This 2013/2014 season marks the 60th anniversary of the club. Founded back in 1953, it has stood the test of time and maintained a continuous presence in the parish. We were eager to mark the anniversary with some events to showcase the club. Chairman Barry Boles organised the printing of special anniversary t-shirts for the club and there was an enthusiastic take up of these. There have been reports of T-shirts being snaffled by returning emigrants and we heard that Golden-Kilfeacle Gun-Club have a visible presence in London, Boston and the Czech Republic. Global dominance will surely follow!
At our recent AGM, the sitting committee were delighted to be re-elected. Barry Boles thanked those present for the honour and vowed to continue working to expand the club. For the third year running we saw our membership increase and we hope to see this trend continue. Vermin control numbers were also greatly improved and we were delighted to see some of our newer members having such an impact.
At the AGM, Secretary Robert O’Keeffe, commented that the position of club president had been allowed to lapse in recent years and asked that it be revived in our anniversary year. He proposed Mrs. Mary Boles for the position and this was unanimously and enthusiastically endorsed by the meeting. Mary and her husband Willie have been stalwart supporters of the club for many years. Over the past ten to fifteen years, Mary has sold raffle tickets for the club, organised spot prizes and helped out at every club event that we have held. Each year she has been the top seller of tickets for our development draw and her constant good nature has ensured that the public profile of the gun club has been raised immeasurably. We could have appointed no more fitting President for the club and we hope that she has a long and happy reign!
Last Saturday 6th September saw the club undertake an ambitious project- we wanted to run our own clay pigeon shoot as an anniversary celebration. William Boles put in trojan work, approaching a local landowner and getting us a venue for the shoot. He also approached other local landowners and obtained their consent. He contacted Ray Sampson of the Lazy Dog shooting grounds in Ballylanders who kindly agreed to provide us with traps for the day. Several club members met at the venue on Friday night to set up the traps, erect signs and to fence off the stands. Many thanks to Owen Jackman for his invaluable advice and help on the setting up of the shoot. The day of the shoot dawned and as luck would have it, it coincided with the end of the fine spell of weather. However, we didn’t allow it to dampen our spirits and around 25 members and friends showed up to shoot. We had two different stands offering a particularly challenging springing teal and a difficult cock and hen. The shooting was fierce and the slagging was fiercer with all members giving a relatively good showing. In between the clouds of gun smoke , people began to think they were hallucinating as there seemed to be a smell of cooked meat all around the field. Happily, this turned out not to be an illusion. Barry Boles and his wife Domenica had taken it upon themselves to provide a barbeque for the members. The members, never shy, were treated to tea, coffee, pork fillets, chicken wings, steaks and a fabulous apple and cheese salad. One of the members was heard to remark that home was never this good. It was the icing on the cake for what was a wonderful social occasion for the club. Many thanks to everyone who showed up and for all those who helped to organise it.
Dundrum Clay Shoot 2012
Dundrum Gun Club Clay shooting nights have started again in Ballymore bog. The shoots will be held every Friday night from 7pm. They are opened to all licenced shooters. it is 3 Euros for 10 shots or 20 Euros for 80 shots. lines opened are Down the line (dtl) and sporting. Its great fun and not too serious (for some).
If you are interested please contact club secs. Daragh Donovan at 087 7925734
If you are interested please contact club secs. Daragh Donovan at 087 7925734
A big thank you goes out to all our members that gave up there Sunday in the continuing development of our club. We are very happy to bring in 130 hen pheasants and 50 cock pheasants to grow the local pheasant population. A lot of the birds have been placed in holding pen some released into the wild. A special thanks goes to the land owners the allow us to use there land.
Clay shoot News
Last Saturday March 5th saw a large group of club members travel to the Lazy Dog Shooting grounds in Ballylanders, Co. Limerick for a clay pigeon shoot. The group first got a demonstration on safety and then were shown how to use the traps. We divided into groups of two and three and everyone had a turn at the various different traps. Ray Sampson, the manager of the shooting ground made himself available to each and every participant and offered tips on how to improve. After an hour and half, we were all invited up to the main shooting area where we took part in a skirmish. We were broken up into teams of three and had to fire at a constant stream of clays- results were mixed to say the least! Michael Doyle’s team came in first place, while Mick Delahunty proved himself to be a dead eye shot , doing a passable impersonation of Clint Eastwood and earning himself a trophy in the process. A fantastic day was topped off when we all returned to the Cornerstone pub for some much needed food and liquid refreshment. Huge enthusiasm was shown for the liquid refreshments in particular and there were a few tender heads to be seen at the pheasant release the following day. Thanks to all who came along and supported the club and a special word of thanks to Mick Delahunty for sponsoring the food. Thanks also to Ray Sampson for his help on the day. Anyone looking for a great day’s shooting can contact him at lazydogshooting@eircom.net or on 087-9079556.
Clay Shoot
Development draw Results
1st Prize 300euros Richard Hennessey
2nd Prize 150euros Justin Boles
3rd Prize 50euros Greg Walsh
4th Prize Meat Hamper from Olhausen Meats Lisa Pendergast
5th Prize 5 Bag of Coal from Centenary Co-op Billy Fitzpatrick
6th Prize Meal for 2 in Baileys Hotel Cashel Pat Hannigan
7th prize Cosmetics Hamper from Johnson & Johnson Sean O'Donnell
8th Prize 50euro Voucher from Atlantic homecare Pat & Mary Kavanagh
9th Prize 1 litre Bottle of Jameson Whiskey Abby Morey
10th Prize Lunch for two in Lawrence's Restaurant Cashel Liam Byrnes
11th Prize Bottle of Hennessy Brandy Jane Bargary
12th Prize 35euro Hairdressing Voucher Roisin McGrath
13th Prize Leaf Blower Paul Price
14th Prize Crystal Vase Billy Fitzpatrick
15th Prize Set of car wash brushes Geraldine Griffin
16th Prize Steering wheel lock Rachel Brosnan
17th Prize 4 piece set bof Garden lights Seanie Walsh
18th Prize Painting of Holycross Abbey Cormac Browne
19th Prize Hand-Held Sander John P Ryan
20th Prize Black & Decker screwdriver Cormac Browne
21th Prize Set of travel flasks Philomena Morey
22nd Prize Tin Of Biscuits Bobby O'Keeffe
23rd Prize Bottle of red wine & set of glasses Anne Mitchell
24th Prize Bottle of Red wine Mary Boles
25th Prize Fruit Hamper Theresa Delahunty
26th Prize Bottle of Red wine Maire Edwards
27th Prize Bottle of Hunters Whiskey Mick Delahunty
28th Prize Bottle of Powers Whiskey Helan Gleeson
29th Prize Bottle of Red wine Eimear Ryan(p)
Confined Members Draw
1st Prize 3 Bags of Kasco Dog food Florance O'Brien
2nd Prize Pair of Shooting Earmuff's Dennis Tuohy
3rd Prize Gun Slip Patrick O'Brien
4th Prize Breakfast Hamper Eddie Fitzgearld
5th Prize Fishing Bag Sean Breen
6th Prize 2 Bags of Kasco Owen Ryan
The club would like to express its sincere thanks to everyone who Supported the Draw.In particular, we would like to thank all the local businesses who were so generous in providing spot prizes for the raffle. A special word of thanks to Ronnie of Vigorous Kennels for sponsoring the printing of the tickets
