June Committee Update

We have had a busy month (from May to June) both on and off the water as a club and as a Committee! Here’s the latest:

• Our CLG meeting was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances, and the meeting is rescheduled for later this month.
• Our Forum Q&A with Alan Murphy and Ciara McKernan went well for the small number of people who attended. A summary email of important take home messages and troubleshooting tips is forthcoming. Thanks again to Alan and Ciara!
• ST is still trying to sort out club email (info@naomhogachorcai.ie) not receiving replies so please continue to use currachs@gmail.com to contact the Committee for now.
• We are working on acquiring some storage containers for Paddy’s Point and getting some proper boat stands in place. 
• We are the proud owners of a new 3 hand racer from Monty O’Leary in the Maharees! The current plan for pick up is the weekend of the Maharees Regatta, 5 July, weather permitting. We have ordered a fourth 3 hand racer from Monty as well so our club will have 4 of the same boats to host regattas and for our club rows in the future.
• The two 4-hand naomhogs are under construction at Meitheal Mara so stay tuned for news of their arrival sometime soon.
• Please welcome Clare Hayden as MM Liaison on the NC Committee – hooray Clare, we are delighted to have you as part of the Committee!
• 2 meitheals have happened, one in May and one in June, to help maintain our site. Thanks to all who have participated in caring for the grounds, we couldn’t have done it without you! The club now has a heavy-duty strimmer and a lighter, battery powered strimmer for ground maintenance use, both of which are fantastic. Thanks to Mark Ryan for his help with acquiring some of these tools!
• Bat boxes and bird boxes that were acquired several years ago and sitting in the old shed have been stained and placed in trees around our site thanks to John Mitchell and Colm Tyers – thanks lads!
• Baltimore Wooden boat fest was a great success with spectacular weather this year. The pilot race certainly lived up to its controversial reputation! 
• Ocean to City was a great success again this year with thanks to a very long list of people, so long that it had to be a post all of its own and still it couldn’t list everyone. I’m sure you’ll all agree that the Spanish Galleon and the stage area for the finish line and prize giving was the most spectacular ever in the history of O2C.

Apologies for the delay with this update, we're just mere mortals, and VOLUNTEERS!! 

Stacy (your club Chairperson)

Colin (your club Captain)