A MONTESSORI teacher, who is originally from Tarbert, spun the Winning Streak wheel when she played the National Lottery TV game show on Saturday night in place of her mother and won her a whopping €93,000.

Sharon Parkinson who lives in Limerick City did her mum Muriel Parkinson proud by winning €75,000 from her wheel spin to add to the €18,000 she had already taken from the RTE One show.

Last week when the call came through to Sharon from Muriel announcing her name had been drawn to appear on Winning Streak, the tone in her mum’s voice hinted that she would be asking her daughter to go on the National Lottery show in her stead, although she didn’t formally ask at first.

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After all, for years, Muriel always said that she would never want to actually go on the show. Eventually it emerged that Sharon would be the one to play in her mother’s place – something she was happy to do.

Sharon lives in Limerick City but is originally from Tarbert, where her parents Muriel and Eric (who have been married for 47 years) still live.

Sharon has been with her partner Patrick for the past 25 years and the couple have one daughter, Eve, who is five years old. Sharon was cheered on from the audience in RTE this weekend by her parents and some of her five siblings and other members of family and friends.

Sharon is a Montessori teacher at Poppins Pre School in Limerick City, a place she loves working in and has been for almost 25 years. With her Winning Streak haul from the show, Muriel hopes to get a car as her current one has been giving her all kinds of trouble lately.  She also will look after the rest of the family.

A KERRY woman won a €33,000 Winning Streak bonus when she appeared on the National Lottery TV game show last Saturday.

Helen Griffin from Tralee, was delighted with her winnings which included €8,000 in cash and a Renault Zoe electric car worth €25,000. This win was timely, as she admitted her own car was giving her trouble recently.

Helen wasn’t watching Winning Streak last weekend but a call from her cousin put her wise to the possibility that her name came out of the drum.

Helen had to tune into the show and wait until the end to see her address before she could allow herself to get excited for the show.

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She had completely forgot that she had a scratch card with three stars and she left it to her partner Vincent to post the ticket so this possibility slipped her mind.

Helen has been living in Tralee all her life and the part-time civil engineer is a busy mum to her daughter Cáit (9).

Cáit was buzzing with excitement all last week about supporting her mum from the RTÉ audience and was joined by Helen’s partner, of three years, Vincent and her four siblings and their partners and other members of family and close friends. Her siblings are Ger, John, Dan and Karen.

In her spare time Helen loves to walk and is frequently seen on one of the local beaches near her home with the family dog Timmy (a Cavachon). She also likes to read and listen to music. With her winnings from the show Helen wants to book a family holiday for the summer.

THE footballer who helped his GAA side book themselves Kerry SFC semi-final spot also won a cool won €42,000 thanks to his sister, as she played in his place on the National Lottery TV game show Winning Streak.

Corner forward Michael Foley from Spa, Killarney played a role in East Kerry’s Kerry Senior Football Championship quarter-final as they saw off Dingle by 1-23 to 1-11 at Austin Stack Park.

The game, broadcast on RTÉ Two, was aired at the same time as his sister, Melissa played in his place on the hit TV game show, Winning Streak on RTÉ One.

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Michael (22) had a big decision to make last week after his name was drawn from the drum to appear on Winning Streak on the same evening as his scheduled game.

Of course he opted to play in his big match for East Kerry, but his older sister Melissa (28) stepped in during his hour of need and flew into Dublin from London to take his place in the Winning Streak hot seat.

She did him proud winning him a cool €42,000 in cash meaning it was double celebrations for Michael last weekend.

The first thing Melissa did two Saturday’s ago, when she found out that Michael was going to be on Winning Streak, was to book a flight to Ireland so she could cheer him on from the studio audience. Little did she know back then that she would be playing in his place. It was certainly a Foley sibling takeover on RTÉ as RTÉ Two broadcast the game at the same time Winning Streak was aired on RTÉ One.

It was a flying visit for Melissa flew over on Friday evening and returned to London on Sunday afternoon. She has lived in London for the past four and a half years, since she moved over with her boyfriend Shane, since she left Killarney after college. She works as a Cancer Nurse Specialist in St. George’s Hospital in London.

Melissa was be supported in the audience by her parents Helen and Mike (Snr) and other members of family and close friends. Michael has no plans as of yet on what he wants to do with the winnings as last week was a really busy week but he is sure to treat his older sister!

Michael has only returned to Ireland in May this year after two years of travelling around Australia. He played football when he was in Australia and played for Penrith Gaels in Sydney and Garryowen in Melbourne while he was living away from home.

THERE’LL be some renovations carried out at a home in Killarney after a woman won thousands on the Winning Streak TV game show last night.

Patricia Foley from Killarney came away from the show with €23,000 and said she will use the cash to do up her house.

Patricia was supported in the audience by her son Jeremy, brother John and many friends.

Patricia was shocked when she found out the news earlier last week that she would appear on the show and her phone was ringing constantly for about an hour after.

She told host Sinead Kennedy that in her spare time she plays bingo in Killorglin, Cromane and Milltown and wins a bit every now and then. But nothing compared to the windfall on Saturday night!

A KERRY woman who loves a game of bingo, will be hoping to hit the jackpot and spin the Winning Streak wheel when she appears on the Winning Streak TV game show on RTÉ One this Saturday.

Patricia Foley from Killarney was out and about last Saturday evening when she got a call from her friend to say that she was drawn from the Winning Streak drum to appear on the show next week.

She was shocked at the news and her phone was ringing constantly for about an hour after. Now Patricia is looking forward to the show and has hopes of spinning the Winning Streak wheel.

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In her spare time Patricia loves to play bingo every week at her local bingo hall in Killorglin. Her pals in bingo have been very good to her and all have wished her the very best of luck this weekend.

Among those who will be cheering her on this weekend will be her son Jeremy, along with a host of family and friends from Kerry.

With any winnings from the show Patricia has said that she will do a few home renovations.

The Winning Streak National Lottery game show, co-presented by Marty Whelan and Sinead Kennedy, will feature some perennial favorite games as well but also brand new games including Play or Pay, Roll for Riches, WinFall and Electric Dream – where one player will win an electric car worth €25,000.

A TRALEE woman went on a Winning Streak of her own last Saturday and scooped a cool €28,000 from the National Lottery TV gameshow on RTÉ One.

Rose Roche, who lives in Blennerville, stated she had no nerves at all ahead of her Winning Streak appearance last weekend.

She was, however, so excited having initially refused to believe it was her name Marty and Sinead drew from the drum. And a great night she had too, bagging a tidy €28,000 from the show on RTÉ One.

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Rose is married to Maurice and the couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary this year and they celebrated 50 years of marriage.

The couple have five adult children: Martina, Aileen, Maurice, Noel and David Francis. She has five grandchildren (Matthew, George, Adam, Grace and Gregor) and one great grandchild, Michael.

During the day Rose is very active in the family business – Roche & Sons Monumental Sculptors in Tralee.

Maurice is a sculptor by trade and so are two of his sons. Rose looks after the business accounts and many other things behind the scenes. When she has some down time she says her dog, Max (a Miniature Pinscher) takes her for a walk!

Rose considers herself as a very lucky person and said that in Maurice she has the best husband in the world and the best family in the world. She will look after her family and all the grandchildren with her winnings from the show.

Meanwhile, another person from Kerry enjoyed a spot of luck on the show.  Players can also send their scratch card stubs into the National Lottery where each week, on the show, a player will be drawn as the winner of a Luxury Cruise for two valued at €5,000. The winner of this week’s cruise was Jurate Kanisauskiene from Killarney.

A GOOD night’s work.

A Ballymac man appeared on Winning Streak last night and won €24,000 for his mother.

Mary Bonn’s name was called out two weeks ago on the show and got her 28 year old son Alan to represent her.

Ballymac GAA player Alan was paired up with Des Cahill in a special episode of the programme with a Dancing With The Stars theme.

Des, reminiscing about his time working for The Kerryman, had great praise for Ballymac saying their were some great looking women there and some tough footballers too.

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Alan is a sales representative for United Biscuits (McVities) and has always worked in the area of sales. In his spare time he owns a greyhound names Limitless One, who he trains and races occasionally at Tralee racecourse. He also owns a one month old greyhound pup who Alan is priming to be a future champion.

Mary wants to get a new car with her winnings, first and foremost, as her current motor is “like a freezer”.

As well as his mum, Mary, Alan’s dad Auty (short for Arthur) will be supporting him on Saturday. Also coming is his girlfriend of 11 years, Emma and some of his closest friends and family members.

A DOG-LOVING hotel duty manager from Killarney, won prizes worth a cool €25,000 when she appeared on the 1,000th episode of the National Lottery Winning Streak game show on RTE One last Saturday.

In addition to cash of €22,000 Angela O’Sullivan won a luxurious holiday to Sorrento and the Amalfi coast worth €3,000.

Angela (45) is a Duty Manager in the 33-bedroom Fairview Hotel in Killarney. She is very active in her spare time and loves golf (she plays at Killarney Golf Club with her husband Pat), swimming, cycling and boating. Angela and Pat have their own motorboat which they use to cruise on the Killarney lakes when the weather is fine.

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Angela and Pat are childhood sweethearts and have been married for the past 27 years. The other special someone in Angela’s life is the couple’s beloved miniature pinscher dog, Dexter, who watched the show from home in Kerry.

Her parents, Ann and Michael, her sister Marie and partner Lorenzo and two children, and her brother Michael and his partner Emily cheered her on in the RTE studio.

Angela plans to split her winnings 50:50 with her mum as they always go halves on scratch cards. She will also give something to other family members. A total of €147,000 was won on the game show this week.

A TRALEE man will have a chance to win thousands of euro next week on a television show.

As usual, there were five people drawn out of the drum on the National Lottery’s Winning Streak on RTE1 on Saturday night to appear on next week’s show and one of them was Jimmy Kelly from Woodlands, Oakpark.

Jimmy, is no stranger to a bit of fortune but is still surprised at the reaction of his friends, family and community in Woodlands in Tralee as he has been inundated with well-wishes since Saturday.

He is taken aback at the kindness of people in sending him cards, text messages and calling to his house just to wish him good luck.

When he saw his name come out he remained calm as he wanted to be sure that it was him and not some other Jimmy Kelly in Tralee but his delight was confirmed when his full name and address flashed on screen at the end of the show.

Jimmy has won the Lotto raffle number on two occasions, winning €300 each time and also won €17,000 on a local lotto back when he was working. He also gifted someone a scratch card who won €5,000 a few years ago so there is a lucky streak in Jimmy.

Jimmy has been married to Kathleen for the past 47 years and the couple have five adult children; one boy and four girls.

They are Susan (44), Jeannette (43), Doreen (39), Karen (36) and Derek (34) and between them they have given Jimmy 11 grandchildren. Jimmy is quite the proud granddad and says that his army of grandchildren are the “icing on his cake”.

With any winnings Jimmy plans to do a bit more travelling, something that he has been keen on since retirement and plans to go to Prague in the Czech Republic with his wife Kathleen, as well as going to Greece in September to celebrate their 48th wedding anniversary.

Jimmy is a keen golfer, playing at Killarney Golf and Fishing club and he is also a member of the clubs choir.

He also loans his voice to the local church choir and loves to get out of the house walking, gardening and painting. A laid-back retirement is not an option for Jimmy, who ran the Dublin Marathon six times when he was younger.

All his children and six grandkids will be in the audience cheering him on on Saturday night in RTE.

CAMP resident, Pauline Bell, cleaned up on the National Lottery and RTE Winning Streak game show last Saturday, walking away from the show with €23,000 which included a holiday to Iceland.

Pauline, who bought her ticket in O’Dwyer’s Londis in Camp, was born in the UK and moved to Ireland in 1980 with her husband Les, from Hexham in Northumberland, on the English/Scottish border in 1980 and originally settled in Adare Co. Limerick.

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The couple, married for the past 54 years, set up a B&B and haven’t looked back since. Now retired, has settled in the  village of Camp, beside the Slieve Mish Mountains.

Pauline was supported by her only son, John, who still lives in Adare with wife Siobhan and their twin children Shannon and Jake along with a host of other family and friends on Saturday.