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Fitzpatrick takes match title

17th August 2009
Fitzpatrick takes match title
Howth sailor Tom Fitzpatrick took the latest leg of the Match Racing Tour of Ireland this weekend, pipping home sailor John Sheehy in the final of the Helly Hansen Leinster Match Racing Open.

The event, staged in Dun Laoghaire's  Royal St George Yacht Club, saw nine teams come together in the ISA Sailfleet J80s. Sheehy retains the overall lead of the circuit, six points clear of Fitzpatrick.

The Match Racing Tour of Ireland, in its inaugural year, has four events spread out over the season. The grand finale comes with the National Match Racing Championships, to be held in Kinsale in October.

More details on www.matchracing.ie, and you can follow the series live on Twitter at twitter.com/matchracing

Footage from the previous event appears below. Four on-the-water cameras were used in Dun Laoghaire and footage will be available soon.

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