Carnew to crown its Rose in time for annual festival
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THE CARNEW Rose will be announced at an event in Jim Byrne's Pub this Thursday night, July 8. The Rose will then officially open the second annual Carnew Festival which runs until Sunday evening.
Five contenders were interviewed in Sinnott's Pub last Saturday night, with compere Liam Fallong and Joe Peters acting as judges.
Those contenting for the title are: Rochelle O'Brien, representing The Lodge; Collette Byrne, representing Sinnott's; Linda Comiskey, representing Candy's; Charly O'Reilly, representing McCrea's; and Danielle Doran, representing Carnew Enterprise Centre.
Carnew One Step Ahead is organising the five-day festival and is urging everyone to turn out for a variety of events which includes a pub talent competition over five nights in Sinnott's, Jim Byrne's, McCrea's , The Lodge and the Pint Depot.
The carnival funfair will run from Thursday evening onwards beside the Pint Depot.
On Thursday, there will be an exhibition match of indoor bowling in Carnew Community Care at 2 p.m.; and one hour walks are organised for Thursday and Friday from Carnew Enterprise Centre at 2.30 p.m.
On Friday, there's a car treasure hunt from Candy's at 7 p.m. Entry is ¤10 per car.
On Saturday, an indoor market takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., beside the Post Office; and there's a trip to the House of Stories at Raheen with the bus leaving the church at 10 a.m. There will be story telling for the Under 10s in the Market House throughout the day, crazy soccer and kids five a side games in the soccer grounds; busking on Main Street; a bar persons' race on Main Street from 6 to 7 p.m.; a Hawaiian themed teenage disco in C2, from 9 p.m. to midnight.
On Sunday, there will be a puppet show, face painting, art and crafts in Colaiste Bhride from 2.30 p.m. and a tractor pull challenge at 7 p.m. at the Mart. The five pubs will enter a team of ten people to pull a tractor over a measured course. Teams from outside Carnew are being challenged to take part. If interested, contact Una at Expressions on (087) 2917698 or Joe on (086) 0626672.
