Royal St. George's Sean Craig Wins Bronze Medal at EurILCA Master European Championships

14th October 2022

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Dun Laoghaire Harbour's Sean Craig on the podium in L'Escala, Spain, having clinched bronze at the EurILCA 6 Master European Championship in the final race of the Grand Master Fleet. The overall winner was France's Gilles Coadou with Belgium's Pieter Van Laer in second place

ILCA 6 Grand Master bronze for Ireland - Dun Laoghaire Harbour's Sean Craig on the podium in L'Escala, Spain, having clinched bronze at the EurILCA 6 Master European Championship in the final race of the Grand Master Fleet. The overall winner was France's Gilles Coadou with Belgium's Pieter Van Laer in second place

Dun Laoghaire Harbour's Sean Craig was on the podium in L'Escala, Spain, this evening, having clinched bronze at the EurILCA 6 Master European Championship in the final race of the Grand Master Fleet.

Craig had progressed upwards from tenth in the opening races of the 48-boat fleet on Monday to be in fifth place on Wednesday and nine points off the podium.

In a strand-out finish, the Royal St. George Irish champion took two and a four in races nine and ten today to end the Costa Brava Regatta on 48 points and claim bronze by a single point ahead of France's Luigi Santocanale.

The Grand Master title was won by France's Gilles Coadou on 10 points, with Belgium's Pieter Van Laer in second place on 42 points.

France's Gilles Coadou (centre), with Belgium's Pieter Van Laer (left) and Ireland's Sean Craig at the EurILCA 6 Master European Championship L'Escala prizegiving

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