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Bantry Bay Terminal

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51.41N 9.27W

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Chairmans Welcome 200 words

Presidents Address 100—150 words

History—300 words

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IRELAND

USA

FRANCE

CANADA

DENMARK

RUSSIA

ITALY

INDONE-SIA

BELGIUM

FINLAND

NORTHERN IRELAND

GREAT BRITAIN

BASQUE

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INTERNA-TIONAL

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• SAILING RACE—This is a race across the wind (reaching) for all the crews. Thers is a sailing start with 10min & 5 min guns and the race is twice around a course of about 2 miles.

• ROWING RACE—This is a 2 mile race under oars only. 10 crew rowing with a cox and 2 assistants make up the boat compliment at all times.

• Oars & Sail • Man Overboard • Sack Transfer • Slalom • Navigation • Knots & Splices Captains Gig

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The boats are 38 foot long replicas of the Bantry Bay Longboat. Each boat will carry •

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Friday July 20: Boat Launch and Safety Inspection :Saturday 21: 1.30 pm Parade of Nations: The flags and colours of 16 interna-tional gig crews with local clubs and pipe bands 2.00 pm Musical Interlude: No.1 Army Band 2.30pm Opening Ceremony: By Michael D. Higgins, Uachtaran Na hEireann 4.00pm Captains Gig Colourful dressage event testing seamanship under the Captains command ... bring your camera. Viewing: Har-bour View Sunday 22 10.00am Slalom. The gigs row rudderless through a slalom course against the clock. Viewing Locations: Abbey Point 2.00 – 5.00pm Rope work Competitive rope work using tradi-tional skills and materials from the days of sail. Location: Wolfe Tone Square Monday 23 9.30 Oars & Sails. 1. A punishing race with mid course change from oars to sails. Viewing location: Air Strip Car Park, Abbey Point, Bantry Pier, Whiddy Pier 2.30pm Sailing. 1 Sixteen wooden admiralty boats under full com-petitive sail is a sight to behold. Viewing Location: Whiddy, Roadside lay-by’s between Ballylickey & Glengarriff Tuesday 24 10.00am Passage Race. A long haul test of crew and boat in the seas that defeated an armada. Viewing : All Sites ESPRIT

Abbey Slip

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Wednesday 25 9.30 am ?????????????????????????????????? 2.00pm Oars & Sails 2 A punishing race with mid course change from oars to sails. Viewing location: Air Strip Car Park, Abbey Point, Bantry Pier, Whiddy Pier Thursday 26 : 9.30am Man Overboard. Boats under sail safely recover a man overboard. Viewing: Inner Harbour Sites 2.30pm Sailing 2 : Second leg of Sailing 1 Viewing Location: Whiddy, Roadside lay-by’s between Ballylickey & Glengarriff Friday 27 : 9.30 Jack Stay Transfer Skilled event transferring goods from ship to shore against the clock.Viewing: Main Pier 2.00pm Navigation :Crews abilities in traditional navigation skills are testedViewing: Harbour Area Saturday 28 11.00am Rowing Race. The final contest of Atlantic Challenge rowed at a blistering pace over a 2 mile course from Snave Bay to Bantry Pier. Viewing: Eagle Point, Bantry pier & local boat hire. Celebration: PIRATE FLOATIALLA From the heat of competition comes joy of friendship in one all mighty splash up. 6.00 pm. Presentation of prizes to crews of Atlantic Challenge 7.00 pm Bantry House ??????? 8.00pmClosing ceremony and banquet of Atlantic Challenge 2012 at Westlodge Hotel Sunday 29 2.00pm. The Farewell Race of Friendship: The final event of Atlantic Challenge 2012 Next port of Call – Morbhin, France, July 2014

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Friday July 20 : Music and fun in our maritime themed bars, hotels and restaurants .30pm ?? Terrier Racing - Lower Car Park 8pm : Theatre ?? Tailor & Aynsty ? - JJ Crowleys Bar Saturday 21 : 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Scots & Irish Airs Pipe Bands (Various street locations) Sea Shanty Singers : Locations?? 8.00 pm Live and Free: Rock & Blues band Tin Pan Alley kick off our free gig series. 10.00 pm Twilight... A journey from light into darkness with mu-sic, song and stunning street performers. Sunday 22 .00pm. Children’s Fancy Dress Parade / Face painters A host of tricksters and clowns lead the parade through the streets. (Lots of prizes - Assembly Barrack Street). 2.00 – 6.00 pm. Face painters, Jugglers, Clowns, Club displays, Fun and mayhem for all the family. Live and Free: 4.00pm. To be filled 8.00pm. The Roaring 40's swing and jazz band 10.00pm The Cujo Family (Waltzing Ballads to Brilliant Rock) Midweek Activities: Clubs Demos ???????

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Friday 27 :9.00am – 5.00pm Visit the busy Street Market and artisan food stalls. Check out the art exhibition. Enjoy a coffee and tasty lunch at the many local restaurants. Live and Free 8.00pm. Ceilí Allstars (provisional) 10.00pm. Ruby & the Nighthawks Saturday 28 Pirate's Day 12.00 Pirates Flotilla Cut-throat raiders sail on the tide to ransack Bantry's treasure. 1.00 – 6.00pm The Great Pirate Party... for kids from 2 to 92, join the motley crew. Live and Free: 3.30pm Latin Express (Salsa party rhythms of South America) 6.00 pm. Presentation of prizes competition winners –art photo etc ?????? enge. 8.00 pm. CoCoMoJo - Play that funky music 10.00 pm. The Calvinists (Alt. Folk- Americana) Sea Shenanigans Irish Wind Surfing Event - Raft race - Air and Sea Rescue - Naval boarding exercise - Thrax Tug Water Cannon - Marconi Cup Sailing - Traditional Naomhógs & wooden boats. 11.00 – 5.00pm Bantry Bay Festival of Food A celebration of all that the Bantry Bay area has to offer in terms of culinary delights. Location: Harbour View car park Rock The Boat Baby - Music of every genre on the streets and in the bars. 2.00pm Shavers Only (Contemporary Irish / Folk) 4.00pm The Hard Ground (Rocky Folk with a hint of Blues) 8.00pm The Lee Valley String Band (Old time country & blue grass) 10.00pm Colourfield (All the Rock Classics) 11.30pm Light up the sky... a not to be missed fireworks spectacular. Safe Sailing Home

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Daily Ongoing events • Aet Expo—Parochial Hall • Camera Obscura—Bantry House • Childrens Art Competition Expo • Light Craft • Town Tours _ Guided Walk of Historical Bantry • Theatre—Tailor & Aynsty • Cinema : Maritime Themed Films ??? • GAA—Peil Camp– Gaelic football Camp 23-27 July •

Merchandise / Wine Bantry2012 Wine Story ????? Merchandise

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Things to do in the area

Harbour Map …….

Marconi cup ???

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Events Area Map

Silver Sponsors logos? : ROWA /Failte Ire-landBay Run / Westlodge Hotel/ Maritime Ho-tel/ AIB/Murphy & OConnors/Cremin Coaches/ Bantry Credit Union/ Bantry Town Council/ Brick Oven/Mariner Resturant/ Care for the Aged/Bantry Charity Shop/Heinekin Irl/ Ted & Anne Toye/E-Centres Inititive /

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