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Irish Squib Inland Championships at Lough Derg Yacht Club

by Vincent Delany 16 Oct 2023 12:58 UTC 14-15 October 2023
Start line - Irish Squib Inland Championships at Lough Derg © Josh St John

Lough Derg Yacht Club in Tipperary hosted this year's Inland championship on the weekend of 14-15 October. Three UK visitors were made most welcome and we hope to have even more overseas Squib sailors next year. In all, there were 35 Squibs from all the Irish Squib fleets, which is more than attended this year's Irish Squib Championship in August.

Four races were held in the open waters north of the Corrikeen Islands with a windward/leeward course of two laps. The wind was shifting back and forth by up to 30 degrees, as can be expected on a lake, and the wind strength averaged about 12 knots, but varied from about knots to 16 knots ahead of a rain shower.

Inevitably the anxious competitors pushed the line too hard at the first race and created a general recall. After the restart, race one was won by No. 24 'Femme Fatale' sailed by Vincent Delany and Joe O'Byrne who jumped on the opportunity when the four leading Squibs headed to the wrong offset mark on the first lap. Emmet Dalton and Neal Merry in No. 37 'Kerfuffle' took second place and Ian Travers and Keith O'Riordan in No. 785 'Outlaw' third.

The wind dropped a little for the second race which was won by Gordon Patterson and Ross Nolan in No. 820 'Quickstep III' with Cliodhna Ni Shuilleabhain in No. 51 'Mucky Duck' and the immaculately prepared No. 241 'Durt' sailed by Fergus O'Kelly and Rob Stanley in third.

It was apparent at this stage that consistency of results in this competitive fleet was a commodity hard to achieve, but one which would produce results later.

Race three was held as a rainsquall crossed the Lough and again it was won by 'Quickstep' ahead of 'Durt' and 'Outlaw'.

Due to a weather forecast of little or no wind on Sunday, Liam Moloney the race officer decided to proceed with a fourth race in lighter winds. This one was won by 'Outlaw' from last year's bridesmaids David Stewart and Brian Hare in No. 871 'Granat' and No. 100 'Fagan' sailed by James and Harvey Matthews.

Following the racing there was an opportunity to see Wales (supported by Ireland) playing Argentina and Ireland (supported by Wales) play New Zealand in the quarter finals of the Rugby World Cup.

At the prize-giving, an innovation was to present prizes to the leading Hunter built Squibs, and the Commodore of LDYC, Declan Mulcahy invited all the competitors and their friends back for the Inland Championships next year on 12 and 13 October 2024.

Overall Results:

PosFleetBoat NameSailHelmCrewClubR1R2R3R4Pts
1SQUIBOutlaw785Ian TraversKeith O'RiordanKinsale Yacht3‑13317
2SQUIBDurt241Fergus O'KellyRob StanleyHowth Yacht632‑911
3SQUIBFagin100James MatthewsHarvey MatthewsKinsale Yacht‑844311
4SQUIBQuickstep820Gordon PattersonRoss NolanRoyal North of Ireland(RET)111113
5SQUIBMucky51Cliodhna Ni ShuilleabhainMichael O'SullivanKinsale Yacht72‑9615
6SQUIBSquib11Dick BattPamela BattRoyal Victoria555‑715
7SQUIBFemme Fatale24Vincent DelanyJoe O' ByrneLDYC/RstGYC187‑1516
8SQUIBRuby Blue35Aidan O'ConnellCian LynchRIYC476‑1417
9SQUIBKerfuffle37Emmet DaltonNeal MerryHowth Yacht2‑1281020
10SQUIBGranat871David StewartBrian HareRIYC1410‑23226
11SQUIBMisfire127David McFarlaneTadg MurphyLDYC‑13912526
12SQUIBBig Shadow869Jill SomervilleTom McMahonHowth Yacht10‑2213427
13SQUIBGizmo746Johnny ParkBob StinsonRNIYC11‑1916835
14SQUIBToy for the Boys818Peter WallaceKevin ThomasRNIYC9‑21191240
15SQUIBFlora643Bobby NashUna LeaderKinsale Yacht181114‑1842
16SQUIBAlkypops836Garreth PritchardSteve Panard McQuirkHolyhead1515‑181343
17SQUIBSlipstream102R MarshallN LoganKillyleagh‑226202147
18SQUIBKlipbok89Mikey CarrollMichael CarrollKinsale Yacht‑1616151647
19SQUIBCool beans770Thomas O'ReillyPeter MaloneHowth YC‑2117112048
20SQUIBBeesknees97Frank McGowanRichard CallananKinsale Yachy1218‑262353
21SQUIBSiadwel878Tudor RobertsIeuan WilliamsHolyhead19‑20171954
22SQUIBAdora510Ciaran O'FarrellCatherine StainesLDYC232310‑2555
23SQUIBSquibble581Joe GilmartinDan LarkinLDYC20‑27221758
24SQUIBBoadacious391Fergal KeatingDavid MaherLDYC‑2514242462
25SQUIBSupersonic94Patrick BirdthistleDavid AdleyLDYC24‑25212266
26SQUIBDorado477Patricia GeorgeBilly GeorgeLDYC2626‑332879
27SQUIBLazarus483Jerry BuckleyOlly KierseLDYC27‑30252980
28SQUIBSamphire497Roger JonesSara WinwardLDYC28‑28272680
29SQUIBFitz670Fred CampbellAvril FitzgeraldLDYC‑3229282784
30SQUIBSelik223Christine O'MalleyAnne BarringtonLDYC‑3324303185
31SQUIBMelody576Sally StarbuckDes CartyLDYC293131(DNC)90
32SQUIBChocolate528Anna FurnoSaoirse EvansLDYC30‑32323091
33SQUIBJoker504David BrosnahanDermod Hanrahan & Anthony TwomeyLDYC31‑33293291
34SQUIBPlan B494Pat SalterAvril Lysaght & Matthew AhernKinsale Yacht(DNC)DNCDNCDNC108
34SQUIBCá bhfuil Walley716Paul O'BrienJamie FentonLDYC/Arklow(RET)DNCDNCDNC108

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