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Sustainability, Safety, Health & Wellbeing Health&Habitat April/May 2012 www.esb.ie/em FOLLOWing LaSt year’S successful relaunch of the eSB Cricket team, the 2012 season beckons. there is an increase in the number and quality of the fixtures for the coming season and for the first time in a number of years the team has been entered into a competitive competition, the Willie Webster trophy. During the course of the summer this competition will be played entirely in Civil Service CC ground. the fixtures will be played mainly on Friday evenings from early May to early august. the eSB team is drawn in group B together with air Corps, terenure Walnuts, and the gravediggers. the winners from each group will contest the final in Civil Service CC on Monday 6th august, with the runners up from each group competing for third and forth place on the same day. We would encourage all staff and their friends to come and support the team. During the close season, the Club ran a very successful ‘last man Brainwave a focus on epilepsy Health & Habitat, Page 33 31 ESB Cricket Team 2012 season By Tony Connell www All smiles after the race. Front row (l-r): S Walsh, N McGeorge, G Coogan, H Hennessy, C Cronin and M Reid. Back row (l-r): J Byrne, E McWalter, B Wheatley, D McColgan, G Boyle, and S Naughton. Spring into action with ESB athlEtic cluB Spring iS in the air and athletic Club members and others have ditched their thermals for the lunchtime run. a few new faces are braving the elements and have been made very welcome with enjoyable runs down to herbert park and Sandymount Strand. at this early stage of the year, targets are the main topic of discussion with a few brave souls already declaring their marathon ambitions. So if you feel you have a marathon in you, or have more modest targets, get in touch with the athletic Club. thoughts and discussion also turn to ireland’s chances in London this summer: Will Fionnuala Britton or one of the other irish athletes make a name for themselves? electric ireland continues to promote its new brand with sponsorship of team ireland. Check out the Facebook page for competitions and more info. ESB’s Irish Olympic Athletes Several eSB staff members have been Olympians. • Willie Linehan (Bantam Weight Boxing, London 1948) • Joe Casey (Boxing, rome 1960) • peter Doyle (Cycling, Mexico 1968 and Munich 1972) • Mary parr (400-metre hurdles, Los angles 1984) • eugene McManus (Judo, Seoul games 1988) Coaches or Managers: • Michael Coffey (Boxing, rome 1960) • Frank Fallon (Clay-pigeon Shooting, Munich 1972) • art O’Brien (Boxing, Los angeles 1984) • Michael Quinlan (athletics, athens 2004) garda XC athletes competed on a bright, cold morning in the phoenix park on Saturday February 18. Well done to all those who ran in the garda XC, especially aileen Melody who came second in her category, Olivia O’reilly on her debut and Des McColgan, kieron Comerford and Jimmy Byrne who won a team prize. the ladies ran two-miles, while the guys completed fourmiles. Recent BHAA Results • nCF Cross Country - 2.5 and five miles, Saturday February 4: e. haverty 16th in Ladies, Men sixth in grade a team • garda Cross Country – 2 and four miles, Saturday February 18: a. Melody second in Category, Men second in grade D (20 eSB runners in total!) • nui aiB XC - 2.5 and our miles – Saturday March 3: Men second in grade D and 3rd in grades a&B • Dublin airport XC - Saturday March 10t: - [results pending] • nCF Flood Lite XC – Wednesday March 21 - [results pending] next Bhaa race • k Club road race – 10km – Saturday april 21 n Further information: esbnet/athleticclub/ sharepoint/sites/Group/CIO/COO/CM/ CSM/SC/ESB_Athletic_Club/default. aspx ESB AC c/o Matt Reid: 70-26671, matthew.reid@esb.ie standing’ football competition, which enabled the club to purchase a set of playing shirts with the eSB corporate logo, a set of wicket keeping gloves and inners and some cricket balls. We would like to thank everyone who purchased an entry. the Club has now been formally included in the eSB register of Sports Clubs. Our aim, as well as playing cricket and enjoying the matches is to reflect well on eSB, as an eSB club, while we play. We would like to say a special word of thanks to John Campion, executive Director Sustainability & hr, who gave us invaluable advice and encouragement in connection with re-establishing the Club and also to John redmond, Company Secretary, who approved our inclusion in the eSB register of clubs. the team has taken part in indoor net sessions on Saturdays from early January; these sessions were well attended along with some of the members of Civil Service CC. Most players who participated in these sessions have found them of great benefit. n If you would like to get involved in the Club and would like to contact any of the people mentioned below. Tony Connell – ext 27602, email anthony.connell@esb.ie. Tom Morrisseyext 27525 e mail tom.morrissey@esb.ie. John Byrne - ext 27655, email john.byrne@esb.ie. We will commence outdoor training at the beginning of April in Civil Service CC; details will be advised. St Patrick’s Credit Union teams up with SPORTSCO SportSco leads the way on youth activity programmes DiD yOu knOW that 300,000 irish children are either overweight or obese? Despite state of the art health and fitness facilities and top class education, irish children are among the most unfit in the european union and the numbers are rising rapidly every year. a number of factors are to blame for these facts including convenience foods, lack of exercise, our television culture and a possible lack of understanding in some families. a new report published in the journal pLoS Medicine, offers new hope for parents concerned about the growing obesity epidemic. it suggests that making even small increases to your daily exercise routine, such as walking your child to school every day instead of taking the car, could have dramatic long term results. One finding is that just 15 minutes of exercise a day lowers a child’s changes of obesity by almost 50%! SpOrtSCO has taken these findings very seriously and has put a number of youth activity programmes in place over the next few months. a youth development officer will be appointed from the SpOrtSCO fitness team and will coordinate all activities. the activities available at the moment include; • easter and Summer multi-sports camps • teen gym classes • Junior kung-Fu • Junior tennis coaching and camps • Junior swimming lessons and coaching with eSB Swimming Club. n For more information on any of the above activities, please contact SPORTSCO on 6687022 ext: 0 or website www.sportsco.ie SpOrtSCO and St. patrick’s Credit union are delighted to announce an easier way for eSB staff to pay for their annual SpOrtSCO membership fees. eSB staff that are also credit union members can now include their SpOrtSCO annual fee of €395 in their Budget account payment plan. Credit union members who do not have a Budget account can open one at any time of the year. eSB Staff who are not members of the credit union can apply for membership and open a Budget account at the same time and enjoy the benefits as outlined below. - takes away the stress of managing your regular household bills. - Spreads the cost evenly over 12 months. - every household bill can be catered for. n For further details please see the credit union website www.stpatrickscu.ie or contact the credit union by phone on 016325100 or email info@stpatrickscu.ie http://www.esb.ie/em http://www.stpatrickscu.ie http://www.sportsco.ie

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