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Post by cillian on Sept 7, 2010 9:19:39 GMT
Hi All To Join the OPC this Year:To join the OPC this year you will all need to Pre-register on-line before turning up at the wall or for any trip. Our annual recruitment drive takes place in the UL Arena from 4pm on Wednesday the 8th September. You can also join by calling to the Wall any Monday, Tuesday or Thursday and paying your fee. (please note There is no charge to Pre-register) Pre -register to Join the ClubThere is a new membership sign up system being introduced so the days of signing up by membership book have come to an end…For those of you who are going to be back on campus this coming semester/year and interested in all things OPC please pre-register for the club from the following link…: www.registercs.ul.ieyou need to initially register and the pre-register for the OPC The Instructions to pre- register and join our club are attached… Please note if you have done this before the recruitment drive it will be much easier to sign you up and you will get to skip the queue … it also will keep you updated on what’s coming up from the very beginning Club Message BoardAs always the OPC has a busy semester plan coming up so make sure to keep up to date with events by Pre-registering and checking out the club message board opc.proboards.com/index.cgi?Midweek Caving TripsMidweek Caving trips will begin in week three... E-mail Caving@ulopc.com for more information or ask any committee member or look for me.... Caving Training Coursethere is a caving training course running on the weekend of the 25th/26th September.... if you want more details and would like to attend please contact me... cillian@ulopc.comIs Mise Le Meas Cillian OPC Caving and Safety Officer Cillian@ulopc.com
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Post by cillian on Sept 20, 2010 14:11:39 GMT
Caving News Week 3Howdy All, I hope you are all keeping well and keeping on top of your studies while enjoying everything UL has on Offer. Sending an E-mail to give you an update on the list of caving possibilities on offer over the next few weeks…. If you have any questions that you would like answered or want to meet me for a chat ill either see you at the climbing wall or send me an E-mail.. Cillian@ulopc.com Midweek Caving trips:At the moment this Wednesday’s caving trip is completely full. However there will be a waiting list so if you have not got an E-mail today offering you a place and you would like to go on Wednesday please send an E-mail asking to be put on the waiting list (if you have been offered a place that you cannot take please let me know immediately) Any places become free they will be given out on a first come first served basis… those who miss out this time will get a chance to go on the next caving trip…. To give an idea of what happens on a mid-week caving trip is available from the club message board: Its not an issue if you have not caved before as the first trip is catered for everyone… opc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cavin&action=display&thread=1499 Caving Gear Required for all caving trips:opc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cavin&action=display&thread=705Caving training course:opc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cavin&action=display&thread=1685 Caving symposium week 7- trip to Co Fermanagh Please note we have some fun Caving stuff planned over the semester including a weekend trip to Leitrim/Fermanagh, All the information is available from the following links to our club website and message board ( http://www.ulopc.com) opc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cavin&action=display&thread=1686 Looking forward to bringing you all caving in the near future…. If you have any questions please E-mail me and ill reply ASAP…. Is Mise Le Meas Cillian ;D OPC Caving and Safety Officer Cillian@ulopc.com
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Post by Superboy on Sept 20, 2010 16:51:25 GMT
Howdy Cillian.
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Post by cillian on Sept 28, 2010 15:02:34 GMT
Caving news week 4Hi All, Just to give you an update on the list of caving possibilities on offer over the next few weeks…. If you have any questions that you would like answered or want to meet me for a chat ill either see you at the climbing wall or send me an E-mail.. Cillian@ulopc.com Midweek Caving trips:At the moment this Wednesday’s caving trip is completely full. However there will be a waiting list so if you have not got an E-mail today offering you a place and you would like to go on Wednesday please send an E-mail asking to be put on the waiting list (if you have been offered a place that you cannot take please let me know immediately ) Any places become free they will be given out on a first come first served basis… those who miss out this time will get a chance to go on the next caving trip…. To give an idea of what happens on a mid-week caving trip is available from the club message board: It’s not an issue if you have not caved before as the first trip is catered for everyone… opc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cavin&action=display&thread=1499 Caving Gear Required for all caving trips:opc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cavin&action=display&thread=705Caving training course:There ia a scheduled caving training course this coming November. Anyne interested in taking part should E-mail me asap to confirm their place. More details from… opc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cavin&action=display&thread=1685SRT training and vertical caving techniques:If people are interested in learning some SRT techniques and moving on to explore the vertical caves of Ireland in the future and going to Yorkshire next Easter please send me an Email stating that you are interested. I will start training on Thursday evenings in the PESS building when I know who is interested. Caving symposium week 7- trip to Co Fermanagh Please note we have some fun Caving stuff planned over the semester including a weekend trip to Leitrim/Fermanagh, All the information is available from the following links to our club website and message board ( http://www.ulopc.com) opc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cavin&action=display&thread=1686 Looking forward to bringing you all caving in the near future…. If you have any questions please E-mail me and ill reply ASAP…. Is Mise Le Meas Cillian OPC Caving and Safety Officer Cillian@ulopc.com
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Post by cillian on Oct 12, 2010 8:41:19 GMT
Caving News week 6:Hi All, If you have any questions that you would like answered or want to meet me for a chat ill either see you at the climbing wall or send me an E-mail.. Cillian@ulopc.com Caving symposium week 7- trip to Co Fermanagh - Weekend Caving trip we have some fun Caving stuff planned over the bank holiday weekend, we will have a trip to Leitrim/Fermanagh for some caving and to meet cavers from accross ireland at the annual SUI/ICRO symposium weekend, More information is available from the following links to our club website and message board ( http://www.ulopc.com) but E-mail me for extra info opc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cavin&action=display&thread=1686 the plan will be leave limerick early on the saturday morning and travel to leitrim.... we will stop off at the symposium briefly before making our way to a cave in Co Fermanagh....we will stay near leitrim and be able to enjoy the social aspects of the event as well as go caving....i will need numbers ASAP so if you are interested in joining please send me an E-mail..... we will return to limerick on the monday.... Caving training course: There ia a scheduled caving training course this coming November. Anyne interested in taking part should E-mail me asap to confirm their place. More details from… opc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cavin&action=display&thread=1685SRT training and vertical caving techniques:If people are interested in learning some SRT techniques and moving on to explore the vertical caves of Ireland in the future and going to Yorkshire next Easter please send me an Email stating that you are interested. I will start training on Thursday evenings in the PESS building when I know a group is interested. Midweek Caving trips: there is no mid-week caving trip this week ( week6). the next one will be wednesday week ( week 7). To give an idea of what happens on a mid-week caving trip is available from the club message board: opc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cavin&action=display&thread=1499 If you have any questions please E-mail me and ill reply ASAP…. Is Mise Le Meas Cillian OPC Caving and Safety Officer Cillian@ulopc.com
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Post by cillian on Oct 20, 2010 8:10:33 GMT
Hi All, If you have any questions that you would like answered or want to meet me for a chat ill either see you at the climbing wall or send me an E-mail.. Cillian@ulopc.com this weeks caving info.... No Midweek Caving trip and Rope Work Training details... There will be no midweek Caving trip tonight.... instead we will meet at the boathouse at 7.30 this evening and do some introductory rope work training. anyone who comes will get an introduction to the equipment that we have and we will follow this up tomorrow thursday night at the PESS builing in P1004 and the climbing wall at 7.15 with some on the rope practise. please come along tonight and remember to dress warmly. Fermanagh Trip this weekend: There are still some limited places available for this weekends trip to fermanagh. If you are interested in going let me know ASAP and call to the boathouse this evening at 7.15... I will also collect the money off people at the boathouse. This weekends trip will cost €40- this will include transport fuel costs, accomodation for two nigths and some food too....we will be staying in a hostel close to the conference hotel in Drumshambo Co Leitrim. As there are no C+S vehicles available for the weekend we will be travelling by two cars We will be leaving limerick at 7.30 am on the Saturday morning. there are a few interesting parts of the conference that i am sure people will enjoy and we wont want to miss however we will also aim to get a cave in on the saturday as well as the other two days ( Conference schedule attached).... we will have cooking, shower etc facilities in the hostel too. some more details available from: opc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cavin&action=display&thread=1686 in terms of gear the usual recommended gear is still applicable for the weekend.... opc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cavin&action=display&thread=705 Any Questions please pop me an E-mail or call down to the boathouse wednesday night Is Mise Le Meas Cillian ;D
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Post by cillian on Nov 11, 2010 10:33:36 GMT
Caving News week 10. Hi All, If you have any questions that you would like answered or want to meet me for a chat ill either see you at the climbing wall or send me an E-mail.. Cillian@ulopc.com this weeks caving info.... Midweek CavingThere will be no midweek Caving trip this week ... next midweek trip will be wednesday week 11. leaving the boathouse at 5.50pm. if you want to join in send an E-mail to Caving@ulopc.com Rope Work Training this thursday evening.Meeting tonight at the PESS builing in P1004 and the climbing wall at 8.00 we will be doing SRT, Ropework and knots Caving Fundamentals Course. The caving fundamentals course is running this weekend in the burren...its the first level of caving training on offer from the SUI. More details avialable on the club message board. opc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=cavin&action=display&thread=1685Is Mise Le Meas Cillian ;D
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