Kinsale Yacht Club Crew are Junior All Ireland Sailing Champions

1st October 2017

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Junior all Ireland winners on the podium. Michael O'Suilleabhain and Michael Carroll with second placed Rian Geraghty-McDonnell and Harry Durcan and Loghlen Rickard and Nathan Van Steenberge third Credit: Robin Bateman

Kinsale Yacht Club youth sailors Michael O'Suilleabhain and Michael Carroll were the winners of this afternoon's All Ireland Junior Sailing Championships sailed at the Fastnet Outdoor Marine Education Centre in TR 3.6 double handed dinghies.

Saturday's light and shifty conditions gave way to soid breeze for today's single medal race final.

Tight competition in the junior all Ireland sailing finals in Schull. Scroll down for video below. Photo: Robin Bateman

The West Cork pairing beat two National Yacht Club crews from Dun Laoghaire who were challenging for the overall title. Rian Geraghty-McDonnell and Harry Durcan and Loghlen Rickard and Nathan Van Steenberge finished second and third respectively.

Overall results:

Michael O'Suilleabhain	Michael Carroll	Kinsale YC	(13)	1	1	1	5	9	6	36	23
Rian Geraghty-McDonnell	Harry Durcan	National YC	(6)	2	5	5	3	3	10	24	28
Loghlen Rickard	Nathan Van Steenberge	National YC	2	6	(9)	3	6	2	14	42	33
Ronan Walsh	Tom Higgins	Royal CorkYC	4	5	2	4	2	(6)	16	39	33
Johnny Durcan	Emily Cullen	Royal Cork YC	1	3	3	2	(7)	5	20	41	34
Chris Bateman	Daniel Hegarty	Royal Cork YC	(7) (+5 SP)	4	4	7	10	8	2	47	35
Jack Fahy	Noah McCarthy-Fisher	Lough Derg YC Royal Cork YC / Royal StGeorge YC	(19) (+5 SP)	13	8	9	9	1	4	68	44
Luke McGrath	Kate Darcy	Royal Cork YC	(16)	10	7	6	12	4	8	63	47
Caolan Croasdell	Alexander Farrell	Lough Ree YC	10	9	6	11	4	(15)	12	67	52
Joseph Karauzum	TC Mulvenna	Ballyholme YC / County Antrim YC	11	7	11	12	1	(13)	18	73	60

Dinghy Fest Su 3614 Winning duo – The Kinsale Yacht Club youth sailors Michael O'Suilleabhain and Michael Carroll are a 420 dinghy partnership seen here at Dinghy Fest 2017 at Royal Cork Yacht Club. Photo: Bob Bateman

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