Who is Sailing The All Ireland Champs?

17th September 2009

The ISA is hosting its 'All Ireland' Sailing Championship at Royal Cork Yacht Club, Crosshaven, Co Cork on 25th, 26th & 27th September 2009. They've yet to announce the invitees but afloat.ie wants your views on who SHOULD be there this year? Comments below please or on our dedicated forum thread here .

The current defending champion Nicholas O'Leary, successfully held off both his father Anthony and brother Peter, to 2nd and 3rd place respectively, when the event took place in Howth Yacht Club last year.

The senior event will take place over a three day period with the first flight of competitors sailing in ISA SailFleet J80s on Friday afternoon. The winner of the event will be known as the ISA All Ireland Sailing Champion 2009 and will be awarded the ISA Helmsman’s Trophy.

The Junior & Girls competition begins on Saturday morning in Laser Radial dinghies and all will race together. The overall winner will be the ISA All Ireland Junior Sailing Champion 2009. The first placed girl will be known as the ISA All Ireland Girls Sailing Champion 2009. In addition each boy and girl will receive financial support towards attending top class regattas in order to advance their sailing careers.

Up to 20 races are planned to take place throughout the weekend. Racing will be competitive from the start with scores counting from race one.

The sailors are invited from the competitive ISA affiliated classes, which nominate their top sailors as well as from ‘wild card’ nominations selected by the ISA for outstanding achievement.

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Irish Sailing

The Irish Sailing Association, also known as Irish Sailing, is the national governing body for sailing, powerboating and windsurfing in Ireland.

Founded in 1945 as the Irish Dinghy Racing Association, it became the Irish Yachting Association in 1964 and the Irish Sailing Association in 1992.

Irish Sailing is a Member National Authority (MNA) of World Sailing and a member of the Olympic Federation of Ireland.

The Association is governed by a volunteer board, elected by the member clubs. Policy Groups provide the link with members and stakeholders while advising the Board on specialist areas. There is a professional administration and performance staff, based at the headquarters in Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Core functions include the regulation of sailing education, administering racing and selection of Irish sailors for international competition. It is the body recognised by the Olympic Federation of Ireland for nominating Irish qualified sailors to be considered for selection to represent Ireland at the Olympic Games. Irish sailors have medalled twice at the Olympics – David Wilkins and Jamie Wikinson at the 1980 games, and Annalise Murphy at the 2016 games.

The Association, through its network of clubs and centres, offers curriculum-based training in the various sailing, windsurfing and powerboating disciplines. Irish Sailing qualifications are recognised by Irish and European Authorities. Most prominent of these are the Yachtmaster and the International Certificate of Competency.

It runs the annual All-Ireland Championships (formerly the Helmsman’s Championship) for senior and junior sailors.

The Association has been led by leading lights in the sailing and business communities. These include Douglas Heard, Clayton Love Junior, John Burke and Robert Dix.

Close to 100 sailors have represented Ireland at the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Membership of Irish Sailing is either by direct application or through membership of an affiliated organisation. The annual membership fee ranges from €75 for families, down to €20 for Seniors and Juniors.