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Representatives in France
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Last week four of our Junior Sailors had the honour of representing us, Co Clare and Ireland at the 22 EU Atlantic Games. They set off on the ferry from Cork to Roscoff and onwards to St Nazaire in Pays de la Loire France. It was a very pleasant sail over and we traveled overnight on the ferry with great scenery as we departed Cork harbour as we passed out the picturesque Village of Cobh.
Heading for St Nazaire we were excited by the fact that we were going to be competing in the Atlantic Games and had been out practicing on a J24 loaned to us very kindly from Simon Mc Gibney in Kilrush Marina. We were eager to start and with most things being closed in France on a Sunday we headed straight to the town of St Nazaire and were one of the first teams to register for the event. After a quick tour of the town we headed out to the port of Le Pornichet where the sailing element of the games was going to be on. It was a very busy marina and we were in awe of the number of boats that were moored there with lots of traffic departing and arriving at all hours of the day.
Winds were very favorable on the first day and on Monday we got out for a bit of practice before heading back to the Universtiy Helix for a conference on Atlantic watersports. which was followed by the opening parade which we just managed to make with all the rushing around. Here we were met by John Sweeney of Clare Sports Partnership and Tim Forde from Clare County Council.
The next three days were spent racing and having great fun out on the water. It took a while to get the hang of the Spinaker but once Mike had mastered it then things were looking a lot brighter.
The Spanish sailors won the Sailing event but our crew learned an awful lot about sailing in the ocean and from a large marina and were great ambassadors for the Club.
The Team would like to thank Isobel O Dea from MMOD solicitors Ennis who helped Sponsor the team on thier travels
Luke O'Sullivan, Sean Hynes, Paddy Donlon and Mike O'Dea at the awards closing ceremony.
Cullaun Sailing club to represent Clare and Ireland at Atlantic Games
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The 22nd Atlantic Games 2018 will take place next week in the Pays de la Loire,Saint Nazaire, France. There will be up to 500 competitors aged between 15 to 25 years from all over Europe competing during the week in a variety of Water sports.
Paddy Donlon, Mike O'Dea, Luke O'Sullivan and Sean Hynes from Cullaun Sailing Club in East Clare have the honour of representing Clare and Ireland at these Games. They will be sailing in a J80 boat which is a 8 metre boat designed for racing and they will be competing against some serious competitive sailors from the other Eu countries over three days. Each of the sailors has already competed in national competitions in their own boat class but this will be their first time to all compete together in this class of a boat J80. Simon Mc Gibney from Kilrush Marina has been very generous in loaning them a boat that they can practice on.
Gail Mc Allister of the Irish Sailing Assocation and Cullaun Commodore Des Mac Mahon wish them the best of luck in this event and hopefully they can bring back some silverware as thier arrival back coincides with our Annual open regatta on the 1st and 2nd September as it would be a great boost to the club who are in the process of building a new clubhouse to compete with the new numbers of people who are interested in sailing as a pastime.
This is not the first time that sailors from the Club have represented Ireland as Sean Hynes mother has won the national championship's and has sailed in Canada and Holland in the world championships.
Clare Sports Partnership and MMOD Solicitors wood quay Ennis have been very generous with their sponsorship in getting the sailors to France
Building Works have started
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A picture paints a thousand words
It has been a long time coming but this week sees a new milestone for Cullaun Sailing Club. Thanks to the building committee for all of the hard work that they have put in to date and thanks to our members for helping with the fundraising. Still more to do but we are getting there slowly. We couldnt do this without the help of our Sports Capital grant, Clare Local Development Company and funding from Community Finance Ireland Dont forget you can still help us by purchasing a fundraiser T-Shirt herehttps://www.ifundraise.ie/Cullaun#Kilkishen#Tulla#visiteastclare#claresportspartnership#afloat
Summer Camps
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Anchors Aweigh for Cullaun Sailing Clubs new clubhouse
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Last weekend marked a historic event in the history of Cullaun Sailing Club as club Commodore Des McMahon along with forty other members turned the sod on their new clubhouse at an opening ceremony after their spring regatta. There was a great air of excitement as this project has taken a while to get to this stage. The novel idea of having everyone turning the sod is that we are all equal as club members and this the way that we should start the same was as we would like to continue.
We are now looking forward to having our purpose built dressing rooms and training centre ready by the end of the summer. Long-term members and those new to the club were present for the momentous occasion including one of the founder members from 1979 Chris Davis and Mike Hogan, Stephen Walsh and from Clare Local Development Company and Olivia King from Kilkishen Development. Cullaun Sailing club has been working out of a portable cabin for the last number of years. With the uptake in people eager to learn the sport of sailing it is no longer fit for purpose.
The cost of the new building is more than two hundred thousand euro and partial funding has been secured from the Sports Capital Programme and Clare Local Development Company. Many club members have made personal donations and the club membership has been actively fundraising over the last year. Rose Hally of Community Finance Ireland has also been very supportive in arranging funding for the project.
In operation since 1979, Cullaun Sailing Club is situated between the villages of Kilkishen and Tulla and has an active membership of people from the Clare and Limerick region. They sail and race on a weekly basis and have been competing and winning in national events over the last few years. Anyone interested in finding out further details or interested in joining the sailing club then please look at www.cullaunsailingclub.com Photos freely available thanks to Patrick Biesty
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