Newmarket came 2nd in our category in the Cork County Council annual Litter Challenge. The prize of €1,200 which will go towards the town park fund. Schull took the first prize. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank the people who came out every week to pick up litter, weed and do a general tidy up. We could definitely win this next year if we could get some more volunteers out!
The Newmarket Parent and Toddler Group will be starting up again next tuesday 11th Sept from 1030 to 1230 in the CYMS. “It suits kids from 0 – 5 they can play with a wide range of toys provided and sometimes we paint or do arts and crafts. The moms can enjoy a cuppa depending on the behaviour of their little ones !!!”
Newmarket Community Development are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a second LEADER grant from IRD for the Town Park. This grant will partially fund an Outdoor Gym, 2 Picnic Tables, Poured Rubber Surfacing for the playground (work has already been completed), a new Lawn Mower for maintaining all the green areas in the town, Lights for the path in the park and a wildlife Board. This extra work means that the amount we need to raise ourselves has risen to almost €30,000. Donations would be greatly appreciated, we will be running many events to fund raise throughout the year so please support. You can donate directly to the town park fund: AIB a/c Sort Code 93-61-70 a/c no. 25218024 (Newmarket Community Development Association).
The outdoor gym will be provided by a company called Spraoi Linn. We have talked to a number of people around the country who have had these types of gyms installed and also to people involved in fitness to ensure that we get an outdoor gym of good quality, which will suit all levels of fitness. There will be two types of equipment – more advanced equipment that use your own body weight to provide resistance. These pieces are quite simple in design but can be used in multiple ways. We have also included a Health Walker and a Ski Stepper which can be used by the fit to the not so fit. We will be running a number of events next year with this equipment to demonstrate how to use it.
The picnic benches are being made by our locals Men’s Shed’s group and will be put beside the playground. We are also designing a wildlife board to include in the park – showing the many different birds and bats that can be seen in our local area.
We are currently putting together a planning application for the lighting but it is hoped that the new path with will be fully lit so the park will be more accessible and safer. The rubber surfacing in the playground has been completed and is now much safer than the tiles that were there before which were beginning to lift and separate. Finally the Lawn Mower was much needed for keeping the green areas in the town clean and tidy.
We would like to thank all those involved in submitting this grant application. Many people gave up their time and skills for free in order to get the application in on time. It was a real team effort. We hope these new amenities in the town will be used. Thank you!
The McAuliffee Clan Gathering weekend will commence on Friday 20th July in the CYMS Hall, Newmarket. For a full list of all events and activities you can follow them on their Facebook page:
The resurfacing in the playground will be completed today, Wednesday, 27th of June and the fencing will be taken down this evening, so the playground will be open again for tomorrow. Thank you for your patience with this.
The playground will be closed from Sunday the 24th of June to Thursday the 28th of June for resurfacing. The new surfacing is wet pour rubber and needs to set for a few days so there will be no access to the area for these few days. Thank you.
From a newspaper article – 12th of August 1963. The library was located on Church Street at this time. (supplied by Anna Collins)
“In the North Cork town of Newmarket they are telling the story of the literary pig which insisted, despite locked doors and well-secured windows in getting into the local library and browsing among the books.
The pig broke loose from the town mart and toured a number of streets before it decided to visit the library.
Finding the door locked it took a ‘running jump’ at the closed window and landed on the floor of the fiction department in a shower of flying glass.
With its head bloody but unbowed, the pig abandoned the works of fiction after a brief perusal of the titles. With a cursory inspection of the department of English literature, it turned up its nose and went to the shelves carrying volumes on European history.
It was then that the Librarian, Mr. Patrick O’Shea, arrived and when aid was summoned the loudly protesting pig was borne back to the less literate companions at the mart”
Another jam-packed festival is planned for 2012 and the full programme of events can be found on the above site and on brochures which will shortly be appearing around the town.
22 days and counting!
We have entered the Cork County Council litter challenge and there will be three different judging periods focusing on distinct areas of the town:
- Week 1 – 21/05/12-30/05/12 – New Street, High Street, Main Street, Church Street
- Week 2 – 04/06/12-13/06/12 – Scarteen Street, Charleville Road, Demesne
- Week 3 – 18/06/12-27/06/12 – Town Park (West End), Priory Park and the Pound Hill
We didn’t include the whole town as we had to enter a set number of areas but we will be doing a clean-up of the whole town every Tuesday night meeting at 7PM at the Town Park. We have been improving in the Tidy Towns competition every year and we’d like to make a real effort this year to do well and make our town look pretty.
