Re-scheduled Meeting

Our social evening all about the Aran Islands weekend away back in June has now been booked for Wednesday next, September 29th, as before in Daly's Bar in Boyle, starting at 8pm. Although we will be showing pictures from the trip and reminiscing about what a wonderful time we had, the meeting is open to all members, even ones who weren't there!
LGC

Meeting Postponed

In light of the sad news of the passing of Fergus Ahern last night, we have decided, as a mark of respect, to postpone our social evening planned for tomorrow (September 21st). Fergus was a very well known business person in the town, and in his role as Chairman of Boyle Arts Festival, he was very supportive of Boyle Camera Club's now annual Summer Exhibition. We offer our condolences to his friends and family - Boyle will be a different place without him.
The Camera Club Aran Islands evening will now be rearranged and members will be notified of the new date.
LGC

About the weather...

Heavy rain and high winds have put paid to our plans for a nice afternoon photographing hot air balloons tomorrow. The first official flight of the National Hot Air Balloon Championships was due to take place tomorrow (Sunday September 19th) with Boyle Camera Club members on site to record the event. But the Championship Director, Joseph Leahy, tells us that because of the weather, it is highly unlikely that any balloons will take to the air tomorrow. So sadly, our planned photo-shoot is cancelled.
The balloons will be there all next week, with 40 taking part in any of the 11 proposed flying slots - so there should be a photo opportunity for us there some time!
The Ballooning Championships take place at New Castle House, Ballymahon, Co Longford, until September 24th, with flights (weather permitting) at 7.30am and 4.45pm each day.
Hopefully, some of us will find time to head that way if the weather improves (Monday and Tuesday are forecast better!).
LGC

Up, Up and Away!

There was a good turn out for our monthly meeting last night. Hopefully, we have now found the definitive venue (St Joseph's Resource Centre) and it will become our permanent home. It certainly looks good so far. Next month we will include refreshments (tea and coffee) and we'll work at getting the screen a bit higher so the folk at the back can see better!
Members have been invited to submit photos for the Discover Boyle day on October 3rd. Local pictures for a show of work, probably in St Joseph's Hall (to be confirmed), any size or subject, but with a local theme. Images don't have to be framed, but they should be mounted. Contact Louise for more info.
Our photo-shoot/competition on September 26th has been postponed for a month. It will now be on October 24th at Lough Allen. Visit http://www.loughallenbasin.com/ for a taste of what the area's about - we'll post more details about the event nearer the date.
The Motivation for next month is 'Trees'. Try to challenge yourself to be original! Two entries per member, as always. Send them re-sized with your membership number, category and image title all together as the image name to info@boylecameraclub.com. The deadline is October 5th.
The National Hot Air Ballooning Championships take place in Ballymahon, Co Longford, next week. Its a wonderful photo opportunity (40 balloons are expected to take part) and we've talked the organisers into allowing us certain access behind the scenes. We're going to be there at the start - the first launch on Sunday afternoon (September 19th). Meet at 3pm in the car park at Boyle Crescent for a briefing and car pooling, or contact Louise for details.
If you are interested in pursuing the IPF Licentiate accreditation, let Dermot have your name. This follows on from a talk by Conor Dowling; hopefully a number of club members would like to pursue this as a project.
Our next get-together is on Tuesday next (September 21st), a social in Daly's Bar in Boyle, to show our Aran Islands pictures and talk about what a great weekend we had back in June. That will be an 8pm start - every one's welcome, even if you didn't go on the trip. If you still haven't sent in your Aran Island images, get a move on! Send them in to Joe in the usual way.
LGC

Change of venue for our next meeting

Our next monthly meeting takes place on Tuesday next, September 14th, starting at 8pm. We'll be in a new venue – The Resource Centre behind St Joseph's RC Church, Boyle. It is easy to find, there is parking right outside the door, and we will be in an airy ground floor room.
The Resource Centre is the building which is the former laundry of the Convent. Access to the site is either from Carrick Road (turn into the church car park and drive on through, past the church) or from Abbeytown Road (from Boyle, pass the Abbey and the entrance to the site is on the right just a short way on from the bridge over the River Boyle).
Keep Sunday September 26th free for an exciting outdoor photo-shoot/competition, which will be announced at the meeting!
An extra meeting takes place on Tuesday, September 21st, when all the people who went to the Aran Islands in June are invited to get together to show their images and share their stories. More details to follow.
New members are welcome. If you would like information about joining the Club, contact us at boylecameraclub@eircom.net.
LGC