DumpTackle Movember Competition

It’s time for yet another “unriggable raffle” here at HarpinOnRugby…you want in on it?

 

 

CLICK THE GRID FOR A BETTER LOOK

FINAL SCORE : IRELAND-15 AUSTRALIA-32

WINNING SQUARE : I 5 A 2

COMPETITION WINNER : LOUISE HERLIHY DUNWORTH

THANKS TO DUMPTACKLE RUGBY CLOTHING FOR THE PRIZE AND ALSO TO EVERYONE FOR TAKING PART.

A NEW “UNRIGGABLE RAFFLE” WILL BE LAUNCHED AT 9PM SATURDAY

For more on their Movember range visit http://www.dumptackle.com/movember

 

The prizes keep on comin’ here at HarpinOnRugby and we have the good folks at dumpTackle Rugby clothing to thank for our latest grand prize.

If you win our latest “unriggable raffle” you will be able to take your pick from their full extensive range of rugby-themed tees and select one for yourself.

But they would also like to draw your attention to their Movember range - as you know, the campaign is all about raising awareness for male illness, and profits from the sale of those particular tees go to charity.

All you have to do is stay tuned to the HarpinOnRugby Facebook page during the week and follow the instructions when the competition posts are published.

Click here to learn more about how these “unriggable raffles” work.

 

Check the grid below to see when the qualifying windows will be open…NOTE : there’s a twist to Thursday’s window in that it could appear at any time during the day.

 

DAY	TIME	NO. OF QUALIFIERS
MONDAY	9PM	40
TUESDAY	9PM	30
WEDNESDAY	9PM	20
THURSDAY	???	10

The match that will provide the winning square for the competition is the November international between Ireland and Australia to be played on Saturday, November 16, kickoff 5:45pm.

The following extra rules are unfortunate but necessary.

the prize will only be delivered to an address on the island of Ireland

the competition winner will only be contacted via the social media account they used to qualify

only one entry per separate Facebook account is allowed each day, but it’s ok to enter once on each of the four days

each window closes 3 hours after posting – if all the spots are not taken, the extra ones will be allocated in a manner to be determined by the competition organisers.

when you are asked to leave an “exact phrase” this means you can use the phrase with OR without the quotes; also, since speed is a factor in the competition we will make allowances for typos once it is clear a decent attempt has been made to repeat the phrase

for transparency purposes your qualifying comment must remain on the social media post until Friday 9pm at the latest, ie when the grid is officially made public.

be aware that Facebook have been known to display comments in a random order on the web; as competition organisers we will do all we can to ensure the timeline is properly followed in each window.

entrants’ positions on the grid are set and not open for discussion, nor are any other final decisions made by the competition organisers.

If you have any questions about the competition and/or its format, feel free to email we'd be happy to explain.

BE SURE AND HAVE A GO AND BEST OF LUCK!!! JLP

Athboy RFC charity auction

ATTENTION CLUB P.R.O.s - if you’d like your club featured in Roots & All over the coming season simply send all the relevant info to paganoblog@gmail.com

Athboy RFC are auctioning a jersey and ball signed by the LEINSTER SQUAD from the RaboPro 12 FINAL 2012, kindly donated by NEW Ireland Coach Joe Schmidt for charity.

The Proceeds of the Auction of the Jersey and our other auction of a Signed Leinster Ball from 2013 Amlin Cup Semi Final will be donated to both the Athboy Mums’ Fundraising who are raising money for St John's Cancer Ward, in Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin and The National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire

Please check out our auctions and support this fantastic causes!

CLICK HERE TO BID ON THE JERSEY

CLICK HERE TO BID ON THE BALL

Dublin Fire Brigade Pump Push 2013

Please support this worthwhile cause.

To donate, follow this link

For further information see the Facebook page

Event: Dublin Firefighters set off from Swords on their cross border Charity Pump Push from Dublin to Belfast in aid of CanTeen Ireland, IMNDA and SOS Suicide or Survive.

Date and time: Wednesday 31^st July, 2013 at 10pm

Venue: Wrights Café Bar, Swords

A large contingent of Dublin firefighters are doing a cross border charity relay run from Dublin to Belfast on 31^st July / 1st Aug 2013 to coincide with the opening of the World Police & Fire Games. They will be pushing a portable pump (weighing ½ tonne) the 105 miles to Belfast where they will then be participating in the opening ceremony of the Games. There’s a long record breaking history of Pump Pushing within DFB over the years, the most recent in 2002 when firefighters ran to Galway carrying Breathing Apparatus.

This event is a huge fundraiser for charity and the firefighters have been collecting for three main charities CanTeen Ireland (CanTeen is a nationwide support group for young people between the ages of 12 and 25 years who have or have had cancer), IMNDA ( primary support organisation in Ireland providing care for people with Motor Neurone Disease) and SOS Suicide or Survive (an organization whose aim is to challenge stigma in relation to mental health and suicide and to provide a range of educational and therapeutic programmes to communities nationwide).

Cllr Kieran Dennison, Mayor of Fingal, will send them on their way.

The Pump will be pushed through: Swords, Balbriggan, Drougheda, Dunleer, Castlebellingham, Dubdalk, Newry, Scarva, Banbridge, Moira, Lisburn, Belfast.

There’s a long record breaking history of Pump Pushing within DFB over the years, the most recent in 2002 when Firefighters ran to Galway carrying Breathing Apparatus in an attempt to break their own record set in 1987 of pushing a pump 223 miles in 24 hours. The three charities benefitting from this Pump Push are:

CanTeen Ireland

CanTeen Ireland is a nation-wide support group for young people who have or have had cancer, and for their brothers, sisters and friends. CanTeen Ireland was set up in 1990 by a group of dedicated health professionals and is associated with the Irish Cancer Society. See www.canteen.ie

IMNDA:

The Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association (IMNDA) is the primary support organisation in Ireland providing care for people with Motor Neurone Disease, their families, friends and carers. See www.imnda.ie

SOS Suicide or Survive:

Suicide or Survive Ltd (SOS) provides services and supports aimed at suicide prevention in Ireland. Their aim is to challenge stigma in relation to mental health and suicide and to provide a range of educational and therapeutic programmes to communities nationwide). See www.suicideorsurvive.ie

Chuckles for Charlie

Please lend your support for this gala evening in aid of Temple Street Hospital, writes @ccbooms

Last year Ireland's Six Nations wasn't great. We all know it, we all kind of accept it at this stage. And lots of people have come up with lots of reasons why. One I heard was that the team just didn't do enough.

But in spite of that we cheered and encouraged that team and we appreciate the work they did and support them in spite of it.

I know of one team that does do enough, day in and day out, for hundreds of people and that's the team at Temple Street Hospital.

This Friday night, there's a comedy night being held in the Noggin Inn in Sallynoggin. It's in honor of Charlie Breen, who, at only 9 months old, passed from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (S.I.D.S.).

Temple Street Childrens Hospital helped Charlie's family more than they could comprehend at the time, and they would like to thank them by helping them help others in similar situations.

Lots of comedians are giving their time to this and there's an incredible list of take and auction prizes on the night.

But one auction prize that might interest you, and this is my reason for posting, is an Ireland rugby jersey, signed by the Six Nations squad from last season. And it's available to be bid on right now!

If anyone is interested, it can be viewed right now on https://www.facebook.com/ChucklesForCharlie and if you'd like to get your hands on it, just pm a bid to them or text Tanya or Damian now on 085 8891122 or 087 9981056

And sure if you're at a loose end on Friday it might not be a bad way to spend an evening!

Conor Cronin (@ccbooms) is a Leinster fan cursed with a Munster loving father. You'll regularly find him screaming in the north stand in the RDS.

Tag Rugby Blitz for Spinal Injuries Ireland

Please give your full support and contact tagbyblitz@gmail.com for further details.

Click here for the Spinal Injuries Ireland website

Leinster Art Auction for charity

Dublin artist Michael Campion has spent over 50 hours drawing Dominic Ryan, Jamie Heaslip and Jonathan Sexton and the drawing has been kindly donated by Michael to Clane RFC for auction...

Money raised from the auction will go towards the club's fundraising development plan and 75% will be donated to two charities, Our Lady's Hospice in Harold's Cross and SOSAD (Save Our Sons and Daughters), the chosen charity for the Official Leinster Supporters Club.

Also, in April 40 volunteers will run 172km from Clane RFC to Thomond Park to land two hours before the Munster v Leinster PRO12 game and 25% of money raised from the run will go to the two charities.

For more information see www.clanerugby.com or contact Ciarán Kelly at clanerugby@gmail.com

The Umbrella 7s 2013

Irish Rugby captain Jamie Heaslip joins Leinster Rugby Head Coach Joe Schmidt and Irish rugby legend Tony Ward to promote Irish schools Umbrella Rugby 7’s 2013

Following the success of the inaugural tournament in 2012 the Umbrella Rugby 7’s tournament returns on Saturday March 2nd 2013, in Terenure College, Dublin. Hosting the best of Irish schools rugby in a fun and entertaining event this year’s competition expands inviting teams from all four provinces competing in Under 17 and Under 15 categories.

Irish captain and Leinster Rugby star Jamie Heaslip joins Leinster Rugby Head Coach Joe Schmidt and Irish rugby legend Tony Ward to promote this year’s tournament which hopes to see over 300 players take part and support the fact that all proceeds on the day going to The Umbrella Foundation Nepal an Irish charity that rescues abandoned, trafficked and orphaned children in Nepal.

Last year’s tournament saw Newbridge College fend off the best of Irish schools to be crowned overall cup winners showcasing an exciting tournament that provides schools players an added layer to enjoy and participate in rugby.

Speaking about last year’s Umbrella Rugby 7’s: Ireland, Leinster Rugby and The Umbrella Foundation patron Jamie Heaslip said: “It’s fast, fun and entertaining. We had a lot of school rivalry but it’s all in good spirit. There are a lot of activities for players and people not playing and it’s just a great day out”.

Commenting on playing sevens rugby, Irish Rugby Legend Tony Ward said: “Sevens rugby provides the opportunity for players to appreciate space, exploit space and improve individual skills development. To sum up sevens rugby and what to expect at Umbrella Rugby 7’s is skill, fitness and most of all fun. Sevens rugby is the way forward.”

Details of all participating teams and the schedule for the tournament will be released over the coming weeks and can be found on the official Umbrella Sevens website www.umbrella7s.ie

Follow Umbrella Sevens updates on Facebook www.facebook.com/umbrella7s and Twitter @umbrella7s using the #umbrella7s hashtag.

Buy a Blue Santa Hat This Saturday!

Hats off to Leinster! 10,000 blue Santa hats on sale in aid of charity partner Ronald McDonald House Charity

Ronald McDonald House Charity (RMHC) and Leinster Rugby Club are calling on Leinster fans to join the RMH Blue Army this Saturday, when the boys in blue take on ASM Clermont Auvergne in the Aviva, and show support for Ronald McDonald House.

Over 50 Ronald McDonald House Charity volunteers will be selling limited edition blue Santa hats outside The Aviva Stadium, before the Heineken Cup clash for €2 with all proceeds going to the Charity. The Charity is also calling on fans to show support on Twitter by tweeting @RMHDublin #RMHBlueArmy.

Leinster rugby star and Board Member of RMHC Shane Jennings today said: “We are calling on Leinster fans to do what they do best and show massive support not only for Leinster but also for the Ronald McDonald House, a charity close to my heart. It’s simple, buy a blue Santa hat and be part of the RMH Blue Army this Saturday, all proceeds raised on the day will go directly to RMHC. ”

Marian Carroll, Volunteer CEO of the RMHC said: “This Saturday the Ronald McDonald House Charity has the potential to raise €20,000 from the sale of the blue Santa hats. This money will go directly towards the building of the new Ronald McDonald House on the site of the National Children’s Hospital. Leinster Rugby has been fantastic in showing support for the charity and now we are looking to the fans to help us reach our fundraising target.”

Ronald McDonald House Charity is an independent charity run by a Board of Trustees appointed by the Charity. Over the past eight years RMHC has provided a ‘home away from home’ for 2,200 families (528 Leinster families) RMHC’s facilities are located in the grounds of Crumlin Children’s Hospital.

The first Irish Ronald McDonald House is situated in the grounds of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12. Our second house is across the road at 45 St Mary’s Drive.

Together the Houses provide accommodation, care and support for 20 families each night while their children are seriously and long term ill in Our Lady’s Hospital.

The Ronald McDonald House at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital

Since the House opened in 2004 we have had in excess of 2,200 families of seriously ill children staying with us from all over the country. Apart from providing a “roof over their heads”, families staying at the House can access support from experienced House Managers, volunteers and other families. An evening meal is provided free of charge most evenings. We also provide the following facilities: TV Room, a laundry, a children’s outdoor play area and a small garden. Our annual running costs are in excess of €300,000.

RMHC Ireland is funded entirely by voluntary contributions from a variety of donors. These include:

• Network of families who have attended RMHC House at Crumlin Hospital

• General Public

• Customers of McDonald’s Restaurants

• Corporate Supporters

• McDonald’s Restaurants of Ireland and McDonald’s Franchisees

A word from just one of our families, from Donegal

Emer was born, to our great delight, on the 14th of December 2006. Exactly 9 months later, she was diagnosed with stage 4 Neuroblastoma, an aggressive cancer of the nervous system. By then the primary tumor, on her left adrenal gland, was the size of a golf ball and she had metastases in her liver, brain, behind her eyes, wrapped around her spine, in all her bones and bone marrow. Until we heard that she had a 50% chance of survival, we thought our world was falling apart.  She endured 8 cycles (32 days) of chemo in 9 months and underwent surgery in May 2008. Thankfully, she's in remission for over 4 years and her prognosis is excellent.

Staying at Ronald McDonald House allowed us to have a "normal" family life in extremely abnormal circumstances. Most importantly, the four of us were able to be together and we had the tremendous support of other families who faced similar difficulties. Quite simply, we wouldn't have coped without our "home away from home".

Movember Irish Rugby

Movember and Sons is open in Ireland for 2012.

Irish men prepare for the month when Moustache is King and Knowledge is Power.

The Irish Movember campaign is back for its 5^th and biggest year yet. Irish men prepare to celebrate the month where ‘moustache is king’ and ‘knowledge is power’ by offering up their upper lip as a billboard for men’s health.

Irish Mo Bros simply register at Movember.com, start the month clean shaven then have the remainder of the month to become purveyors of knowledge and fine moustaches, all to raise awareness and funds for men’s health. All the money raised in Ireland goes directly to the Irish Cancer Society’s initiative, Action Prostate Cancer.

Movember is not just for the boys. Girls can get in on the action by taking on the role as a Mo Sista for the month and encouraging the men in their life to grow the Mo. Remember, behind every great Mo Bro is an even greater Mo Sista.

Last year 15,500 Mo Bros and Sistas raised over €1.7 million for men’s health in Ireland with over 854,000 Mo Bros and Sistas raising €92.4 million worldwide.

Amongst some of the men joining Irish Mo Bros on their quest for facial hair doMOnation are Irish rugby international players, Jamie Heaslip, Tom Court, Conor Murray and Cian Healy.

Speaking about Movember Jamie Heaslip said, “I’ve been doing Movember since 2007. I grew handlebars and it looked absolutely disgusting and I got a load of abuse from my family and friends, but it was worth it to get people talking about men’s health and awareness around it.”

Key Movember facts:

· Once registered at movember.com each Mo Bro must begin his hairy journey on the 1st of Movember with a smooth, clean shaven face.

· The moustache is Movember’s ribbon; it’s the vehicle men use to raise awareness and funds for prostate cancer initiatives.

· At the end of the month, Mo Bros and Mo Sistas celebrate their mighty Movember journey by throwing their own Movember parties or attending one of the famous Gala Partés held in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Sligo and around the world.

· Over 2,500 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in Ireland each year.

· 1 in 8 Irish men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.

· Movember’s Global Action Plan (GAP) aims to accelerate prostate cancer outcomes by bringing together the best researchers from around the world. GAP facilitates a new and unprecedented level of global research collaboration, not previously seen within the prostate cancer community.

Movember Ireland country manager Neil Rooney said, ‘Knowledge is most certainly power and over the last five years we’ve seen the number of Mo Bros, and Mos grow exponentially. As well as raising much needed funds for the Irish Cancer Society’s initiative, Action Prostate Cancer, Movember continues to create talk around the issue of Men’s Health. As a result of talk comes action and men are becoming more and more aware of their own health, in turn leading to early detection.”

Movember.com

The Frank O`Farrell Memorial Cup

All monies raised will be going to St Francis Hospice Blanchardstown.

"The Frank O`Farrell Memorial Cup" Match between Dublin Fire Brigade Cricket Club & The Garda Cricket Club will once again take place at The Civil Service Cricket Club.

It is scheduled to start at 4pm. Please help spread the word and watch our Facebook page for updates. Last year we raised close to €3,000 which was an amazing figure to have raised at the first match and hopefully we can achieve the same success this year. ;-) It promises to be another fun filled day out ;-)

Charity rugby league event next Saturday

Ballyfermot Bears RLFC have chosen CanTeen Ireland as their 2012 charity of the year.

The club will host the Galway Tribesmen on August 11th in Markievicz Park in a challenge match, with all proceeds going to CanTeen.

CanTeen Ireland is a nationwide support group for young people who have or have had cancer, as well as their siblings and friends.

Founded in 1990, CanTeen runs several weekends away for young people each year. They also produces a newsletter and have a number of day meetings around Ireland.

Coordinator of CanTeen Ireland, Evelyn Griffith, expressed her thanks for being chosen as charity of the year. “We’re delighted, it’s really great to see.”

“Hopefully it’ll be a big event,” she continued, “best of luck to the lads playing- we’re certainly very grateful.”

http://ballyfermotbears.com/

http://www.canteen.ie/

#rugbyunited Irish charity event

The founder of #rugbyunited @trevorlarge outlines his plan to hold a charity rugby match here in Ireland – can you help?

We had our first game on the 7th July in Gloucester (see pic/follow link), we’re close to announcing a game in the North West of England and with Ireland firmly in my sights. After Ireland, I’m hoping to take a game to London in September and then to South Africa in October when the Super Rugby season finishes.

All will follow this format below – with everything done and handled by local people.

Where?

Firstly, we need to find a local club to host the event. This can be any club, anywhere in Ireland. We’ll need to use their facilities, pitch, changing rooms etc, however, the incentive for them to get involved is of course they keep the bar takings and its great publicity to get their club on the map!

Who?

Whoever hosts the event, we would look to them to provide the “home” team. The format of the day is entirely up to the organisers, you can arrange a touch game, full contact, 7’s – this can be one game, several games, men’s, ladies, whatever you like. (Probably not juniors because of insurance).

When?

Again, whenever suits the host club. Saturday 18^th may be a good target date, although it may be too soon. We ideally want this to happen before mid September.

How?

Once we have a host, a venue, a home team, then we will need an Event Manager to organise and run the day and act as main liaison with me and the rest of the RugbyUnited team (known as RUTeam) and we’ll need a Rugby Manager to recruit a RugbyUnited team. We ideally want this team made up of different individuals from the local area, and further afield across Ireland, who want to play for RugbyUnited. Think of an amateur Barbarians side, you’ll get the idea.

We will provide the RugbyUnited team with shirts for the event.

We would also hope to run this day as a charitable event, arranging a raffle of signed rugby memorabilia (which we would all be involved in collecting), getting some spectators along on the day.

The day can be as big or as small as you like, you can have side stalls (rugby clothing/gear companies, cake stalls, other food stalls, tea/coffee etc), bouncy castles and other family attractions to really make a day of it!

If you are interested in taking on one of the above roles, please let me know and we can then arrange to talk in more detail and go through the finer points of how to do the above with no budget!  Its hard work, but a great day which in the last event in Gloucester, was really enjoyed by all!!

Hopefully you can help Trevor and the #rugbyunited lads; contact him at info@rugbyunited.info for more details!

A 20/20 vision for Leinster Rugby

CLICK HERE FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH LEINSTER'S JORDAN COUGHLAN ABOUT THE EVENT

© JL Pagano 2012

Friends of Mick Rigney

Brian Rigney played rugby for Greystones & Ireland in the early 90s and his brother Colm played for Connacht.

Their eldest brother Mick suffered a serious and debilitating stroke on November 1st last. The outpouring and expressions of concern and good wishes conveyed to Mick’s wife Linda and 3 children, Orla (14) Eimear (17) and Mark (20) and extended family and friends are testimony to the individual that Mick Rigney is.

Please listen to the interview on Midlands radio above and visit the Friends of Mick Rigney website to learn more.

© JL Pagano 2012