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Stephen was home for the weekend and posed beside my car. The images was taken in full daylight with off-camera flash added for effect.

Presbyterian Moderator of the General Assembly, the Right Rev. Dr. Donald Patton conducted a number of services in the Dromore Presbytery. On Sunday morning the Moderator attended Harvest Thanksgiving at First Dromore Presbyterian Church and in the evening he conducted the service at Second Dromara Presbyterian Church.

The 'Star Shine Ball' in aid of CLIC Sargent was held in Dromore Rugby Club. Images from the ball can be viewed at drewmcwilliams.com.

A plucky performance by Glenavon was still not enough to end a run of League defeats that has now stretched to five in a row. JJB Sports Premiership leaders Glentoran extended their lead at the top of the Irish League.

My full album of images from this game can be viewed on drewmcwilliams.com.

Book an urban portrait session in Banbridge or Dromore before 8th November for just £30 per person. Urban portraits are gritty and intense. They are shot, quite literally in the urban jungle - the streets of the town. Great fun, the sessions last about one hour and produce stunning portfolios. A complimentary 9x6" mounted print is included. This offer is ideal for students during the half term break. To make a booking contact me here. For more information see below and here.

I attended the Photovision Roadshow in Dublin last month and stayed on an extra day on the Liffey to shoot some urban portraits under the tuition and watchful eye of celebrated Bristol photographer, Damien Lovegrove. Joycelyn was our beautiful model.

Dromore Rugby Club picked up it's first point in the Kukri Qualifying League, but the Barban Hill men could have won this hard fought battle, the score Dromore 13 Clogher Valley 16.

More images from Dromore Rugby Club can be viewed here.

I had the pleasure of chasing a toddler around his house this afternoon! We played ball, tractors, read books and rolled on the floor together. Lots of fun for both of us and lots of great images for his parents. Child portraits can be shot in your home, garden or the local park and with Christmas 'just around the corner' this would be the ideal time to book me to complete some of your Christmas present list. Your can call me on 07814006540.

One of this year's fund raising efforts by Dromore's "Autumn Leaves" is a diary featuring the men of the local senior citizen's group. I have been 'honoured to be volunteered' to photograph proceedings once again and images will be taken at important landmarks in and around Dromore. In this shot George Gorman takes a break to consider.....well, just consider! What a picture of contentment.

This week I begin work on the new 'Autumn Leaves' calendar featuring the men of the senior citizens group in Dromore. The lady behind many such projects for charity is Helen McFadden and I include a couple of shots of her taken this afternoon in Princes Street, Dromore. Just for good measure, I've added the portrait I took of her for the Autumn Leaves calendar last year.

A Hugh Dickson own goal denied Glenavon a share of the points in this JJB Sports Premiership match against currently managerless Dungannon Swifts at Stangmore Park.

Dromore Youth for Christ has launched an exciting and ambitious project to take their message of hope to young people in the area - to exactly where they are in the area! The group has purchased a Recreational Vehicle which allows their mission to be mobile. The 'React 2:21' bus, which has the support of the local PSNI and Banbridge District Council, was launched at an event in Dromore's Market Square.

It was an honour to witness members of the Royal Irish Rangers 2nd Battalion, Imjin Company, receive the Afgan Campaign Medal at a ceremony at Hillsborough Castle. Lord Brookeborough made the presentations to recognise the dedication and bravery of Ulster troops in Afghanistan.

At long last, just as Northern Ireland are about to play the next set of World Cup qualifiers, I have managed to complete my images from Windsor Park and Norn Iron's previous game against the Czech Republic. My apologies to the editor of Happy Days. My NI v Czech images can be viewed here.

Glenavon 1 -0 Cliftonville

Glenavon manager Stephen McBride commented after the game, “We showed character, bottle and attitude today and sometimes you don’t get it all your own way and you have to grind it out and we did that today. This time last year we would never have won that game and that’s the improvement. Hopefully the supporters walk away and can see that the players are digging in, showing detemination and I couldn’t ask anymore from the lads.” See Glenavon FC News for full report.
See my Sports Albums for all images.

The Business Network - Banbridge celebrated it's first birthday at the September meeting. After a light breakfast, Benny O'Hanlon, Toddsleap, was Guest Speaker, followed by Simon Smith of Simon Smith Coaching. Following formal proceedings, members spend some time informally networking to refer or promote other members businesses.



The Business Network - Banbridge (TBNB) exists to support local business owners in Banbridge and surrounding areas by:
• providing a networking, discussion and education forum
• generating referrals and business leads
• giving mutual support and sharing new ideas and business opportunities
Every business has a right to participate in the Network which meets in the Banbridge Enterprise Centre on the last Thursday of each month at 7.30am.

You can view the complete Business Network portfolio at here.

Ballymena United 0- Glenavon 3 Glenavon beat Ballymena United in the 'basement battle' at the foot of the JJB Irish Premier League.
Huge relief and delight for Glenavon manager Stephen McBride. His counterpart, Roy Walker, has a lot of work to do.

Glenavon's Adrian Harper typified Glenavon's determination and effort.