Oct 18th Windsurfing Equipment Sale!

Just a reminder to everyone that the final week of windsurfing for the season is now underway. Use up your lessons and hire by Oct. 18th when our end of season sale takes place.

http://www.dmgsailsports.com/2009-WindsurfSchoolEquipSale.doc

Used & Demo Boat Show Oct. 16, 17 & 18, Malahide Marina

Used & Demo Boat Show in Malahide Marina, organised by the Irish Marine Federation, on October 16, 17 & 18.Take advantage of the recession. No serious offer refused! 50 boats on show from all major manufacturers at massive discounts.
http://www.afloat.ie/news/malahide-used-boat-show-2009/
http://www.afloat.ie/news/big-savings-to-go-on-show-in-malahide/

For further information, see attached poster. Contact Steve@dmm.ie tel. 087-6472746.

All Ireland Inter-School Sailing Event

The 34th All Ireland Inter-Schools Sailing Event took place in Sutton Dinghy Club on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th September. 147 Sailors representing 33 secondary and primary schools competed in the event. Malahide was represented by sailors on teams from Malahide Community School, St. Andrews National School, Pope John Paul II National School, Belvedere College and St. Fintans High School. Racing took place in two fleets, Optimist dinghies and a Mixed Fleet, which competed on handicap.

Malahide Yacht Club member Scott Flanigan & crew Peter Gleeson were 1st in the Mixed Fleet and their team from Belvedere College was also 1st in the Mixed Fleet team competition. Malahide Community School, represented by Brendan Costello, Ciaran Costello and Caoimhe Rainey was placed 5th in the Mixed Fleet team competition.

There was a strong local representation in the Optimist Class with 15 sailors from Malahide Yacht Club. In the Individual Competition, Malahide Community School had 4 sailors in the top 10, with Sean Anglim in 3rd, Lizzy McDowell 4th, Michael Donnelly 5th and Alex Shackleton in 9th place. However, there was an anxious wait until it was confirmed that the Malahide Community School team of Sean, Lizzy & Colm Roche had won 1st place in the team competition by the narrowest of margins. A second Malahide Community School team comprising Michael, Alex and Shane Cox finished 4th in the Optimist team competition and a Belvedere College team, which included Thomas Natin was 5th.

Perhaps the most notable achievements at the event came from the local national school sailors. Conor Cunning, Cian Buckley and Patrick Hensey represented Pope John Paul II N.S. and Gemma McDowell, Colin O’Sullivan, Cara McDowell & Philip McDowell sailed for St. Andrews N.S. These sailors were all competing in this event for the first time and were racing against secondary school students up to the age of 15 in the Optimist class. Despite these challenges, St. Andrews finished 8th and Pope John Paul’s 11th out of 20 teams in the Optimist team competition.

This year Malahide Yacht Club has started a programme to introduce primary school children to the sport of sailing. Since the beginning of June approximately 400 children from three local schools have completed a one-day taster session. This programme is supported by Fingal County Council, Kelloggs and DMG Sailsports. The club also runs Irish Sailing Association junior training courses for club members during the summer and provides race coaching throughout the year.

Attached photos:-

IMG_4383 Scott Flanigan and Peter Gleeson receive the individual trophy for the Mixed Fleet
IMG_4407 Michael Donnelly, Shane Cox, Alex Shackleton, Colm Roche, Lizzy McDowell with the Optimist team trophy and Miss Ciara Peelo from Malahide Community School

Coming to the end of the Windsurfing & Dinghy Sailing Season

Just a reminder to everyone to use up your vouchers, windsurfing packages and hire hours before October 18th for windsurfing, or October 4th for dinghy sailing. The end of the season is approaching fast. We will continue to offer private tuition over the winter months to those hardy individuals who own their own equipment. And remember, powerboating goes on all year round so if you're looking for certification, or your VHF radio licence, this is the time of year to do it.
http://www.dmgsailsports.com for more.

Broadmeadows Estuary - Business as Usual...

A Chairde,

This is just a quick update to let you know that it is business as usual for our Windsurfing and Dinghy Sailing activities on the Broadmeadows Estuary.

Following the collapse of the railway bridge and a request from the Irish Coastguard we took the decision to suspend activities last weekend while the extent of the problem was investigated. We are now satisfied that the bridge poses no additional risk to our activities so courses and hire are available again as normal.

On another note, we have a couple of places available on a National PWC Certificate (Jetski) course this weekend and our list of end of season windsurfing equipment for sale is now available.

Míle buíochas,
Córa & Dave Garvey

August Newsletter: Improvers & Instructor Courses

In This Month's Edition:

1. Instructor Training:

Powerboat Instructor: September 14-18, Cost: €550pp
Advanced Powerboat Instructor: October 9-11, Cost: €400pp
Go Windsurfing Instructor: September 7-12, Cost: €550pp
Dinghy Instructor: October 27-31, Cost: €425pp

Pre-requisites outlined on our website at http://www.dmgsailsports.com/instructor.php.

2. Powerboating:

• National Powerboat Certificate is also an international qualification for use of boats overseas.
• National Powerboat Cert: August 29+30, September 5+6, 12+13, 26+27
  NPC Student Special*: October 3+4, 20+21. Only €240pp
• Safety Boat Cert: October 22+23, November 14+15
  Advanced Powerboat Cert: September 19+20, October 17+18, November 28+29

3. Windsurfing: Go Coastal!!!!!!!!!!
Intro to wave sailing course Nov. 7th-8th. This course is perfect for those looking take their first steps into this exhilarating world. The course will take place in either Westport or Donegal depending on the forecast.

4. Kids Windsurfing Wednesdays
With back to school time just around the corner we will have Wednesday afternoons available for kids to come down and practice their skills under qualified supervision.
Every Wednesday 2pm - 5pm, €25 per session.

5. Adult Dinghy Sailing

A Taste of Sailing, Start Sailing Level 1 and Basic Skills Level 2 dinghy sailing courses are available at weekends until the end of September. Dates: August 22+23, September 5+6, 12+13, 26+27.

For the full newsletter, click on the title above. Or for full details of our courses and services, visit http://www.dmgsailsports.com/.

Irish Student Reprsents Ireland in PWA

http://windsurfing.ie/ JULY 29, 2009: Mikey Clancy IR-253 has just competed for Ireland in the PWA World Cup event in Pozo Gran Canaria winning a double elimination round and 25th in the wave event. 19 year old Mikey told the IWA “It was an amazing experience to compete at such a high level,the intensity of the competition is unreal. I was really nervous in my first round against Peter Voltwater but really got into it in my Double elimination rounds”. “The heats were 12 minutes duration and I was going for everything including doubles and would have got further if the wind had not dropped when I was up against Robbie Swift “. An exhausted but happy Clancy finally said “We have the best conditions to train in here in Ireland and I know now whats needed for me to break into the worlds top 20 sometime in the future”. See www.mikeyclancy.com and PWA for more reports videos images.