More Race Wins for Ireland at 29er Euros on Lake Garda

25th October 2021

A race start at the 2021 29er European Championship on Lake Garda

Arriving into a weather mark at the 2021 29er European Championship on Lake Garda

Ireland is moving up the scoreboard in the 29er European Championships in Lake Garda with Royal Irish Yacht Club's Tim Norwood and Nathan Van Steenberge earning two race wins to jump from 25th to fifth overall.

The Dun Laoghaire Harbour duo are now just two places behind countrymen, Royal Cork's James Dwyer Matthews and Ben O'Shaughnessy who move up from sixth to fifth overall after five races sailed.

Italian pairing of Lorenzo Pezzilli and Tobia Torroni lead from France's Hugo Revil and Karl Devaux. Third is Denmark's Jens-Christian Dehn-Toftehoj and Jens-Philip Dehn-Toftehoj.

29er Euro racing

Five Irish boats are racing in Italy.

Clementine van Steenberge and Chiara Carra are 43rd. Lauren O' Callaghan and Fiona Ferguson of the National Yacht Club lie 84th and Royal St. George's Emily and Jessica Riordan are 99th

Prizes will be awarded for the Eurocup final series and the European Championships.

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Published in 29er, Youth Sailing

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