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Ronan Byrne Overall Winner of Cork Sculling Ladder (Revised)
#Rowing: Ronan Byrne has retained his title on the Cork Sculling Ladder 2015/2016. The Shandon man was the overall winner, and also topped the junior and intermediate sections. Margaret Cremen from Lee was not only the top woman, but also took the junior 16 and junior 18 bow, along with the intermediate and club one and club two sections. In a revision of the final finishing positions, Dan Begley of Shandon Boat Club has been named as the Club One winner.
2015 – 2016 Cork Sculling Ladder Winners
Overall Winner : (1) Ronan Byrne - Shandon Boat Club (retained)
Women’s Overall Winner : (49) Margaret Cremen - Lee Rowing Club
Section Winners
Men
Open : (1) Ronan Byrne - Shandon Boat Club
Intermediate : (1) Ronan Byrne - Shandon Boat Club
Novice : (19) Hugh Sutton - Lee Rowing Club
Club 1 : (4) Dan Begley - Shandon Boat Club
Club 2 : (7) Darragh Larkin - Lee Rowing Club
Junior 18 : (1) Ronan Byrne - Shandon Boat Club
Junior 16 : (8) Barry O’Flynn - Cork Boat Club
Junior 15 : (12) Thomas Murphy - Lee Rowing Club
Junior 14 : (47) Tim Buckley - Lee Rowing Club
Junior 13 : (115) Sean McCalgon - Lee Rowing Club
Junior 12 : (151) Peter Leonard - Cork boat Club
Masters A : (20) Donal Smith - Shandon Boat Club
Masters B : (21) Henrik Merz - Shandon Boat Club
Masters C : (21) Henrik Merz - Shandon Boat Club
Masters D : (56) Pat Peilow - Cork Boat Club
Masters E : (56) Pat Peilow - Cork Boat Club
Masters F : (66) Tony Corcoran - Lee Valley Rowing Club
Masters G : (66) Tony Corcoran - Lee Valley Rowing Club
Masters H : (166) Seamus Quain - Shandon Boat Club
Masters I : (166) Seamus Quain - Shandon Boat Club
Women
Open : (49) Margaret Cremen - Lee Rowing Club
Intermediate : (49) Margaret Cremen - Lee Rowing Club
Novice : (82) Marie Kidney - Lee Rowing Club
Club 1 : (49) Margaret Cremen - Lee Rowing Club
Club 2 : (49) Margaret Cremen - Lee Rowing Club
Junior 18 : (49) Margaret Cremen - Lee Rowing Club
Junior 16 : (49) Margaret Cremen - Lee Rowing Club
Junior 15 : (69) Anne O’Farrell - Cork Boat Club
Junior 14 : (82) Marie Kidney - Lee Rowing Club
Junior 13 : (128) Jennifer Forde - Shandon Boat Club
Junior 12 : (128) Jennifer Forde - Shandon Boat Club
Masters A : (132) Karen Corcoran O’Hare - Lee Valley Rowing Club
Masters B : (132) Karen Corcoran O’Hare - Lee Valley Rowing Club
Masters C : (155) Karen Dunne McCarthy - Cork Boat Club
Masters D : (157) Mary O’Callaghan - Lee Rowing Club
Masters E : (157) Mary O’Callaghan - Lee Rowing Club
Results.
Saturday 26.03.2016.
(22) Evan Curtin - Cork Boat Club bt (16) David Higgins - Presentation College Rowing Club. 4L.
(50) Conor Twohig - Cork Boat Club bt (45) Patrick Kenneally - Presentation College Rowing Club. 1 1/4L.
(25) Donal Smith - Shandon Boat Club bt (20) Henrik Merz - Shandon Boat Club. 1 3/4L.
(47) Tim Buckley - Lee Rowing Club bt (48) David Cosgrave - Shandon Boat Club. 5L.
(82) Sophie Grey - Lee Rowing Club bt (FC) (107) Hannah Cummins - Lee Rowing Club. 5L.
(10) Liam O’Connell - Cork Boat Club bt (11) Cathal Merz - Shandon Boat Club. 5L.
Starter / Umpires : Finbarr Desmond, Kieran O’Sullivan and Pat Hickey.
Sunday
(FC)(91) Marie Kidney - Lee Rowing Club bt (82) Sophie Grey - Lee Rowing Club. 5L.
1. (1) Ronan Byrne - Shandon Boat Club bt (4) Dan Begley - Shandon Boat Club. 4L.
Starter / Umpires : Finbarr Desmond and Kieran O’Sullivan.
Tuesday
(82) Marie Kidney - Lee RC bt (FC)C87) Claragh O’Sullivan - Cork Boat Club. 1 L.
Starter / Umpires : Finbarr Desmond and Kieran Hughes.
Cork Sculling Ladder 2015 - 2016 |
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27/03/2016 |
Position |
Club |
Sculler |
Grades |
Leaders |
1 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Ronan Byrne # |
J18, I, O |
J18, I, O |
2 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Colm Hennessey # |
I, O |
3 |
UCC |
Jack Casey |
C1, I, O |
C1 |
4 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Dan Begley (FC) |
C1, I, O |
5 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Stephen O'Sullivan |
J18,I, O |
6 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Sean Lonergan |
J18,C1, I, O |
7 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Darragh Larkin |
J18, C2, C1, I, O |
C2 |
8 |
Cork Boat Club |
Barry O'Flynn |
J16, J18, C1, I, O |
J16 |
9 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Stewart Channon |
C1, I, O |
10 |
Cork Boat Club |
Liam O'Connell (FC) |
J18, C1, I, O |
11 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Cathal Merz |
C2, C1, I, O |
12 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Thomas Murphy |
J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
J15 |
13 |
Cork Boat Club |
Barry Connolly |
J16, J18, C1, I, O |
14 |
Cork Boat Club |
Feargal O'Sullivan |
J18, C1, I, O |
15 |
Lee Rowing Club |
David Breen |
J18, C1, I, O |
16 |
Cork Boat Club |
Evan Curtin (FC) |
J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
17 |
Presentation College Rowing Club |
David Higgins |
J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
18 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Conor Cudden |
J18, C2, C1, I, O |
19 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Hugh Sutton |
J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
Novice |
20 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Donal Smith |
MA, C2, C1, I, O |
MA |
21 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Henrik Merz |
MA, MB, MC, C2, C1, I, O |
MB, MC |
22 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Chris Horgan |
MA, C1, I, O |
23 |
Cork Boat Club |
Cormac Corkery (FC) |
J18, C2, C1, I, O |
24 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Peter Jackson |
J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
25 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Eoin Larkin |
J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
26 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Sam O'Neill |
J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
27 |
Cork Boat Club |
Neil McCarthy |
C1, I, O |
28 |
Presentation College Rowing Club |
Alan O' Keeffe |
J18, C2, C1, I, O |
29 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Shane Crean |
J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
30 |
Cork Boat Club |
Conor McCarthy |
J18, C2, C1, I, O |
31 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Alex Byrne (FC) |
J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
32 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Eoin Gaffney |
J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
33 |
Cork Boat Club |
James O'Leary |
C1, I, O |
34 |
Cork Boat Club |
Danny Peilow |
C1, I, O |
35 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Brian O'Keefe (FC) |
MA, MB, C1, I, O |
36 |
Cork Boat Club |
Brian Crean # |
MA, MB, MC, C1, I, O |
37 |
Shandon Boat Club |
William Ronayne (FC) |
J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
38 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Ray Fitzgerald |
J18, C2, C1, I, O |
39 |
Cahir Rowing Club |
David Heffernan # |
MA, MB, C1, I, O |
40 |
Cork Boat Club |
Cian O'Sullivan |
J16, J18, C1, I, O |
41 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Emmet Hickey |
J18, C1, I, O |
42 |
Cork Boat Club |
David Collins |
C1, I, O |
43 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Morgan O'Hara |
J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
44 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Jerome Arrigan (FC) |
J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
45 |
Cork Boat Club |
Conor Twohig (FC) |
J18, C2, C1, I, O |
46 |
Presentation College Rowing Club |
Patrick Kennelly |
J18, C2, C1, I, O |
47 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Tim Buckley |
J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
J14 |
48 |
Shandon Boat Club |
David Cosgrove |
J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
49 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Margaret Cremen |
J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
WJ16, WJ18, WC2, WC1, WI, WO |
50 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Rob Diffley |
MA, C2, C1, I, O |
51 |
Cork Boat Club |
Ross Cudmore (FC) |
J18, C2, C1, I, O |
52 |
Presentation College Rowing Club |
Luke Guerin |
J18, C2, C1, I, O |
53 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Luke Filan |
J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
54 |
Shandon Boat Club |
John O'Neill |
MA, MB, MC, C2, C1, I, O |
55 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Conor O'Malley (FC) |
J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
56 |
Cork Boat Club |
Pat Peilow |
MA, MB, MC, MD, ME, C1, I, O |
MD, ME |
57 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Noel Carey |
MA, MB, C2, C1, I, O |
58 |
Cork Boat Club |
Aidan O'Sullivan |
J18, C1, I, O |
59 |
Cork Boat Club |
Kieran White (FC) |
J18, C1, I, O |
60 |
Presentation College Rowing Club |
Jack O' Donovan |
J18, C2, C1, I, O |
61 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Willow Littlewood |
J18, C1, I, O |
62 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Jack Leggett |
J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
63 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Sam Jackson |
J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
64 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Dan O'Neill |
J16, J18, C1, I, O |
65 |
Shandon Boat Club |
James Hodkinson |
C1, I, O |
66 |
Lee Valley Rowing Club |
Tony Corcoran # |
MA, MB, MC, MD, ME, MF, MG, I, O |
MF, MG |
Results by Category Page 1 of 3 |
Cork Sculling Ladder 2015 - 2016 |
27/03/2016 |
67 Lee Rowing Club Eimear Cummins J18, C1, I, O |
68 Shandon Boat Club Chelsey Minihane J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
69 Cork Boat Club Anne O'Farrell J15, J16, J18, C1, I, O WJ15 |
70 Shandon Boat Club Jennifer Crowley J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
71 Presentation College Rowing Club James Ginnelley J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
72 Lee Rowing Club Maedhbh Heaney J18, C1, I, O |
73 Cork Boat Club Amy Mason J18, C2, C1, I, O |
74 Presentation College Rowing Club Daniel Ghori J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
75 Cork Boat Club Aine Rice J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
76 Lee Rowing Club Tony Donlon J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
77 Presentation College Rowing Club Cormac O'Connell J18, C2, C1, I, O |
78 Presentation College Rowing Club Harry Scannell J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
79 Lee Rowing Club Jennifer Murphy J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
80 Presentation College Rowing Club Tom Walsh J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
81 Lee Rowing Club Luke Lee J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
82 Lee Rowing Club Maria Kidney (FC) J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
Women's Novice, |
WJ14 |
83 Lee Rowing Club Sophie Gray J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
84 Shandon Boat Club Julie Harrington J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
85 Cork Boat Club Erika Deasy J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
86 Lee Rowing Club Ronan O'Callaghan J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
87 Cork Boat Club Claragh O'Sullivan J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
88 Shandon Boat Club Mia Kovacs J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
89 Presentation College Rowing Club Tom Murphy J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
90 Cork Boat Club Ciara McCarthy J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
91 Lee Rowing Club Muireann Heaney J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
92 Cork Boat Club Ciara Murphy J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
93 Lee Rowing Club Jani Vermaak J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
94 Cork Boat Club Sinead Hegarty J18, C2, C1, I, O |
95 Presentation College Rowing Club Ben Corcoran J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
96 Presentation College Rowing Club Sam Crean J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
97 Lee Rowing Club Aoife Cummins J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
98 Cork Boat Club Aoife Higgins J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
99 Fermoy RC Erin O'Sullivan J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
100 Cork Boat Club Jane Duggan J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
101 Cork Boat Club James O'Halloran MA, MB, MC, MD, ME, C1, I, O |
102 Cork Boat Club Matt Mallen J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
103 Cork Boat Club Hannah Dupuis J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
104 Shandon Boat Club Mide Dinneen J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
105 Presentation College Rowing Club Misha O Flynn J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
106 Presentation College Rowing Club Mel Holohan J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
107 Lee Rowing Club Hannah Cummins (FC) J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
108 Shandon Boat Club Aine Hosford J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
109 Lee Rowing Club Eabha Keely J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
110 Lee Rowing Club Ciara Murphy J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
111 Cahir Rowing Club Katie Sutcliffe J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
112 Lee Rowing Club Emma Breen J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
113 Lee Rowing Club Neasa Coleman J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
114 Shandon Boat Club Megan Cuttriss J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
115 Lee Rowing Club Sean McCalgon |
J13, J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, |
O |
J13 |
116 Cork Boat Club Julie Mackey J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
117 Cork Boat Club Katie McCarthy J15, J16, J18, C1, I, O |
118 Presentation College Rowing Club Liam Rooke J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
119 Cork Boat Club Moira O'Sullivan J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
120 Lee Rowing Club Andrew Sheehan |
J13, J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, |
O |
121 Cork Boat Club Caoilinn Hughes J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
122 Presentation College Rowing Club Jacques Mattieu J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
123 Shandon Boat Club Anna Hernon J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
124 Lee Rowing Club Aoife Coleman J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
125 Lee Rowing Club Abbie Cummins J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
126 Cork Boat Club Ross Madden J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
127 Cork Boat Club Stephanie Murphy J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
128 Shandon Boat Club Jennifer Forde |
J12, J13, J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, |
C1, I, O |
WJ12, WJ13 |
129 Cork Boat Club John Kearney J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
130 Presentation College Rowing Club Jack Murphy J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
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Cork Sculling Ladder 2015 - 2016 |
27/03/2016 |
131 |
Presentation College Rowing Club |
Alex Guerin |
J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
132 |
Lee Valley Rowing Club |
Karen Corcoran O'Hare + |
WMA, WMB, C2, C1, I, O |
WMA, WMB |
133 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Alex O'Mahony |
J13, J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
134 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Aisha McCarthy |
J18, C2, C1, I, O |
135 |
Cork Boat Club |
Claire Ryan |
N, C2, C1, I, O |
136 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Sinead Buckley |
J13, J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
137 |
Cork Boat Club |
James Kelly |
J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
138 |
Cork Boat Club |
Siofra O'Flynn |
J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
139 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Ciara Harrington |
J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
140 |
Cahir Rowing Club |
Nollaig Heffernan |
WMA, WMB, N, C2, C1, I, O |
141 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Robyn Smith |
J13, J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
142 |
Cork Boat Club |
Seana Hughes |
J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
143 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Meave Reardon |
J13, J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
144 |
Presentation College Rowing Club |
Brian McGrath |
J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
145 |
Cork Boat Club |
Eve Kelly |
J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
146 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Gemma Albone |
J13, J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
147 |
Presentation College Rowing Club |
Ibrahim Salih |
J13, J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
148 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Jane O'Riordan |
J13, J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
149 |
Cork Boat Club |
Hannah Gahan |
J13, J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
150 |
Presentation College Rowing Club |
Callum O' Donovan |
J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
151 |
Cork Boat Club |
Peter Leonard |
J12, J13, J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
J12 |
152 |
Cork Boat Club |
Robert Neff |
J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
153 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Ashling Gaffney |
J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
154 |
Cork Boat Club |
Emma Hanley |
N, C2, C1, I, O |
155 |
Cork Boat Club |
Karen McCarthy |
WMA, WMB, WMC, N, C2, C1, I, O |
WMC |
156 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Bevin Ford |
J13, J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
157 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Mary O'Callaghan |
MA, MB, MC, MD, ME, N, C2, C1, I, O |
WMD, WME |
158 |
Cork Boat Club |
Katie Hughes |
J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
159 |
Presentation College Rowing Club |
Omar Elbastawaisi |
J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
160 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Alex Toderica |
J12, J13, J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
161 |
Cork Boat Club |
David Law |
J13, J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
162 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Orla Gaffney |
J13, J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
163 |
Lee Rowing Club |
Alex Stradnic |
J13, J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
164 |
Cork Boat Club |
Oscar Moore |
J14, J15, J16, J18, C2, C1, I, O |
165 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Jim Conroy |
MA, MB, MC, MD, ME, MF, C1, I, O |
166 |
Shandon Boat Club |
Seamus Quain |
MA, MB, MC, MD, ME, MF, MG, MH, MI, C1, I, O |
MH, MI |
167 |
Presentation College Rowing Club |
Ciaran Odlum |
J13, J14, J15, J16, J18, N, C2, C1, I, O |
# denotes : Former Sculling Ladder Overall Winner |
+ denotes : Former Sculling Ladder Women's Overall Winner. |
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Before the race got on the water, the scene was set onshore with a storyboard lifted from Galway '09. In a bid to mirror the Volvo Ocean Race stop-over, the Round Ireland was smartly enmeshed with a successful town festival in Wicklow, drawing in thousands of non-sailing civilians, many of whom hung out on the cliffs to watch one of the best-attended starts in years.
The backbone for this year's story was Tonnerre de Breskens III, owned by Dutchman Piet Vroon. The crew arrived in Wicklow with a brace of RORC victories, leading RORC's offshore table, and went into the race as favourites. The first twist in Tonnerre's plot came before the starter's gun, when Vroon ended up in hospital, from where he would follow the race as his crew sailed on without him. However, that would be the only bump in their road. Tonnerre led from start to finish, both on the water and on handicap. Vroon's crew brought home the trophy for their ailing skipper in the race's happy ending.
There was drama in their wake, though. Not the high-octane 60-knot knock-down drama of 2008, but good stuff nonetheless. Bernard Guoy's Inis Mor chased hard to no avail, and in the end they just couldn't do it. Theirs was the story of the weary, the plucky but the ultimately unlucky. In 2008 gear failure put them out of the running, but in 2010 it was Tonnerre's sheer perfection that relegated Inis Mor to the runner-up spot. You would be hard pressed to find an error in their race, and they deserved the second slot.There were other big guns, of course. Mick Liddy and Mark Pollock's Daft.com Class 40 was a drama mini-series all of its own, with a blind co-skipper in a high-powered double-hander seeming a deluded concept to many. Until the batteries died they were churning out their own stories, uploading video content to beat the band. Of course, directorial priorities shifted when their electrics went as they headed up the west coast. Pollock's input was limited to nearly nil without electronics, meaning Liddy became all but a solo sailor without relief, helming non-stop for four days. Their initially promising position was eroded in the last third of the race as fatigue bit hard.
No similar excuses for the biggest boat in the race, the Open 60 Spirit of Rosslare Europort, which by all accounts should have made hay in some heavier airs off the west coast and come home first for line honours. However, they couldn't capitalise on that. Some will say that Tonnerre was better suited to the conditions than the larger Open 60, while others will dismiss that as folly.
The dogfights, then, the meat-and-veg of the story, were in IRC 1. Visit Malta Puma, another hot contender from the Solent, was in charge for much of the race while things were quietly making their way up the west coast. In the Round Ireland, as in Irish history, things have a way of kicking off around the north-east corner. As the tides and light airs played with the fleet, the lead changed hands six times between Inistrahull and the finish, with Fujitsu and Visit Malta Puma match-racing down the Irish Sea, and Bejaysus and Aquelina doing the same behind them.
Visit Malta Puma would emerge victorious, and in the meantime, the leaders of Class 2 and the double-handers were passing the mouth of Strangford Lough and crossing Dundrum Bay. Psipina and Dinah would trade tacks all the way to Wicklow, with Paddy Cronin in Psipina (joined by John Loden) making it two in a row in the two-handers overall. Second place, however, would go to one of the backmarkers.
Theirs was the rags-to-riches tale of this Round Ireland. Brians Flahive and Byrne took a boat all but written off and kitted it out for the 704-mile offshore. Noonan Boat Oystercatcher was the racing equivalent of a transplant patient, with a large portion of its port side removed and rebuilt by its owner, boatbuilder Graham Noonan, also Flahive's boss. Ten days before the race, the pair were rigging the tiny Gibsea with a spinnaker for the first time, and as the front of the fleet slowed, they rocketed on into second, not bad for a major offshore debut.
And while champagne corks were popping on land, there were still cups of tea being handed up to the rail from many galleys along the Irish Sea coast. The finish to the Round Ireland was prolonged, but deciding the results was not as strung out an affair as years gone by, the winner having been decided well in advance of the last finishers' arrival.
The question mark at the end of this story leaves things open for an innovative sequel. Dropped into the narrative mid-race were questions in the national media over how more racers might be tempted to Wicklow for 2012. The festival was, no doubt, a good start, but what of the date? Would moving it away from the annual date of the 1700-boat Solent carnival that is the Round the Island, putting further distance between it and Cork Week make sense? Would it make for a greater foreign entry? Eight of the 36 entries this year were from outside of Ireland - who's to say that couldn't be doubled or tripled?
That's a script yet to be written. For Round Ireland 2010, the credits are rolling. Wicklow SC can be proud that they delivered yet another successful edition of Ireland's classic offshore, and the various actors can take a deserved bow for playing their part in another home-produced oceanic drama.
Round Ireland Yacht Race 2010 Trophy Winners
Line Honours - Denis Doyle Trophy
Tonnerre de Breskens 3 - Piet Vroon
IRC Overall - Norman Barry Trophy
Tonnerre de Breskens 3 - Piet Vroon
Inis Mor - Bernard Gouy
Visit Malta Puma - Philippe Falle
Class 7 / Two Handed - The Noonan Trophy
Psipsina - John Loden & Paddy Cronin
Noonan Boats Oystercatcher - Brian Flahive
& Bryan Byrne
Alchimiste - Michael Murphy & Alex Voye
Class Super 0
Spirit of Rosslare Europort - Alan McGettigan
Class 0 - Mew Island Trophy
Tonnerre de Breskens 3 - Piet Vroon
Inis Mor - Bernard Gouy
Pride of Wicklow - James Gair/David O'Gorman
Class 1 - Tuskar Cup
Visit Malta Puma - Philippe Falle
Fujitsu - Andrew Britton
Aquelina - James Tyrrell
Class 2 - Fastnet Cup
Raging Bull - Matt Davis
Psipsina - John Loden & Paddy Cronin
Dinah - Barry Hurley & Hannah White
Class 3 - Skelligs Cup
Noonan Boats Oystercatcher -
Brian Flahive & Bryan Byrne
Alchimiste - Michael Murphy & Alex Voye
Cavatina - Ian Hickey/Eric Lisson
Class 4 - Tory Island Trophy
Noonan Boats Oystercatcher -
Brian Flahive & Bryan Byrne
Cavatina - Ian Hickey/Eric Lisson
Gumdrop - Derek Gilmore
Class 5 / Classic - Michael Jones Trophy
Cavatina - Ian Hickey/Eric Lisson
Class 6 / Sigma 38 - Larry Ryan Trophy
Persistance - Jerry Collins
ISORA Trophy
Raging Bull - Matt Davis
Irish Cruiser Racing Association -
Round Ireland Trophy
Aquelina - James Tyrrell
Team Kinsale Yacht Club Trophy
Team 'RORC': Tonnerre de Breskens 3 - Piet Vroon / Visit Malta Puma - Philippe Falle / Psipsina - John Loden & Paddy Cronin Team 'Go Hard or Go Home': Pride of Wicklow - James Gair/David O'Gorman / Aquelina - James Tyrrell / Noonan Boats Oystercatcher - Brian Flahive & Bryan Byrne
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