Congratulations to the overall winners of the Irish Sailing Junior Championships, club members Daniel Copithorne and Matt Mapplebeck representing the 420 Class. Isha Duggan crewing for Cora McNaughton finished third, representing the 420 Class aswell. The Irish Sailing Junior Championships took place over the weekend of 20th/21st September, hosted by the FMOEC in Schull. 16 Teams took part from all the various Junior classes within Ireland. The Royal Cork YC was represented by 9 sailors with Dylan O’Sullivan (Optimist nomination) being one of the youngest, teamed up with Rory Whyte, following on from his incredibly successful performance throughout the season ultimately winning the Irish Optimist Nationals Junior Fleet in August. Congratulations to all the sailors who participated. Photos can be seen here

Daniel Copithorne and Matt Mapplebeck were nominated by the Irish International 420 Class after winning the 420 Nationals hosted by Galway Bay SC.

William Walsh (NYC/RCYC) finished in second place after being nominated by the 29er class after winning the Nationals back in May with his crew Eoin Byrne.

Isha Duggan finished in third place after jumping to the front of the boat to crew for Cora McNaughton, the pair won the Junior Championships last year and were nominated by the Irish International 420 Class.

Eolann Miles crewed for Siun Choistealbha for the ILCA 4 nomination, finishing in 6th position.

Cormac Byrne (BYC/RCYC) and Dara Jenkins teamed up for ILCA 6 nomination, finishing in 8th position.

Full results can be found on the following link:

https://www.sailwave.com/results/Irish%20Sailing%20Junior%20Champions’%20Cup%202025.htm