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6th February 2014

Rowers Must Hit New Mark To Make Home International Team

#ROWING: The Ireland team for the Home International Regatta, which will be held at the National Rowing Centre in Cork on July 26th, will be chosen in a special trials process alongside the third National Assessment at the end of March. Athletes who do not make Ireland teams at a higher level should come into play in this process.

Tomorrow (Friday) is the last day for applications for the post of Leinster Women’s Rowing Development Officer. The one-year contract comes with a salary of €25,000.

Meanwhile, Amy Bulman has been appointed as communications officer with Rowing Ireland. As a rower, Bulman represented Ireland at the Universiade in Russia last year.

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Rowing Ireland Seek Voluntary Coaches and Managers

#RowingPosts: Rowing Ireland are seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced, ambitious and enthusiastic individuals for the voluntary roles of coaches, managers and drivers for the Junior, Coupe, Under 23 and Senior squads for the 2014 international season.

Interested candidates should send a brief Cover Letter by email to [email protected]

The deadline for applications is the 30th September 2013.

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About Conor O'Brien, Irish Circumnavigator

In 1923-25, Conor O'Brien became the first amateur skipper to circle the world south of the Great Capes. O'Brien's boat Saoirse was reputedly the first small boat (42-foot, 13 metres long) to sail around the world since Joshua Slocum completed his voyage in the 'Spray' during 1895 to 1898. It is a journey that O' Brien documented in his book Across Three Oceans. O'Brien's voyage began and ended at the Port of Foynes, County Limerick, Ireland, where he lived.

Saoirse, under O'Brien's command and with three crew, was the first yacht to circumnavigate the world by way of the three great capes: Cape Horn, Cape of Good Hope and Cape Leeuwin; and was the first boat flying the Irish tri-colour to enter many of the world's ports and harbours. He ran down his easting in the Roaring Forties and Furious Fifties between the years 1923 to 1925.

Up until O'Brien's circumnavigation, this route was the preserve of square-rigged grain ships taking part in the grain race from Australia to England via Cape Horn (also known as the clipper route).

At a Glance - Conor O'Brien's Circumnavigation

In June 1923, Limerick man Conor O’Brien set off on his yacht, the Saoirse — named after the then newly created Irish Free State — on the two-year voyage from Dun Laoghaire Harbour that was to make him the first Irish amateur to sail around the world.

June 1923 - Saoirse’s arrival in Madeira after her maiden passage out from Dublin Bay

2nd December 1924 - Saoirse crossed the longitude of Cape Horn

June 20th 1925 - O’Brien’s return to Dun Laoghaire Harbour