GP14s Reduced to One Day at Blessington

26th May 2010

Light winds on the Saturday saw to it that the GP14 Purcell Trophy was a one-day affair, with a 26-boat fleet taking to the water on Sunday for four quickfire races.

40-minute courses meant that top and bottom were typically separated by about five minutes, and often a single windshift was enough to bring about a biblical reversal of fortunes.

With three bullets in a row, Clive Goodwin & Howard Davies took the gold fleet prize, followed by John & Donal McGuinness and the pairing of Shane McCarthy & Noel Butler.

Cathel Sheridan & David Cooke took the silver fleet prize, while Peter Smith & Jackie Malone took bronze.

Again well done to everyone who competed in the excellent racing, thanks to Blessington Sailing Club for such a great event & massive thank you from all who attended to Richard Street for making the event what it was.

4	1st	Gold	14025	Swords	Clive Goodwin	Howard Davies	1	1	1	-18	21	3
5	2nd	Gold	1---6	MBC	John McGuinness	Donal McGuinness	-5	4	4	1	14	9
6	3rd	Gold	13669 R	GSC	Shane MacCarthy	Noel Butler	7	3	2	-14	26	12
7	4th	Gold	13917	EABC/NSC	Curly Morris	Laura McFarland	4	-10	3	6	23	13
8	5th	Gold	13195	SDC	Hugh Gill	Dan Gill	3	5	6	-7	21	14
9	6th	Gold	13993	SYC	Niall Henry	J Conden	8	2	-13	5	28	15
10	7th	Gold	13669 Y	GSC	Norman Lee	Pamela/Una Lee	9	-13	5	2	29	16
11	8th	Gold	13981	BLSC	Richard Street	Dan Crilly	2	-18	8	9	37	19
12	9th	Gold	13891	BSC	John Chambers	Brenda Brogan	-11	9	9	3	32	21
13	10th	Gold	14040	NSC/EDYC	Alastair Duffin	Paul Whitcombe	-12	7	7	8	34	22
14	11th	Silver	13961	SSBC	Cathal Sheridan	David Cooke	6	6	11	-15	38	23
15	12th	Gold	13970	LDYC	Peter Bayly	Nathan O'Brolchain	15	-24	14	4	57	33
16	13th	Gold	14055	LFYC	Keith Louden	Dessie Hughes	-18	8	16	11	53	35
17	14th	Silver	13771	NSC	Steven Preston	Brenda Niblock	13	14	-17	10	54	37
18	15th	Bronze	13850	Swords	Peter Smith	Jackie Malone	-26	11	15	13	65	39
19	16th	Gold	13951	BLSC	Simon Cully	Libby Tierney	10	16	-20	17	63	43
20	17th	Silver	13833	BBC	John McRobert	Colm Roddy	-21	19	12	12	64	43
21	18th	Silver	13854	SSC/SDC	Adam Scott	Eamonn Bourne	14	17	18	(27.0 DNC)	76	49
22	19th	Silver	13314	SYC	Conor Toomey	Alison Smith	19	12	-23	20	74	51
23	20th	Silver	13722		G Gilligan	L Nicholson	23	-25	10	19	77	52
24	21st	Gold	13624	SDC	Stephen Boyle	Aidan Kelly	17	15	21	-25	78	53
25	22nd	Silver	13782	MSC	Michael Collender	Brian Walker	20	20	-25	16	81	56
26	23rd	Silver	14005	SSBC	David Lapin	Bernie Brogan	16	-23	22	22	83	60
27	24th	Bronze	13228	HSC	Gary Rock	Gosia Oleskow	25	-26	19	21	91	65
28	25th	Bronze	13528	DSC	James Ogg	Ronan O'Beirne	22	22	-26	23	93	67
29	26th	Bronze	13866	SSBC	Brian McNally	Valerie Cronin	-24	21	24	24	93

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