North Tipperary Macra Na Feirme
Macra Rally
The Macra Rally will take place this bank holiday weekend in the Rochestown Park Hotel. We hope to see lots of members here over the weekend. It is planned to be a great weekend. We Wish Devilsbit the best of luck in the final of club of the year. Best of luck to our members in stock judging also.
Devilsbit members in the club of the year finals. Left to right: Catherine Maher, Conor Quinn, Margaret Stanley and Mary Joyce
Bowling
The North Tipperary round of bowling will take place on Wednesday at 8 p.m in Limerick. All clubs are welcome to bring teams.
Devilsbit Macra Na Feirme
Club of the Year – Well done to Catherine Maher, Conor Quinn, Margaret Stanley and Mary Joyce who represented Devil’s Bit in the semi-finals of the Club of the Year competition recently. They represented the club exceptionally well and put many hours of hard work preparing for the semi-finals stage of the competition. They were rewarded for their hard work as Devil’s Bit now go forward to the competition final which takes place at the Macra Annual Conference on Saturday October 24th. Best of luck to Devil’s Bit and to all who will represent the club at the competition. Best of luck also to Frank Hayes who has been chosen as a finalist in the Best New Member competition which will also take place at the Annual Conference.
Public Speaking: Congratulations to the Devil’s Bit public speaking team which took part in the North Tipperary round of the public speaking competition recently. The team consisted of Frank Hayes, Tomas Hayes and Gerard Fogarty. The team competed against a team from Nenagh Macra and were victorious on the night. The team now go forward to the national semi-finals of the competition. Well done also to Gerard Fogarty who won best speaker on the night. Best of luck to Gerard, Tomas and Frank at the next stage of the competition.
Impromptu Public Speaking: Congratulations to Helen Hayes from Devil’s Bit who won the North Tipperary round of Impromptu Public Speaking on Friday night last. Helen competed against other strong competitors from other North Tipp Macra clubs but was chosen as a well deserved winner. Helen now goes forward to the national semi-finals which will take place in the coming weeks. Best of luck Helen.
Stockjudging: Well done and congratulations to Caoimhe Egan who won the North Tipperary round of beef stockjudging (under 23) and to Margaret Stanley who won the North Tipperary round of sheep stockjudging (over 23) recently. The girls now go forward to represent Devil’s Bit and North Tipperary at the national finals which take place in the coming weeks. Best of luck to both Caoimhe and Margaret.
Cookery Night: Devil’s Bit continue to hold a series of cookery nights. On Wednesday night last club member Catherine Maher showed those who attended how to make garlic mushrooms, chicken curry and cheese cake. This was another very successful night for Devil’s Bit and the finished products were very well received by those who attended. Well done to Catherine and those to organised the cookery night.
Nenagh Macra Na Feirme
Last weekend was a busy one yet again for Nenagh Macra. Our monthly club meeting took place on Fridayevening in the Eagle’s Nest Dolla with the North Tipperary final of public speaking taking place afterwards. An abundance of upcoming events are planned over the next month and plenty of new members were in attendance. Well done to our public speaking team who delivered a fantastic presentation on the topic “Should GAA players be paid in the modern day sport”. Unfortunately the girls narrowly lost out on the night.
On Saturday night last, Nenagh Macra members enjoyed a fantastic night at the Ferbane Banagher’s Harvest Hooley fundraising event. The event was run by the Co Offaly club and was held in Luker’s in Shannon Bridge. Our members enjoyed the music and food on the night. Well done to all the organisers.
With another busy week ahead we all look forward to attending the National Macra na Feirme Conference in Cork over the bank holiday weekend. With plenty of exciting tours and social events, all here in Nenagh will be travelling down to enjoy the highlight of the Macra calendar. We all wish our two Macra members Nora Ryan and Chris Doughan the very best of luck in the stockjudging final on the Sunday morning of the conference. Nora will represent North Tipp Macra in the sheep and Chris will represent us in the beef.
Clodagh Macra notes
Clodagh macra would like to start by congratulating Devils Bit macra on their huge achievement in qualifying for the last six in the Club of the Year competition. We wish them all the best next weekend. Clodagh macra have a very busy week ahead of us. Some of our members have taken up pilates which is held every Tuesday at 7.30 in Borrisoleigh community centre. All are welcome to join us. Some other members are perusing other interests and have restarted their weekly soccer. On Wednesday we are heading off to Limerick to participate in the North Tipp bowling competition. Best of luck to all involved. At the weekend we are heading to Cork to enjoy the National Rally.
