GP14 Ireland

GP14 Ireland 2018 Dates

Date	Event	Venue
Sat 14-15 Apr	O'Tiarnaigh	Swords
Sat 12-13 May	Ulsters	Donaghadee
Sat 9-10 June	Purcell	Lough Ree
Sat 7-8 July	Leinster	Skerries

Sat 28 Jul-3 Aug	Worlds	Mounts Bay
Sat 18-20 Aug	Irish Nationals & Masters	Sligo
Sat 15-16 Sep	Autumn Open/Youths	~~Blessington~~Mullingar
Sat 22-23 Sep	Inter Schools	Sutton
Sat 13-14 Oct	Hot Toddy	Newtownards

GP14 Irish & Masters Championship @ Sligo

Sat 18 Aug - Mon 20 Aug

Results

Congratualtions to Ross & Jane Kearney on taking the 2018 GP14 Ireland Championship

2nd overall was Sam Watson & James Hockney with a return to the local scene from Tim Corcoran & Brendan Brogan taking 3rd.

Results

Rank	SailNo	Boat Name	HelmName	CrewName	Club	Fleet	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Total	Nett
1st	14242	Purple Rocket	Ross Kearney	Jane Kearney	RNIYC / South Staffs SC	Gold	-7	3	1	1	4	3		19	12
2nd	13888	The Drip	Sam Watson	James Peter Hockley	Nantwich SC / LFYC	Gold	1	-16	2	4	3	11		37	21
3rd	14055		Tim Corcoran	Brendan Brogan	SYC	Gold	2	1	(38.0 OCS)	14	2	4		61	23
4th	14076	True Belle	Ger Owens	Mel Morris	R StG YC	Gold	4	6	-12	3	9	1		35	23
5th	14219	Trouble on the Way	Curly Morris	Laura McFarlane	EABC / NSC	Gold (O 60)	8	5	9	9	-13	2		46	33
6th	14214		Keith Louden	Alan Thompson	RYA	Gold	11	7	-14	12	1	6		51	37
7th	14235	Wally	Alan Blay	David Johnston	Sutton DC	Gold	5	4	11	-13	7	13		53	40
8th	14130	Kalaco	Hugh Gill	Dan Gill	Sutton DC	Gold (O 60)	13	-20	4	5	12	9		63	43
9th	14247		John McGuinness	Donal McGuinness	Moville BC	Gold (O 50)	10	(38.0 OCS)	7	15	11	7		88	50
10th	14209	Speranza	Gareth Gallagher	Richard Gallagher		Gold (U 22)	(38.0 OCS)	2	10	10	15	14		89	51
11th	14144		Colman Grimes	Graeme Grant	Skerries SC	Gold	12	17	8	-19	5	12		73	54
12th	13917	KMIT	Joshua Porter	Sara Gowdy	NSC	Silver (U 22)	15	11	13	7	(38.0 DNF)	8		92	54
13th	14116		Peter Boyle	Stephen Boyle	Sutton DC	Silver (U 22)	9	15	5	11	-17	16		73	56
14th	14203		Shane MacCarthy	Damien Bracken	Greystones SC	Gold	3	9	(38.0 OCS)	2	38.0 DNF	5		95	57
15th	13993	Daisy Chain	Niall Henry	Ossian Geraghty	SYC	Gold (O 50)	6	(38.0 DSQ)	18	8	8	20		98	60
16th	14237		JP McCaldin	Carolyn McCaldin	SYC / LEYC	Gold	(38.0 DNC)	38.0 DNC	3	6	14	18		117	79
17th	14225	Gringer Sails Again	Cathal Sheridan	David Cooke	Skerries SC	Silver (O 50)	19	-24	22	16	10	15		106	82
18th	14127	Karma	Colm O'Flaherty	David O'Connor	SYC	Gold	(38.0 DSQ)	8	38.0 DNC	17	6	17		124	86
19th	14040	Alkadoo	Bill Johnson	James Johnson	LFYC	Silver (O 50)	17	14	24	22	(38.0 DNF)	10		125	87
20th	14054	Still Thinking Too !	Doire Shiels	Andrew Sexton	Skerries SC	Silver	14	22	6	27	(38.0 DNF)	21		128	90
21st	14138		Simon Cully	Liby Tierney	Blessington SC	Silver	16	18	20	21	16	(38.0 DNC)		129	91
22nd	1414		Sam Wray	Luke Henderson	SYC	Silver (U 22)	20	19	17	23	(38.0 DNF)	24		141	103
23rd	13314	Fool's Gold	Sarah White	Oscar Langan	SYC	Bronze (U 22)	25	25	15	18	(38.0 DNF)	23		144	106
24th	14171	Ananda	Lawrence Baalham	Robbie Richardson	Donaghadee SC	Silver (O 60)	18	10	21	26	(38.0 DNF)	38.0 DNC		151	113
25th	13981	Cloud Nine	Matthew Street	Richard Street	Blessington SC	Silver	23	12	23	31	(38.0 DNF)	27		154	116
26th	13180	Alkoran	Martin Dews	Vicky Dews	Donaghadee SC	Silver	21	26	25	24	(38.0 DNF)	26		160	122
27th	1403		Adrian Lee	Jordan Lupton	YSC	Silver (U 22)	27	13	16	30	(38.0 DNF)	38.0 DNC		162	124
28th	1413X		Jonathan Evans	Ian Craig	SYC	Bronze	28	23	28	25	(38.0 DNF)	25		167	129
29th	13745		Thomas Sexton	Paul Sexton	SYC	Bronze	22	32	30	28	(38.0 DNF)	19		169	131
30th	14212	Falkor	Michael Cox	Michelle Evans	NSC / Chase SC	Silver	(38.0 DNF)	28	19	29	38.0 DNF	22		174	136
31st	14061		Michael Collender	Brian Walker	Mullingar SC	Bronze (O 50)	24	21	29	35	(38.0 DNF)	29		176	138
32nd	13677		Una l'Estrange	Aisling Mongle	SYC	Bronze	26	27	31	36	(38.0 DNF)	28		186	148
33rd	14133	Kylie	Jack Buttimer	Adam McDonagh	YSC	Bronze (U 22)	31	33	27	32	(38.0 DNF)	30		191	153
34th	13845	Winter Solstice	Karl Kerins	John Cameron	SYC	Silver (O 50)	29	30	33	37	(38.0 DNF)	31		198	160
35th	13680	Luna Rosa	Nicholas Jeanniot	Holly White	SYC	Bronze (O 50)	30	34	32	33	(38.0 DNF)	32		199	161
36th	13207	This One	Sam Street	Josh Lloyd	Blessington SC	Bronze (U22)	(38.0 DNC)	31	38.0 DNS	20	38.0 OCS	38.0 DNC		203	165
37th	10111		Ellen O'Dwyer	Noah Canham	SYC	Bronze (U 22)	(38.0 DNF)	29	26	34	38.0 DNF	38.0 DNC		203	165

Leinsters @ Skerries 7-8 July - results

Congratulations to Shane MacCarthy & Damien Bracken on winning the GP14 Leinster Championships 2018 in Skerries.

Report Author: David Johnston

Sailing Photos Copyright: Skerries Sailing Club

Prize Giving Photos Copyright: Laura McFarland

After many weeks of amazing summer weather, the GP14 Leinsters did not disappoint with Skerries producing a fantastic weekend sailing. With light winds forecasted all weekend the OD and his team had planned ahead to allow for 4 races to be sailed on the Saturday in preparation of very little wind on the Sunday. In the end it proved to be the right call.

Much to the appreciation of the fleet, gate starts were proposed for all races, as the Mounts Bay bound Irish contingent prepared for the 2018 World Championships. With only a handful of very late, barging boats, the gate starts worked very well. With many boats benefitting from the great coaching sessions organised by the class earlier in the year, these gate starts have become a lot less intimidating for sailors not as accustomed to them.

The racing was very tight as the results from day 1 would tell you, with 4 different race winners the championship was still well open going into Sunday. Shane Mac Carthy & Damien Bracken took 1st honours in race one followed closely by Ger Owens and Melanie Morris in 2nd and a great performance by youth helm Peter Boyle crewed by father Stephen taking 3rd. Ger & Mel took 1st in race 2, Niall Henry & Oisin Geraghty taking 1st in race 3, and Alan Blay & David Johnston winning the last race of the day.

With only 2 points separating 2nd and 4th place, and then a further 3 to 1st, the championship was wide open. Despite matching Ger & Mel with a 2nd and 1st on the final day (with time to spare for Alan to answer the call from nature up the final beat), Alan & David had to settle for 3rd overall as Shane & Damien had done enough with a 3 and 5 to earn them top spot and another Leinster Championship. Ger & Mel narrowly missing out by 1 point.

The youth fleet was very competitive with Gareth & Richard Gallagher taking it overall with Josh Porter & Sara Gowdy 2nd youth followed by Peter & Stephen Boyle in 3rd. All 3 within 7 points of each other.

Josh & Sara won Silver, Peter & Stephen Boyle in 2nd with Cathal Sheridan & David Cooke 3rd.

Bronze fleet winners were Stuart McCormick & Bernie, 2nd Noel Clarke & Chris, 3rd Michael Collender & Brian Walker

Thank you to all in Skerries Sailing Club for hosting such a fantastic event in testing conditions.

GP14 Purcell Trophy

Lough Ree Yacht Club

9/10 June 2018

Congratulations to Shane MacCarthy & Damien Bracken on winning the Purcell Trophy 2018.

The sailing on Saturday had to be abandoned due to lack of wind. But on Sunday the fleet of 17 boats got to set sail. The wind was light & shifty but Race Officer Vincent Rafter got races 4-6 successfully sailed.

Race 4 saw Keith Louden and Alan Thompson win with Norman Lee and Jordan Lugton in 2nd place. Race 5 saw Alan Pinder and Jack Hayes take the gun ahead of Shane MacCarthy and Damian Bracken. The last race 6 was won by Shane MacCarthy and Damian Bracken with Alan Blay and David Johnston finishing 2nd.

Thanks to Lough Ree YC for their hospitality and organising the event.

Overall results were,

1 Shane Mccarthy, Damian Bracken - Greystones SC

2 Alan Blay, David Johnston - Sutton DC

3 Alan Pinder, Jack Hayes - Mullingar SC

Silver

1 Alan Pinder, Jack Hayes - Mullingar SC

2 Simon Cully,Libby Tierney Blessington SC

3 Martin Dews, Vicky Dews Donaghadee SC

Bronze

1 Ciaran Keogh, Barry Keogh Greystones S.C

2 James Ogg, Jennifer Bryce Donaghadee SC

3 Jack Buttimer, Adam McDonagh, Youghal SC

Rank	Fleet	SailNo	Club	HelmName	CrewName	R1	R2	R3	Total	Nett
1st	Gold	14203	Greystones SC	Shane McCartney	Damien Bracken	3.0	2.0	1.0	6.0	6.0
2nd	Gold	13977	Sutton DC	Alan Blay	David Johnston	6.0	4.0	2.0	12.0	12.0
3rd	Silver	14076	Mullingar SC	Alan Pinder	Jack Hayes	7.0	1.0	9.0	17.0	17.0
4th	Gold	14219	East Antrim BC	Curly Morriss	Laura McFarland	4.0	7.0	6.0	17.0	17.0
5th	Gold	14237	LEYC	JP McCaldin	Carolyn McCaldin	8.0	6.0	5.0	19.0	19.0
6th	Gold	13669	Greystones	Norman Lee	Jordan Lupton	2.0	8.0	11.0	21.0	21.0
7th	Gold	14214	RYA	Keith Luoden	Alan Thompson	1.0	19.0 OCS	4.0	24.0	24.0
8th	Silver	14138	Blessington SC	Simon Cully	Libby Tierney	19.0 DNC	3.0	3.0	25.0	25.0
9th	Gold	14209	LFYC	Gareth Gallagher	Rachel Donaghey	5.0	13.0	8.0	26.0	26.0
10th	Bronze	13624	Greystones SC	Ciaran Keogh	Barry Keogh	10.0	11.0	10.0	31.0	31.0
11th	Bronze	13865	DSC	James Ogg	Jennifer Bryce	13.0	5.0	14.0	32.0	32.0
12th	Silver	13180	Donaghadee SC	Martin Dews	Vicky Dews	11.0	9.0	13.0	33.0	33.0
13th	Gold	13981	Blessington SC	Richard Street	Max Cully	19.0 DNC	10.0	7.0	36.0	36.0
14th	Silver	13917	Newtonards	Josh Porter	Sara Gowdy	12.0	12.0	12.0	36.0	36.0
15th	Bronze	14133	Youghal SC	Jack Buttimer	Adam McDonagh	9.0	14.0	16.0	39.0	39.0
16th	Bronze	13466	Blessington SC	Matthew Street	Rian O'Hailough	19.0 DNC	15.0	15.0	49.0	49.0
17th	Silver	14171	Donaghadee SC	Lawrence Baalham	Robbie Richardson	19.0 DNC	19.0 DNC	19.0 DNC	57.0	57.0
17th	Silver	14040	LFYC	Bill Johnson	James Hockley	19.0 DNC	19.0 DNC	19.0 DNC	57.0	57.0

GP14 Ulsters - Donaghadee SC - Results

12-13 May 2018

Congratulations to Shane MacCarthy and crew Andy Davis taking the 2018 Ulster Championships over a sunny weekend at Donaghadee SC.

Silver fleet winner was Peter & Stephen Boyle with Peter also taking the Ulster Youth Championship trophy.

Bronze fleet win was taken by Jack Buttimer & Adam McDonagh.

Race Report - Author: Alan Thompson

The GP fleet returned to Donaghadee for the 2018 Ulster Championships on a sunny Saturday afternoon.

The OOD Ruan O’Tiarnaigh got the first race off at 12pm in a moderate breeze. Ger Owens with his crew Damien Bracken dominated the first two races with two bullets after the McGuiness brothers, first home in race 2 were deemed OCS.

Race three was won by the current world champions Shane McCarthy & Andy Davis.

After an hour postponement on Sunday morning a nice strong breeze filled in. Keith Louden & Alan Thompson started at the pin on port and crossed the fleet and after a hard battle with Shane & Andy, took the win in race four.

Race five got underway with Shane & Andy showing their dominance in the strong breeze and led from the start to take the win.

After a general recall in race six, OOD Ruan O’Tiarnaigh eventually ran out of time and sent us home to the delight of many in the fleet.

Shane & Andy took the overall win with Ger & Damien in second and Keith & Alan in third.

The silver fleet honours went to Peter & Stephen Boyle with Josh Porter & Andrew Corkill taking second and Bill Johnson & James Hockley in third.

The bronze fleet honours went to Jack Buttimer & Adam McDonagh with Donaghadee's James Ogg & Jennifer Bryce taking second and Michael Collender & Brian Walker in third.

Many thanks to Donaghadee Sailing Club for the great hospitality and a fantastic event and to Ruan for the great courses..

Photos Copyright: Tony Patterson

Pos	Fleet	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1st	Gold	14203	Shane McCarthy	Andy Davis	GSC	2	(3)	1	2	1	6
2nd	Gold	14076	Ger Owens	Damien Bracken	RStGYC	1	1	(BFD)	4	3	9
3rd	Gold	14214	Keith Louden	Alan Thompson	N/A	(6)	2	6	1	5	14
4th	Gold	14143	John McGuiness	Donal McGuiness	MBC	3	(OCS)	7	6	2	18
5th	Gold	13977	Alan Blay	David Johnston	SDC	4	(OCS)	3	3	8	18
6th	Silver	1420	Peter Boyle	Stphen Boyle	SDC	7	(10)	8	5	4	24
7th	Silver	13917	Josh Porter	Andrew Corkill	NSC	(11)	8	4	10	7	29
8th	Silver	14040	Bill Johnson	James Hockley	LFYC	(12)	6	5	9	10	30
9th	Gold	13993	Niall Henry	Ossian Gerraghty	SYC	8	11	(BFD)	7	6	32
10th	Gold	14219	Curly Morris	Laura McFarlane	EABC / NSC	9	4	11	(12)	9	33
11th	Silver	14171	Lawrence Baalham	Robbie Richardson	DSC	(13)	5	12	11	12	40
12th	Silver	13928	Sam Wray	Luke Henderson	SYC	5	7	(DNF)	18	13	43
13th	Gold	13645	Robert Gingles	Ross Gingles	EABC	14	(OCS)	10	8	11	43
14th	Silver	14212	Michael Cox	Sara Gowdy	NSC	16	9	9	16	(DNF)	50
15th	Bronze	14133	Jack Buttimer	Adam McDonagh	Yanghal Sailing Club	(18)	15	14	14	14	57
16th	Bronze	13865	James Ogg	Jennifer Bryce	DSC	15	14	(BFD)	13	16	58
17th	Bronze	14061	Michael Collender	Brian Walker	MSC	(22)	13	13	19	15	60
18th	Bronze	14077	Michael Brines	Kerry Edwards	LEYC	(21)	18	15	15	19	67
19th	Silver	13951	Steven Preston	Nathan Hosick	DSC	19	16	16	17	(DNF)	68
20th	Bronze	13233	Fraser Menzies	Paul Monaghan	DSC	(23)	17	17	20	18	72
21st	Gold	14237	J.P. McCaldin	Carolyn McCaldin	LEYC/SYC	10	(OCS)	2	DNF	DNF	74
22nd	Silver	14215	Graeme Farrington	Rebecca Farrington	BYC	17	12	(BFD)	DNF	DNF	91
23rd	Silver	13180	Martin Dews	Victoria Dews	DSC	20	(DNF)	BFD	DNF	17	99

Swords Sailing & Boating Club

O’Tiarnaigh Challenge 14/15 April 2018

Results

The forecast for the O'Tiarnaigh Challenge 2018 was moderate to fresh breeze for the Saturday and strong breeze and up to 30knots of gusts for the Sunday.

OD Peter Smyth at the Saturday morning briefing made the decision to sail all 6 qualifying races instead of the scheduled 4 races on the Saturday.

The fleet of 19 set off in their own fleet starts as Peter got 3 races in before lunch on Saturday with already a few thrills and spills in the growing breeze. The fleet had a quick lunch ashore with warm drinks and rolls provided by Swords. Back on the water to similar winds for the first race but it abated a little giving a more enjoyable final 2 races. The fleet were shore after a long day.

With the 6 races sailed the 4 leaders of each fleet were decided on the Saturday with 3 races scheduled for the Sunday for the final of the O'Tiarnaigh Challenge.

Greystones Shane MacCarthy & Damian Bracken always enjoy the bigger breezes and dominated the 2 days and take another year's succession of winning the O'Tiarnaigh Trophy.

Second overall were Royal St George's Ross Killian with crew Ger Owens followed by a great performance and third place for Newtownards SC Josh Porter and Andy Corkhill.

Josh Porter and Andy Corkhill took the Silver win with Youghal's Jack Buttimer & Adam McDonagh taking the Bronze win.

Photos by Patrick Wodhams - more on Facebook

Full Results to follow.