At home...
Last weekend provided plenty of action on the back of a stormy Friday, with many club sailors enjoying a great weekend of training and racing.
The Fireballs End of Season Regatta was set at short notice by the DMYC, and the organising team delivered a great and fun event with three breezy races on Saturday and 3 (and a bit) tactical light air races on Sunday to the enjoyment of "weekend warriors". Two partnerships from the club competed. Seasoned partnership Noel Butler and Steven Oram dominated the proceedings with four race wins, taking the event with a sizeable lead. Newly formed partnership Nicola Ferguson and Thomas Chaix were in the chasing pack (only 3 points separating 2nd from 5th), eventually settling in 4th for their first event. See full report here
The Flying 15s enjoyed two races on Saturday, with Alan Green and Shane MacCarthy taking both guns in the bay as Afloat reports here.
...and abroad
The 29er squad is still very hungry after a stellar summer made of titles.
The Eurocup finals in Garda is a must-attend event for the best partnerships in the class, and as in each year, it did not disappoint with 170 competitors from well over 20 countries taking part.
Four (of which three sailed under the NYC burgee) Irish partnerships made the journey to Italy. European champions Ben O'Shaugnessy and Ethan Spain grew stronger as the event progressed, climbing right back up to 2nd overall, only a few points off local favourite and number 3 in the world.
World champion Clementine van Steenberge partnered up with world female runner-up Jessica Riordan (from the RstGYC) just a few weeks ago, and they are already making their skills known with a strong 7th-place finish and a comfortable gold in the girls.
William Walsh was also validating a new partnership with Eoin Byrne. They had difficulties early on but finished their event with stronger results, giving them confidence in the future.
A busy Halloween week
NYC coaches will be on deck for a busy week at the club and in Cork. The club Performance programmes are in full swing with clinics in all our supported classes (Topper, ILCA, Feva, 29er and Optimist).
The Topper class success story continues, with well over 25 sailors expected on the platform for the NYC club squad and the National squad clinic over the next few days.
After the final October session for our regular Optimist Autumn training, NYC coaches and sailors will travel to Crosshaven to train and compete at the annual National Training Week.
The week will conclude with the start of the DMYC Dinghy Frostbite Series at Dun Laoghaire Harbour.