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IN what’s been a hectic few weeks at Park AFC, the Shannon club had double celebrations this week with the opening of a new dressing room facility coupled with the 35th anni- versary of the founding of the club. It comes on the back of the School- boy Awards, attended by FAI CEO John Delaney and despite some bad weather over the weekend, a large turnout was present for the unveiling of the facilities.
Three of the club’s founding mem- bers – Brian “Tosh’ Collins, Martin McGuane and Ted Germaine — were present and expressed their delight at the progress the club has made.
Also on the day Joe O’ Donnell was made an honorary life member of the club. Speaking at the opening, Chair-
man of Park AFC, Peter Webb paid tribute to the effort that was put in to get the facilities completed, saying Karen Dunne and Damien Nolan had put in a great deal of work through- out the whole project. Joe O’ Donnell was also made an honorary life mem- ber of the club and later that evening, the anniversary celebrations kicked off in the Shannon Knights, where Gareth Quirke was named Player of the Season for 2006/2007 and Dam- ien Nolan was named Club Person of the Year.
For photos of the opening, the re- cent schoolboy awards and more see www.parkafc.com