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Adult Sailing Course
June 5th, 2013 By admin
Details of the adult sailing courses have been finalised.
Anyone interested in learning to sail can sign up by calling Karen (051 383 783) or Charlie (087 2224475). This is a great offer including sailing lessons and club membership.
Click the poster here for more info.
Ciaran Finnegan Secures Irish Place
May 23rd, 2013 By Charlie Boland
Congratulations to Ciaran Finnegan who came 2nd at the Irish Youth Nationals 4.7 fleet in Lough Derg last month. This secured him a place on the Worlds team going to Hungary in July.
This is a fantastic achievement for the WHSC sailor who will fly our flag on an international stage. He has done Waterford proud.
Ruairi Finnegan and Dougie Power entered the ultra-competitive Radial fleet both getting very respectable results.
Geoff Power also entered in the Topper fleet and did very well.
Waterford Victory in Kinsale Regatta
May 22nd, 2013 By admin
By Marcella Connolly
It was a victorious day for Waterford Sailing last weekend in Co. Cork, where the annual Spring Series Regatta was held at Kinsale. Three boats from the Dunmore East Yacht Club raced to claim top places in each of their respective classes.
Rob McConnell won the overall event at Kinsale for IRC Class 0 & 1 in Fool’s Gold. Shane Statham took first place for IRC Class 2 in Slack Alice while Dave Marchant took second place for IRC Class 3 in Flyover.
Speaking with Shane Statham at the prize giving ceremony, he said “We are absolutely thrilled that three boats from the Dunmore Yacht Club have proven themselves here today. It shows that the Dunmore Club is a force to be reckoned with and we hope that people from other clubs around Ireland will recognise this and come and join us this season for high quality competition.“
The first two weekends of the regatta had to be cancelled due to adverse weather conditions meaning that a total of four races were held during the event.
Junior Sailing Course Updates
May 7th, 2013 By admin
Attention all Members
The Kites and Wires course starting on 1/7 is now closed.
Spaces are still available on Go Racing 1 starting on 1/7, Adventure starting on 15/7 and Kites & Wires starting 22/7, but they filling up fast.
Please be reminded that the Kites & Wires course requires an appropriate boat with a Spinnaker and Trapeze. The Club has 420’s available for rent for Kites & Wires. The Adventure Course can not be completed in a single handed dinghy, the Club has an Omega and the ISA Argo’s for rent for the Adventure Course.
All other July courses have spaces but they are limited.
Please book to avoid disappointment.
2013 Calendar is out now!
May 3rd, 2013 By admin
The 2013 WHSC calendar is out now. This years theme is the history of Dunmore and WHSC, it contains some great pictures of days gone by.
You can pick up a copy at the bar.
Thanks to our sponsors (see the ads above) and to Rene Wubben for putting it all together.
Expansion to the Slip Has Begun
May 1st, 2013 By admin
Some good news for the boating community in the South-East. Works have commenced to extend the slip. The photos below were taken by a club member last weekend. We look forward to a safer, and more usable slip for all…
2012 Irish 470 Olympian Scott Flannigan
April 8th, 2013 By admin
As part of the Go Racing 2 course we will have Scott Flannigan the 2012 470 Olympian coaching for one week in Dunmore East.
The dates for this course have been changed and will now run over a three week period starting on the 22/7 ending on 9/8. (course will still be 10 days in total)
This will allow us to join with the Kites & wires 2 for inter club Team racing.
If you are interested in either course the numbers are limited, so please submit you application as soon as possible. Email: whscjo@gmail.com
Many Thanks Julie Finnegan.
Important Notice Re: Summer Sailing Course
March 28th, 2013 By admin
Due to the lack of interest in the Adventure Course, we are now planning to run just one course during the summer.
The course dates are Monday 15/7 to Friday 20/8. (3 weeks)
This year our instructor Michelle will be taking the group on an overnight stay to a nearby beach, where the sailors will camp for the night. If you are interested in taking this course the numbers are now limited. Please put your application in as ASAP.
Many Thanks Julie Finnegan.
Sailing Clinic over May Bank Holiday
March 28th, 2013 By admin
Photo from the Easter Sailing Clinic
Great 3 Day clinic in Dunmore East. Sailors had a great time in the Optimists and Toppers despite the cold Weather.
Hope to have a similar clinic over the May Bank Holiday.
Don’t miss this great opportunity to get those boats out and check that they are in working order for the Summer.
If you are interested in enrolling your Son/Daughter please e-mail me on jrfinne@eircom.net giving name/age/level.
Junior Sailing Courses & Coaching Clinics
March 13th, 2013 By admin
The April 1st deadline is fast approaching for the Junior Sailing Courses. Enrollment forms can be found here.
Courses are run in July/August. Exact dates can be found at the link above.
Coaching Clinics
Hi Julie here, this year I have volunteered to be the Junior Organiser for W.H.S.C..
In addition to running the summer sailing courses, which have been a huge success over the past years, I would also like to provide more sailing opportunities for our young sailors throughout the year. As such I am planning to start by offering a three day Clinic over the Easter break which is available to all levels.
The clinic will take place on Mon 25th/Tue 26th & Wed 27th March.
Optimists – Sailing in the morning from 10am to 12noon, followed by lunch (provided by club), finishing with practicial, boat rigging and fine tuning from 1pm to 2pm.
Cost will be €50 for the three days including lunch.
Laser/Topper – Same as Optimist with additional sailing in the afternoon finishing at 4pm.
Cost will be €75 for the three days including lunch.
If you are interested in enrolling your Son/Daughter please e-mail me on jrfinne@eircom.net giving name/age/level.
We are aimimg to put together an optimist sailing team to compete in the Crosbie Cup (July 13th/14th) in Sutton DC.
We would also hope to sent a group of Laser sailors to the Munsters in Baltimore (30th/31st March) or The Youth Nationals in Lough Derg (4th – 7th March).
Many Thanks
Julie Finnegan
Junior Organiser W.H.S.C.