South Sligo
Members of South Sligo No Name Club at the 2012 National Youth Awards (for news and many more photos see the club's Facebook profile - link at the bottom of this page)
Our club meets up in FFR every Thursday from 8.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. and the club runs from September through to the end of June. We are always delighted to see new members attending each year. Interviews will be in held in September for the coming year.
Adult committee members: Joe Griffin, Marion Gilmartin, Joan Gallagher, Helen O’Brien, Alisha McElhone, Allen Gilhooly, Michael Heylin and Dermot Ryan.
Host for 2012: Colin Marren
Hostess for 2012: Rachael Flannery
Host and Hostesses 2011/2012: Shona O’Dowd, Rachel Flannery, Erin Fahy, Orla Burke, Ross Mc Carrick, Caoimhe Gallagher, Laura Gillespie, Lorraine Mannion, Liam Surlis, Stephen Barrett, Eoin Coleman, Darren Coleman, Sarah Kilcoyne, Colin Marren, Frankie Mc Donagh, Aoife Mc Guinness, Cliodhná Murphy, Muireann Ni Baoighill, Orla Coleman, Micaela Murray, Marie Brennan, Aisling Henry, Cara Flannery and Niamh Mc Donagh.
Contact: Joan Gallagher on 087-9608592.
Formally known as Tubbercurry No Name Club, South Sligo No Name Club was founded in 2009 and is progressing in leaps and bounds. There are 25 members currently registered in the club ranging from 16 to 18-years-old from Transition Year to Leaving Cert students. All members attend St Attracta’s Community School in Tubbercurry and come from Tubbercurry, Curry, Moylough, Mullinabreena, Lavagh and Achonry.
In the last three years our members have made many friends from No Name Clubs from all over Ireland, by participating in many get-togethers and competitions, such as club discos, table quizzes, karaoke competitions, the National Youth Awards and Supertalent.
Each year the Road Safety Authority, in conjunction with the No Name Club, run a poster and card-making competition. Cliodhná Murphy did us proud and won €200 for the club with her Christmas card creation last year.
During our first year Michael Healy from Mullinabreena and Deirdre Gallagher from Tubbercurry were nominated to represent our club in the Regional Youth Awards in Claremorris. Both did our club proud and came home with runner-up trophies.
Last year Ross McCarrick from Tubbercurry and Niamh Brennan from Chaffpool represented the club as host and hostess. Ross was the overall winner in the Regional Youth Awards and went forward to the National Youth Awards in the Lyrath Hotel in Kilkenny, coming home with the runner-up trophy.
This year Colin Marren from Lavagh and Rachel Flannery from Curry were nominated for host and hostess to represent our club. They too came home with runners-up trophies from the Regional Youth Awards.
The Supertalent show has brought many success to our club. The first year saw the Lundy sisters Jenny and Laura from Rhue come second doing Irish dancing in the regional show and Deirdre Gallagher from Tubbercurry also finish in second place playing piano.
Last year Rachel Flannery, Shona O’Dowd, Erin Fahy, Orla Burke and Niamh Brennan participated by making a terrific film promoting the No Name Club. Their hard work paid off by winning the regional finals, putting them through to the National Finals in Templemore, Co Tipperary, where they were awarded second place, winning a beautiful trophy.
This year Muireann Ni Baoighill and Orla Coleman, both from Tubbercurry, did us proud by winning the regional competition in their respective categories – Muireann, as a solo musician on the keyboard and Orla as a solo dancer doing ballet. Both members will travel with all their supporters and leaders to Templemore to participate in the National Finals on May 12. Good luck to both girls!
The members and leaders have had lots of fun and craic over the last three years doing activities on club nights. Members enjoyed a pancake competition, toasted sandwich making, pizza nights, Hallowe’en parties, cinema nights, board games and stand bingo to name just a few activities!
Each year we finish by having a day out and have gone to different adventure centres such as Bundoran, Westport and Fermanagh doing lots of activities, including paint balling, surfing, banana boating, row boats, archery, rock climbing and abseiling. We end our day with a BBQ and sometimes have fun at the fair.
Each year our members are involved locally in the Western Drama Festival, helping out selling the programmes and raffle tickets during the intervals. Last year some of our members helped out the Tidy Towns committee by painting the walls around the town, but unfortunately due to bad weather had to abandon ship! They were also involved in the Christmas Fair in St Brigids Hall, selling bits and bobs to fundraise.
All our money comes from fundraising within the club, so our members have to do bag packing, church gate collections, cake sales and ticket selling. A big thank you to St Attracts Community School for being so supportive and allowing the club to run some of these events in the school. By fundraising it enables us to travel to the various competitions throughout the year and enjoy our final day out before breaking up for July and August.
In the next few weeks we will be highlighting the importance of staying healthy. We will have lifeguards in to demonstrate some life-saving techniques and pass on some valuable tips in the event of an emergency occurring. Diabetic Nurse Catriona Coleman has kindly offered to give her services to highlight the importance of diet and speak on diabetes to the club. We will also have samples of healthy food to promote healthy eating.
Log onto our Facebook page, South Sligo No Name Club, to view photos and activities and get a taste of what our club is about!
