SOFT Ireland

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