Howth Sailors Top 2018 Oppy Rankings After Strong Season Finish On Tralee Bay

14th September 2018

Rocco Wright, 2018’s best junior Optimist sailor, was also first in the junior fleet at the Munsters last weekend Credit: Paul-Michel Ledoux

#Optimist - Howth Yacht Club have congratulated youth members Luke Turvey and Rocco Wright for topping the senior and junior tables respectively in the final 2018 rankings in Ireland’s Optimist class.

Turvey is in fine company in the senior fleet, ahead of Justin Lucas; James Dwyer-Matthews; Rian Geraghty-McDonnell, Ireland’s top performer at last week’s Oppy Worlds in Cyprus; and Sam Ledoux, who beat him on count back to win the senior Gold fleet at the IODAI Munster Championships last weekend.

Fellow Howth and NYC youth Wright, meanwhile, sailed a solid event with five bullets at Tralee Bay Sailing Club in Fenit, which saw a tough weekend of shifty conditions.

And in another win for Howth, the Fair Sailing Award went to Johnny Flynn.

“Luke Luke Turvey was second overall in the Senior fleet | Photo: Paul-Michel Ledoux

2018 IODAI Munster Championships Results

Junior Fleet Gold

1st Rocco Wright HYC
2nd Jessica Riordan RStGYC
3rd Ben O’Shaughnessy RCYC
4th Billy Doyle TBSC
5th Peter Williams RStGYC

Junior Fleet Girls

1st Jessica Riordan RStGYC
2nd Alana Twomey RCYC/CHSC
3rd Clementine van Steenberge NYC

Junior Fleet Silver

1st Sorcha Gannon O’Connor HYC
2nd William Walsh TBSC
3rd Conall Mac Thrinfhir TBSC
4th Harry Moynan RCYC
5th Hugo Crawford HYC

Top Local Sailor – Junior Fleet

Billy Doyle TBSC

Senior Fleet Gold

1st Sam Ledoux NYC
2nd Luke Turvey HYC
3rd James Dwyer Matthews RCYC
4th Fiachra McDonnell NYC
5th Trevor Bolger RStGYC

Senior Fleet Girls

1st Eimer McMorrow-Moriarty TBSC
2nd Lauren O’Callaghan NYC
3rd Grace Fahy RStGYC/LDYC

Senior Fleet Silver

1st Liam Duggan RCYC
2nd Fleet Ciara Paul MYC
3rd Clodagh Malone NYC

Top Local Sailor – Senior Fleet

Eimer McMorrow-Moriarty TBSC

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