Issue No 36 Aug. 2017

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PREMIER LEAGUE 2017

CLUB FIXTURES

RDS DUBLIN HORSE SHOW

WAYS TO MANAGE

YOUR HEALTH

TRIP TO

SANDYMOUNT

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Hello Emerald Echo Readers…

In this month’s edition of the Emerald

Echo we have features on the Premier

League and other sporting events

We went on our summer trip to Kilkenny .

Ann Marie has an update on the Gym

programme

Check out our Health & well Being

Corner and we trust that youwill find the

Food Corner interesting

Happy Reading!

In this Issue……

Sports

Manchester United FC

………………………………………..pg. 3

Sports

Liverpool FC

………………………….…………...pg. 4

Sports

RDS Dublin Horse Show

August International Sporting Events

……………..……………………..….pg. 5

Out & About

Rainbow Clubhouse’s Summer Trip to

Kilkenny

Trip to Sandymount

………………………….…….….…..pg. 6

Health & Wellbeing Corner

Ways to Manage Your Health

Rainbow Clubhouse’s Gym

programme

………………………………..…......pg. 7

Entertainment World

My Account of the Film Baby Driver

Dunkirk

…………………………………........pg. 8

Food Corner

Basic Scone

10 Health Benefits of Watermelon

………………………………….……pg. 9

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SPORTS

The last match Man United played

was on 13th August where they beat

West Ham 4 - 0.

It was a great start to the season for

Man United. The next match they are

playing is on 19th August on Sky Sports

where they go head to head with

Swansea.

I am a big fan of Man United and I

was in Manchester’s ground a few

times.

I am waiting on my Dad to buy me a

Man United Jersey.

My best Man United player is Pogba. By Keith Miley

Manchester United Football Club

UNITED'S 2017/18 PREMIER LEAGUE FIXTURES

Sat Aug 12 West Ham United H

Sat Aug 19 Swansea City A

Sat Aug 26 Leicester City H

Sat Sep 9 Stoke City A

Sat Sep 16 Everton H

Sat Sep 23 Southampton A

Sat Sep 30 Crystal Palace H

Sat Oct 14 Liverpool A

Sat Oct 21 Huddersfield Town A

Sat Oct 28 Tottenham Hotspur H

Sat Nov 4 Chelsea A

Sat Nov 18 Newcastle United H

Sat Nov 25 Brighton and Hove Albion H

Tue Nov 28 Watford A

Sat Dec 2 Arsenal A

Sat Dec 9 Manchester City H

Tue Dec 12 A.F.C. Bournemouth H

Sat Dec 16 West Bromwich Albion A

Sat Dec 23 Leicester City A

Tue Dec 26 Burnley H

Sat Dec 30 Southampton H

Mon Jan 1 Everton A

Sat Jan 13 Stoke City H

Sat Jan 20 Burnley A

Wed Jan 31 Tottenham Hotspur A

Sat Feb 3 Huddersfield Town H

Sat Feb 10 Newcastle United A

Sat Feb 24 Chelsea H

Sat Mar 3 Crystal Palace A

Sat Mar 10 Liverpool H

Sat Mar 17 West Ham United A

Sat Mar 31 Swansea City H

Sat Apr 7 Manchester City A

Sat Apr 14 West Bromwich Albion H

Sat Apr 21 A.F.C. Bournemouth A

Sat Apr 28 Arsenal H

Sat May 5 Brighton and Hove Albion A

Sun May 13 Watford H

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SPORTS

LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB

The last match Liverpool played was on Sat 12th Aug 2017@21.30 The score was 3.3,

they were playing Watford.

Next match is on Tuesday 15th Aug in the Champions League @ 19.45 on TV3.

Next match on after this is Sat 19th August @15.00.

I am a big fan of Liverpool Football Club, I even bought a Liverpool shirt while

holidaying in Blackpool.

Hope you enjoyed my little snippet on my favourite football club.

By John Deans

LIVERPOOL’S 2017/18 PREMIER LEAGUE FIXTURES

August January

12 - Watford (A) 1 - Burnley (A)

19 - Crystal Palace (H) 13 - Manchester City (H)

26 - Arsenal (H) 20 - Swansea City (A)

30 - Huddersfield Town (A)

September

9 - Manchester City (A) February

16 - Burnley (H) 3 - Tottenham Hotspur (H)

23 - Leicester City (A) 10 - Southampton (A)

30 - Newcastle United (A) 24 - West Ham United (H)

October March

14 - Manchester United (H) 3 - Newcastle United (H)

21 - Tottenham Hotspur (A) 10 - Manchester United (A)

28 - Huddersfield Town (H) 17 - Watford (H)

31 - Crystal Palace (A)

November

4 - West Ham United (A) April

18 - Southampton (H) 7 - Everton (A)

25 - Chelsea (H) 14 - Bournemouth (H)

29 - Stoke City (A) 21 - West Bromwich (A)

28 - Stoke City (H)

December

2 - Brighton and Hove Albion (A) May

9 - Everton (H) 5 - Chelsea (A)

13 - West Bromwich Albion (H) 13 - Brighton and Hove Albion (H)

16 - Bournemouth (A)

23 - Arsenal (A)

26 - Swansea City (H)

30 - Leicester City (H)

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SPORTS RDS: DUBLIN HORSE SHOW

By Monica Byrne

The Dublin Horse Show takes place every

August at the RDS. It is a horse show

jumping event that features both

international and national participants. It

took place on the 9th - 13th August this

year.

There is always a great line up of events

daily and stands for food, equestrian

goods and others ranging from clothes to

beauty products

Ladies Day took place at the horse show

on 10th August 2017 and the winner was

Aoibheann McMonagle from Falcarragh,

Co. Donegal who won the

Dundrum Town Centre €10,000.00 Gift

Card.

Irish riders Cian O’Connor and Denis

Lynch had an unbelievable winning run on

Saturday while the USA all-female

team won the Nations’ Cup for the Aga

Khan trophy.

I wasn’t at the horse show this year but

hope to go next year.

AUGUST INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS

9-26: Rugby union - Women's World Cup, Ireland

14-17: ITU Triathlon World Final - Rotterdam, Netherlands

17-21: Cricket - England v West Indies, first Test, Edgbaston (first day-night Test in England)

18-20: Golf - Solheim Cup, Des Moines, USA

19 Aug-10 Sep: Cycling - Vuelta a Espana, Spain

19-27: Hockey - men's and women's EuroHockey Championships, Netherlands

20: Athletics - Birmingham Diamond League

26: Boxing - Floyd Mayweather v Conor McGregor, light-middleweight, Las Vegas, USA

26-27: ITU Triathlon World Series - Stockholm, Sweden

21-27: Badminton - World Championships, Glasgow

22-27: Equestrian - European Dressage and Show Jumping Championships, Gothenburg, Sweden

25-29: Cricket - England v West Indies, second Test, Headingley

26: Rugby league - Challenge Cup final, Wembley

27: Formula 1 - Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps

27: Motorcycling - British Moto Grand Prix, Silverstone

28 Aug-3 Sep: Judo - World Championships, Budapest

28 Aug-10 Sep: Tennis - US Open, Flushing Meadow, New York

31 Aug-3 Sep: Equestrian - Burghley Horse Trials

31 Aug-17 Sep: Basketball - EuroBasket, hosted by Finland, Israel, Romania & Turkey

Courtesy: www.bbc.com/sport

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OUT & ABOUT RAINBOW CLUBHOUSE’S SUMMER

TRIP TO KILKENNY

TRIP TO SANDYMOUNT

Everybody met at 7:00a.m. on Thursday

morning 27/07/2017.

Our train was for7:25. We all met on

time and boarded the train.

While on the train we got tea and

coffee.

The journey lasted 1h35m and we

arrived in Kilkenny at 9:00am.

When we got off the train, we could

see Kilkenny Castle in the distance

which was one of our destinations for

the day.

We had nice tea and scones in the

hotel in Kilkenny.

We also had a sumptuous 3 course

meal in the same hotel. The hotel has

beautiful décor and comfy sofas.

We left for the train station in Kilkenny at

3:30pm and we got to Heuston station

at 5:45pm.

It was a lovely trip.

By Monica Byrne, John Deans

& Emma Ross

We really Picked a perfect day to go

to as the weather was glorious.

First we got the 18 bus and made sure

that everyone had been prepared

and we had our packed lunches

made.

There was a buzz in the air. The

atmosphere was so good and as

soon as we arrived we made our way

to the strand. It felt so relaxed and the

views were fabulous with people

jogging and also walking their dogs.

I hope to go back again and

definitely recommend going to my

friends and family.

Thanks for a great day had by all.

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HEALTH & WELLBEING CORNER

WAYS TO MANAGE YOUR HEALTH

by Lorna Sutton RAINBOW CLUBHOUSE’S GYM

PROGRAMME…...contd.

Personally, I find that through the years of

attending the mental health services,

Relaxation

Talking and

Learning how to cope with emotions &

feelings is brilliant and also helpful.

Getting exercise and being active and

not being afraid to seek the needed

help is important.

Life can be good and nobody should be

alone.

On Tuesday, 15th August, 2017, we left

to Keith’s Gym in the people carrier.

We did four rounds of workouts. It was

a “tough” gym session but we

managed to get through it.

The next day, everyone was sore and

our bodies were hurting.

We are now attending Keith’s Gym

every Tuesday where we do a

workout and then have a shower

when we get back to the clubhouse.

I will keep you updated about this

programme on a monthly basis.

So, till next month……...keep fit!!!

Ann Marie Murray

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ENTERTAINMENT WORLD

MY ACCOUNT OF THE FILM BABY DRIVER

BY

BERNADETTE NAESSENS.

On Friday 14th July, I was in town and I had some

time to spare so I decided to go to see a picture in

The Savoy Cinema on O’ Connell Street.

I went into cinema five to see a film called Baby

Driver starring Ansell Elgort .

The film is about a twenty year old lad who

becomes involved with crime in America and he

drives the car for a group of criminals. He does not

have a name so he is called Baby Driver.

He meets a lovely girl in a diner restaurant but he

does not tell her his job. His crime boss calls him

sweetheart. His crime boss depends on him to drive

the car all the time and there is plenty of car

chasing in the film.

He decides when he meets the girl that he would

give up crime but his crime boss who is very

dependent on him and says that he wants one

more job done. He fears his crime boss so he agrees

to do the job and he is driving the car when one of

the criminals is hungry and wants something to eat

at the diner in which the girl he met works and Baby

Driver does not like this. In the end, the girl goes with

them and there is a big car chase with another

crime gang involved and all of the gangsters get

killed and baby is left with his girlfriend. Baby Driver

had witnessed his mother and father being killed in

a car crash when he was eight so he turned to

crime to take his revenge out on the world.

This is an excellent picture and I would recommend

it to everybody who can to go to see it .

From

BERNADETTE NAESSENS

DUNKIRK

Three of us went to the cinema at Liffey

Valley on Tuesday 8th August to see

Dunkirk. Irish actor Cillian Murphy is in this

movie about the British and Germans at

war.

There were four young soldiers who tried to

avoid conflict so they snucked and got

away on a boat that they took over from a

fisherman who unfortunately died in the

process.

So many soldiers died when they jumped

out of a plane but landed in water that

was

polluted by diesel which then caught fire

I liked the fact that the four soldiers got

away to safety on a fishing boat.

We would recommend this movie and

give a rating of 7/10.

By Brian King & Louise Muldoon

Looking forward to the forthcoming Tom

Cruise movie: American Made

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FOOD CORNER BASIC SCONE by Siobhan Scott

Ingredients:

225g 8oz Self Raising Flour

2.5ml ½ Level Teaspoon Salt

50g 2oz Butter

25g 10oz Caster Sugar

150ml ¼ Pint Milk

Method:

Sift the Flour and salt into bowl.

Rub in Butter finely, add sugar

and add any additional

ingredients add milk at once.

Mix to a soft dough with a knife.

Turn out onto a lightly floured

board and knead quickly until

smooth.

Roll out about a 1cm ½ inch

thickness.

Cut into 16-18 Rounds. Transfer

to buttered baking tray.

Brush tops with milk. Bake at top

of oven at 230 degrees until

golden brown and well risen.

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