As the Irish Laser Championships started so did it end with consistent sailing rewarding day one leaders with overall victory at Royal Cork Yacht Club this afternoon.

Scroll down for Bob Bateman's prizegiving gallery.

A mix of mist and downpours brought the championships to a close at Crosshaven, where the prizegiving marked the special contribution of Belfast's Ron Hutchieson who retired as Class Secretary after forty years service to the class. 

Two final races were sailed outside Cork harbour today. However, the Radial fleet's second race was abandoned as the wind died. It was expected to fill in again but did so from a different direction thereby bringing backmarkers up to the leaders and so it was abandoned.

The National Yacht Club's Finn Lynch put Tokyo 2020 rival Liam Glynn, the former Topper World Champion, to the sword in the standard division with a string of wins. Third was Ronan Walsh of the host club. See the standard rig results here. 

Royal Cork's Luke McGrath stayed top of the Radials and he had 22–point margin over Sean Craig, a recent Radial rig convert, who took second place. The Royal St. George multi–champion was seven points clear of Dingle Sailing Club's Cunnane. Read the Radial results here.

In the 4.7 fleet, Jack Fahy also maintained his overall lead with a five point cushion and in a show of strength for the Royal St. George Yacht Club, another George helmsman, Tom Higgins, was second overall. Third was Michael Carroll from Kinsale YC. 4.7 results are here.

(Above and below) Bowing out – Ron Hutchieson (right) bids farewell to the Irish Laser class after forty years serviceA Laser Championships raffle prize was presented by Conor Mowlds of the National Maritime College to winner Cathal O'Regan

Second youth in the Standard Rig Johnny Durcan (above) shares a lighter moment (below) after his serious capsize incident in California this monthMolly Murphy, third Lady Radial Ella Hemeryck, second lady in the RadialsFrances Fox, first lady and fifth overall in the Radial fleetRoyal Cork's Chris Bateman - sixth in the RadialDingle's Paddy Cunnane third in Radial and second youthRoyal St. George's Sean Craig was second in the RadialRoyal Cork's Luke McGrath was Radial winner and first Youth too
Eddie Rice was the Standard Fleet Master winnerRoyal Cork's Nick Walsh was second in the Master divisionRonan Walsh was the standard youth winner and third overall Ballyholme's Liam Glynn Standard was runner up in the Standard RigRoyal St. George's Tom Higgins was second in the 4.7 FleetKinsale's Michael Carroll was third in the 4.7 fleetThe National Yacht Club's Clare Gorman was the 4.7 Lady winner and fourth overall

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