SUSTAINABLE LIVING

Aughrim Community Garden Present A Series Of Sustainable Living Workshops for Spring. "The Easy Way to Organic Gardening", (Eating Healthy Seasonal Local Food on a Budget!) will be hosted by Suzie Cahn, experienced Organic Gardener, Permaculture Teacher & Sustainable Living Instructor, on Thursday 16th February, from 8pm to 10pm, in the Pavilion, Aughrim.

All are welcome. Please come along and bring a friend! Tea/coffee and chat will be provided. These information sessions are funded by Wicklow VEC and the Co. Wicklow Community Education Programme.

ACTIVE RETIREMENT

Have you got a story/article/advertisement which you want to have published in the Aughrim Times, please get in touch with us before mid February.

Our 'drop in' Coffee Mornings continue on Mondays in The Pavilion at 10.30am and on Tuesday mornings there is Indoor Bowling in the Parish Hall.

Our Spa Day will take place on Thursday, March 1st at Brooklodge. Our Evening at the ballet to see Romeo & Juliet will be on Thursday, March 22nd at the Cinema in Gorey.

Watch this space for further details of our trip on April 12th to Newgrange and in May to Glasnevin Cemetery/national Botanic Gardens.

JUVENILE GAA

At our recent Juvenile AGM Officers appointed for 2012 were as follows: Chairman - Alan Dillon, Vice Chairman - John O' Byrne, Secretary -Sean O' Shea, Treasurer- Peter Carroll, Club Coaching Co-ordinator - Peter Carroll.

The Club Chairman thanked all the coaches, parents and kids for their efforts in 2011 and congratulated the U-8 indoor hurling team and the U-12 football team for bringing silverware to the club. Preparations have now got under way for the 2012 season, with a number of coaches been appointed to the different age groups and some coaches attending the upcoming football and hurling foundation courses.

We will have our Registration day on Saturday March 10th at 11.00am in the complex. All Juvenile players registered in the club will be expected to pay their membership fee from Minor down to U-6. All children born in 2007 or before can register with the club, for safety reasons we can not take children anyone younger than this.

Due to the costs in running the club, registration fees will be €20 per child or €50 per family of 3 or more in 2012. All going well we hope to unveil a t-shirt in the club colours at a very reasonable cost on the day. Discipline is becoming a concern in clubs countrywide, so we will introduce our Club Code of Conduct and Best Practice on the day, this will give some guidance as to what is expected of coaches, parents and children at training and matches.

We are very lucky in that we will have a few new coaches with us for the 2012, however, If there are any other parents interested in coaching from U-6 to Minor level in either hurling or football, please contact any of the club officers. Indoor Hurling continues every Tuesday night: U8 from 6 to 7pm and U10/12 from 7 to 8pm all kids are welcome. A hurling blitz for each age group will be organised for a Saturday morning in the coming weeks. We wish all coaches, parents and children all the best for the 2012 season.

GOLF SOCIETY

Roll up, people, the 2012 season for the Granite Village golf society gets under way on Sunday March 11th at Woodenbridge Golf Club. Membership of the society is €25 per year, which must be paid by the end of February (€20 for juniors). All outings for 2012 will be €35, and where an outing is at a member's home club, the fee will be half price for members.

This year, the Captain's prize will be held on October 5th, at Woodenbridge Golf Club. To be eligible to win this prize, members must play in four outings preceding the Captains day. Here's to lots of birdies and eagles this year! David Galbraith Telephone: 087 091 6656

POTTERY CLASSES

Pottery Classes for children 6-13 years with Christien Van Bussel in Studio Upper Aughrim. Get creative on Thursday 16 and Friday 17th February from 2.305.00pm and make your own table-ware! Woodturning class for 9 years and older on Saturday February 18th 2.30-5.00p.m. For bookings and information contact Christien at 086 85 97 267 or Email: vanbussel.c@gmail.com.

NEW TO YOU

New to you the thrift shop in the Pavilion, Rednagh Road is open Tuesday-friday from 10am-1pm and 2-4pm and on Saturdays from 10am-2pm. Good clean resalable clothing and small to medium household items are always welcome.

SCHOOL ENROLEMENT

Anyone wishing to enrol their child in Junior Infants in Sacred Heart N.S. Aughrim for the academic year commencing September 2012 should contact the school on 0402 36279.

LEADER SEMINAR

Are you interested improving and enhancing your area? Do you have an idea for a project that you would like to see developed in your area? If you would like to learn more about supports and grants available to help you achieve these projects, then you won't want to miss the following events.

County Wicklow Partnership will host a LEADER Information Seminar specially aimed at Community & Voluntary groups who would like to enhance and improve their local area will be held at Lawless' Hotel, Aughrim on Thursday February 9th at 7.30 pm.. Please contact us if you require any further information. info@wicklowpartnership.ie or phone 040220955.

LOTTO

The numbers drawn the Sports club lotto for week of January 30th were: 1, 4, 19 and 20. Match three winners were: Ryan Kavanagh, c/o M K., Stephen Fanning, John O'shea, John Moules, c/o Gossy, Jim Kennedy, Laragh, Phylis O'connor and Sean Doyle c/o Eithne. The jackpot was not won.

TABLE QUIZ

There will be a table quiz in Ballycoog hall on Friday February 10th at 8.30pm in aid of The Alzheimer Society Rathdrum. €20 per table of 4. Raffle on the night, plus prizes for the winners.... and the losers! Please come and support this worthy cause if you can. For further information please contact 087 6838426.

COMPLEX AGM

The annual general meeting of the Aughrim Community Sports and Leisure Association will be held in the Sports Complex on Thursday February 16th starting 8 p.m.

COUNTRY MARKET

Aughrim Town & Country Market continues every Saturday in the Pavilion Rednagh Road from 10am-2pm.follow us on Facebook for daily updates, or call 086 0865838

NOTES DEADLINE

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