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Respectable Finish For Royal Cork In Ireland's First 2K Tour Appearance
#London2K - Royal Cork Yacht Club's team finished a respectable fifth in the Royal Thames Invitational 2K Team Racing Regatta over the weekend. Eight teams from around Europe took part in the event from 25-27 October that featured two-boat keelboat…
Team Racing Nationals Date Set for Royal St. George YC in November
#teamracing – The Irish Team Racing Association National Team Racing Championships will be sailed out of the Royal St. George Yacht Club on 9th - 10th November. As the Royal St George Yacht Club celebrates 175 years of existence it is appropriate that…
International Team Racing Fights Back
#teamracing – At the ISAF Conference last November the Team Racing sub-committee recommended that: no ISAF Team Racing World Championship be held in 2013; that team racing be an event at the Youth World Sailing Championships. The general tone of…
2K Places Available as Keelboat Team Racing Comes to Howth YC
#teamracing – Keelboat team racing is developing fast. With events throughout Europe, most conveniently situated near an airport offering direct flights to Dublin, an inaugural European Championships in the Netherlands, 2K TR offers an international challenge to team racers. Howth 2K will be…
Wessex Exempt are Worthy Winners of 64th Wilson Trophy
The 2013 British Open Team Racing Championship for the Wilson Trophy was won by Wessex Exempt on Sunday in a thrilling best of five final sailed on West Kirby's marine lake. The six sailors overcame stiff competition from 34 teams…
Team Racing Drama on Day Two of Wilson Trophy
With 230 races now completed at the 2013 British Open Team Racing Championship for the Wilson Trophy, it's been a day of high drama as brisk winds have kept competitors on their toes for the second day of racing at…
What Does it Take to Run the World’s Largest Team Racing Event?
This year's British Open Team Racing Championship for the Wilson Trophy (3-5 May) is the 64th edition of the event. This incredible sailing competition takes place every year on West Kirby's marine lake, drawing top sailors from around the world,…
Ireland in the Hunt as Countdown to Wilson Trophy Begins
Less than 48 hours remain until the start of this year's British Open Team Racing Championship for the Wilson Trophy (3-5 May). At 12 noon on Friday, all eyes will turn to West Kirby's Marine Lake to see if home…
Ireland Sending Four Teams, Two Umpires to Top British Team Racing Event
#wilsontrophy – Two Olympic silver medallists are set to take on West Kirby Sailing Club's home team plus other top teams from across the UK, USA and Ireland, as the world's largest team racing event, the British Open Team Racing…
2k Team Race Event for Howth Yacht Club
#team racing – The Howth 2K keelboat team racing event will take place in Howth on 1st and 2nd June (with a practice session on 31st May). The event will be sailed in J80s writes Gordon Davies. Expressions of interest…
Schull Community College Reign Supreme in Irish School's Sailing Regatta
#school team sailing – Racing in the shadow of a gale warning Schull Community College won the Irish Schools Team Racing Championships on home waters at the weekend. 14–teams competed in the  event drawn Munster, Leinster, Connaught and two teams…
12 Sailing Schools Line up for Schull's Team Championships
#schoolteamsailing – Current Munster school sailing champions Schull 1 will go head to head with Leinster champions Kilkenny College for the Irish title this weekend when the Irish Schools Sailing (ISSA) Team Racing National Championships takes place in Schull, West Cork.…
Irish Gladiators Victorious in Australian Team Racing Competition
#teamracing – An Irish team has won a top Australian team sailing championship on Sydney Harbour. The Gladiators - whose members have represented Ireland at almost all team sailing world championships since 2003 - have beaten 21 teams to take the New…
Visitors Win Royal Saint George YC Invitational Team Race Title
#teamracing – The Royal St George Yacht Club continues to develop as the centre of team racing in Ireland. The "George Invitational" sailed on 23rd – 24th March marked another important step – with the inauguration of a flight of…
Limerick Capture College Sailing Championship
#teamracing – Three days of great racing on Tralee Bay, snatched from under the decidedly unsettled Patrick's Day weekend weather, saw the annual Irish Universities Sailing Association (IUSA) team championship raced at full pressure from March 15th to 17th writes…
Kilkenny College Win Leinster School Sailing Championships
#teamracing – Eight Leinster schools gathered at the Royal St George Yacht Club on Sunday to battle for provincial bragging rights and coveted places at the Irish Nationals in Schull writes Heather King. The sailors raced in two six-boat flights…

THE IRISH TEAM RACING ASSOCIATION CALENDAR 2024

  • Take the Helm, Malahide Sailing Club, April 13th & 14th
  • Royal St George Invitational, RStGYC, May 25th & 26th
  • Mixed Pairs Team Racing Event, Galway, June 22nd & 23rd
  • Take the Helm 2, Venue TBC, September 21st & 22nd (Provisional)
  • 2K Keelboat Team Racing, Dun Laoighaire, September 28th & 29th
  • ITRA National Championships, Baltimore, October 18th-20th

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