Attention all golfers

The Raytown Bar golf season is under way again and we are currently looking for members for the 2008 to 2009 season. The offer is for free membership, yes free membership and to avail of this it will cost you only €20. Ah you think, how can it be free so? Well, the club will refund your €20 after you participate in three outings.

The Society’s first outing is at R and R Dunboyne, Sunday 18th May and for our members the day will only cost €30 per person, which includes transport back and forth, a round of golf, a pint of your choice and sure why not– food also. If you’re lucky enough you might even win a prize.

So for interested parties contact myself, the Club Treasurer, Derek on 0860516165 or our Secretary Brendan on 087971426 or leave your name and number in the Raytown Bar and we will gladly contact you.

Ringsend Karate Club

With all the success in the Ringsend Karate Club (pictured above) we would like to say a very big thank you to our sponsors: Ringsend Credit Union, Keevers Hauliers of Pidgeon House Road, DynoRod, Dublin Containers and John Silk Hauliers.

The children are going to Slovenia in October for the European Championships and to England in November for the British Championships. The sponsorship is very important to us and we thank all the companies for their continued support.

Yours in karate, Fran Nangle (7th Degree Black Belt. President of the World Karate Confederation)

Cambridge Boys Soccer Academy

This outstanding idea has been running for the last couple of weeks and has been a major success with at last count 33 children participating.

Originally, it was Thomas Gregg of Cambridge, who is the Academy Co-ordinator for the Club, who put the idea to the Committee who in turn gave him their full backing. Thomas then approached Jason Donoghue, the Community Development Officer and before you know it everything was up and running.

To date, head coach Darren Ryan has been making sure that everything has been running to plan and having 14 certified coaches under him who have all offered their time for the cause, things have been very professional.
The target of the academy is to teach the children balance and co-ordination skills and make it as much fun as possible. My own son is involved and when he has finished his session on Saturdays it’s “how many more days Daddy until the next one?”

I recommend that parents should check this out. It’s open to boys and girls 5 to 6 years old. Why not just turn up at Irishtown Stadium on Saturday at 11 am and ask for Chief coach Darren Ryan.

Cambridge would like to thank Dublin City Council, Irishtown Stadium and all coaches, Charlie Murphy of Dublin Port Company and mostly yourselves, the parents.

Soccer Trivia

The following are clues to football clubs in England and Scotland. See how many you can get. For example Steel City Day: Where in England is Steel City– Sheffield– and the day of the week– Wednesday. Answer: Sheffield Wednesday.

1. May was ill better now
2. Part of a ship
3. Suburb for the piper
4. Every ship needs them (old fashioned)
5. Old wireless expert
6. Fortress for the teller
7. Cowboys kick start
8. Organ on a lake
9. Matt Dillon’s sidekick
10. Fortress for the weapons
11. Dirty water
12. Modern fort
13. He’s not one of our’s
14. Car parked outside Spanish house
15. Wild dogs
16. He is joined to him
17. Super Dick knows nothing
18. Whole joint
19. Ripped trying to find a dock
20. Set fire to US general
21. Always heavy
22. Oriental banana
23. Oriental English currency
24. Horse drawn carriage
25. Witches Cove
26. Out in front
27. Tax dodger
28. Southern puff