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2005 NEWS ARCHIVE · 15/12/05: ATTENTION: Please complete the following questionnaire for Bob Amerlynck. He wants to know if and how many events you would be interested in doing nest year. Dates of the events are in the events 2006 section. Hi All, As it is necessary for your Committee to commence arrangements for Transport and Coaching for the above Events, it is imperative that I receive a reply to the Questionnaire below by the 10th January next. Please contact any of your friends or fellow Mirror Sailors who may not have E-Mail access to ensure they are aware of this E-Mail and if they do not have access to E-Mail, please respond on their behalf. Do you intend to actively participate in each or any of the following: 1) Any Single Event over the coming Season and if so which one/two. 2) In 3/4 or 5 Events over the coming Season and if so which. 3) The Mirror European Championships in Poole, England from 22nd to 29^th July 2006. This is an Open Event(no qualification necessary). 4) The World Championships in Port Elizabeth, South Africa from 6th to 19th January 2007. We have not, as yet, been advised of our allocation to this Event which is Limited to 100 Entries. When completing and returning the above Questionnaire, please enter who will be competing (i.e. Helm's name) and the actual Event(s) you intend to enter. These details are needed as there will be Qualification for the Worlds Event in South Africa. Thanking you in anticipation of your returned completed E-Mails and I wish you all, on behalf of Myself and your Committee, a Happy and Healthy Christmas and New Year. Please email your response to bob.J.Amerlynck@aib.ie include your name. If you have no access to email, ring someone who has. · 17/10/05: Meeting in the clubhouse this Sunday for anyone interested in the trip to Sweden next February. Starts at 5pm, bring your parents. · 10/11/05: Due to the weather conditions getting worse, sailing on Sunday mornings has now finished. Please bring your boats home as soon as possible as work on the new clubhouse is commencing shortly. Sunday sailing will resume around March next year. The first event next season is the Westerns in Mullingar Sailing Club on the 15^th and 16^th of April next, followed by the Northerns on the 29^th ad 30^th of April. Prizegiving will take place either in late December or Earl January tbc. · 06/10/05: Sailing on Sunday mornings during October and November has now commenced. If you can, come down on Sunday mornings at 10 o’clock for a few races, first gun at 11, weather permitting of course. Bring warm clothes as it can get a bit chilly. Sunday sailing will continue as long as the weather holds up. The list of events for 2006 is now available and is in the events section. Westerns will be in Mullingar, Northerns in the Royal North, Southerns in Tralee Bay SC, Fenit, Easterns in Sutton Dinghy Club and the Nationals in The Royal Cork. Don’t forget the Europeans in Poole. · 10/09/05: Tomorrow, Sunday the Print 2000 trophy will be sailed. It is the biggest cup of the year for the Sligo Mirror fleet. Please, if you are free to go out, come down to the club at 11 o’clock tomorrow. A briefing will be held in the clubhouse at 11:15. First race will be at 12 o’clock sharp. The plan is to run 4 races during the day. DON’T BE LATE. Congratulations to Mark Armstrong on winning the Blennick Cup. A clean sheet of 6 wins out of 6 secured the cup for him. Well done! Tuesday and Thursday racing is now finished for the mirror fleet, and will soon also finish for the GP’s. The location for winter sailing is not definite yet, but it will either be at Mullaghmore or on Lough Gill, due to refurbishment of the club. More details to follow. · 28/08/05: Blennick Cup had to be postponed today due to bad weather. Instead, it will take place on Tuesday 6^th and Thursday 8^th of September. Next Sunday, the Hillas Cup is scheduled for the GP’s, so there will be no competitive sailing for Mirrors. The Print 2000 Cup will be sailed for on Sunday September 11^th. It’s the last cup of the season, so a good turnout would be appreciated. · 25/08/05: The main racing season is drawing to a close. Last Sunday, the Sligo Southern Hotel Regatta took place. A wonderful day of sailing was had by all, with 19 boats turning up to take part in some really good sailing. In the end, the regatta was won by Cian Gallagher. Sheila Armstrong was second, followed by Barry Armstrong in 3^rd place, winning the silver fleet. The Bronze fleet was won by Ellen Martyn. Results are available in the results section. Congratulations to Luke Henderson on winning the Evening Points series, which finished this evening. Due to bad weather, no races could be sailed this evening. Results of both Evening Points and the Regatta are in the Results Section. The Red Sails will finish next Tuesday, 31^st August. This Sunday, 29^th, The Blennick Cup is scheduled to take place. Racing will start at 2:30pm. Hopefully we will have a separate course from the GP’s. · 17/08/05: All sailors are now back home from the worlds. Well done to all who took part. Results available here. This Sunday 21^st, the Sligo Yacht Club Regatta will take place. Racing will be team racing. Teams will be picked on the day. There will be one gold, one silver and one bronze fleet sailor on each team. All will be explained on the day. The event starts at 2pm. There will be food afterwards for all. Also, well done to Gerard and Oliver on fantastic leaving cert results. · 11/08/05: Update from the worlds: Oliver is leading the Sligo fleet in 55^th place, followed by Mark in 59^th. Sheila is in 63^rd while Gerard is 71^st. Ross Kearney from the RNIYC is leading the event by 2 points. On Sunday August 21^st, the Sligo Yacht Club regatta will take place. The event will be one of Team Racing only. To make the teams fair, we propose to pick the teams at random from a hat with1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze fleet sailor in each team. This coming Sunday, at 2:30, we will hopefully get a chance to practice some team racing. For those of you who don’t know what team racing is; there are 3 boats on each team, and two teams will compete against each other at a time. The winning team is the one that scores 9 points or less in the race. We want as many boats as possible to take part in these races. There is a trophy to be won along with individual prizes for each team member · 27/07/05: Final Mermaid Cup races will take place next Tuesday 2^nd August after the GP nationals. There will be no club racing this coming Thursday or Sunday due to the GP nationals starting this Friday. Congratulations to all who travelled to Skerries Sailing Club to take part in the Mirror Nationals. It was a good event for some and a terrible event for others. Mark Armstrong was the highest placed Sligo boat finishing 15^th with Gerard Healy one place and one point behind him in 16^th. Well done to both of you. Congratulations also to Aisling Cronin on finishing second overall in the Silver Fleet. She now joins the 5 other Sligo boats in the Gold Fleet. This year alone, 5 Sligo Mirrors have moved into the Gold fleet. I think that’s a new record. I also think that a lot of our improvements are due to the work of Bryan and Brendan who brought us out sailing every Sunday since early Spring, and organised training for us with Peter Aitken, Gus and Niall Henry. You deserve a big “Thank You” for your hard work. Next week, Gerard, Oliver, Mark and Sheila will travel to the worlds in Sweden representing both Ireland and Sligo Yacht Club. We all wish you “GOOD LUCK” in the event. Give it your best. · 19/07/05: Congratulations to Gerard Healy on winning the Captain Devanney Cup. Final Results are in the results section. As of the start of July, the Red Sails Series takes place on Tuesday evenings and the Evening points on Thursdays. The Nationals in Skerries start this coming Thursday. Good luck to all involved. · 15/07/05: Yet another good result for the Sligo Mirror Fleet in Westport. Well done to Oliver Mc Cormack on an excellent result finishing 10^th overall and also Gerard Healy who had a very good result considering he had not been sailing in quite some time. Congratulations to Sheila Armstrong on coming a well deserved second in the Silver Fleet, also well done to Luke Henderson on coming second in the Bronze fleet. We saw a repeat of the results from Ballyholme with Mark, Sheila and Cian finishing together in the overall results once again. Training with Gus and Niall Henry will continue on Monday evenings at 7 o’clock. This coming Sunday the Captain Devanney Cup is scheduled to take place, weather permitting. The Nationals are edging closer and are only a week away. Application forms are available in the events section. · 28/06/05: Congratulations to everyone who travelled to the Royal Cork Yacht Club at the weekend to take part in the southerns. We had two prize winners; Joe, who was 5^th in the Bronze fleet and Cian who won the Silver Fleet. The results have been placed in the events section. The westerns are getting very close now. They take place in Mayo Sailing Club on the 9^th and 10^th of July. We are hoping to get as many boats as possible to travel to the event. I have left some application forms downstairs in the clubhouse for anyone that is interested. If you are not sure whether or not to go, or are unsure about what these events are like, just talk to any of the more experienced sailors at the club. If at all possible, we would like to have as many as 20+ Sligo boats at the event. The June Series draws to a close this Thursday evening; the final results will be placed in the Results section on Thursday evening. Also, later this week, we hope to have set up a database of available crew’s in a password protected area within the site. Anyone in the Sligo mirror fleet can access the page where a list of crew’s and their contact numbers will be posted. If you know of someone who would like to be listed, please ask them. · 05/06/05: May Points Series is now over. The final results are in the results section. The Southerns at the Royal Cork Yacht Club are only 3 weeks away. Application form is in the events section. June Series will run for the entire month, including Tuesdays and Thursdays. · 22/05/05: Another good day of racing today, although we only got 2 in. Racing continues as normal on Tuesdays and Thursdays this week at 7 o’clock. · 14/05/05: Racing continues with May Points tomorrow. Launch at 10:30am. Almost perfect weather is forecast, 12+ degrees, blue skies and 10-15mph winds. Bring Sun cream! The reunion of everyone that travelled to Sweden will take place tomorrow afternoon from 4 until 6pm in Barry Ronan’s house. Bring your photos. · 08/05/05: May Points has now begun. Meeting for all sailors and parents will take place tomorrow evening at 7pm in the Yacht Club. Final Results of the Splash Points Series have been placed in the results section. Next mirror event will be the Southern Championships, which takes place on the 25^th and 26^th June at the Royal Cork Yacht Club. This will be followed by the Westerns at Mayo Sailing Club, Westport, on the 9^th and 10^th of July. · 03/05/05: Well done to those who took part in the Northerns at Ballyholme at the weekend. Results of the event have been placed in the events section. Congratulations to Cathal and Paddy on being promoted to the Silver Fleet. Thomas Chaix has contacted me about running a level 5 course this summer depending on the amount of people interested. It will not be run over the entire summer but will be run over 2 training camps. Details will be discussed at the meeting next Monday 9^th. · 24/04/05: A new record turnout set today for Winter Sailing, 17 boats. Northerns will take place next weekend at Ballyholme YC, Bangor. Racing will continue next Sunday, separate from Splash Points, and will start at 3pm instead of 11am. Racing on Tuesday and Thursday evenings has commenced, first gun will be at 7pm each evening. A meeting for all sailors and parents will take place on Monday May 9^that 7pm regarding the coming season. Results from 24^th April are not completely accurate so please notify me of any mistakes. A link for information on the Nationals in Skerries this year has been placed in the Events section. · 19/04/05: IMCAI Sailing Instructions for 2005 can be downloaded here Minor changes to last years. Note at Nationals this year, Junior, Youth and Masters Fleets will be based on your age on 1^st January 2005 and not your age on the start date of the event. Last chance to race before Northerns is this Sunday. Launch at 10:30am. · 11/04/05: Congratulations to Gerard, Mark and Oliver on their excellent results at the Easterns in Malahide. We now have 3 Sligo mirrors in the gold fleet. Sailing will continue every Sunday morning at 10:30. Results of the first 2 weeks of racing have been placed in the results section. They will be updated at least once a week. Northerns will take place in Ballyholme Yacht Club on the 30^thApril and 1^stMay. Application form is available here to download. Also, a link to a website which gives weather forecasts for all of Ireland has been placed in the links section. The link will bring you directly to forecasts for Sligo. · 24/03/05: Thanks to all who took part in the training with Peter Aitken, and braved the stormy weather. We hope everyone learned something new that will improve your sailing or racing skills, especially in heavy winds. Good luck to everybody travelling to the Easterns in Malahide this weekend. Sunday training will resume on Sunday 3^rd April, after the Easterns. Be there at 10:30am. · 13/03/05: Coaching with Peter Aitken in preparation for the Easterns in Malahide will take place on Wednesday 23^rd and Thursday 24^th March. The course will last all day on both days. Cost will be approximately €100 per boat depending on numbers. Could all interested please contact Brendan McCormack or Bryan Armstrong ASAP. · 10/03/05: Winter Training commences this Sunday 13^th March at 10:30am. · 22/02/05: New improved site started. · 20/02/05: Mirror sailors arrive back from Fiskeboda, Sweden after a week of ice sailing. The trip was enjoyed by all. Many thanks to Damien Brennan for organising such a wonderful week. Photos of the trip will appear here soon. · 13/02/05: 25 Mirror sailors head out today to Sweden for a week of ice sailing. · News will be updated regularly during the season
©Cian Gallagher 2008

2005 NEWS ARCHIVE

· 15/12/05: ATTENTION: Please complete the following questionnaire for Bob Amerlynck. He wants to know if and how many events you would be interested in doing nest year. Dates of the events are in the events 2006 section.

Hi All,

As it is necessary for your Committee to commence arrangements for
Transport and Coaching for the above Events, it is imperative that I
receive a reply to the Questionnaire below by the 10th January next.
Please
contact any of your friends or fellow Mirror Sailors who may not have
E-Mail access to ensure they are aware of this E-Mail and if they do not
have access to E-Mail, please respond on their behalf.

Do you intend to actively participate in each or any of the following:

1) Any Single Event over the coming Season and if so which one/two.

2) In 3/4 or 5 Events over the coming Season and if so which.

3) The Mirror European Championships in Poole, England from 22nd to 29^th July 2006. This is an Open Event(no qualification necessary).

4) The World Championships in Port Elizabeth, South Africa from 6th to 19th January 2007. We have not, as yet, been advised of our allocation to this Event which is Limited to 100 Entries.

When completing and returning the above Questionnaire, please enter who will be competing (i.e. Helm's name) and the actual Event(s) you intend to enter. These details are needed as there will be Qualification for the Worlds Event in South Africa.

Thanking you in anticipation of your returned completed E-Mails and I wish
you all, on behalf of Myself and your Committee, a Happy and Healthy
Christmas and New Year.

Please email your response to bob.J.Amerlynck@aib.ie include your name. If you have no access to email, ring someone who has.

· 17/10/05: Meeting in the clubhouse this Sunday for anyone interested in the trip to Sweden next February. Starts at 5pm, bring your parents.

· 10/11/05: Due to the weather conditions getting worse, sailing on Sunday mornings has now finished. Please bring your boats home as soon as possible as work on the new clubhouse is commencing shortly. Sunday sailing will resume around March next year. The first event next season is the Westerns in Mullingar Sailing Club on the 15^th and 16^th of April next, followed by the Northerns on the 29^th ad 30^th of April. Prizegiving will take place either in late December or Earl January tbc.

· 06/10/05: Sailing on Sunday mornings during October and November has now commenced. If you can, come down on Sunday mornings at 10 o’clock for a few races, first gun at 11, weather permitting of course. Bring warm clothes as it can get a bit chilly. Sunday sailing will continue as long as the weather holds up. The list of events for 2006 is now available and is in the events section. Westerns will be in Mullingar, Northerns in the Royal North, Southerns in Tralee Bay SC, Fenit, Easterns in Sutton Dinghy Club and the Nationals in The Royal Cork. Don’t forget the Europeans in Poole.

· 10/09/05: Tomorrow, Sunday the Print 2000 trophy will be sailed. It is the biggest cup of the year for the Sligo Mirror fleet. Please, if you are free to go out, come down to the club at 11 o’clock tomorrow. A briefing will be held in the clubhouse at 11:15. First race will be at 12 o’clock sharp. The plan is to run 4 races during the day. DON’T BE LATE. Congratulations to Mark Armstrong on winning the Blennick Cup. A clean sheet of 6 wins out of 6 secured the cup for him. Well done! Tuesday and Thursday racing is now finished for the mirror fleet, and will soon also finish for the GP’s. The location for winter sailing is not definite yet, but it will either be at Mullaghmore or on Lough Gill, due to refurbishment of the club. More details to follow.

· 28/08/05: Blennick Cup had to be postponed today due to bad weather. Instead, it will take place on Tuesday 6^th and Thursday 8^th of September. Next Sunday, the Hillas Cup is scheduled for the GP’s, so there will be no competitive sailing for Mirrors. The Print 2000 Cup will be sailed for on Sunday September 11^th. It’s the last cup of the season, so a good turnout would be appreciated.

· 25/08/05: The main racing season is drawing to a close. Last Sunday, the Sligo Southern Hotel Regatta took place. A wonderful day of sailing was had by all, with 19 boats turning up to take part in some really good sailing. In the end, the regatta was won by Cian Gallagher. Sheila Armstrong was second, followed by Barry Armstrong in 3^rd place, winning the silver fleet. The Bronze fleet was won by Ellen Martyn. Results are available in the results section. Congratulations to Luke Henderson on winning the Evening Points series, which finished this evening. Due to bad weather, no races could be sailed this evening. Results of both Evening Points and the Regatta are in the Results Section. The Red Sails will finish next Tuesday, 31^st August. This Sunday, 29^th, The Blennick Cup is scheduled to take place. Racing will start at 2:30pm. Hopefully we will have a separate course from the GP’s.

· 17/08/05: All sailors are now back home from the worlds. Well done to all who took part. Results available here. This Sunday 21^st, the Sligo Yacht Club Regatta will take place. Racing will be team racing. Teams will be picked on the day. There will be one gold, one silver and one bronze fleet sailor on each team. All will be explained on the day. The event starts at 2pm. There will be food afterwards for all. Also, well done to Gerard and Oliver on fantastic leaving cert results.

· 11/08/05: Update from the worlds: Oliver is leading the Sligo fleet in 55^th place, followed by Mark in 59^th. Sheila is in 63^rd while Gerard is 71^st. Ross Kearney from the RNIYC is leading the event by 2 points. On Sunday August 21^st, the Sligo Yacht Club regatta will take place. The event will be one of Team Racing only. To make the teams fair, we propose to pick the teams at random from a hat with1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze fleet sailor in each team. This coming Sunday, at 2:30, we will hopefully get a chance to practice some team racing. For those of you who don’t know what team racing is; there are 3 boats on each team, and two teams will compete against each other at a time. The winning team is the one that scores 9 points or less in the race. We want as many boats as possible to take part in these races. There is a trophy to be won along with individual prizes for each team member

· 27/07/05: Final Mermaid Cup races will take place next Tuesday 2^nd August after the GP nationals. There will be no club racing this coming Thursday or Sunday due to the GP nationals starting this Friday. Congratulations to all who travelled to Skerries Sailing Club to take part in the Mirror Nationals. It was a good event for some and a terrible event for others. Mark Armstrong was the highest placed Sligo boat finishing 15^th with Gerard Healy one place and one point behind him in 16^th. Well done to both of you. Congratulations also to Aisling Cronin on finishing second overall in the Silver Fleet. She now joins the 5 other Sligo boats in the Gold Fleet. This year alone, 5 Sligo Mirrors have moved into the Gold fleet. I think that’s a new record. I also think that a lot of our improvements are due to the work of Bryan and Brendan who brought us out sailing every Sunday since early Spring, and organised training for us with Peter Aitken, Gus and Niall Henry. You deserve a big “Thank You” for your hard work. Next week, Gerard, Oliver, Mark and Sheila will travel to the worlds in Sweden representing both Ireland and Sligo Yacht Club. We all wish you “GOOD LUCK” in the event. Give it your best.

· 19/07/05: Congratulations to Gerard Healy on winning the Captain Devanney Cup. Final Results are in the results section. As of the start of July, the Red Sails Series takes place on Tuesday evenings and the Evening points on Thursdays. The Nationals in Skerries start this coming Thursday. Good luck to all involved.

· 15/07/05: Yet another good result for the Sligo Mirror Fleet in Westport. Well done to Oliver Mc Cormack on an excellent result finishing 10^th overall and also Gerard Healy who had a very good result considering he had not been sailing in quite some time. Congratulations to Sheila Armstrong on coming a well deserved second in the Silver Fleet, also well done to Luke Henderson on coming second in the Bronze fleet. We saw a repeat of the results from Ballyholme with Mark, Sheila and Cian finishing together in the overall results once again. Training with Gus and Niall Henry will continue on Monday evenings at 7 o’clock. This coming Sunday the Captain Devanney Cup is scheduled to take place, weather permitting. The Nationals are edging closer and are only a week away. Application forms are available in the events section.

· 28/06/05: Congratulations to everyone who travelled to the Royal Cork Yacht Club at the weekend to take part in the southerns. We had two prize winners; Joe, who was 5^th in the Bronze fleet and Cian who won the Silver Fleet. The results have been placed in the events section. The westerns are getting very close now. They take place in Mayo Sailing Club on the 9^th and 10^th of July. We are hoping to get as many boats as possible to travel to the event. I have left some application forms downstairs in the clubhouse for anyone that is interested. If you are not sure whether or not to go, or are unsure about what these events are like, just talk to any of the more experienced sailors at the club. If at all possible, we would like to have as many as 20+ Sligo boats at the event. The June Series draws to a close this Thursday evening; the final results will be placed in the Results section on Thursday evening. Also, later this week, we hope to have set up a database of available crew’s in a password protected area within the site. Anyone in the Sligo mirror fleet can access the page where a list of crew’s and their contact numbers will be posted. If you know of someone who would like to be listed, please ask them.

· 05/06/05: May Points Series is now over. The final results are in the results section. The Southerns at the Royal Cork Yacht Club are only 3 weeks away. Application form is in the events section. June Series will run for the entire month, including Tuesdays and Thursdays.

· 22/05/05: Another good day of racing today, although we only got 2 in. Racing continues as normal on Tuesdays and Thursdays this week at 7 o’clock.

· 14/05/05: Racing continues with May Points tomorrow. Launch at 10:30am. Almost perfect weather is forecast, 12+ degrees, blue skies and 10-15mph winds. Bring Sun cream! The reunion of everyone that travelled to Sweden will take place tomorrow afternoon from 4 until 6pm in Barry Ronan’s house. Bring your photos.

· 08/05/05: May Points has now begun. Meeting for all sailors and parents will take place tomorrow evening at 7pm in the Yacht Club. Final Results of the Splash Points Series have been placed in the results section. Next mirror event will be the Southern Championships, which takes place on the 25^th and 26^th June at the Royal Cork Yacht Club. This will be followed by the Westerns at Mayo Sailing Club, Westport, on the 9^th and 10^th of July.

· 03/05/05: Well done to those who took part in the Northerns at Ballyholme at the weekend. Results of the event have been placed in the events section. Congratulations to Cathal and Paddy on being promoted to the Silver Fleet. Thomas Chaix has contacted me about running a level 5 course this summer depending on the amount of people interested. It will not be run over the entire summer but will be run over 2 training camps. Details will be discussed at the meeting next Monday 9^th.

· 24/04/05: A new record turnout set today for Winter Sailing, 17 boats. Northerns will take place next weekend at Ballyholme YC, Bangor. Racing will continue next Sunday, separate from Splash Points, and will start at 3pm instead of 11am. Racing on Tuesday and Thursday evenings has commenced, first gun will be at 7pm each evening. A meeting for all sailors and parents will take place on Monday May 9^that 7pm regarding the coming season. Results from 24^th April are not completely accurate so please notify me of any mistakes. A link for information on the Nationals in Skerries this year has been placed in the Events section.

· 19/04/05: IMCAI Sailing Instructions for 2005 can be downloaded here Minor changes to last years. Note at Nationals this year, Junior, Youth and Masters Fleets will be based on your age on 1^st January 2005 and not your age on the start date of the event. Last chance to race before Northerns is this Sunday. Launch at 10:30am.

· 11/04/05: Congratulations to Gerard, Mark and Oliver on their excellent results at the Easterns in Malahide. We now have 3 Sligo mirrors in the gold fleet. Sailing will continue every Sunday morning at 10:30. Results of the first 2 weeks of racing have been placed in the results section. They will be updated at least once a week. Northerns will take place in Ballyholme Yacht Club on the 30^thApril and 1^stMay. Application form is available here to download. Also, a link to a website which gives weather forecasts for all of Ireland has been placed in the links section. The link will bring you directly to forecasts for Sligo.

· 24/03/05: Thanks to all who took part in the training with Peter Aitken, and braved the stormy weather. We hope everyone learned something new that will improve your sailing or racing skills, especially in heavy winds. Good luck to everybody travelling to the Easterns in Malahide this weekend. Sunday training will resume on Sunday 3^rd April, after the Easterns. Be there at 10:30am.

· 13/03/05: Coaching with Peter Aitken in preparation for the Easterns in Malahide will take place on Wednesday 23^rd and Thursday 24^th March. The course will last all day on both days. Cost will be approximately €100 per boat depending on numbers. Could all interested please contact Brendan McCormack or Bryan Armstrong ASAP.

· 10/03/05: Winter Training commences this Sunday 13^th March at 10:30am.

· 22/02/05: New improved site started.

· 20/02/05: Mirror sailors arrive back from Fiskeboda, Sweden after a week of ice sailing. The trip was enjoyed by all. Many thanks to Damien Brennan for organising such a wonderful week. Photos of the trip will appear here soon.

· 13/02/05: 25 Mirror sailors head out today to Sweden for a week of ice sailing.

· News will be updated regularly during the season