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Dylan

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WELCOME TO THE DECA-GAMES 2007 HOME PAGE!

The Deca-Games is a sponsored event involving 10 participants, who will compete against each other in a series of different sporting events for the title of the Deca-Games champion!

The Deca-Games will take place throughout June and July 2007 at various locations throughout Birmingham. The participants listed below are family members and close family friends, who are using the time before the events to put themselves through a gruelling training regime, all for a good cause!

The inspiration for the Deca-Games is my wife, who was diagnosed with MS last summer. The goal of the Deca-Games is to raise as much sponsorship money as possible for the MS Society, to help fund one of the many amazing projects it supports. For more information on the society visit: www.mssociety.org.uk

Please help us make the Deca-Games 2007 as successful as possible. If you would like to support the Deca-Games and its beneficiaries log on to www.justgiving.com/thedecagames and give what you can.

If you have any questions about the Deca-Games 2007 or 2008, please contact me on [email protected]

One love, Dylan.

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My Interests

The schedule for the Deca-Games is as follows (click on the links where appropriate and the photos for captions). Thank you to all the venues for letting us use their facilities):

3/6/07 – Golf – Tidbury Green Golf Club , Solihull, West Midlands, B90 1PT @ 11:00

9/6/07 – Badminton – Bishop Challenor Sports Centre, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7EG @ 11:00

9/6/07 – Table Tennis – Bishop Challenor Sports Centre, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7EG @ 13:30

10/6/07 – Athletics – Alexander Stadium , Perry Barr, Birmingham, B42 2LR @ 12:00
12/6/07 – 10K Road Race – Cannon Hill Park , Moseley, Birmingham, B13 8RD @ 19:30

29/6/07 – Swimming / Diving – Tudor Grange Sports Centre , Solihull, West Midlands, B91 1NB @ 18:30

30/6/07 – Snooker – Perfection Snooker Club , Stirchley, Birmingham, B30 2YT @ 10:00

1/7/07 – Mountain Biking – Cannock Chase Trails , Cannock Chase, Staffordshire @ 10:00

13/7/07 – Bowling – Lakeside Superbowl , Stirchley, Birmingham, B30 2YB @ 19:30

14/7/07 – Tennis – Wythall Tennis Club , Wythall, West Midlands @ 15:00

15/7/07 – Football – Oscott College , Oscott, Birmingham @ 11:00

Please check the Deca-Games blog after each event for a full report. Comments are more than welcome!

Please show your support for the competitors. Everybody is welcome at all the events. Your support is much appreciated!

An awards evening filled with food, drink and entertainment will be held at St. Joseph's Hall in Kings Norton on Friday July 20th from 19:30! All are welcome, bring a friend or 3 and make the finale a night to remember!

To all competitors and supporters of the Deca-Games, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Dylan.

I'd like to meet:

THE DECA-GAMES COMPETITORS:

    Adam Carroll - aka "Chippy" Andrew Carroll - aka "Dark Horse" Dan Meredith - aka "Johnny Bravo" Daniel Murphy aka "Finbar Dylan Carroll - aka "Santana" Luke Mason - aka "Magic" Paul Carroll - aka "Zorro" Russell Hurley - aka "Rooster" Shawn Twomey - aka "Lamps" The 10th Man will be made up in each event by a "special" guest. Together they will form Team X-Treme!

The Guests and subs will be made up of the following competitors: Brian Carroll, Paul Edmunds, Mark Hoban, Dave Mason, Michael Lattimer, Peter McLoughlin, Brendan and Eamon Collins.

A special thanks to Gerry McDonnell for all his efforts supporting the Deca-Games:

Heroes:

My personal heros are my parents. Professors Goerner, Pall and Kilby. Lennox Lewis and Max Schmeling. My wife Becky and daughter Niamh.
Everyone involved in the Deca-Games would like to thank the following organisations and companies for their invaluable support. Click the links for more information:

Norman Green Athletics Centre, Solihull, West Midlands for our javelin training!

AK Promotions for our lurvly T-Shirts!

Guy Salmon Prestige Rental for a fanastic car hire donation to the Deca-Games raffle!

Cadbury World, Bournville for their kind raffle donation of Cadbury World tickets!

Symphony Hall, Birmingham for their kind raffle donation of concert tickets!

Aston Villa Football Club, for numerous, money can't buy raffle donations!

Bohemia Cafe Bistro, Selly Oak for their kind raffle donation to eat at the restaurant!

The Studio Fitness Company in Kings Norton for their kind raffle donation of a 1-2-1 fitness (or boxing) session - gloves ready!

The Studio Cru, Cotteridge for their kind raffle donation of a portrait session!

Eaglesfield Trophies, Jewellery Quarter for supplying our choicy trophies!

My Blog

DECA-BLOG 15 - The Final Total & Farewell

Hello everyone, This is the final blog I will be writing in connection with the DECA-GAMES 2007. The competition for this year is now over and the majority of the fundraising cash has been collected. ...
Posted by Dylan on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 08:59:00 PST

DECA-BLOG 14 - Awards Night

Friday 20/7/07 ,,,marked the end of the spectacle that was the Deca-Games 2007! Despite atrocious weather, supporters of the greatest show on earth came in their droves to St. Joseph's Hall in Kings ...
Posted by Dylan on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:52:00 PST

DECA-BLOG 13 - Final Leader-Board & Thank Yous!

The Deca-Games 2007 has unfortunately come to an end. Avid readers of the DECA-BLOG will know how all the competitors have done, however here is the final leader-board: 1.)    Luke "Mag...
Posted by Dylan on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:13:00 PST

DECA-BLOG 12 - Football

And so, the end is near,,, It was with mixed emotions that we undertook the journey to Oscott College. Happiness to be competing once again in the Deca-Games, but sadness that it was the final event....
Posted by Dylan on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:33:00 PST

DECA-BLOG 11 - Tennis

Anyone for it, we can play tennis afterwards too?! After a glorious lunch prepared by the McDonnells, the Gaymers headed off to Wythall Tennis Club for the penultimate event: Wythalldon (See what we ...
Posted by Dylan on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:33:00 PST

DECA-BLOG 10 - Bowling

Disco Inferno baby! It's off to Lakeside for some bowling action! Our aching bodies had just enough time to heal themselves for the bowling! It was a Friday night and the lads were looking forward to...
Posted by Dylan on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 03:30:00 PST

DECA-BLOG 9 - Mountain Biking

It's off to Cannock Chase for the Mountain Biking!   The Mountain Biking was the first Deca-Games event to be held outside of Birmingham. Cannock, the dogging capitol of the UK, (It's t...
Posted by Dylan on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:08:00 PST

DECA-BLOG 8 - Snooker

"Snooker Loopy nuts are we, me and him and them and me, we'll show you what we can do, with a loads of balls and a snooker cue!" Many a joyful hour has been spent in the grandiose surroundings of the...
Posted by Dylan on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:33:00 PST

DECA-BLOG 7 - Swimming

It's off to the pool for the seventh Deca-Blog  Swimming! The competitors dusted off their Speedos and headed down to Tudor Grange poolside for the 6th Deca-Games event  Swimming! Tipped by many to...
Posted by Dylan on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 02:14:00 PST

DECA-BLOG 6 - 10K Run

Hold tight  It's the sixth Deca-Blog  The 10K run! 10 kilometres! For those of you who still work in old money, that's 6.2 miles! There were 2 schools of thought for this event. One involved thinki...
Posted by Dylan on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:27:00 PST