Bray Emmets GAA Club
Draw Details for March 30 2025
| Prize |
Value |
Winners |
Jackpot
Match 4 numbers to win/share. |
€ 20,000.00 |
0 |
There was no on-line Jackpot winner this week with the Jackpot standing at a staggering €20,000.
The draw takes place live each Sunday night at 9.00pm in the clubhouse. Manual entries will be checked for winners after the on-line draw. In the event of winners among both the on-line and manual tickets the jackpot will be split equally.
The winner of the on-line Lucky Dip for €25 was Emma Tighe. Congratulations Emma.
Focal na Seachtain:
Each week we’ll have a word or a phase in Irish. Why not join in and try and use it in your conversations during the week.
“Réamhchleachtadh” = “Warm-up”
Dad Joke/ Groaner of the Week:
One glorious day two old men were sitting in the park. “Its fine weather we’re having.” Said one. “Indeed” replied the other “such great weather. It’s a pity I’m not still working, so I could take the day off.”
Tales of Ó Muireartaigh: The commentaries of Michael Ó M are the stuff of legend.
“And we’ll go down to the side-line to see if Brian Carthy has someone to talk to, or maybe he might have no one to tale to…”
Seanfhocail na Seachtain:
“Cra caoin an codladh.”
“Sleep is a gentle friend.”
This or That:
Pick between the two items below and see if you’re right.
What is faster: the fastest ever tennis serve or the fastest ever baseball pitch?
They Said It:
“Keep your eye on the sliotar even when its in the referee’s pocket.”
Brain Teaser of the week:
What letter comes next in the following sequence? D R M F S L T_
Old Irish Customs:
The website duchas.ie has a treasure trove of Irish customs from times past. There are also many other sources of the ways of old:
“In olden times it was the custom to make candles out of rushes and dip them in fat and stick them in cow manure, then put the manure in a safe place until May morning and put it on the cows back to keep the butter from been stolen from the cows. This is done on the fifth of January.”
Answers to this week’s puzzles:
This or That:
The fastest ever tennis serve was 163mph, much faster than the fastest baseball pitch at 106mph
Brain Teaser of the Week:
D—each letter represents one note in the diatonic musical scale: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do
