Culture Corner, Singing, Music And U14 Table Quiz Finals a huge success

Over 200 boys and girls from all over the county will come together on this Saturday, April 17 at the Mullingar Town Band Hall to show off their artistic talents in the County Final starting at 2pm and they are allowed up to three hours to complete their work.Every competitor taking part must bring their own material. No material is provided. We would also remind those taking part that they cannot bring with them any prepared work. All art and models must be done on the afternoon. Judging will take place at 5pm and medals and certificates will be presented immediately afterwards and in order to supervise this large number of competitors we need the help and assistance of all our county committee members to come along on the day.Talent CompetitionOn Wednesday last, a most enjoyable and entertaining night was had by all at the at the Talent competition held in the St. Loman's GAA Club and we would like to extend our sincere thanks to the Committee of St. Loman's for allowing us the use of their premises for this competition.We would also like to pay special tribute to the judges, Dick Stokes and Aidan Walsh who did an excellent job, not only for the difficult task of adjudicating, but for their most helpful advice and encouragement to all the competitors after the show.The following are the results with all the county winners going forward to the National Finals in Athlone on the weekend of May 28/30.Solo Singing - 1st, Sarah Fagan, Collinstown/Fore; 2nd, Aisling Golden, Beechpark/Coosan; 3rd, Eoin McGlynn, Ballymahon Road; 4th, Samia Ennis, Ballymore.Solo Music - 1st, Colin Doyle, Castledaly; 2nd, Stephen Connolly, Mt. Temple/Baylin; 3rd, Orla O'Rourke, Ballymore; 4th, Cliodhna Daly, Collinstown/Fore.Culture Corner - 1st, Beechpark/Coosan: (Eileen Reidy, Ciara Egan, Sinead Reidy, Aisling Golden, Chloe Rowan, Edel Hannon); 2nd, Collinstown/Fore: (Kelly Coyle, Ciara Walsh, Sarah Fagan, Emma Carter, Blathnaid Daly, Marie Egan).Set Dancing - The Downs: (Stephen Colgan, Ursula Carley, Conor Murray, Aoife Carley, Dylan Carroll, Niamh Rowan, Jack Kennedy, Rosin Murray, Johnathan Raleigh, Niamh Staunton, Caoimhe Colgan).Group Dance, Irish or Contemporary - Collinstown/Fore: (Mary Doyle, Yesim Fitzpatrick, Naomi Fitzpatrick, Katie Egan, Bibi O'Reilly, Aoibhinn Dolan).Group Music - Retreat: (Caroline Sheehan, Annie Sheehan, Brian Leahy, Kate Brennan, Sophie Beaumont, Anna McGann).Group Singing - Collinstown/Fore: (Cliodhna Daly, Laura Browne, Kia Swinburn, Aine Carter, Niamh Carter, Maire Egan).Recitation - Blathnaid Daly, Collinstown/ForeUnder-14 Table Quiz FinalThe Annual Under-14 Table Quiz took place on this Friday night last in the Mullingar Town Band Hall. All teams showed a remarkable high standard of general knowledge which reflected in all teams scoring very high marks. Our thanks to everyone who helped out on the night, quiz master, correctors, scorekeepers and Pearly Tanner for all her help in ensuring everything was in place for a very successful night.The Liam Cornally Perpetual Trophy and gold medals were won by a very impressive team from Moate who were very closely followed by silver medal winners, Kinnegad/Coralstown. Just three points behind were Beechpark/Coosan who took the bronze medals and the Certificate winners were Killucan/Raharney a further one point behind.Moate: Gavin Murray, Kevin Booth, Alex Ryan, Jessica McCormack, Hannah McCormack, Jacob Fammin.Kinnegad/Coralstown: Aisling Bracken, Evan Toner, Joey Fanthom, Christopher Kirwan, Kevin Giles, Sophie Donnelly.Beechpark/Coosan: Niamh Brady, Michelle Gibbons, Shane Gibbons, Chloe Rowan, Sinead Reidy, Joe Reidy.Killucan/Raharney: Jack Coyne, Mark Casserly, Laura Doherty, Robert Kellaghan, Eoghan Ahearne, Maria Kelly.Swimming FinalsOn Sunday, April 25 all roads lead to Athlone Pool for the Swimming County Finals. As there is a very large entry, we would appeal for your help in the running of this county final.Competitors should be ready in pool for warm-up by 1pm with competition to start immediately afterwards. As this is the same venue for the National Finals in August, all competitors will be doing their uppermost to qualify, making competition on Sunday week that little bit more competitive. Because of the high cost of hiring the pool, we would appeal to everyone attending the finals to please make a small donation towards the cost on your way in.Summer Games up and runningThe Summer Games are now up and running and while results are slowly coming in, we would appeal to all team managers to make contact with their opponents (even if you have home advantage) and not to leave your fixtures until the last minute. Help the County Games Committee to have all the finals completed in good time for Leinster by organising and playing your games early. All competitions must be completed by May 7.We will be contacting Areas taking part in the Tag Rugy, Pitch and Putt and Gymnastics this week with dates and times for these competitions,All county winning teams must send in a copy of their competitors birth or baptismal certificate in order to register with Leinster.Results must be phoned or text in immediately after march to: 085 1743409 - 0906472873 or 087 7755984 with signature sheet to follow.Area Sports DayAll local Areas should now be making plans to hold their Annual Sports Day where families can come together for a fun day out. All qualifiers from the Area to the county must be registered with the County Secretary on or before May 30. The Athletic County Finals will take place on Sunday, June 13 at the Mullingar Harriers Club starting with a parade of all athletes from the Fair Green (beside Pennys) at 12.30 p.m. The Field Events plus cycling, will take place on the following day Monday, 14th June, also at the Mullingar Harriers Club at 6.30 p.m. sharp.Dates For Your 2010 DiaryArt & Model Making - County Final on Saturday, 17th April at 2 p.m. in Town Band Hall, Mullingar.Swimming County Finals - Sunday, 25th April from 1.00 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.Gymnastics - County Final to be announced.First Weekend in Athlone A.I.T. - Fri., Sat., Sun. 28th to 30th May.Closing date for summer programme teams to Leinster is the 7th May.Progressive 25Our thanks to everyone who supports our weekly card game in the Community Games Centre, on Monday nights. The winners on Monday night: Tom and Mai Reilly, Judy Murtagh, Des Yeoman. Raffle, Judy Murtagh, Seamus Lyons, Mary Maher. Last Game, Jimmy Murtagh, Tom Early. See you all on Monday night at 9pm.