Irish Olympic Sailing Team News Schedules and Results for London 2012
Seven Irish crews are on the entry list for the Delta Lloyd regatta starting on May 26, with representatives in six Olympic classes. Sisters Annalise and Claudine Murphy will compete in the Laser Radial class, with Ross Hamilton in the…
ISAF has published its report into how best to promote sailing as an Olympic sport. The Olympic Commission draft report (here) identifies making sailing a better spectator sport as a major priority for Olympic events from now on. The section…
Each race counts in Hyères! The 2010 SOF Hyères has reached its half way mark but the programme is well behind schedule with few races sailed in each class. Irish sailors have failed to break into the top half of…
Light airs continue to dominate the Hyéres Olympic Sailing Week, a regatta traditionally known as one of the most blustery on the circuit. Winds today are again in the five to 10 knot range, far from the typical Mistral conditions…
'Vorsrung dur Technick' played its part in last weekends top Irish result in Miami the Irish Times reveals this morning. Peter O'Leary unleashed a secret weapon in Miami signalling a potent return to the Olympic circuit scoring second overall at…
Ireland's Olympic hopefuls will gather in Mallorca this week ahead of the first major European event of the season. The Trofeo Princess Sofia will see seven Irish boats compete, with all eyes on one pairing, hoping to make a return…
International Race Officer (IRO) Jack Roy has been selected to join the Race Management Pool from which 18 race officers will ultimately be appointed to the 2012 Olympic Sailing Regatta, which takes place in Weymouth UK. Roy, of the National…
A small and youthful Irish team is among 680 boats, 1,000 sailors and 40 nations for the Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofía. In this second year of the ISAF Sailing World Cup, the Sofía Mapfre opens the sailing season in Europe…
A black flag was not the most auspicious start to Princesa Sofia Mapfre trophy. Northern Ireland's Ryan Seaton and Matt McGovern bounced back in their second race though with an eighth place leaving them 41st. Low and instable wind on…
Annalise Murphy was second in this morning's medal race in Sail Melbourne leaving the National YC Laser sailor fourth overall in the event giving he overall victory in the 'Down Under Series,' the combination of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne race…
Wins in Sail Brisbane and Sail Melbourne confirm that the National YC's Annalise Murphy remains a favourite in the Women's Laser Radial division of Australia's top regatta, Sail Melbourne next week. It is significant too because it is confirmation that…
Irish sailing and boating fans will be delighted to hear that Ryan Seaton and Matt McGovern have attained an excellent 3rd place in the Australian 49er National Championships. The racing was over four days and the boys were consistent, in…
The Irish Sailing Association (ISA) and GUL has announced a three-year partnership which will see Irish Olympic and Academy Sailors supplied with high performance quality apparel leading up to the 2012 Olympic Games. GUL has a strong reputation with national…
Ryan Seaton and Matthew McGovern, competing in the 49er class, were 21st and 25th in race 4 and 5 respectively at the conclusion of day three of the Olympic Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth yesterday. Irish sailors are competing…
Dun Laoghaire's Annaliese Murphy , competing in the Laser Radial class, is in ninth place overall at the end of day two of the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta. The Under 21 World Champion, who won Afloat's Sailor of the…
21 Irish sailors have travelled to Weymouth, which will be the home of the 2012 Olympic Sailing Regatta. They are competing, in the Sail for Gold Regatta (14th – 19th September 2009), across 5 different Olympic classes (Star, Radial, 49er,…
