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Glee star, Damien McGinty; Geraldine Hughes of Rocky fame; and boxer John Duddy, were all on board with the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, to help promote Derry~Londonderry in New York City this week. The Derry Londonderry yacht is preparing to set sail across the Atlantic in what will be the final
leg today, before arriving back home in the city. The Derry~Londonderry and the other participating yachts from around the world, will be greeted with the ‘Clipper Homecoming Festival’ (29th June - 8th July), a ten day festival on the banks of the Foyle. Pictured are Damien McGinty, John Duddy, Geraldine Hughes, Grainne Duddy, Roy Devine –Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioner and Derry~Londonderry crew member, Mark Light – Derry~Londonderry Skipper
Figures just released reveal that there have been forty men shot in paramilitary-style shootings in Der-ry in the last five years.This figure is significantly lower than that quoted in a recent Guardian article which said that the number was approximately 85. BBC Radio
Elderly man forced from car in CregganPOLICE in Derry have described a hi-jacking incident, during which a 76-year-old man was forced out of his van in Creggan, as an attempt to cause “chaos” across the city.The man and a female passenger were de-scribed as being “very shaken”.Police reported that two or three men, with scarves covering their faces, approached the van and ordered them to get out.A short time later the car was found block-ing Fanad Drive and had been set on fire. Police also reported that a large group of youths had gathered on the road and that a number of petrol bombs were seen. Fire crews were forced to leave the scene of the incident after the crowd became increas-ingly hostile towards them.Police say that they believe the incident is linked to further reports of a hoax de-vice which was left on the road at around 10.30pm that evening.Describing those responsible as “mindless thugs”, Inspector John Burrows said that the incident was an “another attempt to cause disorder”.“We worked extensively with community and political representatives after the inci-dent to keep this area calm,” he said. “It is an absolute disgrace that these mind-less thugs continue to victimise local peo-ple, particularly the most vulnerable in our community. “How can any right-thinking person pull a 76 year-old man from his vehicle? I would appeal to anyone who witnessed this inci-dent or has any information to contact us and help us identify those responsible.”Anyone with information is asked to contact Police at Strand Road station on 0845 600.
40 men shot in Derry in last five yearsFoyle requested and released the figures in response to the article.The figures were sent from the Am-bulance service and Altnagelvin Hospital this week.They also revealed that five men were shot and wounded in Stra-bane since 2010, while another
three were shot in Donegal includ-ing Derry man Andrew Allen who was murdered in Buncrana in Feb-ruary.John McPoland from the Northern Ireland Ambulance service said he had thought the days of such at-tacks had been left behind.
"A lot of the shootings tend to be in around the knee cap and more recently shotguns have been used to inflict pain and maim the victims."There has been great a reduction in these types of attacks in compari-son to 20 years ago," said Mr McPo-land.
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Airport name change rowby Helen Sweeney
The SDLP, DUP and UPP have scuppered Sinn Fein Councillor Elisha McCallion’s mo-tion which asked that Derry City Council look into changing the name of the city airport to Amelia Earhart.Councillor McCallion who put forward the motion at the council’s full monthly meeting said that she was disappointed and accused the other parties of failing to gauge public enthusiasm for the idea.“This journey is known throughout the world and the time is right on the 80th anniversary of Amelia Earhart landing in what was Galla-gher’s field,” she said. “I know that there might be caution because of the extra cost of re branding but I feel that it is important that we look into innovative ideas.”SDLP councillor Brenda Stevenson said that the link with Amelia Earhart was “tenuous”. “We don’t feel that the time is right and consultation has to be done in the mouth of 2013, it would be confusing ,” she said.DUP councillor Gary Middleton said that his party “shared the view of the SDLP”. “But of course we would not be against anything that could impact on visitor potential,” he said.
Councillor McCallion replied that the motion simply asked for the idea to be looked into and said that 2013 was the perfect time for the name change.“It’s almost free publicity,” she said. “The mo-tion simply asks that we take the necessary steps to look into it. It’s disappointing that the other parties don’t seem to be in line with the popluar mood on this. There are festivals to honour Amelia Earhart. Hilary Clinton at-tended a four day seminar in honour of her,” she said.
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A 41-year-old Derry man has been given a suspended sentence and placed under a probation order for 12 months after he ad-mitted possession of cannabis. The court heard that police were called by his former partner on November 2 last year and that she had alleged that Thom-as Doherty whose address was given as Knockalla Park had assaulted her and made threats to her and to damage her property. When police went to Doherty’s home the court heard that he had spat and head butted an officer and that a small amount of herbal cannabis had been discovered in Doherty’s trouser pocket during a search.The court then heard that Doherty was again discovered to be in possession of can-nabis on February 11 this year after he was searched at a house during an unrelated incident. Doherty confirmed that the can-nabis was his.
Doherty’s solicitor Mr Paddy McDermott said that the relationship relating to the first incident had been “fraught” but had since ended and that his client was concentrating on looking after his children. Mr McDermott also told the court that his client had long standing issues with alcohol and substance abuse.District Judge Barney McElholm ordered a four month sentence for threats to Doherty’s ex-partner and suspended it for two years. He was also ordered to do 100 hours community service plus an additional 12 months under a probation order. Doherty was given a further one month suspended sentence for assaulting a police officer and one month suspended sentence for resisting arrest. All sentences are concur-rent. He was further ordered to pay £200 in fines for possession of cannabis.
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Police in Derry are appealing for informa-tion after a 21-year-old man was attacked on Derry's Walls last Friday night.The incident happened at a section of the walls near Waterloo Street and has just come to light today.At around 9.30pm, the man was standing with a group of friends when he was at-tacked from behind by an unknown male
who punched him several times on the side of the head causing him to fall to the ground. The victim sustained injuries to the head and was taken to hospital.Police are appealing for information and witnesses. Anyone who was in the area last Friday night is asked to contact police on 0845 600 8000 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Colr Colm Eastwood, pictured at the Galliagh Residents Centre, with ladies that completed a six week crochet programme, funded by the City Of Culture, in partnership with the resource centre.
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Warning over legal highs Police have issued a warning over the use of so-called legal highs af-ter approximately £15,000 worth of the substances were seized on May 31.The seizure was made after a search of premises in Derry and the PSNI have urged the public to be cautious about potential side effects.“It is suspected that substances touted as ‘legal highs’ do contain dangerous substances which are harmful to human health and po-tentially have dangerous psycho-logical side effects,” said a police
spokesman in a statement.“Police would advise the public not to use ‘legal highs’ under any circumstances due to the side ef-fects it can engender and would urge people to seek medical ad-vice immediately. Neighbourhood Sergeant Ray Wilson said members of the com-munity have already come for-ward to voice concerns over ‘legal highs’ being available to young people. He said, “The issue of legal highs is very concerning and in-deed the term ‘legal high’ makes
people think taking them is safe when the reality is, they can be extremely dangerous. People just don’t know what is in these substances or the effects it will have. Some of the items we seized contain the warning, ‘not for human consumption’. I would urge anyone who uses these sub-stances to really think about the harm they are causing to them-selves.” Anyone with information about the supply of drugs or suspected harmful substances should con-tact police directly. Approximately £15,000 worth legal highs were seized on May 31.
Bit brother’s ear during “play fight”A 22-year-old man was told that he only narrowly avoided a jail sen-tence after admitting biting into his brothers ear during what the pair later told police was a “play fight”.Derry magistrate’s court heard that Sean McCallion of Dunberry Hill in Bridgend had bitten his brother’s ear until the top part of it was dan-gling off during a fight at a house party on August 22 last year. Mc-Callion’s brother needed a total of 22 stitches to seal the wound.The court heard that when police
arrived at the house they found the brothers outside and noted that Sean McCallion had also sustained injuries to the head.The pair were taken to accident and emergency at Altnagelvin and that McCallion’s brother ap-proached officers and told them that he and his brother “fought all the time” and that it had been a play fight that had gone too far. The court heard that at this point the injured party’s head was ban-daged and that blood was seep-ing through the dressing from the
wound to his ear.The court then heard that McCallion had become “extremely aggressive” after he was taken into custody and that a quantity of cannabis had also been discovered when it fell out of his trouser pocket.During interview McCallion told police that he had consumed a large amount of vodka on the night in question and that when he drank the spirit he “turned into a different person”.McCallion’s solicitor told the court that her client had misinterpreted
a hug from his brother as an act of aggression and said that the inci-dent was a “blur” to him.She also told the court that the fight had been a “wake-up call” to McCallion who had since stopped drinking and using cannabis.Handing down a six-month sen-tence suspended for three years, District Judge McElholm said that had McCallion had any previous criminal record he would have gone straight to jail.McCallion was also fined £150 for possession of cannabis.
SDLP to host welfare conferenceSDLP Social Development spokesperson Mark H Durkan is urging people to attend a conference organised by the SDLP in Derry this week on the impact of Welfare Reform.The Foyle MLA said: “We will have guest speakers from ad-vice groups and charities who will give their expertise and insight on the impact that Welfare Reform will have and in many cases is already having on vulnerable people here.“It is up to us as members of the devolved government in Stormont to do what we can to mitigate the impact of these Draconian cuts on people here in Northern Ireland.“Next week’s seminar will help crystalize these issues and inform people of exactly what they can expect. Further-more, it will hopefully better inform us how we can better oppose the cuts that will see people lose out on Housing Benefit, Incapacity Benefit and Disability Living Allowance.”“Benefit Changes: Welfare Reform or Unfair Reform” will be held in the City Hotel, Friday 8 June from 10am-1pm, in the City Hotel, Derry.
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Get on yer bike to explore new greenwayLocal cyclists and walkers were delighted to see the opening of the first phase of the city’s new Greenway over the Bank Holiday weekend, which was celebrated with a special family funday at St Columb’s Park run-ning track on Saturday June 2.The route, which runs from the Peace Bridge and through the park, is the result of over half a million pounds of investment from Sustrans through the Big Lottery Fund, Derry City Coun-cil, DRD Travel Wise and NIEA, as part of the council’s Parks De-velopment Programme.Welcoming the opening the Mayor, Alderman Maurice De-venney, said the new greenway would allow more people the opportunity to explore the city. “The new greenway is a great way for families to enjoy the local scenery and perhaps ex-plore some areas of the city they haven’t visited before,” he said.“And anything that encourages people to get outside to enjoy some fresh air and exercise is obviously of benefit to every-one.”Sustrans’ Area Manager Ross McGill said: “Walking and cy-cling for everyday journeys is
great for our health, the envi-ronment, and of course it’s fun too. These new links are going to make a real difference to how people make their everyday journeys in Derry/Londonderry.“We hope to work with Derry City Council in the future to de-liver even more routes like this locally, making it safe to get around on two wheels.” Frank Hewitt, Big Lottery Fund NI Chair, said the route would make a real difference in the area. “Sustrans was awarded £50m from the Big Lottery Fund’s ‘Living Landmarks: Peo-ple’s Millions’ competition to create new cycling and walking routes to improve local travel in communities across the UK.A new public artwork which has just been unveiled along the walking and cycling link with-in the park. Founder of Foyle Lodge, Dr Tom McGinley, has been joined by Irish war poet Francis Ledwidge and Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, in the ‘portrait bench’. The lifesize art-work is part of a national project funded by the Big Lottery Fund, and was installed ahead of the city’s Big Flame Weekend.
The Mayor, Alderman Maurice Devenney pictured at the opening of the new Urban Greenway in St. Columb’s Park at the weekend. Included are Ross McGill from SUSTRANS and Councillors Angela Dobbins and Gus Hastings and some of the
cyclists who travelled the new route.
A man who drove a tractor on the Clooney Road and mistakenly thought that he was in-sured has been fined £200 at a recent sitting of Derry magistrate’s court.The court heard that Stephen Fairman, age 46, of Drumleck Gardens was stopped by police on Clooney Road on February 25 and elected to produce his insurance at Strand
Tractor Driven with no insuranceRoad police station within 10 days.The court heard that the insurance which was in place at the time only covered a second tractor and not the one that he had been driv-ing on the day in question.Defence solicitor Mr Dermot Downey told the court that his client had purchased full insur-ance just four days later.
A 51-year-old man has been convicted of driv-ing without due care and attention after he hit another car while trying to cross two lanes on Victoria Road on November 11 last year.Ivan McClintock of Silverbrook Park in New-buildings had pulled out after a HGV driver had flashed his lights indicating that it was
“Notorious” road causes driver difficultiessafe for him to drive across.McClintock’s solicitor Mr Dermot Downey told the court that his client had “done his best” while performing a “very difficult” manoeuvre on what he described as a “notorious” junction.McClintock was also fined £150 and given three penalty points.
A district judge has ordered that a 33-year-old Derry man be placed under a restraining order after he appeared at Derry magistrate’s court charged with disorderly behaviour and resisting arrest.Brian Maguire whose address was given as Ar-gyle Street, committed the offences during an incident in John Street on April 24 this year.The court heard that police were called after reports of a disturbance and had found Magu-ire shouting and swearing in the street when they arrived. Maguire was also convicted of a charge of harassment.
Judge warns man not to re offendMaguire’s solicitor Mr Paddy McDermott told the court that his client’s problems had start-ed after his relationship broke up. “The break up caused him stress and he began drinking,” he said.District Judge McElholm imposed a four-month sentence but suspended it for 18 months before further instructing that Magu-ire be placed under a restraining order which forbids him from harassing or intimidating the injured party.Judge McElholm warned Maguire not to re-offend or he would face prison.
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Vote to save Derry’s big brother hopeThe 24-year-old who has already caused waves inside the Big Broth-er house might well have just one week of fame if he is voted out on Friday night.Conor McIntyre from Hatmore Park in Derry was in the house just one hour when he was nominated by beauty queen Deana, who was asked to pick who hadn’t made a great impression on her. The nominations were part of a se-cret task given to her by Big Brother and Conor was one of three picked by the former Miss India to face the chop.Conor who is a personal trainer and works at the City Hotel and Tem-plemore Sports Complex looked understandably shocked when his name was read out.Deana claimed that Conor hadn’t made the effort to speak to her after Big Brother rejected her claims that he was too quiet.Victoria and Lydia are the other two who will face the public vote live on Channel 5 on Friday night. The early nominations are part of a surprise Big Brother twist as housemates are normally allowed a week before voting begins.To keep Conor in call 09016161707 or text 6505807. You can also vote online at www.channel5.com/big-brother.
Confusion over future of St Peter’s SDLP Foyle MLA, Colum Eastwood, has raised con-cerns that a small number of pupils have been left in limbo after the Minister for Education announced his intention to close St Peter’s High School in Creggan. Mr Eastwood was speaking after his office was ap-proached by concerned parents whose children had received letters of offer to enter St Peter’s in Septem-ber. This is despite the fact that it was advertised that the school would not be inducting any Year 8 pupils in light of the decision to close the school. Mr Eastwood has contacted the Western Education and Library Board who have indicated that a small number of ‘anomalies’ continue to exist due to the fact that the Minister’s decision regarding the school in still undergoing a process of consultation. “My concern in this matter is that a small number of prospective secondary school pupils are being left in a state of uncertainty and limbo. This uncertainty is obviously a cause of great worry to the children in-volved and to their parents,” he said. “The decision to close St Peter’s was widely adver-tised and it was expected that no Year 8 pupils would be inducted this September. It seems however that a small number of children have received offers to come to St Peter’s’. “After making a number of enquiries, this situation has been described to me as an anomaly, caused because a process of consultation is still under way following the Education Minister’s decision to close the school’. “I would urge the Minister for Education to intervene in this situation, a situation which should not have been allowed develop in the first place. As well as contacting the Education Board, I have written an urgent question to Minister O’Dowd’ “It is clear that questions need answered by the Minister, the Department and the Board.”Big Brother hopeful Conor McIntyre
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Olympic torch relay lifts city spirits The fine weather on June 4 was the icing on the cake for Derry’s turn to take the Olympic torch through the streets and across the Peace Bridge where some 12,000 were already enjoy-ing a concert and waiting for the flame to arrive.The younger element of the crowd had been wait-ing patiently for rising stars General Fiasco to take to the stage and the more senior wanted to grab the chance of a life time and see the Olympic flame as it passed.“We’ve come all the way back from Lisburn where we were shopping for the day because we wanted to see this,” said the Lesley family from Claudy. “This is the chance of a life time and we wouldn’t have missed it. The atmosphere is amazing and we’re very impressed at the way it’s been organised.”A total of 18 people had been given the honour of carrying the torch during the relay including mum and daughter team Síun and Siobhán Heaney. Speaking to the City Herald ahead of the relay Síun said that she was nervous but “very excited” about the relay.“I promise I won’t be selling mine on ebay,” she laughed. “I just hope I do okay and that I don’t drop it. This is something that I’ll always remember, I’m delighted to be involved,” she said. Belmont House School’s Troy College pupils were also out in force to cheer on Maebh Fisher and Ki-ernan McLaughlin as the 13-year-olds took up the torch, and showed the city what they’re made of!Maebh was nominated by her friend’s mum, Tracey Hegarty, who sent in her story to the Olympic Com-mittee. “Well Maebh cer-tainly hasn’t had an easy time of it but she hasn’t al-lowed anything to stand in the way of achieving any-thing she wants to achieve,” Tracey explained. “She had a very difficult start in life as she was born prematurely and has suf-fered a number of serious health problems through-out her life as a result. “Despite all this she attend-ed mainstream primary school at Oakgrove where she really thrived, and it was there that she became
such good friends with my daughter Laura. They were extremely close and did everything together, from gymnastics to horserid-ing, and were always stay-ing at each other’s houses. Both the girls are real social butterflies and just love having people about them - they’re forever encourag-ing people to get involved in things.”And it’s Maebh’s infectious enthusiasm and ability to inspire others that Tracey believes sets her apart.“I nominated Maebh for the example that she sets to ev-eryone, she’s a real shining light to all those who know her,” she said. “She has shown such resilience and determination through-out her life to achieve the things that other children take for granted, and she has never let anything hold her back. “In terms of love and friend-ship Maebh is just such a special girl – she’s so lov-ing and giving and always brings people together. Sport is a real passion of hers and she’s always ac-tive and out there getting involved. “Maebh was just a per-fect candidate to carry the torch – a brave, humble child who I believe will in-spire others to go that extra mile to succeed. Myself and Laura are just thrilled that she was chosen.”Fellow pupil Kiernan McLaughlin shares Maebh’s love of all things sport, and was nominated by his mum Mairead for his ability to make people laugh, as well as his determination. In her nomination she described him as a ‘star pupil’ loved by his teachers and friends.“His teachers think he is a joy to teach and everyone enjoys his wicked sense of humour and infectious laugh,” she said. “Everyone in his commu-nity knows and loves him and he recently received a trophy for ‘supporter of the year’ for the local soccer club. He is a proud support-er of all sports, especially ‘Man United, Derry City and Ardmore GAA and soccer clubs. He’s also a member of the Derry City Swim-ming Club and although he has muscle tone problems is encouraged to learn to swim and achieve his po-tential.”
Darrel Harper, chats with Zoe Salmon, on stage at St Columbs Park, after lighting the Olympic Flame on its relay journey.
12-year-old Darrel Harper from Strabane, lights the Olympic Flame at St Columbs Park, after carrying the torch into the city.
Belmont House School pupils Maebh Fisher & Kieran McLaughlin took up the torch for the city.
Giovanna McKinney and 4-year-old Aoife Reilly, enjoying the activi-ties ahead of the Olympic Torch arrival at St Columbs Park.
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Many weight loss diets promise to help you lose weight quickly. Often, these diets focus on short-term results and don’t work in the long term. They may also be bad for your health.Here are five reasons to avoid them:Many diets, especially crash diets, involve dramatically reduc-ing the number of calories you consume. You may lose weight quickly but you risk losing muscle rather than fat. “Crash diets make you feel very unwell and unable to function properly,” says dietitian Ursula Arens. “Because they are nutritionally unbal-anced, crash diets can lead to long-term poor health, including eating disorders.”Some diets recommend cutting out certain foods, such as meat, fish, wheat or dairy products. Cutting out certain food groups
altogether could prevent you from getting important nutrients and vitamins, which your body needs to function properly.Some diets are very low in carbohydrates (such as pasta, bread, and rice), which are an essential source of energy. While you may lose weight on these types of diets, they’re often high in protein and fat, which can make you ill. “It has been suggested that the high protein content of these diets ‘dampens’ the appe-tite and feelings of hunger,” says Arens. Many low-carbohydrate diets allow you to eat foods that are high in saturated fat, such as butter, cheese and meat. Too much saturated fat can raise your cholesterol and increase your risk of heart disease and stroke.Detox diets are based on the idea that toxins build up in the body and can be removed by eating, or not eating, certain things.
However, there’s no evidence that toxins build up in our bodies. If they did, we would feel very ill. “Detox diets do not work,” says Arens. “They are, in effect, a form of modified fasting.”Some fad diets are based on eating a single food or meal, such as cabbage soup. Others make far-fetched claims, for example that eating grapefruit can help burn body fat. Often, there is little or no evidence to back up these claims. “If followed over long pe-riods, these diets are very unbalanced and bad for your health,” says Arens. “You may lose weight in the short term, but it’s much better to lose weight gradually and to be healthy.”
Build exercise into your routineMany of us think we need to spend hours working up a sweat at the gym to stay fit. However, while intense workouts are beneficial, they can also be extremely off-putting and are not strictly necessary. Research shows that regular daily activity could be more effective than spo-radic workouts, so rather than allot-ting a specific “exercise time” a day, try peppering your day with gentle bits of activity such as taking the stairs instead of the lift, doing the housework, or walking to the shops at lunch.
We all know that eating fresh, homemade produce is good for us, yet many of us are far too tired to be whipping up a culinary masterpiece after a hard day’s work. However, rather than falling into the trap of relying on shop bought ready meals which may be lacking in nutritional value, try making your own healthy versions instead. By cooking up healthy meals in large batches at the weekend, you can be sure to have plenty of healthy choices in your freezer for those days when you’re too lazy to cook.
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Police appealsPolice in Derry are appealing for information following a theft at a petrol station on Wednesday May 30on Aber-corn Road.At around 3.20am a driver filled his car with petrol and drove off without paying. The driver, believed to be in his twenties is described as tall, slim build with short dark hair and was wearing a blue tracksuit top with white patches on the sleeves. He was driving a blue/green Ford Ka with partial registra-tion BNZ.Police are appealing to the driver to contact them or anyone who can identify the driver or the car should con-tact Police at Strand Road station. Police in Derry are appealing for information following a report of criminal damage to a house in Glenfadda Park on Tuesday May 29.At around 2.15am a bed-room window in the house was smashed waking the elderly resident who was in bed at the time. The window was broken but no-one was injured.Anyone who may have wit-nessed the incident or no-ticed anyone acting suspi-ciously in the area is asked to contact police. Police in Derry are appealing for witnesses to a traffic inci-dent involving a blue a blue Mercedes saloon car and a motorcycle on Saturday, 26th May, at around 1.15pm. It is believed the occupants of the Mercedes car threw objects at the motorcyclist. The incident began at the bottom of Carlisle Road and continued along the Craiga-von Bridge, Duke Street and Duke Street roundabout where the car collided with the motorcycle. At this point the car made off. The motor-cyclist was not injured. Anyone who may have seen the vehicles is asked to con-tact police at Strand Road. Police in Foyle are appealing for information following the theft of lead from Gran-sha Park Hospital, Gransha, on the Clooney Road.The lead was stolen from the roof of a new building and was reported to Police on Tuesday 29th May. The theft is valued at around £3,000.Anyone who may have no-ticed any suspicious activ-ity or has any information is asked to contact police at Strand Road station on 0845 600 8000.
The PSNI in Foyle are re-minding the community to keep their homes and out-buildings safe.Crime Prevention offi-cer, Mandy McCrea said now is a good time to rethink home security. With the longer evenings and brighter weather, many people will be tak-ing the opportunity to get outside into gardens and yards. Police would like to re-mind local people it is im-portant to remember that others may be watch-ing what you do with in-terest. Thieves have been known to look out for easy targets at this time of year - the person who has left their windows and doors open, shed unlocked or has left tools and equipment out overnight. Police would advise local residents to follow these simple steps to help reduce the chance of becoming a victim of opportunistic crime:Never leave doors unlocked overnight or if you are away from home.Never leave garages and sheds unlocked.
Deter burglars – close and lock windows and doors
Use substantial padlocks on shed doors, dead head vulnerable screws on hing-es and bolts.Cover shed and garage windows on the inside so that criminals can’t see in. Consider securing valuable ornaments or statues by ce-menting them to a footing.Photograph any antique garden statues.Weigh down plant contain-ers with bricks inside the pots.Protect your perimeters by ensuring gates and railings are secure and in good re-pair.Secure ladders to perma-nent fixtures.Mark lawnmowers and other garden tools with your postcode followed by your house number by us-ing a permanent marker or engraver.Chain bicycles together and secure the chain to a solid structure. Always report anything suspicious to police. Fur-ther practical crime preven-tion advice is always avail-able from your local Crime Prevention Officer, Mandy McCrea by calling 0845 600 8000
Gracie-Lynn Brolly who won the girls race during the annual Caw Nelson Drive Action Group funday receives her trophy from the Mayor, Alderman Maurice Devenney.
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Get involved with TheClipper homecomingThe Clipper Homecom-ing Festival will take place on the banks of the Foyle from June 29 to July 8, and the team want you to be a part of it.The People’s Platform at the Clipper Round the World Yacht Festival, of-fers organisations and in-dividuals a chance to get involved and showcase the arts, culture and enter-tainment that is rooted in the local community. So whether you are a
street dance crew, a bud-ding musician or a side-cracking comic, the peo-ple’s platform want to hear from you. All suggestions from com-munity and arts groups will be considered, as well as individuals who are in-terested in performing but there are a limited num-ber of spaces, so do get in touch as soon as possible.Mayor Alderman Mau-rice Devenney said; “This is a great chance for lo-
cal talent to perform and participate in, what will be a huge event, and to showcase the very best of the city, to visitors from around the world.”For more information about the People’s Plat-form or to propose an idea, please contact [email protected] more information about the event please visit our website: www.derrycity.gov.uk/Clipper
Mike Sandford and Martin Jupp from Zapcats power boats visited Derry~Londonderry in preparation for their amazing water display exhibition. The unique performance will take place during the ‘Clipper Round the Yacht
Race Homecoming Festival’ (29th June – 8th July). The Zapcats will be one of the spectacles on the Foyle during the 10 day festival to welcome the Derry~Londonderry boat home after its year long voyage.
Also in the picture are; Jacqueline Whoriskey, Marketing Officer at Derry City Council and Paul Bryson, Assistant Harbour Master, Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners. For more information go to
www.derrycity.gov.uk/clipper.
Hit and run appeal Police in Foyle are appealing for information to help identify the driver of a car that was involved in a hit-and-run collision.At around 2.15am on Sunday May 20, a 21 year-old male was hit by a car as he attempted to cross the road at lower William Street, near a fast food restaurant at Waterloo Place. The male sustained injuries to his face.Police believe the car was dark blue in colour, possibly a Hon-da Civic with partial registration 00-KY. It is believed the car may have tinted windows, a large exhaust and some other modifications.Anyone who may have seen the car or is able to help identify the driver is asked to contact Police at Strand Road station on 0845 600 8000.
Date set for murder trialA 47-year-old man is to stand trial for the murder of Derry man Patrick Harkin. Paul Greatbanks whose address was given only as Magha-berry Prison is alleged to have committed the offence on February 20 2011 at an address at Bayview Terrace. Greatbanks was returned for trial from custody and is to appear before Laganside Crown Court on June 22.
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St Brigids College performing at this years Earhart FestivalSimon Peters entertains the audience at Earhart Festival
Happy ladies enjoying the craic at the Senior Citizens Tea Party Telling a new story. Guest Speakers at this community relations event as part of 2012 Earhart Festival
Joe Campbell of Greater Shantallow Community Arts introducing the Mayor to images at the Amelia Earhart Day
Eamon Ferguson and friends performing during this years Earhart Festival in Paeders.
Ronan Kearney and Rozza entertaining the crowds at the Bound for Boston
Rainbow School of Dance entertaining guests at Earhart Gala Ball
Having a chat at The Earhart Festival
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The Earhart Community Arts Festival Connecting Communities in the City of Culture
The Earhart Festival Director, Oliver Green, says he’s ‘over-whelmed and delighted’ with the enthusiastic response to this year’s celebrations to mark the 80t anniversary of the day in 1932 when Amelia Earhart made history by becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. ‘This vindicates our decision to move the Fes-tival from its traditional August date to the actual anniversary. It is a great endorsement of Amelia Earhart’s special place in our city’s history and hearts that Derry City Council officially designated May 21st as Ame-lia Earhart Day,’ he says. ‘ It’s a timely recognition of the last-ing connection between the Earhart story and the history of our community. ‘‘2012 saw the introduction
of what we intend to become annual events that project the Festival on an international scale,’ Mr Green adds. ‘The high-lights were many: the inspira-tional inaugural Earhart lec-ture, delivered so eloquently by Anita Robinson; the première of Carl Campbell and Jim Mc-Clenaghan’s play inspired by the Earhart story, One Day in Derry which is set to become an established piece of pro-fessional theatre, are just two. Who could fail to be moved by the citations of the worthy win-ners of the first ever Ameila Ear-hartMedals of Achievement for schoolchildren? Theie stories were inspiring and highlighted all that is best about our young people in this city and there is much to be proud of. ‘The community based story-
telling in the Craft Village, the Earhart gala ball, complete with gangsters and flappers, the in-augural Earhart pigeon race, the thrilling fly past in Guildhall Square all made this year one to remember,’ Mr Green continues. ‘The launch of our prestigious and historically accurate illus-trated publication: Amelia Ear-hart, first lady of Aviation/ A Day in Derry will help us to spread the message far and wide.’ My heartfelt thanks to all who took part, in whatever capac-ity, for making the 2012 Earhart such a memorable Festival, our deepest thanks to Derry City Council and the City of Culture Company for their fantastic support and we look forward the 2013 and flying the flag for community engagement in the City of Culture.
Simon Peters entertains the audience at Earhart Festival
Having a chat at The Earhart Festival
Family fun at the Earhart at Teddy Bears Picnic.
Enjoying the Earharts Teddy Bears Picnic in the company of Minnie and Micky
Enjoying the Earharts dress up
Shauna McCarthy being introduced by Don Mauricto
MLA Pat Ramsey takes to the stage at the Earhart Gala Ball
Eoin Quigg performing live at this years Earhart Festival.
Mark Durkan presenting Amelia Earhart Medal of Achieve-ment Awards to Roddy Quinn of Rosemount PS
Guest arriving in style for the Amelia Ear-hart Ball for this years Earhart Festival.
Amanda Doherty appearing as Amelia Ear-hart during the World Premier of One Day
Crowds enjoying a sunny day at the Amelia Earhart Medal of Achievement Awards
The Guildhall crowds enjoying a sunny day at the Amelia Earhart Medal of Achievement Awards
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Flower power supports Hospice
Pictured at Foyle Hospice, is chairman Dr. Keith Munro, receiving a cheque for £6,976.00. The money was raised by an Art Exhibition held in the Playhouse, called ‘Art Of Caring’, which raised £5,176.00, organisers are represented by
from left, Fiona Williamson, David Meade and right Annmarie Doherty. Dairmuid O’Donnell, pictured, is heading off on a cycle around Ireland and
raised £1,800.00.
Pictured at Foyle Hospice, during the launch of the National Sunflower Appeal, from left, Dr. Keith Munro (Chairperson), Michelle McGinn (Fundraising Department), Carol Colhoun (Nursing Staff), Rachel Bruce (County Fundraiser), Marie Dunlop (Clinical Ward Sister) and Clare
McDonald (Staff Nurse).
Foyle Hospice will be cel-ebrating Sunflower Days over Friday 8 June and Saturday 9 June 2012 throughout the North West. The Sunflower Days are to raise awareness of local Hospice Care fa-cilities and raise funds for your local Hospice.By making a contribution during Sunflower Days you can help to bring com-fort and dignity to people at the end of their life. Hospice care involves highly skilled profession-als working together to meet the individual needs of each patient and their family. Communities throughout Ireland have played a key role in de-veloping hospice services and this support is much needed in these difficult economic times.The care and support of
families, friends and com-munities can be crucial when a person is facing the challenge of ill health or living with a life-limiting condition. Local hospice services support patients in their communities to live with comfort and dig-nity. This is provided local-ly through Foyle Hospice’s inpatient unit, day therapy unit and their home care team who deliver valu-able care in a person’s own home. The Foyle Hospice Sunflow-er appeal requires volun-teers to come together and help sell Sunflower Pins. If you think you could spare an hour or two to help please contact Rachel Bruce and the Fundraising Centre on 028 71359888 or email [email protected].
Pictured at Foyle Hospice, from left, Dr. Keith Munro (Chairperson) with Cathal McFeeley (Claudy DIY), who took part in a lorry pull to raise funds for a portablle ultrasound machine, raising £4,200.00. Also pictured, Dr. Paul McIvor (Medical Director), Helen Foley (Clinical Ward Sister) and Rachel Bruce (County
Fundraiser).
Average house price in Derry £116,500Buying a house in Derry will cost you around £20,000 below the average house price in Northern Ireland- which is either good or bad news de-pending if you are buying or selling.Recent research published by the University of Ulster shows that the average house price in the city now stands at £116,500 compared to £134,500 as a median figure for the North as a whole.Data shows that the Northern Ire-land housing market remains sub-
dued with sales remaining low and prices still falling.The latest University of Ulster Quar-terly House Price Index showed the number of house sales in the first quarter of this year was 925, slightly down on the 960 sales in the last three months of 2011, and exactly the same as the number of sales in the same quarter last year. The overall average price of a house in Northern Ireland is now £134,560; an annual decline of 10.6 per cent.
But there was a light glimmer of hope as although the overall trend is still downwards, the survey detected price increases in certain properties types in some areas of Northern Ire-land.Another positive is the the avail-ability of affordable properties in Northern Ireland. Some 35 per cent of properties in the survey of 115 estate agents sold at or below £100,000. Collectively, more than 70 per cent sold for £150,000 or less.
Business awards celebrate entrepreneursThis year’s Derry~Londonderry Business Awards hosted by UTV presenter Gerry Kelly at the City Hotel were more than just awards but a statement of the power of entrepreneurs to drive business in their communities, Londonderry Chamber of Com-merce president Padraig Cana-van said.“The success and prosperity of any economy is dependent on business excellence, so it is im-portant that as a city we take time out to enjoy the achieve-ments of those businesses that are the driving force behind our community,” he told the city’s traders.“ However, the event is more than just an awards ceremony – it is a statement. That statement is that business and entrepre-neurship is the most powerful force for social change that we have at our disposal. The judg-ing panel was overwhelmed by
the sheer volume of applica-tions as well as the outstanding quality of the submissions. This, I believe, is very good news and businesses in Derry have some-thing to celebrate.”Jim Roddy, City Centre Manager said that the response to the awards was “unbelievable”. “All the finalists represent all that is unique about the business that goes on in our city. There is a multitude of great work which is carried out in the city centre every day,” he said.“This work contributes to the end goal of having a living, breath-ing, vibrant city centre which is accessible to everyone. I must also extend a special thank you to all our sponsors and guests who came on the night for mak-ing this event such a huge suc-cess”The President of the Londonder-ry Chamber of Commerce Pad-raig Canavan said:
The winners in each category were:
Business of the Year:Millennium Forum
Entrepreneur of the YearPaddy and Edmund Simpson
Excellence in Customer ServiceCurtis Opticians
Innovation AwardDog Ears
Best Tourism InitiativeCity Tours
Best Night Time EconomyBrunswick Moviebowl
Tourism Services AwardCity of Derry Airport Best Large BusinessDonnelly and Tagqart
Best SMEAirporter
Outstanding Professional Service AwardPaul O’Keefe
Digital Award360 Productions
Promotion of Arts and CultureThe Playhouse
Healthy Workplace Award Woodvale Construction
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Leading drug and alcohol charity HURT (Have Ur Tomor-rows) is celebrating its tenth year since it opened its doors to help people who are strug-gling with the effects of drug and alcohol abuse.Initially based in Great James Street, HURT provided a listen-ing ear service, family support and a drop-in centre, manned and funded solely by Sadie.“I have to pinch myself some-times because of how far this has come on,” explained Sa-die. “I started off in one room and it was only supposed to be a helpline for parents be-cause there was no help there then.“Now we have other outreach centres, one in Strabane and another in Limavady and even that in itself is an achievement.“We have 20 staff. It’s a mix-ture of volunteers, councillors, therapists with full and part staff, so it’s a massive achieve-ment.”Sadie’s drive and determina-tion stems from the tragic drug related death of her son Tony who died in 1999, where she made a conscious decision to go down the route of rais-ing awareness of drugs. “During the time of Tony’s ad-diction we tried really hard to get him help, he was crying out for help but in this town then there was nothing there
Local charity celebrating its tenth anniversary By Rory Mooney
to help with drugs because back then drugs was a big ta-boo, so after Tony’s death I de-cided to do something.“I knew nothing about drugs so I went to Magee and did ad-diction studies for two years to give myself some information and education on drugs, and that’s when I decided to do it.“Within a year there were a good lot of people ringing for advice, mainly about cannabis so step by step that’s how it all came about.”Trends of drugsSince establishing HURT in 2002 Sadie has identified a growing trend of harder and prescription drugs being ex-perimented with by youths in Derry and throughout the Northwest.“We see all kinds of addiction from alcohol, cannabis, co-caine and even prescription drugs. We had a massive influx when methadrone came out. These were people who never would have taken drugs but because it was legal they de-cided to experiment because of the word legal.“There is also the continuous trends of cocaine, ecstasy, dope and alcohol but pre-scription drugs are massive also because they are so easily got.”With these worrying trends in drug abuse Sadie has dealt
The Mayor, Alderman Maurice Devenney pictured at the handover of of a £489,820.00 grant from the Big Lottery Fund to HURT (Have your Tomorrows) with, from left, Sadie O’Reilly, HURT
co-rodinator, Dessie Kyle, HURT centre manager, Geraldine Campbell and Jenny Fitzgerald, Big Lottery Fund.
it. They don’t have cars and big bank balances.“I would never have let my son been shot. Somebody has to stand up to them and what they are doing is totally wrong.”
whoever wants to come in.“I’m extremely proud of the fact that we are stand alone and long may it continue.”A decade on since establish-ing HURT Sadie is proud of the contribution that has been made in tackling drugs in Der-ry, despite in her view of the drug problem getting worse.“HURT grew out of Tony’s death and I’m proud of the fact that out of his death other people’s lives have been saved but ten years is a milestone but sadly I don’t see anything getting better around the town with RAAD and families being destroyed – it’s actually worse because our numbers go up every year, there’s more people coming through here all the time.”Despite successfully securing funding Sadie says that she would love to expand even further if the money was easily available.“This town is light-years be-hind places like Dublin or New York when it comes to drug rehabilitation. I’d love to build a rehab centre but for now I’m happy trying to make a differ-ence and getting people off drugs.”The Mayor, Alderman Maurice Devenney pictured at the handover of of a £489,820.00 grant from the Big Lottery Fund to HURT
(Have your Tomorrows). Included seated are, Sadie O’Reilly, HURT co-rodinator, and Geraldine Campbell, Big Lottery Fund.
with numerous people of all ages and backgrounds.“All age groups from different social backgrounds have been through here with problems if it’s dope or prescription drugs.“Whether it’s the Brandywell or the Culmore Road, drugs affect people regardless of where they’re from.”Troubles legacyDerry has recently been in the spotlight due to the emer-gence of republican vigilante group RAAD, whose campaign against drug dealing has led to numerous attacks and even murder against the youth of the city.In dealing with some of the victims of RAAD, Sadie be-lieves that shooting alleged drug dealers is stems from the legacy of the Troubles and is not the answer to Derry’s drug problem.“There’s a stigma attached to drugs because of the Troubles.“We’ve had quite a few young men come in here with their crutches because they’ve been shot by RAAD. I would really put it out there that rather in shooting them, give them a chance to turn their lives around.“Shooting somebody is not going to take away some-body’s addiction. Most of these boys coming in are only dealing to feed their own hab-
Lotto fundingIn March of this year HURT was given a massive boost with a huge cash injection from the Big Lottery Fund totalling al-most £500,000. The money was awarded to provide sup-port for all of HURT’s centres throughout the Northwest. Without the lottery funding Sadie admits that HURT would have had to close its Claren-don Street doors.“The funding was massive for us because we would have had to close but I probably would have got another wee room somewhere and kept it going but we fight very hard and we have proven that we do different work here.“We have lobbied MLA’s and been to Stormont and we have shown that we can save the government thousands with the work that we do.“We provide education for youngsters and schools. We have care plan for the indi-vidual, where we work with that person’s doctor. We find out there problems and treat them with acupuncture and harm reduction where we wean somebody off the drugs. Our door is always open to
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Carmel McGillowayFormerly of Brendan Kearney and Co.
Is now trading as McKeone Mc Gilloway Solicitors.In partnership with Cormac Mc Keone.
For appointments with either solicitor please contact us at 71265566Or call to 1 Carlisle Terrace, L’Derry
(facing Craigavon Bridge on the City side)
We Offer advice and representation in the following areas.
Explain the background to the set up of the business and the motivation for set up?
Cormac and I were colleagues in Brendan Kearney’s office a number of years ago. He left in 2001 to establish his own practice McKeone and Co and asked me to join him a few months ago. I had always wondered what it would be like to run my own practice and decided to rise to the challenge. Having worked for someone else for so many years the flexibility and autonomy that being my own boss would afford me appealed to me.
What is your own background?
Since qualifying as a solicitor I worked with Brendan Kearney and Co and was a partner there for almost 20 years. I was educated at Thornhill College and Queens University Belfast. The type of work I did was mainly family law and litigation, but I have considerable experience in many other aspects of the law having worked in a very busy general practice for so long. Cormac has 10 years as a sole prac-titioner, during which time he has established a solid client base.
What are the main services that the business offers in the area?
Cormac and I offer a truly fully comprehensive legal service for clients. We both have skills in different aspects of the law which complement each other-Family/Matrimonial LawPersonal Injury claimsConveyancing/Private client commercial workWills/ProbateEstate Management/TrustsEmployment LawCriminal Law
In the present climate do you view quality of service as essential?
Quality of service is quintessential to running a successful business in any climate not to talk of the current climate. Ultimately, clients are free to decide who they wish to represent them and are entitled to the highest standards of service possible which is what we aim to provide. At the end of the day there is no better advertisement for
your business than a client who feels that you have done your best for them in the circumstances of their particular case.
What are the main challenges for your business and how do you overcome them?
Clearly these are difficult times economically and that in itself is a challenge, however hard work and a conscientious approach combined with self belief goes a long way to help to overcome the challenges that we all face.This combined venture is in its infancy and it is about establishing McKeone McGilloway as a practice with a reputation for reliability and excellent quality of service. A bit of luck helps too - then again you generate your own luck- isn’t that what they say?
What are the chief qualities that customers are looking for in a legal business at the minute?
My experience to date as a solicitor in Derry has taught me that if a client feels that you have a sincere interest in the best possible outcome for them in their case, you treat them with respect and are straightforward and direct in your dealings with them and provide them with value for money then they will be content with the service. In matrimonial cases, I truly believe that the ability to listen and process what you are hearing in a sympathetic and humane way is vital. Dealing with their business expeditiously and without delay is also clearly fundamental.
What advice would you give to people looking to set up in their own business?
With regards to anyone considering opening a business I would say follow your instinct. If your gut feeling is to take the leap go for it unless of course there are very obvious reasons why you shouldn’t. Having said that usually where there is a will there is a way! Clearly, a degree of caution should be exercised in terms of not being entirely reckless. Another thing to remember is that very often opportunities in life appear when we need them to, not necessarily when we want them to - so never reject an opportunity as completely out of hand without some consideration. Be honest and have integrity in your dealings with others and, where possible, keep things simple.
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To arrange an appointment contact the office on 02871 265566 or e mail [email protected]
This month we are discussing the National Minimum Wage and Holiday Rights.
National Minimum WageFrom October 2011 until Oc-tober 2012 the following are the current minimum rates of pay for those employed. The rates obviously differ depend-ing on age and status of your employment-for example an apprentice.£2.60 per hour for apprentices under 19 or aged over 19 and in the first year of their ap-prenticeship£3.68 per hour for age16-17 year olds who are over the school leaving age.£4.98 per hour for those aged 18-20£6.08 per hour for workers aged 21 years plus.The minimum wage rates do not apply if you are still of an age where you should be at school.Your employer must pay you the minimum wage if you are entitled to it by law regard-less of the number of hours worked, frequency of pay-weekly, monthly or where in the UK you work.
An employer who tries to get you to sign a contract of em-ployment wherein you are to be paid less than the minimum wage must still by law pay you the proper minimum rate.Some employers especially in the hospitality industry where tipping is common may try and argue that any tips you receive go towards your mini-mum wage packet.That is not allowed and in so doing they are breaking the law.HOLIDAY RIGHTSWith the summer fast ap-proaching here are the basic rules regarding holiday en-titlement for employees.All employees have a mini-mum right to a paid holiday but the minimum should not become the maximum. Some employers are more generous than others.For all those working a five day week you should at the very least get 28 days leave per annum. For part time workers you get the same level of holi-
day leave but it is calculated pro rata depending on how many hours you work. Bank holidays can count to-wards those 28 days. If you happen to be off on maternity or indeed paternity leave your entitlement to the 28 days is not affected.You are not entitled to take annual leave just when it suits you. It must be booked or ar-ranged in conjunction with your employer. There a num-ber of bank holidays coming up-you are not automatically entitled to paid leave on those bank holidays. If you do have to work on bank holidays there is no statutory entitlement to enhanced wages. It depends on what your contract of em-ployment states.There is a lot of help available for those with employment issues.Please feel free to make enqui-ries in relation to it if you feel that your employer is treating you unfairly with regard to any of these issues.
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Dr Adrian Johnston, Chairman of the International Fund for Ireland, recently visited pupils from St Mary’s PS, Altinure and Cumber Claudy Primary School who are taking part in a three-year initiative that explores cross community contact. The Promoting Reconciliation through a Shared
Curriculum Experience is supported by the Fund and delivered by the Western Education and Library Board. Pictured with Dr Adrian Johnston are Harry McBeth from Cumber Claudy Primary School and Muirean McNulty from St Mary’s PS, Altinure.
A new education project for schools in the Western Education and Library Board (WELB) area has been officially launched by the Inter-national Fund for Ireland.Promoting Reconciliation through Shared Cur-riculum Experience is a three-year project that involves primary and postprimary schools from nationalist and unionist traditions in the Derry, Strabane, Limavady and Omagh district council areas. Through the project, 40 schools will take part in a range of cross community and reconciliation learning experiences with the aim of enhanc-ing key elements of the Northern Ireland cur-riculum. In particular, it will focus on Personal Development and Mutual Understanding (PDMU) learning in primary schools and Local and Global Citizenship in post primary settings.Findings from the project will be used to in-form educational policy, enhance aspects of teacher development and influence subject delivery going forward.Dr Adrian Johnston, Chairman of the Interna-tional Fund for Ireland, said: “This is a major project which could have a significant impact on how cross community and reconciliation experiences are delivered through the curricu-lum. The results of the project will contribute to effective teacher development and enhance schools’ capacity to tackle areas of diversity, in-clusion and reconciliation. It promotes collabo-ration and sharing of best practice between schools that will positively impact on the knowledge of pupils and attitudes of parent.”
New education project launched in WELB schools
Leading, local cancer charity Action Cancer is marking Volunteers’ Week1 (June 1-7) by celebrat-ing and recognising its volunteer heroes and chal-lenging others to get involved.Each week Action Cancer benefits from the support of 400 volunteers that contribute almost 1,000 hours of donated time to various areas within the organisation - annually that’s over 50,000 hours valued at approxi-mately £300,000. Action Cancer is a local cancer charity and its mis-sion is to save lives and support people through its range of cancer detection, prevention and support services. These include a free breast screening ser-vice available to women in their 40s and over 70, MOT health checks, health promotion and a range of support services including counselling and comple-mentary therapies. Action Cancer’s Big Bus travels to over 200 locations through Northern Ireland every year offering breast screening, MOT health checks and health promotion information onboard. Volunteers’ Week is a great time to think about volunteering. If you haven’t tried it, why not get in contact with Action Cancer on 028 9080 3344 or visit www.actioncancer.org and see how you can get involved.
Get in gear and volunteer!
Age Concern Derry provides computer tuition on a one to one basis for persons over 60 living in Derry.The classes take place every Tuesday, Wednes-day and Thursday at Age Concern Derry, Malvern House, Chapel Road. For further information or to book an appointment, please telephone Age Con-cern Derry on 71 347 478.
Age Concern Derry Computer Tuition
Pupils from Foyle and Londonderry College, Limavady Grammar, Lumen Christi College, St Mary’s College and Thornhill College, Derry are pictured receiving their music certificates for outstanding achievement in externally assessed exams, at the recent prize night. Also pictured is
Anne Bergin WELB Music Service and Paddy Mackey WELB Senior Education Officer.
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1� Sexual urge of one bachelor in pool (6)
4� Bishop, surrounded by staff, arrives back in capital down under (8)
1�0� Direct and forceful, boy in refurbished flat (7)
1�1� Reportedly speak highly of exercise book (4,3)
1�2� Devious, a villain, Cheam criminal (13)
1�4� Herald hour to take on board new bearing (9)
1�5� Zones in Far East (5)1�6� French river certain to cover
miles (5)1�8� Sticking together once
cheer distributed (9)2�0� Article’s about group
covering a popular song (3,6,4)
2�3� First letters from a pal, first of many (7)
2�4� Performing animal kept in one (2,5)
2�5� Call Heather annoying? (8)2�6� Live it up, taking in a
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2� Something from the baker in error (7)
3� Out of order having little time for female police officer (9)
ceremony, misbehaved (7)1�9� Raced over to judge to tell
the story (7)2�1� Girl left a record (5)2�2� Timber trade (4)
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Quiz on countryHow much do you know about Ireland?1 What fraction of Ireland as a whole does Northern Ireland cover?
2 The Atlantic Ocean borders Northern Ireland to the North West is this true or false?
3 The largest lake in Britain is in Northern Ireland- what is it?
4 What is the nearest UK country to Ireland
5 What sea is east of Northern Ireland
6 In 1841 the census showed that Ireland had a population of more than 8,175,000 what was it in the next decade to the nearest hundred thousand
7 What is the stone age site in North West mayo home to one of the oldest field systems ever found called
8 What year did the English conquest if Ireland begin
9 What is the second longest river in Ireland
10 What is the highest mountain in Ireland
11 What is the group of Islands off Galway Bay known as
12 What was the exact date that Northern Ire land was established
13 What is the oldest distillery in Ireland
ANSWERS1. One sixth. 2. False Donegal does. 3. Lough Neagh 4. Scotland- just 12 miles away 5. The Irish Sea 6. 6.5 million. 7. Ceide
Fields in Ballycastle. 8. 1169. 9. The Barrow. 10. Carrumtoohil in Kerry. 11. Aran Islands. 12. May 3 1921. 13. Bushmills
Saturday mail delivery in Canada was eliminated by Canada Post on February 1, 1969!
In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes!
There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo!
Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!
Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!
There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!
There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight inhabitants!
The most popular first name in the world is
Weird and wonderfulHere are some strange but (probably) true facts to entertain your friends with….
Muhammad!
Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating!
Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!
One car out of every 230 made was stolen last year!
Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia!The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other’s shoulders!
When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
A Boeing 747 airliner holds 57,285 gallons of fuel!
A lightning bolt generates temperatures five
times hotter than those found at the sun’s surface!
A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood!
It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill!
Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
The two-foot long bird called a Kea that lives in New Zealand likes to eat the strips of rub-ber around car windows!
Most lipstick contains fish scales!
Skepticisms is the longest word that alter-nates hands when typing!
One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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Kids Corner at theAcademy Nursery
Farrah Canning is off to St Annes next school year where she hopes to find more
water and crocodiles too.
Zoe Thompson is looking forward to playing lots of games of Hide and Seek when she goes to
St Eithnes in September.
Peyton McCallion told us that she would be seeing all her friends when she goes to the
‘big school’ at St Annes next year and hopes that there will be lots of toys and chances
for hide and seek
Sophie Campbell told us that she can’t wait to get her big girl’s uniform when she goes to the Model school and that she hopes that they have lots of
play dough- her favourite!
Niamh Casey also can’t wait to get her uniform on for when she goes to Pennyburn school.
Regan Hume loves to play with bikes at the Academy and is looking forward to playing with her friends when she goes to St Annes.
Ava Foley who told us that she is one of three Avas can’t wait to play with her big brother when she
goes to St Eithnes.
Callum Tester is going to have a great time with his big brother when he goes to the
Holy Family in September.
Sarah Friel says that she can’t wait for school lunches when she goes to
St Annes.
Liam Campbell can’t wait for lots of things when he goes to St Eithnes; playing with his cousin and his new uniform as well as looking forward to getting
homework…to name a few!
Football mad Aidan Tejada is going to play with all his friends from the Academy when
he goes to St Eithnes.
Danny McLaughlin is off to the Model in September and doesn’t want homework but wants to stay in
the playground instead.
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Aoife Mullan can’t wait to go to Oakgrove so that she can see her big sis in the playground.
Champion dancer Ella Doherty who loves to dance the slip jig will be gracing the stage at
St Annes this year.
Ava Jones can’t wait for the big girls uniform at St Annes.
Ava Duffy wants to get loads of homework from St Annes especially reading and writing.
Brianna Orr wants to read lots of books and get lots of homework when she goes
to St Annes.
Rhys Ward who loves Horrid Henry books wants to read lots more at St Annes.
Caomhan Green can wait for homework and football at St Annes.
Ryan McDowell wants lots of homework and to play football when he heads off to St Annes.
Grace McCaul hopes that they have a post office set up for her when she gets to primary one at St Annes.
Nikita Morrison can’t wait to play with her cousin Brandon at St Annes.
Ben 10 fan Zach Doherty wants to get lots of play time in when he goes to St Eithnes.
Aoife Doherty loves collecting shells and is looking forward to primary one in St Annes.
Jessica Wilson can’t wait to play with her cousin Tommy when she goes to St Annes.
The Mayor Alderman Maurice Devenney meets storyteller Stephen Bradley at the Carnivale of Colours in St. Columb’s Park, Derry~Londonderry at the weekend.
The Granny Turismo’s race through the crowds at the Carnivale of Colours
Emily Smyth finds herself in the enchanted Fairytale Garden
Five years old Eva Donaghy discovers her circus skills at the Carnivale of Colours
Ludo performs with his diablo Stilt walking rock legend Dr. Love
Claire Martin and Jim Martin with their grand-daughter Brienna Martin
Sisters Holly, Emma and Poppy Miller
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Bettlejuice from the North West Circus School performs in the Big Top
Granny Turismo at the Carnivale of Colours in St. Columb’s Park
Darth Maul, Darragh O’Neill and Yoda, Pablo Iconnor from the North West Circus feel the force
The North West Circus School and Granny Turismo
The Granny Turismo’s race through the crowds at the Carnivale of Colours in St. Columb’s Park
The Granny Turismo’s race through the crowds at the Carnivale of Colours
John Wellborn finds himself in a race with the Granny Turismo’s
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The Diamond Jubilee cel-ebrations brought back wonderful memories of the Queen’s post-Corona-tion visit to Londonderry 60 years ago in 1953.Pearly Taggart (neé) Wil-son is now 83-years-old but vividly remembers the day over half-a-century ago when as a young woman she was chosen from thousands of young ladies in the city to present Queen Elizabeth II with a bouquet of flowers when she visited the former Gw-ynn’s Institute at the city’s beautiful Brooke Park.Pearly who now lives in Coleraine said: “In 1953 Londonderry Corpora-tion wanted a representa-tive of the shirt industry in the city to present a bouquet to Her Majesty. The difficulty was how to choose from thousands of girls without offending them all. I worked in the Star Factory on Foyle Road
Pensioner recalls Coronation memorieswhich was the only fac-tory in Londonderry with a welfare officer and I was in that position.“Mr Charlie Swann was the Managing Director of the factory and he choose me. I lived at Clooney Park West in the Waterside and a Corporation car came to my house along with a well known florist in the city at the time Mr McCorkell whose shop was in Shipquay Street, and they drove us up to Brooke Park. Mr McCorkell wouldn’t let the bouquet out of his sight the whole time.“I also remember the gar-den party was about 2 or 3pm and just before the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived I was brought to the top of the steps at Gwynn’s Institute, then down the steps onto the lawn and I was told that the Queen would go around greeting people
and then on her way out I was to step forward and present her with the flow-ers.“Mr McCorkell stayed with me the whole time. Queen Elizabeth came around with the Mayor, Mr Samuel Orr and Sir Basil McFar-land. I am small in stature, but I remember thinking that she was only the same size as me.”“When I gave Her Maj-esty the bouquet she said ‘thank you for the beauti-ful flowers’, and gave me a lovely smile.”However, the story does not quite end there. Pearly continued: “About a week later I was on my holidays in London and on TV there was footage of the Queen leaving Eglinton airport. Then I could clearly see that the flowers had been kept because someone carrying them onto the plane.” Pearly Taggart (neé) Wilson presenting Queen Elizabeth II with a bouquet of flowers
Anne McKeever who was helping the children with their flower displays at the Fountain Youth Club, during the jubilee celebrations.
Andrew enjoying the jubilee celebrations held at the Fountain Youth Club.Jubilee celebrations under way at the Fountain Youth Club.
Dylan, was admiring the flower displays at the Fountain Youth Club, at the jubilee celebrations.
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Andrew enjoying the jubilee celebrations held at the Fountain Youth Club.
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Liam and Harry McDaid, enjoying some quiet time, at the 2D Comic Festival, held in the Verbal Arts Centre.
Buckfast Barbie and James Mattocks, pictured at the Belfast Roller Derby stand, during the 2D Comic Festival
Sonicboy Oran McChrystal and supergirl Kirsty McIvor Alaina and Mathew Kelly
Darren McDaid, A Beads C Start, chats with Martin Nystron
Oran McChrystal and friendSuperboy Fionn Rodgers strikes a pose Aoife and Fintan Nash
2D Comic Festival
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CECITY ELECTRICS (IRELAND) LTD.
Unit 2B North West Business Com-plex, Beraghmore Road
Whether it’s an industrial unit or office space with admin support that your business re-quires, Northwest Business Park at Skeoge industrial estate can facilitate your needs.
Built with the purpose of promoting entrepre-neurial spirit and cross border co-operation, the North West Business Park at Skeoge Indus-trial Estate continues to welcome new busi-nesses and promote existing ones despite the current economic climate.Home to a wide array of businesses, from vets to beauticians, to bridal alteration specialists, the North West Business complex is a shining example of how business parks are supposed
Supporting businesses across the North Westto work.From the outset the intention was to encour-age co-operation between both sides of the border as a quarter of all enquiries came from the Donegal area.Recently re located from Muff well-known veterinary clinic St Elmos veterinary clinic St Elmos is an excellent example of such co-op-eration.North West business park is also home to Mar-
ble Hill, natural skin care products which has based its manufacturing site at the park.North West business park is also the perfect location for both office focused businesses as well as engineering and electrical companies. Tax Busters, window specialist Damien McBre-raty, City Electricals and Burke Morrision engi-neers are all based at the site at Skeoge and show that the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well.
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Derry Down The Years
Mo Mowlam pictured leaving Pilots Row Mayor of Derry, Councillor Joe Millar
Derry City Fans Pictured at a match against UCD in Dublin Marilyn Monroe lookalike at Da Vinci’s Hotel, Derry
by HuGH GALLAGHER
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1994 Republic of Ireland fans in Guildhall Square for the world cup match on the big screen Professor Seamus Deane, author of ‘Reading in the dark’.
Old Derry quayside scene
Councillor Jimmy Clifford in Creggan Dickie Rock at The Rialto
by HuGH GALLAGHER
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Scouts Fun Day
Pictured at the Scouts 40th Anniversary fun day at St Anne’s Primary School, cubs, from left, Celine Taylor(Unit Leader), Donna Fahy (Beaver Leader), Katriona McDaid (Cub Leader), Mick Curran (Cub
Leader), Clare Wilson (Beaver Leader) and Dessie Taylor (County Commisioner) from St Eugenes.
These boys were posing in the sun at the Scouts 40th Anniversary, held at St Anne’s Primary School.
Enjoying the Scouts 40th Anniversary fun day at St Anne's Primary School, Sharon Worell (Springtown), Francine Moran (Springtown),
Thomas Quigley (Culmore) and Charlie McChrystal (St Marys Creggan).
Enjoying the Scouts 40th Anniversary fun day at St Anne's Primary School, cubs, from left, Callum, Gabriel and Aaron.
Luke tries out his gladiator moves.
Robyn going no where fastCutie Etain Curran, hides from the sun, at the Scouts 40th Anniversary funday, in St Anne’s Primary School.
Ava and Ashlee-Dawn.
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Whats OnThe week kicks of on a Sun-day night with open mic night, its all for a bit of fun and gives you a chance to get some practice in for a Wednesday night. With free admission all night and £2 drinks all night, its perfect to get you ready for that dreaded Monday morning. Now that you have that horrible Monday over with, relax and enjoy a £2 drink at Mellow Mondays. For those of you looking for a bit of live entertain-ment, our fabulous in house entertainer Joanna sings all the best tunes to keep you moving on the floor, to make it even bet-ter, its free admission all night again with drink still only £2. Wednesday nights are your night to shine with our karaoke compe-tition with Gary, and now we are putting up £500 worth of prizes every month, that’s right every month! The drink promos for a Wednesday night are unmissable!!! Start-ing at £1 from 9 o clock and changing every hour,
Envy celebrates 1st BirthdayThey say time flies when your hav-ing fun and the past year has proven that! It’s hard to believe that the new-ly transformed Envy Bar and Night-club opened its doors one year ago this month bringing a completely new lease of life to the clubbing scene in Derry. Sure you can get a drink in any bar, but unless you have experienced the atmosphere in this unique envi-ronment you don’t know what you are missing. Envy dares to be the one that is different from the rest with a com-bination of great music, drink promo-tions and people you wont meet any where else.
means you can afford to go out that bit earlier and enjoy even more of the night. For singing, fun and games, Wednesday nights are definitely not to be missed. All Inclusive Thursdays are a unique adventure that only we dare to try!! This is a night you wont find any where else, and when you come along and experience it for yourself you won’t want to go anywhere. DJ Bosco is playing some of the best mixes around. Doors open at 10pm and don’t be late!! Friday night is cocktail night! From 9pm to 11pm cocktails are just 2 for £6 and then from 11 to 12 you get a free shot with every cocktail. Even if your not into drinking cocktails, you can take advantage of our £2 drinks until 12am, and yet again its free ad-mission all night. Then its on to the party of the week, Saturday night has arrived with the host who certainly has the most, Ms Koko Shanelle, Derry’s finest drag queen pres-
ents Koko’s Klub Klassix with DJ Ronan. With free admission before 10pm and drink promos until 11, there is something for ev-eryone. What makes a Fri-day and Saturday at Envy even more unmissable is the fact that music plays to 2.30am in the club allow-ing you to make the most of your weekend.Our first birthday is going to be a special one, we want to say thank you to everyone who supported us in the last year. What better way to do this than with a free bar from 9pm to 10 pm on Friday June 25th. Then we will have some amazing drink pro-mos, drag queens, cabaret and much more to make it a night with a bang.If you would like any more information on any of the nights or special events at Envy you can check out or website at www.envybarandnight-club.com or even better follow us on facebook to continuously stay up to date with whats on.
Laura and Rachel.
Philip and David.
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BAR ANDNIGHTCLUB
@ 64 Strand Road, Derry
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FRee ADMISSIoN DRINkS £2 ALL NIGHT*
karaokewith Gary
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ADMISSIoN £5. PARTy To 2.30AM
The Sunday Night Projectwith DJ Bosco
FRee ADMISSIoN DRINkS £2 ALL NIGHT*
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Tuesday Night Live
with Joanna
FRee ADMISSIoN DRINkS £2 ALL NIGHT*
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A new One-Act Amateur Drama Festival will take to the stage of The Play-house over three days in late November this year. The brand new festival will give local amateur and community drama groups a chance to share their experiences with other like-minded groups. The festival is being or-ganised by the success-ful City of Derry Drama Festival Committee in response to interest from amateur groups both in the City and throughout Northern Ireland. Unlike the major three Act Festival, groups are not allowed to have a formal set and are en-couraged to be inventive with their use of stage furniture, lighting and sound. Plays should be longer than 20 minutes duration but no more than 55 minutes, and must have a minimum of two actors. Festival Director, Gerry McLaughlin is quick to point out “Although competition forms part of the motivation for our Festivals we cannot stress strongly enough that they are not cut-
Competitive drama returns to city centre
throat competitions but an opportunity for clubs to meet together, socialise and learn both from the adjudicators and from each other.“As the Festival will be affiliated to the UK wide One -Act Festival com-petition, if a club is pre-miering an original play in the festival then the author can be eligible to enter the Geoffrey Whit-worth One-Act playwrit-ing competition with the play, not the perfor-mance, being judged by a panel of readers” he said.Pauline Ross at The Play-house said: “This is such an exciting new venture- a great opportunity for local amateur and com-munity drama groups to showcase their talents and hard work!“Groups are encouraged to be as innovative and as creative as possible, and we’re confident they will raise to the chal-lenge to create a great standard of new local work!”
Interested groups should contact the fes-tival director at [email protected].
Pauline Ross, Playhouse Founding Director, One-Act Amateur Drama Festival Director Gerry McLaughlin
and Elizabeth McCloskey (secretary).
Mundy set to headline
Stendhal 2012
Stendhal Festival of Art is delighted to announce that the inimitable tal-ent that is Mundy will be headlining the Main Stage on Saturday August 18 as part of the second annual event.Perhaps best known for his amazingly popular cover of Steve Earle’s Gal-way Girl, Mundy is a pro-digious artist with a back catalogue of five studio al-bums, including the plati-num selling Raining down arrows.Mixing traditional, coun-try, rock and pop styles
into a seamless blur of energetic sound, Mundy first came to prominence in 1996 when his track ‘To you I bestow’ appeared on the Soundtrack to Baz Lurman’s adaptation of Romeo and Juliet star-ring Leonardo Di Caprio alongside tunes from art-ists such as Radiohead and The Cardigans.Albums ‘Jellylegs’ and ‘24 Star Hotel’ were warmly received but his break-through Album ‘Raining Down Arrows’ made him a household name in the Republic of Ireland as it
debuted at number 1 in the album charts and went on to achieve platinum status.When his cover of Galway girl was selected to front a nationwide advertising campaign his stock truly rose as it went on to be-come the biggest selling single in Ireland in both 2007 and 2008. However if that is the only Mundy song you are aware of, you are missing out on some beautifully crafted songs such as ‘July,’ ‘Mexico,’ and ’10 00 miles away from harm’.
Organiser of Stendhal Festival Ross Parkhill said: “We have all been big fans of Mundy for a while now at Stendhal, we talked at length about getting him to play at our inaugural event last year, so we are all very pleased that we have landed him to play the Festival this year.“He’s just what we like, hard to pigeon hole, an artist that flirts between genres with ease and style while never losing the ability to get a crowd roll-ing in the aisles.”Mundy is joined at this
year’s Stendhal Festival of Art by a host of amazing artists including the leg-endary Henry McCullough who headlines the main stage on Friday August 17, Silhouette, Trucker Diablo, Rainey Boy Sleep, The Gor-geous Colours, Furlo, Pat McManus, Axis Of, The In-nishowen Gospel Choir, Intermission, The Barley Mob and many, many more acts over 4 stages.
Tickets are on sale NOW. For full line-up details and more visit www.stendhalfestival.com
The Kinks frontman announces Forum date
Ray Davies CBE, one of the most successful and influen-tial songwriters to emerge from the British Invasion of the 1960s, founded the rock band The Kinks with his brother Dave in London in 1963. The band’s string of top ten international hits began with ‘You Really Got Me’, followed by ‘All Day and All of The Night’, ‘Tired of Waiting’, ‘Lola’, ‘Sunny After-noon’, ‘Dedicated Follower of Fashion’ and ‘Come Danc-ing’ among many others. Davies also composed sev-eral pioneering rock operas including Arthur, Preserva-tion and Soap Opera.
Affectionately referred to as the “Godfather of Brit Pop”, Ray Davies is cited as a ma-jor influence on artists such as Pete Townshend, Paul Weller, Morrissey, Damon Albarn and many more. Ray Davies’ songs have become hits for bands including The Jam, Van Halen, The Pre-tenders and The Stranglers.
RAY DAVIES performs at the Millennium Forum on Sunday 24th June. Tickets are now available from the Box Office. Telephone 71 264455 or visit www.millenniumforum.co.uk for bookings.
The Millennium Forum has just announced that legendary mu-sician, RAY DAVIES, will per-form at the flagship venue on Sunday 24th June for one night only.
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The Kinks frontman announces Forum date
Thurs7th June: Triggerman + Swanee River, Back Bar 10pm.
Fri 8th June: Ard Ri (Album Launch)Back Bar 10pm.
Every Friday: Shuffle 80s Disco, Main Venue 10pm
Every Sat:Saturdays at Sandinos,Indie/Rock and Pop, Main Venue 10pm.
Every Sunday:Traditional Session, Downstairs Bar 5pm.
Thur 14th:Robb Murphy(Singer/songwriter,Belfast)+Paddy Nash,Back Bar 10pm.
Wed 20th: Morgan O’Kane with The Murder Balladeers,Back Bar 10pm.
Sandinos
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The Belfray Country Inn has now become one of the popular venues in the North-west area Now in it’s 4th year under the direction of Brian Loughlin and John Edgar the Belfray has come a long way from the 2* BandB it once was to now being a multi award winning 4* Hotel.“It has been a long road rais-ing the”Phoenix from the ashes “but together with the commitment, experience and professionalism of our Staff this mammoth task has been possible in such short space of time”The Belfray Weddings are now famous for their in-timate and flamboyant touches and with the launch of their amazing 4*midweek package -100 guests at £3995 how can anyone go wrong-brochures are avail-able from the Hotel Recep-
More success for The Belfraytion or indeed have a look on our website Dining at the Belfray is truly memorable with a range of Dishes to suit even the most discerning palates and of course in this day of special dietary requirements the Belfray has certainly gone that extra mile in making the Customer feel special.Sunday is a special family af-fair at The Belfray with their very busy Carvery Lunches served in the Bistro or in-deed our 4 course carvery with entertainment held in the Lavish Belfray Ballroom all this plus fabulous views across the “Berry Burn”.The Bistro is now renovating and making the Carvery bigger with a wider choice of food so please come along and enjoy our fine foodAccommodation is luxurious with all the extra touches that we like to have at home
on holiday, and that’s the way it should be –with dress-ing gowns and all the little extras that makes your stay special and of course the now complimerntary wi-fi available throughout the Hotel. Planning permission is to be sought for 10 new bedrooms soon as the Hotel has be-come so popular with tour-ists and locals alike taking the Belfray to another level.To Brian and John this is a labour of love and they will continue to make The Bel-fray even more special and spectacular for visitors and locals alike making each and every person crossing the threshold that sense of wow and belonging –two of the most important factors that John and Brian have instilled in all their past and success-ful businesses and now at The Belfray.
So if you have never been please do call in and say Hello and we are sure you will be delighted with the welcome you will receive, and be proud you have been part of the belfray experience.Bookings and Resevations 02871301480, www.thebelfraycountryinn.co.uk, e.mail [email protected] us on Facebook for competitions and all the news of up and coming events.
Midweek Wedding Package £3995for a minimum of 100 persons on days Monday - Thursday
We are renowned for our weddings which comes through years of experience in the hospitality trade. Have a look at this fabulous offer and make an appointment to see one of the wedding coordinators who will discuss and advice on all aspects of your day.
StartersClassic Caesar SaladCos lettuce-crispy bacon-black olives-parmesan cheese and caesar dressing
Belfray Mexican BrushettaGrilled with garlic butter and a rich fresh tomato and pepper salsa topped with hot cheddar
Exotic Melon CocktailFresh fruit salad serves qith a cool champagne sorbet
Chef’s Soup of the Dayserved with crusty roll and butter
Mains8oz steak £2.50 suppprime sirloin steak cooked to your pleasing and topped with tobacco onions
Breaded Pork Schnitzelpan fried pork loin escalopeserved on a bed of tomato and herb italian spaghetti... delicious
Freshly Beer Battered Mini Cod Filletsfresh cod fried in a beer batter-served with a lime and garlic mayo
Grilled Marinated Chicken Cajun Escalope served with mango-pineapple and chilli salsa
*Creamy Peppercorn Chicken Pastaserved with a garlic bread slice
*Vegetarian Spaghetti Napolitanserved with a garlic bread slice
Beef Curry Madras served with half boiled rice and chips
*denotes no side order
Choice of Side Dishes: Chips-Garlic Fries- Mash or Salad Bowl
£12.95 for 2 coursesServed 5-7pm Mon-Thurs except Bank Holidays
More success for The Belfray
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Richard, Daniel, Ciara, Rebecca and Mark. Rebecca and Mark.
Philip and Edele.
Kaylee and Lewis.
Judith, Naomi and Rachel.
Eimear, Roisin, Michelle, Ciara and John.
Grainne and Andy.
Kyle, Lee, Laura, Sally, Ryan, Bronagh and Levi.
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The Dungloe BarWednesday 6th Quiz &
KaraoKe nitethursday 7th Live
Music With Dougie BresLin
Friday 8th Live Music With ParaMount
saturday 9th the JaYWaLKers
Live sundays7.45 K.o. (euro 2012) ireLanD
v croatiaall Pints £2.70
During game + inhouse Promotions
Monday 11th oPen Mic nite WithJaMie noonan
everyone welcome adm Free Drinks Promotions
great FooD serveD 7 DaYs a WeeK
2 course Daily special only - £ 5.954 course sunday Lunch only - £10.50
(choice of 5 main courses available)
aLL Live euro 2012 gaMes shoWn on 8 x PLasMa + 8Ft Large screen
Drinks Promos During all games
uPstairs Lounge For Parties oF aLL KinDs
Party Package only £90.00includes hire of room, celebration cake,
champagne and DJcatch uP With suMMer in the heat oF our sMoKing area/Beer garDen
TRACY’S IRISH TRADITIONAL BAR1/2 William Street, Derry, BT48 6ES, TEL:- 02871 269700
IRISH TRADITIONAL MuSIC PLAYED NIgHTLYWatch all Euro 2012 games on our
6 screens + 7ft ScreenDrinks Promotions During All games
Pint’s £2.70 everyday until 6.30pm - FREE Soup or Irish StewEvery Saturday
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Michael, Geraldine, Tony and Shila.
Barry and Ione. Lisa and Claire. Catherine and Janice.
Geraldine, Sean, Barry and Frances. Anthony and Frances. Kevin, Tracey, Claire and Kieran.
the bentley bar
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looking for that perfect cake...
So whether it’s a birthday, christening, corporate event, or just an excuse to have a party you will fi nd many designs of party cakes on our site.www.pickapartycake.com
Birthdays . Christenings . Parties . All Occasions
Welcome to pickapartycake.com,brought to you by one of Derry’s
best known bakeries, “Turnover Bakery”.
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Shauna, Janice, Orla, Fionula and Rachel.
Ryan and Shaun. Elana and Sinead. Stephanie, Margaret and Anita.
Michelle and Erin. Connor and Hugh. Lauren, Shannon and Lindsay.
the river inn
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Dining Out
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To make 1 omelette serving 2. WHAT YOu’LL NEED: - 4 large eggs - 1 tbsp caster sugar - 1 tbsp drinking chocolate powder - 5 rashers streaky bacon
Chocolate and Crispy Bacon Soufflé Omelette
Grill the bacon until crispy, drain on kitch-en paper and chop when cool.Divide the eggs into two bowls, 1 for the yolks and 1 for the whites. Add chocolate powder and caster sugar to the yolks and whisk together. Whisk the egg whites to a
soft peak, with a metal spoon gently fold the chocolate mixture into the egg whites. Heat a little oil in a non stick frying pan and pour in the mixture. Cook for about 3 mins, then sprinkle on the bacon, and put the pan under the grill to cook the top.
Serves 6 WHAT YOu’LL NEED: - 500g minced beef - 2 onions peeled and chopped - 2 cloves of garlic crushed - 1 red pepper cut in chunks - 1 tbsp tomato puree - 3 desserts spoons mild chilli powder- 2 tsp cumin - 3tsp oregano - 400g tin chopped tomatoes - 500ml beef stock- 1x 410g tin kidney beans - 30g dark chocolate (Bourneville or similar)- 2 tbsp tomato ketchup - Oil for frying
Chilli con Carne with Chocolate
Heat oil in a deep frying pan, fry off the onions and garlic, then add red pepper, chilli powder, cumin and oregano. Cook for about 4 mins and add tomato puree, mixing well, then add the mince and cook until evenly coloured. Mix in chopped to-
matoes and stock. Simmer for at least 35 mins then add beans and chocolate, cook for a further 10 mins and taste. Add a little tomato ketchup for deeper flavour. Serve with crisped tortillas, sour cream, chopped coriander and boiled rice.
Chocolate Tart with Sable Pastry
Serves 6 WHAT YOu’LL NEED: Pastry: 250g butter, 250g icing sugar, 2 large eggs, 90ml whipping cream, 650g plain flour. Chocolate Filling: 900g dark chocolate (at least 55% cocoa solids), 600g butter, 6 eggs, 180g caster sugar
Cream butter and icing sugar in a mixer. Add eggs and flour and mix until you have a smooth dough. Remove pastry from bowl, wrap in cling film and allow to rest in fridge for an hour.Line a 25cm tart tin with the thinly rolled pastry, leaving a good overhang at the edges. Bake blind (empty with baking beans) at 150c for about 30 mins. The idea is to thoroughly cook the pastry without colour. Remove the baking beans and brush the base with egg wash (1 egg beat-
en with tbsp milk) and put back in oven for 5 mins. This seals the base and keeps it crispy.Melt the butter and chocolate in a bowl over a pan of boiling water. Whisk eggs and sugar together, fold in the melted chocolate and then pour mixture into the prepared tart case, bake at 160c for about 15 mins or until it is just set. Remove from oven and rest for at least an hour. Serve with fresh cream, chocolate, raspberry or passion fruit sauce.
Wine suggestions available at £5 each from SuperValu in the run up to Easter:RedJacob’s Creek Merlot: a red wine with aromas of ripe cherry.Jacob’s Creek Grenache Shiraz: a fruity red with raspberry aromas.WhiteJacob’s Creek Riesling: a light, dry white wine with aromas of citrus fruit.
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Pasta dishes served with garlic bread slice
Thai Red Curry £5.50Strips of chicken, Thai sauce and rice
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Pan Fried Salmon £7.95Served salmon fillet served with cream sauce and pesto
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Summer wines - 6 of the bestMargaret River is the foremost Geographical Indication wine region in the South West Australia Zone, with nearly 5,500 hectares under vine and over 138 wineries as at 2008.
2009 Quinta de S Francisco Branco, DOC Obidos, Companhia de Sanguinhal: Outside the crenellated city walls of Obidos in Portugal’s Estremedura lies a region sporting three native grape varieties: Fernão
Pires, Vital, and Arinto. This local trio dovetail in an intriguing dry white whose concentrated peach-
like flavours are delightfully etched by a refreshing juiciness. £9.95, or £8.96 bottle/case
2010 Iona Sauvignon Blanc, Elgin: Some-thing wistfully Celtic in the name of this wonderful Cape sauvignon blanc reflects its remote vineyard location close to the At-lantic Ocean. It’s a perennial favourite for its restrained Pouilly Fumé-like herbaceous scents, green bean aroma and the substantial flavours of gooseberry, brought to life by the crisp, zesty freshness of its cool climate loca-
tion. £12.49,
2008 O’Leary Walker Polish Hill River Riesling, Clare
Valley, South Australia: A superb dry aromatic white from
the Polish Hill vineyard in Australia’s most famous valley
for riesling, South Australia’s picturesque Clare Valley, this
displays undertones of grapefruit and lime zest and even
some of the toast and honey characters associated with
the variety as it matures. A wonderful summer patio sip-
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2010 La Guardiense Grecco Sannio,
Janare, Campania, Italy: The Wine Society’s
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get to parts of the wine world that other
buyers don’t reach. In this instance, it’s the
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with a refreshing spritz, flavours of apple
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Marks and Spencer Bluff Hill Sparkling Rosé, East Coast, New Zealand: Salmon pink in colour with a persistent bead of bubbles, this cham-pagne-influenced blend of chardonnay and pi-not noir is not only headily scented with redcur-rant and raspberry but the flavours are carried on a carpet of creamy textured mousse, edged with toasty flavours of bottle age, exploding to tangy effect on the tongue. £9.99, Marks and Spencer
‘Authentic Indian TandooriRestaurant & Italian Pizzeria’24a Queens Quay, Derry
Telephone 028 71 266646 or 048 71 266646(ROI)
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Father’s Day
Summer wines - 6 of the best
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What the old fella wants this Father’s Day!
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Help him to grow his own with this Plant Theatre Psychedelic Salad Kit by Plant Theatre
from £11.99
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Personalised Fathers Day Jack Daniels Gift Set by pmc is approximately £12.
Slim Chrome Finish Ballpoint Pen with Golf Clip (Black Ink) Boxed Gift for Father’s
Day from £12.95 by Figurines-Gifts UK.
Men’s Designer Cufflinks - Father of the Bride - For the Big Day Kenzies Direct. Whatever age your little girl is you could keep these for her special day. Cufflinks available from just £7.99.
Dad Rock Fathers Day Card (This is not a CD you numpty) by Brainbox Candy from £2.49 available at Amazon.co.uk
HP Lamborghini Murcielago Wireless Mouse (Yellow) + Game by Hewlett Packard priced at £49.99.
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Celeb Dads
Brad looks even hotter than usual when he has his kids in tow. He is surely the daddy of them all as father to six kids; Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne.
David Beckham has three sons but said that there was nothing like seeing baby
Harper for the first time. Aww..
Hugh Jackman is rumoured to be a doting dad to Ava and Oscar.
Will Smith has reportedly said that his also daughter Willow will only be allowed to date when she’s 40!
James Corden pictured with fiancée Julia Carey, 32 and son Max during a stroll in the park.
Pierce Brosnan and wife Keely Shaye Smith are parents to sons Dylan, 15, and Paris, 11. The star also has three children with his former wife - actress Cassandra Harris - who died of ovarian cancer: Charlotte, 39, Christopher, 38, and Sean, 27.
Singer seal has three kids sons Henry Gunther Ademola Dashtu Samuel and Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo Samuel
and daughter Lou Sulola Samuel.
Liam Neeson was married to fellow actor, Natasha Richardson, until her untimely death (the day after St. Patrick’s Day) in 2009. The couple have two sons together, Micheál, 16, and Daniel, 15.
After 29 years of marriage, Bono and Ali have four children: daughters Jordan, 22, Memphis, 20, and sons Elijah, 12 and
John, 10.
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Life and Style
GardeningDawn McLaughlin and CoBeauty Tips
...And much more
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Go to Ling Yang for the following conditions:HORMONE - Infertility, Low Sperm Count, Irregular Period, Menopause, PMS, Morning Sickness. Helps Improve IVF Success Rates.
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It is important to ensure that our kids have sound money manage-ment skills especially now that we are in one of the worst recessions in history. Is this a skill taught at home or in school? My experience is that our children are not exposed to any formal learning and have to face University/Employment with a dis-tinct lack of financial skills. The an-nual Push Student Debt Survey re-vealed that youngsters planning to go to University in 2012 could find themselves saddled with a debt of £54,300. It is therefore vital that we invest in our children’s future by developing sound financial skills at various stages of their develop-ment. Here are some ideas to help teach your kids about money:The Earlier yearsEarly Introduction to the Concept of Money. Introduce your kids to the concept of money through play. Initially they can set up shop using play money and as they develop introduce them to the different de-
What do your children know about money?
nominations of money. Encourage them to purchase their own treats and count out change with your as-sistance.Consider a Weekly AllowanceAn allowance no matter how small can be an effective learning pro-cess. Encourage your kids to divide the allowance between saving and spending. Assist them with goal setting on their savings and em-power them to make decisions on what they should spend their al-lowance on. Don’t forget to praise them as the savings pot grows. This will develop their self-confidence and promote responsible spending habits.Establish Family Finance DiscussionsAs your kids grow, discuss the differ-ent aspects of money and the fam-ily budget. They should understand that effort is required to earn and retain money. Discuss how family income is generated, how the fam-ily budget is developed and how
you spend it. Explain the difficulty in today’s economy of trying to save money and the importance of being able to put something aside for emergencies or for luxuries. This process will teach them about the value of money within the family unit.The Teen YearsRecord keepingAt this stage of their development your kids should now have a good grounding in the concept of money. It may be appropriate to introduce them to concept of record keeping. Develop ways for your kids to keep track of their money. If they have a Savings Account they should be en-couraged to understand the mech-anism of how this works.It may be that they save in a piggy bank at home. They could be en-couraged monthly to record the starting balance, plus how much deposited, less how much spent, and the closing balance at the end of the month.
Financial InstitutionsBefore leaving school for Univer-sity/Employment your kids need to understand how financial institu-tions operate. They need to know how a bank account works and be able to read a bank statement. Ex-plain the concept of interest earned on savings and discuss with them when appropriate the concept of interest paid on borrowings. Also address the issue of credit cards and the need for tight control on spend-ing and regular payments.
Contact [email protected] or call Leanne on 02871370886 if you wish to dis-cuss how we can be of assistance with this learning process or any other finance related issue you may have.Or visit our website www.dawnmclaughlinandco.com for other topics of interest or to re-quest a copy of our newsletter.Dawn McLaughlin
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Sensible skin by Maria McGeeDr Maria McGee MB ChB is a medical doctor and Natural Skin Care expert. She founded Marble Hill to produce her own range of Natural Skin Care prod-ucts to offer a natural alternative to commercial cosmetics. Marble Hill man-ufactures their natural skin care range at unit 35 Northwest Business Complex Skeoge Industrial Estate right here in Derry and their products can be bought online at www.marblehillonline.co.uk or in Belmont Pharmacy on the Culmore Rd.When was the last time you read your cos-metic labels?The modern world is a busy place, we are constantly faced with choices, what to eat, what to wear, how to spend our leisure time. So much information but how much of it do we really understand?Nowadays the labelling on the packaging means we can see goes into our food and onto our skin and sometimes we can be-come concerned by all the ingredients on the labels. I can only speak for myself but particularly when it comes to skincare I am happier using something simple and natural, for a variety of reasons. Firstly I like to feel that I am using some-thing that will work with my skin, support-ing the natural processes. Jojoba plants produce oil which is virtu-ally identical with the oil – sebum- that our own skin manufactures. Argan oil contains squalene - again found in our own skin. Apricot and Peach oils contain important vitamins and camellia oil has been shown to help in the production of collagen. Although they have a very important role in modern skincare, chemical alternatives can seem almost barren by comparison.
Doctor Maria McGee of Marble Hill
For example, how many of us realize that when we use petroleum jelly or mineral-based baby oil on our skin (“petrolatum” or “paraffinum liquidum” on the label) we are actually using the residue of the distillation of the same crude oil from which we get our car fuel. Consequently the reason baby oil smells so nice is that artificial fragrances had to be added to it to mask the smell of the min-eral oil.Millions of us use these chemicals every day with no ill effects whatsoever but when you realize that mineral oil is used as a lubricant in industry somehow it just doesn’t sound the same, does it?The second reason I use skincare based on natural plant oils is that sometimes the modern alternative works TOO well.My family has very sensitive skin and I found that they were suffering from drying and itching when they used the products I brought home from the supermarket. Commercial soaps were bad enough but when I tried liquid washes all hell broke loose. Most people, and up to then that included me, do not realize that these washes are based on detergents, essen-tially the same as washing up liquid. Two common names you will find on the labels are Sodium Laureth sulphate and sodium lauryl sulphate, both highly effective ingre-dients which are regarded as safe all over the world. Nonetheless, many people find that they are little bit better at what they do than they might like!I did some research a while ago and I found that after the introduction of these hand-washes, shower gels and so on, sales took off very fast. They are very popular and it is easy to see why; they are cheap, effective and hygienic to use - no slimy bars of soap
anymore - and what’s more, they smell fabulous. What is less well known is that shortly af-ter we all started using these products to clean our skin the sales of moisturisers shot up as well, but at TWICE THE RATE of the wash products. We were literally wash-ing the oils out of our skin, leaving our skin parched.Most people get away with it and find that their skin is fine -or nobody would be buy-ing them- BUT many people whose skin is prone to dryness live with a chronic low level itch and discomfort and an almost subconscious sense of something not be-ing right that is only eased by applying – often quite expensive – moisturisers. Ask yourself — do you remember your mother having to cover you with creams or did you have dry cracked skin on your hands when you were a child? Did you have to stand and wait for your all-over moisturizer to dry off before you could get dressed twenty-odd years ago?Probably not.Another group of women who have trou-ble with dried out hands, the skin on their knuckles cracked and sore, are new moth-ers who have to wash them a lot. Think about it: by using detergent based liquid washes/gels you are essentially washing your hands in washing up liquid. Who would choose to do that?In fact a good hot, long shower with these products is pretty much like standing the roasting tray in a basin of hot water with Fairy liquid after Sunday lunch. Both you and the tray come out spotless and gleam-ing with all the stuck on grease (in your case your body oils) washed down the plughole. Small wonder those oils need replacing.
Don’t mistake me- these products are not toxic, they are not going to give you can-cer or make your hair fall out, but they are very, very good at their job. These chemi-cals are everywhere, there is sodium laureth sulphate in toothpaste, it is the stuff that makes it nice and foamy and I am not about to give up that Colgate ring of confidence in a hurry. However if you find that your skin is itchier than it used to be or that you are getting hacks on your hands ask yourself if you could be overusing these wash prod-ucts or whether like my family they are just not for you at all and maybe find an alternative that suits you better.You are unlikely to have to go to the lengths I did and make
your own but changing your shower gel or handwash for something you find less dry-ing is simple, inexpensive and may well leave you feeling more comfortable, less itchy and less irritable; it’s got to be worth a try. I hope you find this useful the next time you shop for skincare products and I look forward to telling you about some of the fascinating new alternatives we now have available which have been beauty and skincare secrets in different parts of the world and which we can now get here in Ireland.
For more information on Marble Hill check their web-site at www.marblehillon-line.co.uk
• June is a great time to plant! Plants and trees that provide col-or in the month of June include Azaleas, Hydrangeas, Rhododen-drons, Spireas, Butterfly Bush, Mock Orange and Golden Rain Tree. Visit the nursery and see these beautiful plants in bloom. • It's a great time to plant an-nuals, perennials and all trees and shrubs. Nurseries have many beautiful annuals to choose from, including Geraniums, Impatiens, Marigolds, Petunias, Vinca, Salvia and many other plants. Perennials that provide interest in the month of June include Daylilies, Astilbe, Rudbeckia, Yarrow, Foxgolve and much more. • We recommend fertilizing an-nuals, perennials and flowering shrubs and trees with a slow-re-lease plant food that contains ni-trogen, sulfate of potash, iron and other micro-nutrients for overall plant growth and development. • We recommend feeding all your evergreens (Hollies, Box-woods and Yews) and deciduous trees (Maples, Oaks and Ash) with tree and shrub food. • Check all plants, especially
Gardening tips for Junenewly planted ones, for water on a regular basis. Water deeply and thoroughly as needed. • Gator bags provide a great way to keep trees watered during hot and dry months. These bags, which can hold up to 20 gallons of water, are secured to the trunk of the tree, where they release the water slowly to the root ball over the course of 15-20 hours. • Now is a great time to install a water garden. Water features will allow you to enjoy the soothing sights and sounds of water. • Spruce up your summer land-scape with beautiful color in con-tainers. Be sure to use potting mix when planting and a water-grab-bing polymer such as Soil Moist to reduce the frequency of watering. Pest Control • Various pest problems can oc-cur in May. If you have plants that you suspect may be facing a pest problem, bring in a representative sample to your local county agri-cultural extension agent and they will help diagnose the problem and recommend the appropriate control. • Fruit trees should be on a regu-
lar spray program. See your local extension website for tree spray program bulletin. Search engines like Google.Com can help you find your local edu-cational university site to help you with answers that are least likely to harm the environment to solve pest problems, with specific con-trol recommendations. Fruit and Vegetable Gardens • It's a great time to plant apple, pear, peach and all other fruit trees. Fruit trees require two differ-ent varieties to pollinate properly. Be aware of this and ask a nursery professionals to guide you in se-lecting varieties. • You can also plant vegetables in containers and grow them on decks, patios or other small spac-es. Use potting mix when planting. • Fruit trees need to be sprayed on a regular schedule, although you do not spray your fruit trees when the blossoms are wide open. • It's a great time to plant straw-berries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries. • Fertilize fruits and vegetables with a good quality, slow-release vegetable food such as Osmocote.
• Time to stake tomatoes and spray them if necessary to prevent disease problems.Lawns • To prevent the summer crop of crabgrass, apply a second applica-tion of pre-emergent crabgrass control such as TEAM (if you have not seeded the lawn recently) or Tupersan (if you did seed the lawn recently). Note - if you applied bar-ricade earlier this spring, you do not need a summer application of crabgrass control. • June is the time to apply a fun-gicide to the lawn to control turf diseases such as brown patch, dol-lar spot and others. Use Bayleton or Daconil. • Apply Perk-Up to the lawn to keep it nice and green throughout the summer months. This product contains 10% iron, which gives added color without excessive growth. • Fertilize zoysia lawns now with Merrifield Premium 26-4-12. • If needed, apply a weed control to the lawn to kill actively growing weeds. Use Dragon Lawn Weed Killer or Ortho Weed B Gone.
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How to dress for a...... Summer Wedding
We know there’s a recession on and some of this stuff is a little pricey but what if it’s your best friend’s wedding? These little numbers might just break most of our banks but we’re worth it!
Ruffled Dress, £930 at Marc Jacobs
Pleated Dress, £49.99 at New Look
Bouclé Jacket, £89.99 at Zara
Check Blue Heels, £370
at Miu Miu
Pink Strapless Dress, £89
at Coast
Bow Dress, £190
at Karen Millen
Yellow Ruffle Skirt, £110
at Reiss
Pleated Landscape Dress, £39.99at Zara
Diamanté Sandals, £140 at Carvela at Kurt Geiger
Yellow Dress, £45 at Miss Selfridge
Kana Dress, £225
at Reiss
Orange Shirt Dress, £52 at Rare
Elm Heels, £220
at Kurt Geiger London
Round-Neck White Blouse, £48
at Sister Jane
Red Poppy Dress, £60 at Jones and Jones
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The GasyardBBQ
Members of the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service pictured with some of the large crowd that attended the BBQ held at the gasyard centre.
Chloe McGuinness joins in with one of the games
A buddying Tiger Woods...Two-year-old Kayla Villa tries her hand at golf
3-year-old Kiersha Green, looking pretty at the BBQ at the gasyard centre.
Eva Barber enjoying her burger. Eva Gallagher, enjoying the lovely weather at the gasyard centre BBQ.
Three-year-old Zara Thompson, pictured with from left, Crew Commander Adrian Cooper and Firefighters Mike Cullinan
and Tony Healey
The Canning kids enjoying the beautiful weather at the BBQ held in the gasyard centre.
Pictured enjoying the BBQ, held at the gasyard centre, from left, Marie, Emma, Jenny, Geraldine and Chloe.
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THE latest Fiesta and FiestaVan offer new high-tech developments that have made Britain’s best-selling car and small van even cleaner with latest emissions dropping from 95 to 87g/km of CO2 and combined fuel economy rising to 85.6mpg. The significantly improved efficiency, boosting the environmental performance of the Fiesta and FiestaVan featuring ECOnetic Technology by over 12 per cent, has been achieved through the in-troduction of:* Auto-Start-Stop* Upgrades to the 95PS 1.6TDCi engine including friction and combustion improvements and cali-bration optimisation* Revised gear ratios* Smart regenerative charging* EcoMode* Improved efficiency of the air conditioning, cooling fan and alternatorOriginal equipment fitted as standard to the Fies-ta and FiestaVan ECOnetic, including rolling resis-tance tyres, an aero pack comprising undershield and wheel deflectors, variable flow oil pump and shift indicator light, is carried over on ECOnetic Technology models.The Ford Fiesta with ECOnetic Technology has three trim levels to suit different customer re-quirements: Edge, Zetec or Titanium. Such advanced fuel economy avoids UK road tax (Vehicle Excise Duty) contributions, yet the re-finement and fun-to-drive personality of the original Fiesta is retained intact.Ford Fiesta’s value story continues with five engines in the Fiesta car line-up emitting less than 130g/km of CO2 making them exempt from vehicle ex-
Ford Fiesta reduces its CO2 emissions even further
cise duty in their first year. This includes the 1.4-litre and 1.6-litre TDCi diesel engines, the 1.25-litre 60PS and 82PS petrol engines and the latest 1.6-litre TDCi 95PS ECOnetic Technology engine.Sustainability is important not only for the car, but also for the facilities behind its manufacture. Ford’s Dagenham-built Duratorq TDCi engines are produced in a facility that derives all its elec-tricity from renewable sources, with three dedi-cated wind turbines.The new Fiesta Edge, Zetec and Titanium ECOn-etic models start from £14,445 and the FiestaVan ECOnetic starts from £12,215. No vehicle excise duty payable on cars.Great Wall Motor Company - market leaders for pick-ups and SUVs in China - will this month be-come the first Chinese automobile manufacturer to commence volume sales in the UK, follow-ing the launch of the Steed pick-up at the Com-mercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham. Prices will start at just £13,998 (CVOTR) for the generously equipped Steed S model - the lowest for any dou-ble-cab pick up in the UK. With a gutsy 2.0-litre diesel engine, six-speed gearbox and selectable-on-the-move two/four-wheel drive, the Steed also delivers class-leading urban fuel economy and the lowest insurance ratings of any vehicle in the pick-up segment. Citroën C1 uK prices - The newly restyled Citroën C1 will go on sale in the UK in April with MRR OTR list prices starting from just £7,995. The range-topping 5-door VTR+, featuring Citroën’s efficient Electronic Gearbox System with steering-mount-ed paddle controls, is priced at £10,545. To cel-ebrate the New C1’s launch next month, Citroën
has announced that all New C1 models attract a £1,000 Citroën Reward, meaning OTR prices start from just £6,995. In addition, VTR models are available from just £99 per month with Elect 4 Personal Lease, including one year’s free insur-ance for drivers aged 21-75. The free insurance offer is also available on VTR models funded with Elect 3 finance.of its critically acclaimed Yeti compact SUV. Called the Yeti Urban, it is based on the already highly popular SE trim, but features up to £2,450 worth of extra equipment at no extra cost when com-pared to the SE. The Skoda Yeti compact SUV has been a huge sale success since it was launched in 2009 - more than 8,800 have been registered in the UK. It won 12 independent product awards along the way, and charmed UK car buyers with its on-road performance, family orientated prac-ticality and rugged styling. This new model - re-stricted to just 750 cars - will extend that appeal to younger and more style-conscious UK buyers.MAZDA’S all-new Mazda CX-5 compact cross-over SUV, arriving this spring, comes equipped
with a range of breakthrough technologies. Designed to appeal to the corporate sector, the technology includes the debut of safety features such as Smart City Brake Support, state-of-the-art passive safety structures, such as the light-weight yet highly-rigid SKYACTIV-Body and vari-ous impact-absorbing structural innovations. The CX-5 is the first Mazda as well as the first compact SUV with Mazda’s new advanced safe-ty technology which helps a driver to avoid or minimise the impact of a frontal collision when driving at low speeds - under 20mph - in the city or in slow moving traffic.Isuzu prices for new D-Max pick-up - Isuzu UK has announced prices and specifications for the all-new Isuzu D-Max pick-up, ahead of its UK premiere at the Commercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham. On sale from June 2012, the tough new Isuzu D-Max will be available with four specification levels and, for the first time for Isuzu in the UK, with an extended cab body configura-tion - featuring rear-opening side-access panels - joining the single and double cab variants.
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Kicking off The Foyle CupNORTHERN IRELAND boss, Michael O’Neill officially launched what’s ex-pected to be the largest Hughes Insur-ance Foyle Cup competition in 20 years at the City Hotel last Wednesday night.The prestigious 2012 tournament will witness the largest ever entry since its in-ception in 1992 and O’Neill believes it of-fers young local footballers an invaluable opportunity to sample playing against Europe’s top clubs.“The Foyle Cup is, in my opinion, the first real tournament for any young player to sample what it takes to play across the water,” he said.“Alongside the Milk Cup, it’s a fantastic competition and because these compe-titions always get very well supported, particularly for the local teams, I feel the atmosphere in games and playing sides from across the water is a great experi-ence for any of the young players taking part.”Indeed, the tournament has showcased and helped nurture a conveyor belt of local talent with current internationals, Darron Gibson, James McClean, Danny Lafferty, Shane Ferguson, Paddy Mc-Court, Shane Duffy and Eunan O’Kane having all represented the city in previ-ous years.And with the likes of last year’s Under-14 competition winners, Glasgow giants, Celtic returning to defend their trophy, it will present a chance for aspiring football stars to shine against Europe’s elite.O’Neill, who has vowed to take in some of this summer’s Foyle Cup, praised the organisers of the tournament which he hailed as being one of the best managed youth competitions in Europe.“Any support I can give to the Foyle Cup is a pleasure for me and hopefully I’ll be able to attend some of the competition,” added the N. Ireland supremo.“I know all about how much work goes into organising such a tournament as prestigious as the Foyle Cup and most of the time the organisers are volunteers who give up a lot of their spare time.“I don’t think people really appreciate how much goes into organising some-thing like the Foyle Cup.”Continued GrowthThis year’s Foyle Cup will be held in Derry City, Strabane and Limavady Council ar-eas from July 16th to July 21st next with more teams than ever involved and tour-nament organiser, Michael Hutton isn’t surprised by the continued growth of the event.“I know that after the wonderful experi-ence visiting teams have during their stay
in Derry each year, they leave determined to return,” said Hutton. “The Hughes Insur-ance Foyle Cup standards are exceptionally high and teams comment on how ef-ficiently everything runs and how good the playing sur-faces are.“The tournament had its humble beginnings as part of Derry City Council’s Im-pact ‘92 programme when eight teams participated in a one day, eight team event.The event is proving ever more popular to Irish pro-fessional clubs as more and more effort is being placed
in the production of young players through youth acad-emies.Irish clubs Linfield, Glen-toran, Coleraine, Crusaders, Glenavon, Portadown, Bal-lymena Utd, Derry City, Insti-tute, Lisburn Distillery, Dun-gannon, Ards, Finn Harps have done battle over the years with the best that Eng-lish, Scottish and European clubs can offer and Hutton expressed his delight that the event is still attracting such a high level of entry. “Each year, it is pleasing to note the growth of the Foyle Cup and as we head towards
our City of Culture year, it is certainly pleasing to note the huge entry of teams competing this year.“I know that Irish teams are reaping the benefit of this tournament. When one looks at the development of play-ers in our own city alone and examines the number of young players now play-ing International football - all of whom have played in the Derry and District Youth League and Foyle Cup tour-nament.“Never has Derry had such a level of representation at international level and, make
no mistake about it, there are future international play-ers presently playing with Derry City FC in the Airtricity League.“Our local players are not simply being assembled to play in a tournament but are reaping the benefits of many years of involvement and preparation put in by their coaches. “Financial AppealMr Hutton also appealed for support from local business-es to ensure that this year’s event is the city’s best ever.“With cut backs in govern-ment sponsorship, more lo-
cal sponsorship is needed if the event is to continue in its present form. We are very much appealing to local companies to get behind the 2012 event by sponsoring an age group, match balls or player of the tournament. “We are grateful for the support afforded the event over this year by Derry City Council, Limavady Borough Council, Strabane District Council, Northern Ireland Tourist Board, Dept for Social Development, Hughes In-surance. Seagate, Eand I En-gineering, and Derry Credit Union,” he concluded.
Young footballers make their voices heard in Guildhall Square in Derry yesterday during the annual Parade of Champions at the start of the Foyle Cup.
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The curtain has come down in the Rathmor Motors Pre MOT Centre/TaxiCo North West Saturday Morning League and there was a good spread out as the trophies were handed out. In the Premier Division Westbank Unit-ed were crowned champions after a pulsating play off with Phoenix Swifts with the former winning that game 3-1. Westbank also lifted the Gilfillan Cup on Boxing Day to make it a dou-ble winning season for them. Phoenix Swifts had to content themselves with runners up spot but they had the Blue Riband Cup to lift as a consolation. Clifton Villa finished the season of in third place and that was a respect-able enough finish for a side that had their share of difficulties throughout the season as some of their key per-sonnel immigrated to Australia and they were also hit with a lot of injuries throughout the season but they man-aged to bag a place in the Champi-ons League for next season. Creggan Swifts had a good end to the season and they also will be representing The SML in the Champions League next season and they of course will be joined by the champions and run-ners up. Brandywell Celtic just missed out of qualification for the Champions League and they also finished runners up in the Gilfillan Cup and Blue Riband Cup. Clooney came next in the league table and they were dragged in to a relegation battle but they managed to survive and they will be playing their football in the top flight next season. Foyle Harps also were in the battle and they also survived along with Du Pont who rather fortunate in the end
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because Magee University had with-drawn from the league earlier in the season or else they may have faced the drop. Just one team was relegated from the Premier Division and that was Oxford United who will be play-ing their football in the Championship next season.
ChampionshipIn the Championship the title race went down to the wire with two teams contesting for the crown and in the last league game of the season Red Star came from a goal down to snatch a draw with Drumahoe the only team that could take the crown from them. Red Star were crowned champions but Drumahoe missed a penalty that would have seen them lift the title. Newton Heath finished in third place but they also had the consolation of winning the Supplementary Cup and that give them cause for celebration. Rocking Chair finished in fourth place and although they put in a good run of results at the end of the season they could and should have been challeng-ing for the title. Tamnaherin Celtic start-
ed the season strongly and they were well in the race for the title but they fell out of that race with a string of poor results that saw them fall down the league table. Northside Albion finished the season third from bottom and they just escaped relegation by the skin of their teeth but they will be playing in the Championship again next season. Sion Swifts and Foyle Athletic finished in the bottom two in that order and they will be playing their football in the First Division next season but Foyle Athletic made it through to the final of the Supplementary Cup where they were beaten by Newton Heath.
First DivisionThe First Division was more clear cut as Gransha Institute won that title in a can-ter as they were twelve points clear of their nearest rivals who were Benbrad-agh Colts and both these sides have been promoted to the Championship next season. Oakleaf Celtic in the first season in The SML finished third and newcomers Collon Celtic finished in a very respectable fourth place. Strabane Athletic finished in fifth place and that
means that there will be two Strabane based sides in this division next season so all clubs in this division will have to travel there twice next season. Hat-more Harps came next and they had a very decent season and they could be the team to watch next season. HML had their best season since coming in to The SML and they improved beyond recognition this season and if they had another couple of players to their squad they could become a threat next season. Top of the Hill Celtic Youth fin-ished the season second from bottom but they were there challenging before the Christmas break and then seem to fall away on their return from the break. Collegians were the bottom side in this division but if medals could be handed out for determination and grit they would have won every award available to them as they landed every Saturday with at least fifteen players to pick from and although they took some big ham-merings throughout the season they always came back for more and a nicer bunch of lads you could not wish to meet as they were exemplary on and off the park.
Red Star celebrating winning the league
Ciaran Ferry under pressure from Kevin McLaughlin
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Premier Division Winners Westbank UnitedRunners up Phoenix Swifts
ChampionshipWinners Red Star
Runners up Drumahoe
First DivisionWinners Gransha Institute
Runners up Benbradagh Colts
Gilfillan CupWinners Westbank United
Runners up Brandywell Celtic
Top 4 TrophyWinners Gransha Institute
Runners up Red Star
Supplementary CupWinners Newton Heath
Runners Up Foyle Athletic
O’Bryan Cup Winners
Runners up
Blue Riband CupWinners Phoenix Swifts
Runners up Brandywell Celtic
Vinnie Morrison runs clear with the ballDee O’Hara crossing the ball
Davy Ryan celebrating winning the leaguePaul Ryan receives a booking for dissent
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North west cricket season in full flight with a new face top of the pileOne thing we can rarely lay claim to around these parts is a rain-free summer but with a month gone in the 2012 North West cricket season, not a single game has been affected by the weather so far and indeed in the main conditions have been ab-solutely perfect. Quite a few chang-es were introduced ahead of the season after the Union established a “think tank” at the end of last year but players and officials have been quick to latch on to the new regula-tions. The fact that next season will see the leagues reduced to eight teams means that there is much more competition at both ends of the Senior 1 and 2 tables but that is sure to create plenty of excitement as the summer unfolds. As well as new rules the union also has a new sponsor as Long’s SuperValu signed a three-year deal to front local crick-et in a move that was seen to give stability to the sport here during those transitional seasons.So down to business then and action is already well under way in all the domestic and inter-provincial com-petitions. In Division 1 we have a new name at the top of the leader-board as Coleraine have started to fulfil the promise they’ve been showing
for the past couple of years. Skipper Ian McGregor has at superb blend of youth and experience at his disposal this season and the youngsters that the Bannsiders kept faith with- Scott Campbell, Rishi Chopra, Andrew Douglas, Calum McGregor and Paul Douglas have now progressed into senior players in their own right. Add in the experience of the skipper as well as David Cooke, Stephen Dunn and professional Chinthaka Jayas-inghe and new signings Craig Averill and Gareth Burns and you get a fla-vour of how strong Coleraine are at present. That said they lost their first game of the season when they were narrowly beaten at Bready in the league, however despite also losing out in Saturday’s Ulster Cup tie away at CIYMS there have been 8 wins in all competitions in between. The Bannsiders took outright leadership of the Division 1 table on Sunday past when beating Brigade by just a single run in a nail-biter at Beech-grove while Donemana also lost a final ball thriller at home to Bready.Up until the weekend Donemana looked unbeatable and Richard Kee’s side went into that one look-ing to make it a perfect ten, having won every one of their matches to
date. The Tyrone men started the season winning the Derry Midweek League’s Charity Cup final, ironi-cally against Bready, then followed that up by winning their first round games in the Faughan Valley, Bob Kerr and Ulster Cup competitions as well as all five league games. The Holm side are also quality top to bot-tom and the McBrine trio of James, Junior and Andy, professional Kam-ran Sajid and skipper Kee form the backbone of a seriously strong first XI. Donemana and Coleraine are two of just three North West sides to have survived the first round of the country’s premier cup competition, the Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup, but unfortunately one of them will take their leave in Round 2 as well as the pair have been drawn together in
what should be a huge game on the north coast this coming Saturday. The other side through in that com-petition is Brigade and the Waterside team have a very difficult second round game as well as they cross swords with holders Waringstown, the team that beat them at the semi-final stage last year. In a further twist of irony Brigade beat Carrickfergus in the Ulster Cup on Saturday past for the second successive season and their reward for that one is also a home time with Waringstown.Mark Simpson’s men are the reign-ing North West league champions of course but the defence of their title hasn’t started well with their nar-row reverse against Coleraine being the third in their first five matches. Johnny Thompson and Mattie Mo-
ran have been excellent for Brigade this season while Iftikhar Hussain, Gareth McKeegan and new signing Harry Chappell have also shown glimpses of form but they still look a batsman light.Strabane started the season on fire but Lady luck contrived to conspire against them in recent weeks as they lost key players. Their new profes-sional, Faisal Iqbal looked a real tal-ent but no sooner had he found his way around the town than he was called into the Pakistan Test side and up until yesterday his temporary re-placement still hadn’t arrived. Open-ing batsman Niall McDonnell also asked to be left out of the squad for personal reasons while there were injuries to Mark Roulston, Kevin Martin and Mark Gillespie at various
Ricky-Lee Dougherty keeps his eye on the ball
William McClintock who claimed four wickets as Donemana beat Fox Lodge
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SPORTstages as well. The latter look to have been resolved in the main but Strabane have been reliant on the return to form of Peter and indeed Mark Gillespie as well as solid contri-butions from skipper Martin Deans and Phil Eaglestone as they have managed to stay bang in the title race despite those setbacks. Bready are in there pitching too, the Northern Bank senior cup holders’ win at Donemana catapulting them into the title picture and although David Scanlon’s side are out of both of the inter-regional cups they clearly have their eyes on the local prizes. Their only league defeat was a shocker at Glendermott, although frustratingly the Magherama-son side are very capable of taking aim at their own feet just when they seem to be in the box seat. I still wouldn’t want to rule them out with the quality of David Rankin, David Barr, Ian Young, Craig Young, Brian Crumley, Agha Sabir and both Scanlons in the side however.With two teams going down this season and a third going into a play-off against the Division 2 winners, Fox Lodge, Creevedonnell, Glendermott and Bonds Glen look the most vulnerable, the latter yet to win a match this season.
The division 2 table has a slightly lopsided look after The Nedd pulled out before the season started leaving just seven teams to contest proceedings. That means that with two teams dropping out of the top flight come this Sep-tember only one will be relegated from this division as a consequence. The League 2 winners will go into a one-off play off match against the team finishing eight in the top flight and while I understand that there has to be a prize for winning the league I have serious reservations that a team that has battled all season to stay out of the bottom two should then have to go into a penalty shoot-out against a team that hasn’t played a single match in the same league. Purely and simply it’s a no-lose situation for the second tier team but I have no doubt that there is a method in the madness somewhere. To matters at hand then and with some teams having played just two league games thus far it is difficult to get an accurate reading however the current standings show one very unfamiliar look as Ard-more are bottom and without a win from three outings. The Bleachgreen side are habitually among the favourites to win trophies at this level but this is surely their worst start in many years and doesn’t augur well in the title race. Lee Brolly’s side will come good we know that, and have a golden chance to record their first win when they en-tertain struggling Killyclooney this Saturday. At the other end of the table, Drummond, Eglinton and St Johnston lead the way while despite winning just one league game apiece, Sion Mills and Burndennett look an awful lot more compact than they were last season. Drummond have won all three of their matches to date; Gordon Cooke and Stevie Moore providing the ammunition while the young players in the team are learning their trade. St Johnston, with a trophy already in the cupboard having beaten Cree-
vedonnell in the Charity final also look very strong and in Michael Rankin and Ryan MacBeth boast two youngsters who could have a big future. Alan MacBeth and Andrew Fleming have been at the top of their game in the first month and the Donegal side could have a big say in the league this time although Eglinton still remain the favourites. Having been relegated last year the villagers are deter-mined to bounce back immediate-ly and signalled their intent when they brought in former Ireland International Stephen Smyth from Glendermott and Nigel Thompson from Limavady although it must be said that both are former Eg-linton players. Christopher Pierce and Richard Wylie look set to score bags of runs this summer, opener Pierce in particular looks the real
deal and it would take a brave man to bet against them winning this.Just as a footnote there was a little bit of history recorded in the Ulster Shield on Sunday at Sion when Dundrum’s overseas player/coach Raviraj Patil became the lat-est player to hit 6 sixes in an over in a competitive fixture in the North West. The Indian had already sig-nalled his intent with a thoroughly aggressive start to his innings but then seemed to take a particular shine to the hosts’ Andy Lucas. The young Sion man seemed a little perplexed at the sight of the ball continually disappearing over the fence and delivered three in the over that the batsman couldn’t reach but when he put it back be-tween the white lines, Patil kept cracking it for 6. There was almost an air of inevitability about the last
one but Patil was obvious-ly thrilled with his feat and rightly so. To be fair, Lucas was the first to shake his hand at the interval after the Dundrum man was eventually dismissed for a 79- ball167 that contained 18 sixes and 9 fours. Patil becomes the third play-
er in recent memory to achieve the feat, Vic Craig managing to do it as a sprightly 56-year old play-ing for Burndennett while Hendy Wallace famously hit Decker Curry for 7 in an over (the no-ball went for 6 as well) at a midweek game at Drummond.
Johnny Robinson gets an lbw decision
Garvin Heywood gives Junior McBride a simple catch Wajihuddin bowling for Fox Lodge
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Pictured at Foyle Golf Club, during the Maiden City Academy Celebrity Golf Day 2012, from left, organisers, Paul Kee, Paul Carlisle, Jim Devenney and Craig Lynch.
Pictured at Foyle Golf Club, during the Maiden City Academy Celebrity Golf Day 2012, from left, representing the Moviebowl, Mark Blair, Mark Sargant, Artie
O’Hara and Peter Wood.
Pictured at Foyle Golf Club, during the Maiden City Academy Celebrity Golf Day 2012, from left, Mark McChrystal (Transmere), Anthony Stokes (Celtic) and Mark Wilson (Celtic).
Pictured at Foyle Golf Club, during the Maiden City Academy Celebrity Golf Day 2012, from left, representing The Brandywell Bar, Paul Coyle, Liam Barrett and Stephen Barrett.
Pictured at Foyle Golf Club, during the Maiden City Academy Celebrity Golf Day 2012, from left, Mervyn Kirkwood (Maiden City), Eoghan Quigg, Paul Bradley
(maiden City Coach) and David Lafferty.
Pictured at Foyle Golf Club, during the Maiden City Academy Celebrity Golf Day 2012, from left, Michael Newell (Everton/Blackburn), Stephen Robinson
(Spurs/Lutton/Bournmouth) and Marlon Bereford (Burnley/Leeds/Middlesbor-ough and 21 Goal Keeping Coach).
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