Gala Opening Night !Our Gala Opening Night for this Season took place on Wed 31st Aug in the Club, and as with other years it proved to be a great success. Bridge commenced that night at 7pm and was followed by food and refreshments. It is a nice social way to start our Bridge Year and its a great opportunity to extend a warm welcome to new members within our Club. The committee would like to extended our good wishes to all our members for the coming season of Bridge. PEG BYRNE. R.I.P.It's with a heavy heart that we announce the death of our dear friend and Treasurer of our Club Peg Byrne who sadly passed away on Sunday 26th June. Peg was an active member of The Clontarf Bridge Club almost since since it's inception and was the acting Treasurer up to and including her recent illness. Peg also held many offices within our Club over the years since she first became a member, and her service and dedication to all Club members has been legendary. She was twice the elected President of The Dublin North Region. She will be sadly missed . Sweeps within the Club ! The Committee would like to extend our sincere thanks to May Grills who runs fun Sweeps within the Club each year, from Rugby and Soccer cup finals to The Grand Nationals ! These fun sweeps have proved to be very popular with all our members over the years, and we would like to say how appreciative we are to May for all the huge effort and hard work she continually puts into making these events such enjoyable experiences for everyone !
Clubs Annual Charity Night. We raised a total of €3200 !!!! This years Annual Charity Night took place within our Club on the 9th March. The night was a huge success with record numbers attending. There were 28 tables on the night with 3 competitions held , and between table money and the Raffle E 2815 was raised on the night which was a phenomenal amount by any standards......... but it did'nt stop there. People's generosity was amazing ....and the fund continued to rise to a total figure of E3200 ! . The benificeries of this years charity are Bro Kevin, from the Cappuchin Day Centre, The Fr Peter Mc Verry Trust, and Focus Ireland. These three Charities work tirelessly in the provision of food and shelter to those in need - a basic right we all agree that everyone should have and yet it's a right which is sadly absent to so many people within our society today. We as a Club are so pleased to be able to support the great work each and all of these Charities do. Sincere thanks to all who contributed to making our Charity night such a huge success. Club News. The Club has an extension in its time frame for playing Bridge. The starting time will remain the same 7.15pm and the new finish time will now will be 10.30pm. Its great news for the Club. |