< Previous© July 2017 The Meath Coaster40Cakes and BakesCakes and bakes are not just sinfully delicious treats; they are a passion, an experience, a story to be told, an excuse to catch up with an old friend and more. At Caoimhe’s Crumbles, we want to help you make memories for the special (or not so special but utterly deserving) occasions by adding the essence of a treat with CAKE! At Caoimhe’s Crumbles, we are dedi-cated to supplying the highest quality of homemade baking for every need, rede-fining the taste of REAL bakery products and untangling them from the commer-cial, highly synthetic shop-bought items. I, Caoimhe, have loved the art and science of baking from a very young age. So, I studied B.Hons Baking and Pastry Arts Management in DIT and founded Caoim-he’s Crumbles in August 2015. You may recognize the brand from local markets like The Cottage Market.Customised cakes and bakes are our spe-cialty. The list of options for celebratory cakes is constantly growing; any bake ideas will always be met with huge enthu-siasm. One of the newest offers includes additional keepsake cake toppers when ordering any celebratory cake.Caoimhe’s Crumbles saw an untapped market and in May 2016 began chil-dren’s classes. Baking is a fantastic skill for children to have, widening their tastes and growing their creativity. Each class consists of the children making and bak-ing various products by them-selves; aided by having preweighed ingredi-ents and, of course, putting their crea-tions into the oven. While waiting, chil-dren learn fine motor skills through making sugarcraft figures, such as minions, dogs, and more. Hour-long classes run on Thursdays and Saturdays for ages 5-8 and 9-12. Each child goes home with everything they have baked and made on the day includ-ing the recipe. Workshops and camps are also offered.For childrens special occasions, Cao-imhe’s Crumbles have created Cupcake and Cookie Decorating Parties! The party can take place in your own home or in the bakery school. Each child gets two cup-cakes and two cookies to decorate and bring home. On top of this a standard birthday cake is supplied in the packageOur final venture takes on a more adult sector (with a child option too!). This is Afternoon Tea in your own home. Caoim-he’s Crumbles can supply a delicous mix of afternoon tea bakes for your Afternoon Tea in the comfort of your own home. Children can feel grown up too with their own tea parties too.If you want to get a closer look into what’s on offer, visit the Facebook page www.facebook.com/caoimhescrumbles or instagram: @caoimhes_crumbles.Place orders and book places by mes-saging the facebook page or texting 0860518497. §© July 2017 The Meath Coaster41Adult Prize WinnersPictured above are Captain Denis Tay-lor and Club Professional Scott Kirk-patrick congratulate John Walsh who won the Professional’s Prize at Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club in May.Alan Mullen, winner of the East of Ireland Seniors event sponsored by Hibernia Steel Products Ltd. is presented with his trophy by club Captain Denis Taylor. Laytown & Bettystown GolfCaptain Denis Taylor and competition spon-sor Ray Gough (Gough’s of Ardcath) presents Michael Sweeney with his prize which he won in the Open Week Fourball Competition.Kieran Mongan is presented with the President’s Prize 2017 by L&B President Mr Donal Branigan, his wife, Mrs Veroni-ca Branigan and Captain Denis Taylor. Patrick Smith of Riverside Crafts presents his prize for the Best Team Score to Eu-gene Holland, Noel Dinsmore and Cyril Sullivan. Also pictured is Captain Denis Taylor.Tom Benson who had the best Nett Score in the Intermediate Scratch Cup at L&B is congratulated by Captain Denis Taylor. §© July 2017 The Meath Coaster42Cilles Athletic ClubJune Roundup Another terrific month of athletics. Daithi Wade bagged silver in the Meath championships for the U11 turbo Javelin. Nearly 30 Cilles AC athletes turned up for the Star of the Sea 5k, a clatter of PBs created and a great evening had by all.We’ve had a couple of Meath league nights over June with the club being well represented. Great success on the 22nd in the Turbo javelin for the senior club mem-bers with Eloise, Olivia , Tim, Graham, Sean and Robert all placing and earning the club valuable league points. We were represented at the All Ireland schools championships by James Smith and Holly Brennan. Grahm Devitt and Ciara Lenihan took on the Derry marathon. Bryan, De-clan and Gainne strutted their stuff at the Patrick Bell 5k in Bohermeen. Mountain man Kenny Dolye conquered the Mourne way marathon. An action packed week-end form the 15th of Jun saw our athletes, take on the club 2mile trial on the Thurs-day, the Braveheart 5k trail run on the Friday, Saturday brought the Irish Runner 5 mile, whilst the juveniles were at the Leinster Championships in Tulllamore, Lauren Murphy and Kenneth Doyle both taking bronze medals. Sunday saw some brave souls take on the Kildare through bred half marathon. All done on one of the hottest couple of days we’re likely to see this Summer! Well done everyone!NSP B5 Race The NSP B5 race is back for its 3rd year. Tuesday July 18th, 8pm is the date and time to have your runners laced up for what will be a great evening of running/walking. This year we are offering a fab t-shirt to the first 300 registered. Every race finisher will receive a coveted medal and you’ll be able to bathe in the warmth of the Cilles AC hospitality at the post race spread. Traffic restrictionsThere will be traffic restrictions on the route and around the village for the dura-tion of the race. The race map and a copy of the traffic plan is on the website.Race RegistrationOnline registration is now open, there will be t-shirts for the first 300 registered and don’t forget the fab finishers medal. We have special group discount, and this year a ‘bring a buddy’ rate. There will be regis-tration on the day, check the webpage for full details - WWW.CILESAC.IE and our Facebook for updates.Best of luck to everyone taking part in the B5, enjoy your training and have a great time on the day! Bigi linn ag rith §© July 2017 The Meath Coaster43by Maurice HackettRunning Road race season is well un-der way all over the county. The jewel in the royal crown took place in Stamullen last May 30th where Star of the Sea AC hosted their 5th annual 5K Road Race and Fun Run. This Summer Opener in Stamullen took place in glorious conditions and witnessed another record crowd flock to the village to tackle our tough little race. My Run Re-sults were on hand for accurate timing and Gary O’ Hanlon led the warm up outside the host venue St. Patrick’s GAA club. By 8pm the race crowd had converged to the start line where club registrar Brendan Meade set the runners off with a distinctive holler. It proved to be a very exciting race with the eventual winner Darragh Green of Dunleer AC, posting a very impressive time of 15 mins11sec, followed closely by Balbriggan & District AC’s, Valdas Dopol-skas at 15min40sec. In the women’s, Star of the Sea AC’s very own Nicola Bull romped home in a very impressive time of 18mins 34sec, closely pursued by Mary Leech of Drogheda & District in a fantastic time of 18mins 37sec.Team events were also up for grabs with Star of Sea AC picking up the women’s first team prize and Drogheda & District winning the men’s. Congratulations to Nicola Bull, Catherine Collins Crosby and Aoife Parella for filling our lit-tle club full of pride. A special mention of thanks goes to all the sponsors particularly Gary Dunne of Dunnes Centra Stamullen and the City North Hotel Gormanston, without their continued support annually this little gem of a race would not be possible. Meanwhile further afield, Star of the Sea AC very own Rob Tully and Andrew Coscoran were involved at European U23 Championship in Belgium both lads did the club very proud. Another SOS legend also competed abroad for the club, Brain Collins completed an International Triatha-lon event in Samorin, Slovakia where he was 12th in his age category and finished the first Irish man home. Congratulation lads.On the homefront again, our juveniles have been in action in Claremont Stadium Navan over the last couple of weeks com-peting in Meath Track and Field events. We also had plenty of juvenile runners, flying the SOS flag at Cushinstown com-peting in the Community Games Finals. Congratulations to all, the importance of competing is paramount to the club and our juveniles have proved to be compet-ing with the best in the county over recent weeks. Great running by all.The clubs Summer League is also well under way, giving our Fit for Life group and seasoned runners the opportunity again to compete for the club. Recent races at Bo-hermeen AC, Trim AC saw huge numbers hit the road.Star of the Sea AC would like to thank and congratulate all par-ticipants and plans are now afoot for our infamous cross country this September. §Star of the Sea 5k main sponsor, Gary Dunne, Centra, Stamullen.© July 2017 The Meath Coaster44tastic scores in a hotly contested class, so really well done!!! In the dressage to music classes, Mairead Dolan and Prince placed 3rd in the AI, while Lindsey ilona Brady and Trigger were 4th in the Intermediate.In the veteran horse dressage, Jeanine Curtis and Copper placed 3rd.In the primary prix caprilli, Ciara McK-eown continued her success by winning the class with Bailey. Caroline Prone and Christy weren’t too far behind, picking up 5th place. In the showing, Ruth Callan and her horse Shyboy won the Maxi Cob class against some stiff competition. Well done Ruth!Sarah Cassidy and Badger placed 6th in the lightweight cobs, and Jeanine Curtis and Copper were 4th in the veteran horse show-ing. In the ex-racehorse showing class, Aaron McGrane and Andiamos placed 3rd, and Marie Farrell and Timetravel placed 6th. Marie then went on to take 3rd place in the ex-racehorse performance class. Fan-tastic results!Huge congratulations also go to Anita McNamara and her homebred Connemara Ruby Cartier, who not only won their section of the primary showing, but then went on to win the coveted Frank Mangan Memorial Championship. This was a stel-lar result for this pair. In dressage, primary level riders Caroline Prone and Ciara McKeown both won their sections to get through to a championship ride-off, where Ciara and Bailey placed 2nd and Caroline and Christy were 4th. These were incredible results for our girls! Ciara’s sister Tracey wasn’t to be outdone, and in the intermediate long arena dressage, she placed 3rd with her lovely horse Chocolate. In the AI long arena dressage, Mairead Dolan and her horse Prince placed 2nd, and they then went on to take 1st place in the AI short arena dressage! This pair had an amazing weekend competing, and when joined by Lindsey ilona Brady and her horse Trigger for the Novice/Expert pairs dressage competition, they saw off 13 pairs to win the class. In the team dressage competition, Ruth Callan with Shyboy, Sarah Cassidy with Badger, Dayna Curtis with Cuig, and her sister Jeanine with Copper, saw off 23 teams to win the class! The girls had fan-Castle Hill Riding Club The members of Castlehill RC have had a stellar month competing, as June saw the club participate at the AIRC Fes-tival in Stradbally, Co. Laois. This event was run over two days, and saw members compete across a range of disciplines, at all levels. The results were incredible, so huge congratulations to everyone who at-tended this national competition. The club had 107 entries at this year’s show, with 29 horse and rider combinations repre-senting Castlehill. Tracey McKeown and Ardeo ChocolateCastlehill RC team dressage winners© July 2017 The Meath Coaster45In the primary performance hunter class, Ciara McKeown with Bailey, and Marie Delaney Moore with Seafin placed joint 6th. In the AP class, Paul Murray with Henry placed 3rd. In the Irish Draught per-formance class, Stacy Forsyth and Pippa were 6th. In showjumping, the AP pairs accumulator class, Caitriona Kavanagh and her horse Bouncer, along with teammate Grainne Cronin and Danny picked up a fantastic 6th place in a very competitive class. Well done ladies!Thank you to everyone who helped out, groomed and volunteered over the week-end. It was a fantastic event, with incred-ible results for out members. Roll on the AIRC festival 2018!!!A very special mention also has to go to Tracey McKeown and her horse Ardeo Chocolate. They competed at their first in-ternational dressage competition at Hick-stead recently. This pair are going from strength to strength, and were just outside the top ten placings with both blister-ing competition and weather. A fantastic achievement for Tracey and Chocolate. For more information, please “like” our page on FB, or contact Lindsey on 087 2285109. §Irish Boxing ChampionHaving stopped Bridget O'Brien (Sliabh Luachra)in the semi finals by way of TKO after 1 minute of the first round, Elise Car-ey met Saoirse Oliver (Aglish) in the na-tional finals in the national stadium. She was always in control of the bout, giving her opponent a standing 8 count in round 2 before taking the fight by unanimous de-cision. It's been a busy season for Elise, boxing out of St. Cianans in Duleek under Mark O'toole, as well as the Irish title, she has also won the Louth, Meath and Leinster title as well as finding success in the Monkstown international box cup, beat-ing a current French international in the final. Anita McNamara Doyle, and Ruby Cartier© July 2017 The Meath Coaster46DONACARNEY CELTIC F.C. 2017 FAMILY FUN BLITZ DAYThis month we held our annual Family Fun Blitz Day at our grounds in Castlemartin, but unlike previous years the only thing on the day that didn’t want to play ball was the weather. Thankful-ly despite some really heavy rain on the day, we didn’t have one single child dissolve, and the rain certainly didn’t dampen any of their spirits. We kicked the day o with our academy kids taking to the eld for some 5-a-side fun and worked our way up through the age groups as the day progressed. With plenty of bouncy castles to keep the kids happy and plenty of hot co ee and music provided by DJ Niall Bennett there was plenty of fun had by all despite the weather. The after-party continued in Moran’s of Mornington with a BBQ and DJ Niall keeping everybody dancing into the small hours in the marquee. Thanks to everyone involved and special thanks to Tesco and Pats of Bettystown.Pictured right with our Club Chairman and Droghe-da ETP Coach Mark Quinn are Ben Maguire, Femi Layaimo, Emmet Higgins and Craig Dunne who were all part of this years Kennedy Cup Squad with the Drogheda ETP. The squad performed brilliantly this year and improved on the overall nishing position of last years squad. Well done lads.BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY!FAI Summer Soccer SchoolsWeek 1: 10th - 14th July Week 2: 24th - 28th Julywww.summersoccerschools.ie LIMITED PLACES REMAINING!!2017 Kennedy Cup© July 2017 The Meath Coaster47It has been several weeks now since we arrived back from our amazing club trip to Wales, and we have had the time to let the dust settle, but the trip is still fresh in the minds of all who were involved be-cause from leaving here on Friday morn-ing until our return on Monday evening, every minute was just fantastic... We were the largest represented Club at the tournament and by far the most vis-ible. We as a Club couldn’t have been any prouder of our boys and girls, each team played with pride, passion and commit-ment that was a joy to be part of. They were all extremely well behaved, respect-ful to other teams and coaches but above all they supported every game which felt like we had 2000 Laytownian’s with us instead of 200. And most importantly we made memories that will last a lifetime.We would like to extend our immense gratitude to Councillor Tom Kelly who has very kindly donated a Defibrillator to our club, Tom can be seen here presenting the Defibrillator to our Chairman Andrew Lennon.A Huge Thanks to Jimmy Gilna for our newest Jersey Sponsorship. Always a great supporter of the community Gilnas Cottage Inn. And to Declan Carey of L.C Transport who has been a loyal sponsor of our current u17’s for many years thank you all we really appreciate your generosity. §Jimmy Gilna with our newest Jersey Sponsorship© July 2017 The Meath Coaster48Stamullen Football ClubFamily Fun Day Stamullen FC are delighted to be hosting a Friendship blitz day on Sunday the 9th of July from 10am-2pm in Gormanston Park for all our girls teams with teams from Malahide, Ashbourne, St. Ita’s and Portmarnock all playing. Lots of fun for all the Family with a BBQ and fun games for kids of all ages. It’s going to be a great day. Club news –Congratulations to Niall and Darren’s U12’s who have reached the cup final due to be held in September. They did it the hard way in a very closely matched semi-final with Swords Celtic, twice coming from behind before finally winning 3-2 AET. Well done boys and coaches.Round up of the rest of the girls teams.The Under 11 Girls team had a good sea-son with some great performances against very experienced sides. This was the first sea-son in which we had an actual league table and we finished mid-table, a remarkable achievement given the fact that some of these girls are playing above their age bracket. Even more amazing was reaching the semi final of the Herald Cup, only to be knocked out by the eventual winners. In the quarter final, we came Pictured in the team photo are (back row) Ellie Corcoran, Keelin Reddin, Shannon Corr, Maisie Costello, Carlota Shiels. Front row, Laura Murphy, Caoimhe O’Sullivan, Ruby Brennan and Emma O’Brien and coaches Ali Brennan and Joe O’Sullivan. (Missing from the photo are Katie O’Brien and Ellie Gordon).© July 2017 The Meath Coaster49back from 3-1 down to win 4-3 in Teren-ure in an absolute thriller of a match. If there are any girls born in 2006 who fancy joining a great bunch of girls they can contact Alison on 087 612 5466 or Joe on 087 231 1255.Under 13 girlsThis year for the U13 girls, coached by Alan Brennan and Marie O’Sullivan, started off as a challenge having lost some players. That said, with effort, determina-tion and amazing work ethic from all con-cerned the team has grown in both num-bers, skill and the improvement weekly has everybody excited for the coming sea-son. Both coaches would like to take this opportunity to thank individually each girl for a fantastic season. The never give up attitude is an inspiration to all. We look forward to kicking off 11 a side games in September but for now training continues through the summer! Club Contact Details: -Email - stamullenfc@gmail.com Facebook - www.facebook.com/stamullenfcClub Secretary - Marcus Kelly – 0851477825Website – www.stamullenfc.com Like to Try Archery?Several of the members of Ashbourne Archers, reside in the Meath coast area and we are trying to expand the mem-bership as we are a young club.At this time Ashbourne Archers are ac-cepting over 18s but we are working on establishing a junior course.If you would like to drop up to us and see what we do, we are having a FREE "have a go" night on the 11th of July.. You are very welcome to come up to Domaghmore GAA Club, Ashbourne that night and experience it for yourself. These nights are free for people to experience this Olympic sport. §Summer PlansAs most, if not, all of our teams be-gin a bit of a summer break, we are busy organising our annual Summer Soc-cer Festival. This year we will be holding an U10, U11 and U12 soccer tournament on Saturday 12th August and Sunday 13th August. If you would like to enter a team, please email emusoccerfestival@gmail.com for more details. This weekend has turned into a great festival of fun, with medals for all participants and BBQ and refreshments on the go at the Red Card Café! Don’t miss out! Spaces are book-ing up fast!EMU is going Back To The Future…….On Saturday 26th August, we are host-ing our first Outdoor Movie Night! The choice was yours on Facebook, and the movie most voted for was Back To The Future. There will be lots of treats and fun on the night as we watch our first out-door movie under the stars, and everyone at the club are looking forward to a great turnout! Everyone welcome, this event is open for everyone in the community! (Charge at the gate)EMU 2020 Plan……In next month’s Meath Coaster, we will be announcing our plans for the future of the club, along with our fundraising sched-ule for the coming months! Don’t forget, every cent we take in at our events get spent on facilities for the young people of this community and we have great plans that we will be working hard to deliver in the coming years! Enjoy your summer §Next >