Author Topic: limerick, castleconnell, shannon  (Read 10728 times)

Offline Sick Boy

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limerick, castleconnell, shannon
« on: November 13, 2007, 12:33:27 »
hi all, i just got an email from one of the ul guys letting me know that there will be a white water race on the shannon, the sunday of colours. there is more info here http://www.eeng.nuim.ie/~jringwood/wwracing/Shanon07.pdf if you want to check it out. the reg. is at 12:15 and the get in is about an hour and a half drive from lahinch on the way back to dublin.

cian

Offline Towelyey

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Re: limerick, castleconnell, shannon
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2007, 12:40:24 »
mark says thats gay!! not me mark!!

Offline kill

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Re: limerick, castleconnell, shannon
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2007, 12:48:22 »
Dunno if I'm allowed show my face around those guys anymore.

Offline Sara

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Re: limerick, castleconnell, shannon
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2007, 14:14:27 »
There's grade 3 water on the Shannon???? Skeptical at best. Is this one of these races thats all about people in wibbly wobblys ???

Sara

Offline Towelyey

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Re: limerick, castleconnell, shannon
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2007, 15:58:10 »
mmmmmm wibbly wobbly wonders i like ice-cream

Offline Sick Boy

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Re: limerick, castleconnell, shannon
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2007, 17:58:48 »
i think it is grade three in flood, which happens about once a year. either way i thought i should tell yee.
oh and like siobhan said this will be the white water for varsities.

Offline Monkey Loving Bob

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Re: limerick, castleconnell, shannon
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2007, 18:45:29 »
It has two grade three rapid sections as it's part of the old shannon, the rest is diverted to the Dam. It's grand, the castle rapid is even a bit of craic in most water levels, it's limerick's local annamoe slowed down.

Offline Sick Boy

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Re: limerick, castleconnell, shannon
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2007, 19:26:52 »
castle?really con? it has two walls

Offline bexifurr

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Re: limerick, castleconnell, shannon
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2007, 20:45:45 »
Better than the castle in Carlow, which has one!

Offline Diarmaid

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Re: limerick, castleconnell, shannon
« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2007, 08:30:55 »
oh yeah? well my castle doesn't have any walls, so  :P to you

Offline Dave B

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Re: limerick, castleconnell, shannon
« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2007, 10:39:44 »
worst stretch of river ever!!

Offline Monkey Loving Bob

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Re: limerick, castleconnell, shannon
« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2007, 19:24:47 »
Shut up you bloody foreigner, people are meant to find that out for themselves and then we laugh at them at the take out with beers and hookers! How's Nepal?
« Last Edit: November 14, 2007, 19:33:26 by Monkey Loving Bob »

Offline Sick Boy

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Re: limerick, castleconnell, shannon
« Reply #12 on: November 14, 2007, 19:27:45 »
im guessing he dosent have to wait till the take out of a river to get beers and hookers. ;)

Offline canned

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Re: limerick, castleconnell, shannon
« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2007, 09:43:21 »
The Castleconnell section of the shannon is a simple stretch that has a minimum amount of water garaunteed all year and is a great training ground for level 3 paddling. Only the unimaginitive see it as anything less.... ::)

It's well suited to this kind of race but is no joke in high water. There have been people airlifted from midflow trees on the S bend section several times.

Like Siobhan said, there'll be better than average levels to facilitate the race.

Offline Ritchie

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Re: limerick, castleconnell, shannon
« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2007, 10:20:23 »
sounds great.. personally i would be encourage our freshers to make up 50% of all teams entering, and then the other 50% going to the clubs top boaters.

my 2cents