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  • Sion Mills woman raises £2,000 for life-changing charity

    Sion Mills woman raises £2,000 for life-changing charity

    A SION Mills woman, who has been a tireless fundraiser for local charities, has once more proven her community spirit and generosity by raising over £2,000 for charity.

    Jean Mullen, a member of Sion Mills Community Forum for many years, recently undertook a raffle with the aim of raising money for the Angel Eyes Charity, which aims to help children suffering for visual impairments.

    A total of 19 prizes were on offer for the raffle, all generously donated by members of the public.

    Jean’s husband Derek said: “Jean has always been a keen fundraiser for different things throughout the years and this was just the latest in a line.

    “We chose Angel Eyes because the granddaughter of Jean’s sister Rosemary was born with an eye defeat and Angel Eyes has helped her with it. Angel Eyes gets no government funding so this was our way of giving something back to a charity which gives so much to others.

    “We didn’t go to businesses to get prizes, instead relying on the local generosity and they certainly didn’t disappoint.”

    The raffle amassed a total of £2,810 which was handed over to a representative of Angel Eyes NI last Friday.

    In addition, two hundred pounds that was left over was donated to the local food bank.

  • Extra-time goals secures final spot for Strabane

    Extra-time goals secures final spot for Strabane

    Strabane Athletic 4

    Newbuildings 2 (after extra-time)

    STRABANE Athletic’s ambitions of a cup double remain firmly on track after twice coming from behind to defeat rivals Newbuildings United in a thrilling NIIL Challenge Cup semi-final contest at Melvin last evening.

    Goals by Matthew Pierce and Darren Robb – a stunning free kick – looked to have won it for the visitors, however, a Warner Mullen goal just three minutes from the end meant extra-time was needed to separate the sides.

    In truth, Strabane had been the better team over the course of the 90 minutes, and, in the first period of added time, they killed off the Buildings challenge with two goals in as many minutes.

    Midfielder Aodhan Bishop fired Athletic into the lead with a low shot and Mullen completed the comeback by winning and converting a penalty shortly afterwards.

    Sean Ferry had earlier cancelled out Pierce’s first-half opener just after the hour mark.

    At the end of last year Strabane defeated Newbuildings in the League Cup decider.

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