February County Meeting

The February Wexford Macra County Executive will take place in the IFA Centre, Enniscorthy on the 5th of February at 9pm. All are welcome to attend!

Wexford Macra Indoor Soccer Finals

The County Round of the Indoor Soccer Finals will take place on the 15th of February. In what is always a close and competitive encounter it is hoped that teams from all the clubs in the county will fight it out for the County Title and the chance to represent Wexford at the National Finals. The event will take place in St Joseph's Indoor Complex, Kilmuckridge at 7pm!

Wexford Macra Christmas Party

This years Wexford Macra Christmas Party will take place on Saturday the 20th of December in Wexford Town. The evening will begin around 8.30pm in Maggie May's, Monck Street before the party continues in the other local establishments before hopefully finishing in The Stores, Wexford. All are welcome to attend and if anyone is arriving late please get in touch during the night so we can update you on our whereabouts! Still a few days to get those Xmas Jumpers ready!

County Meeting

The December Executive takes place tonight, 10th of December, in the IFA Centre Enniscorthy at 9pm. As always all members and anyone interested in joining Macra are invited to come along!

Shane to Represent Wexford at Welding

Best of Luck to Shane Caulfield from Cushinstown Macra who will represent Wexford Macra in the Griffin Engineering Welding All Ireland this Friday, 12th of December. Shane Caulfield qualified from the County Finals, held in the Vocational College, New Ross, ahead of David Doyle (2nd) and James Forrestal (3rd).

CountyWelding Competition

The Wexford Macra Welding Competition will take place on Tuesday, 25th November, at 7pm in the Vocational School, New Ross! Contestants need to bring their own rods and mask, all are welcome!

Racing for Macra - Saturday 29th of November

Macra are hosting a Club Fundraiser in Kilcohan Park Greyhound Stadium, Waterford on the 29th November. There will be DJ on the night in the venue followed by afterparty meeting in Sinnotts after the event about 11:30.
Xmas jumper theme also with prizes for best jumper! Tickets are available from Club Members at 10 euro each with a percentage of ticket sales going back to the clubs!

County Officers Aine Doyle and Paddy Hipwell pictured with Paddy Delaney, National Vice-President, at the launch of this years "Racing for Macra"

Mark competes in Impromptu Public Speaking

Best of Luck to Mark Waters (Bree Macra) representing the county in the National Semi-Finals of the Impromptu Public Speaking Competition this weekend in Louth.

Bree Compete in NDC Bowling Finals

Well done to the Bree Bowling Team who represented the County at the NDC Bowling National Finals last weekend. The team of Stephen Donohoe, Mark Waters, Damien O'Neill, Marie Doyle, Aine Doyle and Michelle Allen qualified for the final 6. They then got to bowl again before finished 5th out of 18 teams on the day! Well done to all!

Queen of the Land - this weekend

Anyone travelling to Queen of the Land this weekend in Tullamore - Check out all the latest details here! http://www.queenofthelandfestival.com/

County Wexford Meeting this Thursday

The November County Macra executive will take place this Thursday, 6th November, in the IFA Centre, Enniscorthy. The meeting will start at 9pm sharp with everyone most welcome to attend!

Know your Ag and Stockjudging Update

It was a busy weekend for Wexford Macra on the National Competitions front with 6 members competing for three separate titles. The Heritage Hotel, Laois was the base for all the activities with the Annual National Conference and Rally taking place. First in action was a group from Cushinstown Macra. The team of Eric Wickham, John Forrestal, James Forrestal and Patrick Larkin took part in the Famers Journal Know Your Ag Quiz. This title was hotly contested for with Kinsalebeg Macra from Waterford claiming the top prize. There was plenty to do over the weekend including a fancy dress party, gala banquet, farm walks and the club of the year competition. On Sunday it was the turn of the Bord Bia Beef Stockjudging Competition with Mark Waters and Niall Jones from Bree Macra representing the county in the Senior and Under 23 classifications respectively. Luck was not with them on the day and unfortunately neither placed in the top positions. 

Blackwater Macra Sports and Recruitment Night

Club Affiliation Time! Blackwater Macra na Feirme are holding a sports and affiliation night for re-affiliation and an opportunity for anyone wishing to join the club to sign up to be a new member. Meeting in Blackwater hall Wednesday 5th from 8.30pm. We'll be collecting membership with sports after in the hall if you can bring along membership money or bring your bic and Iban nos for the direct debit option!! feel free to also email blackwatermacra@gmail.com for any further details.

Two Wexford Clubs represented in National Finals this weekend

Best of luck to the team of Eric Wickham, John Forrestal, Shane Caulfield and Patrick Larkin (Cushinstown Macra) in the Farmers Journal Know Your Ag Quiz this weekend. Best wishes also to Niall Jones (Un23) and Mark Waters (Senior) from Bree who are representing Club and County in the Bord Bia Beef Stockjudging Finals, also this weekend. Safe travels to all those heading to the Macra Rally in Laois!

County Know your Ag and Impromptu!

Congratulations to the team from Johnstown/Coolgreany Macra who finished top of the pile at Friday night's County Wexford Know your Ag Quiz, with the local IFA team finishing second. The top Wexford Macra team was Cushinstown Macra and they will now represent the county at the National Finals. There was great numbers in the Impromptu Public Speaking Finals with Mark Waters and Marie Doyle from Bree Macra taking the 2 places in the next round. Thanks to Pat O'Toole who was the quizmaster/judge on the night and to the Farm Centre, Enniscorthy for providing the venue!

 

County Know Your Ag and Impromptu Public Speaking

Don't forget the County Know your Ag Quiz and Impromptu Public Speaking Competition tonight at 8.30pm in the IFA Centre, Enniscorthy. Hope to see you all there!

Great Crowd at County Bowling, Social and New Members' Night

Congrats and well done to all the clubs that competed in last weekends County Bowling Competition. The highest scoring team on the night was Bree Macra, followed by Cushinstown, Blackwater/Kiltealy/Ballindaggin and Askamore. The highest scoring bowler was Stephen Donohoe, Bree followed by Michael Murphy, Kiltealy/Ballindaggin and Ivan Porter, Blackwater Macra. Best of luck to Bree in the next round. A huge thanks to LeisureMax for sponsoring prizes for the best team and scorer! The bowling was followed by a social night in Wexford Town where the socialising continued until the early morning.

County Officer Training Pic!

Pictured are the County Officers who attended National Training in Killarney in early September.

L-R: Richard Dempsey (Chairperson), Sean Sheehan (Treasurer), 

Kieran O'Dowd (National Macra President), Paddy Hipwell (NCR) and Aine Doyle (PRO)

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