The Royal St George YC in Dun Laoghaire may have been founded way back in 1838, and it makes its headquarters in one of the stately classic buildings which set the traditional style on the harbour waterfront.
But 184 years after its founding to serve the needs of a special very established niche in Irish society where young sailors were seldom seen, let alone heard, it's now in some ways a different place altogether.
This evening, RStGYC is right up to speed on national junior sailing with the win and a four-place dominance in the first six places at the conclusion today (Sunday) of the national All-Ireland Junior Championship in Schull, West Cork.
And it does it with a team list which reads more like the roll call at a Gaeltacht Summer School than resonating with the names of RStGYC sailors of yore.
The preliminary published results give RStGYC's Fiachra Geraghty-McDonnell the win, and though the second place was taken by Ben O'Shaughnessy of the Royal Cork, two more Royal St George junior sailors - Archie Daly and Trevor Bolger - come in at third and fourth with Howth then getting a two-place look-in, with rising Optimist star Harry Dunne placing fifth ahead of Youth Worlds Gold Medallist and defending champion Rocco Wright in sixth.
Junior Champions’ Cup 2022 results
Boat | Helm | Club | Class | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | M | Tot | Net | Place |
3 | Fiachra Geraghty -McDonnell | Royal St. George Yacht Club | ILCA 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 19 | 1 |
1 | Ben O’Shaughnessy | Royal Cork Yacht Club | 29er | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 46 | 34 | 2 |
14 | Archie Daly | Royal St. George Yacht Club | Team Racing | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 37 | 3 |
13 (Sail21) | Trevor Bolger | Royal St. George Yacht Club | Team Racing | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 50 | 44 | 4 |
2 | Harry Dunne | Howth Yacht Club | Optimist | 9 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 59 | 49 | 5 |
22 | Rocco Wright | Howth Yacht Club | ILCA 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 64 | 54 | 6 |
15 | Patrick Foley | Royal St. George Yacht Club | RS Feva | 8 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 66 | 54 | 7 |
20 | Lucia Cullen | Royal St. George Yacht Club | 29er | 15 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 73 | 58 | 8 |
9 | Adam McGrady | Galway Bay Sailing Club | 420 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 78 | 66 | 9 |
12 | Riona McMorrow Moriarty | Tralee Bay SC, RCYC | Topper | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 94 | 83 | 10 |
5 | Conor Cronin | Malahide Yacht Club | Optimist | 14 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 83 | 67 | 11 | |
4 | Isha Duggan | Royal Cork Yacht Club | Optimist | 7 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 13 | (UFD) | 5 | 84 | 67 | 12 | |
6 | Max Cully | Blessington Sailing Club | Gp14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 88 | 73 | 13 | |
10 | Hannah Dadley-Young | Ballyholme Yacht Club | ILCA 4 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 97 | 82 | 14 | |
11 | Alexander Fought | Blessington Sailing Club | Mirror | 5 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 14 | (UFD) | 15 | 13 | 106 | 89 | 15 | |
8 | Georgia Goodbody | Royal Irish Yacht Club | Waszp | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | (UFD) | 12 | 10 | 16 | 115 | 98 | 16 |