FAMILY MOVIE DAY

On 2 November, the DFB Sports & Social Club held its rst Family Movie Day in the Savoy Cinema on O’Connell Street. As a result of the traditional family day at the Training Centre having to be cancelled at late notice, we felt that we needed to try provide an alternative event for the kids and family to enjoy. Paul McCann suggested holding a day in the cinema for the kids, as this was an event that our friends in DUBCO held on a regular basis and found it a great success.

Movies

With great help from Savoy manager Sandra, we were able to organise this event for the Wednesday during the School mid-term. Sandra arranged exclusive access to the cinema for the a ernoon to the club and had two movies to show in order to cater for the di erent age groups of the children attending. Surprisingly, in terms of popularity, Lyle Lyle Crocodile appeared to win out on the day over Black Adam. Snacks and drinks were provided for both children and adults attending. We had access to multiple screens, which meant we could stagger the start times as people arrived, and while some had to wait a little longer than others to get going, it all worked out in the end.

Response

As this was our rst time to hold an event like this, we were unsure what kind of response we would get from the members of the club, so an Eventbrite page was set up (with thanks to Kevin Conlon). We got a great response online and would like to thank all members who signed up for the tickets. It makes the administrative side of organising these events a lot easier, and we hope to keep using the likes of Eventbrite going into the future.

On the day, we had almost 300 members and their families attend the event, which was brilliant, and everybody seemed to have a great time. Going forward, we hope to host these cinema days again, with the prospect of having two a year during school mid-term breaks. anks also to Stephen Breen and Joe Moran for their help in organising the event, and to Mick Ratchford, Lar Sweetman, Paul McCann and Declan Rice for their help on the day to make it go as smoothly as possible, as well as the sta of the Savoy.