All at Swords Boxing Club are absolutely delighted and proud of the recent success of one of their Junior female boxers recently. It was a brilliant day for Swords boxing club when Danielle Smithers was crowned 32kg National Junior Cadet Irish Champion, Well done Danielle, and congratulations also to all your coaches and clubmates on this wonderful achievement. We are certain everyone at Swords Boxing Club are super proud of you, and rightly so. It seems there is a very bright future ahead for Danielle. Congratulations once again.
Swords Lions Club have recently announced they raised the remarkable sum of €15,937 in their efforts on Daffodil Day this year. Each year Swords Lions Club organises Daffodil Day in Swords for the Irish Cancer Society. Locations included the Pavilions, Swords Central, JCs/Dunnes and Tesco Holywell Supermarkets. Our photos show local Lions/ Volunteers taking part. We thank the donors for their wonderful and generous support for this very worthy cause. We also want you to meet the Swords Lions team who organised our Daffodil Day for the Irish Cancer Society (ICS) sen here handing over the cheque. The Lions wish to thank our group of volunteers who man the desks for the day most of whom join us each year for this excellent charity day.
Swords Meals on Wheels is an entirely voluntary organisation that has been in Swords for the past 40+ years. We do always need funding to continue to support all those in the greater Swords area with meals and more. Therefore we were delighted to learn that Swords Manor Residents Association are having a Quiz night on our behalf on July 6th at 7,30pm in St Colmcilles GAA club and it is supported by Cllr Ann Graves . A table of 4 is €40 and you can book a table by email at swordsmanor@gmail.com. Or by DM through the SMRA facebook page. Please if you can directly support this or organize a team, Swords Meals on Wheels would be delighted and thank you to Swords Manor Residents Association for organising it.
Swords Women’s Shed have said recently we should all get ready for an amazing opportunity to boost our fitness levels and have a blast outdoors. Lots of local groups will take part in the Fingal ParkFit 2023, the 10-week outdoor exercise programme designed to help you achieve your health and wellness goals.
What to Expect: Fun-filled outdoor workouts - Engaging group exercises - Certified trainers and fitness experts - Varied supervised training sessions and a supportive community atmosphere. So go on why not Register by clicking: Swords, Holywell Park bit.ly/ParkFit2023Holywell. Also just to ensure as many people as possible get the message why not spread the word? Do you know someone who would love to join
Fingal ParkFit 2023? Let them know about this truly fantastic opportunity to get fit, have fun, and enjoy the beautiful outdoors together! For any inquiries, contact Noel.McManus@Fingal.ie.Let’s kickstart our fitness journey together and make 2023 our healthiest year yet! See you at Fingal ParkFit 2023!
Fingal ParkFit programme for Summer 2023. Free Exercise Classes started in Holywell Park on Wednesday 14th June 7pm and are continuing – check out the Fingal County Council website or contact Noel.
By Ken Duffy
Failte Ireland in association with the Department of Rural and Community Development and SuperValu invited four members of Swords Tidy Towns to the presentation of the Midlands and East Regional Awards of the 2022 SuperValu Tidy Towns Competition. The presentation was held at St Lomans GAA Clubhouse, Newhaggard Rd, Trim on Wednesday June 28th from 5.45pm onwards. Mr Damien English TD and SuperValu presented the awards.
It was a great honour to be there to pick up our award, that makes five National Silver Medal in a row for the beautiful historic town of Swords. In attendance on behalf of Swords Tidy Towns were Ken Duffy Chairperson, Grace Dunne Residents Association Liaison Officer, Matt Cullen School Liaison Officer and Ramune Kuzminiene Bio Diversity Officer.
Swords Tidy Towns would like to thank Trim Tidy Towns for making us and everyone there feel so welcome, a fantastic night was had by all. We are now in the process of preparing for these years judging which takes place during the months of June and July. These two months are extremely busy for us so new volunteers are very welcome to come along and help us in our endeavours.
Swords Tidy Towns meets each Saturday morning at 10.15am in the car park of Colourtrend opposite the Garda Station and on a Wednesday night at 6.45pm in the car park of the Castle SC on Bridge St opposite the park gates. Just turn up and we will kit you out, if you have skills you think would benefit us please make contact. Our contact details are Phone Ken on 0866008313 or email us at swordstidytowns@gmail.com we look forward to hearing from you.
The Malahide United Mini Leagues came to an end recently with The Finals kicking off for all The Boys & Girls. It was an amazing week of football, we hope all the volunteers, coaches, mums and dads and especially the wonderful participants enjoyed it as much as we did.
Thank you to all the participants, parents & volunteers for making The Mini Leagues happen.
Many thanks also for your continued support to our sponsors: Charlie’s Childcare – Chickeroo - Gibneys Malahide - Future Learning - Platinum Gyms - Kinara Group - Avenue19 - Londis Malahide - Old Street Malahide - Clear Currency – QBM -Malahide Social - ERP Ireland - Siam Thai Malahide - Rooney Shoe Repairs - That’s Amore Malahide - Kerrigan’s Craft Butchers.Your sponsorship is greatly appreciated. The Mini Leagues Committee
Malahide Lions Club were delighted to present a cheque for €8000 to RNLI Howth recently. It takes €250,000 yearly to run the lifeboat which is a real life saving necessity in our region. It’s their share of proceeds from the recent highly successful Malahide Classic & Vintage Motor Show which the Lions Club organise each year for the benefit of local and national charities. There is always something for everyone on the day and this year was no exception with family fun and games, card magic and ice cream as well as the Vintage and classic cars on display. Once again it was a really wonderful day out which not only benefited the RNLI but LauraLynn – Ireland’s Children’s Hospice. Malahide Lions club said, “Thank you to the great community who supported the event and the car owners who took part.”
Matilda the musical was performed recently at St Mary’s Baldoyle, by our fantastic transition students and directed by Amy White Lambe. The wonderful production was presented to packed-out audiences each night with students receiving thoroughly well-deserved standing ovations each evening. It was a tremendous achievement given that Amy had only worked with the Transition Years for about five weeks. Congratulations to Amy and to all that took part and gave the audience, the pupils and staff of St Mary’s such wonderful performances.
Fantastic work by our super volunteers who are all doing their best to rally the troops to contribute to our Sylsfuture! A cheque for €930 presented tonight by our Syl’s swap shop committee Orla Byrne, Celina O Rourke, Orla O’Donnell, Aine O’Neill and Miriam Gilmartin! Also we had a cheque for €500 presented by Nicky Cleere to the Sylsfuture fund and €500 to support our wonderful Syl’s stars group from the proceeds of his photo calendar. What a hero! We remind you that there is still always time to contribute. See sylsfuture.com for more details!
Well done to each and every one of the East Coast Cubs from Malahide Sea Scouts, Howth Scout Group, 1st Port of Dublin Sea Scouts - Ringsend, 63rd Donabate Sea Scouts, Skerries Sea Scouts 2nd Dublin 16th Port who competed in the inaugural Gerry Hickey Seamanship Cup recently!
After the competition had concluded Sea Scouting Ireland said, “A fantastic day of nautical knowledge with the Cubs showing off their skills in ropework, chart work, water safety and marine science. We were very very impressed! It was a great honour to name the new Cub Seamanship Competition after our friend, the late Gerry Hickey. Thank you to Anna for presenting the trophy. Big thanks also to Clean Coasts who facilitated an excellent marine science base for the Cubs looking at flood defences and responsible disposable of waste.”
Malahide Sea Scouts said, “ We had a super day at the inaugural Gerry Hickey Cub Seamanship Competition! Gerry Hickey would have been very pleased to see the collaboration and friendships between all the Cubs alongside being very impressed at the nautical knowledge of the young mariners! Thanks to everyone involved and BZ to our Cúchulainn Cub Pack who took home the Gerry Hickey Cup for the first time, presented by Anna Hickey. Editors note: On a personal note we are delighted Gerry has been and will continue to be remembered by the Sea Scouts organisation in this way, An organisation which he gave so much time to and which he promoted through this magazine and other outlets during his lifetime. A fine tribute to a great Scout.
