Irish National Hot Air Ballooning Championships

Fajitas! · 26-09-2008 7:27pm

Looked really nice up there today.

Enjoy the night Trotter!

mike65 · 26-09-2008 7:58pm

A few more pix (subject to Sully

)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/2889844241_e7366eebcf_o.jpg

Mike

Sully · 26-09-2008 10:59pm

mike; See charter. Some of your pictures are to wide and break up the thread. Linked, again.

Aquos76 · 26-09-2008 11:05pm

Mike, I hope you dont mind, but I took the liberty of fixing your picture size.

mike65 · 26-09-2008 11:10pm

Cheers Aquos76

Mike

Sully · 26-09-2008 11:39pm

Where are the balloons usually stored?

Trotter · 27-09-2008 12:01pm

Sully wrote: »

Where are the balloons usually stored?

Everything packs into those trailers you see hitched to the retreive 4x4's on the ground. When its windy and manky, the trailers are just stored away in sheds. Most balloonists have a decent sized shed/garage for the trailer.

BlaasForRafa · 27-09-2008 12:32pm

Saw the balloons yesterday from newgate street, beautiful sight

Trotter · 27-09-2008 1:31pm

Has anyone any good photos of the nightglow taken from the waterford side of the river?

Fajitas! · 27-09-2008 1:40pm

I do, but gotta get a bit of work first!

quilmore · 28-09-2008 12:02pm

From Friday:

Fajitas! · 28-09-2008 12:15pm

Not great tbh

Trotter · 29-09-2008 12:54am

How would the photographers among you feel about submitting some prints to an Irish Hot Air Balloon Championships photography exhibition sometime in the not so distant future?

The idea would be to raise money for the South Eastern Cancer Foundation.

The people of Waterford have been very supportive of the Balloon Championships so maybe this would be an idea to give something back?

A good few photographers we met over the week would be happy to help, so I said I'd mention it here too.

What do you all think?

trishw78 · 29-09-2008 8:49am

I'd definately be interested. Count me in

quilmore · 29-09-2008 10:05am

Trotter wrote: »

How would the photographers among you feel about submitting some prints to an Irish Hot Air Balloon Championships photography exhibition sometime in the not so distant future?

sure!
feel free to PM with details and in good time so I can get the print outs ready

Fajitas! · 29-09-2008 2:31pm

Yep, I'm in for it, let me know what the story is

Trotter · 29-09-2008 2:35pm

Great stuff.

Vague idea so far.. Find a venue, gather peoples' favourite prints, organise an exhibition night, flog the prints for a week or two from the venue, money to charity (SECF).

I'll think more about it when my brain cools.

Oh its lovely not to be legging it to a flight briefing now. I get to correct maths books instead. Yay. :rolleyes:

kensutz · 29-09-2008 2:41pm

I'm in!

Sully · 29-09-2008 7:35pm

If I can be of any use Trotter, you know where I am

Should be interesting to see all the different photos!

mike65 · 29-09-2008 7:40pm

Have to make sure the pix submitted are sufficiently varied (20 shots of nothing but balloon fabric would be a dull exhibit).

Mike

Trotter · 29-09-2008 8:54pm

mike65 wrote: »

Have to make sure the pix submitted are sufficiently varied (20 shots of nothing but balloon fabric would be a dull exhibit).

Mike

Ah we'll get advice from people in the know that organise this kind of thing a lot and do it the tried and trusted way.. whatever that is!

JMcL · 30-09-2008 8:48am

Coming late to this (only saw the thread at the weekend for some reason!), but here're a few from during the week. There're more on my Flickr page. Click on the images to go to the relevant flickr page with access to a bigger image

mike65 · 30-09-2008 9:14am

Exellent shots. Just looking again - the middle one is bang on the money, really like that.

Mike

Psychedelic · 30-09-2008 7:15pm

amazing photos there JMcL. love the 2nd and 3rd ones. some more lovely ones on your flickr account too.

dauphin_army · 30-09-2008 10:41pm

Eoin Ryan, the producer of RTE Nationwide tells me that
a piece on this years Ballooning Champs in Waterford will be broadcast
on Monday evening, 13th October on NATIONWIDE, which goes to air after the main 6pm evening news on RTE-1 TV.

Regards,

Dauphin-army

JMcL · 01-10-2008 9:23am

Cheers folks.

I'll have to pass the date for Nationwide on to a mate, apparently he featured down at Lismore, but the guy didn't know at that stage when the piece was going to air.

Trotter · 06-10-2008 8:56pm

Lads and Ladies, I bring you the offer of the century :cool:

When we got the rugby shirts for the crew and pilots, we over ordered them a little. We've around 15 left I think. Originally they were only for pilots and crew of the teams that arrived.

Thanks to Sully and the kind Admins, Im allowed to ask to anyone here would like to own a piece of history lol..

Just to help towards paying the bills for the event in general, we're gonna sell them to anyone here who wants one for €25. Thats cheaper than they were charging me for mine before I said fek off

If anyone wants one, email irishchampionships AT gmail .com and the director will contact you about meeting up in Waterford.

I figured that there was so much interest here when the balloons were around that some people might like one. Otherwise I'll send them over to the next big competition in the UK. Some of the pilots wanted extra but we never got around to sorting it before they left.

We've Large and Extra Large left but they're slightly on the smallish side. Very slightly.

Im normally a 38" chest and the medium only just fit me.

Here's the pics of the rugby shirts. They're long sleeve and the quality is very good.

Thanks again to the mods and admins. This isnt a profit thing, all the money will go back into paying for the event.

kensutz · 06-10-2008 10:22pm

Richie I'll take one off ya.

Trotter · 06-10-2008 10:35pm

kensutz wrote: »

Richie I'll take one off ya.

I passed your number onto the boss Ken!

By the way guys and girls, orange is the only colour available

mike65 · 06-10-2008 11:03pm

A bit tight and bright orange, if I were going to Studio 54 c 1978 I'd say yes!

Mike

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