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Death of Rower Ailish Sheehan
#Rowing: Ailish Sheehan, the Limerick rower who was badly injured in a fall on Sunday after the World University Rowing Championships in Poznan, has died. BUCS, the British university and colleges sports organization, said in a statement:
British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) is deeply saddened to report the death of Ailish Sheehan on 9th September 2016.
Ailish, a postgraduate student at Goldsmiths, University of London representing the University of London Boat Club, was involved in an accident after the culmination of the 2016 FISU World University Championships for Rowing in Poznan, Poland on Sunday evening, 4th September. Ailish had been competing in the Women’s Four (W4) at the Championships, where she won a bronze medal.
BUCS, British Rowing and Rowing Ireland are providing support to her family during this difficult time and ask for their privacy to be respected.
On behalf of everyone at BUCS, I wish to extend our condolences to the family and friends of Ailish and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time.
Diver Death Off East Anglian Coast
#Diving - The Guardian reports that British police are investigating the death of a diver off the coast of East Anglia yesterday (30 August).
The deceased was one of two divers from a group of seven who got into difficulty off Lowestoft in Suffolk during a recreational diving trip.
The other diver was taken to hospital but police said he was likely to be discharged.
A police spokesperson added that the dead man is not thought to be local, and that the authorities are trying to trace his next of kin.
The death is currently being treated as unexplained until a portmortem can take place.
The 13 Deadliest Shipwrecks in History
#TITANIC - Irreverent tech website Gizmodo has marked the 100th annversary of the sinking of the Titanic with a list of the 13 deadliest shipwrecks in history.
The list runs the gamut from well over a century ago, in the early days of passenger shipping - see the SS Sultana, a tragedy overshadowed by the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the end of the American Civl War - to more recent events.
Included are such as sad tales as that of the Empress of Ireland, the worst disaster in Canadian maritime history in which more than 1,000 died, and much closer to home the Lusitania, which went down off Kinsale in May 1915 after a torpedo attack.
But the worst was arguably suffered by the passengers of the steamship SS Kiangya - which blew up 50 miles north of Shanghai in December 1948, taking as many as 3,920 lives - and the horror that befell the MV Doña Paz in the Philippines in December 1987, where estimates put the death toll at an unbelievable 4,000.
Gizmodo has more on the story HERE.
Corrib Anglers Donate to Rescue Boat
#ANGLING - Days after the tragic death of an angler on Lough Corrib, as previously reported on Afloat.ie, the Collinamuck Angling Club will donate €5 from every entry in the upcoming open wet fly competition on 22 April to the Corrib Mask rescue boat.
"The important work that is carried out by the volunteers of the Corrib Mask rescue boat is sometimes forgotted by us anglers," the club's Lionel Flanagan told the Galway Advertiser at the launch of this year's contest.
"We hope this small token will help the Corrib Mask rescue boat continue to provide this vital resource to Connacht anglers and visitors alike.”
Probe into Death of Seaman at Waterford Port
An investigation has been launched into the death of a seaman in Waterford Port yesterday.
The Irish Independent reports that the 51-year-old sailor from the Philippines fell more than five metres after being struck by machinery.
He had been tying down a load on the cargo ship MV Scot Pioneer when the incident occurred around lunchtime yesterday. He later died from his injuries.
The Health and Safety Authority and gardaí went to the scene, and RTÉ News reports that a post-mortem was set to take place yesterday afternoon.
The Port of Waterford Company also issued a statement extending its sympathies to the man's family and colleagues.
Kitesurfer Killed in France
A kitesurfer has been overwhelmed by the force of the wind while he was kitesurfing and been killed in France. He crashed into a nine-storey building and then went over it. The journal.ie has more on the accident. See over the fold.
Irish Sailing Club of the Year Award
This unique and informal competition was inaugurated in 1979, with Mitsubishi Motors becoming main sponsors in 1986. The purpose of the award is to highlight and honour the voluntary effort which goes into creating and maintaining the unrivalled success of Ireland's yacht and sailing clubs.
In making their assessment, the adjudicators take many factors into consideration. In addition to the obvious one of sailing success at local, national and international level, considerable attention is also paid to the satisfaction which members in every branch of sailing and boating feel with the way their club is run, and how effectively it meets their specific needs, while also encouraging sailing development and training.
The successful staging of events, whether local, national or international, is also a factor in making the assessment, and the adjudicators place particular emphasis on the level of effective voluntary input which the membership is ready and willing to give in support of their club's activities.
The importance of a dynamic and fruitful interaction with the local community is emphasised, and also with the relevant governmental and sporting bodies, both at local and national level. The adjudicators expect to find a genuine sense of continuity in club life and administration. Thus although the award is held in a specific year in celebration of achievements in the previous year, it is intended that it should reflect an ongoing story of success and well-planned programmes for future implementation.
Over the years, the adjudication system has been continually refined in order to be able to make realistic comparisons between clubs of varying types and size. With the competition's expansion to include class associations and specialist national watersports bodies, the "Club of the Year" competition continues to keep pace with developing trends, while at the same time reflecting the fact that Ireland's leading sailing clubs are themselves national and global pace-setters
Irish Sailing Club of the Year Award FAQs
The purpose of the award is to highlight and honour the voluntary effort which goes into creating and maintaining the unrivalled success of Ireland's yacht and sailing clubs.
A ship's wheel engraved with the names of all the past winners.
The Sailing Club of the Year competition began in 1979.
PR consultant Sean O’Shea (a member of Clontarf Y & BC) had the idea of a trophy which would somehow honour the ordinary sailing club members, volunteers and sailing participants, who may not have personally won prizes, to feel a sense of identity and reward and special pride in their club. Initially some sort of direct inter-club contest was envisaged, but sailing journalist W M Nixon suggested that a way could be found for the comparative evaluation of the achievements and quality of clubs despite their significant differences in size and style.
The award recognises local, national & international sailing success by the winning club's members in both racing and cruising, the completion of a varied and useful sailing and social programme at the club, the fulfilling by the club of its significant and socially-aware role in the community, and the evidence of a genuine feeling among all members that the club meets their individual needs afloat and ashore.
The first club of the Year winner in 1979 was Wicklow Sailing Club.
Royal Cork Yacht Club has won the award most, seven times in all in 1987, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2015 & 2020.
The National YC has won six times, in 1981, 1985, 1993, 1996, 2012 & 2018.
Howth Yacht Club has won five times, in 1982, 1986, 1995, 2009 & 2019
Ireland is loosely divided into regions with the obviously high-achieving clubs from each area recommended through an informal nationwide panel of local sailors going into a long-list, which is then whittled down to a short-list of between three and eight clubs.
The final short-list is evaluated by an anonymous team based on experienced sailors, sailing journalists and sponsors’ representatives
From 1979 to 2020 the Sailing Club of the Year Award winners are:
- 1979 Wicklow SC
- 1980 Malahide YC
- 1981 National YC
- 1982 Howth YC
- 1983 Royal St George YC
- 1984 Dundalk SC
- 1985 National YC (Sponsorship by Mitsubishi Motors began in 1985-86)
- 1986 Howth YC
- 1987 Royal Cork YC
- 1988 Dublin University SC
- 1989 Irish Cruising. Club
- 1990 Glenans Irish SC
- 1991 Galway Bay SC
- 1992 Royal Cork YC
- 1993 National YC & Cumann Badoiri Naomh Bhreannain (Dingle) (after 1993, year indicated is one in which trophy is held)
- 1995 Howth Yacht Club
- 1996 National Yacht Club
- 1997 Royal Cork Yacht Club
- 1998 Kinsale Yacht Club
- 1999 Poolbeg Yacht & Boat Club
- 2000 Royal Cork Yacht Club (in 2000, competition extended to include class associations and specialist organisations)
- 2001 Howth Sailing Club Seventeen Footer Association
- 2002 Galway Bay Sailing Club
- 2003 Coiste an Asgard
- 2004 Royal St George Yacht Club
- 2005 Lough Derg Yacht Club
- 2006 Royal Cork Yacht Club (Water Club of the Harbour of Cork)
- 2007 Dublin Bay Sailing Club
- 2008 Lough Ree YC & Shannon One Design Assoc.
- 2009 Howth Yacht Club
- 2010 Royal St George YC
- 2011 Irish Cruiser Racing Association
- 2012 National Yacht Club
- 2013 Royal St George YC
- 2014 Kinsale YC
- 2015 Royal Cork Yacht Club
- 2016 Royal Irish Yacht Club
- 2017 Wicklow Sailing Club
- 2018 National Yacht Club
- 2019 Howth Yacht Club
- 2020 Royal Cork Yacht Club
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