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#1
Derry / Re: The Derry CRY/Cancer Club Challenge
November 01, 2011, 12:56:44 PM
Another up-date from yesterdays count the total is now £17,200 and still donations coming in!

Ronan.
#2
Derry / Re: The Derry CRY/Cancer Club Challenge
October 17, 2011, 10:00:09 AM
The Derry CRY/Cancer Club Challenge

Saturday can only be described in one word.....Overwhelming! Ended up 22 teams took part, few cry offs with genuine excuses, and a great crowd turned up to walk round as well. Ballerin took 1st prize of £1000 O'Neill's sports voucher, Coleraine 2nd £500 O'Neill's sports voucher and Glenullin 3rd £250 O'Neill's sports voucher, real exciting finish as well with Gerard O'Kane and Sean Leo McGoldrick having a ding dong battle for 2nd and 3rd. Kilrea camogie team won the ladies prize. To everyone who was there i cant thank you enough, last count we are touching on £15,000!!!
#3
Derry / Re: The Derry CRY/Cancer Club Challenge
October 14, 2011, 10:27:08 AM
Just a reminder that the Derry CRY/Cancer Club Challenge goes ahead tomorrow at Bellaghy Club, starting at 1pm sharp. So far i have 40 guaranteed teams taking part along with various other people wanting to run, walk or crawl round!!! Should be a great day all round for 2 great charities, looking forward to seeing sum of you there!

Many thanks,

Ronan.
#4
Derry / Re: The Derry CRY/Cancer Club Challenge
September 29, 2011, 09:10:10 AM
Just an update for anyone interested, so far we have over 30 teams entering the relay, also great response from various people who intend coming along and walking a lap of the coarse. Special mention to Kevin Madden of Break for Ball who kindly donated £400, and Magherafelt District Council who donated £200. Again if your interested drop me an email ronan@moltools.co.uk or give me a call on 07875 400 839.

Ronan.
#5
Is your club prepared to make a marathon effort for charity?

Dear club member,

My name is Ronan Rocks, and I would request your assistance in fund raising to help raise awareness of cancer and cardiac risk in the young.

On Saturday 15th October in Bellaghy, there will be clubs from all over Ireland taking part in a 15km relay run around the village in aid of two hugely worthwhile charities, Marie Curie Cancer Care and CRY.

Every club that enters needs just five members, be they male or female, to run the course. If every individual were to raise £100 in sponsorship, we could reach a target of £20,000. (£500 per team).

Initially set up with the aim of attracting all 40 Derry clubs, the event has already grown far beyond what we might have hoped.

To name but a few, teams from 5 times All-Ireland winning Crossmaglen Rangers and 2004 All-Ireland champions Caltra will be in attendance.

The reason I am doing this is because I know the effects that both cancer and sudden adult deaths can have.

I was diagnosed with Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma back in April 2004, after discovering a lump on my neck a few months before, little did I know what was ahead of me, but with chemotherapy and massive help through Antrim Hospital I was back playing football by the middle of 2005.

A week before the county final that year, my sister in law Marcella Doherty died of a sudden cardiac illness, ARVC (Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy).  She was a seemingly healthy 24 year old woman.

The statistics are frightening.  There are well over 2,000 senior club footballers, hurlers, camogs and ladies footballers in Derry at this present minute.  Statistics show that one in three people will contract cancer at some stage in their lives.  So of those 2,000 active men and women, almost 700 will need the help that the likes of Marie Curie provide at some stage.  The other 1,300 will more than likely have to deal with the effects of watching someone suffer with the disease.

In the decade and a half since the charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) was formed, they have raised money to assist in the battle against sudden cardiac deaths among young people.

CRY, among other things, have played a huge role in the push for young athletes to be screened for heart conditions, and are continually doing research into conditions as they affect athletes and the general population under 35.

But what's in it for you?

Any club which participates has a chance of winning £1,000 in the form of an O'Neills sports voucher,  2nd will receive £500, and 3rd will take home £250. All 5 runners will do 3km each making their way back to the club to hand over a baton for the next runner to go, and so on till the 15km is completed, should prove very competitive and a chance to pit yourself against many teams from Derry and beyond.

Anyone wishing to take part can contact me on 07875 400 839, or email ronan@moltools.co.uk. We also intend to set up a bank account for anyone wishing to make a voluntary donation in any way, u can follow us on facebook under Derry Marathon,


I look forward to hearing from you,

Ronan Rocks
#6
Derry / The Derry CRY/Cancer Club Challenge
August 19, 2011, 10:37:24 AM
Is your club prepared to make a marathon effort for charity?

Dear club member,

My name is Ronan Rocks, and I would request your assistance in fund raising to help raise awareness of cancer and cardiac risk in the young.

On Saturday 15th October in Bellaghy, there will be clubs from all over Ireland taking part in a 15km relay run around the village in aid of two hugely worthwhile charities, Marie Curie Cancer Care and CRY.

Every club that enters needs just five members, be they male or female, to run the course. If every individual were to raise £100 in sponsorship, we could reach a target of £20,000. (£500 per team).

Initially set up with the aim of attracting all 40 Derry clubs, the event has already grown far beyond what we might have hoped.

To name but a few, teams from 5 times All-Ireland winning Crossmaglen Rangers and 2004 All-Ireland champions Caltra will be in attendance.

The reason I am doing this is because I know the effects that both cancer and sudden adult deaths can have.

I was diagnosed with Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma back in April 2004, after discovering a lump on my neck a few months before, little did I know what was ahead of me, but with chemotherapy and massive help through Antrim Hospital I was back playing football by the middle of 2005.

A week before the county final that year, my sister in law Marcella Doherty died of a sudden cardiac illness, ARVC (Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy).  She was a seemingly healthy 24 year old woman.

The statistics are frightening.  There are well over 2,000 senior club footballers, hurlers, camogs and ladies footballers in Derry at this present minute.  Statistics show that one in three people will contract cancer at some stage in their lives.  So of those 2,000 active men and women, almost 700 will need the help that the likes of Marie Curie provide at some stage.  The other 1,300 will more than likely have to deal with the effects of watching someone suffer with the disease.

In the decade and a half since the charity CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) was formed, they have raised money to assist in the battle against sudden cardiac deaths among young people.

CRY, among other things, have played a huge role in the push for young athletes to be screened for heart conditions, and are continually doing research into conditions as they affect athletes and the general population under 35.

But what's in it for you?

Any club which participates has a chance of winning £1,000 in the form of an O'Neills sports voucher,  2nd will receive £500, and 3rd will take home £250. All 5 runners will do 3km each making their way back to the club to hand over a baton for the next runner to go, and so on till the 15km is completed, should prove very competitive and a chance to pit yourself against many teams from Derry and beyond.

Anyone wishing to take part can contact me on 07875 400 839, or email ronan@moltools.co.uk. We also intend to set up a bank account for anyone wishing to make a voluntary donation in any way, you can follow us on facebook under Derry Marathon,


I look forward to hearing from you,

Ronan Rocks
#7
General discussion / Re: The Official UFC Thread
October 01, 2008, 03:08:52 PM
Rang the 02 arena there and they have been tortured all day about tickets!!!
Yeah agree there Full Back, his last fight was pure dung but havent seen a bad Henderson fight yet so watch this space.......
#8
Maybe i'm wrong lads but in my opinion the lad is in a win/win situation. He's 18, gets a chance of a life-time, professional training for a couple of years, if he makes it the lad ends up a star. If he doesnt make it, he comes home, 20 years of age, more than likely filled out, and joins the best team in the Country (as a Derry man that kills me to say that).
#9
He has signed a 2 year rookie contract, set to head off at the start of Nov, take that as a fact lads.
#10
Quote from: Over the Bar on September 29, 2008, 12:37:03 PM
QuoteHe looks like a cocky b**tard 

Valued contribution there Onion Bag!
Unreal comment, wat a tool!!!
#11
Sorry to disappoint you lads but definitely goin
#12



There are also plenty of players who had problems with the drink who didn't get near winning an All-Ireland.
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I'll second that one Bingo!!!
#13
General discussion / Re: Favourite childhood sweets
July 08, 2008, 04:01:32 PM
Heres a blast from the past, does anyone remember Barry McGuigans Nettle crisps!!!! :o
#14
Green Street, Elijah Wood actin the bad ass, thought when i seen it advertised it was a wind-up but played it well.
No matter how many times its on i seem to watch it.
#15
General discussion / Re: The Official UFC Thread
May 26, 2008, 10:18:12 AM
Good to see you joinin the UFC Max, beats talkin bout Derry football all the time ;)