A Note from Bro Columba

Here's a brief email and photo from Bro Columba, sent via Georgie-boy ...

From: "columba gleeson"
To: "George Lo"
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 9:51 PM
Subject: Fw: photo

Hi George,

Greetings again from Belfast. I revisited the '76-ers blog site again recently after a lapse of some time and was happy to see it is still very much alive! Some expressed a wish to get a pic of the Bros who served in SJS and are now retired in Ireland. I am forwarding to you the only one I have and hope it comes up all right for you. The full names of the Bros are Adrian Gaule, Columba Gleeson and Mark Blake. Mike Chew was in U6A in '73 and has been resident in Canada for many years. He was conducting a conference here last Sept. and I drove him to visit Adrian and Mark in Castletown. The pic was taken outside our Nursing Home where they are both resident.

Re. the suggested trips, if some do plan to visit Ireland it would be wise to get in touch well in advance, before finalising dates etc as I am often tied up with the running of Kilmore House, particularly at weekends and for some weeks in July and August. The house is used by a variety of groups as a venue for their own residential programmes and I need to be present at these times.

It is great to note that the Grand Reunion didn't end with the 23rd Dec bash but is being carried on in the form of continuing contacts and proposed programmes. Continue to enjoy it all.

Warm regards ,

Bro. Columba.

The Rugby Boys

Someone asked about the St Joe rugby fields in the previous posting on "Snapshots at St Joe". Well, I don't yet have any photos of those fields, but I do have a great contribution from our master photo archiver Kuan Chee Kok on ..... (drumroll) ..... the Rugby Team in the 70s, posing with their coach Bro Adrian!

What a bunch of macho guys. I think this is the A Team ... (please confirm, chaps).

Once again, thanks very much KCK and do keep the photos coming !

As usual, here are the zoomed-in shots ...

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Undoubtedly a great sporting momento. Now for a couple of questions:

* Firstly, how many of the chaps in the above picture can you name ?

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* Secondly, what year was this picture taken?

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* And thirdly, could the next picture be the same team a few minutes later? And if so, can you match face to bum ? :-)

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Before the entire team decide to find me and do their "scrum" on top of me, let me hasten to say: JUST KIDDING GUYS !!! LOL
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