Luke, Ken and Intel raise €285

Many thanks to Luke and Ken and the staff at Intel who sponsored the lads to the tune of €285. A simple lunch time pop up booth, great idea, thanks to all.

Drivers briefing complete and 24k in the bank.

Our drivers briefing is now complete and with a little under 2 weeks to go we have 24K in the bank. Thanks to all those that have returned their sponsorship cards, if you have not done so already please return it to me prior to the event. If you missed the briefing then please contact me for your drivers pack prior to the event!

Auction of Christy Moore signed Bodhran & latest news

Just passed the €14k mark today.
Christy Moore signed Bodhran will be auctioned in Bella Vista Hotel in Cobh on Friday night 16th . People can email offers to Alan.Quinn@jacobs.com prior to auction if they wish.
Collection in Clonmel has been cancelled so we will be stopping from 12.30 - 1.15 for lunch only.

Final Route Plan

It is less than a month to go before the start of the 4 Provinces. To date we have raised €12,000 for Sunshine Children’s Home\Laura Lynn House!!! Thank you all.

Here is the final route plan with some estimated arrival times. You should note that because we have 40 cars\62 people in four groups the times are approximate.

Friday 16th September – Depart Sunshine Children’s Home 9.15am. We will take the M50 northbound to J9 and then the N7 to Naas. We will then go via Naas, Killcullen, Castledermot, Carlow, Bagnelstown, Kilkenny, Callan to Clonmel. We hope to arrive around 12.30pm for lunch and collection at the Poppyfields Retail Park (permit pending). We will depart Clonmel at 2.30pm and over the mountains via Kilmahon to Dungarvan. We then slightly double back on ourselves to go via Grange, Youghal, Killmartin to arrive in Cobh for late afternoon where there will be a collection. We are staying at the Bella Vista

Saturday 17th September – depart Cobh 9.15 and head for Cork. We skirt Cork to the north on the N20 and go via Rathduff, Mallow, Buttevant, Charleville, Banogue and Croom and avoiding the motorway via Patrickswell and Raheen we skirt Limerick to the west on the Dock Road. We then head for the Shannon Tunnel on the N18 and continue north via Gort and Ardrahan into Galway for mid-afternoon for a collection in Eyre Square – finishing at 5.30pm We Stay at the Connemara Coast Hotel

Sunday 18th September – Depart Connemara Coast at 9.15am. We will take the coat road R336 via Spiddal, Maam and Lenane where we turn onto the N59 for Westport. At Westport we take the N5 to Castlebar where will stop over the lunch period for a collection at Tesco. An afternoon departure takes us north on to the R310 via Pontoon and Knockmore into Ballina. From Ballina we will take the N59 via Skreen and Dromard to Sligo. We then will take the N15 northbound via Bundoran to Ballyshannon where we will be staying at the Creevy Point Hotel.

Monday 19th September – Depart Ballyshannon at 9.15am and continue to head north on the N15 via Donegal, Ballybofey, Castlefin and we cross the border from Lifford into Strabane. We then turn south on the A5 via Sion Mills and Omagh and cross the border again at Auchnacloy. We then will continue south via Emyvale and on to Monaghan Town for our last collection between 12.30-2.30pm. We continue south via Ardee and Slane taking the M2 from Ashbourne. We then take the M50 south arriving late afternoon back at the Sunshine Children’s Home, Leopardstown.

Some changes from earlier posts mostly due to time constraints:-

Friday - Route amended via Youhgal instead of Mitchelstown, Watergrass Hill & Fermoy

Saturday – No stop at Ennis

Sunday – Route amended via Spiddal instead of Oughterard

Monday - No visit to Enniskillen

You are free to join on us, especially with your classic, on any part of the route but if you intend to stay overnight you will have to book your own accommodation

If you see us en-route – MAKE SOME NOISE!

Remember Sunshine Children’s Home receives no state funding and every donation makes a difference.

Another great result

Well Our Frascati Shopping Centre Collection was another success with almost €3000 collected. Our sincere thanks to our collectors and of course to you for being so generous. Great day was had by all with Gerry keeping spirits high with a few tunes on the guitar. This brings our total at the time of writing to €9000. Thank you all, check out Jacks coverage of the event on YouTube http://youtu.be/w_6f0s0Sdgo

Update from LauraLynn House

We were delighted to receive some photos from the Children's Sunshine Home showing the fantastic work  on LauraLynn house. It has 8 bedrooms with en-suite accommodation, and comfortable living accommodation just like a large bungalow. Facilities includes a family room, a quiet room, music and playrooms, outdoor water features, a quiet garden.   

 This children's hospice is all about putting 'Life into a child's day, not days into a child's life'. For parents, it will give that much needed break - often as simple as a decent night's sleep. It will also support healthy siblings, who are very much left out, when a sick child needs 24 hour care.
Thank you for your continued support! 

Full to the brim.....

We are delighted to annonce that the run is now full with 62 participants in 40 cars plus 2 support vehicles and trailers (not that we will need them!!)
You can of course still join in on the run but please note that you must make your own accommodation arrangements particularly as the Creevy Hotel Ballyshannon 18th Sept and The Bella Vista Hotel, Cobh 16th Sept are now fully booked. The Connemara Coast, Galway will still take bookings on the 17th Sept.

Another €1899.58 in the bank.

We had a bucket collection on Saturday 14th May for The Sunshine Home fund raising effort. We collected at one entrance form 9am to 6pm and raised €1899.58. Not bad !
We also had the lucky break on the day that RTE 2fm were hosting a round of their Band Busking competition.' Keywest' were the band on the day - a really good bunch of chaps and their efforts alone raise €700 on the day for us. We got a mention on the Ruth Scott and Paddy Show and were invited up to the RTE studio to watch the band being interviewed.
Many thanks to Muireann Lynch and Brendan Fitzpatrick for their smiling faces and collection efforts on the day.
Our next major collection day is at Frascati Shopping Center Blackrock on Saturday 16th July. Please contact me if you can lend a hand on the day.

4 Provinces Collection Points

Well if you would like to see 40 classic cars from the 60's 70's and 80' (assuming no en route casualties) then here are our collection points for the 4 Provinces:

Friday 16th Sept 12.30 - 2.30 Poppyfields retail Park Clonmel (Beside Clonmel Park Hotel)
Saturday 17th Sept 3.30 - 6.30 Eyre Sq Galway
Sunday 18th Sept 12.30 - 2.30 Castlebar Town
Monday 19th Sept 12.30 - 2.30 Monaghan Town

We would love see you, so please drop by, say hello, take a photo or two and make a donation to this very worthy cause.
PS We are happy to talk about the cars, at length, you have been warned!

37 Cars, 57 People & €344 in the kitty!

We are delighted to announce that we now have 37 cars signed up for the 4 Provinces in a Classic. That leaves just 3 spaces remaining for this great event, so best be quick! As well as 37 drivers we have an additional 20 passengers who are going to make the journey around Ireland's 4 Provinces.

Our first pre event collection took place on Sunday April 10th and our thanks to collectors and contributors at Swords Classic Car Show and indeed the 15 TCOC club members who turned out for the event sporting our fantastic 4 Provinces blue T shirts! We hope to arrange a collection at Dundrum shopping centre in May and at Frascati shopping centre in July

Thanks for you support
Alan

4 Provinces in Classic is now on Facebook

Check us out on Facebook and make sure you become a fan and follow us.
We will be using Facebook to post live updates of the run itself in September as well as keeping you up to date with activities prior to the event.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/4-Provinces-in-a-Classic/171528102896206?sk=wall

4 Provinces Route Summary

Day 1

Leopardstown Co Dublin to Cobh Co Cork. Lunch and collection stop in Clonmel. Staying at Bella Vista hotel Cobh that night (Dinner, B & B = €59 PPS) 

Day 2

Cobh to Spiddal Co Galway. We will host a display of all cars on the run in Eyre Sq in Galway that afternoon. Staying at Connemara Coast Hotel that night  (Raffle and pub Quiz) Dinner B&B = €80 pps

Day 3

Spiddal to Ballyshannon Co Donegal staying at Creevy hotel overlooking Donegal Bay €59 Dinner B&B PPS. Hoping to meet up with NI Triumph owners club

Day 4

Ballyshannon to Dublin via Strabane Omagh Monaghan arriving back at Sunshine Home at 6pm

There will be a press call at end of August and we hope to have Miriam O Callaghan a patron of Sunshine home in attendance.

We are limited to 40 cars and 60 people due to accommodation constraints. If you would like to participate please forward a booking deposit of €75 to me asap. The final accommodation balance €125 (Total is €200 for 3 nights Dinner B&B- GREAT VALUE) will be due at the end of April. 

4 Provinces in a Classic is launched

The Triumph Classic Owners Club are celebrating the clubs 25th anniversary this year and as part of the celebrations I am organising a drive around Ireland covering the 4 Provinces from Sept 16th - 19th (Friday - Monday inclusive). The total journey will cover 1100 Km (720 Miles approx). The four day weekend drive is intended to raise badly needed funds for The Childrens Sunshine Home - Irelands only Hospice for Terminally ill Children (To put that in perspective - The UK has 42 such Hospices)

The Hospice is in the final stages of completing an extension to their original building but badly needs funds for specialised equipment / final room fitouts etc. As many  enthusiasts will remember we had a similar event 5 years ago (Top to Toe in a Triumph, Sept 2006) and raised €52k for Crumlin Childrens Hospital. Times have changed a bit since then so raising funds is a bigger challenge............but with the TCOC enthusiasm, anything is possible!