UK Mirror Sailing

Mirror Class Association Championships

Irish National Championships 2003

Sligo Yacht Club - www.rossespoint.com/sligoyc

18-22 August 2003

GBR Team of Mirrors at the Irish Mirror National Championships @ Sligo 18/22 Aug

Coaching on Arrival
9 crews arrived in light wind, warm, sunny conditions at Sligo Yacht Club. They had a grand welcome of an Oyster and Wine Reception for everyone. This followed three days of intensive training with Mirror National Coach Peter Aitken, sorting out winds, currents, and loads of practice in the racing area. The Team and parents felt pretty confident.

Day 1 - Weather Change
On the Team's lay day (Sunday) the weather broke and wind started gusting 45 knots, and this was not much better on Monday the first day and so much to everyone's frustration racing was abandoned until the next day.
Dave Gebhard organised a Virtual Skipper2 Championship in the Yacht Club, GBR Team member Tom Hodkinson won the competition.

Day 2 - GBR Girls Show the Way
Tuesday morning saw the 176 Mirror Sailors keen to get out, and launched in great anticipation. Fortunately the wind had abated slightly and the OOD was able to run three races, in some pretty exciting conditions.
GBR Team members Rosie Chapman and Megan Baker from Mounts Bay won the first race since Irish Andrew and Johnnie Woodward were OCS - which put the Team GBR into a very positive mood. Steve Long and Lewis Turner, were leading until they death rolled, finishing 8th. However Juliet and Richard Long showed the old man the way and finished 4th. In the second race the Irish Woodward Brothers finished 1st, with Dave and Joric Gebhard from Derwent RSC, in the Ellis Brothers GRP Mirror, coming up fast from behind, being well down at the first mark to finish 4th.
Race No 3 found Anna Mackenzie and Nicola Brooks from Windermere and the Gebhards 1st and 2nd at the leading first mark, the Gebhards broke through and the younger GBR girls worked hard to keep the bigger Irish lads at bay, and finished an excellent 4th.

Day 3 - Lighter Winds- Black Flags and Tense Finish Line
Wednesday saw two more races sailed in lighter winds and sunshine, pressure was obviously growing as black flags started appearing - 12 were OCS in the last race of the day. The Gebhards sailed fast and claimed two firsts, however it was only on the line in the second race when they took the lead as race leaders, Rosie and Megan went to the wrong finish line, much to the horror of the Coach. Ben Crompton and Kate Robinson finished a comfortable third in the first race, and 13 year old Juliet Long and Richard kept up their consistent record of good results with 2 13ths

Day 4 - Hurricane Forecast
Listening to the wind and rain whilst in the tents and campervans, the majority thought racing would be a no goer - however the OOD decided to take the Gold and silver Fleets for one race in pretty strong winds
It was a hard exciting race and Steve Long and Ollie Turner took 2nd, being chased hard by Rosie and Megan who rounded the first mark 25 and climbed to finished 5th, and Ben and Kate who finished 10th.

Day 5 - Three boats going for Gold
And many looking for positions in the top 10, with another discard about to kick in when the next race was sailed, however the wind was light and dropping - all rather tense.
The OOD took the fleet on the water in case the wind filled in by the 3pm time limit. However it didn't happen and Thursday night's positions held.
18yr old Johnnie and 12 yr old Matt O'Dowd were the new Irish Champions, first British boat was the Gebhards, finishing 4OA, followed by GBR Team members Rosie and Megan finished 6th, with a total of 5 GBR boats in the top 10.

Coach's Comments - Great performance by our young GBR Team, who were helped by funding from Sport England Lottery Fund through the RYA. The pre coaching definitely helped our overall results and I am looking forward to building a strong Squad to take to the Europeans in Ireland next year.

Class Association Commodore Comments - as always the Irish made us very welcome. Our team sailed well against them, although the extra year of experience and size seemed to let the Irish sail with more consistency. We all met up with old and new Irish friends and are all looking forward to the European Championship in Ireland next year, which is an open event so everyone is welcome.
It was interesting to compare notes with the Irish Association and see the development of the Class at the Club level, Clubs are buying Mirrors for their training fleets as the way to encourage youngsters into double handed sailing. The GRP Mirror has helped this development and the Irish Association view the GRP Mirror as the way forward, both at training level and top racing level.

Pos Fleet Sail No Helm Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Pts Notes
1 Gold 69793 Jonathan O'Dowd Matthew O'Dowd R St G YC 3 5 2 2 9 3     15  
2 Gold 69949 Andrew Woodward James Bendon RCYC DSQ 1 5 3 4 4     17  
3 Gold 70015 Ryan Seaton Chris Penny C Fergus SC 2 2 6 7 5 7     22  
4 Gold 70202 David Gebhard Joric Gebhard Derwent Res 17 4 1 1 1 DSQ     24  
5 Gold 70017 Paul Reilly Martin Reilly SYC 9 3 7 15 7 1     27  
6 Gold 70182 Rosie Chapman Megan Baker Mounts Bay 1 20 17 14 2 5     39  
7 Gold 70222 Juliet Long Richard Long R Plymouth C 4 7 13 13 13 29     50  
8 Gold 70151 Steve Long Lewis Turner R Plymouth C 8 6 8 31 28 2     52  
9 Gold 69943 Ben Crompton Kate Robinson SCYC 14 23 9 19 3 10     55  
10 Gold 69831 Nicholas Malone N Malone Skerries SC 5 8 12 24 6 DSQ     55  
11 Gold 70032 Philip McGlade Orlagh Cotter RCYC 15 18 3 9 24 11     56  
12 Gold 69726 Ned McNulty Tom Hodkinson Hill Head SC 12 14 10 12 14 12     60  
13 Gold 70028 Fred Gilbert Simon Glynn Malahide YC 6 22 11 6 16 DSQ     61  
14 Gold 70136 Conor O'Toole Sean Collins SSC DSQ 10 14 4 27 14     69  
15 Gold 69917 Simon McGrotty Niall Collins Skerries SC 7 21 23 37 12 8     71  
16 Gold 69955 Ross Kearney Simon Martin RNIYC 11 16 15 25 20 9     71  
17 Gold 70196 Woo Kearney Craig Martin RNIYC 10 9 21 17 DSQ 15     72  
18 Gold 70130 Stephen Browne Ronan Blake LDYC DSQ 19 27 5 10 17     78  
19 Gold 69680 Brian Cotter Gemma Doran RCYC 13 12 20 22 11 22     78  
20 Gold 69683 Anna MacKenzie Nicola Brooke R Windermere 24 11 4 23 26 26     88  
21 Gold 70002 Robert Struckett James Silcock Itchenor SC 16 29 24 29 15 6     90  
22 Gold 70076 Ben Greer Christopher Gor DMYC 22 13 26 28 23 23     107  
23 Gold 70030 Ronan Cull Max Van de Poll Howth SC 20 34 25 20 18 31     114  
24 Gold 69418 Louise Kerr Sarah Duggan WHBTC 21 28 30 27 22 24     122  
25 Gold 70237 Philip O'Leary Robin O'Mahony RCYC DNF 15 28 42 8 34     127  
26 Gold 70225 Daire Sheils Alison Pyke SSC 19 17 32 55 43 16     127  
27 Silver 70176 Eloise Hansen Kayleigh Hansen Covenham SC 18 DNF 35 30 31 21     135  
28 Gold 69841 Caoimhe Burns Hannah Fleming RCYC 27 30 37 48 19 25     138  
29 Gold 69170 Andrew Todd Peter Todd RNIYC 34 DSQ 33 11 33 28     139  
30 Silver 70075 Gerard O'Sullivan Ben Saunders SDC 31 27 22 45 40 27     147  
31 Silver 70024 Silvania Booth Kate MacGregor Poole YC 28 37 41 8 42 37     151  
32 Silver 70031 Gerard Healy Luke Henderson SYC 26 32 18 38 DSQ 40     154  
33 Gold 70164 Eoin Blaney Michael McLoughlin LDYC 29 35 39 46 21 30     154  
34 Silver 70226 Judi Gebhard Jake Gebhard Derwent Res 35 44 38 35 30 19     157  
35 Gold 21645 Peter Armstrong Elizabeth Armstrong SYC 48 26 16 36 58 32     158  
36 Silver 70135 Caragh Shiels Clare McMahon SSC 33 45 44 16 DSQ 33     171  
37 Silver 69664 Brendan Martyn Patrick Monahan SYC 32 40 29 49 35 35     171  
38 Gold 69882 Sarah O'Sullivan Eimhear O'Leary RCYC 44 36 36 18 DNS 39     173  
39 Gold 69807 Katie Hamilton Tora Masterson LDYC 30 42 59 26 DSQ 20     177  
40 Gold 70006 Eamon Cronin Paul Brennan SYC 37 33 45 50 25 48     188  
41 Silver 70026 Dano O'Connor Justin McLoughlin LDYC 25 56 51 60 46 18     196  
42 Silver 69933 Claire O'Driscoll Evie Ward LDYC 42 41 42 62 37 38     200  
43 Silver 68830 Eamon Armstrong Kevin Buckley SYC 51 38 DNF 40 29 43     201  
44 Gold 70001 Katie Jones Renalda Gill Howth SC 36 25 34 21 DSQ DNF     205  
45 Silver 69874 Laura Egan Olivia Egan LDYC DNS 39 19 81 32 42     213  
46 Silver 69804 Oliver McCormack Ellen Martyn SYC 54 DNF 31 41 39 50     215  
47 Silver 69649 Neil O' Scolai Rory West Malahide YC 41 46 49 56 34 45     215  
48 Gold 70029 Brian Cox Rory Rafferty LDYC DNS DNF DNF 10 17 13     218  
49 Bronze 50456 Paul Amerlynck Colm McMahon SSC 47 49 50 34 38 DNC     218  
50 Gold 69665 Rory Greenan Rory O'Brien Malahide YC 23 24 43 43 DSQ DNF     222  
51 Silver 60333 Jason Rope Niall O'Connor RCYC 49 52 58 32 36 DNS     227  
52 Silver 69110 Louise Walsh Rebecca Murph RCYC 43 55 60 39 55 DNF     252  
53 Bronze 69454 Ross McMahon Jack Mahon SSC 40 59 48 65 41 DNC     253  
54 Silver 69706 Emer McNally Lilian McGrott SSC 38 49 53 58 56 DNS     254  
55 Bronze 69080 Donal O'Connor Kate Dillon WHBTC 58 48 54 52 45 DNC     257  
56 Silver 69215 Emma McLoughney Cian McLoughney LDYC 39 62 61 80 57 44     263  
57 Silver 69012 Alan Blay Alanaha Clarke SDC 60 57 56 76 49 49     271  
58 Silver 67592 Peter Clling Richard Meeke DMYC 57 54 55 66 53 52     271  
59 Silver 69919 Rachel Woodward Lisa O'Brien RCYC 50 DNF DNF 44 61 41     285  
60 Silver 69999 Turlough Adley Paul Carey LDYC 53 DNF DNF 47 44 53     286  
61 Silver 69886 Gemma Ferguson Rebecca Ferguson RNIYC 46 52 47 53 DSQ DNS     287  
62 Bronze 69562 Andrew Henderson Ciara Armstrong SYC 66 31 63 75 54 DNC     289  
63 Bronze 69220 Rachel Donohoe Rachel Duggan R St G YC 55 58 62 70 52 DNC     297  
64 Silver 70087 Shane O'Toole Mel Bisset SSC DNF DNF 46 33 47 DNS     304  
65 Silver 69302 Jessica Guy Alana Derby LDYC DNF 61 DNF 59 51 47     307  
66 Bronze 69567 Colm Malone Fiona Rooney SSC 56 60 64 68 62 DNC     310  
67 Bronze 69270 Catherine Hilliard Creina Slater NYC 52 51 DNF 61 59 DNC     312  
68 Silver 69914 Sarah O'Leary Tom Martin RCYC 45 DSQ 40 DNF 50 DNS     313  
69 Silver 69243 Richard McGlade Shane Murphy RCYC DSQ DSQ 52 57 DSQ 36     323  
70 Bronze 69775 Mark Armstrong Grant Sexton SYC 65 47 67 74 72 DNC     325  
71 Bronze 21595 Sheila Armstrong Barry Armstrong SYC 64 63 DNF 54 65 DNC     335  
72 Bronze 69834 Bernard Lee William Keane LDYC DSQ 43 57 79 69 DNC     337  
73 Bronze 50446 Cian Gallagher Joe McLoughlin SYC 61 64 65 77 70 DNC     337  
74 Silver 70083 Pamela Lee Sabrina Atkinson LDYC DNF DNF DNF 69 48 46     341  
75 Bronze 56175 Daniel Collins Luke Collins Bray SC 67 67 71 73 71 DNC     349  
76 Bronze 69770 Aisling Cronin Cahal Lee Doyle SYC 63 DSQ 68 78 60 DNC     358  
77 Silver 69563 Elisa Monahan Ruth Feeney SYC DSQ DNF DNF 64 66 51     359  
78 Bronze 69483 Darren Kilmartin Oliver Howes SYC DNF 66 DNF 51 64 DNC     359  
79 Bronze 69800 Siobhan Mullen Conor Maye SYC 59 DSQ 66 71 DNS DNC     374  
80 Bronze 68336 Marcus Gordon Rebecca Dunne Mayo SC DNF DNF DNF 63 63 DNC     393  
81 Bronze 67983 David Burns David Westby SYC 62 DSQ 70 DNF DSQ DNC     399  
82 Bronze 68993 Sinead Martyn Barry Ronan SYC DSQ 68 69 DNF DSQ DNC     404  
83 Bronze 6956 Vincent Monahan Eamon Maye SYC DNF 65 DNF DNF 73 DNC     405  
84 Bronze 69916 Camille Chapman Sarah Robertson R St G YC DNF DNF DNF 72 68 DNC     407  
85 Bronze 38957 Simon Copperwait Joanna Copperwait Mounts Bay S DNF DNF DNF 82 67 DNC     416  
86 Silver 70152 Mandy Griffith Carl Mackey R St G YC DNS DNF DNF 67 DNS DNS     423  
87 Bronze 6969 Katie Vanston Rione McGrath DMYC DNF DNF DNF DNF 74 DNC     430  
88 Silver 70236 Louise Egan Ciara Egan LDYC DNS DNF DNF DNS DNS DNS     445