ICRA National Cruiser Championships at Tralee Bay Sailing Club
by Jacqui Browne 17 Jun 2013 17:01 BST
12-15 June 2013
ICRA and WIORA Championships winners 2013 © Gareth Craig /
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Great Sailing, Great Craic and Great Memories
The ICRA - Cruiser National Championships and WIORA – West Coast of Ireland Championships 2013 hosted by Tralee Bay Sailing Club achieved their motto for the event of "Great Sailing, Great Craic and Great Memories" over the 4 days covering both events.
Following a 3 hour postponement due to weather on Friday the Race Officers, Alan Crosbie, David Lovegrove and Peter Moore achieved getting all the fleets on the water on Friday afternoon and succeeded in getting in a single race to secure the ICRA Championships. On Saturday, racing had to be abandoned due to wild conditions, with no let up in the strong winds and gusty showers in Tralee Bay.
ICRA 2013 National Championship results
Division 0:
ANTIX Anthony O Leary, Royal Cork Yacht Club IRC
DISCOVER IRELAND Martin Breen, Galway Bay Sailing Club Echo
Division 1:
BON EXEMPLE Colin Byrne, Royal Irish Yacht Club IRC
JOKER 11 John Maybury, Royal Irish Yacht Club Echo
Division 2:
CHECKMATE Nigel Biggs, Royal St George Yacht Club IRC
SURFDANCER Charlie Mc Donnell, Royal Cork Yacht Club Echo
Division 3:
QUEST Barry Cunningham, Royal Irish Yacht Club IRC
JAGUAR Gary Fort, Tralee Bay Sailing Club Echo
Corinthian Cup:
GROWLER Diarmuid Dineen, Tralee Bay Sailing Club IRC Non Spinnaker
RIDIRE BÁN Mike Mc Donnell, Tralee Bay Sailing Club Echo Non Spinnaker
2013 ICRA Nationals Team:
IRC: Royal Irish Yacht Club
ECHO: Galway Bay Sailing Club
WIORA 2013 Championship results
Division 0:
LYNX CLIPPER Martin Breen, Galway Bay Sailing Club took both IRC and ECHO
Division 1:
BON EXEMPLE Colin Byrne, Royal Irish Yacht Club IRC
TK LEAN MACHINE Cormac Mac Donncha & Others, Galway Bay Sailing Club ECHO
Division 2:
DIS-A-RAY Ray McGibney, Foynes Yacht Club took both IRC and ECHO
Division 3:
QUEST Barry Cunningham, Royal Irish Yacht Club IRC
BATTLE John Paul Buckley, Foynes Yacht Club ECHO
White Sails:
1.RIDIRE BÁN Mike McDonnell, Tralee Bay Sailing Club
2. GROWLER Diarmuid Dineen, Tralee Bay Sailing Club
3. BADGER Hugh Friel, Tralee Bay Sailing Club
The events were supported by Dubarry of Ireland Clothing and Footwear, West End Bar & Restaurant, Bons Secours Hospital Tralee, KELLIHERS Toyota Tralee and Euro Car Parks.