#youthsailing – Two Irish youth sailing world champions are among a fleet of 23 junior sailing stars set for this weekend's Junior All Ireland sailing championships in Schull, West Cork.
This month's U21 Laser Radial World Champion Finn Lynch is a wild card entry into the competition and Northern Ireland Topper World Champion Liam Glynn is also invited.
The championships takes place in a fleet of locally built and raced TR3.6 dinghies at Schull Harbour. The invitation only championship includes representatives selected from nine different youth classes but disappointingly there is no junior participation from many of Ireland's senior sailing classes.
Last year Baltimore sailor Fionn Lyden won the championship with nine wins from nine races in the TR3.6 boat.
11 clubs from a network of over 100 are represented with the Royal Cork YC and National YCs sending five sailors apiece.
The full listing of invitees is as follows:
420 Harry Whittaker Royal Cork YC; Laser 4.7 Sarah Cooney National YC; Laser 4.7 Ciaran Finnegan Waterford Harbour SC; Laser 4.7 Cliodhna O'Regan Kinsale YC; Laser Radial Cian Byrne Royal Cork YC;
Laser Radial Ryan Ballyholme YC; Laser Radial Seafra Guilfoyle Royal Cork YC; Laser Radial Darragh O'Sullivan Kinsale YC; Laser Standard Cian Cahill Royal St George YC; Mirror Megan Boylan Skerries SC;
Mirror Tiarnan Dickson Lough Ree YC; Optimist Harry Durcan Royal Cork YC; Optimist Johnny Durcan Royal Cork YC; Optimist Megan Parker Skerries SC; Optimist Loghlen Rickard National YC;
RS Feva Jack Higgins Royal St George YC; Topaz Rob Wynne Dungarvan Harbour SC; Topper Liam Glynn Ballyholme YC; Topper Nicola Hemeryck National YC; Topper Daniel Raymond National YC; Topper Conor Sheriff Courtown SC; Sarah Eames Ballyholme YC and Finn Lynch National YC
