The annual selection trials for the Irish team for the Student Yachting Worlds in France this Autumn has seen two days of superb racing over the weekend in Howth, with no complaints of lack of wind for the Howth YC flotilla of J/80s. Race Officer Scorie Walls put through a demanding programme, and as college teams from all over the country fell by the wayside, it became clear that it was going to be Cork on top at the finish, but which Cork team would it be?

In the end, Cork Institute of Technology with the renowned Harry Durcan as their helm had it by just one point from University College Cork. CIT have form and then some in this special international event – Nicholas "Nin” O’Leary was the CIT skipper when they were overall winners in 2009.

Sporting losers – the University College Cork team missed the title by just one point after a very intense series