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Pictures from the 'Post Caving' Events on last Trip... Look Quick I don't know how long I Can Keep Them Up. Brides to have them removed starting at £20 4th November 2000 -- Trip to County Clare

The Second trip shall be going to county Clare this year. We shall be travelling by car so places will be very limited and shall be dealt out on a first come first served at a cost of about £20 per person which will cover the cost travel and accomadation (which is not the house by the pub this time). We will be leaving college on Friday the 10th at approximately 6:00pm from outside the Pav and shall be coming back hopefully on sunday sometime in the evening. If you would like to go on this trip please contact brian.cullen@cs.tcd.ie

23th October 2000 -- Trip to County Clare

The freshers trip was a great trip with some people getting in 3 caves, some including poul dubh, poul nagree, and poul na Gollum(of course)
luckily the weather held out till sunday afternoon. Other activities were engaged in such as sightseeing and drinking games (for the cavers who were able to stay up all night (not including the club captain( Captain Fluffy Cheeks)). For the first time ever Trinity had a trip large enough to block up the back room of macGanns.  The return trip consisted of singalongs mainly old irish ballads and a review of the battle scares that everybody collected on the trip.

20th October 2000 -- Trip to County Clare

The freshers trip shall be going to county Clare this year. We have hired a bus and expect to take approximately 20 people on the weekend trip at a cost of about £20 per person which will cover the cost of the mini bus and accomidation (which is not the house by the pub this time). We will be leaving college on Friday the 20th at approximately 6:00pm from outside the Pav and shall be coming back hopefully on sunday sometime in the evening. If you would like to go on this trip please contact brian.cullen@cs.tcd.ie

12th October 2000 -- Freshers Week 2000

Freshers week was generally considered a success with approximitatly 64 new members joining(Same as last year) during the week. Many thanks to Brian who stayed on the stand for all 5 days 6am through to 4pm, Neill (for his superior knowledge in paper weight application technologies) and Coleman (for providing the pictures) and not to mention Kate and clare who covered lunch once. The stand stayed near the front arch for the whole week, thanks to Brian's very early morning efforts, meeting many interesting clubs along the way, and having the piss taken out of us.

-- Results for the Freshers Week Poll

92% of Freshers are Claustrophobic
4% of Freshers are Afraid of the Dark

-- Current Competions
es can be posted on the club notice board in the front arch (we share with the climbing club) or emailed to hattonn@tcd.ie
This competition is open to open to all Trinity Students and postgrads.lub Captain
Next Years position as Club Captain is up for grabs. To gain this postion all you must do is be the fastest person to SRT up and down a pitch while abiding by the rules.
Rules
1. You must be at least 6 months old.
2. Alive
3. A Trinity Student
4. Use the rope to desend
5. must come down with as many fingers as you went up with
6. You must not cut the rope
Anybody found not cheating shall be disqualified from the competition and sent up the rope without a desender

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