Team Racing Sailing News
![Over 200 races are expected to be completed at Ireland's biggest team racing event, the Elmo Trophy, at the Royal Saint George Yacht Club event in the last weekend of August Over 200 races are expected to be completed at Ireland's biggest team racing event, the Elmo Trophy, at the Royal Saint George Yacht Club event in the last weekend of August](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000e7V2qUZmkXY/s/848/I0000e7V2qUZmkXY.jpg)
Entry has opened for Ireland's biggest team racing event, the Elmo Trophy, celebrating its ninth edition this year. Teams of youth sailors from around the country and abroad are set to compete in 36 supplied firefly dinghies in Dun Laoghaire…
![11 teams from St Andrews College, CBC Monkstown, Gonzaga College, Holy Child Killiney, St. Conleth’s and Willow Park 1st Years were on the water, with a total of 66 sailors taking part in a combined Round Robin and League format 11 teams from St Andrews College, CBC Monkstown, Gonzaga College, Holy Child Killiney, St. Conleth’s and Willow Park 1st Years were on the water, with a total of 66 sailors taking part in a combined Round Robin and League format](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00005FAl54yB7Vc/s/848/I00005FAl54yB7Vc.jpg)
The Shanahan Cup is set to return in an enlarged format for the 2024/25 winter season. The event, organised by Gonzaga College and the INSS and sponsored by the Shanahan family, is a team racing series open to all schools in the Dublin…
![Blustery conditions inside Dun Laoghaire Harbour for the first day of racing at the 'George Invitational' Team Racing Championship hosted by the Royal St. Geoge Yacht Club and attracting 22 teams Blustery conditions inside Dun Laoghaire Harbour for the first day of racing at the 'George Invitational' Team Racing Championship hosted by the Royal St. Geoge Yacht Club and attracting 22 teams](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000GIcT2zQBkOU/s/848/I0000GIcT2zQBkOU.jpg)
Elmside Neighbours Lead 'George Invitational' Team Racing Championship at Dun Laoghaire Harbour
25th May 2024 Team Racing
Elmside Neighbours lead the 'George Invitational' Team Racing Championship after a colourful ten rounds sailed at Dun Laoghaire Harbour this afternoon. Set against the backdrop of the home of Team Racing in Dun Laoghaire, the Royal St George Yacht Club…
![Dinghies on the water at Rutland Sailing Club during the 2024 RYA Eric Twiname Championships Dinghies on the water at Rutland Sailing Club during the 2024 RYA Eric Twiname Championships](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000kTFUSejUY7E/s/500/I0000kTFUSejUY7E.jpg)
NI Sailors Among Junior Talents Shining at 2024 RYA Eric Twiname Championships
16th May 2024 Youth Sailing
Rutland Sailing Club in England’s East Midlands was a hub of energy over the May Bank Holiday weekend (4-6 May) as some 300 junior sailors — including nine from Northern Ireland — took to the water for the highly anticipated…
![Irish Schools Team Racing National Champions 2024. Schull Community School (from left to right) Billy Coakley Commodore Bantry Bay Sailing Club, Killian Power, David Copithorne, Lucy Copithorne, Ryan O’Driscoll Captain, Silvia Abeila Garrido, Heidi Hogan and Kathryn Kingston Event Director Irish Schools Team Racing National Champions 2024. Schull Community School (from left to right) Billy Coakley Commodore Bantry Bay Sailing Club, Killian Power, David Copithorne, Lucy Copithorne, Ryan O’Driscoll Captain, Silvia Abeila Garrido, Heidi Hogan and Kathryn Kingston Event Director](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000pnUFAPn91Es/s/848/I0000pnUFAPn91Es.jpg)
Schull Community School Wins 20th Anniversary Irish Schools Team Racing National Championships at Bantry Bay
9th May 2024 Team Racing
Saturday 4th of May 2024 saw 14 schools taking to the water to compete in the Irish Schools Team Racing National Championships 2024. For the first time since the inception of this event in 2004 and marking its 20th anniversary,…
![A Team Racing event is quite different from a fleet racing event. Competitors do not need to bring their own boats, but instead swap out of different boats throughout the day A Team Racing event is quite different from a fleet racing event. Competitors do not need to bring their own boats, but instead swap out of different boats throughout the day](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00002hQOaHhPUdc/s/767/I00002hQOaHhPUdc.jpg)
Irish Schools Team Racing Championships 2024: St. Andrew's One Crowned Leinster Champions
1st May 2024 Team Racing
On Sunday 21st April, the Royal Saint George Yacht Club at Dun Laoghaire Harbour hosted the Irish Schools Team Racing Association (ISTRA) Leinster Championships. The event saw 16 teams from 12 schools around Leinster compete in a Team Racing event,…
![Never mind the weather – UCD’s successful Intervarsity Dinghy Squad at Schull were Jamie McMahon, Leonie Judge, William Lacy, Tom Higgins, Peter Fagan, and Cian Lynch Never mind the weather – UCD’s successful Intervarsity Dinghy Squad at Schull were Jamie McMahon, Leonie Judge, William Lacy, Tom Higgins, Peter Fagan, and Cian Lynch](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I000036FitD5kCn0/s/635/I000036FitD5kCn0.jpg)
Jamie McMahon & UCD Dinghy Squad are “Sailors of the Month (Intervarsity Dinghies)” for March
1st April 2024 Sailor of the Month
The annual moveable feast that is the Irish Universities Annual Dinghy Team Challenge is not something to be undertaken lightly, as it aims to draw in more than 160 college sailors to some attractive venue that has to provide good…
![The Schull 1 team lift the Munster Schools Team Racing Event Trophy at Bantry Bay The Schull 1 team lift the Munster Schools Team Racing Event Trophy at Bantry Bay](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000YuYAhHSHq4Y/s/767/I0000YuYAhHSHq4Y.jpg)
On Sunday, March 23rd, Bantry Bay Sailing Club launched the Irish Sailing fleet of Fireflies at 9:10 a.m. They had collected the boats from Malahide and Cork for the Munster Provincial Schools Team Racing Event. It was a drizzly morning…
![Tight lineup - the Tight lineup - the](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00000VBJYXcJIAk/s/767/I00000VBJYXcJIAk.jpg)
Irish Team Racing's 'George Invitational' Will See Super-Squads In Competition on May 25th & 26th
29th March 2024 RStGYC
A resurgence in demand for top-grade team racing events has resulted in the revival of the renowned George Invitational. The event maintained over twenty years of continuity in the sport in Dun Laoghaire in the70's, 80's & 90's until the…
![Last weekend, Trinity Sailing competed in the IUSA Southern Championships at Dingle Sailing Club, with 21 teams from colleges around Ireland competing in County Kerry Last weekend, Trinity Sailing competed in the IUSA Southern Championships at Dingle Sailing Club, with 21 teams from colleges around Ireland competing in County Kerry](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000YyIG.fJ6R2A/s767/I0000YyIG.fJ6R2A.jpg)
The 2024 university team racing season has started with a bang for Trinity College’s Sailing Club. On the 10th of Feb, the club made a remarkable showing by dispatching three teams to three separate events, dubbing the weekend ‘Super Saturday’.…
![Teams lined up in Dun Laoghaire Harbour in the semi-final race for the Elmo Trophy in August 2023 Teams lined up in Dun Laoghaire Harbour in the semi-final race for the Elmo Trophy in August 2023](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000nK.EWZNw8fE/s/767/I0000nK.EWZNw8fE.jpg)
Entries are now open for RYA Northern Ireland’s Team Racing Programme, following on from a successful coach development weekend last month. This RYANI programme, which is the first of its kind for Northern Ireland, aims to provide more double-handed pathway…
![While team racing has been popular amongst young adult sailors across the country for a long time, the Irish Team Racing Association is hopeful that a full calendar will allow for continuity and growth in the community after university and beyond While team racing has been popular amongst young adult sailors across the country for a long time, the Irish Team Racing Association is hopeful that a full calendar will allow for continuity and growth in the community after university and beyond](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000O63Zm.NpqAE/s/767/I0000O63Zm.NpqAE.jpg)
Irish Team Racing Association Unveils Packed 2024 Calendar in Effort to Grow the Sport Across Ireland
28th January 2024 Team Racing
In response to a surge in the popularity of team racing in Ireland over recent years, the Irish Team Racing Association (ITRA) has announced a packed 2024 calendar aimed at further growing the sport across the country. The announcement followed…
![Team racing at Ballyholme on Saturday 20 January on the first day of the RYANI Coach Development Programme Team racing at Ballyholme on Saturday 20 January on the first day of the RYANI Coach Development Programme](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000oJabTryJ0bY/s/500/I0000oJabTryJ0bY.jpg"")
RYA Northern Ireland’s Coach Development Programme Kicks Off With Team Racing at Ballyholme
26th January 2024 RYA Northern Ireland
RYA Northern Ireland’s Coach Development Programme held its first session at Ballyholme Yacht Club last Saturday 20 January. Launched in December, the new initiative — part of RYANI’s five-year strategy, Navigating The Future — offers free training in an effort…
![Light airs dominated for the morning – which meant that the busy Shanahan Cup schedule of races was under great pressure at Dun Laoghaire Harbour Light airs dominated for the morning – which meant that the busy Shanahan Cup schedule of races was under great pressure at Dun Laoghaire Harbour](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000TWY0D7YGEJI/s/767/I0000TWY0D7YGEJI.jpg)
The Shanahan Cup returned for the 2023 and 2024 academic year again on Wednesday, 29th November. Gonzaga College and the Irish National Sailing and Powerboat School hosted 16 teams from 12 schools, with over 100 sailors racing in RS Fevas…
![Jack Fahy, Liam Glynn, Tom Higgins and crews Kathy Kelly, Emilly Hill & Cian Lynch are presented with their 75th Anniversary Irish Team Racing Association trophy by outgoing Secretary Eunice Kennedy at the Royal St. George Yacht Club Jack Fahy, Liam Glynn, Tom Higgins and crews Kathy Kelly, Emilly Hill & Cian Lynch are presented with their 75th Anniversary Irish Team Racing Association trophy by outgoing Secretary Eunice Kennedy at the Royal St. George Yacht Club](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00007cM8orxJ_p8/s/767/I00007cM8orxJ_p8.jpg)
Favourites Emerge to Duke it Out at Royal St. George Hosted Irish Team Racing Finals
21st November 2023 Team Racing
The Irish Team Racing Association’s 75th National Championships concluded Saturday in the Royal St George Yacht Club at Dun Laoghaire Harbour. The round-robin event was truncated to a day’s racing as the forecast showed winds gusting to 30 knots Sunday…
![Teams from Queens Belfast in the north to Baltimore SC in the south will be taking part in the Firefly dinghy-based ITRA 75 Team Racing National Championships at the Royal St George Yacht Club Teams from Queens Belfast in the north to Baltimore SC in the south will be taking part in the Firefly dinghy-based ITRA 75 Team Racing National Championships at the Royal St George Yacht Club](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Qf0cRTEcnpg/s/767/I0000Qf0cRTEcnpg.jpg)
18 Teams to Contest ITRA 75 Team Racing National Championships at the Royal St George YC
15th November 2023 Team Racing
Eighteen teams are lined up to contest the 75th Team Racing National Championships in the Royal St George YC in Fireflies this weekend, supported by a team of 35 volunteers on and off the water under the watchful eyes of…