Kildare Town C.Y.M.S. Hall

The C.Y.M.S Committee

JOHN MORRISSEY

JOHN MORRISSEY HAS BEEN PRESIDENT OF THE C.Y.M.S. SINCE 1991 .IN THAT TIME HE HAS OVERSEEN ALL THE CHANGES THAT HAS BROUGHT THE CLUB INTO THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY. LIKE ALL THE VOLUNTEER ,JOHN IS ALWAYS THERE WHEN HE IS NEEDED.

ESTHER BRADY

ESTHER BRADY STARTED OFF AS A MEMBER OF THE BADMINTON CLUB SINCE SHE WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD AND. OVER THE YEARS SHE HAS BECOME MORE INVOLVED IN THE RUNNING OF THE C.Y.M.S ALONG WITH LOOKING AFTER THE RUNNING OF THE BADMINTON CLUB.SHE IS A TIRELESS WORKER AND ONE OF THE BEST (THE BEST) FUND RAISERS IN THE CLUB, AS WELL AS IN THE TOWN OF KILDARE. WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HER AS OUR TREASURER.

PHILIP HICKEY

PHILIP IS ALSO ONE OF THE LONGEST SERVING MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE. HE RUNS THE PILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK EACH YEAR.FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS IT HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL THAT THEY NOW BOOK TWO DAYS AND STAY OVERNIGHT.HE ALSO LOOKS AFTER THE BUSES THAT ARRIVE ON SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE BINGO.

EAMONN HENNESSY

EAMONN HENNESSEY HAS BEEN WITH THE CLUB FOR NEARLY FIFTY YEARS.HE HAS BEEN SECRETARY FOR ---- YEARS.HE BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE C.Y.M.S. NATIONAL EXECUTIVE IN 19--.AS PRESIDENT HE HAS TRAVELED TO ENGLAND AND WALES REPRESENTING IRELAND. HE IS NOW DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE INDOOR BOWLS AND IS ON THE KILDARE AND WICKLOW INDOOR BOWLS COMMITTEE.EAMONN HAS ALSO BEEN IN THE FORE FRONT OF ALL THE CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN RECENT YEARS.

KATHLEEN KELLY

KATHLEEN IS ALSO ONE OF THE MEMBERS WHO FIRST JOINED AS A MEMBER OF THE BADMINTON CLUB.NOW SHE IS LOOKED ON AS A VALUED MEMBER OF THE C.Y.M.S. AND CAN BE RELIED ON TO HELP OUT WHEREVER SHE IS NEEDED (EXCEPT TO CALL THE NUMBERS AT BINGO)

ANTHONY (PEPPER) DOYLE

NO ONE CALLS HIM ANYTHING OTHER THAN PEPPER.HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.HE HAS BEEN ON THE COMMITTEE FOR
YEARS.HE RUNS THE TWENTY FIVES / POKER CARD GAME ON FRIDAY NIGHTS.WHENEVER HE IS NEEDED TO HELP OUT HE IS THE FIRST TO COME FORWARD.

KEVIN DEERING

KEVIN HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE FOR
YEARS.EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT HAIL RAIN OR SNOW HE IS AT THE TABLES SELLING BINGO BOOKS AND ACTING AS STEWARD.HE HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE A VALUED MEMBER OF THE C.Y.M.S.

DAVY SCOTT

DAVY IS THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE INDOOR BOWLS CLUB ON THE COMMITTEE.WHEN THEY ARE ASKED FOR A HAND IN DOING SOMETHING THEY ARE ALWAYS VERY QUICK TO COME FORWARD.DAVY IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOWELS CLUB AND THEY HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL AT THE MOMENT WITH ALL THE NEW MEMBERS

PEADAR BYRNE
VICE CHAIRMAN

PEADAR HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE CLUB LONGER THAN MOST, EXCEPT FOR EAMON OR ESTER . .HE HAD A SHORT BREAK WHEN HE WENT TO ENGLAND FOR A SHORT WHILE.SINCE COMING BACK HE HAS HELPED OUT WHENEVER HE COULD.

VALUED MEMBERS

MICK HUGHES

THERE IS HARDLY A GROUP OR A COMMITTEE THAT MICHAEL HAS NOT HELPED OUT OR SERVED ON.HE HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE MOST
RESPECTED PERSONS IN THE TOWN WHO IS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP OUT WHENEVER HE CAN.EACH SUNDAY NIGHT HE IS AT HIS TABLE IN THE NEW HALL OVERSEEING THE BINGO IN THE NEW HALL.

MARY McKERNAN

MARY HAS BEEN A BINGO STEWARD FOR A LOT OF YEARS.SHE CALLS THE NUMBERS FOR BINGO AND PAYS OUT THE MONEY IN THE NEW HALL.

JOHN GLEESON

ON AND OFF FOR YEARS JOHN HAS BEEN THERE TO DO HIS BEST TO HELP THE C.Y. HE HAS BEEN A COMMITTEE MEMBER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.AS A FUNDRAISER HE IS BRILLIANT, HE ALSO THINKS UP SOME MARVELOUS IDEAS FOR FUNDS.HE ORGANISED AND RAN THE BIGGEST POKER CLASSIC TO BE HELD IN THE TOWN.HE IS ORGANISING THE INDOOR BOWLS TOURNAMENT TO BE RUN DURING THE DERBY FESTIVAL AT THE MOMENT.WHEN THAT IS OVER HE WILL BE ORGANISING SOMETHING ELSE FOR ANOTHER CLUB

JOE FEANE

JOE HAS BEEN A MEMBER FOR A LONG TIME.HE HAS BEEN A COMMITTEE MEMBER ON A FEW OCCASIONS,AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN FIRST TO OFFER HIS HELP WHEN NEEDED.HE COMES DOWN EVERY FRIDAY MORNING TO HELP OUT WITH THE GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HIRE THE HALL FOR GAMES.HE SPENDS MOST EVENINGS HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE AND SHOWING THEM HOW TO PLAY SNOOKER.HE IS A VERY RESPECTED MEMBER OF THE CLUB.

MARGARET BREEN

MARGARET HAS A HISTORY WITH THE CLUB.HER MUM WAS CARETAKER THERE FOR YEARS.MARGARATH AND HER HUSBAND TOOK OVER FROM HER AND WORKED THERE FOR YEARS CLEANING AND LOOKING AFTER IT.SHE NOW TAKES CARE OF THE MONEY ON THE STAGE ON SOME SUNDAY NIGHTS.

MARGARET MADDEN

MARGARET IS THE DAUGHTER OF MARGARET BREEN.SHE ALSO HELPED HER MUM IN THE HALL WHENEVER THERE WAS A DANCE OR A DISCO.SHE
GIVES OUT THE PRIZE MONEY ON THE STAGE ON BINGO NIGTHTS.

MARCELLA KELLY

MARCELLA ALSO PAYS OUT THE MONEY ON THE STAGE ON SUNDAY NIGHTS AND ACTS AS STEWARD IN THE NEW HALL

TOM DUNNE

TOM HAS BEEN AT THE BINGO SINCE IT WAS OPEN NEARLY FIFTY YEARS AGO.HE WAS A DOORMAN FOR
THE DANCES IN THE HALL YEARS AGO AND CAN TELL SOME TALES ABOUT THE DANCES BACK THEN.HE SELLS THE BINGO BOOKS AT THE DOOR EACH SUNDAY NIGHT

CARMEL HESTER

CARMEL STANDS IN FOR KATHLEEN KELLY OR WHEN SHE IS NEEDED.ALONG WITH PHILIP SHE KNOWS HOW TO DO THE BUSES.

CHRISTY MURTAGH

WE WOULD NEED A WHOLE BOOK TO PUT DOWN EVERY THING ABOUT CHRISTY, S TIME IN THE C.Y.
HE WAS THE TREASURER FOR NEARLY A HUNDRED YEARS.HE HAS BEEN RUNNING THE WHIST FOR OVER
150 YEARS (NEARLY). THE ONLY THING THAT CAN BE SAID OF CHRISTY MURTAGH IS THAT WHATEVER HE DONE FOR THE C.Y. HE DONE IT WITH HIS ENTIRE HEARTH.

LADIES WHO CARE

THERE ARE SEVERAL LADIES WHO WHENEVER THEY WERE ASKED TO HELP OUT IN THE C.Y. THEY ALWAYS HELPED WILLINGLY.THE DISCOS WAS ONE OF THE OCCASION WHEN A LOT OF STEWARDS WAS NEEDED.KATHLEEN DARBY, KATHY HICKEY, SHIELA SOUTHERN,JOAN GEOGHEGAN,MARCELLA KELLY,SHARON BYRNE,SARAH HICKEY,SHARON OROURKE. WERE ALWAYS THERE WHEN THEY WERE ASKED TO HELP.SOMETIMES THEY DID NOT GET HOME UNTIL THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNINGS.IF ONLY SOME OF THE KILDARE TOWN PARENTS COULD HAVE SEEN THOSE LADIES AT THE DISCOS IN THE FREEZING WINTER MONTHS, MAKING SURE THAT THEIR KIDS WERE SAFE AND THAT THEY HAD SOME WHERE TO GO TO ON A FRIDAY NIGHT.THOSE SAME PEOPLE WHO ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THERE BEING NOWHERE FOR THEIR KIDS TO GO TO. THESE LADIES WHO GAVE UP THEIR TIME ON FRIDAY NIGHTS TO BE AVAILABLE TO BABY SIT FOR THREE EURO.WE ARE STILL THE CHEAPEST BABY SITTERS IN IRELAND AT ONLY THREE EUROS FOR FIVE HOURS.CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT (3 EURO).