Irish Fireball Sailing Dinghy News & Regatta Results
![Irish Fireballs slip further in Barbados](/media/k2/items/cache/371f501daf33aa0d96a5c8db8cd57ce7_L.jpg)
Chips Howarth and Viv Townend continue to build what looks like an insurmountable lead sailing at the Fireball World Championships, notching up two further wins in yesterday's light airs. Their scoreline now reads 1-3-3-1-1-1, putting them 11 points clear at…
![Townend/Howarth dominate Fireball worlds](/media/k2/items/cache/f1dd1544dd9b6f093001ba1c535f4caa_L.jpg)
Serial world champions Chips Howarth and Vyv Townend (GBR) continue to lead the 2010 Fireball Worlds after day two of sailing in Barbados. The pair have already counted a hat-trick of Fireball World Championships, winning the title in 2003, 2005…
![Butler and Moore Best of Irish Fireballs in Barbados](/media/k2/items/cache/9a97505293a782857cb17da96cf291b3_L.jpg)
Fireball International Week, the warm up to next weeks world championships, concluded in Barbados yesterday. Dublin's Noel Butler and Seamus Moore were the best of the Irish with two 14s leaving them in 16th overall. Neil Spain and Franis Rowan…
![Brits dominate Fireball worlds warm-up](/media/k2/items/cache/6bfb82288f366854964b67e64533c8ab_L.jpg)
It's a Commonwealth affair in Barbados at the moment, where all all but one of the top ten have QE2 as their head of state. David Edwards and Simon Potts lead, with Kevin Hope and Russell Thorne sailing in second,…
![Irish Fireballs move up board](/media/k2/items/cache/e13895d662c3da6c0f371646a88bd086_L.jpg)
The Irish Fireball crews are moving up the leaderboard in La Rochelle, with a race win for Francis Rowan and his English helm Tom Gilard, and placings inside the top ten for the Rumball/Moran and Butler Moore pairings. Final sailing…
![Howarth/Townend lead Fireball Worlds](/media/k2/items/cache/14fb90d3d777dfef0d30bcbfa812c2e5_L.jpg)
The Fireball World Championships is four races in at La Rochelle, and UK team Chips Howarth and Vyv Townend are stamping their dominance, with three wins from four races so far. Once again, European bronze medallists Tom Gilard and Francis…
![European Fireball bronze for Rowan](/media/k2/items/cache/5e7051771328568c4bdc725564734b1b_L.jpg)
Dun Laoghaire sailor Francis Rowan and his helm Tom Gillard took third place at the Fireball European championships in La Rochelle today, finishing with a lacklustre 28th and 25th, but doing enough to hold off the British sailing pairing of…
![Rowan remains on podium](/media/k2/items/cache/71ac5b80685e4596720322591f3b2a98_L.jpg)
Dun Laoghaire sailor Francis Rowan, sailing with UK helm Tom Gillard, goes into the final day of the Fireball Europeans in second place today. A win in race five cemented their position in the top three, and just two races…
![Rowan third at Fireball Euros](/media/k2/items/cache/7a39d43acd423737f440a2b509dd494a_L.jpg)
Dun Laoghaire sailor Francis Rowan, sailing with English helm and Ulster champion Tom Gillard, is currently lying third at the Fireball Europeans in La Rochelle. The NYC sailor has counted just one race outside the top ten in the 89-boat…
![Fireball Euros underway](/media/k2/items/cache/31776f6e6bf414b76f4b8377969aab66_L.jpg)
The Fireball Europeans got under way today with two races in La Rochelle, and seven Irish boats are sailing among the 88-boat fleet. Results have only been posted for one race so far, and with ten teams caught out on…
![Irish Fireball Prizegiving Celebrates Success at National Yacht Club (Photos Here!)](/media/k2/items/cache/9ec22b0d448d857c119b82727e4f658e_L.jpg)
Irish Fireball Prizegiving Celebrates Success at National Yacht Club (Photos Here!)
28th November 2013 Fireball
#fireball – The Irish Fireball Class gathered in the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire last Friday, 22 nd November, to celebrate the season just past and recognize those people who had excelled on the water or made significant contributions…