Kingscourt’s Marie Smith has been nominated for the Aldi Community Games ‘Golden Jubilee’ Volunteer Award.  Marie has been involved in the Community Games family for the past 44 years and has worked to promote the Community Games since 1970.  Kingscourt Community Games Group was established in 1973 and Marie was the Local Area Secretary and Chief Organiser from then until 2009.  Marie also held the position of Area Treasurer and was the official Kingscourt Area delegate for 30 years.  Every year Marie organised the area competitions and made sure they were run efficiently.  Marie first became involved at County level in 1978 and in her years of service at County level she has held many positions – Team Manager, County Security Manager, County Manager, County Athletic Secretary, and has been Cavan County Treasurer for the past 20 years.  Marie as a sponsor of a Community Employment Project facilitated administration along with the safe storage and maintenance of the equipment and track-suits etc.  At Provincial level Marie has been the County delegate to Ulster for many years and is the current County NEAC delegate.  Also nationally Marie has served on the National Security & Finance Committees.

Throughout her years of service Marie never missed the annual double weekend competitions and Skills weekends in Mosney and more recently Athlone.  Many of us, or our loved ones, have fond memories of participating in the Community Games and indeed fond memories of Marie’s involvement and presence in all stages of the process.

Help Marie win this well deserved award by clicking on the following link  http://www.independent.ie/goldenvolunteer/  It only takes a few seconds and will help show how much we really appreciate her dedicated service to our community throughout the decades.

The winner will be announced at an awards ceremony on March 18th and will be presented with a holiday prize sponsored by The Irish Independent.  Voting lines close at midnight on 13/03/17.  Your support is most appreciated.

Check out these fantastic new classes coming to FitnessBase Kingscourt:

Kettlebells

Mondays @ 6.15pm

Starts 06/03/17

6 Weeks only €40

Spin & Bells

Wednesdays @ 10.00am

Starts 01/03/17

6 Weeks only €40

Bums & Tums For Mums

Mondays @ 10.00am

Starts 06/03/17

6 Weeks only €40

Pilates

Pilates Mixed Abilities & Pilates For Runners & Sports Players

Dates to be announced, beginning in March.

Get booking as places fill up quickly 💪 Everyone welcome!

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Volunteers are needed to help out with Kingscourt Harps Underage Soccer & Fun Time Fridays for boys and girls born in 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007.  Fun Time Fridays are a great way for children to socialise, make new friends and get some exercise.  Children participate in fun activities without focus or emphasis on any particular sport.  This is due to start back on Friday 31st March 2017.  Your support would be greatly appreciated.  Anyone who is interested please contact 087-1302129 or pm the Kingscourt Harps AFC facebook page as soon as possible to put their names forward for Garda vetting.  All new faces and volunteers are very welcome.

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A huge congratulations and well done to Cabra Castle who has received an Award of Excellance from CIE Tours International.  Cabra Castle was voted as one of CIE Tours International top Ulster Hotels. 🌟

Check out Cabra Castle’s facebook page

Over the last few weeks, both counties and provinces have been running their Cumann na mBunscoil playoffs. The winners will participate in the 2017 GAA Handball National Cumann Na mBunscoil Day.  The event will take place Saturday 25^th February in Kingscourt Handball Club and will run over the course of one day.  The boys will compete at 10:00am while the girls will compete at 1:00pm.  Players in U11 & U13 age groups from all over the country will participate.

For more information check out https://www.gaahandball.ie/news/2017-cumann-na-mbunscoil

or visit Kingscourt Handball Club Facebook page

A series of Charity Soup Lunches are being organised by the Church of Ireland Parish in Kingscourt. 🍜 Everyone is welcome and your support would be greatly appreciated.  The lunches will be held on Fridays during Lent from 12 noon to 2pm in the Red Hall.  It starts on Friday March 3rd and continues until Friday April 7th. 🍜 Please note there will be no Charity Soup Lunches on St. Patrick’s Day which falls on Friday March 17th.  Come and enjoy some delicious homemade soup and if you can spare a euro or two, all monies raised will be donated to Kingscourt Social Services and Whistlemount Day Care Centre in Navan which provides activities outside the home for people with dementia.  Everyone is welcome and your support is greatly appreciated. ☺

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The Magheracloone Hooley will be held on Saturday March 11th in Magheracloone Community Centre. 💃🎶 This event has been organised to raise funds for Sosad, Cycle Against Suicide and Local Youth Groups.  The entertainment guide is as follows:

8am – 8pm – Static Cycle

11am – Coffee Morning

1pm to 3pm – Junior Disco

4pm – 7pm – Trad Session

7pm – Barbecue

10pm – Live Music with “Shake a Leg” 🎶

Tickets for the band and barbecue cost €15 and all other events are free.  For tickets and further information please contact Martin on 087 3639234.

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Local photographer Paul Callaghan (Paul Callaghan Photography) has been shortlisted at Irish Photographers to win ‘Wedding Image of the Year’.  Paul who is a massively experienced and extremely talented photographer has been shortlisted with the image (pictured right).  We can all help him win this well deserved award by visiting http://ow.ly/ugA3308zqmY and voting for this image.  Voting ends on February 18th.  Your vote is most appreciated.

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A charity night in aid of Cystic Fibrosis Ireland is being held this Sat 11^th February at 9pm in the Valley Lodge, Carrickmacross. Live music by local artists and light refreshments will be served. 🎤🎸🎶 All proceeds raised on the night will go towards the fundraising efforts of a group of locals from Kingscourt / Carrickmacross who are participating in the New York City Marathon this October. Please support if you can. 🎤🎸🎶

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