Local Notes: Mass times, Special Olympics success, theatre show and hurling news
James Upton who was on the Irish Floorball team who recently won the Bronze team medals at the Special Olympics Winter Games in Turin, Italy
Mass times in Crooke and Faithlegg Churches this week are: Wednesday, March 26 - Faithlegg 11.30am; Thursday, March 27 - Crooke 10am; Saturday, March 28 - Faithlegg 6.30pm Vigil Mass Sunday, March 30 - Crooke 11.30am.
Heartiest congratulations to James Upton, Kill St Nicholas, Passage East, son of Robert and Margaret Upton, who was on the Irish Floorball team who recently won the Bronze team medals at the Special Olympics Winter Games in Turin, Italy. James has been a member of Waterford Special Olympic Club for over 20 years and on quite a few Irish teams over the years. He is a very keen sportsman excelling in soccer, floorball and basketball and and he is a great supporter of Passage Hurling Club and also of the Waterford County teams at every level. The entire community is very proud of his achievement and wish him every success in the years ahead.
The week before they headed off to Italy the Mayor of Waterford Cllr Jason Murphy, hosted a Mayoral Reception at City Hall for the team of four from Waterford Special Olympic Club and their Chairman Denis Hegarty and Treasurer Emma Smyth, and family members. The four representing Team Ireland were James Upton, Damien Kirwan, Waterford City, Niall Corcoran a Cork man but a member of Waterford Special Olympics team for some time in Floorball, and Clive Healy, in Alpine Skiing, a native of Waterford City.
The above have been rehearsing for their new play for some time called, 'Tales of the Estuary', which they will present at two venues. The first is coming up on two nights, Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29, at 8pm in the Passage East Community Centre. The production will also be staged on Friday and Saturday, April 4 and 5, in Faithlegg School, also at 8pm. Tickets for all shows are priced €5. It's a powerful 60-minute journey through history, resilience, and community brought to life on stage and by all accounts it has plenty in it for locals to enjoy.
The following are the dates for the County Senior Hurling League involving Passage. Abbeyside/Ballinacourty v Passage, in Abbeyside, on Saturday week April 5, at 6.30pm; Lismore v Passage, in Lismore on Saturday, April 12, 5pm; Passage v De La Salle in Passage on Friday, May 9, at 7pm; Passage v Ballygunner in Passage on Friday, May 16 at 7.30pm; Passage v Mount Sion in Passage on Friday, June 6, at 7.30pm. These may be subject to change but those are the official ones. If there are changes, they’ll be posted on the new Passage Hurling Club website passagehurling.com and on the app ClubZap. The Juvenile section held their AGM last Wednesday and the following are the officers for coming year: Chairperson - Paudie Creedon (outgoing); Secretary - Catherine Sheehan (the outgoing Secretary, Grainne Flanagan did not seek re-election); Treasurer (outgoing) Michael Walsh; Committee members: Ciaran Lynch, Shane Lynch, Diarmaid Mason, Neil Flanagan and Gráinne Flanagan. Siún Kelly and James Sheehan will be playing in primary games. James will be playing in Waterford v Clare on April 27 and Siún will be playing Waterford v Cork on May 25. Each week now, on a Wednesday evening, the U7's play in the Passage Hurling Club Ball Alley in Crooke from 6.30pm to 7.15pm Two dates next week are committee meeting on Wednesday at 8pm in the clubhouse and on Thursday at 7.30pm, in Furlong's. All money for the monthly draw are to be in by Wednesday.
