mental, novelty act and many

more. The quiz final was won

by Drung Macra in the past

year. Bowling is the first com-

petition each year and is al-

ways a tough competition.

Debating competitions are

always a highly anticipated in

Cavan. Competitions argue

for title in impromptu debat-

ing, and debating. Along side

are the impromptu public

speaking competition and

team public speaking.

A special award was also giv-

en to Naomi McElwaine for

her work over the past three

years as county secretary. She

put in many many many hours

of work, including the organi-

sation of the national AGM in

Cavan. Thanks to Naomi!

Clubs join to cele-brate a successful year of competi-tions

On Saturday clubs from all

around Cavan came together

to present awards from the

last year of competitions.

There are a variety of differ-

ent competitions that mem-

bers were involved in. These

include agriculture competi-

tions—farm skills, dairy stock

judging, beef stock judging,

sheep stock judging, welding

and the highly sought after

Know Your Ag Quiz prize.

Other sections include sport.

This year was the first year

that there was a volleyball

competition in the county.

Ramor Macra came out as

victors during the battle

against a combined Knock-

bride/Cross team. Other

competitions include indoor

soccer, tag rugby, basketball,

and GAA.

Plenty more was up for grabs

with other competitions—

national talent competitions

including solo singing, instru-

Best Speaker in Final On Saturday 20th October in

Collon, Louth a Ramor Macra

team represented Cavan in the

national finals. The team was

made up of Thomas Duffy,

Louise Callan, and Kaye

Duffy.

Although the team did not

win the semi-final, Kaye

Duffy won speaker of the

night—a special prize given

by the judges.

team debated included “The

Seanad should be abolished”.

With only the aid of a diction-

ary, team members will have

to speak for 4 minutes and

include refutation of the other

teams arguments.

Cavan have a very good rec-

ord in this competition as

Ramor reached the final a

number of times previously.

Presentation to former

County Secretary Naomi

McElwaine

Presentation Night 2012

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County Rounds—Bowling

Cavan Macra Officers

County Round—Quiz It took eight tie ques-

tions last Friday night to

separate South Leitrim

from Knockbride Macra

quiz teams. Hosted by

Ramor Macra in the Mill

Bar, Virginia the Cavan

team came out as nar-

row winners. The team

of Steven Drury, Pat O’Bri-

en, Gerard McPhillips and

Eugene Fitzsimons will now

go through to the final of

the quiz in Waterford on

Sunday 28th October. Best

of luck! Hard luck to the

South Lei-

trim team

but they

will be back

next year to

try again.

Young Farmers—Thomas Duffy

Phone: 086 893 7618

Competitions—Noeleen Kellett

Phone: 087 932 1957

Competitions-Declan Conaty

Phone: 087 055 8376

NCR—Grainne O’Reilly

Phone: 085 7752618

For more info find us on facebook!

Chair—Steven Drury

Phone: 086 159 9258

Sec—Caitriona Conaty

Phone: 087 770 8331

Treasurer - Paddy Conaty

Phone: 087 900 4059

PRO—Kaye Duffy

Phone: 086 853 3135

Development—Noelene

Sharkey

Phone: 087 2234050

good luck to Declan, Ray-

mond, Patrick, Eimear,

Ciara and Noeleen who will

represent Ramor in the fi-

nals at Queen of the Land

in November.

If you would be interested

in doing a competition like

this, or know someone that

would, find us on facebook

or twitter!

The county rounds of bowl-

ing took place on Friday last

the 12th October.

There was a great turn out

from Ramor and Knock-

bride clubs, as well as

Kieran O’Dowd,

North West Vice

President.

Congratulations to

Ramor who won

on the night and

Cavan Macra

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