September/October 2009 Newsletter
Welcome All,
Hope that you’ve all been keeping well since the last newsletter and that this one finds you well.
It’s fast approaching finer weather and there is a noticeable stretch in the evenings which also means the changing of the clocks is soon upon us. Don’t forget to put your clocks forward an hour this weekend (26th)
We’re all gearing up for the National Feis being hosted by the Wellington Irish Society this labour weekend. The venue for the Feis will be at both the Irish Clubrooms in Fifeshire Avenue and also at Wellington Boy’s college. In what promises to be a great Feis, we’d love to see everyone make an appearance over the weekend to either the club or out to the college to watch the sports program. We’re hoping to have Men’s and Women’s Football as well as Hurling this year and are expecting a record number of teams.
Wellington Hutt Valley GAA are also running a fantastic draw for the opportunity to win Return Tickets to Ireland and the final draw will take place over labour weekend. More details on this inside.
We’re looking for volunteers over the weekend to man the bar and to help out with the multitude of tasks over the course of the festival. If you’re free that weekend, give us a shout if you’d consider helping out.
As usual, the club is open on Friday and Sunday evenings and we’d love to see more of the members pay a visit to the club. With the stretch in the evenings, why don’t you call in for a chat and a cup of tea and meet up with some old acquaintances.
And of course, don’t forget the monthly first Friday afternoon teas at the club hosted by Colleen O’Donovan. The next one is on Friday 2nd October; it would be great to see you all there.
Rgds
David Rynne
Friday Nights at the Club
If you’re partial to some really good harp and traditional music, then call down to the Club on Friday nights from 7.30. We have a group of musicians visiting us regularly and it would be a shame not to support them. Call in for a night of good music and plenty of fun. We’ve been getting a good few down at the club on Friday evenings so if you’ve got an hour or two to spare, feel free to drop in for a tune or even a game of pool with the usual suspects.
Family Night – Irish Club 6pm 26th September (Sat)
Our next family night is on the 26th of September at the club. We’d love to see all of those children and adults who will be taking part in this year’s FEIS there on the night. We hope to use this night to help with the planning of the FEIS weekend and to make sure everything runs smoothly on the weekend itself.
If those attending could please bring a plate, we’ll be dining at 6.30pm with a discussion about the FEIS itself starting around 7.15pm.
First Friday Afternoon Tea’s
Please mark this in your Diary- Irish Club3pm on Friday 2nd October
The next installment of the 1st Friday afternoon teas takes place on Friday 2nd October at the club. It would be great to see you all there for a catch up. Please bring a plate if attending.
The Rhythms of Ireland – Wellington – Opera House – 28 October
Ireland’s most celebrated show The Rhythms of Ireland, bring their innovative new production to The Wellington Opera House.
The Rhythms of Ireland is an Irish Dance show which has been seen by over two-million worldwide amassing an unsurpassed reputation for their stunningly executed performances.
Dates: Wed 28 Oct 09, 8:00pm
Cost: Adults from $59.90 - $79.90, Concession $49.90 - $69.90, Children $39.90 - $49.90 plus booking fees. Family passes available.
Tickets available now from Ticketek
Christmas Dinner – Sunday 29th November 2009
This year the Christmas dinner will take place on Sunday 26th November from 6pm downstairs at the club. We’re having it in November this year as people in the past have been tied up with other engagements during December.
Tickets for the 3 course meal are fantastic value at only $25 and are available from Lilian from November 1st. There won’t be any door sales this year so please let Lilian know in good time if you’re going to be there.
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The GAA are running a fantastic raffle over the next 4 weeks.
In association with flight centre they’re offering a chance to win a return trip for 2 from New Zealandto Ireland.
There will only be 100 tickets printed and the big draw will take place during the FEIS weekend in the Irish Club.
Tickets are $100 each and all monies raised go to covering the Gaelic clubs expenses for the next 12 months.
Please help support the GAA in the Wellington region and enter this great draw.
For Tickets contact Jo at 021-0451512 or E-Mail or contact Dave Rynne at 021-02784187
Irish Soda Bread (Danny Ford Version)
You’ll have noticed that we’re going with another recipe for Soda bread again this month. We’ve managed to get our hands on Danny Ford’s special recipe so we couldn’t keep it just for ourselves!
Ingredients
Print Recipe Share Recipe Conver12 oz whole meal flour
4 oz white self raising flour1 level teaspoon baking soda
½ level teaspoon salt / 2 teaspoons sugar
1 tablespoon cooking oil
½ pint butter milk
½ cup fresh milk
Method
Sieve white floor, baking soda, sugar and salt. Mix with whole meal flour, add oil and both milks and knead well. Do not have mixture too wet.
Flatten dough into a circle, make a cross on it with a knife and bake in a hot oven for approximately 30 minutes.
PS you can modify this recipe to make an Irish Tea Cake by adding 2 eggs and raisins or both as desired with a little less milk and buttermilk.
Training for the Australasian games is continuing every Friday and Sunday, and there is a real level of excitement about this year’s competition. The state games are taking place in Melbourne, Australia from the 28th September thru 4th October and hopes are high for a great showing from the local players.
The panel for the games has been selected and the following players have been selected to represent Wellington & Hutt Valley GAA.
WellingtonHuttValley Squad 2009
Player / County / Player / CountyDavid Rynne / Clare / Declan Rynne / Clare
Andy Cameron / New Zealand / Robbie English / Tipperary
Donal Kavanagh / Kerry / Scott Maclean / New Zealand
Rohann DaSilva / New Zealand / David Madigan / Kilkenny
Declan McGeeney / Louth / David Donohue / Galway
Eoghan Deasy / Cork / JP Walshe / Wexford
Peter Markey / Louth / Bryan Downes / Kildare
Fergus O'Reilly / Cavan / Mattie Ryan / Tipperary
Daithí O'Connor / Cork / Garrett Lynch / Tipperary
Stephen McBride / Dublin / Kevin Lawlor / Meath
Paul Cotter / Cork / James Troy / Clare
The competition draw has already been made and the following are WellingtonHuttValley’s list of fixtures for the week. Here’s hoping that the lads are successful in the group games and can make it to the semi finals and beyond.
Australasian Games fixtures 2009
Mon 28-Sep14:15Wellington H-ValleyVVictoria
Tue 29-Sep14:45Wellington H-ValleyVAuckland
Wed 30-Sep09:45Wellington H-ValleyV Queensland
Thu 01-Oct14:00Wellington H-ValleyVS. Australia
Fri 02-Oct16:15Wellington H-ValleyVW. Australia
Match V Auckland
On the 5th September, the Wellington senior men’s squad traveled to Auckland to play them in a challenge game as part of our preparations for the state games. In what was a very useful run out, Auckland emerged victorious on a 2-13 to 0-11 score line.
Feis Games
The Feis games are being held at WellingtonBoysCollege over labour weekend and the GAA club will be running the football and hurling events over the weekend. It promises to be one of the biggest Gaelic games events at the national Feis in a number of years.
Social Sevens Tournament
The club will also be running its now annual social pre Christmas mixed tournament from the start of November through to mid December. As usual we’re very keen to get as many new players as possible playing the game, so if you know of anyone wanting to learn a bit of Gaelic football and to enjoy a good social game have a look at for more details.
All Ireland Finals at the club
On the 1st and 3rd weekends of September there was a great turnout at the club to watch Kilkenny complete their 4 in a row with a tight fought win over Tipperary and also to watch Kerry win their 36th title at the expense of Munster champions Cork.
We’ll have more on our trip to Melbourne in the next newsletter and hopefully it’ll have been a very successful one.
David Rynne – Vice President Wellington Hutt Valley GAA
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We haven’t got any Family notices to report this month
If any of our readers know of any stories for this page, can you please email them to or drop them into the clubrooms.
If it’s your children’s, grandchildren’s or any family member’s significant birthday in the coming months please let us know and we’ll include it in next month’s newsletter.
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The national FEIS is being held in Wellington boy’s college at labour weekend.
We would love to hear from anyone who is willing to give a few hours of their time to help.
When we get a list of volunteers, we’ll draw up a roster of people so you know when you’re required.
WellingtonCollege is situated a few minutes from the airport and the city centre, adjacent to Government House and overlooks the Basin Reserve. It is also a short walk to the Wellington Irish Society. Across the road from the school is St Joseph’s Catholic Church where Sunday Mass will be held. Both Cultural and sporting events will be held at College. Bowls, Darts and Pool will be held at the Irish Society Clubrooms.
Dean Rogers is this year’s FEIS chairperson and can be contacted at 9346629.
The FEIS website is available at
FEIS Trophies
In order to prepare for the FEIS, we require that all trophies are brought into the Irish Society clubrooms as soon as is possible. The trophies have to be valued and catalogued and all this takes time.
If you are posting in a trophy please ensure that it’s packaged well and send it to Wellington Irish Society, PO Box 449, Wellington.
Feis Booklet Advertising
If anyone would like to place adverts in the Feis Booklet, they can do so by contacting Lilian on 04-4781995 for more information. Please leave a message if Lilian isn’t in. Please note that all bookings must be made no later than the 30th September.
Entry Forms
Forms for those people interested in entering the music, dancing, pool, darts etc are available in the club rooms and must be completed to guarantee participation. If you are not a member of the club, you can become affiliated for the weekend for a nominal fee, please see the club notice board for more details.
Quiz – Myths & Legends- Answers
1. Rome, 2. Amazons, 3. Neptune, 4. Shoe Maker, 5. Olympus, 6. Jason, 7. Sharazad, 8. Swiss, 9. Janus, 10. Perseus, 11. Helen, 12. Cyclops, 13. Ra, 14. Icarus, 15. Hermes
Riddles - The Answers
1. 1113213211 After the first line, each line describes the previous line:
One One
Two Ones
One Two, One One
(and so on...)
2. He said, "You'll sentence me to six years in prison." If it was true, then the judge would have to make it false by sentencing him to four years. If it was false, then he would have to give him six years, which would make it true. Rather than contradict his own word, the judge set the man free.
3. Fill the 3-gallon container with oil and pour it into the 5-gallon container. Then fill the 3-gallon container again and use it to fill the 5-gallon container the rest of the way. One gallon will be left in the 3-gallon container.
September’s Quiz
Each question below contains the initials of words that will make it correct.
Example: 7 = D in a W - Answer - 7 Days in a Week
Find the missing words that apply to the number.
1.26=L of the A
2.7=W of the A W
3.1001=A N
4.12=S of the Z
5.54=C in a D (with the J)
6.9=P in the S S
7.88=P K
8.13=S on the A F
9.32 = D F at which W F
10.18=H on a G C
11.90=D in a R A
12.200=P for P G in M
13.12=D of J of N
14.3=B M (S H T R)
15.4=Q in a G
If you’re looking for anything and you think that the wider Irish community can help, please send in your request to and we’ll publish it in this newsletter. When answers come back in we’ll let you know. Whether it’s a carpenter for a day, somebody to cut the lawns, someone to teach music etc, feel free to get in touch.
- One reader is looking for an Uilleann Pipe player for their wedding in March 2010, if you know of anybody that could facilitate this, could you please get in touch with the club.
- We’ve had a couple of requests to find out about Irish language teachers in the Wellington and Nelson region. If you know of anybody, please get in touch.
- We’re always looking for new material for the newsletter, if you have anything to submit, original poems, stories etc, we’d be delighted to publish them in the newsletter.
- The club is also looking for family notices from Births, Marriages, anniversaries, Deaths etc that we can publish in the newsletter. Please send notice of same to or to PO Box 449, 10 Fifeshire Ave, Wellington.
- The downstairs hall in the club is available for hire for both our members and the general public. Whether you’d like to hire it for 21sts, weddings, or any other celebration, we’d love to hear from you. Please leave a message on the clubs phone at 04-3848535 or drop an email to . Please note that the upstairs hall is not for hire to members or to the public.
- If you’d like to advertise your business in the newsletter or on the website, please drop us an email at the club and we’ll be in touch with very competitive rates.
After our recent AGM, the following are the contact details of the Committee in 2009-10
Role / Name / Phone Number / EmailClub President / Lilian Mackey / 04-4781995 /
Vice President / John Whitty
Treasurer / Graeme Moody /
Secretary / Margaret Grealish /
Committee Members / David Rynne / 04-3890426 /
Tony O’Riordan
Jim Henderson
Jim Maguire
Jim McMeekin
Club Patron / Seamus Hallissey
For details of hall hire please contact Lilian Mackey or email the club.
Please send any Newsletter details to
Club Contact Details
Phone Number04-3848535
Address:10 Fifeshire Avenue
Cambridge Terrace
Wellington
Postal AddressWellington Irish Society
PO Box 449,
Wellington
Email Address
Website Address