Over €7,000 raised!

Okay, so we're not the handiest fella's

Some of us (Ahem .. Bruce) may have a questionable sense of direction, and I don't think anyone would have mistaken us for the Irish Cycling Team

The squad are still busy collecting in their sponsorships, but we thought we'd give you an update on how much we've managed to raise so far. To date we've received €3600.01 through our online sponsorship cards and €3655.60 off line ... totalling €7255.61 thus far!

Thank you to Corinthians HC, Three Rock Rovers, Glennane HC, YMCA HC, Monkstown HC, Pembroke HC and Railway Union for coming out to play us! Special thanks to Railway Union for the meal and much needed shower at the end of the day!

Thank you to Niall Devine for your generous and kind intiative in setting up online sponsorship cards for the lads. What a super convenient and easy way to assist fundraising initiatives. Thank you!

Thank You & Well Done!

Thank you for your tremendous support! We'll be putting together the full story with details, photos and (hopefully) video to share with you... In the meantime, an enormous thank you to our supporters/sponsors and well done to the lads on dreaming up, organising and participating in such a bold challenge!

Cycle & Play

- 21st May 2011 -

The Irish Men's Squad will give SEVEN Leinster Division 1 Clubs the opportunity to take on the Irish Men's National Team in a series of 40 minute Club VS Country matches in just ONE day!! In this unique fundraiser, the Men in Green plan to start their day at 10am, the morning of the 21st May (the day of Irish Hockey Awards) in Corinthian HC and cycle to 6 further locations - covering approximately 14 miles - and playing a 40 minute match at each venue against club opposition. The day wil not only be a great physical test for the Irish Lads and a great opportunity to raise much needed funds, but will enable us to give something back to a number of clubs around the capital. All this will be completed in time to shower and order the first pint before the Heineken Cup starts - all in all the perfect preparation for the Irish Hockey Awards Dinner that same night!

If you wish to support this great day out please get in contact with any of the lads in the Squad through emailing us, through personal contact, or through our Twitter accounts.

So come and watch the lads take on your local club and enjoy the atmosphere!

PS We may need someone who can cycle on behalf of Tim Lewis or someone with a tandem bike who's willing to lift him round!

The Schedule:

10h00 - 10h40: IRE vs Corinthian HC

10h40 - 11h00: Irish Men Cycle to Three Rock Rovers HC (2.1 miles)

11h00 - 11h40: IRE vs Three Rock Rovers

11h40 - 11h45: Irish Men refuel (Energy Bars & Energy Drinks)

11h45 - 11h50: Irish Men run from front pitch to back pitch at Three Rock Rovers HC

11h50 - 12h30: IRE vs Glenanne HC

12h30 - 13h00: Irish Men cycle to Alexandra College (4.3 miles)

13h00 - 13h40: IRE vs YMCA HC

13h40 - 14h20: Irish Men cycle to St Andrew's College (4 miles)

14h20 - 15h00: IRE vs Monkstown HC

15h00 - 15h30: Irish Men cycle to Pembroke Wanderers HC (2.4 miles)

15h30 - 16h10: IRE vs Pembroke Wanderers

16h10 - 16h25: Irish Men cycle to Railway Union (1 mile)

16h25 - 17h05: IRE vs Railway Union HC

17h05: Shower, change and into the Clubhouse to watch the Heineken Cup Final live!!

Thank you!

What a response! Thank you for the tremendous support shown for the Irish Men's Squad yesterday!

We had planned to have the third, and final, draw today, but due to the overwhelming response yesterday we've decided to leave the crowd in peace!

An extra special - totally unexpected - and sincerest thank you to yesterday's two Winners, Professor Robert Grieve & Jennifer Patterson (UHU President), both of whom donated their prize money back to the Squad!!!

Great effort from the guys: the 'Cash Cow' (aka Peter Caruth), Jacko Jnr, Geoff, Gormo, Mikie, PB, Taz and also Claire Caruth!

50/50 FUNDRAISER

at IHL Finals Weekend

This weekend Lisnagarvey Hockey Club will be hosting the Men's and Ladies Irish Hockey League Semi Finals and Finals!

Our Squad will be out in full force ... some on the pitch ... others will be (in addition to supporting their Irish Team mates) selling 50/50 tickets!

How does the 50/50 fundraiser work?

Half the purchase price of the ticket goes into the Draw (Prize Money)

Half the purchase price goes towards to the Irish Men's & U21 Squad ... and towards our €5000 Fundraising Target!

How much do the tickets cost?

Puchase ONE ticket for £2 (Pounds) OR

Purchase THREE tickets for £5 (Pounds)

How many Draws will there be over the weekend?

There will be THREE draws over the weekend:

DRAW ONE: approx 14h30 (After Ladies Semi-Final Games)

Tickets purchased during Ladies' Semi-Finals go into First Draw.

DRAW TWO: approx 18h30 (After Men's Semi-Final Games)

Tickets purchased during Men's Semi-Finals go into Second Draw.

DRAW THREE: approx 17h30 (After Men's Final)

Tickets purchased during Ladies' Final and Men's Final go into the Third Draw

Who will be selling Tickets?

In addition to our regular Squad, who'll be wearing their Irish Shirts ... look out for a furry creature ...and there may even be couple of girls selling tickets for us...

Do you have to be present at the Draw to win?

No, if you'd like to purchase tickets, but you can't stay for the draw, just make sure you write your name & telephone number on the ticket stub before putting it in the "hat"!

But, if a ticket is drawn without a name (only ticket number) and you're not there or you don't come forward to claim your prize straight away, you'll lose out and another ticket will be drawn out the hat.

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