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#Canoeing: Ireland’s three competitors in the men’s K1 (racing kayak) failed to make it through to the semi-finals of the canoe slalom World Championships in Spain today. Eoin Teague, who had a good first run, had five touches in his second – including two on the last three gates – and fell out of contention. Oisin Farrell and Sam Curtis, who both had had two touches each, were also not fast enough to make the top 10 who made it through from this round.  

 Caoimhe O’Ferrall did not make it through in the women’s C1.

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

Men

K1 – First Run (Top 20 qualify directly for Semi-Finals): 43 E Teague 94.91 seconds, 98 S Curtis 151.52, 100 O Farrell 153.04. Second Run (Top 10 qualify): 37 Curtis 101.25, 43 Farrell 104.69, 45 Teague 105.30.

Women

C1 – First Run (Top 20 qualify directly for Semi-Finals): 64 C O’Ferrall 287.36. Second Run (Top 10 qualify): 39 O’Ferrall 184.60

Published in Canoeing

#Canoeing: Eoin Teague was the top Ireland performer after the first run of the men’s K1 at the canoe slalom World Championships. Teague negotiated the course with no touches. His time of 94.91 put him in the lead  – but there is a huge entry, and he was pushed out of the top 20 which would have seen him qualify at this stage. Sam Curtis and Oisin Farrell were both given 50-second penalties for missing gates.

 Caoimhe O’Ferrall took 64th in her first run in the women’s C1.  

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

Men

K1 – First Run (Top 20 qualify directly): 43 E Teague 94.91 seconds, 98 S Curtis 151.52, 100 O Farrell 153.04

Women

C1 – First Run (Top 20 qualify directly): 64 C O’Ferrall 287. 36

Published in Canoeing

The Irish National Sailing and Powerboat School is based on Dun Laoghaire's West Pier on Dublin Bay and in the heart of Ireland's marine leisure capital.

Whether you are looking at beginners start sailing course, a junior course or something more advanced in yacht racing, the INSS prides itself in being able to provide it as Ireland's largest sailing school.

Since its establishment in 1978, INSS says it has provided sailing and powerboat training to approximately 170,000 trainees. The school has a team of full-time instructors and they operate all year round. Lead by the father and son team of Alistair and Kenneth Rumball, the school has a great passion for the sport of sailing and boating and it enjoys nothing more than introducing it to beginners for the first time. 

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History of the INSS

Set up by Alistair Rumball in 1978, the sailing school had very humble beginnings, with the original clubhouse situated on the first floor of what is now a charity shop on Dun Laoghaire's main street. Through the late 1970s and 1980s, the business began to establish a foothold, and Alistair's late brother Arthur set up the chandler Viking Marine during this period, which he ran until selling on to its present owners in 1999.

In 1991, the Irish National Sailing School relocated to its current premises at the foot of the West Pier. Throughout the 1990s the business continued to build on its reputation and became the training institution of choice for budding sailors. The 2000s saw the business break barriers - firstly by introducing more people to the water than any other organisation, and secondly pioneering low-cost course fees, thereby rubbishing the assertion that sailing is an expensive sport.