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Despite a quiet start to the year on Midland waters, because of pandemic related issues, Lough Ree RNLI volunteer crews responded to a call for assistance over the weekend (Saturday, July 9) which brought the total ‘call-outs’ for the year to 20.

Athlone Boat Club hosted their annual regatta at Coosan Point on the shores of Lough Ree in recent times.

Saturday, June 25, marked International Day of the Seafarer and was an apt date to mark the official opening of IWAI Dunrovin headquarters (HQ Dunrovin) at Coosan Point on the shores of Lough Ree.

Boosted by the summer-esque weather conditions, a large crowd flocked to the Athlone Agri Show in Garnafailagh on Sunday last.

At a special naming ceremony and service of dedication held in Coosan Point on Saturday last, Lough Ree RNLI officially opened its new state-of-the-art lifeboat station and named its inshore Atlantic 85 class lifeboat, Tara Scougall, in memory of a beloved, daughter, wife and mother, the event coinciding with Lough Ree RNLI’s tenth anniversary on the lake.

As it celebrates its 10th anniversary, volunteers at Lough Ree RNLI will host a dual celebration at Coosan Point at 2pm on Saturday, June 11, when the charity’s new state-of-the-art lifeboat station will be officially opened.

Athlone Golf Club’s first Open Week of the year finished on Bank Holiday Monday with a very popular Scramble competition.

More than 200 delegates across Ireland, the UK, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Italy, and beyond descended upon the Technological University of the Shannon, Athlone Campus, for the inaugural European TBL Symposium.

From Good Friday until the weekend just passed the volunteer crew at Lough Ree RNLI came to the assistance of 17 people who encountered difficulties on and around the lake.

On Friday of last week, the volunteer crew at Lough Ree RNLI performed the historic inaugural launch of the charity’s lifeboat ‘Tara Scougall’ from it’s newly commissioned boathouse at Coosan Point, Athlone.