Bayside Boules Club - Alden Park - since late 2019

 Grant Aid: Our thanks to Ciaran who entered Bayside Community Association into a competition in his workplace. He was informed last week that his application was successful and that a cheque for € 500 would be forwarded to the Bayside Community Association [BCA].  I've informed them to expect the cheque and that Bayside Boules Community [BBC] would draw on  € 300  for future events and that the balance could be used to support general Bayside events. Lost and found: The following pair of  easily identifiable gloves were found at the Boules Area.  Call to No. 17 to collect them..... Rubbish collection: We are still collecting throw-away packaging from the benches, occasionally, despite the proximity of the litter bins.  Last week we ending up picking up unspeakable human waste!  I've spared you the detail in the photo.  Hard to believe. Maintenance: The grass has begun to grow as Spring rolls in..........strimming has started.     ...

We are under starting orders....the vaccines are arriving....the virus is mutating...we are still  hibernating.....yet the clack of the boules is imminent!. How can something so small wreak such havoc?  I suppose we just need to remember...... babies! The Boules Pistes haven't gone away you know.......  they are calling from a short distance away.... They are lying in wait...... trapping the occasional unwary intruders....... Some work is never done as Gay and Heather continue to pick up litter in the various green spaces in the area including Alden Park.  Our thanks for their civic-minded efforts even in pandemic. You remember when nature was trying to reclaim the neglected boules area.... Well the intrepid warriors stepped into the breach to restore the beach ..... And order was restored to proceedings.....all wearing the anti-slagging masks.....they didn't work!! The snow tried its best with it's blanket protest...... But from out of their their hides emerged anot...