News

Congratulations to Aisling Keller who has had a fantastic two weeks of sailing in the Laser Radial U21 Europeans and World Championships.

Aisling finished 2nd at the Europeans in Douarnenez, France and has just come 7th at the Worlds in Nieuwpoort, Belgium.

Well done Aisling we are all really delighted for you.

Cyril McLoughlin kindly offered to lead our walk yesterday.  We met at Gleeson’s Spar shop in Portroe, the hardy souls were Marese Dolan Hutchinson, Louise Roden, Miriam Mulcahy, Frank Guy, David and Mary Williams and myself.  It was lovely to meet David and Mary who joined the club last year; they live in Dublin and have a daughter living in Cloughjordan who runs a circus school.  They own a Drascombe Lugger.

We parked at the Graves of the Leinster Men and our two hour walk in torrential rain and strong winds took us to the top of Tountina, needless to say there was no view!  Cyril is a keen experienced walker who knows the area well which was especially important considering the weather; he thoughtfully brought extra walking sticks that we needed to keep ourselves upright! However we all really enjoyed the walk and chat and a restorative bowl of chowder was much appreciated in Larkins where we met Deirdre O’Driscoll, Reggie and Hjordis.

Next year we might go along the Nenagh River and admire James and Charlotte’s daffodils, spring is a good time of year for the walk.

Cyril is very happy to show us other walks in the area so if there are any members interested we could organise them during the coming months, please get in touch with me.

Anne Atkinson

St Patrick's Day Walk 2017

The meeting point is at Gleeson's Spar Shop in Portroe at 11.15hrs.

Cars will depart at 11.30 sharp to drive to the Graves of the Leinster Men.  The walk will take approximately two and a half hours so bring a light snack if desired.  Cyril McLoughlin an experienced walker from Nenagh has kindly offered to lead this walk, you may have met him last year with Geoff Phipps.

Anyone who would like to meet the walkers afterwards could head to Larkins in Garrykennedy at 14.30hrs.

Membership & mooring charges will be posted onto individual members accounts over the next week.

Members who are signed up to GoCardless will get email confirmation of the change in subscription rates for 2017, the old rate will be cancelled and the new rate applied, with effect from Fenruary 28th next.

Payment of subscriptions in this way is very helpful to the clubs finances and is much appreciated.

Patrick Blaney

Hon Treasurer

Tonight, the ISA Awards are being held in the RDS in Dublin at 6.30pm.

All are welcome and invited to attend.

Some members have advised they received today a bogus email purportedly from LDYC which has a virus attachment.

The email has no subject, comes from tousa311 at newschool.edu and includes the following text:

Lough Derg Yacht Club Shared you a document via PDF

If you receive this email please delete it, and do not open the attachment.

On Friday 9th December the Annual Christmas Lunch was held upstairs in the club.  It was a lovely day and we appreciated the great view, and the stove burning in the background made it nice and warm.
Thirty of us enjoyed a tasty lunch of lovely fish canapés, followed by soup, a selection of bread and cheeses and a delicious baked ham followed by excellent mince pies, truffles and mandarins.  Tasty morsels to start the festive season.
Thank you to everyone who came along and to those people who kindly supplied food for the meal.  Lastly many thanks to my hard working social sub committee who made it such a success.
Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas and looking forward to seeing you all in the new year.
Declan Mulcahy is leading the walk on New Year's Day and the next coffee morning will be on Friday 13th January.

The Notice of AGM and the Financial Statements for LDYC have been posted on the LDYC Website

Log into www.ldyc.ie and select "Members" on the menu bar, follow the link to Notice to Members where the AGM Booklet and 2016 Financial Statements can be viewed.

The Oppies have had a great week of racing and fun, all 212 of them.

The weather cooperated and all 10 main fleet races were completed, often in "champagne" sailing conditions, with both fleets, under Race Officers Liam Maloney and John Leech getting a full programme of activities.

We wish all our visitors a safe journey home, and look forward to seeing you all again. For our volunteers a big thank you, it could not have been done without you.

Well it has finally arrived, after 12 months of preparation the Oppie Nationals are in progress with Registration completed, and 212 Oppies out on the water, in both Main and Regatta Fleets.

Updates are being posted on the event website

www.oppienationals.com

The weather looks great and the racing will be fun