‘Castlefin Marathon Ranking Race’

This weekend saw another visit to the river Inny at Ballymahon near Longford. After a very late session on the Friday we didn't get on the river until 1pm. We were joined by the Tullamore canoe club in their Canadians and two other paddlers Patrick and Shane.

On the second run some of us swapped boats with Tullamore and Rachel and Conor enjoyed getting some air on at the Meat Hole wave. Saturday night we celebrated Frank's 40th which meant that only Linda, Catriona, Mary, June and Paul were fit to paddle again on the Sunday.

Johnny Mitchell and Mary Young, Declan Emery and Denis Gallagher, Noel Canavan and Tommy Marron and finally Roger Norris and Sinead Coyle all did it for pure fun.

In the General Purpose class Cathal Herron said, "I could have won the whole thing had he not been held up by the over enthusiastic rescue crew at Lucan."

Also in the General Purpose class was Roisin Kerr, who has probably completed more Liffey's than anyone else in the club. Catriona Woods who blammed Davey Leonard for smashing into her even though she'd stopped in the fast lane. Niall Doran and Patrick Woods both had good runs but the highest achievment goes to Edward Broekaart for coming third for the second year in a row.

Denis Gallagher and Paul Reed attended a Rescue and Emergency Care Level 3 course at Glenveagh with the Donegal Mountain Rescue Team. This is a first

The Donegal Canoe Club led by Youth Officer Denis Gallagher completed an Introduction to Kayaking course. They attended weekly sessions at Fahn Marina over