Thursday April 10th saw the inaugural Abu Dhabi Na Fianna/Irish Society beach party take place at The Club and what a night it was. A crowd of 200 people showed up on the night – a number that far exceeded our initial expectations – and a big thank you must go out to all who supported this event.

The Club put on a fantastic spread of food (it’s funny how, when free food is available, the vulture comes out in all of us!!!) and entertainment was provided by our own resident DJ ‘Michael Buaichaill Feic’ (aka Canada Mike). Mike did a fantastic job, so much so that rumour has it that Paul Van Dyke is looking for him to do a set at his next Dubai show!!!

We were also blessed with a rare guest appearance in the form of former WWE wrestling great Bam Bam Bigaloe (aka Trev Buckley), although Trev’s – sorry I mean Bam Bam’s  – fashion sense left a lot to be desired!!!

Everybody who turned up had a great night so hopefully this night can become a regular fixture in our social calendar for many years to come. A big thank you must go out to both Brid Tierney and Ben Kehoe for the fantastic work they did in organizing this event – without their efforts this night would not have been possible. And finally, a big thank you to The Club for hosting our event and having set up everything perfectly, contributing immensely to what was a memorable night!

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Declan Madden

Hello all,
Hope you are all in good form and enjoying the change in the weather which has signalled the start of summer. Just a few reminders.

First is to let everybody know that training is still taking place at the Delma street pitch from 7:30 – 9:00 on a Wednesday night. With a match against Dubai scheduled for the end of the month quickly followed by a tournament in Muscat in early May, it is important that we keep numbers up and give ourselves every chance in those games.

On Thursday April 1oth, the GAA and Irish Society will be having their annual Hawaiian Beach party at The Club. This is to replace the pool party we used to have in the CP before the Pool Bar opened. It will be 100 Dhs entry with a disco/BBQ and a prize for the best/worst shirt-shorts-bikini (all three won by Mike Boyce last year). This is open to all club and Irish society members as well as anyone else who wishes to attend. However for catering reasons we need to give the club numbers. They will also need a list of names for the gate so I need you all to e-mail me on kehoeben@hotmail.com , or ring or text me on 0507214682 with confirmation that you wish to attend.

Also in the pipeline for this month are a Golf Outing, a Shooting Trip and the annual Abu Dhabi Rose, and more information on these will be given in the coming weeks.

Until then take care and we’ll see youse at training

PS We need the numbers for the beach party by April 5th at the latest! That’s next Saturday!