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131st Post: Summer's coming.....the rain is stopping, hopefully!!!

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 Friday Night Social Boules: Ciarán started the 2024 Friday Evening Social Boules last Friday 26th at 7:15 pm till dusk.   The weather, though cool, permitted play for the 17 players.  We got two timed games and a couple of tipples before dusk.... don't examine the tables too closely!! Saturday Coaching: Our new initiative of having a half hour of coaching before play on different aspects of the game started yesterday.  Since 'shooting' is the skill least often performed, Ciatán concentrated on that with a group, while Tom focused on accuracy of 'pointing'.  We will change about and try other skills each Saturday. The 16 players enjoyed the novel activity before the normal Saturday morning play from 1100 to 1300 hours. General play after coaching.... Concentration on Pointing control..... Concentration on Shooting.... Schools Coaching: Ciarán started coaching a fourth class group on Thursday afternoon, by arrangement.  It was very successful and the pupils loved t

130th Post - Officially now Bayside Boules Club

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Condolences :  BBC has offered the condolences of the Club to the O'Callaghan family on the sad loss of Clodagh who with her husband, Andy, played with the original players before her illness struck.  Many of our players knew her personally and our Monday session has been cancelled as a mark of respect. R.I.P. Clodagh. IGM:  Our Inaugural Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday 2nd March at 7pm in the Bayside Community Centre.  The outgoing ad-hoc committee [ Tom D, Ciarán, Agnes, charlie O'D, Eileen D, Chris G, Nigel, John O'C, Tom B ]  put a lot of work since late 2019 to date and for the organisation of this meeting and were delighted with the positive response and turn out.  In order to avail of an supports offered by Fingal Public Participation Network [ Fingal PPN].  All attendees had paid the €20 subscription to the new Bayside Community Club which included the membership of the Irish Petanque Association [IPA] and their insurance cover.  Any players wishing to p

129th Post: N.B. Inaugural General Meeting of Bayside Boules Club

 Saturday 2nd March in Bayside Community Centre at 7pm Please read the previous blog post for all the background information. If you would like to be considered for election please forward your intention to Tom at 0874115145 . AGENDA Welcome + Safety message Reminder to sign in Appreciation of the work of the previous ad-hoc committee members Report on the uptake of the new Memberships. Vote to accept the new Title:  Bayside Boules Club Vote to accept the New Constitution or amended version                               Requirements  for membership of Fingal Public Participation Network      Election of officers to include:  Chairperson,  Secretary, Fixture/Competition Secretary, Treasurer, ......... Some planned events for 2024 AOB Close meeting ....................... Please read the proposed Constitution below before the IGM new Saturday. THE CONSTITUTION OF:   BAYSIDE BOULES CLUB  [ Prepared Jan 2024 ] 1. NAME The Club shall be known as “BAYSIDE BOULES CLUB” [BBC] 2. LOCATION T