Kinsale Yacht Club To Host 2022 Squib Combined Irish & UK Championships

1st November 2020

Vincent Delany

Kinsale Yacht Club To Host 2022 Squib Combined Irish & UK Championships

At the recent Squib one-design keelboat class Irish AGM held on Zoom, it was confirmed that Kinsale Yacht Club will host the combined Irish and UK National Championships 19-24 June 2022 with an expected fleet of 75 or more Squibs.

A good number of members attended the AGM from the North, East and South coasts.

Robert Marshall of Killyleagh Yacht Club was unanimously elected Chairman of the Irish Squib Forum (the representative body for Squib Owners in Ireland north and south), Ian Travers of Kinsale Yacht Club was elected Vice-Chairman. Ronan MacDonnell of Howth Yacht Club was elected Hon. Treasurer and Fergus O'Kelly also of Howth Yacht Club was re-elected Technical Advisor.

Colm Dunne of Kinsale Y.C. was re-elected Irish Representative to the National Squib Owners Association in the United Kingdom.

Squib one design keelboat sailing The 2021 Irish National Squib Championships will be held at Killyleagh from 6-8 August

Subject to Covid 19 restrictions the proposed programme for 2021 is as follows:

Irish National Championships in Killyleagh 6-8 August.
NSOA championships in Abersoch (Wales) 27 June- 3 July.
Northern Championships in Royal North Yacht Club in May.
Eastern Championship in Howth Yacht Club in September.
Southern Championship to be confirmed.

Squib Events for 2022

It was confirmed at the AGM that Kinsale Yacht Club will host the combined Irish and UK National Championships 19-24 June 2022 with an expected fleet of 75 or more Squibs.

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Vincent Delany

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Sailing historian Vincent Delany is a member of the Association of Yachting Historians, and an active sailor in Water Wag, SOD and Squib classes. He has written a thesis on 'Yachting and yachtsmen on the River Shannon 1830-1930.' He has lectured on the history of The Water Wag Club, Royal St.George Yacht Club, and the Killinure Yacht Club, He has written two sailing books 'The Water Wags 1887-2012' and 'The International 12 foot class in Ireland' both of which are available from blurb.com

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