostel.com
or
info@rathgormackhostel.com

American Tea Party

An American Tea party night will be held in the hall on the 19th June 2010. People are invited to book tables of 10 people, the cost is €20/head.

chairman@rathgormackhostel.com
or
info@rathgormackhostel.com

Summer Solstice Walk

The Summer Solstice Walk, takes place on June 27th 2010. The Gap walk, takes place from the Nire to Rathgormack. Transport is provided from Rathgormack Hiking Centre to the Nire.
Registration will take place at 1.30pm and bus leaves at 2pm.
There will be refreshments afterwards in the hall.
Registration Fee
€10 individual, or
€20 family
Duration is 3-4hrs.

The photo right was taken on last years walk just as we came out over the gap and had the first view of Rathgormack.

Tractor Run in Aid of Clonea Church

Next Sunday 16th May 2010, there is a tractor run being held in aid of the newly renovated church in Clonea Power.
Anyone can enter a tractor for a entry fee of €20, (It does not have to be a vintage tractor)

The tractors will meet up at 12.00 next to the hurling field in Clonea for sign in. At around 1.15 the tractors will leave Clonea
head to Kellys Gates, then up to Creahan, then into Carrig Beg, out the Coolnamuck Road, and back to Rathgormack via Milvale, There is a tea break in Rathgormack at around 3.30pm until 4.30pm when they head off again down by Ross bridge back to Coolnahorna, and then back to Clonea by the Castle.
a map of the full route is below.
Any enquires to Margret Kirwan 051 387320

If you take photos of this event you might upload them to flickr and add the tag "clonea_tractor_run_2010" to your photo so they can easily be found.

or if you don't have a flickr account simply email photos to
francisquigley.tractorrun2010@picasaweb.com - put your own name in the subject line of the email
Also if anyone has photos taken of the great volunteer work that was done by people on the church such as the cleaning and moving the seats etc they can email the photos to the address above also, It was great to see so many people getting involved and it would be nice to have a record of it.


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