Irish Topper Nationals at Blessington Sailing Club

by Peter Dolan 24 Aug 2003 12:00 BST

63 Toppers compete for the Irish Nationals at Blessington Sailing Club © Peter Dolan

63 toppers contested the Country Kitchens Irish Topper National Championships hosted by Blessington S.C. on 16th & 17 August. The championship was proceeded by a very successful two day coaching course, run by James Farrell, which was attended by 52 competitors.

The championship began in a light northerly breeze. Race 1 saw Ryan Seaton of Carrickfergus S.C. lead at the first windward mark, followed by John Colville of East Down Y.C. with the Beatty sisters, Sarah and Hannah, close behind. As the wind started to die away the course was shortened with Seaton winning from Colville, and Sarah Beatty in third just ahead of her sister, Hannah. The wind did not pick up again until mid afternoon when race 2 began with Seaton again leading at the windward mark closely followed by Anthony Murray of Ogston S.C.. Seaton pulled away on the reaching legs, winning comfortably from Julie Ryan of the local club followed by Murray in third.

Race 3 on Sunday morning began in a southerly breeze of 15 to 20 knots. Seaton took the gun followed by Rory Murphy of Quoile Y.C. in*second, and his brother Matthew in third. Murray led race 4 at the windward mark, followed by Murphy and Seaton. Seaton passed Murphy on the first reach but could not catch Murray who took the gun followed by Seaton, with Murphy in third. Race 5 saw Murray leading for most of the race from Seaton and Murphy. Murray failed to cover Seaton up the last beat and Seaton took the lead and the gun to win the championship with a comfortable margin from Murray in second and Murphy in third.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	702	Ryan Seaton	1	1	1	2	1	4
2	36644	Anthony Murray	12	3	7	1	2	13
3	21518	Rory Murphy	5	8	2	3	3	13
4	42112	John Colville	2	4	5	4	6	15
5	43755	Stephen Webb	10	17	4	7	7	28
6	37028	Hannah Beatty	4	32	11	5	9	29
7	42562	Matthew Murphy	22	16	3	9	4	32
8	42009	Theodore Murphy	14	19	6	14	5	39
9	44549	Julie Ryan	25	2	19	11	8	40
10	43758	Edwina Ternan	11	15	8	6	16	40
11	42803	Sarah Beatty	3	6	14	20	19	42
12	43147	Chris Penny	8	5	13	16	23	42
13	43622	Barry McCartin	6	12	10	15	20	43
14	43866	Charles Heron	34	25	9	8	10	52
15	43971	Sam Trott	15	18	17	12	11	55
16	43847	Neil Cody	19	28	20	10	17	66
17	6093	Joshua Waterstone	16	21	22	18	13	68
18	31220	Gordan Harpur	38	30	12	21	12	75
19	34766	Matt McMurtry	9	7	27	34	35	77
20	43870	Karl Smith	36	22	18	25	14	79
21	43990	Conon Greenan	24	43	16	23	18	81
22	42445	Caoimhe McKeating	17	9	31	26	32	83
23	43065	Cara McKeating	20	11	38	33	29	93
24	43601	Lisa Maria Maskey	28	29	23	17	25	93
25	43530	Sarah Ebrill	18	36	28	64	15	97
26	16154	James Murphy	21	34	32	22	27	102
27	43337	Oliver Loughead	7	10	64	64	28	109
28	43505	Alister Brown	37	35	35	19	21	110
29	43621	Matthew Wright	30	20	34	30	31	111
30	42049	Keith Gregg	39	37	25	29	22	113
31	42436	Laurie Grier-Mulvenna	13	31	15	64	64	123
32	43947	David Scallan	47	53	24	31	26	128
33	35782	Laura Ryan	40	33	33	36	30	132
34	34177	Lauren McMurtry	32	41	30	32	39	133
35	43472	Christopher Brown	51	39	29	28	40	136
36	37473	Niall Sherry	54	55	26	24	33	137
37	43738	Paul Brennan	52	52	64	13	24	141
38	41673	Jonathan Flood	55	60	37	27	34	153
39	40354	Jonathan Henry	48	42	36	35	41	154
40	29538	Maria Dolan	41	14	64	37	64	156
41	42046	Simon Martin	23	13	64	64	64	164
42	44019	Evan Tobin	46	24	64	64	38	172
43	35024	Hammy Baker	27	26	64	64	64	181
44	35417	Gloria Livingston	43	54	21	64	64	182
45	43665	Sarah Colville	33	23	64	64	64	184
46	41669	Eoghan Duke	31	38	64	64	64	197
47	37228	Ronan McGovern	26	48	64	64	64	202
48	36485	Andrew Henry	29	45	64	64	64	202
49	43253	Ben Lynch	49	56	64	64	36	205
50	34094	Thomas Duke	42	40	64	64	64	210
51	37056	Jason Moran	57	27	64	64	64	212
52	30346	Aoife Lennon	35	50	64	64	64	213
53	1	Barra Roantree	53	58	64	64	42	217
54	43252	Jessica Barnes	60	59	64	64	37	220
55	36253	Orla Bowe	44	51	64	64	64	223
56	43926	Liam Kavanagh	50	46	64	64	64	224
57	18	Robert McTernian	45	57	64	64	64	230
58	42039	Michael Lawrenson	59	44	64	64	64	231
59	137582	Paula Sheil-Dohan	58	47	64	64	64	233
60	4	Cormac Lennon	64	49	64	64	64	241
61	29635	Jennifer Dolan	56	62	64	64	64	246
62	3	Katie Bolton	64	61	64	64	64	253
63	11	Vicky Cooper	61	64	64	64	64	253