Poster Competition

The winners of the poster competition were announced last Saturday morning at the Farmers Market. Boyle Tidy Towns Committee would like to thank the teachers of the local schools for their help and support in running this competition. A large number of entries were submitted and the standard was very high. Thanks also to our judges, sponsors Shane Kelly (Super Valu) and Mayor Christy Brady. Thanks also to Patricia Golden for all her help on Saturday morning. All the entries can be seen in shop windows in town- thanks to Brian Kelly and Frank Feighan for allowing us access to thier windows. Thanks akso to Frank for allowing us reuse the election posters as display boards. Corriboard is so reuseable!!
The winners were as follows:
Under 9- 1st Prize, Brian Hannnon, St Joseph's BNS
2nd Prize, Stephen Connolly, St Joseph's BNS
3rd Prize, Sarah Duggan, Scoil na nAingeal Naofa

Under 11- 1st Prize, Cillian Doyle, St Joseph's BNS
2nd Prize, Alan McAuley, Corrigeenroe NS
3rd Prize, Eoin Dwyer, Corrigeenroe NS

Under 13- 1st Prize, Sophie Litton, Corrigeenroe NS
2nd Prize, Rowan Brightwood, Corrigeenroe NS
3rd Prize, Simon Gillespie, Parochial School

Most Original Slogan-David Boles, Corrigeenroe

The poster selected to go for printing was Sophie Litton's entry. Well done Sophie!

POSTER COMPETITION All entries have been recieved for the poster competition. Winners will be announced on Saturday next, 23rd April at 11am in the grounds of King House. All welcome.

CHANGE OF TIMES FOR SPRING CLEAN-UP This weeks clean-up is on tomorrow, Tuesday, starting at six o clock. We will be meeting at the Abbey Park. Please try to give one hour of your time as the more help we have, the quicker the job gets done.

Poster Competition

As part of our anti-litter programme we are running a poster competion open to all school children from third to sixth class. Details will be circulated to all local schools in the coming days. There will be a number of prizes in each age category and the over-all winner will have his/her poster professionally printed and displayed in all local shops as part of our anti-litter campaign for this year. Closing date for entries is Friday April 15th and the winners will be announced on Saturday April 23rd. All entries will be displayed locally over the Easter period.

Development of Nature Trail Boyle Tidy Towns are hoping to be granted funding for a feasability study for the bature trail. The application was submitted along with a larger plan from Better Boyle under the umbrella of the Chamber of Commerce. National Spring Clean Month APRIL is National Spring Clean Month. Boyle Tidy Towns have organised weekly clean-ups for the month and are looking for help from Resident Groups and Clubs and Individuals. Gloves and bags provided. The rota is as follows: April 7th (Thurs) Greatmeadow-Roscommon Rd April 14th(Thurs) Shilling Hill-Sligo Approach Rd April 20th (Wed) Warren-Abbeytown April 28th (Thurs) Pleasure Grounds/Lawn Meet each evening at 6.30pm. Please give us 1 hour of your time.

Spring Is Here! Boyle Tidy Towns blog is back after a long hibernation. We had to give our fingers a rest after all the weeding and litter picking of last year! However, our heads have been busy putting plans in place for the year ahead. New Committee Following the AGM last Autumn our new committee is in place; Chairperson Christy Brady, Vice Chair Jackie Valentine, Secretary Ann Keenan and Treasurer Jan Flanagan. We would like to thank Maura Farrell for all her work with Boyle Tidy Towns for many years as she steps down from her long held position as treasurer. The committee lost a very valuable and long serving member this year; Mrs Patricia Finn. This gentle lady worked for many years on the committee, improving the town of Boyle. May she rest in peace. Competitions We increased our total marks awarded from the tidy towns competition and are grateful for all the help and support that they recieve from the local community. The local commitee recieved an Endeavor Award from Roscommon County Council and a cheque for 200 euro for their efforts. Unfortunately we were unsuccessful in the Floral Pride competition but roll on 2011!.

AGM

The AGM of Boyle Tidy Towns and River Development will be held on Tuesday 21st September at 7pm in the Royal Hotel. All welcome. This is a good opportunity for people of the area to come along and see what this organisation does and what the plans are for the future. We always welcome any new ideas and suggestions.