Committee is …

Chairperson Stacy Tinkler

Deputy Chair Hammy, William Hammond

Captain Colin O Donnell

Deputy Captain Feel free to get your name inserted here!!!

Treasurer Deirdre O’Shea

Paula Spillane

Caitriona Ni Mhaidin

Just a little update to keep you all informed of the work happening on all of our behalf in March 2026.

• A very successful first aid course was well attended by club members. In light of what we learned we will need to renew the first aid kits in the boats, and I have located the defibrillator (just inside shandon boat club outside the disabled toilets) Clearly only any use if people know where to find it in a hurry!!
• We had our first in person captains training evening. Just one more sign that covid is a distant strange memory. This proved to be a very successful evening with plenty being learned. Don’t forget that there’s loads also on the website (click about, practical guidance) and also plenty of safety discussion and videos on the forum (click club safety training). Plenty of people were unable to attend this one, so I’ll re-run it in April. Many thanks to Meitheal Mara for the free use of their facilities
• Meitheal Mara will be looking for volunteers for their Dragon boat challenge to be held on Saturday 18^thof April.
• May I remind members that our club rule that we read out every Saturday morning regarding the need for everyone to be treated with respect on and off the water is not some empty words. I would actively encourage people to call out this type of behaviour and please also report it to the committee so that we can respond appropriately.
• Plans are progressing well with our planned regatta that our club is hosting on the 12^thof April. Any members not competing I’m sure we will be calling out for volunteers closer to the time.
• Regarding use of the club forum, many people when viewing via email have said it would be very helpful if people put their names at the end of any forum posts.
• Discussions are ongoing, and will be ongoing regarding CMAC, Cork Maritime Activity Centre. If any member would like to commit to being on a committee to organise this please let us know.
• You may remember that we didn’t elect a deputy club captain at the club AGM. This is unfortunate as I will now be working 3 weeks away, and then 3 weeks off at home. This means I’ll only be around to help organise things half the time. If we have a member who would like to volunteer themselves as deputy club captain please make yourself known to the committee

Mise le meas,

Colin