Windsurfing with Wolves

Edition 14 - September 2013 Windsurfing with Wolves By Annie Gaughan - Captain to call a family. We take any In the past the club has travelled most certainly meet some very you’ll be hooked on the sport on Have you ever wondered what it chance we can get to gather to many windsurfing hot spots interesting characters! This year your first try. You can contact us would be like to be in the middle everyone together be it, family including Egypt, Tenerife, UL are hosting the intervarsities on Facebook if you type ULWC of a bay surrounded by some of dinner night, movie night or even Fuerteventura, Tarifa and the so we can ensure you that it will into the search bar, by email at: the most amazing mountains in Pancake Tuesday! We encourage Dominican Republic. The foreign be the best one yet. (P.S. We’re [email protected], Ireland? Have you ever wondered all our members to attend our trip gives us the opportunity aiming to become champions for or you can get our committee’s how it would feel to glide across fundraisers which include our to train even when it’s too cold the sixth year in a row!) contact details on the touch the water at a speed 30 knots (50 infamous UV party in Costellos, in Ireland to hold a sail in your So there’s a brief summary of screens in the Students Union. KPH) or more? Or have you ever our pyjama and beach parties hands! The Irish Windsurfing what life as a UL windsurfer has Don’t be afraid to drop by and wondered how you could make in the Lodge or our Bar Boot Intervarsities is the other big to offer. We welcome everyone, say hello at the recruitment drive some of the best friends you’ll Sale on campus. If we put all event in our calendar, where whether you’ve windsurfed either. We look forward to seeing ever meet? There’s only one way of this alongside the always the windsurfing clubs from all before or whether you’ve never you all. for you to experience this. Join unforgettable weekend of fun at the universities in Ireland gather been in the sea before to come the UL Windsurfing Club. As a intervarsities, you’ll see that being for one big competition. It is a and join us. Our membership club, we give you the opportunity a windsurfer is just as fun off the weekend full of fun and you will only costs €5 and we guarantee to try a thrilling new sport with water as on. top quality gear and professional Most of our training takes place instruction, as well as a chance every couple of weekends down to travel to the best windsurfing in Castlegregory. It all starts spots in Ireland and abroad. Friday evening when we whizz The club is based in the by the SU in the UL Wolves bus, southwest of the country, in pick everyone up and venture the small, idyllic Kerry town, down to Kerry. We get two Castlegregory. Castlegregory is solid days of windsurfing in, all home to ex-pro windsurfer Jamie to be back in Limerick Sunday Knox who runs a watersports evening. The trip usually costs school and shop. Jamie, as most €45 which includes your food, members will tell you, has a accommodation, transport, gear unique and entertaining method and tuition for the weekend. of teaching, and you can expect The hostel we stay in is located to hear him shouting “stick your over Fitzmaurice’s bar, so after a bum in” down his megaphone at long day of windsurfing you can you while you’re gliding across kick back and relax with a hearty the crystal clear waters of Sandy dinner and a nice cold beverage. Bay. There’s no doubt that he’ll There are two big events in our have you ready to race in no time. calendar every year, the first As a club we form what we like being a foreign trip in January. ITS GOING TO GET LOUD By Jonathan O’Connell President Music Society After ending on a high last year everyone to come along and play jam as well as a facility to record with a very successful Battle of or sing whatever they want and demos. the Bands, UL Music Soc is going there’s even a complimentary This year for the first time, UL to push on this year with lots of beverage for anyone who takes Music will be providing lessons events and activities planned. part. So come along with some in sound engineering. The les- Throughout the year the Music friends and enjoy a great night sons will show how to setup and Soc will be putting on events of wonderful music and fun manage the Music Soc P.A for showcasing some of the best up without the hassle and cost of a events held during the year and and coming talent in Limerick night out. Sure what else is there provide a great learning experi- and Ireland. This year the Battle to do on a Monday? We all know ence for everyone. of the Bands promises to be big- the difficulty with getting a band Weather you’re the next Jimi ger than ever with great prizes together to practice, especially if Hendrix and want to help people and gig opportunities up for you’re living on campus and you to learn, a complete beginner grabs. Registration for the Battle don’t want the village manager picking up an instrument for the of the Bands is free and all that or neighbours knocking on your first time or just want to learn is required is that a member of door because you’re drummer some new skills or instruments, your band is a member of Music is banging on the bongos like a the music soc can provide you Soc.Every Monday open mic chimpanzee. The Music soc has with the opportunity to learn. nights are held in the Stables their own music room to practice [email protected] Club. These nights are open to with all the equipment needed to www.facebook.com/ulmusicsoc 2 ULSU CLUBS & SOCS NEWS 60+ Clubs & Societies requested a budget this year “Everybody needs a break, climb a mountain is interdependent on each other financially, in that (Outdoor Pursuits Club-mountaineering) or jump regard and it’s not possible at the moment to gauge in a lake (Sailing /Windsurfing/Surfing Clubs), any possible impact. some head off to exotic places (Sub Aqua Club – Welcome The Administration Seminars are set for Thursday Lanzarote, SofA – Budapest, YFG - Berlin) others go to the Galway races (Horse Racing Society September 5th 6pm-8pm in the Jonathan Swift –who else?), Mattie goes to the South of France lecture theatre and it’s the same time and venue for (Kayak /Mountain/Skydiving Club Jim to the Part 2 on Tuesday 10th September, refreshments dogs (Psychology Societies night at the Limerick to follow as always. Our annual Recruitment Drive Dog track) And Peter to the dance (UL Dance), a will take place too on Wednesday of Week 1 in the cousin of mine goes pot holing (Outdoor Pursuits – University Arena. Yorkshire) a cousin of hers loves Joe Dolan (Music Other news in brief is that I have been busy with Society…ok maybe not Joe Dolan). Summer comes Integrated Risk Solutions and we expect all Clubs & around each year we go there and they go here some Societies to have their safety statement’s certified for Paul Lee jet off to Frahjiliana (International Society) but I the start of the term which would be an historic first. Clubs and Societies always go to Lisdoonvarna (Photographic Society – Development Manager Well close enough it’s the Burren)” My thanks to Keith O’Neill of Blue Chief Solutions for his Trojan work on the new format for the Once the balance is struck with academic life the Welcome to all our Newbie’s wolves’ website. possibilities of student creativity and initiative are I would like to extend a big welcome to all our new limited only by the imagination of its members. Apart from all the over sea’s trips which take place arrivals to the University of Limerick from all here Finally to all contemplating getting involved in clubs in the summer the most unusual summer event in Clubs & Societies Office. For the next four years and societies it’s far better to have tried and failed was where 3 of our Sub Aqua Club were involved while the majority of people reading this will be than never to try at all. with assisting the coastguard with the rescue of a working towards your goal of obtaining a degree delegation of international rowers as part of an event THE best way to maximise your non academic time Welcome back to the...Oldies? by their world governing body in Lough Derg this with new people in fun, interesting and challenging As always when the exams end in May people summer. Our Sub Aqua Club were using their high ways is through the huge social network known scatter to the 4 corners of the globe and just as well powered 210hph RHIB as a safety support vessel affectionately as “Clubs & Socs”, the UL Wolves. as we tend to need to re-charge the batteries as well. when the weather turned quite dramatically and that The dynamic characteristics and qualities the wolf However around the end of July you do miss the necessitated rescuing quite a lot of mature rowers embodies typify all the best things about being hive of activity so I’m looking forward to kicking off and their boats from the Lough.

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