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Ballygarvan Annual Poc Fada will now take place on Jan1st  at 1pm - starting from the Forrest Road and continuing to the Liam MacCarthy Park. All are welcome. Prize Categories for U12, U16, Family, and Senior. All juvenile and Family prizes will be presented at the Underage Celebration evening on 27th Dec in the Cork International Airport Hotel. Poc Fada Rules: 1. Each team will consist of 3 players 2. Team Captain takes 1st puck and other members follow in rotation. 3. Cards must be marked with a tick for each puck. 4. Sliotar must land on tarmac first, otherwise the puck should be retaken from the same spot by the next player, plus the original puck is counted. Sponsored by Bridges Bar Contact Mick O’Shea , Tony O’Brien , Joe Kennefick or Terry Brady for details.

The Cork GAA Clubs Christmas Draw will take place on Friday, December 18th in The Thatch, Ladysbridge, at 9pm approximately, hosted by Fr. O'Neill's GAA Club. All welcome!

Ballygarvan GAA Club would like to thank everybody who made our fundraising event " A Night at the Dogs" such a wonderful success. The turnout was much bigger than anybody expected and it contributed greatly to a very festive atmosphere. We would like to thank our sponsors and advertisers, without whose help, it would not be possible to make our night the success it was. We would also like to thank everyone of our supporters who bought tickets, and also to those people who helped the organising committee with the distribution and collect of these tickets. It took a huge effort and everything ran to plan. A special word of thanks to the following for their drive and determination to see this project through to the end. Michael Forrest, Terry Brady, Ted McCarthy, Edmond Forrest, Padraig Browne,Ann O'Mahoney,Nora O'Sullivan, Aileen Dunlea, Simon O'Leary,Denis Buckley,Junior Club,Camogie Club and the staff at Design Matters. Also a big thank you to Liz Igoe, Brian Collins and Con O'Sullivan and all the staff at Curraheen Park who's help and expertise was greatly appreciated. Finally, a big thank you to all the Greyhound Owners & Trainers who made their dogs available on the night. There was a raffle on the entry tickets, and the results were as follows. 1st Prize €1000 Helen Doody, Lisfehill, Ballinhassig. 2nd Prize Weekend away to the value of €500 Eileen Collins, Geange, Douglas. 3rd Prize  Weekend away to the value of €300 Mark Williamson C/O Dave Williamson, Killingley, Ballygarvan. 4th  €30 Voucher for the Farmers Market in Ballygarvan, Ann O'Halloran, C/O Musgraves. Finally, we would like to wish you all a very happy and pleasent christmas Please support our sponsors and advertisers. Joe Kennefick: Chairman Ballygarvan GAA Club

Following the huge success of Lá na gClub 2009, the GAA has decided to make this an annual fixture, with Sunday, May 9^th the designated day for 2010. All clubs are urged to make this a day to remember for all their members, supporters and friends.

Ballygarvan GAA Club would like to invite everyone to Curraheen Park on Friday 11th December 2009, for our exciting fundraiser "A Night At The Dogs" Please come along and support the club, as we launch a series of fundraisers to help the development of our club. Tickets are available from any committee member.

This is the 3 minute film clip that the Under 10’s made to win the No Frontiers Competition. They are off next week to film in England with Kathryn Thomas and to co-present a show with her. http://www.newsweaver.ie/tom.roche/michael_roche_my_home.m4v

Our annual McGrath Cup internal blitz will be held in Páirc Liam Mac Carthaigh, Ballygarvan on Saturday 17 October 2009 from 3-5pm. This blitz is open to all child members (boys and girls) from Under 6 and Under 12. We look forward to seeing players, parents and suppourters there on the day! Bígí ann!

Cul Camp kits will be distributed next Tuesday 30th June between 7-8pm in the Clubhouse

CORK V KERRY

Tickets for Cork V Kerry SFC on June 7^th will go on sale in Pairc Ui Rinn next Wed night 3^rd June between 6.30pm and 8.30pm