2009-12-23

As Christmas time rolls around again attention turns to the almost famous and sometimes annual "Walter Zenga Cup". As per usual the competition will take place on St. Stephans Day with kick off down for 1pm. The game usually sees the return of some of the veterens of Borrisoleigh AFC while the current set of Galacticos will also be present. Refresments will be served afterwards in The Clodagh Bar. All welcome.

Last Sunday, the weather played havoc yet again to our fixure list. This time a frozen pitch took the place of a waterlogged one when our derby game against Sallypark was called off. Hopefully the new year will bring some weather suitable to playing 90 minutes.

Finally we would like to take this chance to wish everybody a very Merry Christmas and offer a big thank you to everybody who has helped out in any way or form in 2009 and hope to have your continued support through 2010.
 

Borrisoleigh Youth Club would like to thank everyone who supported them with their carol singing in aid of St Vincent de Paul Flood Appeal last weekend. A special word of thanks to Marie & Albert of Shanahan’s Topaz and to the Max & Kelly families who donated so generously.The leaders would also like to thank all the children who were fantastic , especially Hazel & Sean our soloists. We raised the grand total of 258.13. We will reopen on Friday Jan 8th with the younger group (7-10 yrs). All the Youth Club leaders would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas. Many thanks for all your support throughout the year.
 

St. Patrick’s BNS held a very enjoyable Christmas Concert recently. First and Second Classes presented ‘The Donkey Seller’ while Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth performed ‘Pied Piper-the Musical.’ Proceeds from the night provided a very welcome boost to our interactive whiteboard fund. Management, staff and pupils would like to sincerely thank all who supported the school in any way throughout the year and to wish you all a very happy Christmas and every blessing in 2010.

St. Patrick’s BNS – North and County GAA Quiz Champions
Congratulations to Declan O’ Connell, Eoin Stapleton, Mícheál Carey and Raymond Mc Cormack who defeated the pick of the four divisions to bring North and County honours to our school after a challenging North Final on Friday, December 11th and a very closely contested Co. Final in Sarsfields GAA centre on Sunday, December 13th. Defending Co. Champions, Ardcroney NS put up a very strong contest, forcing three tie-breaker rounds at the end of the competition before finally conceding to the boys from Borris. We are also very proud of our second team of Brendan O’ Dwyer, Tom Fitzgerald, Conor Keane and David Mc Cormack who were highly placed in the North Final. Well done boys!