dún laoghaire harbour company

Gerbil and Ross qualify for the Olympics!

The Harbour Company is proud to sponsor local sailors Gerbil Owens and Ross Killian who compete in the 470 class. An excellent performance in Cadiz in September assured them of qualifications for the Olympic Games in Athens next year. They are among the first Irish athletes to qualify.

The pair have now embarked on their winter training programme which will see them head south for several months. They started in Brisbane on the 29th November and raced there until the 3rd December. Next up is the Sydney International Regatta from the 18th to the 22nd December. Following that they are off to Melbourne for the Pre Sail Melbourne

Regatta from the 3rd to the 9th January and after that on to the Sail Melbourne Regatta, the only Grade one event in the Southern Hemisphere. Finally, they will take part in the Australian 470 National Championship from the 29th to the 25th January and then back home on the 1st February with a nice tan and maybe for a short rest! You can check up on their performances in Australia through the ISA website: www.sailing.ie

Caption: Gerbil and Ross in action.

East Pier News

Re-surfacing

The Harbour Company will shortly be applying to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council for planning permission to begin resurfacing the East Pier in 2004. Regular walkers on the Pier will have noticed recently that sample granite slabs have been tested there. The Company intends phase one of the project to cover the lower deck of the Pier as far as the bandstand. The total cost of resurfacing both levels of the Pier will be in the region of €3 million. The project will be funded from the Harbour Company's commercial activities.

East Pier steps to re-open

Several of the steps between the upper and lower levels on the East Pier will re-open soon. Work is now underway installing handrails to make them easier to use. For safety reasons, the steps had to be closed earlier this year following a number of accident reports.

Ferry Terminal wins Tidy Towns Award

Carlisle Pier Exhibition Opening Times

January 2004
Friday 30th
Saturday 31st

February 2004
Sunday 1st
Monday 2nd - Wednesday 4th
Thursday 5th / Friday 6th
Saturday 7th
Sunday 8th

2pm - 8pm
11am - 5pm

11am - 4pm
11am - 5pm
2pm - 8pm
11am - 5pm
11am - 4pm

Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company, Harbour Lodge, Crofton Road, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin Ph: 2801018 Fax: 2809607 E-mail: info@dlharbour.ie Website: www.dlharbour.ie

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