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LandyLiam

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Mourne Mountain Rescue Team's 50th Anniversary Dinner
« on: March 05, 2012 »
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TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE:

Tickets are now available to purchase for the 50th anniversary of the Mourne MRT. These are available online from www.justgiving.com/mmrt50. Tickets are priced at £40 each. Please follow the instructions online when making payment.

The evening of celebration will commence with a drinks reception at 7.30 at the Burrendale Hotel followed by a 4 course meal. Guest speakers, audio visual presentations and static display of old team kit will add to the evening. Contact infommrt@yahoo.com for further information. See you there.


http://www.justgiving.com/mmrt50










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Dermot Somers - Legendary Irish mountaineer, explorer, writer, and broadcaster has been confirmed as our Keynote speaker. 'Bearne...agh' - will be our entertainment for the evening.
. We will also be launching a new initiative on the night of the Celebratory Dinner...More details will be available in the Press in the forthcoming days and weeks relating to our evening of celebration.
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Re: Mourne Mountain Rescue Team's 50th Anniversary Dinner
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2012 »
there will also be a magazine produced to celebrate the anniversary



68 pages for just a tenner, might even be a photo of me, what a bargain  ;D  (signed copies will be dearer  8) )


you can pre-order here https://apps.facebook.com/payvment/product/view/3g700?ctref=

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Re: Mourne Mountain Rescue Team's 50th Anniversary Dinner
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2012 »
congratulations to the team on an excellent evening, the magazine is absoluely brilliant, and the cake was unbelievable


the vehicles got their 50 year wax treatment



the red(ish) carpet was laid out for the black velvet reception






displays of team equipment from then and now









very fine meal at the burrendale hotel



great talk from keynote speaker Dermot Somers



but the cake stole the show













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Re: Mourne Mountain Rescue Team's 50th Anniversary Dinner
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2012 »
Great pics! the cake did look amazing was it cut up?
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Re: Mourne Mountain Rescue Team's 50th Anniversary Dinner
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2012 »
it was a real shame to cut it but it did taste delicious  :)

p.s. the magazine is now available and looks as good as the cake (but doesn't taste as nice  :( )
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Re: Mourne Mountain Rescue Team's 50th Anniversary Dinner
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2012 »
Any ideas as to who made the cake?
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Re: Mourne Mountain Rescue Team's 50th Anniversary Dinner
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2012 »
I spotted that cake on the MMRT Facebook page!  Looked awesome, sounds like it was a great night :)
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Re: Mourne Mountain Rescue Team's 50th Anniversary Dinner
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Any ideas as to who made the cake?

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Re: Mourne Mountain Rescue Team's 50th Anniversary Dinner
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2012 »
 
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Any ideas as to who made the cake?



 ;D
maya klimova

perfectly apt name for someone to bake a cake for MMRT. (you dont need land owners permission for the mournes though??? ???)
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