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Men’s Shed Inaugural Evening at Clonmel Races

April 201430th

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Men’s Shed Inaugural Evening at Clonmel Races

On Thursday, May 8th, Clonmel Races will host the inaugural Men’s Shed meeting at Powerstown Park. The fundraising initiative was brought about by Clonmel Men’s Shed Chairman Joe O’Sullivan and Eugene Cooney, Marketing Manager at Clonmel Races, joining forces for the Men’s Shed community and supporters in the town. The evening meeting will include 7 top class summer races, parade ring activities and live music after racing to entertain members, their families and supporters.

The Men’s Shed phenomenon hit our shores in 2011 amid the economic down turn when many men were left searching for a meaningful group to participate in. Men’s Shed offers a safe, friendly and inclusive environment for men to work together on meaningful projects and promotes a sense of well-being and participation. Clonmel’s Men’s Shed is a community-based, non-commercial organization which is open to all men. It is an environment that works at grassroots level and fosters an approach that they can work on projects at their own pace, on their own time and in the company of other men. The feedback is very positive since it started in Clonmel with over 50 members and they are looking forward to a great evening’s racing.

“We are thrilled to invite Clonmel Men’s Shed to Clonmel Races on this the first of our three exciting Summer Racing Evenings. We hope this fundraising initiative works well for them providing a fun and interactive social environment outside of ‘the shed’ for members and their many supporters to enjoy a great evening out”. Admission on the evening is €15, however it is only €10 for pre-purchased tickets and Clonmel Races will give 50% of all pre purchased sales to the Men’s Shed to kick start their fundraising on the night. The first race is off at 5.15pm and children under 18 years go racing free of charge.

“We were trying to find a social event to enable our members to invite their friends, families and the local community along to support the group and Clonmel Races was the perfect fit. Our members are at various stages in life and come from a diverse background yet the one thing we share apart from our masculinity is our shared respect for all members and understanding that wonderful things can be achieved when we put our minds together plus we have great craic too! We hope the local community will join us on the evening to show their support for this worthwhile project and show the men behind it that we have plenty of support and goodwill in Clonmel”.
If you wish to support the fund raising initiative please pre-purchase tickets from Joe on 086 2654577 or email clonmel@menssheds.ie. Tickets are also on sale from the Clonmel Races office on Davis Road, Clonmel up to lunch time on Thursday 8th May. For a great night out, hospitality and group packages are also available.

For further information on this and all Summer race-meetings contact Eugene at Clonmel Races on 052 6188508.

Photo: Tony Marriott, Joe O’Sullivan, Kevin Corboy and Noel Fanning promoting Clonmel Men’s Shed Race Day.

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