16 Fireballs have assembled in Lough Ree Yacht Club (LRYC) for the penultimate regatta of the season, the Munsters. Four excellent Olympic courses were set by Race Officer John Leech and race wins were shared by Noel Butler & Ed Butler (Jnr) 15061 and Barry McCartin & Conor Kinsella 15093. Team Butler added a 2, 3 to the two wins to open up a 2pt lead at the top of the ranking. McCartin/Kinsella had a 4, 5 to be 3pts ahead of Conor Clancy & Stephen Campion (2, 2, 5, 5) giving them a 1pt cushion over Team Rumball, Kenneth & Alexander. In 5th place are Louis Smyth & Cormac Bradley (3, 3, 6, 10).
Other notable individual race results include a third in Race 3 for Louise McKenna & Hermine O'Keeffe and a 4th in Race 4 for Frank Miller & Grattan Donnelly. Mike Murphy & Alex Voye are counting 2x6ths. Jon Evans & Aidan Caulfield had a 7 & 6 in the first two races.
Conditions were good despite a forecast of light easterlies, with trapezing conditions prevalent. Race turnarounds were kept to a minimum which meant that the session on the water was virtually entirely spent racing.
A further two races are scheduled for tomorrow.
Butler & Butler (1, 1, 2, 3) 4pts
McCartin & Kinsella (5, 4, 1, 1) 6pts
Clancy & Campion (2, 2, 5, 5) 9pts
Rumball & Rumball (4, 7, 4, 2) 10pts
Smyth & Bradley (3, 3, 6, 10) 12pts
