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€5,000 raised for Irish Cancer Society at Xmas swim

The annual Christmas Swim took place this year in balmy conditions, albeit windy - 14degrees - compared to the arctic conditions last year. There was a great turnout of swimmers and a large crowd of onlookers to cheer them on. Many turned out in tribute to Derrie Carthy, our ex-Commodore and friend, who started this event in aid of the Irish Cancer Society four years ago and sadly lost her own battle with the disease a couple of months ago. A fantastic amount of €5,000 was collected on the day from swimmer sponsorship and donations. Some more money is still trickling in so that may not be the final figure.

Thank you to the kitchen team on the day, Jenny, Erica and Zoe, the audio manager, Bob, slip master, Maurice, donation collector David Kelly and rescue rangers Austin (Jomo) and Brian. But most especially many many thanks to all of you for your kind generosity and support. Picture from the day kindly taken by Jonathan can be found in the gallery section Click Here

RSC Adventurers set off on trans-Atlantic quest

Some months ago Noel and Brenda Ruigrok set sail from Rush SC to head to the port of Las Palmas in Gran Canaria on their Hallberg Rassy 48 – Emillija. Las Palmas is the starting point for the 26th Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC). Joining them on this adventure of a lifetime are Martin Redden, Clare Carthy, Jimmy and Jenny Kelly. This is the largest trans-ocean sailing event in the world, bringing over 200 yachts from all over the world. Their destination is Rodney Bay in Saint Lucia, one of the most beautiful islands in the Lesser Antilles. The 2700 nautical mile passage on the NE tradewind route will take between 14 and 21 days.

The 26th cruiser rally got underway on the 20th November from Las Palmas. You can track the RSC team's progress on the website http://www.worldcruising.com/arc/index.aspx. On the right hand side click on fleet viewer, another window will open with the note 'click here for the non flash version'. Click on the word 'here' – this will bring you through to all of the boats in the fleet. If you go through the other version you will only be brought into the top 150 boats.

The tracker number for Emillija is 121. At the moment it is showing as being under the UK flag but strong representations have been made to amend this to the Irish flag – it is the only Irish representative in the fleet. We wish Noel, Brenda, Martin, Clare, Jimmy and Jenny a safe voyage and will keep you updated as the journey progresses. (Yellow Brick: "http://yb.tl/arc2011-noflash" , AIS: "http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/" )

Rush sailors STORM to victory and other news

Rush sailors STORM to victory - Congratulations to Pat Kelly and the crew of Storm from Rush Sailing Club who achieved first place in Division 1 of the ICRA Cruiser Nationals which took place at the Royal Yacht Club in Cork over the weekend. They achieved 5 firsts and 1 second and were very worthy winners of the title.

The Rush Mermaid fleet were out in force for the Leinster Mermaid Championships in Skerries over the weekend also, with Anthony Carthy and crew Eoin Butterly, Lorcan/Ciaran Hand achieving 2nd place overall.

Earlier in the year the Rush Mermaid fleet travelled to Foynes for the Munster Mermaid Championships where Alan Butterly and his crew Eoin Butterly and Alan Berg took first place, followed in second place by Patrick Boardman and his crew Vincent Coleman and Darren Kane. Well done to Ants Weldon and his crew for making the trip also.

Meanwhile back at the ranch, the junior section have been very active over the last six weeks with a range of ISA courses taking place under the watchful eye of the ISA Instructor of the year, our own, Aine Carroll together with Clare Carthy, Paul Maguire and Kevin Mc Hugh.

As you know we received just short of €5,000 from the community fund donated by Eirgrid to the community. We used this money together with a donation agreed by the Committee to purchase 5 picos and one RS Feva for use by the club. This will allow us to enable those interested in sailing to try it out in advance of making a commitment. These boats will be used for both junior and adult sailing. There will be a nominal charge applied for hire of the boats which will be used to fund repairs in the future.

Last week , RSC hosted 22 pupils from Rush National School to give them a welcome break from the books to enjoy a 'taste of sailing'. A group of our senior juniors took the helm of the club picos to get them settled in and lots of other club members and juniors turned out in force to help out on the day. This was a trial event for the club but it proved to be such an enjoyable day for all that we look forward to more days like this next year. Thank you to those who expressed their interest in helping out for the future and we will certainly come back to you in due course.

Other notable achievements over the last few months were Alan Ruigrok winning the Radial section at the Munster Laser Championships in Baltimore, Erica Ruigrok achieved 6th placing at both the Topper Ulster and Munster championships.

Further updates on www.rushsc.ie and lots of new photos in the gallery section

Courses
We intend to run an adult sailing course in September (provisionally 10th / 11th) - any one interested please text Jacqui on 086 854 2220.

There are also plans to run a Powerboat 3 - Safety Boat course (during July / August dates to be agreed) - again contact Jacqui

Movie Night

To hear all about the movie night Click Here

Adventure Day

To read all about the junior adventure day & Jonathan's encounter with a seal ! Click Here photo's are in the gallery

RSC rescue team provide support at triathlon in Balbriggan

Saturday 28th saw nine RSC members provide rescue support to a major Triathlon event organised by the Fingal Tri club in Balbriggan. Two ribs were launched from Skerries to travel to the course in Balbriggan, ably manned by Patrick Boardman, Sean Paul White, Austin (Jomo) Hughes, Maurice Mc Crum and Ian White. Four others provided support inside the race area on kayaks, Paul White, John May, Jacqui Mc Crum and Gerry Byrne.

The request for support came in from Lisa Boardman who was appointed rescue coordinator for the day. Over 180 competitors took part in two waves in very blustery and challenging conditions. The swim course was 750m followed by a cycle and then a run – just a normal Saturday session for these super fit athletes.

Three competitors had to be brought ashore after running into difficulties and one was supported around the course. For photos of the rescue team in action Click Here

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