09 05 2011

Post date: May 10, 2011 3:28:12 PM

Junior (A) Hurling.

Our Junior (A) hurlers had a good victory over Lattin in this first round game of the West championship which was played in Sean Treacy Park on Sunday afternoon last. The final score was Kickhams 2-18 Lattin 1-8. See match report on the Nationalist sports pages.

Co. Board Draw.

Think back to last year, especially September and those great victories and joyous celebrations in Croke Park and Semple Stadium. Well it takes a lot of effort both physically and financially to provide the proper structures throughout the Premier County at all levels from schools to clubs right through to County teams, to reach those heights witnessed in September last. And now you have the opportunity to keep Tipp at the top , all you have to do to play your part is join the Tipperary GAA Clubs Draw which has ½ million euro prize fund, It’s a 12 monthly draw which costs 100 euro or 10 euro per month (2 months free). There are fantastic prizes including Cars, cash prizes,TVs, holidays etc each month and better still your club receives 50% ie 50 euro back so you are helping at all levels. The draw fund returns in excess of 1 million to clubs and contributes large sums to coaching and games development throughout the County and your help is needed more than ever to ensure that this funding continues. Club promoters will be visiting homes in the Parish over the coming weeks before the first draw which will be held on Friday the 20th of May and you can make up your mind at that time. Thank you for your continued support of our club.

Memberships.

We are again asking all players, mentors and supporters to please pay up their membership fees for this year.The day to day running of any club in these times is an onerous one and surely the very least that should be done by indiduals is to pay their membership to help maintain the status quo. Those players that have been injured over the years can testify how important it is to be insured, especially when surgical intervention is necessary. Please contact Margaret Hayes, Michael Shanahan, Richard Moloney or any Club Officer ASAP. Thank you.

Website

We have updated our website www.kdkickhams.tipperary.gaa.ie We will continue to include up to date results & fixtures for all clubs teams as well as all other club activities. Why don’t you take a look and let us know what you think. Tell family & friends that may be away and would like to keep up to date with club happenings.If you spot any errors let us know and we can correct them.

Kickham gearbags now in stock.

Kickham Gear bags, togs and socks are available in all sizes from juvenile to adult and can be purchased from Sean Breen at 062-71131 / 087 -2646441 or Paddy Fitzgerald @ 087-9370958. It would make an excelent Christmas present.

Knockavilla/ Donaskeigh Kickhams Camogie Club Notes.

Juvenile news

U6 - U8s train Fridays 6.15 - 7.00 with Lenoie and Laura U10 - U12s train Fridays 6.15 - 7.00 with Claire and Margaret, All to bring 2euro for training fund.

Memberships due.

A timely reminder to any players that may not yet have renewed their membership to please do so as soon as possible by contacting any club

officer.

DOWN YOUR WAY.

Donaskeigh development group recently had a visit from Eamon O'Dwyer of Tipp FM at Donaskeigh hall . He recorded a show for “DOWN YOUR WAY” and it will be aired on this Thursday the 12th of may from 7 to 8pm .We had a lot of local speakers talking about local history and current events.The committee would like to thank everybody that came along on the night in support and we would like to thank everybody that helped in any way.

Community Games

Congratulations to our three swimmers who were taking part in the swimming county finals last weekend; they each came away with silver medals.In the Boys U/12 Breast Stroke Eoin McCormack won his heat and semi final before taking silver in the final, coming in a close second.Michael McCormack in the Boys U/14 Breast Stroke also won his heat and came second in the final, just missing out on first place.

In the Girls U/16 Backstroke Ciara Ryan took silver in a straight final.

Parish Sports Day.

Our local parish sports will be held on Wednesday the 1st of June in Dundrum at the track at the Scout hall. The county finals will be held in Templemore on June the 26th.

FITKIDS

Fitkids Classes will take place at Dundrum House Leisure Centre in May & June 2011. Fitkids Classes are active fun Classes for kids aged from 2-12.

Classes include Tumbling and gymnastics circuits,ball skills, active agility games, kids yoga and parachute fun. Contact the Leisure Centre on 062-71222

for class times, dates and prices. Visit www.fitkids.ie for further information on classes.

Knock Pilgrimage.

The annual pilgrimage to Knock Shrine will take place on the 24th and 25th of May. For details, booking etc contact any of the following, 062-76191, 062 71448, 062 71367, 0504-42936.

Dundrum Tidy Towns.

Tidy towns work continues weekly with volunteers meeting on Tuesday evenings at the Garda barracks car park at 7pm all welcome, if anyone would like to just keep an area in their own vicinity and at their own convenience clean we can provide bags, contact us at 087 6883884. We also encourage everyone in the village to keep the place as litter free as possible. Many thanks to James Heffernan for his great work

with the digger on a problem corner on the Green road. More updates next week.

Knockavilla graveyard

Tipperary S.R. County Council wish to announce that the purchase price for a grave space in the new graveyard in Knockavilla for 2011 is now priced at €600. This price is also subject to a VAT rate of 13.5% which brings the final price to €681.