Pilmore Sunrise Shoot – 12/02/2017

On 12th February, 8 members of our group headed for Pilmore, Youghal in East Cork, for a sunrise shoot.

6:40am was our meeting time at the Midleton Park Hotel, and from there we headed for Youghal. With high tide having just passed, there was plenty of wave action around the many groynes along the beach.

Sunrise was at 7:55am and unfortunately the sky remained grey throughout. However, there were plenty of interesting shots to be had, and a good introduction to seascape photography for some of our new members who turned out on the day.

Check out a gallery of member’s images from the shoot here.

– Anthony O’Connor

Tallow/West Waterford Point to Point – 05/02/2017

On a bright sunny Sunday afternoon, the P2P bandwagon rolled on to the course located at Shanakill, Conna outside Tallow town for the annual Tallow P2P.

The course is a left handed galloping track with the start located at the entrance of the home straight with race runners passing the winning post 4 times. 6 races were run on the day and the event was well supported and attracted a huge crowd from the local area and beyond.

Blessed with favourable weather conditions, ECCG members who attended the event were treated to some great action. The exciting races thrilled punters and non punters alike and we got some great images, from the parade ring to the winning post at various angles including some from ground level that made for unusual and challenging images.

Click here to see a gallery of images from the shoot. Enjoy!

 – Noelle Lowney

 

Ballybrannigan Sunrise Shoot – 05/02/2017

Our 5th shoot of the year took ECCG members to Ballybrannigan beach in East Cork for sunrise on 5th of February.

From our meeting point at the Midleton Park Hotel, we headed for Ballybrannigan beach at 7am and in total 8 of our group turned out. With the sun rising over the sea through hazy low lying cloud, combined with plenty of surf, conditions were ideal.

There is lots of scope at this location from sandy beach to rocky foreground.

Check out our gallery of images from the shoot. Enjoy!

 – Anthony O’Connor

 

Ballyvodock Point to Point – 29/01/2017

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On a cold, wet, miserable Sunday afternoon, the p2p bandwagon rolled on to the course located at Ballyvodock, Carrigtwohill for the Pigeon Hill and Carrigtwohill point to point. This race meeting, now in its third year at this location, is organised by the United Hunt and is considered to be one of premier meetings on the southern circuit and was the last ECCG shoot of January 2017.

The course is a left handed track with 6 races being run on the day covering a two and half circuits over 9 furlongs distance per race in an anti clockwise direction with a slight up hill finish. Despite the bad weather, the event was well supported and attracted a huge crowd from the local area to attend this event.

Despite being a cold and very wet day, the unfavourable weather conditions did not deter a few brave ECCG members to attend the event and we were treated to some great action. The exciting race performances warmed up punters and non punters alike.  Some great equine sporting images were captured from the parade ring and track on the day from all angles to say the least with some members braving taking shots from the ground level despite the mucky conditions.

See a gallery of images from this shoot here. Enjoy!

 – Noelle Lowney

Biddy Gets her ECCG 2017 Calendar

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ECCG member, Kevin Day, with Irish actor, Mary McEvoy

Top Irish Actor, Mary McEvoy (aka Glenroe’s Biddy McDermott) picked up her copy of ECCG’s 2017 Calendar recently at Day’s Eurospar, Whitegate, Co. Cork.

Sales of the calendar have been very strong this year but there are a few copies left which can be bought for only €5 at McCarthy News, Hurley’s SuperValu, Al’s Newsagent, Market Green, Owenacurra Pharmacy – all in Midleton. It’s also available at Day’s Eurospar, Whitegate. A portion of the proceeds every year goes to local charities with East Cork Rapid Response, My Place, Midleton and Ballycotton Lifeboat being among the latest to benefit.

Each purchase comes with an entry form to enter our free draw to win a family membership to Trabolgan Holiday Village for the 2017 season and there’s still time to enter.