FBD Young Farmer of the Year Closing Date

The closing date for the 2015 FBD Young Farmer of the Year Competition is fast approaching (29th of May). Click below to download your application form NOW!
http://www.macra.ie/system/assets/236/original/fbd-young-farmer-of-the-year-application-form-2015.pdf?1430322612

Wexford Macra AGM

The AGM of Wexford Macra na Feirme will take place on Thursday 21st of May in the IFA Centre, Enniscorthy. The meeting will be begin at 9pm with election of officers and the calender for next years events among the main orders of business. All are welcome to attend and it would be great to see a few representatives from each club as well as a few new faces. :)

Richard Represents

Well done to County Chairperson Richard Dempsey who represented Wexford at the 2015 Mr. Personality Competition. The festival was hosted by Kilkenny Macra and was sponsored by Kilkenny/Carlow and District Farm Relief Services. 31 contestants from all over Ireland travelled to the Marble City for a fun filled weekend where they were interviewed on stage with optional party piece, completed challenges and were interviewed by the three judges – Carmel Brennan, Mr PersonalityCommittee founding member, Willie Holohan, former Leinster Vice President and Claire Brennan, Mr Personality Committee founding member. 

Noel McSweeney from Terelton Macra, Muskerry was named the 10th Mr. Personality.

In second place was Patrick Looney from Kerry and 3rd was Kevin Dempsey from Wicklow. Noel was presented with €500 cheque, a perpetual trophy and a weekend break in the Springhill Court Hotel. Patrick received a trophy, a cheque for €300 and a break in the Springhill Court Hotel and Kevin received a trophy and a €300 cheque. 

Mr. Personality 2015, Noel, is from the Terelton Club and is a Herd Liaison Officer and Linear Scorer with ICBF and a part time farmer. Noel’s hobbies and interests include Macra, GAA, road bowling, agricultural shows, showing cattle and socialising with friends.  Patick is a farmer and Plant/Agri Contractor from the Kenmare club in Kerry and Kevin is a Plant Hire Contractor from the Redcross club in Wicklow.

Bree represent Wexford in Volleyball Finals

Well done to the Bree team of Marie Doyle, Nicola Kearns, Aine Doyle, Mark Waters, John Healy, Damien O'Neill and William Spratt-Murphy who represented their club and county at the NDC Volleyball Finals, held in Kilkenny. The team faced stiff opposition in their group but managed to come away with a win against Enfield. The eventual winners of the event were the Callins team, from Kilkenny.

Volleyball County Round

Well done to Bree and Cushinstown Macra who took part in the County Volleyball Finals, held in Askamore yesterday, Sunday 29th of March. Thank you to Askamore who hosted the event. Bree now go through to the NDC Volleyball All Ireland Finals to be held in Kilkenny later in April.

Wexford Macra U-Bet Night

Bree take Basketball County Round in close affair

It was as close as it gets in the Wexford Macra Basketball final with Bree Macra taking the title from Cushinstown on the smallest of margins in Good Counsel, New Ross. Both sides gave it there all and the lead changed hands many times before Bree took the contest with a basket as the whistle sounded. Well done to both teams and thank you to Cushinstown for hosting and to Good Counsel for the use of their facilities. 

    

    

    

      

Bree Compete in NDC Soccer Finals

Bree Macra represented the County at the recent NDC Indoor Soccer Finals, held in Gormanstown College, Meath. Well done to the team of Mark Waters, Cian Rogers, Conor Byrne, Peter Doyle, John Healy, James Parle and Niall Jones who had three games in their group stage of the competition. Unfortunately the competition on the day was tough and the team didn't progress to the semi-final stages. The competition was won by Dungarvan Macra who took the title over Fermoy Macra in the final.

Cushinstown Represent the County in Kerrygold Club Question Time

Well done to the Cushinstown Macra Question Time team of Eric Wickham, Siobhan Creane, Jason Caulfield and Richard Dempsey who represented Wexford Macra at the Kerrygold Club Question Time. The team competed well but did not feature in the final result. The competition was won by Millstreet Macra from Muskerry with Kinsale Macra in second place and Kilkenny City Macra in third position.

Best of Luck to Cushinstown

Best of luck to Cushinstown Macra, representing the county at this evenings Kerrygold Club Question Time Finals in Drogheda. The club have an impressive record at the finals so here's hoping they feature in the results tonight!

Cushinstown are County Question Time Champs!

There was a great turn out at the Wexford Macra Question Time Final, hosted by Cushinstown Macra in the Horse and Hound, Ballinaboola on Friday, 20th of February. Teams from the Askamore, Bree and Cushinstown clubs took part in a bid to win the county quiz title and a place at the National Finals to be held on February 28th. It was a close contest throughout with scores level on many occasions. Going into the last round just one mark separated the first two teams, with Bree holding the slight advantage. It was the last round that made the difference and with a fine finish Cushinstown's third team of Colm Ryan, James Forrestal, James Power and John Flood took the title. The winning team now progress to the Kerrygold Club Question Time National Final, to be held in Drogheda on the 28th of February. 

Bree take County 5-a-side Soccer Title

There was strong competition at the recent Wexford Macra 5-a-side Soccer finals, held in St. Joseph's Kilmuckridge and hosted by Blackwater Macra na Feirme. All of the active Macra clubs in the county were represented with a round-robin competition taking place. The hosts, Blackwater Macra, got off to a strong start beating a strong Cushinstown team before also seeing off the challenge from Askamore Macra. The Bree team took the hard route to the final, coming from behind in both their first round matches before beating Askamore and Cushinstown. The title contest was set for a match between Bree and Blackwater with Askamore and Cushinstown battling for third place. The third place playoff was a quick and even performance for the first half before Askamore emerged as the winners. In the final both Blackwater and Bree were evenly matched with goals coming from both sides, Blackwater scoring in the final minute to draw level at full time. During extra time the battle continued before Shane Doyle from Bree tapped in to give his side the win. The Bree team now go through to the NDC National Finals, being held in Gormanstown, Meath on the 1st of March.