SOFT Ireland

The next general committee meeting will take place on Saturday 12th September in O’Loughlins Hotel, Portlaoise. The meeting will commence at 10:30am sharp and your attendance and punctuality would be much appreciated.

All committee  members are asked to bring written reports outlining the status of any items they are working on as this will save time during the meeting and ensure everything is properly recorded.

Final draft of the proposed handbook has been circulated to all committee members. Please review it prior to the meeting so we can discuss and amend as appropriate at the meeting. These will be the final changes which will be make to the handbook so all imput will be much appreciated.

If for any reason you are unable to attend, please contact Patrick Farrelly or Carmel Reilly as soon as possible. Any items you wish to have included in the meeting in your absence can be discussed at this time.

SOFT Ireland will be holding a fund raising night at Mulingar Greyhound stadium on Saturday 3rd October 2009.
Gates open at 7pm and the first race is at 8pm sharp. There will be musical entertainment after the last race.
Tickets cost €20 (children free) and include entrance to stadium, race program and entry to a draw for €500.

There will also be an auction for a greyhound pup and a raffle on the night.

Tickets are available from Michael and Michelle Griffin – telephone 044 9335674.

We need to sell 360 tickets for the night to be a success so encourage your friends, family and work colleagues to come along and enjoy a great night out.

We hope to sell ads for the race program which are priced at €35 for a quarter page, €75 for a half page and €100 for a full page. Again if you can help with this please contact Michael or Michelle.

For anyone wishing to stay the night we have contacted a number of local hotels and received the folowing rates….

Bloomfield House Hotel, Belvedere, Mullingar  Tel 044 9340894
B&B €65 per person sharing
B&B plus dinner €89 per person sharing

Greville Arms Hotel, Pearse Street, Mullingar Tel 044 9348563
B&B €40 per person sharing

Newbury Hotel, Dominic Street, Mullingar Tel 0449342888
€99 per double room including breakfast

Eddie Dillon, Glanmire, Co. Cork presenting a cheque for €8510 to Martina O’Reilly & Patricia Grehan of SOFT Ireland, for proceeds raised in the recent Bord Gáis Energy Cork City Marathon.

Eddie, along with Bord Gáis colleagues, family  & friends, entered a number of teams in the relay event and all ran in memory of Eddie’s baby son Cathal, who died soon after birth in August 2008.
Baby Cathal was born with Patau’s Syndrome / Trisomy 13 and lived for two short days under the fantastic care of the doctors and staff at Cork University Maternity Hospital.
His condition was undetected during pregnancy and came as a huge shock to his father Eddie, mother Karen and siblings Robert (aged 6) and Shauna (aged 3).
But the two precious days they spent with their baby boy are engrained forever in their hearts and are especially poignant around this time – Baby Cathal’s first birthday and anniversary. Eddie and Karen are proud to be able to contribute the proceeds of Eddie’s involvement in the marathon to SOFT in Cathals memory.

Brendan O’Riordan Crossing the Finish Line for SOFT Ireland on Behalf of Team Blue Flame

Team Blue Flame
Back Row – Deaglán Healy, Adrian Ahern,Brendan O’Riordan
Front Row – Eddie Dillon, Glynn Aherne

Shauna, Robert and Baby Cathal