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Thank you to the following people who made this event the success it was:

Howth Yacht Club & all their staff that helped out:
Gerry O’Neill
Peter McKenna
Bernie Condy

Race Officers & their teams:
David Lovegrove
Derek Bothwell

Euro Car Parks, main sponsor of the event: Dave Cullen

Patrick Blaney & SailFleet Sponsors:
Dun  Laoghaire Marina
Dyno-Rod
KPMG
McCann Fitzgerald
O’Leary Insurace
Smart Telecom
Smyths Toys
The Irish Examiner

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Cork’s O’Leary Family on form at ISA All Ireland Sailing Championship 2008

Nicholas ‘Nin’ O’Leary is the ISA All Ireland Sailing Champion 2008
Philip Doran is the Junior Champion
Tiffany Brien is the Girls Champion
Cork’s O’Leary family was on form at the ISA All Ireland Sailing Championship in Howth Yacht Club this weekend when they placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd.  However it was Match Racing expert Nicholas ‘Nin’ O’Leary who took the title ahead of his father Anthony in 2nd and his brother Peter in 3rd. Peter just back from the Olympics previously won this event in 2006 and 2000. 

The Championship was sponsored by Euro Car Parks. At the prize giving Chief Executive David Cullen was heard to say, “When the wind moderated around lunchtime and then the sun came out we had ideal sailing conditions for the event.“

In the Junior & Girl’s competition four races were sailed to provide a clear winner in Philip Doran from Courtown Sailing Club. Discarding a 5th place he counts two race wins and a 2nd place.

When asked how he felt Doran smiled, “Brilliant! Before the weekend I didn’t expect it. We had good sailing with a range of conditions and I got consistent results.

Tiffany Brien (Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club and Ballyholme Yacht Club) was second overall but as the highest placed girl is also the ISA All Ireland Girl Champion.

Tiffany grinned as she explained, “This is my last Junior & Girls. I’m both surprised and delighted to win the Girls Trophy. I’m aimed to be competing against my Dad (Simon Brien) next year.”

Final Results
1st N O'Leary (Match Race), M O’Leary & D O’Connor
2nd A O'Leary (Wild Card Nominee), R McDonald & R O’Leary
3rd P O’Leary (Olympic), C Peelo & J Walsh
4th G Flannigan (Laser SBS), J Tomalin & D Nelson
5th S Hyde (2007 Defending Champion), D O'Reilly & D McManus
6th N Biggs (ICRA Class 1), G Rile & T Hyland
7th T Goodbody (Olympic Nominee), M O'Leary & R O'Sullivan
8th S Brien (RS Elite), S Milne & B Espey

Top Three Juniors
1st Philip Doran (Toppers) Courtown Sailing Club
2nd Tiffany Brien (Laser Radial) Royal North of Ireland YC / Ballyhome YC
3rd Chris Penny (2007 Champion) Carrickfergus & East Antrim Boat Club

Top Three Girls
1st Tiffany Brien (Laser Radial) Royal North of Ireland YC / Ballyhome YC
2nd Annalise Murphy (Laser Radial) National YC
3rd Isabella Morehead (RS Feva) Royal Cork Yacht Club

First Timer GP14 Award
Nicholas ‘Nin’ O’Leary

For full results click here

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ISA PRESS RELEASE (SAILING): 2nd October 2008 – Immediate Release
Competitors announced for ISA Junior & Girls All Ireland Sailing Championship 2008

The ISA today (2nd October 2008) announced the 21 competitors who will compete in the ISA Junior & Girls All Ireland Sailing Championship 2008 hosted this coming weekend (4th & 5th October 2008) in Howth Yacht Club, Co Dublin. The event will be kindly sponsored by Euro Car Parks. The Junior & Girl's competition will take place in the single handed Olympic class Laser Radial dinghy.

This year’s championship will see Annalise Murphy returning to defend her title (2007 Girl's Champion). After a year of very successful international competitions one can expect a strong performance from Annalise to defend this title. Annalise was 5th in this year’s Laser Radial Youth Worlds.

2007 Junior All Ireland Sailing Champion, Chris Penney, a member of the ISA Youth Academy will also be keen to defend his title however with great depth throughout the fleet he will have much to contend with. One of which will be Ben Lynch who achieved a top ten placing in the ISAF Youth Worlds this year.

With nine strong girl competitors the boys should not expect plain sailing as the girls sail within the Junior fleet and can also win the Junior Title. The Junior & Girls sailing competition begins Saturday morning while the seniors’ fleet will commence on Friday in the J80 SailFleet boats.

Competitors Representing:
Philip Doran Topper
Rory Lynch Topper
Timothy O'Laoire 420
Cilliam Dickson RS Feva
Adam McCullough Mirror
Ben Lynch Laser
Chris Penney Laser Radial
Richard Arthurs Topaz
Richard Harrington Optimist
Aidan McLaverty ISA Youth
Mark Boylan Wild Card
Michael Molloy Wild Card
Aoife Hurney Topper
Isabella Morehead RS Feva
Catherine Vaughan Mirror
Tiffany Brien Laser Radial
Katie Malcolm Laser 4.7
Danika Sugrue Topaz
Diana Kissane Wild Card
Annalise Murphy 2007 Winner

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Note for Editors

PHOTOGRAPHY WILL BE AVAILABLE DURING THE EVENT – EMAIL / PHONE IF INTERESTED ON THE WATER ACCESS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE DURING THE EVENT – EMAIL / PHONE IF INTERESTED

The All Ireland Sailing Championship is Ireland’s most prestigious domestic sailing competition and will see the best of our sailors (both amateur and Olympian) compete to be crowned the 2008 Champion of Champions.

The event will be hosted by Howth Yacht Club who will provide both on and off the water facilities. www.hyc.ie The ISA All Ireland Sailing Championship is sponsored by Euro Car Parks. www.eurocarparks.ie

The senior fleet will race in the ISA SailFleet J80 keelboats while Junior & Girls will race in Laser Radial dinghies. For more information on this event visit - www.sailing.ie/allireland

ISA The ISA is the national governing body for sailing & boating in Ireland. As national governing body, the ISA promotes high standards and co-ordinates activities in competitive and leisure sailing & boating in Ireland.
http:// www.sailing.ie

For more information contact: Bernadette Fox ISA Membership & Marketing Manager Mobile: +353 (0)87 956 9012

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The following is the draw for the 3 initial flights including boat allocation:
 

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Competitors now announced for ISA All Ireland Sailing Championship 2008

Ireland’s premier domestic invitational sailing event to take place this weekend

The ISA today (30th Sept 2008) announced the 24 competitors who will compete in the ISA All Ireland Sailing Championship 2008 hosted this coming weekend (3rd, 4th & 5th October 2008) in Howth Yacht Club, Co Dublin

Ireland's premier domestic invitation sailing event is proudly sponsored by Euro Car Parks and will see the best of Irish sailors compete to be crowned the ISA All Ireland Sailing Champion 2008.

The competitors, who will race in the ISA SailFleet J80 keelboats, were announced by ISA Racing Manager Ed Alcock.

“Stefan Hyde will be keen to defend his title; however the 2007 Champion will have strong competition across the fleet. This includes sailors of the calibre of Timothy Goodbody and Peter O'Leary, fresh from their Olympic Regatta. In fact Peter’s name is already on the trophy as he won the championship in 2006.”

Alcock continued: “The J80’s will be raced with a crew of three. The invited competitors are therefore choosing their best team available making this weekend a showcase of Irish talent on the waters off Howth.”

Competitors            Representing
Martin Byrne             Dragon Class
Pat O'Neill                E-Boat Class
David Burrows           Etchells Class
Noel Butler               Fireball Class
Timmy Corcoran       GP14 Class
David Dwyer             ICRA 1
Nigel Biggs               ICRA 2
Neil Spain                ICRA 3
Flor O'Driscoll           ICRA 4
Brian Goggin            Irish 5o5 Class
James Espey           Laser Class
Gareth Flannigan      Laser SB3 Class
Stephan Hyde           2007 Champion
Nicholas O'Leary       Match Race
Adrian Allen              Multihull Class
Timothy Goodbody    Olympic
Peter O'Leary           Olympic
Garrett May              Puppeteer Class
Simon Brien             RS Elite
Derek Mitchell          Ruffian 23
David Dickson           Shannon One Design
Debbie Hanna           Wild Card
Anthony O'Leary       Wild Card
Mary O'Loughlin        Wild Card

The Junior & Girls Competitors will be announced shortly.

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Note for Editors

PHOTOGRAPHY WILL BE AVAILABLE DURING THE EVENT – EMAIL / PHONE IF INTERESTED ON THE WATER ACCESS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE DURING THE EVENT – EMAIL / PHONE IF INTERESTED

The All Ireland Sailing Championship is Ireland’s most prestigious domestic sailing competition and will see the best of our sailors (both amateur and Olympian) compete to be crowned the 2008 Champion of Champions.

The event will be hosted by Howth Yacht Club who will provide both on and off the water facilities. www.hyc.ie

The ISA All Ireland Sailing Championship is sponsored by Euro Car Parks. www.eurocarparks.ie

The senior fleet will race in the ISA SailFleet J80 keelboats while Junior & Girls will race in Laser Radial dinghies.

For more information on this event visit - www.sailing.ie/allireland

ISA

The ISA is the national governing body for sailing & boating in Ireland. As national governing body, the ISA promotes high standards and co-ordinates activities in competitive and leisure sailing & boating in Ireland.

http:// www.sailing.ie

For more information contact:

Bernadette Fox
ISA Membership & Marketing Manager
Mobile: +353 (0)87 956 9012

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ISA ALL IRELAND SAILING CHAMPIONSHIP 2008 SPONSORED BY EURO CAR PARKS - Immediate Release (Sailing)

Format of competition

There are a few minor changes to the format of the competitions this year. The senior event will take place over a three day period with the first flight of eight invited competitors sailing in ISA SailFleet J80’s on Friday afternoon. The Junior & Girls competition starts sailing on Saturday morning.

20 races are planned to take place throughout the weekend. Racing will be competitive from the start with scores counting from race one. According to Ed Alcock, ISA Racing Manager, "this will ensure that the competition will be simple and fair for all competitors." Race Officers for the event will be David Lovegrove for the senior fleet and Derek Bothwell for the junior & girl’s fleet.

Even though the format of the competition has slightly changed, the winner of the event will be Ireland’s premier sailor and will be awarded the ISA All Ireland Helmsman’s Trophy.

Invitations for the ISA All Ireland Sailing Championship 2008 proudly sponsored by Euro Car Parks will be issued later this week.

If you have any questions please contact Ed Alcock, ISA Racing Manager - ed@sailing.ie / 01 271 0101

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ISA Press Release: 10th September 2008 - Immediate Release (SAILING)

The ISA All Ireland Sailing Championship 2008 will take place on the 3rd, 4th and 5th October in Howth Yacht Club. This invitational competition will include nominees from all ISA Classes and this year’s sailing Olympians. The closing date for classes to nominate their national champions is Monday, 15th September 2008.

The competition will be sailed in the ISA SailFleet J80 keelboats. The invited sailors may choose their own crew for the event. This widens the scope of the event and means more top Irish sailors can compete at the regatta. On the 4th and 5th October at the same venue the Junior & Girls competition will race as one fleet in Laser Radial dinghies.

ISA Racing Manager, Ed Alcock commented; "The ISA have been working very closely with Howth Yacht Club preparing for Ireland's premier domestic competition. We are particularly appreciative that the Club has postponed the Howth Autumn League on Sunday the 5th to facilitate the regatta. We also very much welcome and appreciate the support and sponsorship provided by Eurocarparks."

The event website is which will be updated as the date approaches.

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Note for Editors
ISA
The Irish Sailing Association (ISA) is the national governing body for sailing & boating in Ireland. Our vision is that sailing and boating is recognised as a lifelong activity of choice for Irish people and one of Ireland’s leading international sports.
http:// www.sailing.ie
For more information on this event

Bernadette Fox
ISA Membership & Marketing Manager
012710110
Bernadette@sailing.ie

Ed Alcock
ISA Racing Manager.
01 2710101
ed@sailing.ie

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