{"id":35557,"date":"2012-11-08T21:57:45","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T21:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=35557"},"modified":"2012-11-09T21:58:09","modified_gmt":"2012-11-09T21:58:09","slug":"your-club-your-country-raises-over-650000-euro-for-club-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/your-club-your-country-raises-over-650000-euro-for-club-game\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Your Club Your Country&#8217; Raises Over 650,000 Euro For Club Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2012 IRFU &#8216;Your Club Your Country&#8217; Grand Prize Draw took place in Aviva Stadium today. The winning tickets were drawn by IRFU President Mr. Billy Glynn and Ireland&#8217;s newest captain Jamie Heaslip. A total of 65,427 tickets were sold meaning that club rugby will benefit to the tune of Euro 650,427.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking today at the draw Padraig Power, IRFU Director of Commercial &#038; Marketing commented: &#8220;The draw has been a huge success again this year and we are delighted to have helped rugby clubs to harness the popularity of Irish Rugby to raise over 650,000 euro.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These are challenging times but our volunteer base has shown it is as vibrant as ever in raising these funds for grassroots rugby.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would like to thank our family of sponsors for the array of prizes and offer our congratulations to all the winners&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The draw was overseen by Mr Aidan Connaughton, an independent auditor from Grant Thornton and Mr. Lionel Mahon of Ulster Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Your Club Your Country &#8211; Grand Prize Draw Winners<\/p>\n<p>1. Tour with the British and Irish Lions in Australia in June 2013 &#8211; Winning Ticket 126558<br \/>\nInternational flights, hotel accommodation, test match tickets and spending allowance for 2 persons up to 18nights. Compliments of O2<\/p>\n<p>2. Ireland v England 2013 RBS 6 Nations VIP Gold Package &#8211; Winning Ticket 061307<br \/>\nVIP match tickets, official IRFU hospitality, hotel accommodation and PUMA Irish Rugby goodie bags for 2 persons. Compliments of PUMA<\/p>\n<p>3. Italy v Ireland 2013 RBS 6 Nations VIP trip to Olympic Stadium &#8211; Winning Ticket 118014<br \/>\nReturn flights, hotel accommodation, match tickets and spending allowance for 2 persons. Compliments of Guinness<\/p>\n<p>4. Scotland v Ireland 2013 RBS 6 Nations VIP trip to Murrayfield &#8211; Winning Ticket 119448<br \/>\nReturn flights, hotel accommodation, match tickets and spending allowance for 2 persons. Compliments of Ulster Bank<\/p>\n<p>5. Wales v Ireland 2013 RBS 6 Nations VIP trip to Millennium Stadium &#8211; Winning Ticket 162584<br \/>\nReturn flights, hotel accommodation, match tickets and spending allowance for 2 persons. Compliments of Paddy Power<\/p>\n<p>6. Ireland v Argentina 2012 Guinness Series VIP hospitality package in Aviva Stadium  &#8211; Winning Ticket 058186<br \/>\nCorporate box with full hospitality for 12 guests. Compliments of The Hospitality Partnership<\/p>\n<p>7. Dress like an Irish Rugby Player &#8211; Winning Ticket 058846<br \/>\nEden Park IRFU formal wear to the value of \u20ac1500. Compliments of Eden Park<\/p>\n<p>8. Attend &#8216;Captains Run&#8217; and win tickets to Ireland v Argentina in Aviva Stadium &#8211; Winning Ticket 032814<br \/>\nObserve a training session with the Irish Rugby Team, tour of Aviva Stadium, goodie bags and tickets to Ireland v Argentina 2012 Guinness Series for 2 adults and 2 children. Compliments of Aviva<\/p>\n<p>9. Ireland v France 2013 RBS 6 Nations VIP package in Aviva Stadium &#8211; Winning Ticket 161706<br \/>\nMatch tickets and official IRFU hospitality for 2 persons. Compliments of LeasePlan<\/p>\n<p>10. Get kitted out like an Irish Rugby Player &#8211; Winning Ticket 082196<br \/>\nElverys Sports voucher to the value of \u20ac1,000. Compliments of Elverys Sports<\/p>\n<p>The winners will be contacted early next week with information on their prizes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2012 IRFU &#8216;Your Club Your Country&#8217; Grand Prize Draw took place in Aviva Stadium today. The winning tickets were drawn by IRFU President Mr. Billy Glynn and Ireland&#8217;s newest captain Jamie Heaslip. A total of 65,427 tickets were sold meaning that club rugby will benefit to the tune of Euro 650,427. Speaking today at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4719,6196,6070],"class_list":["post-35557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irish-rugby","tag-club","tag-country","tag-your"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}