As usual, the Flower Festival was visited by many, many people, though there was a worrying time when the Icelandic volcano prevented any planes arriving on the island. However, the “powers that be” must have heard about the Festival and lifted the restrictions just in time - believe that if you will!!!

The theme this year was “Songs of Praise” and each display portrayed hymns - some old, some new - with a connection to a story or passage from the Bible. As you may be able to see from the photos, an extraordinary amount of work has been put into these displays, I just wish we had enough room to show them all!!

This year’s charities being supported by the Festival are: Paphos, Heart Association, The Expatriates Kidney Patients Association and the building of St. Michael’s Hospice.

Next year, the dates are 4th-6th May. Why not fit your holiday around this time and take in the Flower Festival. The weather will be lovely and warm, but not too hot.

We sponsored an Informative Lunch for St Michael’s Hospice in March at the Corallia Beach Hotel and raised €3100. We gave out the new brochure for St Michael’s Hospice so everyone can see the facts; you can see the brochure on the link below. The hospice is for everyone regardless of creed or nationality, When we told a famous barrister from Nicosia about it and he was so impressed that he gave 500 Euros! 1.3 million Euros have been raised so far! Dr Phylactis Constantinides the recently retired General Manager of the Paphos General Hospital gave a short speech to the lunch party about the need for the St Michael’s Hospice in the Paphos community. He has kindly accepted the role of Medical Director of the St Michael’s Hospice when it is completed. www.fitzgeraldcyprus.com/hospice

On the 9th April a Latin Paska (Easter) Dinner was held at the Alexander the Great Hotel and raised €4200 for the Hospice. Thanks to everyone who made this possible, especially Brenda and Phillip Backhouse for organising the event - Paphian Paul from Rock FM who was the MC and DJ, Irene Robertson whose singing was as fantastic as ever, the Philippina Singers. Andreas and Demetri the Cypriot Dancers and Eddie Bourne who took charge of the raffle. Also, we would like to thank Owen Donaghy, the Project Manager of the Hospice and the Minister of Health - Mr Christos Patsalides - who attended the dinner and donated €500 and of course the Mayor of Paphos, Mr Savvas Vergas. Thank you to everyone who attended the Dinner and also those who didn’t but bought raffle tickets! It was a great evening with people from all nationalities and everyone had a fantastic time.

Daryl Fitzgerald joined with H.E. The Irish Ambassador, Tom Brady his wife Cathi and many of the Irish expatriates based in Paphos to celebrate St Patrick’s Day at the Village Inn at Kissonerga, Paphos. Although an Australian, Daryl’s family roots like many Australians extend back to Ireland so Daryl felt quite at home in the presence of good Irish food, drinks and music.

The event organised annually by Fáilte Pafos a local Irish cultural group was a great success raising over €700 for local charities. It featured two bands Abzorba, based in Cyprus and The Flight of Earls who flew in from Belfast specially for the occasion and produced a night of great Irish music.

Daryl (pictured) took time to relax and share a drink with Tom Brady a long time supporter of Irish cultural events in Paphos who made the long drive from Nicosia to share in the occasion.

www.failte-pafos.org

Eddie Kirkup Fitzgerald Estates representative in the Channel islands attended ‘An Evening With Frank Bruno MBE’ British Boxings Favourite and WBC World Heavyweight Champion organised by The Jersey Dinner Boxing Club. The event was held at the Hotel L’Horizon in Jersey and also included the Jersey Select v Royal Navy & Marines competing for the Corniche Apartments Gold Cup. The Jersey Select lost 3-2, when an extremely tight split-decision in the final bout went against Captain Craig Culkin. But after such a ding-dong contest against the Royal Navy and Marines, Select captain Jason Gardner said it was impossible to be anything but uplifted.

While there Eddie had time for a photo call with Frank Bruno MBE and the coveted World Heavyweight Champion Belt, which is about as close as Eddie will ever get to one.

Fitzgerald Estates has an increasing clientel from Jersy and the Channel Islands including Eddie Kirkup, a long time resident of Jersey and now also happy property owner in Paphos. This trend is understandable as people in the Channel Islands see the value in investing in Cyprus Resale Property in the current market.

http://jerseydinnerboxingclub.com

We would like to thank all our clients and friends for all your loyal and valued support. We have always aimed to be No 1 and to do this we have continually improved our world class web site, presentation, marketing and customer service.

Thankfully ‘It’s Working’ and getting excellent results for our buyers and sellers.

Come and celebrate our 7th Birthday with us in our offices with tea, coffee and cakes in Kato Paphos opposite the ‘Wishing Tree’ - http://www.fitzgeraldcyprus.com/ask_contact

We are open 6 days a week Monday to Saturday from 9am right through to 5.30pm without breaking for lunch!

Fitzgerald Estates were the proud sponsors of the Jersey Leonis Boxing Dinner Club amateur boxing tournement on Thursday 8th October where 6 time champion Sugar Ray Leonard Evening was guest of honour. Jersey Leonis boxers came so close to a whitewash victory over a South of England Select last night as they stormed in to lift the Fitzgerald Estates Gold Cup. Organised as part of the Sugar Ray Leonard evening at the Hotel de France, coach and cornerman Tony Burt was understandably delighted with the 4-1 victory over strong amateur opponents.

Leonis lightweight Boyd Munroe, in the third bout, won the Boxer of the Night Award for his excellent show in a unanimous points victory over the all-action Shane Western. The winners were presented with their medals by the star of the night, boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard, who delighted an audience of around 500 sports fans at the Hotel de France with a talk and question and answer session. Fitzgerald Estates representative, Eddie Kirkup, a long time resident of Jersey and now happy property owner in Paphos Cyprus (bought from Fitzgerald Estates) presented the Fitzgerald Estates Gold Cup to the winning team.

The Fitzgerald family has been in Cyprus since 1987 and has witnessed tremendous changes in the local property market. Daryl Fitzgerald has been actively marketing Cyprus property to overseas buyers for the last 18 years and has a vast knowledge of the local market.

Fitzgerald Estates was established in early 2003 and its cornerstone of success is the intimate knowledge of the local property market and unfailing dedication to delivering a high level of professionalism that applies to all aspects of customer service.

Fitzgerald Estates is a family company where communication, loyalty, trust and personal attention is guaranteed - from one company with one ultimate goal - ensuring that all of our customers are satisfied customers.

“Надежное инвестирование, семейный дом с Fitzgerald Estates”

At Fitzgerald Estates we pride ourselves on being different in many positive ways. We are a property marketing firm, totally independent and market leaders in the Paphos re-sale property market.

Our comprehensive industry knowledge, re-sale market expertise, powerful internet and local presence gives you the competitive edge when buying or selling property.

Buying or selling, this is one of the biggest decisions you’ll ever make. Naturally, you want the best possible outcome ....... Daryl’s commitment is to offer sound advice that you can trust and an exceptional customer service that covers all levels and phases of the buying and selling process.

Above all, Daryl attributes his love of property marketing stemming from being a ‘people’s person’ and gains tremendous pleasure from satisfying his clients’ needs.

For Premium service and Exceptional results, discuss the purchase or sale of your home with Daryl Fitzgerald.

But why not, when you have achieved something positive? So here goes! Fitzgerald Estates has been given the award for ‘The Best Real Estate Website’ in Cyprus.

The International Homes Awards, which are made annually, were sponsored by the Daily Mail and International Homes magazine and were made at a special ceremony which took place at the Marriott Hotel in London.

Leaders in the property world from all over the world attended, including our very own Daryl Fitzgerald, who accepted the award on behalf of Fitzgerald Estates, and his wife Anna. Said Daryl: “To be selected for the Award was a great privilege and vindicated all the efforts we have put in to make the website innovative and noticed. It is now appreciated worldwide. “We have always believed that each property needs to be differentiated to give it a competitive edge in the market place. This is especially true here in Cyprus where the property market is dominated by developers and where the re-sales hardly get a look in”.

Fitzgeralds specialise in re-sales, where it can be approximately 30% cheaper than buying off-plan and there is also no VAT charge. So, rather than only showing you a staid picture of Daryl Fitzgerald with the award, we thought you might enjoy this one of the main man showing that he can high-kick with the best of them!

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