LA 2028 Olympic Regatta
The Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) has opened public nominations for three categories in the 2026 Team Ireland Olympic Sport Awards, with entries closing on Sunday, 25 October. Sailing clubs, athletes and supporters can nominate candidates for Event of the…
Howth sailor Eve McMahon and Olympic rowing medallist Aifric Keogh have outlined the financial pressures facing Irish athletes as the OFI seeks changes to tax relief. Eve McMahon says her €40,000 annual Sport Ireland grant helps her compete as a…
South Korea’s Jeemin Ha and Thailand’s Sophia Montgomery have secured the first sailing quota places for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games after winning the ILCA 7 and ILCA 6 events at the Asian Games in Japan. The results on…
Southern California’s sailing community is launching a fundraising drive aimed at improving US sailing results when the Olympic Games return to Los Angeles in 2028. The grassroots Layline to LA28 initiative is raising funds for America One Racing’s Project Podium,…
Irish Olympic sailors are among the athletes highlighted in a pre-Budget submission calling for an overhaul of tax relief available to Ireland’s high-performance sportspeople. The Olympic Federation of Ireland Athletes’ Commission is proposing a new tax credit for Olympic and…
Belfast Lough’s Chris Lindsay has been appointed Chief Umpire for the 2028 Olympic Sailing Competition in Los Angeles, securing a prominent Irish role in the officiating team for a second successive Games. World Sailing has confirmed Lindsay among its lead…
Britain’s Martin Wrigley and Bettine Harris have won the 2026 470 World Championship in Enoshima, Japan, sealing the title with victory in the second of two demanding light-wind Medal Races on Monday. The British pair emerged on top at the…
Great Britain's Saskia Tidey, a member of Dun Laoghaire's Royal Irish Yacht Club and helm Freya Black claimed the bronze medal in the 49erFX fleet as the San Pedro Olympic Classes Regatta concluded on the waters that will stage the…
NI 49erFX Duo McElwaine and Barbour Launch Crowdfunding Drive for LA 2028 Olympic Campaign
9th August 2026 LA 2028
Northern Ireland youth sailing duo Erin McIlwaine and Ellen Barbour have launched a crowdfunding drive for their campaign to compete in the 49erFX class at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. The pair were added to Irish Sailing’s senior squad…
Royal Irish Yacht Club sailor Saskia Tidey has moved into the overall lead of the 49erFX fleet at the San Pedro Olympic Classes Regatta in California, the official test venue for the sailing competition at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic…
Irish Pair Climb to 18th at San Pedro Olympic Regatta
5th August 2026 Robert Dickson & Sean Waddilove
Ireland's Robert Dickson and temporary crew Jack Hildebrand climbed three places to 18th overall after the second day of racing at the San Pedro Olympic Classes Regatta in California. The Irish pair, sailing together following Sean Waddilove's injury, now sit…
Dickson and Hildebrand Open San Pedro Olympic Regatta in 21st
4th August 2026 Robert Dickson & Sean Waddilove
Ireland's Robert Dickson and Australian Jack Hildebrand opened their San Pedro Olympic Classes Regatta campaign in 21st place after the opening day of racing on the waters that will host the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic sailing competition. Hildebrand is standing…
Waddilove Injury Forces Irish Olympic Crew Change in LA
3rd August 2026 Robert Dickson & Sean Waddilove
Irish Olympic 49er campaigners Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove have been forced into an unexpected change of plans ahead of the first major regatta on the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games waters. Sean Waddilove has withdrawn from this week's San Pedro Olympic…
Ireland's Olympic skiff sailors Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove will be among the leading crews competing next week in the second stage of the San Pedro Olympic Classes Regatta (OCR), the first Olympic-class event to be held at the Port…
Ireland's Eve McMahon claimed the bronze medal at the Los Angeles Sailing Grand Slam, producing a composed Final Series performance on the waters that will host the sailing competition at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. The Howth Yacht Club sailor…
With much of humanity still stunned in the sensory overload of the post-FIFA World Cup withdrawal symptoms, our ILCA sailors at home are benefitting from a dose of reality with a fleet of a hundred and more lined up for…
