Camogie. The under 14 girls drew in their game against Scarriff/Ogonelloe on Wednesday last in a tough game, where both teams gave of their all right up to the final whistle. The under 18 girls won the John Collins Memorial Tournament which was organised and hosted by Newmarket on Fergus on Sunday. They played five games and made it to the final, which they won. The teams which participated in the tournament were fulsome in their praise of the host Club, Newmarket on Fergus, which pulled out all the stops to ensure everyone had an enjoyable day. The adult team plays the next round of the league in Ruan on Saturday at 11.30am, when they meet Feakle. The members of the local Club will be out, in force, walking to support the Lynch family who are holding a fundraising walk on Sunday in rememberance of their son, Tadgh who died at the age of eight months from Sudden Infant Death and who would have celebrated his 10th birthday this April. The 10K walk/run starts at 10am from the local GAA field and monies raised will be divided between two very worthy causes, Feileacain, which supports people affected by the death of a baby during or after pregnancy and Children's Ark Paediatric Unit in U.H.L. The support of the community will be much appreciated. Handball. Darragh Casey, a member of Toonagh Handball Club, won the u13B County Final at the weekend. He played against Eoin O'Connor, Clooney/Quin Club. Jimmy Marrinan narrowly lost out in the third game of his u17B final against Clooney/Quin's Adam McMahon. Jack Browne (u14) and Daniel McInerney (u15) will play their rescheduled finals this week against Tulla and Clooney/Quin opponents. Tara Lucas was a member of the Munster Team which took part in the Interprovincial finals at the weekend. Munster beat Leinster in the semi final and lost narrowly to Leinster in the final. Conor Coffey and Cillian Cummins travelled to Kingscourt, Co. Cavan last Saturday and represented Toonagh NS in the National Cumann na mBunscol finals. Cathal Noonan is a member of the u14/u15 Clare GAA Handball team which will travel to Beragh, Co. Tyrone on Saturday to play the All Ireland Final against the semi finalists Monaghan or Kilkenny. Hurling. Corofin/Ruan drew with Clonlara in an entertaining game in Ruan last week in the first round of the u15B Championship. Corofin/Ruan Academy u15A team also drew with Eire Og in Ruan at the weekend. The u21A team captains Cian O'Donoghue and Gearoid Cahill, presented the u15A Academy team captains Charlie McCarthy and Liam Heffernan with gear bags for the u15 hurling championship. The gear bags were sponsored by Teach Spraoi Nature Kindergarten in Toonagh. Ruan Tidy Village and Graveyards. A Tractor, Truck, Vintage vehicle Run will be held on Easter Sunday, with registration from 11.15am at the XL Shop in the village. A junior tractor run will start at 12 noon. The Senior Run will take off from the village at 12.15pm and tea, coffee and hot food will be served at Morty Kellys afterwards. It is hoped there will be a good turnout for this event, as monies raised will be used in the upkeep of the environs around the village and in all the graveyards in the parish. Yoga. Yoga classes will be held in Ruan Community Centre, starting on Thursday, April 14, from 7.30 to 8.30pm. Deirdre at 0878112084, will have further information for anyone who is interested. Easter Ceremonies. The Easter Ceremonies in the parish are as follows - Holy Thursday Mass 8pm in Ruan Church, Good Friday Stations of the Cross in Dysart Church at 12 noon, Saturday Easter Vigil Mass in Ruan at 8pm and Mass in Dysart on Easter Sunday morning at 9.30am. |
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