Joe Duffy BMW to sponsor Optimist Connachts at Malahide

29th August 2012

Malahide Yacht Club has announced that the Optimist Connacht Championship which it is hosting on behalf of the International Optimist Dinghy Association of Ireland on September 8^th & 9^th is

to be sponsored by Joe Duffy, Ireland’s leading BMW dealer, with additional support from TGI

Fridays.

The two-day event, being run at the Club’s recently re-built Dinghy Sailing Centre at the Broadmeadows, is expected to attract over 100 entries and Principal Race Officer Neil Murphy and his team will set the courses for the 6-race series.

“Our new facility and re-organised dinghy pen layout means we are fully geared to handle an event of this stature,” said MYC’s Dinghy Sailing Secretary Garrett Donnelly, “and with the support of our sponsors, we will have a memorable event for participants and their families.”

Speaking on behalf of Joe Duffy, Marketing Manager Alan Gilligan commented: “We are pleased to be associated with competitive sporting events at a local level and have done so throughout our 40-year history. We greatly look forward to playing our part during the championship.”

Entries for the Joe Duffy BMW Optimist Connacht Championship are anticipated from all four provinces by the event organisers.

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