ECCG Group enjoying a coffee outside Day’s Eurospar, Whitegate

We had a great day out in Whitegate at the Rowing Championship Regatta on Sunday 8th June. The weather was ideal, blue skies and sunshine! As Napoleon said ‘An army can’t march on an empty stomach’. So we all met up at the deli in Eurospar and when the tanks were full, we went to work.

After the group shot was taken, we headed for the Sawmills Pier, one of 3 piers in
Whitegate which were built to bring coal from Wales in years gone by. There were 20 races in all, so things had to move along while the tide was still in. The highlight of the day was the inaugural Blue Light Boat Race .This was a two race event, men’s and ladies. It was contested by crews from the various emergency services and Defence Forces including the Air Corps, Army, HSE Ambulance Service, Fire Service, East Cork Rapid Response, Coast Guard, Gardai, Phillips 66 Fire Team and the Port of Cork.

The event was being sponsored by the Port of Cork. The event was a joint fundraiser between the East Cork Rapid Response Group and Whitegate RC. The race was won by ‘The combined Armed Forces’.

All aboard!

We got the boat out for the last couple of hours, this gave us a great chance to get up close to the rowers and compose better shots. Joe took over the helm, Bill was on ‘look out’ while Finbarr, Noelle and myself concentrated on the job at hand!

Things came to an end around 4.30 and we retired ourselves after a very enjoyable day.

– Kevin Day

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