Irish sailing and watersport-related personnel are running for office in next month's quadrennial elections to form the Board of the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI).
The elections will be held at an extraordinary general meeting on 5 December 2024 at the Clayton Hotel, Cardiff Lane, Dublin. In addition to six non-officer positions, the OFI member federations will elect the president and vice-president.
Fourteen candidates have been nominated for the positions of non-officer members, with three existing board members. John Menton, the current Chairperson of the Irish Sailing Olympic Steering Group, Cecile Van Steenberge, the Dun Laoghaire-based former vice president of the 29er dinghy class, and Canoeing Ireland's CEO Moira Aston, will contest the election.
Outgoing OFI President Sarah Keane will step down. She has been on the Board since 2014 and has completed two successful terms as President since 2017.
OFI Chief Executive Peter Sherrard will combine his role with a new General Secretary position from the date of elections for international representation.
Existing Board members Moira Aston and Lochlann Walsh have put their names forward to run for the position of President, and Sarah O'Shea is unchallenged in her bid to become Vice-President.
The link to the full list of candidates and links to the election information and OFI constitution can be found here.
In addition to these elected positions the OFI Board also contains two independent directors (Nigel Cowman and Sligo sailor Sean Hawkshaw) and a further two independent directors may be co-opted in the next Olympic cycle.
