JB Murphy represented Ireland in Minsk today

JB Murphy was in Minsk today and represented Ireland in the Omnium which is made up from four races, writes Liam Walker of Kilcullen Cycling Club.

In the scratch race JB was 10th and improved greatly in the Tempo race where he finished 3rd. Next up was the Elimination race and he finished in 11th place.

The last race was the points race where JB was 10th which meant that he finished 9th overall.

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Kilcullen at the Leinster Loop

A few familiar faces at the Leinster Loop Charity Cycle Day — Paul Dunne, Ronan Murphy and Noel Lambe. Pic by Frank Mitchell.

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Kilcullen Pitch & Putt hosting Ladies national finals

Pic: Peggy O'Dwyer's Facebook.

St Bridget's Pitch and Putt Club are hosting the National Ladies Pitch and Putt Strokeplay finals in Kilcullen today, writes Brian Byrne.

This is a major event in the pitch and putt calendar and club PRO Joe Mallon says they are privileged to host it.

Pictured with Joe are FG councillor colleagues Tracey O'Dwyer and Peggy O'Dwyer.

"As always the course looked immaculate and an absolute credit to the Club," Tracey O'Dwyer said. "Unfortunately there was one very important member not present today and that’s my good friend and neighbour Liam Sherry. Both Liam and his family are in our thoughts today. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílis."

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Lough Derg pilgrimage

The Kildare Pilgrimage to Lough Derg will take place between Friday 5 July and Sunday 7 July, with the bus departing from Monasterevin early Friday morning and picking up at various locations in the county.

Further information and bookings from Michael on 087 6697902, Niamh on 086 1758458, and Joe on 087 3815887.

All welcome. Pic loughderg.org.

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Closing date looms for submissions on Draft Climate Adaptation Strategy

A reminder that the closing date for public submissions to Kildare County Council's Draft Climate Change Adaptation Strategy 2019-2024 is getting closer, writes Brian Byrne.

The Strategy is intended to underpin a climate-resilient Kildare and will be used to expand understanding of the local risks and vulnerabilities related to climate change.

It will be the county's primary instrument in implementing climate resilient actions and will ensure that all plans, policies and actions by the Council will feature climate adaptation considerations.

The draft strategy can be viewed here, and submissions by letter or email (climateadaptation@kildarecoco.ie) should be made by Tuesday 9 July 2019.

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Great Tennis Club BBQ and open day

Presentation of Kilcullen 700 mixed doubles prizes — Greg Norris, Chairperson, Eoin Smith, Helen Dolan, Derek Phelan, Kilcullen 700 treasurer.

Kilcullen Tennis Club have had a busy June ending with a sunny summer's day for the open day and BBQ on June 22nd, writes Niamh Crosbie. The children were entertained by games and face painting while the finals of the Ladies and Mens summer singles took place on court.

Once again, there was a trophy competition and a plate competition for each event, with everyone participating in the trophy competitions and the defeated players being entered into the plate. The day of finals was another great success with plenty of excellent tennis being played and plenty of spectators on hand to support the players. A special guest at the BBQ was the legendary Pat Lynch, one of the founding members of Kilcullen Tennis Club.

This was followed up by the presentation of prizes, which included the prizes for the Kilcullen 700 Mixed Doubles played earlier in the year. Joining us this year to present the prizes was Derek Phelan from the Kilcullen 700 committee who presented the club with a Kilcullen 700 trophy to mark the occasion. The Kilcullen 700 Mixed Doubles tournament winners were the dream team of Helen Dolan and Eoin Smith, with Eamonn O' Toole and Lucia Brennan as runners up.

A huge well done to everyone who took part in this year’s championships and to all of our finalists for, once again, making this event the highlight of our year.

Mens Trophy results — Winner: Peter Curley; runner up Pat Canty. Men's Plate results — Winner: Pete Nicholson, Runner up: Alastair DeBeer.

Ladies Trophy results — Winner: Helen Dolan; runner up Lucia Brennan. Ladies Plate results —Winner: Mary Butler, Runner up: Lynda Connolly.

Runners up in Kilcullen 700 mixed doubles — Lucia Brennan and Eamonn O' Toole.

Presentation of Ladies Singles Main draw prizes — Helen Dolan, winner; Greg Norris, Chairperson; Lucia Brennan runner up.

Presentation of Ladies singles Plate prize — Greg Norris, Chairperson, Mary Butler Ladies Plate winner.

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KIB street collection tomorrow

The annual KCA street collection for Kilcullen in Bloom takes place tomorrow, Saturday 29 June.

Volunteers will be in place at Eurospar, Nolan’s and Centra.

All support will be greatly appreciated.

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New arrivals at Camphill

Some new arrivals this morning at the Bridge Camphill Farm & Nature Trail. Pic Noel Clare.

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Gospel Choir perform at The Curragh Races

Pic by Noel Clare.

Members of Kilcullen Gospel Choir and Kilcullen Twinning Committee Chairperson Nessa Dunlea at the Curragh races yesterday evening.

The Choir performed at the opening of the Derby Weekend and the Kilcullen Twinning Committee were guests along with other twinning groups from across the county.


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Junior coaching at Tennis Club restarts next week

Junior coaching at Kilcullen Tennis Club starts back on Saturday June 29th for five weeks, writes Niamh Crosbie.

The fee is €25 per child payable on the first day. Age groups are: 1.20-2.30pm: age 5-7; 2pm-3pm: age 8-10; 3pm-4pm: age 10-12; 4pm-5pm age 12-14.

Friday night social tennis from 7.30pm-9.30pm started up a few weeks ago and has been a huge success. No need to book — just turn up any Friday evening — all levels are welcome.

Application for 2019 membership sign-up is still open — for more information on membership, please email ktcmembershipmail@gmail.com. Follow us on facebook at Kilcullen tennis club.

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Cemetery masses tonight, Sunday

File photo.

The annual Masses and Blessings at Kilcullen Parish cemeteries begin this evening at 7.30 with the Mass at Old Kilcullen, writes Brian Byrne.

On Sunday, there will be a Blessing of the Graves at Gormanstown Church after 9.30am Mass.

File photo.

Later, at 2pm, there will be Prayers and Blessing of the Graves in St Brigid's Cemetery, and Mass at 3pm in New Abbey Cemetery will be followed by Blessing of the Graves there.

All in the Parish are welcome to all the events,

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Kildare Steiner School: Something different in Secondary Education

On June 20th we hosted our first 'Experience Day', led by Nikki Ellis, the class Guardian for September’s new first year class in the Secondary School, writes Angie Ruane. The theme of the day was 'exploration', an element of the Steiner Class Seven curriculum (equivalent to first year of mainstream secondary).

The children taking part were from our existing school as well as from other mainstream schools, and a great experience was had by all, including creative writing, experiments with magnets and woodwork.

We plan to hold more such days in the future to enable students not familiar with our ethos to see how subjects can come to life!

Philanthropic Support — we were delighted to hear at the end of May that we had been granted support of £2,500 from the UK based Hermes Trust, to begin equipping the Secondary School. This will be a great help in preparing the classroom and establishing tools for woodwork and other crafts. We have applications pending with other potential sponsors and had a visit from a German philanthropist this week, so it’s full steam ahead!

We are continuing to actively enrol for September. So please spread the word and contact us on kildaresteinersecondaryschool@gmail.com.

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Tracey to seek playground surface improvement

Kilcullen's newly-elected councillor Tracey O'Dwyer is to look into having better surfaces installed in the town's community playground, writes Brian Byrne.

This follows the story posted on the Diary yesterday, which generated a substantial response from parents in the town about the unsuitability of the sand currently being used.

Cllr O'Dwyer says it would be an appropriate project to bring to the Local Community Development Committee in Kildare County Council and will discuss with fellow councillors how an improvement might be progressed.

The playground was opened in 2011 following a strong campaign since 2005 by a Playground Committee. This included a robust meeting between the community and councillors over the proposed location for the facility.

The total cost of the playground was €263,800.

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Gospel Choir end of year concert

A reminder that the Kilcullen Gospel Choir's end of year concert will take place on Saturday 29 June in the Cross and Passion Assembly Hall.

The special guest this year will be Paddy Casey, and tickets are on sale at €15 from any choir member, or from Berney's Chemist.

Seating is unreserved, but ticket numbers are limited, so pre-purchase is advisable. The concert will begin at 7.30pm.

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