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Dublin Kitesurfer To Make Round Dalkey Island Speed Record Bid This Morning
13th August 2015 Kitesurfing
#rounddalkeyisland – Plucky Irish kitesurfer Jade O'Connor will make an attempt to break the 25–minute Round Dalkey Island speed record on Dublin Bay this morning. O'Connor, who produced a medal winning finish at the ISAF World Cup in Palma in…
#Rowing: Fifteen athletes have been selected on the Rowing Ireland team which will compete at the World Championships in Aiguebelette, France, from 30th August – 6th September. This is the first opportunity for crews to qualify their Olympic boats for…
#bantryblueway – Munster's first ever Blueway has been launched in Bantry today. The Bantry Blueway will take paddlers on a 2km, 6km or 9km water trail in the picturesque Bantry Harbour in West Cork and encompasses up to seven different…
Team Volvo Steph Bridge and her 15–year–old son Guy have successfully kitesurfed the 60–mile circumference around the Isle of Wight both making it round in less the 4 hours beating the current record. Guy Bridge is now the youngest person…
#wakeboard – Irish wakeboarder David O'Caoimh, (21) from Dublin, delivered an incredible performance at the European and African Championships held this weekend in The Netherlands, to take the Gold Medal. David took the highest score through each qualifying heat to…
#Angling - Connacht are the new All Ireland youth team fly dressing champions, as the Galway Advertiser reports. And they were led to the title by a wide margin by captain Ciaran Reilly, who also claimed the individual All Ireland…
#Fishing - The results of the National Residue Control Plan (NRCP) for 2014 show that for the ninth consecutive year, there was full compliance in farmed finfish, with no positive test results for target residues. During 2014, Marine Institute scientists…
#Fishing - Ice production is expected to resume at three fishery harbour centres this afternoon after health and safety concerns prompted a shutdown last week. According to the Irish Examiner, Bord Iascaigh Mhara's (BIM) suspension of ice production at Howth,…
#Diving - A pioneering free diver considered to be the greatest ever in the extreme sport is missing and feared dead off the Balearic Islands. As Discovery News reports, Natalia Molchanova was diving with friends off Ibiza on Sunday (2…
#coastalrowing – For coastal rowers along the east coast of Ireland, August bank holiday Monday means one thing; the Wicklow Regatta. This year, crews and clubs from Skerries in the North to Arklow in the South came together to battle…
#Rowing: The Ireland lightweight double of Sinéad Jennings and Claire Lambe are the Afloat Rowers of the Month for July. The crew won the B Final at the World Cup regatta in Lucerne, placing seventh and putting themselves firmly in…
#Kayaking - Kayak instructor David Horkan writes on his blog about setting the benchmark for the 'Shannon Sprint' -- paddling as fast as possible from start to finish on Ireland's longest river. With no precedent for any such speed-run along…
#Rowing: Ireland completed its medal tally at the Coupe de la Jeunesse today as the junior women’s double scull and single sculler Dervla Forde added silver and bronze to the gold won earlier by the men’s quadruple. The double of…
#Rowing: The Ireland quadruple scull won gold for the second day running at the Coupe de la Jeunesse in Szeged in Hungary. The crew of Colm Hennessy, Eoghan Whittle, Andrew Goff and Patrick Munnelly beat Italy into second by over…
Four Ireland crews will compete in A Finals on the second day of the Coupe de la Jeunesse in Szeged in Hungary. The junior quadruple of Colm Hennessy, Eoghan Whittle, Patrick Munnelly and Andrew Goff finished second in a close…
#Rowing: Ireland’s junior men’s quadruple scull of Colm Hennessy, Eoghan Whittle, Patrick Munnelly and Andrew Goff took gold at the Coupe de la Jeunesse in Szeged in Hungary today. The crew had almost two seconds to spare over Italy in…
