Local Notes: Local elections, childcare vacancies and a deep water swim
Passage minors who beat St Patrick’s in County B Hurling League final
This week the masses will take as follows: Wednesday, June 5 - Faithlegg at 11.30 am; Thursday, June 6 - Crooke at 10am; Sunday, June 8 - Faithlegg at 6.30pm; Sunday Vigil, June 9 - Crooke at 11.30am.
Another reminder again this week that all the Cemetery Masses this year are in mid-June and all start at 7.30pm. The list is: Killea Cemetery - Wednesday, June 12; Crooke Cemetery - Thursday, June 13 and Faithlegg Cemetery - Friday, June 14. Please inform any of your relations outside County Waterford of the dates.
The Local Elections will take place on Friday, June 7. The local list of those standing is composed of: Cllr Jody Power (Green Party); Cllr Mary Roche (Social Democrats); Cllr David Daniels (Independent); Cllr Pat Fitzgerald (Sinn Féin); Cllr Adam Wyse (Fianna Fáil); Cllr Stephanie Keating (Fianna Fail ); Declan Barry (Independent); Jim Darcy (Fine Gael); Caroline Griffin (Sinn Fein); Karl Cretzan (Sinn Féin); Darren Ryan (Independent) and John D Walsh (Independent). Make sure you vote for the candidate of your choice and also on Friday we have the European Election for Ireland South with a total of five seats available, with 23 candidates running for election.
Lios na nÓg Childcare (Passage East Childcare) have a vacancy for Childcare Assistant. Min QQI Level 5 in and the hours are 25/35 hour per week. Please send CV to liosnanog38@yahoo.com
Congratulations to the Passage minor hurlers and their mentors Martin Murphy, Niall Flanagan and Sean Tracey (jnr) on the excellent win over St Patrick's in Bonmahon, on Wednesday last in the County League B final. In Division 1 of the County League, the seniors play Mt Sion in Mt Sion on Saturday, June 8, at 7 pm. Check locally on the day in case of a change. Winners in the monthly draw in May were composed of: 1st - Vinnie Keane, Crooke (€200); 2nd - David Walsh, Crooke Villa (€150); 3rd - Michael O'Grady, c/o Shane Lynch (€100); Gary Cullinane, Killea (€50).
The club now has the Deise Draw tickets with prizes of €10,000 (1st); €3000 (2nd); €2000 (3rd); €1000 (4th) and €500 for 5th to 8th while winners from 9th to 19th will win €250. Tickets cost €100 and the club gets 63 per cent out of each ticket sold. On the Inter-County scene Waterford seniors were beaten in their last Round Robin series match v Limerick, in Limerick, on Sunday week last by 0-30 points to 2-14 and with results elsewhere are out of this year's Championship.
Waterford, with our own Mark Fitzgerald at right half back, gave it their best effort and towards the last quarter of the game reduced the Limerick lead to two points but then Limerick went into another gear to win decisively, even allowing all the wides they incurred, including 14 in the first half. Several GAA pundits referred to Waterford's tactics on the day and Limerick being allowed too much freedom and space. Incidentally in the same game of the round robin series last year in Semple Stadium, Waterford - who lost Tadhg De Burca with an injury in the first half -went down by just two points to Limerick, their best effort in years v Limerick with the majority of this year's team on duty then also.
The Annual Beat the Ferryman Enerpower-sponsored 600 metre Deep Water Swim Challenge from Ballyhack to Passage will take place on Sunday, June 16. The event is for competent swimmers over 15. Now just two weeks away, this year there are two major changes: No entries will be taken on the day either in Passage or Ballyhack and online entries close on Saturday, June 15, at 1pm to collectit.ie and the race briefing in Ballyhack will take place on the Quay before swimmers enter the water, as they come across on the ferry each time. The final ferry for swimmers for the race will be at 1pm. The race will begin at 1.30 pm to 1.45 pm, depending on weather on the day. The next swim meeting will take place on Wednesday of this week, at the clubhouse at 7.30 pm.
