Boat blessing photos

The photos of Michael Phayers recent
boat blessing ceremony have now been added
to the photos section of the website

Michael Phayer boat blessing photos

Hello All,
please note that photos from the recent boat blessing
ceremony can now be viewed in the photos section of the site.

Athlunkard Boat Blessing Ceremony

A boat naming ceremony will take place on Friday 4th September at 7pm in the club grounds. The occasion is to honour Michael Phayer for his contribution to the club spanning a period of over sixty years. Michael joined the club in 1948 and was part of many successful Athlunkard crews in the 1950's. His crew mates included such local residents as Michael Reid & Donogh Flannery. His rowing career was followed by participation on various committees down through the years. He is a member of the current club committee. Michael was elected president of the club in 1999 and presided over the opening of the new boathouse facilities. He is well known for his singing voice and recently released a CD with his daughter, Mary. Michael's name will be placed on a new boat which was purchased recently from Italy. He will join a select group of people who have been honoured in this way. This group includes people who have given great service to the club over many years.  Such names include Jack Meehan, Des Henn, Willie Henn, Christy Madigan, Ned Flanagan, Louie Murnane, Paddy O'Brien, Archie Brown and John O'Connor. All great Athlunkard men. The blessing of the boat ceremony will be performed by Fr. Donogh O'Malley and all are welcome to attend.

Update

Please note that the clubs e-mail address athlunkard@gmail.com

is now once again up and running and will now be checked more regularly.

Please feel free to submit any information or queries that you may have.

Regatta News

At this time of year the club has approx. two thirds of the season completed and is coming to the business end of the season

with the upcoming national championships at the national rowing centre Iniscarra Co.cork on July 10th.The club has been

busy with crews travelling around the country attending various regattas,below is a list of results from these regattas.

 

Skibereen Regatta April 2009-Jessica O'Keeffe winner Junior 18 sculls

 

Fermoy Regatta May 17th-Dylan Grace,Sean Lawlor,Chad Reddan,Ray Murnane & Lillian Duggan(cox) winners mens novice quad

                                       Lee Irwin & Connor Griffin winners mens Junior 14 double

                                       Vivienne Meehan wnner Junior 18 scull

 

Bantry Regatta May 25th-Many of our new oarspeople were introduced for the first time to competitive racing.All rowed well and

                                     gained much experience.The ladies squad of Clodagh Green,Aoife Willis,Jessica O'Keefe,Vivienne Meehan

                                     and Sinead Kiely contested 5 events and returned home undefeated.

 

Carlow Regatta May 30th/Castleconnell Regatta June 7th-The ladies squad mentioned above achieved six wins in these regattas

                                      combined while Lee Irwin and Conor Griffin won the Castleconnell Junior 14 doubles.

Please follow the PHOTOS link in the left hand side columnn for winning regatta photos.

 

Congratulations to all of our winners so far this season and all of the new oarspeople in their fist season.

And well done to the clubs captain Darren Cunningham and coaches Billy Meehan,Mike Kiely and roger Kiely.

 

Upcoming regattas include Monkstown(Saturday) and Lee(Sunday) of this weekend.Best of luck to all our participating oarspeople.

Results to follow.

 

Other News-it is hoped that the clubs news and events will be published in the city edition of the weekend Limerick Leader

                  so keep an eye out for that.

                   

                  It has also been confirmed that the boat blessing in Honour of Mickey Phayer is being held on Fiday September 4th.

                  More details will follow closer to date.

 

Upcoming regattas

 

 

Club News

Hello all.

The club is currently at the height of its seasons activity and racing season(see Regatta news).

We are delighted to see a mixture in excess of 30 young boys and girls currently rowing with the club

at various levels up to under 18 level.Training is currently at its height of almost 7 days a week therefore

providing a great opportunity for anyboby interested in joining the club wether it be rowing or helping

out with coaching.Any coaching help would be appreciated.

 

This weekend saw the completion of the 10K sponsored Castletroy run on Sunday June 21.The participants

consisted of both runners and walkers stretchng their legs legs in order to raise funds for the purchasing

of a much needed safety boat/launch.This will help to bring the number of safety boats to 3 within the club.

These boats are vital for coaching and safety purposes as they escort the rowers at all times when they are on the river.

The club would like to thank greatly all those who supported the run through their donations.The Commitee

would also like to express their gratitude to all those members who were contacted directly for funds to aid the purchase of the safety boat.

 

The club grounds are also experiencing a face lift due to the contribution of the Limerick Civic Trust workers whose

effort has made a huge difference to the the appearance of the club especially at this time of year.

 

The club recently purchased a new Fillepe 4 racing boat manufactured in italy.As in the time honoured tradition of christening new boats,

Michael(Mickey) Phayer will be honored for his long time service and commitment to the club.It is hoped that the ceremony will take

place in September and details will follow.