Dun Laoghaire Laser Sailors Post Top Three Results at Radial Youth Worlds

23rd August 2018

Dublin Bay sailors Clare Gorman NYC (top) and Tom Higgins RStGYC celebrate following their top threes scores yesterday at the Laser Radial Youth Worlds

Two third-place finishes for Tom Higgins of the Royal St. George Yacht Club yesterday has left him in 16th position overall (269 entries) after the qualifying series at the Laser radial youth world championships in Kiel, Germany.

Tom will now contest the gold fleet over the next three days where he will be joined by the next best Irish sailors namely Jack Fahy in 32nd, Hugo Kennedy in 44th and Geoff Power in 53rd overall.

Clare Gorman of the National Yacht Club also posted two thirds yesterday in the girl’s division where 96 girls are competing, but unfortunately wasn’t enough to make gold fleet as her two top tens from the previous days racing were marked as 'did not sail' due to a mix up and subsequent racing in the wrong flight.

Clubmate Nell Staunton was similarly affected and will also contest the silver fleet over the next three days.

Results are here

Meanwhile, in County Tipperary, the first races of the Laser National Championships gets underway this morning on Lough Derg. Read our preview here.

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