GOATENBRIDGE NOTES 29/03/17 BALLYBACAON CHURCH Pioneers South Tipperary Pioneer Annual Retreat takes place on Palm Sunday, April 9 in the Presentation Covent, Clonmel from 2pm-6pm. All are welcome. Medjugorie Departing Dublin, 18 October. Spiritual director will be Fr Bobby Power and the cost is €629. Contact Kathleen Quigley on 051 646117. See posters in the Churches for full details. Eucharistic Adoration Eucharistic Adoration continues every Tuesday from 10am to 5pm in Ardfinnan Church. Please come along and spend some time in silent prayer with Our Lord. ARDFINNAN BRIDGE PUBLIC MEETING Ardfinnan Community Council will hold a Public Meeting in the Community Centre, Ardfinnan on this Saturday evening, 1 April at 7pm (after Mass) in relation to the future of Ardfinnan Bridge. This is an extremely important meeting and as many as possible are urged to attend. BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS Congratulations Noreen Meagher, Knockballiniry, Goatenbridge who celebrated her 50th Birthday the weekend past. Happy Birthday! BN&B CE SCHEME There remain a number of vacancies on the Ballybacon, Newcastle and Ballymacarbry Community Employment Scheme. If you are interested and to see if you are eligible to apply, please contact the FAS Office in Newcastle on 052 6136699 for further information. OPEN GARDEN DAY An open garden day in aid of Marymount Hospice will take place on Saturday, 29 April at Slattery’s Garden, Glenwood, Graigue, Clogheen from 12noon to 6pm. Teas and coffees provided with admission by donation. Vintage tractors will also be on show. GOATENBRIDGE NOTES Please note that the new contact details to have notes or notices included in the Goatenbridge Notes are goatenbridgeballybaconda@gmail.com or 087 6497083. Please have contributions submitted prior to 12 noon on the Sunday prior to publication. Stay up to date with news from the area on the Goatenbridge/Ballybacon Dev Page on Facebook!

Ardfinnan Football News 29/03/17 SENIOR: Best of luck to our seniors who play Ballyporeen in their round 1 game of the "Tipperary Water" County Tipperary League on Sunday 2nd April at 12noon in Ballyporeen. This game was previously postponed due to the bad weather. Training continues Wednesdays and Fridays at 7.30pm on the green. MINOR: Training coninues Mondays at 7.45pm on the green. U16: Best of luck to our U16s who play Anner Gaels on Wednesday 29th at 6.30pm in Ardfinnan. Training coninues Wednesdays at 7pm on the green U14: Well done to our U14s who won peil 1/4 final on Saturday 25th March against Fethard in Fethard on a scoreline of 3-4 to 1-0. Team: David Butler, Dakota Lambert, Adam Carrigan, Philip Betts, Sean Cunningham, Dylan Browne, Gideon Buchwald, Tadgh Carroll, Kevin Burke, Luke MacNamara, Shane Ryan, Paddy Boyle, Cullen Roche. Training coninues Thursdays at 7pm on the green. U12: Hard luck to our U12s who played Mullinahone in Ardfinnan on Sunday 26th March and lost on a scoreline of Ardfinnan 0-4 Mullinahone 1-5. Training coninues Wednesdays at 6.30pm on the green. U8/U10: The academy continues each Saturday morning from 11-12 in the GAA field U6: Training continues in the Community Hall from 6.30pm to 7.15pm for our U6s. 5 Year Field Development Draw: Our draw resumed this evening with our 16th draw taking place. Congratulations to our winners who were as follows: 1st €250 John O'Leary (Snr) 2nd €150 Noel MacNamara 3rd €100 Eleanor Ryan A massive thank you to everyone for their continued support... Registrations: Please remember to pay your registrations to your team coaches this week at training. Monies must be in by 31st March which are Adults: €40 Juveniles (U16 downwards): €20 Non Playing Members: €25. Tipperary Mens Senior Football: Hard luck to the men who were defeated by Louth on Sunday last in Thurles on scoreline of Tipperary 0-12 Louth 0-16. Best of luck to Tipperary next Sunday as they take on Armagh in promotion decider at 2pm in Armagh Tipperary Ladies Football: We were delighted to welcome back the Tipperary Ladies (especially our own girls Laura Dillon and the team captain Samantha Lambert) to Ardfinnan on Sunday last. Both teas produced a cracking game in this LIDL National Football league encounter... Tipperary continued their undefeated streak in this year's League and emerged victorious on a scoreline of Tipperary 4-13 to Leitrim 2-12. Well done to all involved and thank you to both local committees for their assistance on the day. Sympathy: A vote of sympathy was passed at our recent club meeting for the family and friends of late Tom Pollard of Clonmel Commercials.. May he rest in peace. Please stay up to date with all news, fixtures and results on our Facebook Page ArdfinnanGAAClub and twitter account @ArdfinnanGAA.

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ARDFINNAN BRIDGE PUBLIC MEETING Ardfinnan Community Council will hold a Public Meeting in the Community Centre, Ardfinnan on this Saturday evening, 1 April at 7pm (after Mass) in relation to the future of Ardfinnan Bridge. This is an extremely important meeting and as many as possible are urged to attend.

Ardfinnan Community Council Meeting on Thursday night at 7.pm in the hall. Updates will be provided on the bridge, playground and Hall.Please spread the word as members of the public are encouraged to come along.

Two local women will bring a gathering to Tuam on May Eve, 30 April, 2017 in Solidarity and as a remembrance for all the babies and mothers that came from every road in Ireland North and South to give their lives for the cry of a new life. It will be a calm and gentle gathering and any details are available from Majella on 087 285 4511.

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Ardfinnan Football News 22/03/2017 SENIOR: Well done to our seniors who played Galtee Rovers/St Pecaun on Sunday 19th March at 12noon in Ardfinnan in the 2nd Round of the County League and emerged victorious on a scoreline of Ardfinnan 1-14 Galtee Rovers/St Pecaun 0-04. Ardfinan team was follows: Niall Hickey, Robert Condon, Eoin Walsh, Jason Coffey, Michael O'Sullivan (0-1), Jonathan Ryan, Oisin O'Flynn, Sean Nagle, Stephen Lambert (1-0) Darragh Boyle(0-1), Gerry Cronin, Colin O'Gorman, Michael Barlow(0-6, 4f), Billy Hewitt(0-3), James O'Mahoney (0-2). Subs: Daniel O'Regan (0-1) for J. O'Mahoney; Gavin Whelan for C. O'Gorman; Thomas O'Mahoney for D. Boyle; Colin Doyle for M. Barlow; John Darmody for R. Condon. Training continues Wednesdays and Fridays at 7.30pm on the green. MINOR: Well done to our minors who had a great win on Saturday 18th March in Clogheen on a scoreline of Ardfinnan 2-09 Knockmealdown Gaels 2-05. Ardfinnan Team was as follows: Johnny Coveney, Sean Og Coughlan, James Condon , Cian O'Leary, Kevin Hogan, John Condon, Michael Walsh, Dylan Nugent, Darragh O'Leary, Conor Burke, Oisin Ryan, Kieran Lambert, Darragh O'Brien, Alan Walsh, Emmet Cowan. Subs: David Brannigan, Luke O'Brien, Michael Cunningham, Conor Fahey, Martin Condon, Jack Keating, Jake Doyle , Eoin Wyse, Joseph Betts. Scorers: Oisin Ryan 2-1, Alan Walsh 0-7(5frees) & Kieran Lambert 0-1 . We would like to wish Conor Burke a speedy recovery. Training continues Mondays at 7.45pm on the green. U16: Training continues Wednesdays at 7pm on the green U14: Hard luck to our boys who played Fethard on Sunday 19th March at 5pm and were defeated on a scoreline of Ardfinnan 5-05 fethard 7-07. Ardfinnan Team was as follows: David Butler, David Betts, Dakota Lambert, Cian Walsh, Jamie O Regan, Dylan Browne, Sean Cunningham, Philip Betts, Tadgh Carroll, Luke MacNamara, Kevin Burke, Morgan Lambert, Adam Carrigan, Paddy Boyle, Eoin Keane. Subs: Gideon Buchwald for M. Lambert, C. Roche for E. Keane, Caleb Buchwald. Training continues Thursdays at 7pm on the green U12: Training continues Wednesdays at 6.30pm on the green. U8/U10: The academy continues each Saturday morning from 11-12 in the GAA field U6: Training will resume this Friday 24th in the Community Hall from 6.30pm to 7.15pm for our U6s. Ardfinnan GAA 5k/10k Fun Run/Walk: The Club would like to say well done to all our winners and a massive thank you to everyone for supporting the event... A special word of thanks to St. Patrick for keeping the rain away 🙂 Winners of the 10k were as follows: Men 1st: David Ryan of Clonmel AC in a time of 36:20 Men 2nd: Shane Kearney of St Catherines AC in a time of 38:16 Men 3rd: Shane O'Sullivan of Dooneen Ac in a time of 39:29 Men O40: Alan Carter of Clonmel AC in a time of 40:21 Men O45: Willie O'Connor of Galtee Runners in a time of 40:54 Men O50: Cyril Fogarty of Clonmel AC in a time of 42:35 Women 1st: Suzanne Shine of Clonmel AC in a time of 42:15 Women 2nd: Siobhan McHugh of Clonmel AC in a time of 44:03 Women 3rd: Clodagh McMorrow of St. Finbarr's AC in a time of 44:07 Women O35: Joanne Stakelum-Ryan of Cahir in a time of 49:41 Women O40: Yvonne Mason of Ardfinnan in a time of 50:24 Women O45: Anna Byrne of Clonmel Triathlon Club in a time of 45:32 Full 10k results can be found at: http://www.premiertimingsystems.ie/2017-Race-Results/Ardfinnan-GAA-10K-Race-results Full 5k results can be found at: http://www.premiertimingsystems.ie/2017-Race-Results/Ardfinnan-GAA-5K-Race-results Thank you to Denise Power, Susan Parker Laste John O'Neil and Stephen O’Brien for sharing great pictures with us, all of which can be found on our Facebook Page @ArdfinnanGAAClub

Building a SAFE Community Seminar. You are invited to a public seminar hosted by Newcastle Community Alert titled “Building a SAFE Community”, in Newcastle GAA Centre, Newcastle, Clonmel on Wednesday the 15th March /2017 at 7.00 p.m. A Number of speakers will address the seminar including An Garda Siochana on Rural Crime, Good Morning South Tipperary will make a presentation on Loneliness and Isolation of Older People. A Demonstration on Property Marking for Communities if you wish to avail of this service on the night for small items such as your mobile phone please have your EIRcodewith you. TASK Alarms will make a presentation on Socially Monitored Alarms and the use of Mobile Phone Technology with Socially Monitored Alarms, Credit Union personnel will provide advice on their services and How Safe is your Money in a Financial Institution and a number of other Guest Speakers will also address the meeting. It will also see the introduction of the Nominated Neighbour Scheme information and instruction cards: a scheme where residents receive a card to hold up to the window telling the caller that they are not recognised and to go to their nominated neighbour, whose phone number and address is displayed on the card. The neighbour will then check the callers identity, and if necessary will return with the caller to the residents home, having been satisfied that they are genuine. This event will be of interest to persons working with Older and Vulnerable people, Community Organisations, Volunteers, Service Providers, Health Care Professionals and the General Public in South Tipperary and West Waterford. A number of voluntary and statutory organisation’s who provide services for Older and Vulnerable people will have Stands at the event. Refreshments will be served . As places are limited please register your interest by text to (089) 2508641 or email: newcastlecommunityalert@gmail.com Looking forward to seeing you on the night

GOATENBRIDGE NOTES 08/03/2017 BALLYBACAON CHURCH Trocaire Boxes for Lent Campaign 2017 are now available at the back of the Churches. SOUTH TIPPERARY PARKINSONS SUPPORT GROUP The South Tipperary Parkinson’s Support Group would like to thank everyone who supported their recent fundraising Table Quiz in the Glenview Lounge, Goatenbridge. To those who sponsored prizes or bought tickets, Thank You. Your support was and is much appreciated. FLOWER ARRANGING Spring Flower arranging classes will take place in the hall in Goatenbridge Starting Wednesday the 8th of March. 7.30 to 9.30 This is a 6 week course. It is a fun night out with a laugh and a cuppa. No experience necessary. To book a place contact Jean on 0868372262 GOLDEN WEDDING Congratulations to Tony and Chrissie Carrigan, Poulatar who celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary over the weekend with family and friends! GOATENBRIDGE NOTES Please note that the new contact details to have notes or notices included in the Goatenbridge Notes are goatenbridgeballybaconda@gmail.com or 087 6497083. Please have contributions submitted prior to 12 noon on the Sunday prior to publication. Stay up to date with news from the area on the Goatenbridge/Ballybacon Dev Page on Facebook!

ROAD CLOSURE NEWCASTLE BRIDGE The Clonmel/Ardfinnan (L-3502-2) approach road on the Clonmel side of Newcastle Bridge to Newcastle village will be closed from 9.30am to 5.00pm on Thursday 09th March 2017 to facilitate emergency bridge/road works. Traffic from Clonmel will have to divert at the Fingerpost, Wood Road, Clonmel via the R671 to Ballymakee. Traffic from Ardfinnan will have to divert to Goatenbridge. All diversion road signs will be in place. TIPPERARY COUNTY COUNCIL REGRETS ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED

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Knockmealdown Crossing 8th April 2017 The Peaks Mountaineering Club’s big day on the mountains is this coming Saturday the 8thApril 2017 when we host the annual Knockmealdown crossing of this magnificent mountain range We have 3 walks scheduled for the different capabilities of hill walkers. Please note that you need full mountain gear, good boots, backpack and wet weather jacket etc. If you do not have proper walking gear the Peaks Mountaineering Club will not allow you to participate. All participants must register at the Community Hall Newcastle GR 132 134 for transport and route cards. • The first walk i.e. the A walk is an early start with registration in the Community Hall in Newcastle Village at 7am. This walk is a self-navigation walk the full length of the Knockmealdown range covering 35 kilometres and ascending all the peaks. There a number of check point with codes on this route. A high level of fitness, navigation skills and open mountain competence is a requirement. Full four season gear with liquids and food for many hours also needs to be in the backpack. Walkers will be bussed to the start from Newcastle. • The next walk is the B walk which is a led walk covering about 22 kilometres and climbing some of the more well-known peaks. Check in time is 8.30am also in Newcastle with similar gear, food and liquids and mountain fitness also advised for this walk. Walkers will be bussed to the start from Newcastle. • The C walk is a more sedate walk covering about 14 kilometres mostly on forest track and path ways, but all weather gear also advised. The check in time for this walk is 10.30am in Newcastle. All walkers will be bussed to their start point on the western end of the mountain range so that the finish is at the Community Hall in Newcastle. • You will be checked in and given a certificate of completion and well fed with a very tasty hot meal. The subscription for everything is €25 payable in advance to John Morrissey, Duggan Jewellers, Mitchell Street, Clonmel or William Smyth Treasurer on the morning.. More details from John on mobile no 0876482088 or Bernard on 0862937220 or on website www.peaksmcclonmel.ie and down load application form and other details The Peaks Mountaineering Club has 2 led walks each Sunday commencing from Eldon’s in Dillon Street Clonmel. We walk all our local mountains and also have away weekends to walk and climb other mountains in Ireland. Each year we also have an international walking holiday for club members and have walked and climbed mountains in the UK, European mainland, New Zealand and Africa. The club PRO will answer any questions on our Club structure, Club activities and schedule of events on mobile number 0862937220

ARDFINNAN GAA NOTES MENS FOOTBALL SENIOR: Training continues Wednesdays and Fridays at 7.30pm on the green. Best of luck to the seniors in their first league outing of the year against Ballyporeen which takes places this Saturday 4th March at 7pm in Ballyporeen. U21: Our U21s have recorded the following results in the South B championship 2017: 04/02/2017 in Ned Hall Park Ardfinnan 3-11 Clerihan 3-3 11/02/2017 in Ned Hall Park Ardfinnan 0-07 Grangemockler 0-14 18/02/2017 in Ned Hall Park Ardfinnan 0-13 Carrick Davins 1-10 MINOR: Training continues Mondays at 7.45pm on the green U16: Training continues Wednesdays at 7pm on the green. Championship to start next week. U14: Training continues Thursdays at 7pm on the green U12: Training continues Wednesdays at 6.30pm on the green. Best of luck to our U12s in their first game this Sunday 5th March at ?? against in Ardfinnan. ACADEMY: This year's football academy will resume for U6, U8 and U10 boys on Saturday 11th March from 11-12pm. We would still love some additional help from parents/volunteers on the mornings, to have additional numbers to supervise or coach so if you or anyone you know can help, please let us know... 2017 FUNDRAISING EVENTS Following a recent finance meeting, the following are the dates to record in your 2017 diary 17th March: Our annual 5k/10k Run/Walk 7th July: Golf Classic 8th July: MAYHEM A further event will be confirmed soon. Further details of all events will be revealed as soon as they become available... Thank you in advance for your support.. LADIES FOOTBALL: Intermediates/Minors: Training continues Tuesdays and Thursdays on the Green at 7.30pm. First Round of Championship is due to be on 9th April. U16s & U14s: Training continues Wednesdays at 6.30pm on the Green U12: Training to begin this Thursday 2nd March at 7pm on the Green. U6, U8, U10: will be back soon, details to follow GEAR: ALL gear orders must be paid for in full by Sunday 5th March. Contact SJ on 086-3221872 to arrange to make your payments asap. REGISTRATIONS: Registration must be paid for 2017 as follows: Aged 18 and over: €60; Aged 11 – 17 €40; Under 10s: €20. Payment Plans are available. SJ will collect monies on Wednesday evenings at 6.30pm and Thursday evenings at 7pm. COUNTY: Congratulations to Samantha Lambert on being captain of the 2017 Tipperary Intermediate team and for their continued winning streak in the LIDL National Football League. We were delighted to host the Tipp ladies in Ardfinnan recently in their big win over Down. Well done also to Sarah English who played corner back on the U14 Tipperary Team who defeated Cork in the under 14A Championship on a scoreline of Tipperary 2-4 Cork 0-5. Well done also to Clara English who is a member of the Tipperary Ladies Football Assoc. Under 13 Development Team who played Kerry Ladies Gaelic Football in a challenge game in Brosna, Co. Kerry.

Pilgrim Paths Walk 2017 | Knockmealdown Active

Easter Saturday April 15th - Pilgrim Paths Walk Join us on Saturday April 15th, which is Easter Saturday 2017, as we retrace the footsteps of St. Declan over the scenic Knockmealdown Mountains. The Melleray to Goatenbridge walk will take about 3.5 hours to complete. It involves a gentle height ascension of 330 metres over the Knockmealdown Mountains. The walk will commence at Mount Melleray Abbey at 11 am with assembly and bus pickup at the Green in Ardfinnan at 9.30am. The cost of €20 covers walk leaders, bus transfer from Melleray to Goatenbridge and light refreshments on return. Participants should bring any meals, snacks and drinks they require during the event. If you are interested please book early as possible. You can find full details of the walk at http://www.knockmealdownactive.com/pilgrim-paths-walk-2017/.