David Riordan Split the Bucket for his €1,066 Share

Castleisland RFC PRO Nóirín Uí Chathasaigh with the latest Split the Bucket results.  ©The Maine Valley Post
Neilus Lyons (left) being presented with his €1,039 half of the Castleisland RFC Split the Bucket Draw by Conor O’Sullivan at The Shoemaker’s Bar on Saturday night.

David Riordan from Scartaglin was the winner of the punter’s share of the weekly Castleisland Rugby Club Split the Bucket draw when the drum visited The Shoemaker’s Bar on Saturday night.

David’s half of the pot was €1,066.

On the previous Saturday night, December 28th. and across Main Street at Tom McCarthy’s Bar,

Neilus Lyons was the winner of the draw and he bagged a nice €1,039.

The next draw will be held in the Half Barrel Bar on the coming Saturday night, January 11th.

Buckets and envelopes are available in pubs and shops throughout Castleisland and neighbouring parishes.

You simply put your €2 in the envelope; seal it and sign it and add your telephone number and pop it in the bucket.

Half the Bucket

There’s a guaranteed half the bucket in prize-money each Saturday night for one lucky winner.

The buckets are collected from from shops before 6pm on Friday evenings while those in pubs are picked up later on Friday nights.

The bucket in the participating pub on any given Saturday night is active almost up to the time of the draw before its contents are checked and the envelopes entered into the drum.

Castleisland RFC wishes all its supporters a happy and peaceful new year. Athbhliain fé mhaise dhíobh.

Weekend Fixtures

Fixtures U-16s away to Bruff on Sunday at 12noon.