Contact:  Philip Despard 0871336495,   Brian Griffin  or  Jim Ryan  0862710554

A New Committee for 2010.  The Club AGM was held 20th May and a new committee was elected.  The club has decided that representation from each of our dinghy sailing classes on the committee would provide vital information when planning our club activities and provide a communication link with each dinghy class at the club.    The club wishes to thank the outgoing officers and committee for their hard work in developing the club and turning it around to a growth situation in membership and sailing activity.

Open Fireball Championships  This will be the biggest sailing event hosted by the club in well over 20 years.  Michael Campion , our Fireball Class captain at the club has the organising well under way.   The club will host the event at UL Activity Centre a short distance from our club facility.  We expect over 25 Fireballs to visit along with most of our 12 local Fireballs.   Accommodation will be locally in the Killaloe area.   Crotty's Pub in Killaloe will be our nominated watering hole for the weekend with the apre sail on Saturday night with music and craic.  We especially welcome all Fireballers who make the effort to travel to Killaloe for the weekend.   Liam Maloney from LDYC is Race Officer for the weekend and we are looking forward to a great sailing weekend.  See more details on notices for the event.  NOR, Entry Form Accommodation List    

Junior Sailling commences on Tuesday 4th May. The club is looking forward to our junior sailors getting starting on 4th May.  Juniors will be out every Tuesday evening during the season. Juniors will have help with boat rigging, boat handling, sail trim, Spinnaker work and some tips on racing with small races run regularly.  Sailing courses will be run in the early part of the season. These courses are Irish Sailing Association certified the first of which will commence in the next few weeks.  If interested in a sailing course for Juniors you should contact Philip Despard to secure a place.  Mirrors and RS Feva are the junior class boats at the Club.  We are open for new members & families so please email info@killaloesailingclub.com  or contact our Junior Organisers:  Philip Despard [Philip.Despard@molex.com]. for junior sailing.   We are looking forward to meeting you soon.

Fireball Coaching weekend 17th/18th April at the Club   Over the weekend Fireballers will be given help with tuning the boat, boat handling, tactic in racing situations with plenty of on the water sessions.  Neil Colin is an experienced Fireballer especially in getting old Fireballs to go faster.   Philip Despard and Ed Lowe will provide Safety cover. We also at this time need crew for 2 Fireballs in the coaching weekend.  contact Jim Ryan @ 0862710554 if available. see events in 2010

Some pics from Saturday     see here

Pre-Season Work Party   A work party to prepare the club for the sailing season is planned for Saturday 6th March.  Volunteers are needed to tidy up our club facility and do some maintenance work on the driveway and slipway.    We need 10 volunteers from the club to help with this work. Work starts at 10:00am.    Please email any member of the committee if available for a few hours to help out.

Season Opens on Tuesday April 6th.2010 The club will commence sailing on Tuesday April 6th.  Members can bring their boat to the Club in the days and weeks before then and have them rigged and ready for action.  Committee members will be there to chat to any new people interested in joining the club.  We very much look forward to a great season in 2010.

 Flooding at the Club Nov 09. The club premises on the shores of Lough Derg did not escape the highest flood levels on the Lake since records began in 1932.  Club members moved most of the boats at the club to safety but that said flood levels reached 0.75mtr last weekend. boats floated on their trolly's.

Learn about Sail Racing Tactics and Sail Trim from Bill Gladstone, who is a world renowned expert on these subjects.   North Sails have committed to bringing Bill Gladstone, our world renowned speaker and lecturer on tactics and sail trim (see www.northu.com <http://www.northu.com>), to Ireland this winter to visit the clubs that we could not get to in 2008. Last year's seminar's were a huge success and we hope to repeat it this winter. 

Fireballers  A Fireball coaching weekend is provisionally organised for early in May 2010 at KSC. This coaching weekend is aimed at Silver Fleet Fireballers and anybody getting to know the tuning setup of a Fireball.  Neil Colin who has consistently campaigned Fireball 14310 into top10 in Fireball events in recent years will be coach for the weekend.  Full details later....

Club Fireballers are headed for Dunmore East  Four Fireball crews will pack up their boats and head for Dunmore East in Co Waterford to compete in the Munster Fireball Championships over the weekend 26th/27th September. This is a good representation from the club.   We have Richard Fox & Ed Lowe who would be rated in the top 10 in the country hoping to score in Dunmore!.  Others showing promise are Mark Donegan and Raithnait Long who are entering in their First Fireball event though well experienced in other dinghy classes.   Eoin Enright & Michael Campion are regulars at Fireball events over the years and now having swopped positions in the boat are doing well.  Jim Ryan & David Tanner are hoping for the best as this is their first event this season.   more on the event available here.... 

September Series 2009.  The September Series will commence on Tuesday,  1st Sept.  This is a PY event for all classes.  Entry will be at UL Activity Centre,  17:00 to 18:00 on Tuesday 1st Sept.    Click here for notice of race  NOR  and  Entry form.     Michael Campion KSC and John Bolger ULSSC are event organisers.  Prizes for all classes.    Hope to see a good turnout for this the last event of the season.    results here....

Duty Roster for September Series:

Annual Club Regatta 2009 The Annual Club Regatta will be held on Saturday 29th August. This will be the first annual regatta for a long number of years at the Club so it is a bit special.  We hope you can be there to join in the fun and the socials afterwards.     Pencil it in to your Diaries. 

June Series 2009.  The June Series starts Tuesday 9th June.  Entries must be in on 9th June for the Series. entry form available: http://www.ul.ie/~sailing/documents/june_Entry_Form.doc There are 8 races planned over 4 weeks.  2 discards allowed. prizes for overall winner and winner in class.   For Fireball entries this event will count towards the Club handicap Summer Series Trophy.  Entries may be handed in at KSC or UL Activity Centre before 6.30pm Tuesday 9th June. Briefing will be relayed by VHF.

Junior Sailing kicked off Tuesday 26th May. Some of our new junior members got out for their first taste of sailing at Killaloe Sailing Club in a good westerly breeze.  A number of them have been sailing for a few years and are also involved in Iniscealtra SC.  Mirrors, Laser 1 and RS Feva took to the water under the supervision of Michael Campion.  Winds were gusty at times which resulted in a few capsizes but all in all smily faces were to be seen as all came ashore after a most enjoyable first outing.   Philip Despard and Peter Keogh were busy taking bookings for the sailing course starting on 9th May for beginners.  Looks like we could fill another course with the demand at present. These courses are Irish Sailing Association certified the first of which will commence on Tuesday 9th June for 4 weeks.  If interested in a sailing course for Juniors you should contact Philip Despard to secure a place.  Mirrors and RS Feva are the junior class boats at the Club.  We are open for new junior members & families so please email info@killaloesailingclub.com  or contact our Junior Organisers:  Philip Despard [Philip.Despard@molex.com] or Peter Keogh or drop in to the Club on Tuesday evenings at 6:00pm

AGM 2009

Sailing Courses for beginners will be arranged as required.  Club sailing happens every Tuesday evening from April to October.   We look forward to seeing you at the club this season.

For more please email :info@killaloesailingclub.com

On Friday 28^th November 2008 members of Killaloe Sailing Club attended a lively End of Season dinner in Dolan’s Pub,  Dock Road,  Limerick.    This one was special because the Club has been growing in recent years from what was a 20 year dormant period when membership numbers were down to single figures.  There were 23 people at dinner on Friday night and many others could’nt attend.   There was a sense of occasion about the night and proceedings were opened with welcoming comments from Commodore, Peadar O Connaighle.   There was an optimistic vibe when people met and chatted about club achievements in 2008 and what might be possible and what ideas the club might use to grow membership numbers and increase sailing activity in 2009. 

The Venue as always is lively with a trad music session to entertain patrons. The rugby match on TV between Munster v Sale Sharks added to the atmosphere on the night.   Later, prizes were presented to Fireball Summer Series winners  Owen Clarkin & John Bolger and to the September Series winners, Ed Lowe and Richard Fox.  

2008 was a very successful season for the club with improvements to onshore facilities and good numbers out sailing on Tuesday evenings.  We are already preparing for next season with work being done to have two rescue boats in place to provide options for junior sailing.    Many thanks to Aoise Ryan for organising a great night.

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email: info@killaloesailingclub.com

results here

Congrats and well done to Owen & John from all  involved...

A suggestion is that it be presented again for Fireball Summer Series.  ie. the combined results of the June Series and Sept Series using Club handicaps.  These are adjusted handicaps based on the each boats previous results in these Series.