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28th June 2013

Heurteau Sole Irish Qualifier at Augsburg World Cup

# CANOE SLALOM WORLD CUP: Ciaran Heurteau was Ireland’s sole qualifier for the semi-finals on the first day of the canoe slalom World Cup in Augsburg, Germany. Heurteau, who has an Irish mother but was brought up near Paris, secured his place with his first run, and finished 23rd of the 40 qualifiers on a difficult course. Eoin Rheinisch placed 49th, missing a semi-final for the second successive World Cup. He also missed out in Cardiff.

Liam Jegou, who is just 17, did well but was disappointed with placing 44th in the men’s C1. Hannah Craig fell ill and did not compete in the women’s K1.

Canoe Slalom World Cup, Augsburg, Germany, Day One (Irish interest)

Men

K1 – Heats (First 40 Qualify for Semi-Finals): 1 Slovenia (P Kauzer) 98.22 secs; 23 C Heurteau 104.42 (incl 2 sec pen; 1st run); 49 E Rheinisch 107.52 (2nd run); 61 P Hynes 114.76 (2nd Run);

C1 – Heats (First 20 Qualify): 44 L Jegou 118.32 (incl 4 sec pen; 2nd run).

Women

K1 – Heats: H Craig did not start.

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22nd June 2012

Rheinisch Shows Fine Form on First Day of Canoe Slalom World Cup

# CANOEING: Eoin Rheinisch and Ciaran Heurteau qualified for tomorrow’s semi-finals of the K1 at the Canoe Slalom World Cup in La Seu d’Urgell in Spain.

Both Ireland competitors did enough in their first runs in the heats to progress, but Rheinisch greatly improved his first-run ranking of 15th by clocking a hot time of 84.98 seconds in his second run to move up to fourth. Hearteau, who stood in 25th after the first round, could not improve in his second run and finished 37th overall.

Two Ireland competitors at the Canoe Sprint European Championships in Zagreb qualified for B Finals. Barry Watkins finished sixth in the semi-final of the K1 500 metres and Jenny Egan eighth in her semi-final of the women’s K1 500.

Canoe Slalom, World Cup Three, La Seu d’Urgell, Spain (Irish interest)

Men

K1 Men Heats (First 40 to Semi-Finals): 1 Australia (W Forsythe) 84.09; 4 E Rheinisch 84.98 (2nd run); 37 C Heurteau 88.03 (first run).

Canoe Sprint European Championships, Zagreb, Croatia (Irish interest)

Men

K1 1,000m – Heat One (First to Final; 2-7 to semi-final): 7 B Watkins 3 mins 59.395 seconds. Semi-Final (First Three to Final): 6 Watkins 3:38.294.

K1 500 – Heat Three (First to Final; 2-7 to semi-final): 4 Watkins 2:00.066. Semi-Final One (First Three to A Final; 4-7 and next fastest to B Final): 6 Watkins 1:42.767.

Women

K1 500

Heat Two (First to Final; 2-7 to Semi-Final): 6 J Egan 2:10.997. Semi-Finals (First Three to A Final; 4-7 and next fastest to B Final): 8 Egan 1:59.143 (qualified for B Final)

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16th June 2012

Heurteau Makes Big Breakthrough With Fifth in Canoe Slalom World Cup

#CANOEING: Ciaran Heurteau first represented Ireland in 2006, but he reached new heights today when he finished fifth in the canoe slalom World Cup final in Pau in the Pyrenees.

The 24-year-old, who was brought up in Paris but has an Irish mother, qualified for the final by finishing third in the semi-final, and he competed well. Chasing an exceptional mark of 100.17 seconds set by Etienne Daille of France, Heurteau came down the course in 102.32 seconds, but he had touches on gates 12 and 24 (the second last on the course), which resulted in four seconds in time faults. Daille took gold, while Heurteau was less than a second off a bronze medal.

Canoe Slalom World Cup, Pau, France (Irish interest)

Men,

K1 Semi-Final (First 10 to Final) : 3 C Heurteau 101.74; 22 E Rheinisch 106.90

Final: 1 France (E Daille) 100.17, 2 Czech Republic (J Vondra) 101.46, 3 Australia (L Delfour) 105.40; 5 Ireland (C Heurteau) 106.32.

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16th June 2012

Ireland's Heurteau Qualifies in Third Place for Canoe Slalom World Cup Final

# CANOEING: Ciaran Heurteau gave an outstanding performance for the second day in succession to reach the final of the Canoe Slalom World Cup in Pau in France. Heurteau had finished 13th in the heats to make the semi-finals, but he bettered that this morning, finishing third in 101.74 seconds. Eoin Rheinisch also touched no gates in his round, but his time of 106.90 placed him in 22nd, with just 10 going through to the final.

Canoe Slalom World Cup, Pau, France (Irish interest)

Men, K1 Semi-Final (First 10 to Final) : 3 C Heurteau 101.74; 22 E Rheinisch 106.90

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Irish Sea Ferry Routes

Irrespective of the type of vessel deployed on Irish Sea routes (between 2-9 hours), it is the ferry companies that keep the wheels of industry moving as freight vehicles literally (roll-on and roll-off) ships coupled with motoring tourists and the humble 'foot' passenger transported 363 days a year.

As such the exclusive freight-only operators provide important trading routes between Ireland and the UK, where the freight haulage customer is 'king' to generating year-round revenue to the ferry operator. However, custom built tonnage entering service in recent years has exceeded the level of capacity of the Irish Sea in certain quarters of the freight market.

A prime example of the necessity for trade in which we consumers often expect daily, though arguably question how it reached our shores, is the delivery of just in time perishable products to fill our supermarket shelves.

A visual manifestation of this is the arrival every morning and evening into our main ports, where a combination of ferries, ro-pax vessels and fast-craft all descend at the same time. In essence this a marine version to our road-based rush hour traffic going in and out along the commuter belts.

Across the Celtic Sea, the ferry scene coverage is also about those overnight direct ferry routes from Ireland connecting the north-western French ports in Brittany and Normandy.

Due to the seasonality of these routes to Europe, the ferry scene may be in the majority running between February to November, however by no means does this lessen operator competition.

Noting there have been plans over the years to run a direct Irish –Iberian ferry service, which would open up existing and develop new freight markets. Should a direct service open, it would bring new opportunities also for holidaymakers, where Spain is the most visited country in the EU visited by Irish holidaymakers ... heading for the sun!