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Many thanks for the prize at mondello pk. Just to let you know we raffled it in the job and one member of staff one it and is going to draw it at a couple of euros a ticket and the moneys will go to the Childrens Hospital , Many Thanks Again Looking forward to the Show. Alan Sherwood ************** The winner of the free members draw for a race day at Mondello is Alan Sherwood of Irish Towing Services. Well Done ************** Derek Beahan represented the IFRS at the first meeting of the G7 summit which was held on the 2nd December at Isuzu House in Hatfield England. The meeting was held to bring all recovery associations together and make things better in the recovery industry ************** Road to Recovery are holding their christmas party for all recovery operators on the 16th January 2010 at the Burntwood Hotel in Bansley. For more information contac Paul Hoyle at roadtorecovery@phoyle.co.uk ************** If you are not an IFRS member but would like to join the mailing list for our magazine send your postal details to christine.ifrs@ymail.com. There is a €10.00 fee to cover postage for the year ************** IFRS have been accepted as members of NISO (National Irish Safety Organisation) ************** The dates
and venue for next years IFRS show are as follows. The show will be on the 17th & 18th July 2010 at the Tullamore Court
Hotel. To book your room contact Liam Kelly @ 087-2563275 ************** There will be a charity benefit night for the Irish Wheelchair Association on Friday 6th November in the Silver Tassie, Loughlinstown. There will be finger food and Ireland's Elvis (Greg Traynor) will be providing the entertainment. Tickets are €15.00. You can get your ticket by contacting Liam Kelly @ 087-2563275 ************** The Drivers CPC courses are now up and running. This is now a legal requirement for every driver. The course is done over a five year period. You need to do on module every year. The cost for this is €75.00 per module, that includes the manual ************** Our sincere condolences go to Andrew & Donna McManus from M8 Recovery Glasgow who's daughter Mackenzie passed away on Tuesday 6th October 2009 after a short and sudden illness ************** The new board of trustees which were elected at the AGM on tuesday 22nd of September 2009 ar as follows Adrian MitchellDavy HolmesFergal McKevittAlan SherwoodNikki HoareBrian Drury
Derek Beahan and staff would like to thank all those who
gave donation of prizes for the coffee morning and the generous support of all who attended and those that sent there donations
as they where unable to attend. The total Raised was €600.00. A special word of thanks to the Donnelly children for the
donation of all their saved coins, also to Mrs B Donnelly for the beautiful apple tart and scones we had on the day. 1st Prize – Hairdryer – Graham Moore ticket no 51-55 2nd Prize – Trimmer -Conor Brady ticket no
141-145 3rd Prize
– Bottle of Whiskey - Phyliss Fitzpatrick ticket no.101-105 4th Prize – Set of Glasses - Sean O’Connor
ticket no. 171-175 5th Prize – Soft Briefcase – Eilis
Murray ticket no 26-30 6th Prize – Dublin T- shirt – Aiden ticket no 186-190 7th Prize – Pack of 2 T- shirts – Una (Willie’s
Shop) ticket no 21-25 8th Prize – T- Shirt – Christine Quinn 61-65 9th Prize – T- Shirt – Pauline Vincent 76-80 10th Prize – T-Shirt – Brian Donnelly 136-140 ****************************************
A NEW ERA FOR AVRO After a unanimous vote Eilis Murray has been elected as the FIRST LADY PRESIDENT of AVRO. IFRS would like to offer our congratulations to Eilis and our support
NCCA UPDATE Following the NCCA shareholders meeting which was held at the AVRO show, it appears that they have no money to pay the companies that have compleated work for them. When we know more we will pass on the information. ******************************** A group of twenty five travelled from Ireland to the cotswolds for the thirtieth anniversary AVRO show, although the weather was perfect we were very disappointed at the extremely low turnout . You could have walked around the whole show including stands in five minutes. Below are a few photos of the usual suspects enjoying themselves
THE FIRST GENERAL MEETING OF IFRS WILL BE HELD IN THE RED COW MORAN HOTEL (MERRION SUITE) ON THE 22ND SEPTEMBER AT 8.00PM SHARP. TO CONFIRM ATTENDANCE PLEASE EMAIL christine.ifrs@ymail.com ************************** IFRS is commited to raising quality and safety standards in the industry,This has
been reinforced with the start of a programme to bring in an Irish version of the PAS 43 standard. IFRS is working with
the Safety First Consultancy in developing this concept and hopes to make this a recognised standard for all recovery vehicle
operators in Ireland. ***********************************************
IFRS are negotiating
a deal with a leading insurance broker to offer IFRS membersinsurance
services geared to the needs of recovery operators at preferential rates. Through membership of the IFRS companies now
have the opportunity to reduce premiums in most instances. Another key issue which members have expressed concern over is in the area of waste
management and recycling. IFRS has also negotiated an agreement with Maggie Renwick, a leading consultant in this area
to provide members with support and advice at competitive rates.
Don't forget the AVRO region 15 AGM that will take place on
Tuesday 25th August 2009 @ Moran’s Red Cow hotel at 8.00pm sharp.All AVRO members should attend
EAMON KELLY, JD FROM CORK & DAVID BRACKEN ARE HEADING TO TRUCKFEST THIS WEEKEND TO REPRESENT IFRS ROY & ANDREW MCCARTHY FROM RECOVERY IRELAND WERE RECENTLY AWARDED PAS43 AFTER COMPLETING THEIR TRAINING AT THE IFRS TRAINING CENTRE IN CO WICKLOW WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK EVERYONE WHO MADE THE LAUNCH SHOW A GREAT SUCCESS, NAMELY IRISH TOWING SERVICES STATEWIDE TOWING CP COMMERCIALS DAVID BRACKEN NY RECOVERY DAVID DOYLE MIKE BONIFACE JD RECOVERY JOHN HAWKINS LIAM KELLY DMH CONSULTANCY BRITANNIA RESCUE TULLAMORE COURT HOTEL GRANGE BUILDER SUPPLIES KEITH QUINN, CARL KELLY, IAN SHERRIN, PETER SHERRIN, KIERON CAHILL, DAVE WHYTE, PAUL QUINN LIKE A PUPPET ON A STRING
LEEANN AND LISA FROM KELLYS LOOKING VERY WELL
JD AND KEELY FROM CORK
THE MILLER DOLLAR MAN
EUROPEAN TOW SHOW WE WERE THERE AND WHAT A DOWN SIZED SHOW WOW IT WAS ONLY A FIFTH THE SIZE OF PREVIOUS SHOWS BUT AS USUAL THE DISPLAY TEAM DONE A GREAT JOB (WELL DONE NICK AND THE GANG) MEMBERS ONLY MEMBERS ONLY SECTION WILL BE UP AND RUNNING FOR END OF JULY MEMBERSHIP IS ON THE RISE MEMBERS ARE COMING TO JOIN IFRS AT AT UNBELIEVABLE RATE 85 MEMBERS NOW IT'S HERE! THIS IS THE FRONT COVER OF THE IFRS MAGAZINE WHICH WILL BE LAUNCHED AT THE SHOW IN TULLAMORE
FIRST SCOTTISH MEMBER ACCEPTED JUNIOR & M8 RECOVERY GLASGOW ARE WELCOMED AS OUR FIRST A+ MEMBERS FROM SCOTLAND DAVY'S HAMMER STRIKES AGAIN IFRS WELCOMES DAVY HOLMES, OWNER OF DMH CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD, AS THE FIRST MEMBER GRADE D (SUPPLIER, CLUBS, ASSOCIATIONS & INDIVIDUALS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE RECOVERY INDUSTRY). THIS IS A BIG DAY FOR IFRS TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE DAVY ON BOARD WHO AS WE ALL KNOW IS ALWAYS AT HAND TO GIVE ADVICE AND HELP IN ANY WAY HE CAN Vanfit Solutions from Abbeylix, Co.Laois will be taking a stand at the Tullamore Show C.P. commercials sign up as a MAJOR sponsor many thanks to Peter
BONIFACE TO BRING JOHN HAWKINS IN FROM USA TO
DEMONSTRATE THERE NEW FIVE AXLE ROTATOR AT IFRS LAUNCH IN JULY   CARDNO UK SIGNED UP TO BE ONE OF THE
MAIN SPONSORS FOR IFRS
Recover & Winch (Roscommon) have also signed up, they will have a stand @ Tullamore for all your rcovery needs J.D RECOVERY CORK IFRS FIRST MEMBER WELL DONE J.D RECOVERY AND WELCOME, IFRS ARE SO PROUD TO GRANT JOHN DALTON THE FIRST GRADE A+ MEMBERSHIP FIVE NEW SHOW ACTS YES FIVE ACTS FOR OUR LAUNCH PARTY ARE NOW SIGHED UP MANY THANKS TO OUR SHOW CO-COORDINATOR LIAM KELLY |
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