The 2009 All Britain Fleadh

27th - 28th June

St Mary's University College, Waldegrave Road, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, TW1 4SX

www.smuc.ac.uk

St. Mary’s University College

Fleadh Website : ALL BRITAIN FLEADH

  FLEADH COMMITTEE 

   Fleadh Chairman - Michael Nevin,    Tel: 02083603011 ,   michaelnevin@blueyonder.co.uk             Fleadh PRO – Ivan Anderson

   Fleadh Secretary – Mariian Brogan,  Tel: 01375 380355,   comhaltassec@aol.com          Fleadh Treasurer – Seamus Brogan                            Fleadh Programme – Tom Beaumont,  thomas.beaumont@btinternet.com

 ACCOMMODATION: There is ample accommodation on site for this years fleadh. The university is dealing with all requests directly. Steve Gallagher head of catering and conference services will be the person taking care of all accommodation bookings.    

 It is imperative that keys are not lost as a charge of £50 per key will be levied on persons who have lost keys - This forms part of the booking contract so please ask your party to take great care of their keys.

 There are a limited number of disabled rooms available please reserve early to avoid dissapointment. Please be aware that the older part of the building (the Waldergrave rooms) has limited disabled access. If this causes a problem please let us know in time and we will  arrange help with wheelchairs etc. For those who wish to stay in hotel accommodation the Pope's Grotte is within walking distance of the university. the addfress is:
Pope's Grotto Cross Deep, Twickenham   Middlesex  TW1 4RB  Tel: 02088923050 e-mail: popesgrotto@youngs.co.uk

COMPETITIONS: On arrival, all competitors MUST sign in at the signing in desk.                      FLEADH TIMETABLE:       FLEADH TIMETABLE

This helps us to keep things running smoothly during the day and it also helps the clerks and the fleadh chairman when a competiton has to be closed. Please ensure that all your competitors know the rule regarding closing a competition. In the event that you are programmed to play at more than one competition at the same time the onus is on the competitor to let the clerks know in writing on the form provided what is happening. This does not automatically mean that a competition will be held open. Please check with the clerk if in doubt.

Competitions on Saturday will start at 13:00 for all age groups Under 18 in Duets, Trios, Ceili Bands and Grupai Cheoil.  All junior solo and all senior competition will be held on Sunday.

The day and time of competitions will be listed below. Please remember all times are approximate and competitors should be aware it is their responsability to be in the competition rooms at the correct time.

PRICES:    Admission will be £6 for adults £3 for children. Family admission £18

                          Your admission fee will cover both Saturday and Sunday, please ensure you do not lose your admission badge or sticker as you will not be admitted without one - especially to competition rooms.

 FLEADH WEBSITE:   For all other details please visit the fleadh website.      ALL BRITAIN FLEADH

 MAPS / DIRECTIONS

BY CAR:

From The South : Follow the M25 Clockwise to the Junction with the M3 Follow M3 towards central London until it merges with the A316 At the roundabout take the right turn into Bridge Road. Follow road through one set of traffic lights into Sixth Cross Road
Follow through second set of traffic lights into Stanley Road At the petrol station take a left into Shaklegate Lane as you approach a T junction turn left into Waldegrave Road. The entrance to St Mary's is on the left.

From The North: Follow m25 anticlockwise until junction with M3 then follow as above

BY RAIL:   Travel Direct to Strawberry Hill Station from Waterloo. The journey takes about 35 minutes and there are four trains every hour. Strawberry Hill Station is five minutes walk from St Mary's. There are also more frequent trains to Twickenham Station, which is a 20 minute walk or a short bus ride away.  

By underground - Travel by the district line to Richmond underground station, and then either take the train to Strawberry Hill or one of two buses (see above) which stop near St Mary's. For more information on Train timetable and booking enquiries please contact National Rail Enquiries    Telephone: 08457 48 49 50    Textphone: 0845 60 50 600

BY BUS: You can catch the R68 at Richmond Upon Thames station or in Twickenham to a stop near St Mary's/ The 33 bus travels from Richmond bus station to St Mary's entrance. The 285 runs from Heathrow Airport to Teddington. You can then walk down waldegrave road to St Mary's.

BY AIR - Nearest Airport Heathrow 6 miles, Stansted airport 51 miles,  Gatwick Airport 32 miles, Luton Airport 40 miles