John Somers Payne a double Olympian of Cork Harbour sailing, died yesterday, aged 87. Payne, a member of a well-known Munster sailing family, represented Ireland in the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne and four years later in Rome, competing in the Finn single-handed dinghy. Somers was an inspiration to us all at RCYC because he was […]
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Annalise Murphy’s outstanding fourth-place finish in the Laser Radial at London 2012 was rewarded again today (Monday) with the Irish Sailor of the Year prize by Afloat magazine. Last August Ireland’s best Olympic sailing result in 30 years in any class was watched by countless numbers of TV viewers across Ireland and beyond.
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Annalise Murphy will start racing in Florida today at her first competitive event since the London Olympics, beginning her four year campaign to Rio 2016. The 22 year old is competing at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami on Biscayne Bay where 300 of the world’s best sailors, representing 35 countries, will compete across
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Annalise Murphy suffered heartbreak as she narrowly missed out on an Olympic medal in the Laser Radial class after finishing fourth. She went into Monday’s decisive double points medal race in third position, but took fifth place in that event to drop out of a medal spot. Murphy, the youngest competitor in the field, had excelled
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The Medal Race in the Men’s Star has just finished and Fredrik Loof and Max Salminen came home in front. Peter O’Leary and David Burrows finished tenth, 42 seconds behind the winner. The result of the race is an overall victory for the Swedish team, Loof and Salminen, finishing with a total of 32 points.
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Annalise Murphy has got back on track after a stunning display in the Women’s Laser Radial today. In the penultimate race of the series, barring the medals race, the Rathfarnham girl came in third and now holds the overall lead in the competition. Her closest rivals, Evi van Acker from Belgium and Marit Bouwmeester of
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Three of the Irish sailing teams were competing today in Weymouth. Annalise Murphy remains at the top of the Laser Radial fleet having placed 8th and 19th today. Ryan Seaton and Matt McGovern slipped to 9th overall in the 49er fleet and James Espey is 45th overall in the Laser class. The Star class were
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Annalise Murphy seems untouchable in the women’s Laser Radial class at Weymouth, the Irish sailor winning her latest two races of the regatta to maintain her 100 per cent record in her debut Olympic Games. Remarkably, Murphy has led all but one of her four races from start to finish, completely dominating her rivals. Murphy
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After a thirty minute delay sailing got underway for Ireland’s Peter O’Leary and David Burrows in the Star class in Weymouth. Sailing was very close in the first leg but Germany rounded the first mark of the course in first place followed by Croatia and Norway. Ireland was in 14th place. On the second upwind
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Peter O’Leary and David Burrows have won gold at the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth, the host venue for the 2012 Olympics. The pair were third overall heading in to today’s medal race and a third place finish in the double points race saw them jump ahead of a Brazilian boat and one
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Irish sailors Ger Owens and Scott Flanigan have qualified for London 2012. The pair are currently sailing at the 470 World Championships in Barcelona where an additional 7 nation places are up for grabs in addition to the 20 that were allocated in 2011. They currently lie 24th overall on Day 3 following a 10th
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Irish sailor James Espey from Ballyholme Yacht Club achieved Olympic qualification when he made the Gold fleet on day four of the event, after four days of racing at the Laser World Championships in Germany. Espey scored 7, (29), 3, 20, 18, 17 ,22,19 to make the gold fleet. He now lies in 30th position
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