Northern Federation of Draughts' (NFD) Havlin, Hughes, & Madden Memorial Tourney was held in McNally's Bar/Restaurant in Toomebridge, Northern Ireland Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Francie McNally (NFD) and his team organized this Memorial Tourney in the honor and memory of Paddy Havlin a Master player, Paddy Hughes a Senior player and Mickey Madden an Intermediate player all of Northern Ireland. This Memorial Tournament was a fitting event for these recently deceased gentlemen and hosted by Francie McNally in McNally's Bar & Restaurant in Toomebridge, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.  Tommy Canning was present the finial evening for the presentations at the request of Francie McNally. Tom emailed the below pictures and I misunderstood who organized it.  He later reported this was a fine tourney with almost 50 players taking part.  All three families had a big representation on the final night and were on hand to do the presentations to Ty winners with the prizes.  Tommy said, " I had conversations with all of them and they were delighted that the occasion had come about.  We swapped old stories and events from the past and it was an exhilarating and joyous experience."  Northern Federation of Draughts is a federation of draughts clubs and individual players across Northern Ireland.