An Riocht / Kingdom

 

Portaferry Men's Shed visited Dunavil on Wednesday to look around the Kingdom Men's Shed facilities and enjoyed a talk on the aerodrome and the US Airforce by Joe Boden. Thanks to Joe, and to Billy the chef who served up the hot food and all his helpers who left the place spotless.

 

Later, on Wednesday the Ladies of Mourne held a Christmas Wreath making workshop with Rockmount Crafts.

 

Congratulations to An Riocht's Diarmuid Cahill, the new Down GAA County Treasurer elected at GAA County Convention on Wednesday past; Sean O'Rourke represented the Club at convention.

 

The Kingdom Walkers enjoyed a Christmas night out on the town on Thursday.

 

Kingdom Youth Club will hold a Volunteer Recruitment night on Wednesday 10th January, more details later.

 

Down GAA Draw tickets are on sale, this is An Riocht's main fundraiser so please support, its only £2.50 a week which is not beyond anyone's means; this year over £6,400 was won by An Riocht ticket holders.

 

Dianna Uí Chlár, An Riocht Irish & Culture Officer, received a special presentation at Croke Park for participating in the successful first year of Fondúireacht Sheosaimh Mhic Dhonncha.

 

Thanks to the ASDA Foundation for their sponsorship of our Christmas Dinner, its not too late to book yours with us at Dunavil, details below.

 

Thanks to Paddy Rooney who sponsored 10 footballs for the P6 boys practice.

 

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The Camogie Engage-HER recruitment and retention project continued on Monday past; thanks to our Sported volunteer Jill who travelled all the way from Belfast to facilitate this session. Those who participated more than made up for their lack of numbers with their enthusiasm as they delved into how we currently work with women and girls in the club, identified actions to help us improve this work and create positive experiences for girls and young women in our game. However, such a small core group cannot possibly sustain the huge effort required for camogie to prosper and the general lack of interest in putting Camogie Development on a professional footing does not bode well going forward. The next Engage-HER workshop, number 3 of 5 in total, takes place in January.

 

Last minute gift idea - the An Riocht branded football glove in all sizes from P1 to adult.

 

Monday 18 December

11am Men's Shed; 7pm Special Movie Night; 7pm Girls Group Christmas Party; 8pm Senior Camogie fitness session; 8.30pm Senior Football Strength & Conditioning; 9pm Lotto Jackpot £4,100; Numbers 3-4-28-30; No Winner, No Match 3; Sellers Prize £25 John McAleenan

Tuesday 19 December

6.30pm to 8pm Last collection time for O'Neills Christmas Orders; 7.15pm Bootcamp; 7.30pm Christmas, Coffee & Camogie, a celebration event at Dunavil for current and past camogs; 7.30pm An Riocht Football General Meeting, a time to look back at the season past and plan for 2018, if interested in football in An Riocht, you should be there; 8.15pm Basketball. Youth Club Staff meeting.

Wednesday 20 December

11am Men's Shed; 6pm Ladies Circuits; 7pm All Together Now Disability Inclusion programme Christmas Party; 7pm Christmas Movie marathon; 7pm Senior Football Strength & Conditioning; 8pm Senior Camogie fitness session; 8pm U16 Football in the hall; 8pm Cards - 45 @ Dunavil.

Thursday 21 December

3pm Birthday Party; 6.30pm to 8.30pm Christmas Party games for primary school children; 7.15pm Bootcamp

Friday 22 December

11am Men's Shed; 4pm Birthday Party; No Youth Club tonight; 9pm Poker Night @ Dunavil

Saturday 23 December

NO P1/P4 Gaelic today

Sunday 24th December

10.30am Breakfast @ Dunavil; NO Bingo tonight

Monday 25th December

1pm a free Christmas Dinner at Dunavil to anyone wishing to avail of it. If it's something you may be interested in or if you know someone who may be, please contact the youth club, we may be able to provide transport; our number is 028 417 63681; anyone willing to give a hand is also asked to contact us in advance. Supported by the ASDA Foundation.

Tuesday 26th December

Closed

Wednesday 27th December

9pm Lotto

Thursday 28th December 

7.30pm a joint Volunteer Appreciation event. An Riocht & Kingdom YC cannot operate without volunteers and at this special time, we want to say thank you with some music food and drink at Dunavil, we hope all our volunteers drop-in.

 

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