Ocean Racing Ireland

Great event coming up at the end of August!
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Great to see!!

Poulaphouca Paddle Race - A Roaring Success!

“Race Director Nick O’Hara announced that it is his ambition to grow this race to a full weekend event in 2025 which will include marathon racing, sprint racing and a polo tournament. A festival of paddle sport, camping and side activities. Watch this space!”

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Today some of our paddlers in cahore, co wexford teamed up with Cahore Inshore Rescue Service (CIRS) to do a practice scenario where 2 paddlers were "rescued"! A very informative day for both the paddlers and CIRS and helping to build relationships within the local community !

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Great day out had in Malahide for the maladife surfski race!
Congratulations to Finn Harris for the win

Thanks to his dad Brian for all these photos!

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Calander updates!!!
Please not the following calander updates:

Tramore: Aug 31st and September 1st
Killary: October 20th a d 21st
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***Lambay island surfski race Malahide***
25th or may!
& swords canoe club
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Great race for a beginner surfski paddler!

💦 Poulaphouca Paddle Race 2024 💦

Our annual race returns on Saturday 15th June 2024.

Register here: https://www.poulaphoucapaddlers.com/pprace

National Marathon Ranking Divisions and Recreational Classes to chose from... 6km, 12km or 20km.

This is a great day out for all paddlers of all crafts and abilities. Share with your clubs and paddle buddies.

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***Eurochallenge 2024***
Well done to Bill Milne Tom Burke & Kayakmor Jim Morrissey who this weekend partook in Eurochallenge at Club Nautico Villajoisia

Saturday the 28th of May took 3 of our paddlers from Ireland to Villajoisia, Alicante Spain for Eurochallenge, 22 km race from the town of Villajoisia, around Benidorm island and finishing at L'Altea

Conditions on the day were approx 20km/W and 1-1.5 m swell, coming side on out to the island and over the right shoulder for the down wind off the cliffs.

Maith an fear le buachaillí!
Also a big thanks to Carbonology Sport UK , Rogue Kayak and Fenn France for sorting the lads out with some weapons of boats!
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Results
https://www.eurochallenge.es/resultados?yearinput=2024

Website
https://www.eurochallenge.es/index

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Updates calander for the year: please not date changes to chaore classic and Fishguard bay ocean race! Ocean Racing Ireland Canoeing Ireland

Congrats to our very own Roisin Cahill on coming 3rd senior women in the manly bridge to beach today! Superb results!!

Our top 3 in the ladies at the Manly Wharf Bridge to Beach

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AGM Link!
Bill Milne is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Ocean Racing AGM
Time: Feb 10, 2024 06:00 PM Dublin

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AGM AGENDA 📢📢

1. Charperson Report
2. Treasurer's Report
3. Racing Officer Report
4. Motions
5. AOB

Any motions to be sent to [email protected] prior to the start of the meeting.

Regards
ORCI Committee

*****OCEAN RACING AGM LINK*****
Reminder: This Saturday 10th of Feb at 6pm the Ocean Racing AGM will be held on Zoom. See link below.

Hope to see you all there 🎇🎇

Bill Milne is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Ocean Racing AGM
Time: Feb 10, 2024 09:00 AM Dublin

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‼️AGM‼️

Lock it in your diaries; Ocean Racing Committee of Canoeing Ireland will hold its AGM on February 10th at 6pm. The AGM will be held on Zoom. Please forward any motions/proposals to [email protected]. You must be a CI member to contribute, so please attached your CI number to any emails.
Further details and Zoom links to follow.
We would love to see you there🌊

‼️2024 Provisional Calendar‼️
Excellent line up of races both Nationally and Internationally this year!
Time to put the milage in🌊

Post Doctor Update - Róisín Cahill

After being ferried to Rottnest Island at 9am competitors saught shade to wait for the organisers heads up on the start time.
The wind arrived and competitors entered the crystal blue waters of Rottnest at 12pm.

The race start was seeded - with the top 20 male and females wearing yellow jerseys and given priority on the start line.

The first 1km out to the turning bouy was side on to the wind and fast - with huge hotspot cash up for grabs.
Turning the bouy to the 20km downwind section, the field began to spread out as we aimed towards the “Centaur Marker” which was not visible in the distance. This marker was the turning point near the Perth coastline which would mark the last 6km to Sorrento Beach. It was necessary to round this marker to guide paddlers between outer reefs and the coastline.
Athletes relied on GPS co-ordinates and the lead boat to locate the marker. The runs were small, and somewhat messy in the wake of “Silverado” the lead boat.

Conditions were hot and challenging. I had to splash water on myself regularly as I surfed runs to try cool down.

The final 6km was slower than the downwind section, with the wind and swell side on. The arch and flags of the finish line were visible in the distance on Sorrento beach.

The finish was crowded with spectators lining the tunnel up the beach.
Many athletes were seeking medical attention from heat exhaustion due to what was deemed the “most challenging” conditions provided by this year’s Doctor.

In the men’s field Riley Fitsimmons - Australian sprint Olympian made it to the hotspot first - a tactical decision to sprint at the start and paddle easy for the remainder of the race. Cory Hill displayed his dominance and distanced himself from the pack immediately in the downwind section to take the win.

In the women’s field Danielle McKenzie - NZ Olympic sprint hopeful - took the hotspot prize and ended up 2nd place, with Jemma Smith taking the overall win.

Overall, it was an epic event to be a part of - a bucket list crossing.

Hopefully next year we can have a bigger Irish Contingency!

Next up is World Champs tomorrow - Thursday 30th November at 1:30pm.
There has been controversy over organisers decision to move the event from Saturday to Thursday - however the wind conditions are most favourable tomorrow.

Will share live feed / tracking when available.

Thanks, Ró.

Update from Perth - Róisín Cahill

The Doctor - a 27km crossing from Rotnest Island to Sorrento Beach takes place tomorrow in Perth.

The Barge has been packed with boats and paddlers will be ferried out to the island in the morning.

The race will commence sometime between 11am and 1pm depending on when the wind hits.

With $80,000 worth of prizes to be won the competition will be stiff.

This is the final race of the Shaw and Partners WA race week.

Next week will bring the ICF world Championships where Finn Harris will join the Irish contingency.

More updates to follow.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-dermot-blount-memorial-race-2023-tickets-716815974877

Entries are now open for the Dermot Blount Memorial Race 2023🌊

Next weekend in Dublin there are 2 excellent races lined up 📣
Saturday a surfski race will kick off at 3pm and on Sunday a marathon race suitable for surf skis will commence at 4pm!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QE5Eea4Ubea9SKo6qfgycnt9a1vQT6gQ/view?usp=drivesdk

Link to 2023 selection policy.
Expressions of interest due in by 30th June.

🌊2023 ORCI provisional calendar🌊

It’s shaping up to be a great season of racing across the country and all over the world!

Great to see the number of Irish events climbing.

What a season to look forward to
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AGM this evening at 6pm. DM for zoom link.

Lock it in your diaries; Ocean Racing Committee of Caneoing Ireland will hold its AGM on March 11st Saturday evening at 1800hrs. The AGM will hopefully be on zoom. Please forward any motions/ proposals for position etc to [email protected]. You must be a Canoeing Ireland member to contribute, propose etc so please attach your CI number to any emails. Further details to follow.

Noah Harris 1st u16 European Championships!💪🏼🇮🇪
Huge Congratulations Noah!
It was a long hot race with little help from the wind or swell!
Noah showed his skill and endurance to push from 2nd at half way to finish up with 1st