Category Archives: Social Life

Carrickfinn prospects looking flickeringly hopeful

Don’t get your hopes up. Be prepared for the worst. Assume that the weather will be awful. Only then, expectations suitably managed, should you take a look at the forecast that’s emerging for the weekend: Accuweather | Burtonport. The weather is so changeable at present that you’ll need to keep checking the forecast at regularContinue reading “Carrickfinn prospects looking flickeringly hopeful”

Relay For Life : The big day is approaching fast

We’ve all been talking about Relay For Life for a number of months at this stage, ever since Cormac hit upon the bright idea of entering a club team in this immensely popular and highly regarded fundraising event. For anybody who’s been asleep for the last four or five months, Relay For Life is a community-basedContinue reading “Relay For Life : The big day is approaching fast”

Clear round jumping, Friday 11 May

With the Donegal Gaeltachts’ Beach Show beckoning this Sunday, a spot of clear round jumping at Cyril’s this Friday evening will be just what the doctor ordered for many of our members. It’s remarkable how quickly both horses and riders get rusty and the consistent practice of the North West League is now a relicContinue reading “Clear round jumping, Friday 11 May”

19 teams turn out for top class table quiz

Last night’s table quiz at Arena 7 drew large numbers of teams and the quizmaster, ably assisted by Cormac and Sally, challenged them in style. The quiz, with five 20-question sessions, deepened the furrows in many a brow and had participants’ memory cogs grinding loudly. The questions were fair with widely diverse subject matter andContinue reading “19 teams turn out for top class table quiz”

Relay for Life Table Quiz, Tuesday 1 May

Everybody had an opportunity to air their heads at Sunday’s fundraising ride-out — now it’s time to put the braincells to work at Tuesday evening’s fundraising Table Quiz at Arena 7. The challenge begins at 9pm. Bring yourself and as many teams and/or team mates as possible. It’s not an equestrian quiz so ordinary civiliansContinue reading “Relay for Life Table Quiz, Tuesday 1 May”

Clubs meet at Crossroads for wonderful ride-out and BBQ

Wonderful support from Letterkenny and Donegal Gaeltacht riding clubs combined with sizeable troops from the East Donegal and North West pony clubs ensured a memorable ride-out on a brilliantly sunny day in the Finn valley. Denis and his family gave a masterful display of car park management, successfully accommodating both the insurance demands of theContinue reading “Clubs meet at Crossroads for wonderful ride-out and BBQ”

Remember the ride-out! Sunday 29 April

If anybody needs any further encouragement to support the fundraising ride-out at Crossroads, Killygordon, on Sunday, the weather forecast might be an incentive. Everything is relative — by April 2012 standards this picture looks positively carribbean: Your support would be very much appreciated, either on horseback or just with a good appetite for the afters.Continue reading “Remember the ride-out! Sunday 29 April”

No shortage of diversity on the social front: Goof’s Gaff, Friday 4 May

Fundraising and charity events make up a large part of the social calendar these days and our club members are active in different guises in their other lives. Orla and Annette are the latest activists to declare themselves. They’re both involved in Goof’s Gaff, a Letterkenny-based initiative set up by a music student with aContinue reading “No shortage of diversity on the social front: Goof’s Gaff, Friday 4 May”