Sports & Recreation Clubs


During the winter, we have one of the largest colonies of crows in Northern Ireland roosting in the mature beech woodland that is right next door to us. They like to feed just before they sleep and again when they wake up!


” Britain.


Members compete in the various Police Sport UK Championships staged at various centres annually throughout Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The first major RUC sports event took


place at Balmoral in July 1930 and, over the next sixty years, the sports attracted athletes such as American sprinter Harrison Dillard, flying Dutch woman Fanny Blankers- Koen and Jamaican Herb McKinney (all post-war Olympic Champions). Paralleling the development of the sports


was the development of a highly talented athletics team which, in 1950, held or shared nine Northern Ireland records. At


the same time, great athletes emerged, led by shot-putter Davy Davidson, 440 runner Billy Dundas and future Olympic champion Mary Peters. After Keith’s year placement had ended,


he was fortunate enough to have been offered a job at Newforge, which he duly accepted. It took time but, eventually, Keith began


to enjoy the job at Newforge and learned a lot from former staff members and various training courses. He said: “I took levels 1, 2 and 3 in amenity horticulture as well as sports turf maintenance over a five year period, which included all my pesticide application


certificates namely PA1, PA2 and PA6a.” “I also completed levels 1 and 2 in


training and development for cricket groundsmen. I also have a NEBOSH occupational health and safety qualification, as well as various COSHH certificates in fire and manual handling, etc.” “There wasn’t really any one person who


inspired me, but I did have an excellent working relationship with my original head of department and grounds manager at the time, Stephen McNally. His idea of training was to throw me in at the deep end and let me get on with it. We still keep in touch to this day.”


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