TRAINING
Training as normal this Tuesday 8pm Luwan Stadium and Saturday SRFC 1pm.
HANGZHOU TRIP CANCELLED 3 – 5 MAY
The trip will not take place this coming weekend due to low numbers and the unavailability of those in Hangzhou. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. Consequently training will take place as usual on Saturday at SRFC 1 – 3 pm.
QUIZ NIGHT
After an enjoyable evening, this event raised 7550 RMB for the club. Many thanks to all who supported the event, particularly the sponsors; Camel, Blarney Stone, Irishman’s, College Sports Wear, PM Group, Kerry Hotel, New World Sports, Spinback, Shanghai Ireland Association, The Irish Consulate, Enterprise Ireland, Pacific Prime, Shanghai Pub Crawl & Dragon Events. Also, special thanks to the Bashers cricket team for their support and to Sean Moran for arranging it all.
CLUB ‘SUPERSTARS’ COMPETITION – SUNDAY 19 MAY CENTURY PARK PUDONG
To help our fitness, we’re introducing a competitive element and hosting our own ‘Superstars’ event (ask Davey Hayes about the original TV Series in the 70’s and 80’s). Our event features fun for all, including a 5 km run round Century Park, push-ups, plank, speed and agility test and weight loss (talk to Sarah Austin about ‘weigh-in’). Teams will compete against each other – to sign up please contact Peter Mooney at mooneypeter@hotmail.com .
SPINBACK OFFER
For GAA members, Jon Robinson of Spinback Fitness has offered 60 rmb off a first trial spinning session (half price) and 10% off block bookings thereafter. His studio is based at 525 Fa Hua Zhen Lu. For full details including prices see http://www.spinbackfitness.com . To book, contact Jon at jon@spinbackfitness.com or 13918044705 and mention Shanghai Gaelic.
CHILDREN’S TRAINING
Our sessions, which take place before adult training at SRFC, have been underway for some weeks now and last Saturday saw our biggest turnout yet with 23 children. Sessions are free and all children age 5 -12 welcome. Please spread the word. We have also started coaching 30 children at BISS School Pudong and at SUIS Puxi.