Young Morgan O’Flaherty helps Irish ladies rugby player Siobhan Fleming from Currow and Tralee Rugby Club’s Josh Barnes launch the Kerry Cancer Support Group’s Big Bus BBQ at Ballygarry House Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean
By Dermot Crean
FORMER GAA stars, current ladies rugby supremo and well wishers were on hand on Thursday night for the launch of the fourth annual Big Bus Barbecue in aid of Kerry Cancer Support Group.
Kerry legends Sean Walsh, Ger Power and Siobhan Fleming of the Irish ladies ladies rugby team helped launch the event at the Ballygarry House Hotel.
The bash will be held on June 1 at the hotel and it promises to be a fantastic night of entertainment.
Guest will arrive at 7pm to the swing sounds of the Jazz Cats with a champagne and strawberries reception before a delicious feast from the barbecue.
Heart and Soul will have guests filling the floor before long, while the night will be rounded off with music from DJ Leo Byrne. There will also be goodie bags supplied by Horan’s Health Stores and an array of spot prizes.
This is all for the relatively meagre sum of €35 and it’s for a great cause.
The event has been a huge success over the years raising €8,000 in 2013 which helped lead to the purchase of a brand new 25 seater Mercedes bus which carries Kerry patients to 1,260 appointments a year at Cork University Hospital.
The bus travels five day a week and is an invaluable service to cancer patients.
The barbecue is one of the Group’s major fundraisers of the year along with the Castlegregory walk which takes place in July.
Tickets can be bought from the Kerry Cancer Support Group on 066-7195560, Sean Prendergast on 087-3117475 or Mary Lynch on 087-1332179.
Morgan O’Flaherty with son Morgan, Sean Walsh, Sandra Breen, Mary Lynch and Dan Horan at the launch of the Kerry Cancer Support Services Big Bus BBQ at the Ballygarry House Hotel on Thursday.
A group pictured at the launch of the Kerry Cancer Support Services Big Bus BBQ at the Ballygarry House Hotel on Thursday.
