O'Driscoll Adds J24 Easterns Title at Malahide to Season's Haul

5th September 2011

Flor O’Driscoll, who recently retained his J24 National title and won Class 3 in the Dublin Bay Challenge, added to his season’s haul of trophies by winning the Malahide Marina-sponsored J24 Eastern Championships hosted by Malahide Yacht Club last weekend.

Something of a dress rehearsal for Irish entries in next week’s BMW J24 Europeans at Howth, the second day of the event was hampered by bad weather which prevented racing. Four good races on the Saturday however, with courses set by PRO Neil Murphy, produced competitive racing with four different race winners.

‘Hard on Port’ (Flor O’Driscoll, HYC) had a 3, 4, 1, 3 scoreline, giving him a one point advantage over second-placed ‘Crazy Horse’ (Mossy Shanahan, HYC) who edged out ‘Jibberish’ (O’Kelly/Wormald/Walsh, HYC) on count-back.

Malahide Marina J24 Eastern Championship results:

Hard on Port Flor O’Driscoll HYC 11 points
Crazy Horse Mossy Shanahan HYC 12 points
Jibberish O’Kelly etc HYC 12 points
Sayonara Murphy/Darrer HYC 14 points
Jeb Stuart Andrew Mannion LRYC 17 points
Scandal Brian McDowell MYC 18 points

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