Drogs announce pre-season Turkish Expedition

**BobtheDrog** · 20/01/2005, 5:15 PM

Eircom League Premier Division club, Drogheda United, have today (20 January) announced details of their pre-season tour to Turkey. The club's squad of full-time professionals together with manager and backroom staff will travel to Turkey's Antalya Region on Saturday 26 February and return on 5 March. The side will stay at the exclusive Papillion Belvil Hotel and Holiday Village, a five star resort on the beach in Belek. Although this is the heart of the Turkish golfing region, the sportsman of every code is well catered for.

Manager Paul Doolin is said to be delighted with the opportunity to be able to allow the squad to bond by being away for seven days. "We have a lot of new faces coming in and I want the lads to get a chance to get to know each other on and off the pitch before the season kicks-off at home. While we are in Turkey we will face two sides, one from Poland and one from Turkey so I will be able to try out some tactics and formations as well whilst we are in Turkey" the manager said.

To help fund the trip the Club will be running a race night in February � full details will be posted on the Club website in the coming days.

Issued by Neville Kenny, PRO, Drogheda United FC.
20 January 2005.

Information Notes:

Papillion Belvil Hotel and Holiday Village
First Class Holiday village situated in the heart of Belek Golf Resort. There are 114 hotel rooms, 292 club rooms and 816 beds in total. Main Restaurant ( indoor and outdoor ) A La Carte Restaurant, 4 bars, beer & wine house, meeting rooms and conference halls, indoor and outdoor swimming pools with children section, aquapark and waterslides, Turkish bath, steam bath, fitness centre, coiffeur, sauna, massage, peeling, Jacuzzi, mini market, computer games, internet caf�, laundry, doctor, boutique, shopping centre, car park, squash, safe, 2 tennis courts, billiard, basketball filed, beach volleyball, bowling, table tennis, water sports, playing ground for children, mini club, disco, animation shows.

The Antalya Region
The Antalya Region, offering all the mysticism of past in our day, is now called the "Turkish Riviera" due to its archaeological and natural beauties. Antalya is the place where sea, sun, history and nature constitute a perfect harmony and which also includes the most beautiful and clearest coast along the Medditerranean.

Antalya is located in the west of the Medditerranean region. Antalya is a Turkish city and an important port. Antalya has been growing rapidly since 1960 and its population is 1,146,109 acccording to the 1990 census.

The climate of the province is typicalyl Medditerranean: hot and dry in summers and temperate and rainy in winters. Sunshine is guaranteed from April to October and the winters are pleasantly mild. The humidity is a little bit high, about 64%, and the average water temperature is 21.5 �C. Antalya is really a heavenly place where the summer season is about 8-9 months long. The March day time temperatures average 18 degrees.

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