Irish Sports Day Report, Dublin, Ireland

By Youngil Ely Loew morning started off with family games, blindfolded partner between the cones, relay races weaving between cones, and matanage and dodge ball

T he Irish Church community had a lovely sports day together on the hockey stick in hand chasing a tennis tournaments. last Saturday in August (August ball, spinning around 10 times and then We had picnic lunches and some of us 27th) at a local Sports Center. setting off to eat a donut off a string went to join a type of meditation called Families came from as far as Northern without the use of your hands (THAT Falun Gong. This is a meditation that is Ireland to participate in this day! The was fun!), wheel barreling, leading your sometimes practiced on downtown Dublin streets and can help one gain peace and energy. We also celebrated the July and August birthdays with a cake cutting during lunch. After lunch we had a baskteball and badminton tournament (singles and doubles :). It was wonderful to see the unity between brother and sister, father and son, and couple’s teams, as well as individual talent showing through. Gold medals were awarded to teams and individuals according to the tournament results. It was a wonderful day to connect with each other as families and friends, and we hope to have more community sports events in the future. It was a great way to bring families together and have some fun.