BALLYBROWN/CLARINA COMMUNITY GAMES: Best of luck to our tag rugby teams and our camogie team in their upcoming competitions. Check out http://www.limerickcommunitygames.com to keep up to date with all the latest news and for details of the upcoming sports day which will be held on Sunday 29 April in Ballybrown GAA clubhouse starting at 4pm.

BALLYBROWN/CLARINA COMMUNITY GAMES CROSS COUNTRY: The county finals of the cross country took place on Monday March 26. We had massive interest in the cross country this year with 24 competitors entered. Many thanks to Dianne Curran for training the competitors before the big day. Congratulations to Oran Curran and Cathal Locke who will represent Limerick at the cross country finals in Athlone at the national finals at the end of May.

BALLYBROWN/CLARINA COMMUNITY GAMES TAG RUGBY: Tag rugby training will continue for U11 & U14s on Thursdays at 7pm in the school field.

BALLYBROWN/CLARINA COMMUNITY GAMES: Last weekend saw our U14 talent competitors take to the stage in Caherconlish on Saturday Night. Everyone gave it their all and represented the area well in their different categories. We had singers, musicians & dancers in the solo and group competitions. Well done to everyone, ye did us proud. Congratulations to Emma-Kate Quinn (Solo Singing), Joanne Davoren (Solo Modern Dance) and also the group of Andrea, Jade, Ciara and Kate (Group Modern Dance) who have all qualified to the county final in Askeaton on Saturday, March 31.

The results are in from our art and handwriting competition. Congratulations to all who will represent us in the county Art & Handwriting competitions for U8, U10, U12 and U14 on Saturday, March 24 at 10 am. Venue TBC.

BALLYBROWN/CLARINA COMMUNITY GAMES UPCOMMING EVENTS: The next events include art and handwriting. Anyone who wishes to enter these events, please send your entry to Damien O' Brien or Mary Corby by February 6. There is also soccer competitions U12 Boys and U15 Girls if anyone is interested in putting a team together let me know and we'll enter a team.

BALLYBROWN/CLARINA COMMUNITY GAMES AT THE SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS: Last Sunday, the annual sportsmanship awards took place in Rathkeale house hotel. Ballybrown/Clarina took home 2 awards on the night. Our U16 skittles team was awarded with the special award given for their commitment, participation and behaviour at the second national weekend in Athlone. Well done to them and also to their manager Declan Tierney for looking out for them over the weekend and at the training sessions.
The second award on the night was the U18 youth volunteer award which went to Michael O' Brien for all the help he gives to community games at area, county, provincial and national level. Congratulations to all involved and a great evening was had by all.

BALLYBROWN/CLARINA COMMUNITY GAMES TALENT COMPETITION: Last Saturday we held our annual talent competition in the GAA clubhouse. We had a wide range of competitions including singing, recitation, music, Irish dancing and modern dancing. Well done to all those who took part and it is great to see the range of talent that is in our area. Congratulations to the following who qualified on the night as follows:
Solo Singing U10: Kelly Shannahan & Denise Quinn
Solo Singing U14: Oran Curran & Emma-Kate Quinn
Solo Music U14: Mikeala Keyes & Mairéad Hannon
Solo Recitation U10: Ellie Shannahan & Ruth Hannon
Solo Irish Dance U10: Ellie Smith & Cliodhna Hall
Solo Modern Dance U10: Caitlin Lee & Aoife O' Connor
Solo Modern Dance U14: Joanne Davoren
Group Singing U10: Cillian, Darragh, Shane, Aaron & Séan
Group Singing U14: Aisling & Niamh
Group Modern Dance U10: Aoife & Sara-Jane and Catherine, Amy, Emily, Aisling & Catherine
Group Modern Dance U14: Andrea, Kate, Jade & Ciara and Caitlin, Lauren & Aoife
Group Irish Dance U14: Cliodhna, Ellie & Roisín
Many thanks to Noreen Cusack, our MC for the night, our judges, Sarah Allen and Mikey O'Gorman, and also to the GAA clubhouse for the use of the hall. Best of luck to those who qualified keep practicing!!

BALLYBROWN COMMUNITY GAMES ANNUAL TALENT COMPETITION: An important date for your diary is Saturday January 28. In Ballybrown Clubhouse we will be holding our annual talent competition. Events will include (for both U10 & U14) Solo singing, group singing, solo music, group music, solo recitation, group drama/comedy, solo modern dance, group modern dance, solo Irish dance, group Irish dancing. Ballybrown does well every year in the county talent competitions and so the local talent competition is a night to look forward to. Hope to see you there.

COMMUNITY GAMES DRAUGHTS: Our community games year has kicked off to a good start with two teams representing us in the draughts. Although we were not successful in getting to the next round, we must congratulate all those who participated.

The teams were (U10): Eoghan Kelly, Conor Burnes, Hazel Burnes, Meave Curtin and Sara-Jane Mulqueen.
Manager: Damien O'Brien

(U14): Mikey Byrnes, Michael Kelly, Oisin Curtin, Orla Curtin, Sean Gormley, Olivia Roberts and Conor Mulqueen.
Manager: Eleanor O'Brien

Our thanks to Ballybrown NS for the use of the hall and Micheal OBrien for organising the training of the teams.