Daniel & Henry Thompson from Wexford & RStGYC Are "Sailors of the Month (Int. Dinghies) for August

1st September 2025

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World U25 Fireball World Champions, Daniel (left) and Harry Thompson, of Ireland Credit: Frank Miller

With 136 boats from 14 nations, the 2025 Fireball Worlds on Lake Garda in the last week of August was ferociously competitive from the start. Yet the U25 division was consistently led by Daniel and Henry Thompson from the first race, going on to hold the lead throughout. Their home clubs are the intriguing mixture of Wexford Harbour Boat & Tennis Club and the Royal St George YC on Dublin Bay.

A turnout like this in any World Championship would be notable, but Lake Garda has that powerful ingredient of location, location, location, in an attractive setting within a conveniently easy reach of a large Continental catchment area, making a division win in a fleet of this size and calibre very praiseworthy indeed.

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