Dromara GAC gets ready to host annual tractor run this weekend

Dromara GAC gets ready to host annual tractor run this weekend

19 August 2015

DROMARA GAA Club will hold its third annual tractor run and barbecue at its Castlewellan Road grounds this Sunday.

New and old tractors will gather from 4pm with the run starting at 5pm. The event include a family fun day from 2pm with children’s races, face painting, novelty games and challenges

There will be some added adult attractions with tractor and trailer reversing, tractor keg pushing, pitch and putt.  

Everyone is welcome and there will be a BBQ and refreshments available throughout the day, which will be held in support of the Northern Ireland Hospice. 

Declan McCann, Dromara GAC chairman, said members were excited about the factor run and hopeful it would be as successful as last year.

“We would love to see local people come along and have a great day out while supporting the work that Northern Ireland Hospice do locally,” he said.

Deirdre Melly, NI Hospice community fundraiser, said she was delighted the club had chosen to support the hospice, which has a community nursing team based in Ballynahinch to provide emotional, practical, social and spiritual support to local people with serious illnesses and their families.  

“We cannot do this without the support of the local community.

“It costs £6m each year to run our services in the community and in our hospice temporarily at Whiteabbey Hospital,” she said. 

“The race is on to raise the remaining £1.6m in order to complete the rebuild of our Somerton Hospice in North Belfast.  

“This new building, and the research and education that will be conducted here will help us to shape the future of hospice care for the changing needs of our population ensuring that patients with non-malignant diseases such as respiratory, dementia and neurological conditions receive the specialist care they deserve at the end of their life.”