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CELEBRATIONS to mark the 40th birthday of the oldest soccer club in Shannon are being planned.
Shannon Town United AFC will celebrated four decades in existence next year and the club has taken the decision to improve the club’s facil1- ties, increase its profile and set up a website, to coincide with the mile- Stone.
The website, Shannontownuni- tedafc.com, has just got up and run- ning and contains useful information on the club, including details of the teams, fixtures and the notes on the club’s lengthy history. An archive section will also be added, as the
website becomes more popular.
There are 14 teams on the club’s books and its members range in age from just five years of age, through to senior level. All teams line out in the Limerick division.
Club PRO Andy Legge – who was instrumental in setting up the web- site – said the club will get a facelift, to mark the 40th anniversary.
“We had been playing catch-up with the rest of the teams in Shan- non. We are taking on board what other clubs have done. The idea is to get the information out there, to give us a mechanism to get kids involved and also to sell merchandise via the website,” said Mr Legge.
“A lot of work has gone into the
website, which was designed by En- nis web design company Ennisoft,” he added.
As part of the 40th celebrations, the club is also eager to increase its TpeKosesloresacieul on
“We are looking for new people to join and we are also looking for sponsors to get on board. We are approaching local businesses,’ he added.
The club holds training every Fri- day at the Wolfe Tones GAA pitches and plays its games at its own pitch in Corrib Drive. However, there are also plans to improve facilities for the club’s players.
“As part of the bigger picture, we plan to develop facilities. We have
planning permission for a clubhouse. Hopefully we can build that next year and we are hopeful of getting grants to help us with this. There is a lot of work to do,” added Mr Legge.
The club has a very active commit- tee at its disposal and hope that the community in Shannon will help out with the plans to improve the club, whilst taking part in the 40th cel- a) e218) IIe