Galway Advertiser 1986/1986_08_28/GA_28081986_E1_001.pdf 

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CAROLE TAKES HEINEKEN

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Thursday, 28th August, 1986

DUTCH CLUB ANXIOUS FOR GALWAY NEWS.

Groningen Set to Take on Gal way
A coach from 1st Division Dutch club, Groningen is to visit Galway United to see the Westerners in action before they meet in the first leg of the European Cup Winners Cup in H o l l a n d on September 17th.
And should the Dutch clinch the honours, over 300 Dutch fans will travel with the club to Galway on October 1st for the second leg of the Cup according to Dutch manager, Mr. Ton Van Dalen. Despite the fact that Groningen was out of the First Division from 1975-1980 it is one of the most successful teams in Holland. Founded in 1971, the club is placed fourth in the Dutch League and attracts the fourth highest gate in the country, averaging 11,000 spectators. It has 45 players on its books -- 16 full professionals, 25 reserves (under 2I's) and the rest belong to the youths (Under 18 amateurs). The club boasts 7 under 21 internationals and 2 full internationals. Groningen is a very young team with only two players over 25. LEADING G O A L SCORER The club is located in Groningen, a university city with a population o f 180,000. "It is an old city with a young h e a r t " explains Manager Van Dalen. The first leg of the European encounter will be played in the local stadium in Groningen which has a capacity of 22,000. Star players on the Groningen side include internationals Peter Houtman, Yan Van Dyke and full back Paul Mason. "Peter is one of Holland's leading goal s c o r e r s " revealed Mr. Van Dalen. "This is his third spell at Groningen. Yan Van Dyke is 29 and plays at right midfield. We also have an English player called Paul Mason from Liverpool. He came to Holland to get a job and started to play amateur football and graduated from there. We have a top class goalkeeper too who is an under 21 international. Overall, we have a very well balanced team, no injuries and a lot of ambition." Mr. Ton Van Dalen felt that Groningen had a lot in common with Galway United. Both clubs are based in university cities and both have previous European experience. Groningen played in the European Cup Winners Cup in 1983 but were beaten by Inter Milan in the second leg. WE MUST KEEP TRAINING The Dutch team will be bringing over 16 players to Galway for the second leg. " W e will be flying over on the Tuesday and returning after the game that night I'm afraid. So we won't get to see much of Galway and the sights" said Manager Van Dalen. "This is a very important part of the season for us. We have played one game so far and won 4-0. But we must keep training." Mr. Van Dalen said he knew little about Galway United except that it had Eamonn Deacy who played for Ireland and Aston Villa on its side. "1 don't know any other of its players. I met Joe Hanley at the draw and he was a lovely man. A n d I ' v e heard that generally Galway people are great so we are looking forward to coming. We will be sending over our coach to get a look at United so we can prepare well in advance." Mr. Van Dalen (41) became manager of Groningen on*July 1st of this year. He played soccer as an amateur at 15, before becoming a sports journalist. " I was a sports reporter for 13 years until I was thirty. I was reporting on games for years, telling people how they should play. Then someone said to me 'Why don't you do it yourself?' So I did". Mary O 'Connor.

Galway has found itself yet another new h e r o i n e . Rita Ann Higgins who has won the 1986 Arts Council bursary has just launched her first book of poetry "Goddess On The Mervue Bus". But what the plain person on the street doesn't realise is that this woman is heavily involved in corruption ... and its all because the lady hates housework, despite the fact that she has already been labelled "housewife turned poet".

Rita Ann

Higgins

Our picture shows a jubilant Carole Hunt being congratulated by Heineken managing director Jack Sheedy. Carole, a member of the Rykneld Swimming Club, in Derbyshire, is the first woman to win the Heineken Galway Bay swim and her winning time was 2 hours 41 mins.
PhMo: BRENDA F I T Z S I M O N S

GUARD OF HONOUR FOR GALWAY HERO
Lieut. Aonghus Murphy who was tragically killed in the Lebanon last week was buried today at the New Cemetery after Requiem Mass at Tuam Cathedral. Lieutenant Murphy, aged 25, came from an Army background. His father, Brigadier-General Kevin Murphy is General Officer in Command of the Western Brigade and his brother Conal is an Army Captain. Aonghus himself was in the Lebanon since April and was due to return home in October. He was a graduate of Thomond College, Lime rick, where he studied P.E. and he received his degree last year. After that he spent several months in the Army Apprentice School at Naas before leaving for the Lebanon. Lieutenant Murphy was keenly interested in all sports and while at school in St. Jarlath's, Tuam, he played for the college football team. Last year he captained the Galway junior football team which won the All-Ireland. According to Army sources Aonglus is the first Irish officer to be killed in the U N I F I L mission. Judy Murphy

SUNNY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!
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'I hate it so much that 1 bribe my kids and their friends to do it for me". That's one reason why she dislikes the "housewife" label; the other is that such a term i instant success! In fact there has been a lot of work involved in her writing career to date. In 1982, encour aged by a friend who loved her style of letter writing Rita joined the , Cialway workshop "because 1 needed the steering". Since then she has taken off at a mighty rate. Sometimes it's difficult to maintain concentration especially with two children, but she has her ways of coping. " I shout occasionally. I encourage them to bring home friends and while they're entertaining themselves I work." The children are unabashed by her success and didn't even attend the launch of her book which occured recently. However, just about everybody else did and the place was choc a bloc, crowds stampeding and pushing, nerves taut, ears straining to hear the person whose poems have been said to "reflect the Ireland of the I980's and its interlocking lives..." Her book is published by Salmon Publishing of Cialway and was produced very quickly because it wasn't until the end of June that Salmon realised that they were getting a grant from the Arts Council for that purpose. The aim of the company was to have it out in time for the A r t s F e s t i v a l . Although produced in a hurry the book beais no sign of haste. Rita will continue to be in the public eye and will be reading in Clifden and Sligo in September and October as part of these towns Arts Festivals and there will be a major launch for the book in Dublin later on in the year. The moral of this story folks is -- keep writing your letters, they may lead you to discover talents you never knew you had.

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