RAPHOE NOTES WEEK ENDING 12th JANUARY
NEW AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMES:
The Family Resource Centre is pleased to announce that its afterschool programme is now being extended to include several new activities. On Mondays Computer Clubs will take place for 3rd & 4th classes from 3-4pm and for 5th & 6th classes from 4-5pm (places are limited). A Homework Support Group will meet on Wednesdays from 5.30-6.30pm for 1st-6th classes and if you feel your young person would benefit from being supported in doing homework in a peaceful environment please contact any of the Youth Team on 074 9145796 as places are limited to ensure that each young person attending receives adequate support. The Youth Team are Robert, Diane, Melissa, Charlotte and Colin.
In the coming weeks a Young Women’s Group and a Young Men’s Group will be established for 12-15 year olds with the Young Women’s Group taking place on Monday evenings from 5.30-7.00pm and the Young Men’s Group on Thursdays from 5.30-7.00pm. Follow us on facebook for more information on these over the coming weeks
Friday nights see the return of the Movie Nite and Discos for primary school children aged 6-12 years. A tuck shop will be provided. The first Movie Nite will be held on Friday 25th January from 7.00-8.30pm with the first Disco taking place on Friday 1st February from 7.00-9.00pm. Parents/guardians are very welcome to come along to help supervise.
WOMENS GROUP
The Women’s Group will resume on Monday 8th January at 8pm and thereafter every monday fortnight. The women’s group is a great opportunity for local women to get together and discuss issues that are important to them. The Women’s Group is also a great way to express or discuss any new ideas or courses that women would like to get involved in. New members are always welcome.
LITTLE SMILES WITH BIG DREAMS
Little Smiles with Big Dreams is a parent and toddler group that meet every Wednesday morning at 10.30am –12 noon in the Family Resource Centre. Anyone who is in care of a child where it be an aunt / uncle/ childminder or grandparent is welcome. The kiddies can get involved in Messy play, free play, story time and music time where the adult can enjoy a cuppa tea and meet other adults. Parent and Toddler are a great way to enhance your little one confidence and meet others their age. A light lunch is provided and a small cost of 50 cent per family.
DOG FOULING
Thank you to all responsible dog owners who do clean up after their dogs in Raphoe. Sadly not all owners are cleaning up after their dogs. We all know that Dog Mess is dirty, unpleasant; a potential risk to health and quite rightly it concerns most of us wherever we live. In recent times this problem seems to have increased all around the town and on popular walking routes such as the racecourse and Strabane and Derry Road areas. All owners of Dogs are responsible for the cleaning up any mess left by their animals. Dogs fouling on footpaths, at or near schools, playing fields and other areas where children or the general public are can cause a severe health risk. Always clean up after your dog. It is simply no longer socially acceptable to allow your dog to foul public spaces.
Poop-scoop Always carry your poop-scoop or a suitable bag with you and always clean up after your dog. This is your responsibility towards your fellow citizens, and stops dogs (and their owners) getting a bad reputation.
The Law.
Section 22 of the Litter Pollution Act 1997 makes it an offence for the person in charge of a dog not to clean up when their dog fouls in a public place. Please act responsibly – clean up after your dog and dispose of the dirt in a suitable sanitary manner; use a paper bag. Dog dirt is a health hazard and some day your child might be affected by someone else’s failure to ‘do the right thing’. Failure to clean up your dog’s waste can lead to a €150 euro “on-the-spot” fine or on summary conviction to a fine of up to €3,000 euro.
RAPHOE BOXING CLUB
Everyone at the Raphoe Boxing Club would like to extend congratulations and best wishes to local man former man Irish International boxer Eamon Coyle who will inducted onto Donegal’s Elite Sports-stars Hall of Fame at the Annual Donegal Sport Star Awards on Friday 25th January in the Mount Errigal Hotel Letterkenny. Eamon boxed for the Leeterkenny Club during a very distinguished career that saw him won the National Senior Superheavy-weight championship title in 1982 and he was also Ulster Senior Champion on two occasions and boxed for Ireland at the International level on many occasion. Indeed a great honour for the gentle giant. Well done Eamon from everyone at the local boxing club.
Congratulations goes to everyone at the Raphoe Hockey Club who lifted the Linden Cup for the first time in their history when they defeated Bangor at Deramore Park on New Year’s Day. Well done from all Raphoe Boxing club.
Congratulations goes to Chloe and Sam Magee on their recent badminton success in Turkey.
The Raphoe boxing club will stage its annual major boxing tournament in the Cathedral Hall Raphoe on Friday 15th March when highly rated Raphoe team will host to “The Ulster All-Stars” and coach and match-maker Gary Mc Cullagh hopes to 14 quality contests down for decision on the night.
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