Penrith Gaels Cultural & Sporting Association

<body bgcolor="#ffffff" leftmargin="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" topmargin="0">  <p><span class="head">A Short History of the Penrith Gaels Club</span><span class="body"><br> <br> Penrith Gaels had its humble beginnings in the early 70s with the formation of a gaelic football team. A few dedicated people decided to run dances to fund this team. From then it has gone from strength to strength with the establishment of a hurling side and by the early 80s they had formed a very successful school of Irish Dancing, social Golf Club, Soccer teams and a Drama School. Penrith Gaels also boasted a travel club, which helped their members save for a trip home to Ireland. Around about this time Penrith Gaels changed its name to Penrith Gaels Cultural and Sporting Association Limited<br> <br> Even way back then the Penrith Gaels Committee along with their members had high aspirations of building club premises in the area. Fund raising dances were held on a monthly basis in local halls. Through the 80s and 90s the above sub clubs maintained a very competitive standard in their fields. The social and fund raising dances continued and we also held our very successful biannual Ireland Over Here Festivals at Penrith football Stadium. These festivals were attended by the Penrith community and people from all over NSW.<br> <br> </span><span class="body"> It wasnt until the mid 90s that the current premises became available. At that time they were known as the Kingswood Squash Courts. The committee along with the extremely helpful Mt Isa Irish Association decided to purchase the building. We began our renovations early in 1997 and to the credit of all our voluntary labour, both Men and Women who gave up their weekends and evenings our beautiful club was finally opened in August 1997.<br> <br> Since then, with the help of management and staff our club has thankfully been thriving, and with a few of the dedicated volunteers we now boast a wonderful auditorium and entertainment room at the rear of the premises.<br> <br> Our club as you have just read was built from pure persistence of the committee and members and we are wonderfully proud of our achievements. So whether you are a staff member, club member, sporting representative or guest, we would like you also to be proud of the Wee club with a big heart.<br> </span></p> <div align="left"> <p class="body"><b>Thursday evenings</b> is Members night 20% off main meals for Members only<br> Monster Meat Raffle</p> <p class="body"><b>Irish soloist every Thursday</b>.</p> <p class="body"><b>Bingo</b> every Thursday from 11.00am</p> <p class="head">Club Hours</p> <p class="body">The Club is open daily at 10.30am</p> <p class="body"><span class="body">Closes Monday - Wednesday at 10pm<br> Thursday at 11pm<br> Friday & Saturday at Midnight</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0;"><b><span class="head">Kids's Club Hours<br> </span></b><span class="body">Members Only</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0;"><span class="body">Friday, Saturday & Sunday 6-9.30pm<br> </span></p> <p><span class="head">Members Courtesy Bus</span><span class="body"><b><br> PLEASE CONTACT THE BUS DIRECT on 0414 677 347 BETWEEN 5 & 6pm TO ARRANGE YOUR PICK UP</b></span></p> <p><span class="body">Friday & Saturday Nights<br> Pick Up between 6 & 7pm<br> </span><span class="body">Drop off on the hour from 7pm - midnight</span></p> <p><span class="head">BISTRO Trading hours</span></p> <p><span class="body">Open for lunch Wed - Sun noon to 2pm<br> Open for dinner every evening<br> 6pm to 8.30pm Mon to Wed<br> 6pm to 9pm Thurs to Sat<br> noon to 8.30pm Sunday</span></p> <p class="head">Membership</p> <p class="body">Permanent membership stays the same $220 you receive $100 worth of gift vouchers to spend in the Club plus free hire of the Function room for your private function<br> *conditions apply.</p> <p class="body" style="margin-bottom: 0;">Membership $11</p> <p class="body" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">Pensioners $5.50</p> <p class="body" style="margin-top: 0;">Permanent Membership $220<br> <b>New Members always welcome</b></p> </div> </body>