All Ireland Sailing Competitors Announced for 70th Anniversary Event

21st September 2017

U23 Finn World Championships Bronze Medallist Fionn Lyden will be in action in Mullingar

U23 Finn World Championships Bronze Medallist Fionn Lyden will compete at the All Ireland Sailing Championships next month in a line–up published today.

With just over one week to go, Irish Sailing has announced the line–up for both its Senior and Junior Championships.

Scroll down for invitee list below.

The senior event is scheduled to sail in GP14 dinghies and the Junior event in Schull's own TR3.6 dinghies.

This year, the Juniors go first on 30 September –1 October at the Fastnet Outdoor & Marine Education Centre in Schull, West Cork followed by the All Ireland Championships on 7-8 October in Mullingar Sailing Club.

The All Ireland Sailing Championships have been running since 1947 and this year marks the 70th anniversary of this unique Irish competition. The aim of the event is to find the “champion of champions”.

ALL IRELAND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITORS

Class	Helm	Club	Crew Name
Shannon One Design	Stephen O'Driscoll	Lough Derg Yacht Club	John O'Driscoll
J24	JP McCaldin	Lough Erne Yacht Club / Sligo Yacht Club	Liz Copland
Laser Radial	Sean Craig	Royal St. George Yacht Club	David Johnston
2016 Champion RS400	Alex Barry	Monkstown Bay SC/Royal Cork YC	Richard Leonard
Puppeteer 22	Colin Kavanagh	Howth Yacht Club	Conor Barry
Dublin Bay Mermaid	Sam Shiels	Skerries Sailing Club	Eoin Boylan
Squib	Greg Bell	Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club	Martin Weatherstone
IDRA14	Alan Henry	Sutton Dinghy Club	Simon Reville
SB20	Michael O'Connor	Royal St. George Yacht Club	Michelle Rowley
RS200	Neil Spain	Howth Yacht Club	John Downey
RS400	Gareth Flannigan	Ballyholme Yacht Club	David Fletcher
GP14	Shane Mc Carthy	Greystones Sailing Club	Andy Davis
ITRA	Fionn Lyden	UCCSC, BSC, Schull	Liam Manning
ICRA 3	Paul Gibbons	Royal Cork Yacht Club	Grattan Roberts
Ruffian 23	Chris Helme	Royal St. George Yacht Club	Alan Claffey
Laser Standard	Ronan Walsh	Royal Cork Yacht Club	tbc

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS COMPETITORS

Class	Helm Name	Club	Crew Name
Laser radial	Johnny Durcan	RCYC/BSC	Emily Cullen
Optimist	Leah Rickard	NYC	Kate Fahy
Laser radial	Loghlen Rickard	NYC	Nathan Van Steenberge
RS Feva	Conor Galligan	Greystones SC	Jack Galligan
Topaz	Adam Byrne	Dingle SC	Ciarán mac Gearailt
RS Feva	Henry Start	RStGYC	Morgan Devine
RS200	Chris Bateman	RCYC	Daniel Hegarty
Laser 4.7	Jack Fahy	LDYC/RStGYC/RCYC	Noah McCarthy-Fisher
Mirror	Caolan Croasdell	LRYC	Alexander Farrell
Optimist	Rian Geraghty McDonnell	NYC	Harry Durcan
GP14	Peter Boyle	SDC	Brian Sheehy
RS200	Cian Jones	RCYC	Caoimhe Foster
420	Micheal O'Suilleabhain	KYC	Michael Carroll
Laser Std	Ronan Walsh	RCYC	Tom Higgins
420	Geoff Power	WHSC	James McCann
Topper	Joseph Karauzum	Ballyholme YC/ County Antrim YC	TC Mulvenna

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