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29th May 2009

After the Bank Holiday weekend you’ll feel rested, which is just as well – there’s a plethora of sailing and water-based events around the country all week. Before we get to those, if you’re a member of Howth YCs Cruising Group, why not head to Galway to view the Volvo Fleet. If you want to get a bit closer to the water though, Summer training courses at the National Yacht Club start, and Galway Bay are hosting the Galway Bay & NORA Regatta. There’s lots of racing – an ICRA feeder from Kinsale, the Foynes to Fenit, the Dun Laoghaire to Dingle, and Tralee Bay SCs Galway to Tralee Race.

For surfing, head to Castlegregory; elsewhere there’s canoeing, motorboating, rowing, an introduction to waterskiing at Muckno, and lots of angling – something for every water baby.

Then again, you may fancy Connemara Bog Week, Father and Son Day at Letterkenny, The Midland Aquathon, the Gorden Bennett Rally, or Co Louth’s Blackrock Tidy Towns Raft Race. Your feet won’t touch the ground no matter where you are in the country!

Sailing
3rd–6th June – Galway Bay & NORA Regatta, part of the OneSails McWilliam West Coast Superleague 2009, GBSC

4th June – Howth YC’s Cruising Group have organised a train trip to Galway to view the Volvo Round the World Fleet, departing Heuston Station at 0710 on Thursday 4th June, arriving Galway 0955. Ticket bookings here or tel 703 4070 to reserve your seat, costs E3 each way. Return train departs Galway 18:05, arriving Heuston 20:57

5th June – ICRA National Championships feeder race, Kinsale, Charles Fort line

6th June – Foynes to Fenit

6th June – OSM 100ml Race, Galway to Tralee, TBSC

6th June – Dun Laoghaire to Dingle Race 2009, ‘D2D’. Sponsored by the Dingle Skellig Hotel

8th June – NYC Summer Junior Training Courses begin

Surfing
7th June – Kerry Surf Event, Castlegregory, Co. Kerry. Various categories. First prize winner takes away a custom-built surfboard worth E600

Canoeing
6th–11th June – 2009 Alps White Water trip: Trip 1, Intermediate, Briancon. Cost E1,175

Motorboating
4th–5th June – Midwest Powerboat Club Race Weekend

Rowing
7th June – Rosscarbery Annual Regatta. Annual regatta in the Lagoon in Rosscarbery, held by Rosscarbery Rowing Club – an afternoon of fun and competition in watersports

Waterskiing/Wakeboarding
7th June – An Introduction to Waterskiing and Wakeboarding , 12am–3pm. Contact 087 740 2806, [email protected]

Angling
1st June – New Ross & District , Hook, 2–6, Open Shore. Angling Council of Ireland

6th June – Crosshaven, 1500–1900, Ann Vickery Members J&L. Angling Council of Ireland

7th June – Bass, Dungarvan Road, 1530–2130. Angling Council of Ireland

7th June – South Shore, SAC, Wicklow area, times TBA. Angling Council of Ireland

7th June – Galway Bay, Killary, 1300–1700, Open Shore. Angling Council of Ireland

Other
(from) 22nd May–1st June – Connemara Bog Week, Letterfrack, Co. Galway. A ten-day multi-layered authentic festival – a celebration of landscape. Connemara walkabout, Fun Run, traditional music and more

Date TBC – Father and Son Day, Letterkenny. A special outdoor event incorporating teambuilding activities such as orienteering and raft building

3rd June (also 10th and 17th) – Midland Aquathon 2009 at the Lilliput Adventure Centre on the banks of Lough Ennell, Mullingar. Registration will take place each evening from 6.45pm onwards and will cost only E5…. this could be the cheapest race entry in the country and by request they have removed the speed limit, so you can go as fast as you like! Contact [email protected]

5th–7th June – Mercedez-Benz International Gordon Bennett Rally, Tullow, Co. Carlow. Veteran and vintage car rally, commemorating the 1903 Gordon Bennett Race. A wonderful opportunity to see the largest rally of veteran and vintage cars in Europe, ranging from 1899–1930

7th June –Blackrock Tidy Towns Raft Race. Now in its 14th year, this fun event at Blackrock in Co. Louth draws thousands of spectators. There’s a sandcastle building competition, children’s fancy dress, the Dundalk Brass band play and usually a fly past by the Air Sea rescue helicopter. Contact Brendan Roche at [email protected]

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