JOURNEY TO BOCKENHEIM (Germany)

Six of our members have been travelling to Germany for the Wine Festival in Bockenheim-am-Weinstrasse during past week-end. They enjoyed to meet people they see each two years in Grandvilliers and were tasting new and older wines.

2010 NATIONAL PLOUGHING CHAMPIONSHIP

Three people from our town visited the Ploughing during 2 days. They enjoyed very much (except traffic jams in town, due to that they had to cancelled 2 meetings) and so discovered the Irish Farms people and what is happening in this branch of economy. They visited the European Commission marquee and there met Diane Fennelly who was at the desk. Athy Travellers Group and Women Integration Network had a stall near these of the European Commission, where it has been explained, by games, what is Europe today. A great advantage for them, as some wish to join,as members, the twinning committee.
The area was so large that they just saw 1/2 of stalls in 2 days. They met 2 France ploughing champions (1 from around Angers and the other one from around Vesoul). They drove Michael O'Brien David Brown tractors in front the jury for Vintage Tractors competition. The evening was used for meeting with chairman of the twinning committee and some members at Clancy"s.

STUDENTS BACK IRELAND

After 3 weeks of training in farms, horses trainers, equestrian centers, 17 MFR students went back to France.

These 3 weeks were mainly spent to train and improve their english language.
Everything was ok, as usually.
Thanks to all involved.

GRANDVILLIERS 2010 PARADE

On each 1st Sunday of september is happening the Town Parade.
This year, as we had fine weather, we had big crowd attending. The 2 twinning committees (ie ourselves and Bockenheim TC) were in the parade with a trail waggon as this year theme was "the Far West".
Lot of fun with people we never met before.

MFR STUDENTS ARRIVAL IN ATHY

On next 23d Aug; 17 students will arrive around 3 in Athy. They'll be training during 3 weeks in farms, equestian centers, studs in and around Athy.
http://www.courrier-picard.fr/courrier/Actualites/Info-locale/Beauvais-Clermont/Trois-semaines-avec-des-chevaux-irlandais

2010 VISIT OF ATHY'S DELEGATES

"Bateau Mouche" - Paris on Saturday

Frday evening....

Friday evening....

On Friday 2d of July morning 26 visitors from ATHY arrived to Grandvilliers, including the new Athy Town Twinning committee, Cllr Thomas Redmond. Some have often came, some never. The group included representatives of minorities (Travellers, Non-national women...) as well as farmers or journalist. We had a great craic during these 3 short days. We have common projects of main interest for above groups, and we know we can do better, as we are european people of good willing.

Friday afternoon .....each one had said his word....about
poverty and exclusion, inclusion in twinning committees.

YOUTH 2010 MEETING - SUMMER UNIVERSITY

Due to lack of funding these two events are postponed to better times.