GP14 Championship of Ireland 2021 at Lough Erne Yacht Club
by John P McCaldin 17 Aug 2021 23:12 UTC
13-15 August 2021
GP14 Championship of Ireland 2021 at Lough Erne - Day 1 © Mark De Fleury
The weekend saw the GP14 fleet return to Lough Erne Yacht Club for the 2021 Irish Championships. The event was kindly supported by Enniskillen Bid, Fermanagh & Omagh District Council, Ropelocker.ie and Inish Macsaint Fermanagh Beer.
40 boats took part, including past Olympians, world champions and novice racers. Four of the 40 boats were from Lough Erne Yacht Club with the others travelling from all over Ireland to compete on the waters of Lower Lough Erne.
On the water volunteers set up eight races over the three days led by Derek Bothwell from Howth, Co Dublin, a national race officer.
Day one saw plenty of thrills and spills with winds gusting up to 20mph, maybe more at times.Tthree races were completed. The first race, after a photo-finish, was won by Ross & Jane Kearney of Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club and races 2 & 3 by Shane MacCarthy & Josh Porter of Greystones/Newtonards sailing clubs.
After a physically demanding day on the water, the crews welcomed the free Inish Macsaint beer, supplied by the sponsor.
Day two dawned windless. After several hours delay, waiting for the wind to arrive, the fleet launched for 3 more races. Race 4 went to veteran Hugh Gill and his son Dan from Sutton Dinghy Club sailing a beautiful new Duffin boat. Race 5 went to ex-Olympian Ger Owens and Brendan Brogan and a shortened race 6 to Shane MacCarthy & Josh Porter.
Going into the final day, three teams could win.
Race 6 went to Ger & Brendan meaning if they won the last race they would take the title. Despite a really close battle with Katie Dwyer and Michelle Rowley of Sutton Dinghy Club, Owens of Royal Saint George Yacht Club and Brogan of Sligo Yacht Club held on for the race win and took their fourth & eighth Irish GP14 titles respectively.
Shane and Josh finished 1 point behind in second place overall with Ross & Jane third.
Silver fleet went to James Peter Hockley & Alan Thompson from Lough Foyle Yacht Club, and the Bronze fleet to Matthew Cotter & Tom Mulligan from Sutton Dinghy Club.
First Veteran was Hugh Gill, with the youth title going to Ciaran Keogh & Adam Leddy from Greystones Sailing Club.
At the prize-giving, winner Ger Owens thanked all the Lough Erne Yacht Club volunteers and sponsors for a superb event.
See more photos at www.gp14ireland.com
Overall Results:
Pos | Fleet | Boat | Sail No | Helm | Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts |
1st | Gold | | 14256 | Ger Owens | Brendan Brogan | 2 | ‑3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ‑8 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
2nd | Gold | | 14203 | Shane MacCarty | Josh Porter | ‑4 | 1 | 1 | ‑7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
3rd | Gold | Purple Rocket | 14242 | Ross Kearney | Jane Kearney | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑9 | ‑12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
4th | Gold | Yin Tang | 14275 | Hugh Gill | Daniel Gill | 3 | ‑11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | ‑8 | 24 |
5th | Silver | Fred | 14254 | James Hockley | Alan Thompson | 5 | 9 | 6 | ‑25 | 8 | ‑14 | 6 | 4 | 38 |
6th | Gold | No Surprise | 14144 | Colman Grimes | Ross Gingles | 12 | 4 | ‑19 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | ‑15 | 48 |
7th | Gold | Delusion | 14270 | Norman Lee | Alan Leddy | 7 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 3 | DNF | ‑17 | 50 |
8th | Gold | | 1414 | Adrian Lee | Gareth Gallagher | 6 | 6 | SCP | 8 | ‑22 | ‑24 | 8 | 10 | 50 |
9th | Gold | | 14247 | John McGuinness | Donal McGuinness | 9 | OCS | 7 | 10 | OCS | 4 | 7 | 18 | 55 |
10th | Silver | Kanaka | 13901 | Steven Nelson | Daniel Nelson | ‑15 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 6 | DNF | 6 | 55 |
11th | Gold | | 14214 | Keith Louden | Mateo Louden | 17 | 12 | ‑18 | 6 | 6 | 13 | DNF | 5 | 59 |
12th | Gold | Trouble on the way | 14219 | Curly Morris | Stephanie Corkhill | 8 | ‑21 | DNF | 5 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 62 |
13th | Gold | Solaro | 14 0 | Katie Dwyer | Michelle Rowley | 11 | 15 | DNF | 16 | 10 | 10 | DNF | 2 | 64 |
14th | Gold | | X | Diarmaid Mullen | Lauren Donaghy | 10 | 17 | 11 | ‑28 | 7 | 15 | DNF | 13 | 73 |
15th | Silver | | 14241 | Patrick Hamilton | James Dewhurst | 13 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 13 | 11 | DNF | ‑24 | 76 |
16th | Silver | Pig | 14138 | Simon Cully | Libby Tierney | ‑21 | 10 | 13 | 19 | ‑21 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 78 |
17th | Gold | Joe Batts Arm | 13466 | Richard Street | Conor Flynn | ‑29 | 22 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 22 | DNF | 9 | 84 |
18th | Silver | Beltraka | 14257 | Bill Johnson | James Johnson | 14 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 17 | ‑28 | DNF | 20 | 88 |
19th | Gold | Blue Flame | 13645 | Robert Gingles | Chris Gingles | 20 | DNF | 15 | 14 | 5 | 16 | DNF | 19 | 89 |
20th | Silver | | 13928 | Sam Wray | Luke Henderson | ‑23 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 15 | ‑27 | 21 | 12 | 92 |
21st | Silver | Curved Gold | 13624 | Ciaran Keogh | Adam Leddy | 18 | 18 | 12 | 15 | ‑28 | 18 | 13 | ‑26 | 94 |
22nd | Silver | Gringer Sails Again | 14225 | Cathal Sheridan | David Cooke | 19 | ‑23 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 9 | ‑27 | 98 |
23rd | Silver | Cloud 9 | 13981 | Sam Street | Josh Lloyd | DNF | 14 | 17 | 21 | ‑29 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 104 |
24th | Bronze | The Wrong Trousers | 14165 | Matthew Cotter | Tom Mulligan | ‑25 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 19 | ‑32 | 129 |
25th | Bronze | Trouble I've Seen | 14077 | Michael Brines | Peter Brines | 24 | 24 | 22 | ‑26 | 23 | ‑25 | 16 | 22 | 131 |
26th | Silver | Ice & Slice | 14271 | Brian Morrison | Rian O'Hailin | 22 | 27 | DNF | 31 | DNF | 17 | 12 | 23 | 132 |
27th | Silver | Falkor | 14212 | Michael Cox | Claire Cromie | 16 | 20 | 24 | ‑33 | 20 | 32 | DNF | 21 | 133 |
28th | Bronze | Geepers | 14061 | Michael Collender | Brian Walker | 30 | 32 | DNF | 17 | 24 | 20 | 18 | ‑36 | 141 |
29th | Silver | Brane Wave | 14207 | Simon Jeffrey | Meredith Grieve | 28 | 29 | DNF | 27 | 19 | 30 | 15 | ‑31 | 148 |
30th | Bronze | The horse with no name | 14116 | Joe Doherty | Oscar Langan | 26 | 26 | 23 | ‑34 | ‑27 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 150 |
31st | Bronze | This One | 13207 | Max Cully | Ollie Lloyd | 31 | 25 | DNF | 24 | 31 | ‑37 | 20 | 28 | 159 |
32nd | Bronze | Boatzart | 13865 | Jennifer Bryce | Lara Sunday | 33 | DNC | 28 | 30 | 26 | 34 | 25 | ‑37 | 176 |
33rd | Bronze | Finbarra | 14129 | Newenham de Cogan | John Borne | DNC | DNF | DNF | 29 | 30 | 29 | 22 | 29 | 180 |
34th | Bronze | | 4237 | Luke Kellett | Denis McCarrick | DNC | DNF | 26 | 36 | 38 | 36 | 26 | 30 | 192 |
35th | Bronze | Ventura | 796 | Derek McCune | Graham | 32 | 31 | 27 | 37 | 32 | 33 | DNF | DNS | 192 |
36th | Bronze | Ships n' Giggles | 13257 | Adam Torrens | Tiernan | 27 | 30 | DNS | 38 | 36 | 31 | DNF | 33 | 195 |
37th | Bronze | | 1386 | Dennis Cully | Mark Stanley | DNC | DNC | DNC | 39 | 33 | 38 | 14 | 34 | 199 |
38th | Bronze | Probably The Best ... | 12560 | Jorgen Pedersen | Eve Pedersen | DNS | DNC | DNC | 32 | 35 | 35 | 23 | 35 | 201 |
39th | Bronze | Hell Fire | 11111 | Peter Murphy | Ciara Mulvey | DNS | 28 | DNF | 35 | 34 | 40 | 27 | 38 | 202 |
40th | Bronze | | 13927 | Aedan L'Estrange | Emily Lowe | DNC | DNC | DNC | 40 | 37 | 39 | DNF | 39 | 237 |