Launch of “A Night at the Dogs”

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Night at the Dogs launch

 

Launching the “night at the dogs” at the new club grounds at Aghadoe are: front left: Ger Moynihan (Club Captain); Keith O’Leary (Vice-Captain). Back left: Junior Finnegan (Chairman); Paul Murphy (Fundraising committee); Mike Fuller (President); Paudie Sheahan (Chairman, Grounds Development committee).

A major fundraising event is to be held by Killarney Rugby Club at Tralee Greyhound Stadium on Saturday November 22nd from 7:00pm onwards. A Night At The Dogs plans to be a night of excitement and fun for all the family. 11 races on a packed card including ‘Buster’ races. A ‘Buster’ race is one where punters have a chance to buy a random order in which the 6 Dogs will finish the race. There are 720 possible combinations that the dogs could finish the race. Buster tickets are on sale from all club members or contact Paul Murphy on 087 267 6377 to order tickets or to be a sponsor. The Buster ticket is also a family entry to the track plus a race card. Family is two adults and up to 3 children U12. Enter the Buster race for just €20 and you could win €500 and have a great night’s entertainment. Buses are also available for your convenience and comfort on the night.
The club still has a few opportunities to sponsor a race, a dog, or ads in the programme. The club has already invested over €750,000 in building its first ever home for the sport in Killarney with a history that spans back to 1880s. Another €500,000 has to be raised to complete this facility which will include: clubhouse, 2 senior & youth pitches, a juvenile pitch, all-weather training paddock, and a ‘Trim-Trail’, which is a fitness and training track around the perimeter of the grounds with all-weather exercise stations. This facility will be available to the public community to use and plans are already afoot to try to fundraiser for this.
Killarney rugby club is an affiliated member of the Irish Rugby Football Union and currently has some 400 members of which 230 are active playing and coaching members, ageing from 6 to adulthood. The club has fantastic support from all over the community, especially all codes of sports. The success of Munster in recent decades has played a huge part in the promotion of the sport. Television exposure of the game has given sports people an insight into the complex rules of the scrum and rucks and mauls. It is a great example of sporting discipline to which many codes now wish to aspire and this is part of the attraction to the game when parents consider what sport they would like their son or daughter to learn and enjoy. The present club was reformed in 1983 and the new grounds will stand as testimony to all that the club has finally come of age.
Please support our night at the dogs fundraiser. Thank you.

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