We had a great turn out for the Dad's Tournament on Sat 19th May. Six teams from U10, U11, U12, U13, U14, U8's & Academy paryicpated.  The competition was strong in every game and the play intense. Fabulous skills. twists and balance were on display.  In the end the Dad's from the U8s and Academy team came out on top to hold bragging rights (just until the end of the season). 

The rain stayed off and tasty burgers, hot dogs, salad and drinks were laid on by the Barbeque team who were undoubted team of the tournament. 

Happy to say no serious injuries occurred on the day and all players who started the tournament were still abe to play almost 4 hours later when the tournament wrapped just a couple of minutes over the scheduled time. 

Thanks to everyone who came out to support, to cook, to referee, to chat, and to play.  And there was still time to see the Heineken Cup and Champions League Finals.

Well done Garry Rowan and team for the motivators behind this event. 

With the return of all our age groups to train or play in Hyde Park adding to the large contingent of Cuala players using Hyde Park, traffic and parking have become a major problem for residents and club menbers alike, especially on Saturday mornings.  Most of us are aware of the difficulty in merely driving down Hyde Park Road on a Saturday morning and many have also had the dreaded experience of being trapped in a parking spot until the uncontactable owner of another vehicle eventually returns to move.   Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council have asked both Cuala and Dalkey United to ask members to seek an altenative method of transport.  The local residents endure massive inconvenience each weekend. 

Please put your thinking caps on, be creative, be active; please use an altenative to the all too easy car: please cycle, walk, or at worst car pool, to training and matches in Hyde Park.   If the journey from home to the park is too far for young legs to walk or cycle, or its too wet a day, perhaps someone could drop the supporting adult and player off and then return to collect later, or if driving, park the car a good distance from Hyde Park Road.  Remember our visiting teams also need to park in limited spaces available.

On a sterner note, do be aware that the Gardai will be enforcing parking in a much stricter manner than heretofore; parking tickets will be issued.