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Members and guests enjoyed an excellent week-end of sailing and entertainment at the GP14 Ulster Championships held at DSC on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th June.  The weather was kind to us with excellent sailing conditions on both days of the event - a total of 24 boats took part with participants from all parts of Ireland.  Two races were sailed back to back on Saturday with challenging  courses being set by the Race Officer, Jimmy McKee.  An excellent meal was prepared and served by the ladies of the club after racing with musical entertainment in the evening by 'Katrina', a late night for some and some sore heads on Sunday morning!

Racing got underway again with a bright and breezy start on Sunday morning - conditions were slightly more challenging on Sunday with a few capsizes for the crews.  Two races were completed on Sunday and all were safely ashore by 3pm.  Prizegiving was held at 4pm - congratulations go to Paul Maguire and Stuart Boyle from Sutton Dinghy Club who were the Ulster champions.  Full details of prizewinners below:-

1st Gold fleet and overall      -      Paul Maguire & Stuart Boyle    -    Sutton Dinghy Club

2nd Gold fleet and overall     -      Niall Henry & James Conlon    -    Sligo Yacht Club

3rd Gold fleet and overall     -      Robert & Chris Gingles            -     East Antrim Boat Club

1st Silver fleet                      -       Johnny Park & Bob TheMan   -    Newtownards Sailing Club

2nd Silver fleet                     -       Adam Scott & Eamonn Bourne -   SDC/SSC

3rd Silver fleet                     -       Steven Preston & Brenda Niblock   Newtownards Sailing Club

1st Bronze fleet                   -        Oisin McClelland & Stuart Ogg   -  Donaghadee Sailing Club

2nd Bronze fleet                  -        Bill Johnston & Stephen Byrne    -   Foyle Yacht Club   

3rd Bronze fleet                  -         Willie Anderson & Lesley Young -  Donaghadee Sailing Club

Masters        1st - Robert & Chris Gingles(EABC),  2nd -  Alastair Duffin & Paul Whitcombe(NSC), 3rd - Norman Lee & Stephen Walker(GSC)

1st Youth      Adam Scott & Eamonn Bourne(SDC/SSC)

1st Lady        Brenda Niblock(NSC)

Series 1 Boats -  1st Willie Anderson & Lesley Young(DSC),  2nd - Ivan Heaney & Al Parkinson(DSC) 

Altogether a very successful event hopefully enjoyed by members and visitors alike - a big thank-you goes to all those involved in the planning and organisation of the event - Ken Walsh for the use of 'Hecla' as committee boat, Jimmy McKee as Race Officer and all those who assisted on the committee boat, Nat McKibben and all the safety boat crews who worked tirelessly lifting and moving marks etc, Alvin Walker and his assistants on the slip organising trollies and boats, Norma Heaney and Gail Skeats who spent all week-end in the kitchen keeping everyone fed, Kaye Boyle and the bar staff for keeping everyone happy, Ken Wallace as 'co-ordinator' and last but certainly not least all the sailors who took part in the event.  We hope to see you all again in the future.

Posted by Fiona Pritchard
28th Jun

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