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On Monday 29th June 2009 the Irish Independent published a feature on the recent Casting for Recovery retreat at the Mount Falcon hotel and fishery, County Mayo. The feature is about the first ever retreat in the Republic of Ireland, lets the lady participants speak for themselves and reveals why CfR's brand of therapy is so necessary. In the words of one participant: "....on the retreat, there was one woman who mentioned that it had been 20 years since she had had cancer and at that moment, I could feel my shoulders relax. You think, OK, this isn't a death sentence and it isn't necessarily going to come back. I suppose I hadn't realised just how heavily that had been weighing on me." Read "Real Life: Hooked on fishing therapy" by Liz Kearney.

Casting for Recovery made a dazzling debut in the Republic of Ireland on 10th June 2009 at its retreat at Mount Falcon, Ballina, County Mayo. More news and photos will follow shortly.

The Bradford Telegraph and Argus published a wonderful article on CfR in late May 2009. Entitled "Ladies are hooked on a great feeling " the paper speaks to CfR's Sue Hunter, who tells them: "Exercise does play a part in recovery, and fishing is the most wonderful, gentle exercise. It’s my blue-sky dream but, at the moment, I just want to reach these women and get them to put their name down. It won’t cost them anything, it’s two and a half days out of their life.” Click here for an application form.

Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland, the unique outdoor programme which provides fly fishing retreats for women who have, or have had, breast cancer, hosted an unforgettable weekend at Heathcote Lakes Fishery and The Glebe Hotel in Barford from 8-10th May. View the gallery here .

We are all looking forward to this weekend's retreat at Heathcote Lakes in Warwickshire, with accommodation at the Glebe Hotel at Barford, and will let you know next week how the ladies fared on the first ever retreat in the Midlands.