Granagh News 21 November 2008

DEVELOPMENT ASSOC:

Thanks to all who volunteered their time and support last Sunday for our second Tea Dance. We were delayed starting this week, as the
Band travelled from Waterford and naturally enough got lost on their way to us. However, when they got going they were very good.
We were delighted that the Ballingarry folk arrived again and hope they enjoyed their evening. Thanks to all who went to the trouble of
baking some homemade cakes, they were thoroughly enjoyed by everybody.
The December Dance will be held on Sunday 21st.

GRANAGH UNITED F.C.

The Club wishes to remind you that the Table Quiz is being held in the Rock Bar, Granagh, Friday 5th December, starting at 9.30pm sharp,
€ 40.00 per table. Please come along and support.


On Saturday morning 15th, the U14s were at home to Bally Rovers. This game was the halfway point of the league, for the boys and they
began determined to remain unbeaten and top of the table in Division 2.
This they managed to do in great style despite missing their sweeper and striker, they scored an amazing eight goals. Jack Walsh rallied
ahead as top goal scorer of the season to date, when he added another four excellent goals to his score sheet. We were also treated to a
terrific hat trick from Martin Roche and one great goal from a free kick, from Padraig Lynch. All of these eight goals were the result of great
team work and brilliant discipline, from the keeper right through to the strikers. The club would like to wish each member of the squad the
very best of luck for the rest of the season. Final score 8 - 0.


On Sunday afternoon, the Juniors were also at home to Division 2 side Pallaskenry in the second round of the Hogan Cup. From the kick-off,
the Granagh lads showed great determination and they played some excellent football, with precision passing from all. Even when they went
a goal down they never dropped their heads and fought hard to level the game again at 1 - 1, when Kevin Fitzgibbon found the back of the net.
At this point their confidence and belief in themselves was very high and they pressed on and found the net for the second time when Kevin Fitz
headed the ball from an excellent free, from Denis Noonan. Their style and determination on the day showed that Junior soccer is well and truly
going from strength to strength within the club again. So, what we need now is plenty of support for the lads on the sideline as they progress to
the next round of the Cup. Final score was 2 - 1.

GRANAGH UTD. LOTTERY:

There was still no winner of the € 10,600 in the lotto draw of the 15th November.
The numbers drawn were 1, 3, 23, 26.
Lucky Dip winners of € 20. each were John Mulqueen, James Hickey, John Murphy.
Next weeks Jackpot is € 10,700.

CHURCH YOUTH CHOIR:

Choir practice for the Church choir will be every second Thursday starting 13th November from 6.30pm to 7.15pm.
Should there be any changes, parents will be notified. Please note all children and youth attend the Church choir practice at the same time,
however there will be separate times for the community games practices.

COMMUNITY GAMES CHOIR:

This year we have been asked to enter the choir for the community games competition. As we have nearly forty children attending at the moment,
and community games only allow twenty in a choir, we are entering two choirs., U 13 and U16. If you wish your child to be in the community games
choir, there will be a registration night on Thursday 20th Nov, in Ballingarry Church. All children must be registered by a parent/guardian on the night,
in order to take part in the choir. A registration fee of € 5 applies. Even if you have registered already, you will still be required to sign a consent form
on this night. Community Games practise starts on Thursday 20th in Ballingarry Church and will be every second Thursday after that.
U13: 6.30pm - 7.15pm U16: 7.15pm - 8.00pm.
Please do not hesitate to contact either Noelle ( 086-3303031) or Susie ( 087- 9873379 ) if you have any queries.

YOUTH CLUB:

Next Club night this Friday 21st, 8.00pm. Final preparations for the Fashion Show, bring all your clothes ! The models will need to practise their strut
for the catwalk.
The Show will be held in the Limerick Youth Services Offices on Saturday 29th , 3.00pm to 6.00pm

GRANAGH PLAYERS:

After last week's notes, the producer contacted me to say I hadn't half enough written about him and duly sent me on six A4 pages of info about himself,
which I really must get around to printing, some time !
What haunts all the characters in ' Poor Beast in the Rain ' is the memory of friends or loved ones who have abandoned or betrayed them. None of the
six characters have broken free of the recent past. Trapped like flies in amber, they have nothing better to do than hang around the local bookmakers,
backing dogs and horses and anything else that moves. The high point in their lives is the All Ireland Hurling Final and everyone has an opinion on
that.! There are six characters in the play, two ladies and four men.


As the play is set in the late 1970s in an old fashioned betting shop, we are looking for the following :- Old style ash trays, old racing calendar, an old
telephone and any old signs to do with horses or dogs.