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Calves Week 2024 Announce Schull Harbour Hotel as Title Sponsor For West Cork Regatta

17th April 2024
Calves Week 2024 announces Schull Harbour Hotel as the title sponsor for its August regatta in West Cork. From (left to right) Michael Murphy Schull Harbour Sailing Club (SHSC), Eric Coogan Heineken Ireland, Mark Murphy, Commodore SHSC, Jack Allen SHSC, Carmel O'Regan SHSC, Cornelious Ndlovu, Schull Harbour Hotel Operations Manager and Derval Murphy SHSC
Calves Week 2024 announces Schull Harbour Hotel as the title sponsor for its August regatta in West Cork. From (left to right) Michael Murphy Schull Harbour Sailing Club (SHSC), Eric Coogan Heineken Ireland, Mark Murphy, Commodore SHSC, Jack Allen SHSC, Carmel O'Regan SHSC, Cornelious Ndlovu, Schull Harbour Hotel Operations Manager and Derval Murphy SHSC

Schull Harbour Hotel has been announced as the new title sponsor for the Calves Week 2024 Regatta in West Cork. This partnership will last for the next three years and will bring a great racing and onshore festivities experience to the region. Heineken Ireland will also be joining as the Drinks Partner for the event.

The Schull Harbour Hotel Calves Week is scheduled to take place from August 5th to 9th, 2024, and is expected to host over 70 boats from across Ireland and further afield. 

Ciaran Fitzgerald of Schull Harbour Hotel and the Blue Haven Collection said, ‘’Calves Week is an incredible event that showcases the beauty of West Cork and we are thrilled to be a part of its success for the next three years. As a business, we have a long association with sailing and the sea, so we are delighted to support the future of this incredible event. We are also excited to have Heineken on board as the drinks partner.’’

The Schull Harbour Hotel Calves Week is scheduled to take place from August 5th to 9th, 2024, and is expected to host over 70 boatsThe Schull Harbour Hotel Calves Week is scheduled to take place from August 5th to 9th, 2024, and is expected to host over 70 boats Photo: Bob Bateman

Organisers say the event is a perfect representation of the best of West Cork on sea and on land, and the new partnership will bring huge economic benefits to the area.

Schull Harbour Sailing Club Commodore Mark Murphy has welcomed the announcement of Schull Harbour Hotel as title sponsor, stating, “This partnership provides a central village location with the use of their magnificent facilities as headquarters for Calves Week, while also welcoming back Heineken who have had a long association with the event over the years”.

The Notice of Race has been published and is available for download belowThe Notice of Race has been published and is available for download below

The Notice of Race has been published and is available for download below and entries are now open for the event. This is great news for West Cork, and the region is looking forward to an exciting and successful Schull Harbour Hotel Calves Week 2024 Regatta.

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Calves Week Regatta takes place in Schull in early August, continuing the annual tradition in West Cork since the inception of the Schull Harbour Sailing Club in 1884.

In more recent years, a more compact schedule as an alternative to the older two-week even has proved popular.

The four-day Calves Week Championships with the usual mix of courses taking in the Fastnet Rock and many of Carbery's Hundred Isles, together with laid courses in Roaringwater Bay is one of Irish sailing's enduring fixtures. 

A daily prize-giving takes place on Main Street in Schull, which sees a nautical festival theme for the village organised by local businesses.