All articles by: gerry

Emergency meeting – Mon 2 Nov 2009

Mixed Bag United is facing something of a crisis: too few people are coming on Mondays and we are losing money. Things are now critical, so an emergency meeting is planned for tomorrow following the game in Scariff to look for solutions. The venue will be Jakko’s at approximately 9.15pm. All welcome.
Phil B

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Result: Torry Tigers 6 – 3 Mixed Bag United

5 Sep 2009, Los Montesinos, Costa Blanca, Spain
Despite a promising start in which we responded immediately with an equaliser after the Torry Tigers opened the scoring on 5 minutes, Mixed Bag trailed 4-1 at half time and had to dig deep for a rugged fight-back during the second 45 minutes in the gruelling heat. At [...]

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Pre match training

So lads, two more Grande and a vino tinto – kickoff isn’t till Saturday morning.
…and of course the boys are talking tactics.

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Annual General Meeting 2009

This year’s AGM was held (as is traditional) at Phil B’s house on FA Cup Final day. The main headlines from the meeting are:

2009/2010 membership rates set at €80 (waged), €60 (unwaged). This covers play at Tulla United and Scariff GAA.
Pay for play on Monday nights remains at €5.
The announcement that our September outing is [...]

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Iniscealtra Community Shield 2009

5-a-side Soccer Tournament, Saturday 23 May 2009, Scariff, Co. Clare
Jakko’s Warriors battle through closely-fought knockout stages to retain the Shield

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Iniscealtra Community Shield 2008

5-a-side Soccer Tournament, Saturday 31 May 2008, Scariff, Co. Clare
The inaugural Iniscealtra Community Shield, a 5-a-side soccer tournament, took place in Scariff on Saturday 31st May as part of the2008 Iniscealtra Festival of Arts, whose theme this year was Community.
Fourteen teams played out a thoroughly enjoyable tournament in bright sunshine despite the thunderous storms affecting [...]

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September 2007 outing: Holland

Our first international outing took place in September 2007. A Mixed Bag United team travelled to Holland for a challenge fixture in Hillegom, SW of Amsterdam. We stayed in Amsterdam over a long weekend in September, and the trip included a training session in Amsterdam’s beautiful Vondelpark.

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