Irish Team Racing Association announces Jam Packed 2024 Calendar
A huge surge in popularity for Team Racing in Ireland over recent years, was followed by the election of an new ITRA committee at an AGM held in late 2023.
And now the Irish Team Racing Association unveils a packed 2024 Calendar aimed at further growing team racing in Ireland, outside of the already well established IUSA (Irish University Sailing Association) and ISTRA (Irish Schools Team Racing Association) and their respective calendars.
The ITRA Committee aims to bring adults of all ages and abilities into team racing over the coming years through an array of events running between April and October. While team racing has been immensely popular amongst the young adult sailors across the country for a long time, the association is hopeful a this full calendar will allow for continuity and growth in the community after University and beyond.
A further objective of ITRA is to grow woman’s participation in helming and in the sport in general with a Take the Helm event set to take place this April 13th & 14th in Malahide and a second event provisionally scheduled for September. Training sessions are also currently being organised in the south, east and west of the country in order to help get more women helming ahead of the event.
The exciting calendar is also set to include a mixed pairs event, a 2K Keelboat event before concluding with the ITRA Nationals in Baltimore in October, which will be held over three days for the first time!
THE IRISH TEAM RACING ASSOCIATION CALENDAR 2024
- Take the Helm, Malahide Sailing Club, April 13th & 14th
- Royal St George Invitational, RStGYC, May 25th & 26th
- Mixed Pairs Team Racing Event, Galway, June 22nd & 23rd
- Take the Helm 2, Venue TBC , September 21st & 22nd (Provisional)
- 2K Keelboat Team Racing, Dun Laoighaire, September 28th & 29th
- ITRA National Championships, Baltimore, October 18th-20th
Follow @irish.team.racing on Instagram for more information on all events and upcoming plans and send a message for any queries!