County Wexford Bowling, Social and New Members' Night - TOMORROW NIGHT

Calling all members and anyone interested in maybe joining a Macra Club in County Wexford - Tomorrow (Saturday 4th of October) is the highly anticipated Bowling County Final! The event will take place in LeisureMax, Wexford starting at 8.30pm and will be followed by fingerfood afterwards in Maggie May's, Monck Street. All are welcome to attend what is the first major event on the Wexford Macra Calendar this year. The night serves as a great opportunity for new members to come along and get to know members from all the clubs in County Wexford Macra. See you all there!

County Bowling, Social and New Members Night!

All are welcome to attend the upcoming County Bowling night. It is a great social event and the first big get together in the Wexford Macra year! LeisureMax, Wexford is the venue for the 4th of October at 8.30. All clubs from the county will be attendance as they battle it out for the chance to represent Wexford at the National Finals later in the year. It's also a great opportunity for anyone thinking of joining Macra to come along and see what the craic is and mingle with our members! Following on from the bowling we will head into Wexford Town for a "social gathering" of sorts in Maggie May's Bar, Monck Street. There will be light refreshments served. Cost of an hours bowling and the refreshments is a bargain 10euro!!! We look forward to seeing the regular members and hopefully meeting a few new and friendly faces there on the night!

Bowling Finals 2013

Bowling Finals 2012

Wexford Macra Meeting

The next Wexford Macra meeting will be held this Thursday, 11th September, in the IFA Centre @ 9pm. With lots to discuss and decide about the coming Macra year it is VITAL that all county and club officers attend or send a representative. :)

County AGM - New Officers Elected

The Wexford Macra na Feirme AGM was held last night, Thursday, in the IFA, Centre, Enniscorthy

New Wexford Macra na Feirme Committee Members 2014-2015
President - Gail Daniels, Askmore Macra
Chairperson - Richard Dempsey, Cushinstown Macra
Secretary - Cathal Byrne, Bree Macra
Treasurers - Sean Sheehan and Eoghan Sheridan, Askamore Macra
PRO - Áine Doyle, Bree Macra
Competitions Secretary - Sinéad Hughes, Bree Macra
Young Farmer Development Officer - TBC
Development and Sports, Social and Travel - Committee to be established
IFA and National Council Representative - TBC

Thanks to all who attended the AGM and to Andrea McCann and Sally O'Morchoe who spoke to us about the upcoming Gorey Agricultural Show!

Wexford Macra AGM

The Wexford Macra na Feirme AGM will take place this Thursday, 5th June. The venue will be the IFA Centre, Enniscorthy. Everyone, Macra related or otherwise, is invited to attend with the meeting starting at 9pm sharp.

County Dairy Stockjudging Final this Thursday

The Diary Stock Judging will take place this Thursday in Davidstown at 7pm. Can club secretaries send their entries to Mairead tonight or tomorrow please so judges can be confirmed.

Queen of the Wool

And the winner is......Elizabeth Earle from Blackwater Macra. Huge congratulations to Elizabeth and to the Runner-Up Caroline Gittens, TrebleR Macra. Well done also to Lisa Walsh, Rathdowney Macra who won a prize for the best woolen craft on the night. A huge thank you to everyone involved in yesterday's event - to the beautiful contestants themselves, ye were credit to yourselves, your clubs, your counties and Macra na Feirme, we sincerely hope ye enjoyed yourselves! To the escorts ye did a great job, thanks for stepping up and looking after the girls, we hope ye had a good night too. To the judges (Phyllis Bolger, Karen McGillicuddy, Thomas Honer and Josephine Casey) and our MC Eric Driver the event would not of been possible without ye so thank you for volunteering your time so generously! To all our volunteers during the day and night - thanks a million for giving up your Saturday and putting for putting so much energy and enthusiasm into your roles! To Golden Shears Ireland thank you for having the courage and drive to organise such a huge festival for the benefit of the such great local charities, the local community, County Wexford and the country, thank you also for asking us to come on board, we hope the opening night gave it a kick start and that the rest of the week goes smoothly, successfully and safely for ye. Thank you to Beat 102 103 and the Amber Springs Hotel & Spa Resort for your help. To Casey Concrete, Creative Dynamix and all those who sponsored/donated prizes Go Raibh Míle maith Agaibh go leir! Finally to the audience who travelled from across the country to support Wexford Macra and the contestants, we hope ye had a good night (sincere apologies for the temperature but unfortunately the elements were beyond our control and we hope it didn't dampen your spirits). Queen of the Wool Committee

Queen of the Wool Elizabeth Earle, Blackwater Macra, pictured with judges Karen McGillicuddy, Thomas Honer, Phyllis Bolger and Josephine Casey