Avoca news week 25 June
St Pat's Under 11 Team
The Under 11 Team Were Presented with their Trophies and Medals Yesterday for winning Div. 4 of WDSL!!!!!
TEAM- Dylan Harper, Daniel Conroy, Liam Dickenson, Drew Murray, Nathan Porter, Molly Tuke, Jessica Moxley, Zach Wolohan, Lucy o Keefe, Shaun Byrne,Eoin Hayes, Paddy Roche, Brandon Doyle.
Most Improved Player voted by the Team: Nathan Porter
Player of the Year voted by The Team: Paddy Roche
Top Goalsorer with 25 Goals : Brandon Doyle
Well Done Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Volunteer Clean Up Avoca
There will be a cleanup of the Avoca area on Saturday 30th June. This is the last clean up before the president’s visit so we would like as many volunteers as possible to attend. Meeting place is at the church car park at 10.00am. Please bring sweeping brushes, paint brushes and rollers etc.
Conary Community Arts
Company D presents in association with Conary Community Arts, Oleanna by David Mamet at Conary Community Hall on Sat June 30th at 8pm. Tickets are €12/10. For more info visit www.conary.net
Jubilee Dinner Dance of Avoca Parish
A jubilee dinner dance will take place on Saturday 7th July 2012 at 8.30pm in the Woodenbridge Hotel. Tickets are €20.00 and are available from Mary Delaney Tel: 0402-35301 Mobs: 086 8512929 or Mary Dunne Tel: 0402-35453
Avoca Bingo
Avoca Bingo every Wednesday night at 8.30pm in Avoca community hall. Everyone is welcome.
St Pat's Avoca 50/50 Draw
1st prize €90 Nicola Randle c/o Finns. 2nd prize €50.00 Nicky Fullam c/o Paul O Keeffe. 3rd prize €30.00 Thomas Hogan c/o Finns. Sellers prize €15.00 Ben Tuke. Next draw in Fitzgerald’s.
Avoca Annual Outing
Avoca annual outing 2012 to Donegal coach departing 9am sharp from top of Station Road, Avoca on 29th June 2012.
Active Retirement
The following activities take place each week in the Community Hall, Avoca.
Monday: Patchwork Quilting 7pm - 9pm.
Tuesday: Art Group 12.45pm - 3.30pm
Thursday: Art Group 10am - 12.30
Friday: Basic French 1pm - 2pm / Line Dancing 2.15pm - 3.15pm / Indoor Bowls 8pm - 10.30pm
Sunday: Tea/coffee - Chat - Board games/cards 11.45am - 1pm.
A series of "Talks" is being planned to take place during the next few months. Details to be announced later. There are also "Outings" to various locations and events throughout the year. Tea dances are held on various Sundays in the Community Hall.
If you would like to become a member, and join in any of these activities or outings please phone Joan on 0402 30655 or 087 2260968
Avoca IT Centre
Do you want to learn how to shop on line, set your own email address up and send emails or just want to keep account of your weekly spending using Microsoft Excel.
Then why not drop into the IT Centre and enquire about our classes. Come along and familiarize yourself with computers in a relaxed atmosphere. We are now holding social media classes for anyone that has never used a computer before, these classes are run for 5 weeks and overall cost is €10.
Other courses we provide are Beginners and FETAC Level 4 Information Technology Skills and of course we can tailor a course to suit your requirements, we also provide a typing, fax and photocopying service, just pop in and have a chat or call us on 0402 35022.
Red Kite Walk
Avoca Tidy Towns/VADA plans are well underway for the development of the Forestry area in the Kilmagig Woods which over look Avoca Village and there will be 3 walks developed along with some information/educational boards at the entrances.
One of the walks will be The Red Kite Walk and we are open to suggestions for the naming of the other 2 walks, one will be a Loop Walk & the other a Linear Walk to Ballinvalley, please send your suggestions to vadaavoca@yahoo.ie or drop your suggestions into the IT Centre in an envelope.
Moores Park at Meeting of the Waters
Work is to start shortly on the restoration of the park and erection of Moores Tree along with a complete landscape of the park. Funding is by grant aid drawn down under VADA with lots of volunteer work and supported by Wicklow Rural partnership.
