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14 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

Kilkenny Reporter WEDNESDAY MAY 14 2014

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CALLOUS: 'LIVES ARE AT RISK'

» See Page 24

Torment and pain for two local families » Story & Pics P18

SHOW TIME: There are two shows on the way to our city. Need we say anymore?

LOCAL PRIDE: Past, present and future. Isabel Hayden, youngest pupil in Stoneyford NS, launches new classrooms with senior past pupil Birdie Hayes » See Page 27 Pic: Niall Hirsch

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Pomp and ceremony as the horses parade and birds prey! JIMMY RHATIGAN JIMMYRHATIGAN@GMAIL.COM

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14 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

News Queen of clubs

Watergate Theatre

Amazing insight into sex symbol

Sarah Molloy, Kilkenny Golf Club who got a hole in one and also won junior prize (U16) best nett 36 holes with a score of 150 74/76 and lady captain Hermitage Dolores Aird. The event was the Hermitage Ladies Scratch Cup

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14 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

News Mooncoin Conﬁrmation

‘Water meters can mean savings’ - Minister Hogan TIM RYAN In the Oireachtas

Ciara Dempsey and Shauna O’Brien, Carrigeen NS with Bishop Seamus Freeman on Conﬁrmation Day in Mooncoin Parish Church

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14 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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Manager offers olive branch to protesters Cóilín Ó Drisceoil

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14 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s torment and pain as loved ones battle to cope with shattered lives JIMMY RHATIGAN JIMMYRHATIGAN@GMAIL.COM

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Both families now face the heartache of trying to cope with the trauma of shattered livesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

14 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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Brilliant Roots Festival helps our city to grow

Back to poohing and piddling in the ditch

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Isabel Hayden, youngest pupil in Stoneyford NS, cutting the ribbon with senior past pupil Birdie Hayes

And still they gazed... The Village Schoolmaster speaks to his pupils

Blessed with Holy Water: Then baptised with community spirit JIMMY RHATIGAN JIMMYRHATIGAN@GMAIL.COM

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Múinteoir Padhraic’s words of wisdom

Hurling demo by the pupils of Stoneyford NS in their new sports ﬁeld

Pics: Niall Hirsch

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)LOP %DG 1HLJKERXUV Neighbors is Animal House, but told through the perspective of Dean Wormer (John Vernon). It’s Old School, if that juvenile frat-guy comedy sympathized with Jeremy Piven’s hysterically oily and conniving Dean Pritchard. In other words, Neighbors cleverly presents the archetypal partyhungry college hooligans, but asks us to now side with the older, out-of-touch losers on the outside of the celebration, looking in. And that’s exactly why the fresh, relatable comedy works as well as it does. Nicholas Stoller also directs comedies that tend to avoid clear-cut “good guys” or “bad guys.” Kristen Bell’s bombshell wasn’t a bitch in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, so our allegiances often shifted between her and her sad-sack ex (played by Jason Segel). The longer The Five-Year Engagement stretched, the

*RG]LOOD When I first heard that Godzilla was getting an American reboot, my stomach rumbled with a dull sense of dread. The old Japanese Godzilla movies played a major part in my childhood. And after the misfire that was Roland Emmerich’s goofy 1998 Godzilla, I wasn’t especially hopeful Hollywood understood what made this monster so magnificent. But thankfully, director Gareth Edwards does. His Godzilla is the one America owes the world. It’s expansive, epic, and spectacular. The screenplay by Dave Callaham and Max Borenstein follows the teeny humans scurrying at the feet of this massive, ancient alpha predator who has risen from the darkest depths of the Earth. Bryan Cranston stars as Joe Brody, a scientist whose work at a Japanese nuclear plant clues him into a dangerous trend. It’s not earthquakes that are shivering the ground beneath their feet. Yet he’s repeatedly ignored, considered a broken, kooky old man by everyone -- even his soldier son, Ford (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). But when a horrendous monster cracks

free from its towering cocoon, Joe’s research proves pivotal in making sense of a world where ancient beasts make mankind into metaphorical insects. Godzilla is everything you want out of a summer movie. It’s got a world and story so big that it demands to be

seen on the biggest screen. It is anchored by performers who treat the narrative and genre with incredible respect. It has some of the best visual effects we’re likely to see this year, and it is electrifyingly thrilling. All in all, Godzilla is the best disaster movie since Independence Day.

harder it was to know whose side to take in the marital squabbles between Segel and the beautiful Emily Blunt. So even when the war escalates between the badly behaved members of the Delta Psi fraternity and the peace-seeking suburbanites of a once-quiet neighborhood, we rarely know which party’s most at fault. All we know for sure is the fact that the combat’s funny as hell. Neighbors pulls off a bit of mature miscasting by asking Seth Rogen to play the “responsible” adult. He successfully sheds the slacker cape he usually adorns to play Mac, new dad and semi-hard worker who has sunk every penny he and his wife, Kelly (Rose Byrne), have into their new home. They’re setting up shop for their baby girl Stella (twins Elise and Zoey Vargas, giving the most adorable child performance I’ve seen on

screen in decades), and are horrified when members of the Delta Si frat move in next door. Neighbors goes beyond the easy Geeks vs. Greeks, and can’t be dismissed as a onejoke comedy. Stoller actually could trim the run-time of Neighbors, as the back-andforth between the warring parties goes from inspired to childish and more than a bit exhausting (particularly in the explosive finale). But the film has multiple, huge laughs. It plays extremely well with a crowd, particularly one that can be plugged in to the movie’s anarchistic rivalry. But that works against it, in a sense. Neighbors is worth your time, but it’s also one of those relentlessly dirty comedies that you’ll watch on cable months after you belly laughed through it with your friends and wonder what, exactly, was so hysterical.

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14 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

Politics

COUNTDOWN TO LOCAL ELECTIONS MAY 2014 When are the local elections? /RFDO HOHFWLRQV ZLOO EH KHOG RQ 0D\ 9RWLQJ WDNHV SODFH EHWZHHQ DP DQG SP What are the new electoral areas in Kilkenny? &DVWOHFRPHU $WWDQDJK %DO OHHQ %DOOLQDPDUD %DOO\EHDJK %DOO\FDOODQ %DOO\FRQUD %DO O\UDJJHW %DXQPRUH &DVWOH FRPHU &ORJK &ORJKDULQND

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Lifestyle & Living

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Business of the week Mugshot Café The Mugshot Café has become since its opening in 2007 one of Kilkenny’s best cafes and a centre for great food and great coffee in our city. The cuisine here is very healthy with a refreshing emphasis being put on salads, soup and other vegetarian cuisines. The staff are eternally helpful and cordial when you

arrive and will do all they can to ensure you have a great experience and offer recommendations for what to purchase. The prices are extremely fair given the quality of the food. Mugshot now has two locations in Kilkenny: One on James St. and one in Ayrﬁeld, I highly recommend it.

Gig of the week Mick Flannery and Heathers Mick Flannery and Heathers are both Irish acoustic centric acts that will be playing at the Set Theatre approximately 49 hours apart from each other, the former is a depressive, soul-soothing type singer-songwriter while the latter are an indie pop band that are as much folk as chvrches are EDM.

The two acts provide an interesting contrast to each other and will cater do different groups of people, so here they are both: pick for yourself which appeals to you more. Mick Flannery will start on Thursday at 8PM, tickets are €22, Heathers will play on Saturday starting at 9PM and will cost €12.

Technology of the week Net Neutrality Net Neutrality is a serious issue, one that is seemingly becoming resolved and protected in the EU along with a bill that removes roaming charges on phones within Europe but it is still an important thing to become aware of what could change how you use the internet forever.

Right now our net is neutral, all data is equal, but if this is changed then your service provider would have a much greater impact on what you could see and do on the web, it would allow them to charge you to use certain websites, for example they could charge €5 to use youtube,

€6 to use Spotify etc. This is terrible for the consumer but it also kills innovation as service providers can easily ruin certain sites and services. Hopefully our net will remain neutral, but whether it does or not it is not something you should be misinformed about.

App of the week Kudeta The excellent new Kudeta restaurant on John Street has just recently released an app that allows you to order their food to your house without the need for a visit

or even a call. The app contains different tabs for the menu, your order as well as a history of previous orders that can help you decide what to get.

Book of the week Darragh McKeon – All that is Solid Melts into Air It seems to have become a common practice in recent years to have books start with several different characters in completely different places and even times, characters who have never met and are seemingly unconnected at the start of the novel. The Lowland, The Luminaries and A Tale

for the Time Being were all popular books from last year that toyed with the idea in interesting ways and All That is Solid Melts into Air continues the trend and is a very interesting book because of it. It is the ﬁrst book by Irish born Darragh McKeon and takes place in Russia in 1986:

a nine-year Moscow piano prodigy, a secretive hard working aunt in the outskirts of the city, a doctor who can’t face his home, and a teenager trapped in the middle of the Chernobyl disaster are our characters for this book, it’s an engaging and fascinating meditation on such a tragic disaster and I recommend it.

The app is light and free so there is little point in not downloading it if only to see the menu; now the hardest thing about getting kudeta food is walking to your door.

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Lifestyle & Living Threes! Well I suppose I didn’t do my research last week when I recommended you play 2048, what I thought was an original and extremely addictive idea turned out to be a different games’ original and extremely addictive idea. Threes! Has the same basic premise, though you add as opposed to multiply

and there is no end to the game, you simply play until you can’t anymore and your numbers are added up to a score. Of course 2048 will always have the advantage of being free, but if you have €1.79 to drop (and don’t pretend that you don’t) then I recommend you play the original: Threes!

TV of the week It’s Always Sunny in Phiadelphia Season 9 It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is an American sitcom about a gang of friends who run an Irish bar in Philadelphia, it’s been going since 2005 and is famed for its propensity to turn basic sitcom plots into these insane scenarios that revel in the extreme selﬁshness and arrogance of the main characters.

It started off relatively weak, but got better with the addition of Danny DeVito in Season 2 and probably hits its peak in Season 3, but the show never had any major drop in quality and is still a lot of fun to watch in the ninth season. This season came out last year and Season 10 is set for January 2015, I recommend it.

Film of the week Bad Neighbours Bad Neighbours was a real surprise for me, a ﬁlm I expected to be mediocre at best quickly revealed itself to be the funniest comedy of the year so far and probably the best movie I’ve seen so far in 2014. The story is simple

enough, a newlywed couple with a baby move into their quiet new suburb to ﬁnd out that the house beside them has been sold to a college fraternity and is now the nightly site for endless partying and debauchery.

Both groups want the other to move out which leads to the start of a constantly perpetuating prank war. The ﬁlm is bursting with jokes, most of the best of which were not shown in the trailers, I recommend it.

DVD of the week The Wolf of Wall Street The Wolf of Wall Street was probably the best movie of 2013. Coming from director Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill and Matthew McConaughey; the ﬁlm is about a group of stockbrokers who decide to start

artiﬁcially raising the price of penny stocks and then selling them at extraneous prices, defrauding anyone who invested. It’s not necessary to understand what they did, what’s important is the lifestyle and pure emptiness of the characters, seeing them unashamedly move from one hell to

Album of the Week The Riptide Movement – Getting Through Getting Through is the new album by increasingly famous Irish rock band The Riptide Movement and is their best one yet. The band are known for their catchy, light hearted uptempo rock music and memorable

vocals that make them one of the best plain fun rock bands operating in the country at the minute, two years on from ‘Keeping on, Keeping on’ the band have become slicker but this quality remains unchanged for the most part.

Where this changed is in attempts at more introspective, down tempo songs that do a good job of diversifying the album, ‘Across the Water’ especially. I recommend this album for anyone a fan of a fun, never boring rock album.

the next. The film industry has given us lots of films critical of Wall Street, and for good reason, but there hasn’t been a film criticizing the lifestyle this much since American Psycho; it’s a sick, depraved and absolutely hilarious masterpiece.

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It seems every country has their own variant on surrealism that is distinct to that very country. Irish surrealism coming from the likes of Beckett is wholly separate from the Italian of Fellini and both are completely separate from the American approach of David Lynch. Blue Velvet is heavily inďŹ&#x201A;uenced with that 50s Americana aesthetic but melded with elements from the 1980s. The young peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fashion is extremely old fashioned but everyone has gaudy perms covered in hairspray, while the older characters look much more contemporary (for 1986 that is) the cars are all from the ďŹ fties as is the style of the local diner, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a strange melding of styles but it gives the ďŹ lm an incredibly unique look. The ďŹ lmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story is surreal enough, a young man named Jeffery while coming back from the hospital to see his father ďŹ nds a severed ear in the middle of a ďŹ eld. He tell the police but decides to start his own investigation with one of the detectiveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughters, Sandy. Sandy leads him on to a woman called Dorothy Vallens, a nightclub singer whose apartment Jeffery decides to sneak into one night and is exposed to the dark underbelly of the town of Lumberton. The opening of the ďŹ lm is steeped in symbolic foreshadowing, a perfect picture of suburbia is shown, of a middle class family enjoying a sunny day off, then the shot transforms

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and we are now underground watching a horde of beetles; seemingly representing the seedy underbelly of this perfect suburban town that we will spend the next two hours exploring. David Lynch uses classical ďŹ lm techniques but subverts them, the introduction of Sandy is ďŹ tted with this orchestral sweep and treated like the return of a goddess but how her clothes and hair are designed make her remarkably unattractive, same with our main character. The ďŹ lm seems to in ways act like a parody, it puts silly and gaudy elements of the past on to this pedestal and treats them like their part of a grand epic tale. Certain elements of surrealism in the ďŹ lm are very loud and shoved in your face but Lynch also has an eye for subtlety and manages to imbue almost every scene in the ďŹ lm with this sense of unease, as if something is wrong but you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t put your ďŹ nger on what it is. The ďŹ lm is highly sexual and occasionally very unsettling, Dorothy seems to spend the entire ďŹ lm being abused by Frank and the journey she goes through is harrowing to say the least. Blue Velvet is a ďŹ lm you either love or hate, its plot is quite disjointed, it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be unfair to call Lynch a sexist and its mix of horrifying acts and wacky surrealism makes Fargo look straight laced, but it is a classic all the same and I recommend it.

and Yossarianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s misanthropy and nihilism because of the war are given extra emphasis. Yossarian is burned out on the war, as are we by the 500th or so page, like him by this point we just want the death to stop and the war to

end. As time went on the book fell out with the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Greatest Generationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; that it documents, nowadays the American ďŹ ghters in that war would rather be characterized by Band of Brothers or Saving Private Ryan instead of your Catch-22â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s or Slaughterhouse 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re nothing but terriďŹ ed and unheroic teenagers. You should not let this stop you, Catch-22 is a deďŹ nitive novel on war and portrays it in a way previously unseen of in literature, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unconcerned with heroism, nationalism or even the misery of it all, Catch-22 is about the sheer illogicality of it.

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the ďŹ rst half. Brian Eno was always a musician interested in and being inďŹ&#x201A;uenced by music far outside of the conventional and this quality is magniďŹ ed in Another Green World. Listeners have commented on connections of Another Green World to all sorts of music from African polyrhythms to the traditional music of Burma, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incredible how eclectic and far reaching Enoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inďŹ&#x201A;uences go and make each of his albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impossible to predict. Another Green World is an apt title for the album, it does indeed feel like weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve entered another world when we listen to the album, where all these disparate elements, genres and technologies are drawn together at this exact moment of time and used to create this completely unique album, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing like it.

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News Pupils put on dancing shoes Last Sunday saw an Irish dancing showcase take place in Bennettsbridge with students of all ages from Bennettsbridge National School coming out in aid of the villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Community Hall. The event was organised by Stella Carroll and it was a huge success with very impressive singing and dancing throughout the day

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Motor Trade

14 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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In Castlecomer with Chubby Brennan

In Castlecomer charity certainly begins at home LOCAL charities that beneﬁted from Castlecomer Charity Shop from 2010 to 2013 are St Vincent de Paul €4,750, local church renovations €2,750, Lourdes Invalid Fund €2,000, North Kilkenny Wheelchair Association €2,000, Clogh Parish Funds €2,000, Cois Nore Cancer Support €500, Castlecomer Boys’ School €500, Deﬁbrillator Group €500, Wandesforde National School Fund €500.

On right track! The yearned for track and field competitive season has arrived, marked in Kilkenny by Day 1 of the local ‘A’ Championships in Scanlon Park. Castlecomer was enthusiastically represented on a day of a significant number of novice competitors and a healthy haul of medals. Forty three members of Castlecomer AC competed. Over 20 were competing at county track and field competition for the first time, mainly in U8 to U11 groups. There were two gold medals, three silver and seven bronze, while eight athletes qualified for sprint finals. At U8, Kayla and Sadbh O’Connor, Eva Lawless, Bobby Brennan and Aaron Fox all displayed great enthusiasm. Bobby Brennan qualified for the final of the 80m where he was pipped for a medal when finishing fourth. Aaron Fox won silver over 200m and Bobby won bronze in this race. Conor Brophy, Eli Dunne, Jack Comerford and Leo Downey ran over 80m at U9 and Conor qualified for the final. Molly O’Dornan, Kate O’Neill, Emily Murphy, Michael Brennan, Joey Ryan and Christopher Kealy impressed at U10, with Kate O’Neill and Michael Brennan being finalists in 80m events. Luke Dunne was the only Castlecomer athlete competing in U11 sprint, while Ella Buggy, Ciara Brennan, Katie Purcell and Aislinn Comerford represented the club in this age group. Aoibhinn Brophy, Caoimhe O’Reilly, Katie Clarke and Sophie Kealy challenged at U12, as did Luca Downey, Liam Doyle, Jack Murphy, Will Fox and Cathal O’Reilly, with Cathal qualifying for the final of

the 80m sprint. Jack Murphy finished third over 500m. Sean O’Dornan won U13 80m bronze. Sean is an athlete with a few seasons experience and his success can be linked to consistency of input in his attention to sprinting. Under 14 competitors were Ellen Buggy, Aoife Cahalan, Eimear Stone, Meghan Rudkins, Nicky Connolly and Christopher Korff. Nicky was discus silver medal winner. Ellen, Aoife and Eimear joined Hannah Murphy in the U15 relay 4x100m, and they impressed, winning bronze. Hannah was silver medallist over 800m. U15 boys James Buggy and Jeremiah Burke qualified for the 80m final, and Adam Jacob also competed in this age group. The hope is that as the season progresses, these lads will compete as a relay team. This opportunity will present in the ‘B’ championships in June. James Buggy impressed when capturing bronze over 250m in hurdles. Here too is an athlete whose year round input now spans maybe six seasons and who has earned the satisfaction which a place on the podium brings. Meadbh Delaney competed at U16 where she excelled to be champion and gold medal winner in the 250m hurdles. She added a javelin bronze. Lauren Dermody was third place in 800m U18/19 race. She followed up with a junior 1500m gold.

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‘Here too is an athlete whose year round input now spans maybe six seasons’ Castlecomer 4 x100m U15 relay team, winners bronze in Kilkenny ‘A’ Championships. From left, Ellen Buggy, Eimear Stone, Aoife Cahalan and Hannah Murphy

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14 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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in solidarity walk of hope

Rachel Lynch and Lucy Sherwin

Makayla Metzger, Nacy Metzger, Molly and Stephanie Martin

Rosin Gogarty, Aideen Doheny, Sorcha Ryan, Alex Lawless and Meabh Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Reilly

Jamie Barron, Jake Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dwyer and Jamie Malone

All pics: Martin Doheny

Rebecca Shannon, Colette Shannon and Ciara Adams, all Kilkenny

Edmond Stapleton, Ann Dooley-Maher,Teresa Stapleton, Mary Leahy and Margaret Prendergast

14 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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McCalmont Cup ﬁnalists, Callan United

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Thomastown’s goalkeeper makes a ﬁne save

Thomastown United, out of the cup

Pics: Martin Doheny

14 MAY 2014 Kilkenny Reporter

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*ROI 1RWHV Callan Pierce Purcell Qualifier Next weekend Callan hosts the regional qualifier for this years Pierce Purcell Shield with a number of visiting clubs trying to gain the one qualifying spot. Callan play along side Mount Juliet at 8am as each side has five pairs representing them in this foursomes stroke qualifier with a combined handicap of 27. The best 4 cards from each team will be accumulated and the teams with the four lowest totals will qualify for Sundays semi finals. Other teams playing in Callan on Saturday are Castlecomer, Kilkenny, The Heritage, The Heath, Birr, Abbeyleix, Mountain View, Mountrath, Portlaoise, Rathdowney, Rathsallagh and Athy. It’s a huge to weekend for the club to host this qualifier and last year Paul Cashin managed the side to the Leinster final and it is hoped that Callan can qualify from this group but it’s always difficult. The semi finals are underway at 8am and 8.40am on Sunday with the final getting underway from 2pm. Please come along both days to support all teams and fingers crossed Callan will make it through to Sunday and beyond. The Provincial Towns team is also in action on Sunday evening with 4 matches in Callan and 5 in Waterford. The very best of luck to all representing Callan in a massive weekend for the club.

Combined memberships Callan are delighted to announce that they have teamed up with Baltinglass and Roscrea golf clubs to offer membership playing rights in all three clubs. As members of Callan golf club Callan members can play in both the other clubs for free and enter in the competitions at members rates. This is a wonderful opportunity to play away courses at fantastic rates and adds value to membership of Callan. To ﬁnd out more about both the other clubs and courses check out their websites and go play at these reduced rates. On the issue of membership it has now fallen due and if you have not made any payments yet pleases come along to the office as soon as possible. There are stewards checking tags from now on so please use the credit system or other methods to ﬁnance the annual sub. Thanks to all for your support and with the reduced subscriptions and combined memberships as well as reductions for new/ lapsed members it has never been better value to join Callan Golf Club.

Open Week Callan Golf Club throws open it’s doors from Saturday 24th May to Monday 2nd of June. Callans festival of golf begins with a fourball event with any combinations of ladies and gents welcome. Sunday sees a 4 Person Team event for ladies and gents. Monday is ﬁlled with a 3 Person seniors open and running from Monday to Friday there is a 12 Hole Re Entry Competition from 5pm for just 4e. Tuesday is ladies day with a three person team event with the O Dwyer Golf Stores men’s open on Wednesday. Thursday there is a 3 Person Team Event while Fridays Champagne Scramble is always popular. On Saturday 31st of May there is a Fourball with any combination of gents and ladies while the week is wrapped up with Four Person Team Event on Sunday 1st and Bank holiday Monday 2nd of June. As always Open Week is highly anticipated and a great opportunity to invite family, work colleagues or friends to Callan. Keith and his staff will have full bar and catering services available and with competition fees of 6e per member, 12.50e per visitor and team entry fees 10e each. We re looking forward to seeing you on the fairways and in the clubhouse during Open Week 2014. Book on line at callangolfclub. com or by phone at 0567725136.

Singles Stableford Sunday last saw Patrick Hickey win the latest singles Stableford Competition with a solid 38 points in tricky conditions. Playing off 12 Patrick was one shot clear of Pat Parle and two clear of Stephen Kelly. The gross went to Tommy Manogue. Hopefully the weather will improve to more Summer conditions over the next few weeks but there was no doubt that Patrick was a worthy winner on a difficult weekend for golf. Next weekend sees Callan hosting the Pierce Purcell Qualiﬁer with no competition being held. Earlier last week in the O Dwyer Golf Stores qualiﬁer Martin O Halloran

produced a fine 39 point total in difficult conditions to take first place while Patrick Johnson was second with 37 points. The qualifiers continue every Wednesday throughout the season.

Club Mixed Competition The entry sheets for the Club Mixed Matchplay 2014 are up in the hall with all participants asked to sign up as soon as possible. The draw will take place on Tuesday 20th May. Entry fees are 5e per person payable in the bar or shop with Catherine Dore to be contacted through the office with any questions.

Results ODwyer Golf Stores Singles Qualiﬁer Wed 7th May 1 M O Halloran 39 2 P Johnson 37 Men’s Singles Stableford Sunday 11th May 1 P Hickey 38 2 P Parle Gross T Manogue Senior Ladies Thurs 8th May 1 E Kennedy 2 Mairead Blanchﬁeld 3 A Carey 4 M Leydon 5 M Norton

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Fixtures Wednesday 14th May O Dwyers Golf Stores Men’s Open Singles Thursday 15thMay Senior Ladies Friday 16th May Tee times available Saturday 17th May Pierce Purcell Qualiﬁer Sunday 18th May Pierce Purcell Qualiﬁer Monday 19th May RGA 11am-1pm. Tuesday 20th May Ladies day

Castlecomer Interclub competition

Castlecomer were involved in a number of interclub matches over the weekend of 10 – 11th. The ladies Senior Cup team played in an intensely competitive field, fitting for this coveted Senior event which was held this year in Carlow. The team of Hanoria Fogarty, Emer Foley, Maria Downey, Joan Brennan and Caroline Conway were drawn against the Wexford team, who were ceded much higher than Castlecomer. Although beaten by Wexford, the ladies from Castlecomer gave a very good account of themselves in this prestigious competition. Also on Saturday, the Intermediate cup team met Rathdowney in the continuing rounds of this competition. Again in this round, the ladies enjoyed success, much to the delight of managers Maria Downey and Joan Brennan. Both managers had a busy day, playing in the Senior Cup themselves in the early morning and guiding their team to victory in the afternoon. The team of Catherine Cooney, Betty Byrne, Teresa Manning, Lady Captain Ita Madigan and Anne Ring won early with the first three matches out victorious. On Sunday, Rathdowney were to meet another Castlecomer Ladies team in the Miele Fourball competition. Manager Helen Dunne, also playing in the pairings, was delighted when Castlecomer won. Between the away pairings of Catherine Cooney and Hanoria Fogarty, Maria Downey and Mary Brophy and the home pairings of Emer Foley and Helen Dunne, Delia O’Donoghue and Caroline Conway, victory was secured before the final play out of the last match. Also out on Sunday was the Men’s team for the Duggan Cup. The opposition for Castlecomer was Glen of the Downs Golf Club. The Castlecomer men brought in a great win 4 to 1. So there is much to follow in the interclub competitions. Still to come is the Finn trophy which is to be held next weekend. Also coming up is the mixed Cullen Cup to be played in Coolattin and the continuing rounds of the competitions in which the club has already showed due progression.

Mens Mens Open Singles 10th/ 11th May 1st Simon Cullen (17) Kilkenny 39pts 2nd Michael O’ Neill (8) 38 pts Gross Michael Buggy (-1) 35 pts Class 1 (0-10) Colin Dunne(5) 37 pts Class 2 (11 – 18) Colm Meagher (12) 35 pts Class 3 (19 +) Donie Walsh (20) 37 pts

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17th/ 18th May Mens Open Singles Mens Open Singles every Thurs.

Ladies results In the ladies singles on the weekend of 10/11th Loretta Mansﬁeld was the winner with a score of 75. Joan Cullinane was in second place with a score of 81 (b9). Next weekend, 17/18, Calor Gas sponsors an open 18 hole singles competition for Ladies.

Seniors 30/4/14 Seniors Results First – Morrissey Pat 18, Pollack Matt 25 Hardy John 21 - 89 Pts. Second – Butler Shan 15, Owens Betty 17 McGrath Christy 20 - 82 Pts. Third – Maher Ollie 13, Murphy Des 20, Byrne Jimmy 9, Farrell Liam 24 - 78 Pts. 7/5/14 – Seniors Results (Doyle Trophy) First – Kenny Ned 20 – 44 Pts. Second – O’Neill Tom 7 – 41 Pts. Third – Hogan Richie 14 – 41 Pts. Ladies - First - Ryan Jean 32 29 Pts. Second - Owens Betty 19 - 29 Pts. Other events The scramble continues on Tuesday evenings and is a great event. Draw begins at 4.30 and teams selected by ranges of handicap categories. All handicap ranges are wanted and needed to make up teams so, whatever your level of golf, there’s a place for you and glad to have you on Tuesday evenings. For any who are interested in golf beginner lessons and having opportunity to play golf, Hanoria Fogarty and Helen Dunne have arranged sessions, which started on Wednesday 7th May ongoing for a number of weeks thereafter. Those interested or curious about golf for themselves are encouraged to join in, and they are welcome. To keep up to date with all that is happening in Castlecomer, from society rates, social events and competitions, see www. castlecomergolf.ie or tune into KCLR on Saturday afternoons to the Kevin McGillicuddy live radio broadcast with all the local sporting news.

Gowran Park Open Competitions at Gowran Park Last weeks’ Open Days included a Seniors Open Singles on Tuesday 6th May – New Ross Seniors were to the forefront and enjoyed a great days’ golf – Michael Gannon secured top spot with 36 points with fellow New Ross member Tom Kent taking the runners up spot with 35 points. Our Weekly Open Singles continued on Thursday 8th May with Robert Shortall (Kilkenny Golf Club) taking the honours with 38 points. Gowran Park member Keith McCullagh took the runners up spot with 37 points. The competition continues tomorrow Thursday 15th May with a timesheet in place – 056 7726699 or online – We wish to remind our regular players that next week’s Open Singles moves to Friday 23rd May due to a racing event.

Open Fourball – Sunday 11th May 2014 Sunday last saw an Open Fourball take place with a ﬁne entry. Visiting golfers Paddy Buckley from Slievenamon and Pat Dunne Kilkenny Golf Club were in the winners enclosure with a score of 44 points. Gowran Park members John and Harry Lannon secured the runners-up spot with 42 points while Sean Kiely and Joe Lannon took 3rd place 1 point further back.

Pierce Purcell Weekend at Gowran Gowran Park is hosting the qualifying rounds of the Pierce Purcell over next weekend. Clubs from around the South East will endeavour to qualify from Saturdays’ golf for the semi-ﬁnal spots on Sunday morning. The ﬁnal will take place on Sunday afternoon – times are reserved as follows:Saturday 17th May 7.36 – 10.32 a.m. and 1.04 to 4.00 p.m. Sunday 18th May 7.36 - 9.36 a.m. and 2.00 to 2.56 p.m.

Members Members are advised that the 2014 Matchplay Competition draws have been made and ﬁxtures are posted on notice boards from today Wednesday 14th May -

it is important to observe deadline dates for 1st round play-offs. The members 9 hole competition continues this Wednesday evening as normal while next week’s competition moves to Tuesday 21st due to a race event.

LADIES: Ladies weekly competition results Wednesday 7th May - 18 Hole Stableford 1st Nora Barron (15) 35pts 2nd Margaret Bower (27) 34pts

Fixtures: Thursday 15th May – Open Singles Stableford Sunday 18th May – Members 18 Hole Singles Tuesday 20th May – Members 9 Hole from 5.00 p.m. Wednesday 21st May – Course closed from 1.00 p.m. Thursday 22nd May – Course closed - (Open Singles moved to Friday 23rd May).

Kilkenny RESULTS & FIXTURES GOLFER OF THE YEAR In the Honda Centre Golfer of the Year we now have joint leaders on 36 pts in Emmet Boland and Brendan Hogan closely followed on 33 pts by Kieran Hoban and Colin Corbett. Seven rounds are now complete and eight remain, with bonus points in the Captains and Club Singles there are many players who could yet feature. The next counting competition is the May monthly medal next weekend. The up to date standings are displayed on the Mens notice board.

JUNIOR/JUVENILE New Junior/Juvenile Members were elected last week and have been notiﬁed by post, the induction night for these new members will take place on Friday May 16th at 7.30pm and parents are invited to come along also. The golf fundraiser for the Junior Club will be held on Wednesday July 9th. This will be a 4 person team event costing €50 per team. This will include a burger on the 10th tee box. The competition is semi open and the funds raised will go directly to coaching and teams in the Junior section which has almost 300 members. The timesheet which will take up the full day will be displayed on the notice board from this week on. We would encourage all members to support our Juniors of whom we are rightly proud. If any member or parent would like to sponsor a prize on the day please contact Leo Byrne or any member of the Junior committee.

RESULTS Ladies & Gents Open Singles Wed May 7th C.S.S. 71 1. Thomas Buckley (16) Mountain View 40 pts (B6) 2. Ryan Morris (15) East Clare 40 pts 3. John Lawlor (17) 39 pts Best Gross; Graham Nugent (1) 35 pts 5. Jason Delaney (18) 39 pts (B6) 6. Noel Power (9) 39 pts

LADIES SECTION Madeline Brennan Carlow (9) 39 pts Two’s Club Ladies & Gents Open Singles Wed May 7th. Pat Collins Hole in one at 6th, Liam Barrett, Murt Farragher at 6th, John Greene, David Dooley at 10th, Charlie Boland Jim Meredith at 15th, Graham Nugent, Michael Grant, Anthony Cleere at 17th. Each Two is worth €21 and is credited in the Pro shop Two’s Club 4 Person Team Event Bank Holiday May 5th Brendan Hogan, Nick O’Donnell at 10th, Shane Henderson, Dervilla O’Byrne and David McMahon at 15th. Each two is worth €48 and is credited in the Pro Shop

LADIES NEWS Ladies Results CSS 75 Sat, 73 Sun, 75 Tues 18 Hole Stableford Tuesday May 6th. 1. Dervilla O’Byrne (14) 39 pts 2. Jan Browne (26) 38 pts Best Gross; Mary Leahy Browne (3) 28 Gross Pts 3. Ann Lee (22) 37 pts (B6) 4. Helen Butler (25) 37 pts 5. Joan Cody (13) 36 pts 6. Catherine O’Neill (25) 35 pts Presentation of prizes Tuesday May 13th at 10pm.

Ladies 9 Hole Competition on Tuesdays for those ladies who are unable to play 18 holes. Slots from 10.00 – 10.20 and 1.30 – 2.00, Self Entry. Swipe Ilgu card and enter score in computer. Entry Fee €3.

Ladies Fixtures Tuesday May 13th Open Ladies 3 Person Team Tuesday May 20th Ladies 18 Hole Daisy Phelan ABC Competition 8.20 – 10.20 and 12.20 to 2.20 and 4.00 – 5.45, slots also available Saturday May 17th 2.45 – 300 and Sunday 18th 10.30 – 11.00 (Both bookable online) With all the Inter Club activity next weekend the High/Low competition scheduled for next Sunday evening has been postponed and will be refixed for a later date. Ladies are reminded to win first prize in the Captains Prize to the Ladies you must have returned two singles cards in 2014 and to win first in any of the other majors you must have returned 3 cards.

SENIOR MEN Results Thursday May 8th 4 Person Team 1. Con O’Sullivan (15) Jim Meredith (19) Eamon Molloy (26) Jim White (24) (Visitor) 63 pts 2. Billy Burke (9) Pat O’Briain (16) Jimmy Rhatigan (19) Eamon Brennan (30) 62 pts 3. Pat Walshe (10) Richie McEvoy (16) Kevin Donohue (19) Dave Schoﬁeld (27) 61 pts 4. Rodger Curran (15) Paddy Raggett (15) Reay Brandon (22) Michael Barry (26) 60 pts 5. Mick O’Flynn (15) John O’Leary (18) Paddy Byrne (21) Maurice Ryan (21) 59 pts 6. Tom Gunning (15) Martin Murphy (17) John Peters (17) Eddie Geraghty (24) 59 pts 7. Michael Grant (7) Tony Teehan (17) Jack Nolan (22) Nicky Lawlor (21) 58 pts Next Competition Thursday May 15th at 11am.

SENIOR LADIES Results Thursday May 8th. 3 Person Team 1. Ann Gunning, Mary Prendergast, Kathleen Price 37 pts 2. Hilda Richardson, Phil Cooke, Joan O’Sullivan 33 pts 3. Nuala Crotty, Pauline O’Sullivan, Breda Kavanagh 32 pts Next Competition Thursday May 15th at 10am.

FIXTURES Tuesday May 13th, 8.20 – 11.00 Ladies Open 3 Person Team Event, 11.00 – 1.00 Visitors, 1.00 – 2.00 Members, 2.00 – 6.00 Ladies Open 3 Person Team Event Wednesday May 14th, 11.00 – 1.00 Visitors, 1.00 – 2.00 Members Thursday May 15th 10.00 – 11.00 Senior Ladies, 11.00 – 1.00 Senior Men , 1.00 –

2.00 Members, 2.00 – 3.00 Finn Trophy Ladies Inter Club Friday May 16th , 12.00 – 12.40 Visitors, 12.45 – 2.00 Visitors, 2.00 – 3.15 Visitors, Social Golf sign in at 5.45 for Shotgun Start start at 6pm. Saturday May 17th, 7.30 – 9.00 Members, 9.30 – 1.00 Visitors, 1.00 – 2.00 Members, 2.15 – 2.35 Visitors, 2.45 – 3.00 Ladies Competition, 3.10 – 5.10 Mens May Monthly Medal, 5.30 – 6.00 Jimmy Bolger Cup. Sunday May 18th , 7.30 – 10.30 and 11.00 – 3.30 Mens May Monthly medal, Ladies Competition Slots 10.30 – 11.00. Monday May 19th, 11.45 – 1.00 Visitors, 1.00 – 2.00 Members Time, 2.00 – 2.30 Visitors, 5.00 – 5.30 Callan South Leinster Practice Tuesday May 20th, 8.20 – 10.20, 12.20 – 2.20 and 4.00 – 5.55 Ladies18 Hole ABC Daisy Phelan , Wednesday May 21st, 8.30 – 6.00 Ladies & Gents Open Singles

Mountain View Club Singles Qualifier The May Medal which also acted as the Club Singles Qualifier (Top 32 to qualifier) took place last Sunday in dry but very windy conditions which was reflected in the scoring where one player on net 82 qualified for the club singles. Medal Winners were Tommy Malone (Cat 1), Ned Mullally (Cat 2) and Eanna Brady (Cat 3). Full results and the draw for the singles matchplay are on display in the clubhouse and on www.mviewgolf.com. All first round matches must be played by June 22nd.

Club Golfer of the Year After the ﬁrst three rounds of this GOY Ned Mullally leads on 18 Pts followed by Frank Kavanagh and T J Dowling both on 12 Pts.

Spring League After ﬁnal round of the Spring League played weekend May 4th the following list gives the top three players on the league table in each category Category 1. 1. Jim Bob Grace. 43 Pts. 2. Willie Grace 39 Pts. 3. Michael Waugh 35 Pts. Category 2. 1. Frank Culleton 35 Pts. 2 Vincent McCarthy 33 Pts. 3. S O Brien 33 Pts. Category 3. 1. John Coleman 46 Pts. 2 Eanna Brady 42 Pts. 3. Michael Grace 39 Pts.

Diary Sunday May 18th Members Single Stableford Wednesday May 21st Ladies 18 Hole Competition Sunday May 25th Members 3 Person Rumble.