{"id":11494,"date":"2016-05-20T08:04:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T07:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=11494"},"modified":"2016-05-20T08:05:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T07:05:32","slug":"the-big-ards-and-north-down-footie-family-picnic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2016\/05\/the-big-ards-and-north-down-footie-family-picnic\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Ards and North Down Footie Family Picnic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ards and North Down Borough Council is inviting families to join the ranks of the \u2018Green and White Army\u2019 and enjoy a family friendly screening of the Northern Ireland UEFA Euro 2016 matches in parks across the borough.<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/press18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-11495\" title=\"press\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/press18-1024x594.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"331\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a>As players representing our wee country play their hearts out in France, families can dress from head to toe in green and white and cheer them on at the picnic events.<\/p>\n<p>Of course fans supporting Poland, Ukraine, Germany or any of the other teams competing are very welcome to come along also!<\/p>\n<p>Mums, dads, grandparents, aunts, uncles and all the kids can enjoy the games in a fun environment on big screens, and bring along their picnics with deckchairs and blankets.<\/p>\n<p>Families can view the matches and soak in the great atmosphere at the following venues:<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 12<sup>th<\/sup> June at 5pm \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0NI v Poland in Ward Park, Bangor<\/p>\n<p>Thursday 16<sup>th<\/sup> at 5pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NI v Ukraine in Londonderry Park, Newtownards<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday 21<sup>st<\/sup> at 5pm \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0NI v Germany in Millisle Beach Park, Millisle<\/p>\n<p>Gates open 90 minutes prior to kick-off.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are free but in order to ensure a safe environment there are some restrictions.\u00a0 Strictly NO alcohol allowed onsite, under 18s should be accompanied by adults, no dogs, no knives or metal cutlery and no umbrellas or seats with spikes.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets can be booked on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitardsandnorthdown.com\">www.visitardsandnorthdown.com<\/a> or are available in Ards and Bangor Visitor Information Centres and Ards Arts Centre.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ards and North Down Borough Council is inviting families to join the ranks of the \u2018Green and White Army\u2019 and enjoy a family friendly screening of the Northern Ireland UEFA Euro 2016 matches in parks across the borough. As players representing our wee country play their hearts out in France, families can dress from head &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2016\/05\/the-big-ards-and-north-down-footie-family-picnic\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11494"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11499,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11494\/revisions\/11499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}