Wednesday 19th 7pm Camogie Players meeting for everyone intending to play minor or adult in 2019; 8pm Cards – 45 – at Dunavil.

Friday 21st Kingdom Camogie Christmas Jumper Children’s Disco from 6.30pm to 8.30pm, prizes for best jumpers, adm £2.

Sunday 23rd 10.30am Breakfast @ Dunavil; 8pm Bingo; 9pm Lotto (note a day early)

Sunday 30th 10.30am Breakfast @ Dunavil; 8pm Bingo

 

Home Bingo Week 19 (red) £200 Jackpot winners were Paula Fearon and Ellie Rooney; Week 20 (green) Bingo on sale now.

Camogie Christmas Hamper Draw on sale now, please support.

Down GAA Draw tickets are on sale again, this is An Riocht’s main fundraiser so please support, its £2.50 a week. December Winner £1,000 Pauline Donnelly

 

Sean, Michael and Turlough attended the Down GAA Convention in the Canal Court on Wednesday, best wishes to Michael O’Rourke on his new role as County Board Assistant Secretary.

 

The P1 to P4 footballers wrapped up their season with a party on Saturday morning with a visit from Santa, everyone got a certificate, a medal and a selection box; they are off now until February, meantime the coaches will be undertaking a Level One Coaching course at Dunavil.

 

Irish Language and Culture Officer Dianna attended Croke Park on Saturday to collect the Silver Award from the Joe McDonagh Foundation.

 

Maher lightweight Hurls are available from Dunavil priced at £15 from sizes 24 inch to 33 inch, ideal Christmas gifts.

 

An Riocht Football tournaments regularly attract teams from many different counties and indeed provinces during the early summer and on occasion overseas; a vacancy has arisen for a Tournament Co-Ordinator to organize these events, if willing to give a hand see Declan or Gavin.

 

There is new Club Officer training on Saturday 5th January for Registrar, Children’s Officer, Coaching Officer, Development Officer, Cultural Officer and Volunteer Recruitment Officer. Its important that those who hold these positions are up to speed with best practice and we would encourage a full take up on such workshops across the Executive and various club sub-committees. To express an interest please contact the club secretary Joseph asap.

 

An Riocht will hold a Planning Event on Saturday 12th January from 10am to 1pm including breakfast; all Executive members are expected to attend and all sub-committee officials are also invited. The get-together will use the current Club Development Plan 2015-19 as a starting point, assess the current position and begin the process of formulating the next 3 Year Plan. It will also address immediate needs such as gaps on the Executive and the sub-committees, PR, social media policy, fund-raising, governance, other business arising from discussions.

 

An Riocht Registration Day is on Saturday 19th January from 10am to 12pm. Membership subscriptions will remain at 2018 rates and there is an option of monthly payments for a combination of Down Draw, Membership & Insurance; card payments are now also possible. No one can train or play before making a payment. Full details available on request at the club.

 

There is a Hurling Coaching course at Dunavil on Friday 25th & Saturday 26th January delivered by Ulster Regional Coach Conor CJ McGourty for everyone intending to coach Camogie in An Riocht in 2019. It is almost full but if someone thinks they may want to get involved in coaching camogie in the coming season then see Camogie Coaching Officer Rosanne Small asap as this qualification is necessary for all 2019 An Riocht Camogie coaches.

 

A joint Youth/Adult Award course has been arranged for the weekend of Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd February at Dunavil. If anyone is interested, they need to see Coaching Officer Seamus Curran, Football Chair Declan Campbell or Football Secretary Gavin Finnegan asap as there are only a few places not already taken. Also, a Child Award is being run for those taking u6, u8 or u10 teams and that is filling up quickly, it is from Friday 8th to Sunday 10th March; again, see Seamus, Declan or Gavin to book your place.

 

Men’s Shed

Its been a busy week for the Men’s Shed; on Monday they visited Grange PS for the Christmas School Play, on Tuesday it was off to the Canal Court for an Irish Men’s Shed networking event with other Sheds from all over the country displaying their products, on Wednesday there were sight and hearing workshops at Dunavil with Specsavers and on Thursday they had their Christmas Dinner in the Kilmorey Arms. Christmas has come early for the Shedders as we were donated a professional joinery machinery workshop & awarded a 3d printer by DAERA Rural Micro Grants administered by the County Down Rural Community Network, and now look forward to exciting and inspiring projects when we resume in the New Year.

 

Youth Club

Tuesday 18th 7pm to 9pm Primary School Age Christmas Party Night; 7.15pm Indoor Football; 8.15pm Indoor Football

Wednesday 19th 6.30pm Basketball; 7pm to 9pm Secondary School Age Christmas Party; 7pm Ladies Night; 7.30pm Indoor Football

Thursday 20th 9am to 6pm Kingdom Youth Club will have a Christmas Bag Pack at ASDA, all offers of help appreciated. No Youth Club tonight.

Friday 21st No Youth Club tonight

Tuesday 25th Christmas Dinner on Christmas Day at Dunavil, if interested in joining us please contact the club 028 4176 3681 or [email protected]

Saturday 29th 2pm Birthday Party

 

Friday was a particularly busy night with Hip Hop Dance and Lego Builders Christmas Wonderland visiting Dunavil.

 

On Tuesday 22nd January @ 7pm the Kingdom Youth Club Annual General Meeting takes place to elect a KYC Board whose duty will be to safeguard the interests of the members by ensuring that Governance, Premises, Finances & Leadership are fit for purpose. That means that the youth club is run in accordance with our constitution; that we have all the necessary licences and insurances in place to ensure the safety of our members; that we budget and run our affairs in a proper manner; and that our leaders who should be role models are role models. To do this our board of directors has to include a range of skills, experience and knowledge and be chosen on their suitability and willingness to promote the aims and interests of the youth club. We need to elect a Chairperson and a Board of Directors from which the Board itself will appoint a Secretary and a Treasurer and any other position deemed necessary such as PRO, Volunteer Co-ordinator etc at their first meeting, the Board has a right to co-opt suitable people. Iit is not a Board members’ role to supervise activities, the Board meets once every six weeks, a role on the Board may suit an older person or parent who wants to help but does not want to be involved on a daily basis with face to face youth work. Keep the date free and attend even if only to show support for the young people and volunteers and leaders.

 

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