Celebrating 15 Years of Soccer Fun in the Meadow
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FREE July | august 2017 | august July 15 Celebrating 15 years of Soccer fun in the meadow. On the week end of the 17th and 18th June age 4 up to 17, both boys and girls, over the U18s competing, with both boys and girls we celebrated 15 years of Soccer in the Saturday and Sunday just gone. mixed on each team. There was a yet again Meadow, Enniskerry FC’s annual mixed mini- great catering team keeping everyone in World Cup that takes place in – surprise, Uniquely this year we had our first ever 5 well fed and watered, and the pitch looked surprise! – the Bog Meadow. a side matches for young men and women nothing short of outstanding. aged 18 upwards (and parents who were We celebrated 15 years of fun for the whole volunteers too!) who played in the baking Most importantly of all, the children (and family, as over 15 years the tournament has sunshine from 5-7 after the younger players indeed the adults), had FUN, making new had more than 5,000 children participating, had retired for the day. friends, catching up with old ones, and more than 1,000 volunteers helping, more remembering for a weekend what makes our than 2,000 matches played, more than 7,000 The much anticipated final of the adult age community so special. goals scored, almost 5,000 burgers eaten group was postponed to another year, as it and almost 200 balls lost in the river! was too hot, legs too tired, and the chilled Huge thanks, of course, must go to the beer on ice too cold to let go unwasted Sponsors, who enable the club to furnish the Soccer in the Meadow is a fun event over any longer :). This was followed by a highly children with the best possible environment the two days for all the family and key to successful BBQ in the Powerscourt Arms in which they can flourish! Our headliner the success is the assistance of people with 100 people attending and enjoying the sponsors this year were Universal Music, volunteering their time to help with set up, evening sunshine, food and refreshments. Gaelic Plant Hire, Supervalu Dun Laoghaire, catering, managing a team and closing the The actual main children’s football was a and Investec Wealth & Investment. event. This year 300 children played from great success, with teams from U7s up to continued on page 6 PLEASE SUBMIT ARTICLES TO [email protected] Powerscourt & Kilbride News Dear All, KILBRIDE NOTES Summer is coming, and hopefully appropriate Congratulations to Avril (nee Colin) and Martin Kelly who weather!! I hope everyone manages to get some celebrated their 40th Wedding Anniversary on Sunday 11th June; time to relax and ‘recharge their batteries’. they were married in Kilbride Church and attended the 10a.m. service to celebrate. Their one recollection of the day forty years I hope it will also be a time when each of us can ago was that there was heavy rain and floods!! spend a little more of that time with those we are closest to, especially those who could do with a bit more attention. Also congratulations to Rev. Niall and Vivienne Stratford who were I think especially of those who have not been well, who have lost a also celebrating a wedding anniversary on the 11th June – they friend or loved one, or are facing into an uncertain time. were 24 years married; they also had rain for their wedding day! It is a time, not just to switch off from the hustle and bustle for a Maura Sheahan who helped coordinate the flower festivals in little while, but also a time to take stock and reorder priorities in Kilbride Church is having an open garden on 4th and 7th July life. None of us can do everything but we each can do something from 12 noon at “St. Joseph’s”, Old Connaught Avenue, Bray in aid well. of Purple House in Bray. Tea and coffee will be served and your support would be very welcome. I greatly admire those who give generously of themselves in the support of community projects and activities. They enrich us We will be holding a strawberries afternoon on Sunday 9th July all. At the end of the summer one of the highlights of the social from 12 Noon in the Rectory Marquee. All donations will be in aid calendar will be the Enniskerry Field Day, which this year will move of Kilbride Parish. to a new venue in Monastery. It has become one of our premier community events and makes a significant contribution to the life Nun’s Cross Church (Killiskey) is holding a flower festival on the of the Joint Parishes and to a number of charitable organisations. 1st, 2nd and 3rd September to celebrate 200 years. Tea/coffee will be served and again your support would be very welcome at This year it will support the ‘Open Door’ organisation and will take this event. place from 8th-10th September, with an ‘Event in the Tent’ on the Friday evening and the main Field Day on Sunday 10th. Please Kilbride Parish Supper Dance will be held on Friday, 20th October get involved and offer your help to the organisers. With several in Greystones Rugby Club. Music by “Bandit”. Tickets will be thousand people now attending we need the whole community to going on sale from September €25.00 and will be available from get involved and share the load and the craic. Georgina on 087 6716745. The clergy of the parish spend a day away together at the beginning The Kilmacanogue & District Horse Show is taking place on of the summer for a ‘brainstorming’ and planning session. We try Saturday, 22nd July at Monastery, Enniskerry. The Show raises to be critical about the activities and needs of the parish and begin money for many local charities and your support would be most to plan future developments. It is becoming clear that we need to welcome. give added concentration in the year to come on children’s and youth ministry. Developments are already under way. Beth Stack The St. Brigid’s window in the church is the subject of a & Edwina Allman are handing over the leading of the Buggy & documentary by Andrew Furlong. The window was commissioned Toddler Church to Graeme & Julia Bird and we thank them for the by the late Noel Browne TD for his private residence and both of provision they have made for pre-school children and parents over his daughters, Ruth & Susan were delighted to able to come and the past two years. Buggy & Toddler Church will resume on the see the window in the church. first Sunday of September. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who are sick or who In the meantime Beth & Edwina have now indicated that they are undergoing Hospital treatment at this time. will re-establish the Mustard Seed Children’s Sunday Club, which will meet twice a month at the same time as the main service in Powerscourt Church. The children will go straight to Sunday Club in the School Hall and will join the church service at the Peace. PARISH BBQ We look forward to seeing you all at the Parish Barbeque on 15th Rev Niall Stratford, as Youth Pastor with the assistance of Kate July at the usual time of 7.30pm in the tent at the Rectory. This Leckie will continue to develop the ‘Shed Gang’ youth group is always a great night and we just hope it will be mild and dry, meeting every second Wednesday and will continue their life skills so just keep fingers crossed. programme of activities. Watch out for more news on this. We will of course be under cover so even if we do have some rain Training and Garda vetting for leaders will be organised over the it will be just as much fun. so don’t be put off if the skies darken. next few months so that all will be in order for the beginning of a new busy season. As usual you bring your own meat and we provide the rest, including the strawberries. The cost remains at €10 each. In the meantime, have a very good summer break. Ricky Powerscourt & Kilbride News PRIMETIME DEATH OF THE RT REVD DONALD CAIRD PRIMETIME is a Church of Ireland Diocesan social club for people who are single, separated or divorced, or for people who would like to make new friends. For more details contact Georgina @ 087 6716745 Calendar of Events July – Aug 2017 If you are coming along to an event please text or call the contact person to let them know Sunday 2nd July at 2pm Visit Airfield Estate, Dundrum, Dublin 14 Contact Georgina @ 087 6716745 Friday 14th July at 8pm Archbishop Donald Caird, former Archbishop of Dublin and Meeting, with Food Optional Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe from 1970 to 1976, & The Glenview Hotel, Glen of the Downs, Co Wicklow Bishop of Meath & Kildare from 1976 to 1985 died on 1st June. Contact Hazel @ 086 1984919 The passing of Archbishop Donald Caird brings fond memories of Sunday 13th August at 2pm a kind and gentle bishop who did so much to shape the Church of Meet at Glendalough Visitor Centre for walk followed by Ireland in the twentieth century, especially in the Republic. refreshments. Contact Georgina @ 087 6716745 A Dubliner in origin, after a brilliant academic career in Trinity Primetime is now on Facebook. he served a curacy in Belfast and as a school chaplain at Portora If you would like to be added to or removed from the text or before working a lecturer in Philosophy at St David’s Lampeter in mailing list contact Georgina @ 087 6716745 Wales.