Team Racers Rian Geraghty McDonnell, Emily Arrowsmith, Isabelle Kearney, Kitty Flanagan, Finn Walker and Max Goodbody were the overall winners of St Andrew’s College Alumni inaugural Team Racing Championship that took place in Dun Laoghaire harbour on October 21st.
As Afloat reported earlier, the South Dublin college's event was hosted by the Royal St. George Yacht Club. Nine teams (54 SAC participants) and 30 volunteers were led by Principal Race Officer Robbie Walker and his team.
Thankfully, the breeze dropped from this week's recent Storm Babet conditions to provide ideal nine- 12 knot winds to the extent that the regatta had sunny spells and no rain!
Second place (pictured above) was won by Amy O’Halloran, Sam Ledoux, Caoilinn Geraghty-McDonnell, Oisin Hughes, Kei Walker and Matvey Sorgassi.
Third place (some of the team pictured above) went to Peter Williams, Oscar Legge, Rachel Flood, Eva Spain, Georgia Goodbody and Ruby Slye O’Connell.
Next year, the college's sailing administrator, Mary Justine Geraghty, told Afloat, 'We hope to build on the team numbers as our current SAC sailors progress to University level (become SAC Alumni Sailors) and our junior school sailors join SAC secondary school. It can only get bigger and better!'