The RS Feva class has been growing steadily in Northern Ireland in recent years, and to the satisfaction of Northern Ireland's Ballyholme Yacht Club, the club will host the Irish Championships, designated a 'GP 1' event, on the weekend of 16th – 18th August. The three-day event will possibly include a day of team racing. Incidentally, RYANI is running an U19 team racing training programme starting next month.
Aidan Pounder, Principal Race Officer, is confident that he and his team will put on an excellent programme of racing out of the club on Ballyholme Bay on the south coast of Belfast Lough, with its wide expanse of virtually tide and hazard-free water.
It is claimed that the RS Feva is the world’s leading double-handed dinghy for youngsters and parent/child teams.
The entries open in about a month, and it is already rumoured that competitors from England will travel to the event.
Expected to race will be home competitors Jessica Dadley-Young and Sally Nixon, as will sisters Emily and Annabelle Ridout and the parent/child duo Matthew and Peter Ridout. East Down YC on
Strangford Lough is hoping to have at least two boats, possibly three at the event and Royal North should also have representation.
