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See you tonight!

It’s only a few hours to our Raising Cork Quiz in aid of the Cork’s flood victims! Please remember to get there as early as you can to register and get the best table. Registration starts at 7 pm.
Apologies to those who couldn’t register for the quiz today – we got an unprecedented response and [...]

It’s a full house!

You may be here trying to register and wondering why you can’t. Due to phenomenal demand we’ve had to close down registration.
Additional donations can still be be made directly to
St. Vincent de Paul Cork Flood Victims Fund.
AIB 66 South Mall Sort Code:936383 Account No:47092772
Thanks everyone for your support.

1 day to go!

What an exciting couple of days it’s been….
 Friday saw a huge rush of teams registering so now we’re well on the way to making our target. We’ll be sending out a reminder text to all registered teams, and are asking you all to arrive as early as possible to get registered and settled in.
Registration starts [...]

Pelé Ball to be raffled on the night

After much debate, we made a decision. One of the Pelé GAA footballs is going to be raffled in our mega raffle at the Raising Cork Quiz.
This means everyone is in with the chance of winning a unique piece of sporting memorabilia that marries GAA traditions with a soccer legend. A true collector’s item.

The odds are – 1 in 4 teams could win!

If you’re planning on coming to the Raising Cork Quiz, and can’t decide if it’s the thing for you – then go take a look at the odds of winning something.
We now have 54 confirmed prizes and they are still coming in. So if we reach our target of 200 tables on the night that means, over a quarter of all [...]

Pele Items set to score high in auction

We realise how valuable the GAA jersey and footballs signed by Pelé are. At the same time we want to make sure that as many people as possible have a chance of acquiring them. So we have decided to put them all up for auction. On the night of the Quiz a silent auction will be [...]

The giving just keeps going on…

If you haven’t looked recently, take a look at the ever growing list of prizes. It’s just been updated again. Thanks to all of our sponsors for their kindness and generosity.

Raising Cork with a little help from Pelé

We heard on Thursday evening that Pelé was in Dublin. What an opportunity! Imagine if we could get something signed for our Raising Cork Quiz…
 
It took quite a few phone calls, but eventually – we got in touch with his agent. It seems Pelé had already heard a lot about the plight of people around [...]

10 days to go…

It’s just 10 days to H+A’s Raising Cork Quiz in aid of the Cork Flood Victims – with all proceeds going to the SVP Cork Flood Victims Fund.
We desperately need your support. You can either register a team for the quiz (a table of 4 only costs €80), or, if you are a business and [...]