Royal Cork Yacht Club hosted the 2010 National Championships of the 420 class last weekend. Principal Race Officer for the event, which was sailed out of Cuskinny in Cork harbour was Richard Leonard.

There was an abundance of sailing talent at the start line and Saturday's sailing took place in 15 to 20kts of breeze with Rob Lehane and Andrew O'Donoghue taking the overnight lead from Richie Harrington and Robbie English with Emma Geary and Niamh Connolly third in a fleet of sixteen boats.

Day two was back to Cuskinny with light north westerlies and saw Jane Butler and Jenny Andreason taking the first race. Emma and Niamh won the fifth race and Cian O'Regan (KYC) and Scott Flanigan (Howth YC) took the final race thus winning the National Title. Rob Lehane was second with Emma and Niamh taking third position and First Girls Boat.

420 National Championships 2010 

1 53156 Cian O'Regan M Scott Flanigan M 13 2 4 9 4 2 1

3 53698 Emma Geary F Niamh Connolly F 16 3 7 2 10 1 3

4 53578 Richard Harrington M Robbie English M 17 6 2 1 2 7 6

5 53160 Jane Butler F Jennifer Andreason F 18 4 3 7 1 6 4

6 53576 Diana Kissane F Hazel O'Neill 22 14 6 3 3 3 7

7 53836 Aodh Kennedy M Daniel Browne M 33 14 8 5 7 5 8

8 52227 Eoghan Cudmore M Jack Hogan M 33 7 5 6 6 10 9

9 53116 Fiona Daly F Patrick Daly M 38 12 14 8 8 8 2

10 2 Tara Flood F Lucy Bolger F 49 9 12 11 9 9 11

11 53206 Muirean Guilfoyle F Eimer O'Leary F 53 8 9 13 15 11 12

12 52684 Dermot McMorrough M Ali Dix F 54 10 10 10 12 12 13

13 53103 Richard Roberts M Grattan Roberts M 55 5 14 15 11 15 10

14 52235 John Durcan M Vikki Cudmore F 64 11 15 12 13 13 15

15 5357 Seafra Guilfoyle M Philip Brownlow M 66 13 11 14 14 14 14

 

HOWTH YACHT CLUB DINGHY REGATTA (O'ALL) 10/07/2010 Laser RADIAL: 1, Derek Sheehan MYC (2.00); 2, Darren Griffin MYC (4.00); 3, Conor Murphy HYC (5.00); Laser 4.7: 1, Cillian McGreer HYC (3.00); 2, Michael Donnelly MYC (4.00); 3, Sean Anglim HYC (5.00); 420: 1, Lizzy McDowell/ MYC (2.00); 2, Thomas Natin/ MYC (4.00); 3, Colm roche/ MYC (5.00); Optimist: 1, Fergus Flood/ HYC (2.00); 2, Sean Waddilove/ SSC (3.00); 3, Philip McDowell/ MYC (8.00); Optimist Junior: 1, Gemma McDowell/ MYC (2.00); 2, Aisling Cassidy/ HYC (4.00); 3, Lily Jennings/ HYC (8.00); RS Feva: 1, Nicky Delamer/ HYC (2.00); 2, Claude Mollard/ HYC (3.00); 3, Ben Colwell/ HYC (7.00)