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Thursday, 4th
May 2017
Danny Scanlon’s Charity Row in Aid of Marymount Rescheduled for This Saturday
by ALAN SHEEHAN A member of the East
Ferry Rowing Club will
row singlehanded from Crosshaven to Cork City this Saturday, 6 May, to raise money for charity.
Danny Scanlon of the
East Ferry Rowing Club will this weekend row a three-man curragh from
Crosshaven to Cork City to raise money for Marymount The
Hospice. event was origi-
nally scheduled for last Saturday, 29 April but was postponed due to inclement weather.
“The charity row is
happening this Satur- day, 6 May,” said Mr Scanlon. “I’m
leaving
Crosshaven around 10am and I’m hoping to be above in the Port of Cork for about 1pm. I’m not sure how long it will take me. And it is weath- er permitting
again.
That’s what caused the postponement; there were high winds on Sat- urday.” The three-man vessel
Mr Scanlon will row by himself is curragh, or a currach, which is an Irish boat with a wood- en frame over which canvas is stretched and has
traditionally been
both a sea boat and a vessel for inland waters. The
proceeds from
• Danny Scanlon of the East Ferry Rowing Club will row from Crosshaven to Cork City to raise money for Marymount Hospice this Saturday, 6 May.
the day will go towards Marymount Hospice in honour of Mr Scanlon’s aunt who passed away from cancer last year.
Although Mr Scanlon’s aunt, who was an active cyclist even at 56 years of age, attended Cork University Hospital’s (CUH) cancer ward, some at CUH told Mr Scanlon the proceeds he could raise would better serve Marymount. “Even though it was
postponed by a week people can still sponsor me,” said Mr Scanlon. “I will still be collecting sponsorship until after I have the row done. Peo- ple can contact me by my phone number and I can try to meet up with them for the sponsor- ship or they can come down on Saturday. They can also get in touch through the East Ferry Rowing Club.” To sponsor the char-
ity row contact Dan- ny Scanlon at 086 268 0940.
ANNUAL CHARITY FUNDRAISER in aid of
EAST CORK RAPID RESPONSE and WHITEGATE ROWING CLUB
Blue Light Regatta This Sunday, 7 May
Sunday 7th May
1.45pm Whitegate Co. Cork
by ALAN SHEEHAN The
third annu-
al Blue Light Regatta takes place this Sunday, 7 May to raise money for the East Cork Rapid Response and White- gate Rowing Club. Hosted by and at the
Whitegate Rowing Club the Blue Light Regatta will combine a fami- ly-orientated
fun
and a series of races, both competitive
day and
FUN BOAT RACES FOR BLUE LIGHT CREWS, COMPETITIVE BUSINESS, HOSPTIALITY, SCHOOLS, CRA CREWS, SPORTS CLUBS & GYMS AND MUCH MORE!
For further details contact: 087 152 4255
bluelightregatta2017@gmail.co m
HOSTED BY WHITEGATE ROWING CLUB
ALL MONIES RAISED SHARED EQUALLY BETWEEN EAST CORK RAPID RESPONSE & WHITEGATE ROWING CLUB
non-competitive, culmi- nating the competitive Blue Light Boat Race between teams from different emergency ser- vices. “We are almost at the
end game now,” said Austin Cleary, Chair- man of Blue Light Boat Race Committee. “We are starting at 1.30pm on Sunday with the races starting shortly thereafter. We are aim-
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ing to put on a fun-filled afternoon for crews and bystanders alike. We are having activities for younger kids as well as the exciting races going on in the water. We are going for a good, fun, family-oriented day out that is open to everyone. We will have food and beverages for sale but there is no entry fee for coming along and view- ing.” The First Blue Light
Boat Race took place in 2013 as a single race incorporated within the Whitegate Regatta but held as a separate event the following year, branching out to include teams from non-emer- gency services such as schools and businesses. This year’s Blue Light Regatta looks to be the biggest one yet. “The uptake this year has been unprecedent-
ed and we are gearing towards making this a must-attend event every year,” said Mr Cleary, who is also member of Whitegate Rowing Club. “The racing will be a mixture of schools’ races, businesses’ rac- es and this year we are having a motor-orien- tated race. The business and
motor-orientated
races will have heats as well as finals. Those cat- egories are unofficially competitive as you have inter-businesses and in- ter-firms rivalry which makes for exciting races. The finals will be held before the main event, the officially compet- itive Blue Light Race itself.” The main event this
year will feature teams from Cork Rapid Re- sponse, the Gardaí, the Port of Cork and the Fire
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in the Blue Light Boat Race. “The teams fluctuate
year to year depending on the availability of the different emergency ser- vices,” said Mr Cleary. “In previous years we had teams from the Army, the Navy, the Coast Guard, the am- bulance services as well as mixed teams of nurs- es and physiotherapists. The event is a fund-
raiser for both its hosts Whitegate Rowing Club and East Cork Rapid Response (ECRR) with all monies raised be- ing divided evenly be- tween the two. ECRR is a voluntary service which supplements the ambulance service by providing emergency pre-hospital care on par with ambulances at seri- ous emergency medical incidents.
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