GP14 Ulster Championships at Donaghadee Sailing Club
by Alan Thompson 17 May 2018 13:57 BST
12-13 May 2018
Silver Fleet Runners up: Josh Porter and Andrew Corkill during the GP14 Ulster Championships at Donaghadee Sailing Club © Tony Patterson
The GP fleet returned to Donaghadee for the 2018 Ulster Championships on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
The OOD Ruan O'Tiarnaigh got the first race off at 12pm in a moderate breeze. Ger Owens with his crew Damien Bracken dominated the first two races with two bullets after the McGuiness brothers, first home in race 2 were deemed OCS.
Race three was won by the current world champions Shane McCarthy & Andy Davis.
After an hour postponement on Sunday morning a nice strong breeze filled in. Keith Louden & Alan Thompson started at the pin on port and crossed the fleet and after a hard battle with Shane & Andy, took the win in race four.
Race five got underway with Shane & Andy showing their dominance in the strong breeze and led from the start to take the win.
After a general recall in race six, OOD Ruan O'Tiarnaigh eventually ran out of time and sent us home to the delight of many in the fleet.
Shane & Andy took the overall win with Ger & Damien in second and Keith & Alan in third.
The silver fleet honours went to Peter & Stephen Boyle with Josh Porter & Andrew Corkill taking second and Bill Johnson & James Hockley in third.
The bronze fleet honours went to Jack Buttimer & Adam McDonagh with Donaghadee's James Ogg & Jennifer Bryce taking second and Michael Collender & Brian Walker in third.
Many thanks to Donaghadee Sailing Club for the great hospitality and a fantastic event and to Ruan for the great courses.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Fleet | Sail No | Helm | Crew | Club | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts |
|---|
| 1st | Gold | 14203 | Shane McCarthy | Andy Davis | GSC | 2 | (3) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2nd | Gold | 14076 | Ger Owens | Damien Bracken | RStGYC | 1 | 1 | (BFD) | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 3rd | Gold | 14214 | Keith Louden | Alan Thompson | N/A | (6) | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 4th | Gold | 14143 | John McGuiness | Donal McGuiness | MBC | 3 | (OCS) | 7 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 5th | Gold | 13977 | Alan Blay | David Johnston | SDC | 4 | (OCS) | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 6th | Silver | 1420 | Peter Boyle | Stphen Boyle | SDC | 7 | (10) | 8 | 5 | 4 | 24 |
| 7th | Silver | 13917 | Josh Porter | Andrew Corkill | NSC | (11) | 8 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 8th | Silver | 14040 | Bill Johnson | James Hockley | LFYC | (12) | 6 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 30 |
| 9th | Gold | 13993 | Niall Henry | Ossian Gerraghty | SYC | 8 | 11 | (BFD) | 7 | 6 | 32 |
| 10th | Gold | 14219 | Curly Morris | Laura McFarlane | EABC / NSC | 9 | 4 | 11 | (12) | 9 | 33 |
| 11th | Silver | 14171 | Lawrence Baalham | Robbie Richardson | DSC | (13) | 5 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 40 |
| 12th | Silver | 13928 | Sam Wray | Luke Henderson | SYC | 5 | 7 | (DNF) | 18 | 13 | 43 |
| 13th | Gold | 13645 | Robert Gingles | Ross Gingles | EABC | 14 | (OCS) | 10 | 8 | 11 | 43 |
| 14th | Silver | 14212 | Michael Cox | Sara Gowdy | NSC | 16 | 9 | 9 | 16 | (DNF) | 50 |
| 15th | Bronze | 14133 | Jack Buttimer | Adam McDonagh | Yanghal Sailing Club | (18) | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 57 |
| 16th | Bronze | 13865 | James Ogg | Jennifer Bryce | DSC | 15 | 14 | (BFD) | 13 | 16 | 58 |
| 17th | Bronze | 14061 | Michael Collender | Brian Walker | MSC | (22) | 13 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 60 |
| 18th | Bronze | 14077 | Michael Brines | Kerry Edwards | LEYC | (21) | 18 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 67 |
| 19th | Silver | 13951 | Steven Preston | Nathan Hosick | DSC | 19 | 16 | 16 | 17 | (DNF) | 68 |
| 20th | Bronze | 13233 | Fraser Menzies | Paul Monaghan | DSC | (23) | 17 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 72 |
| 21st | Gold | 14237 | J.P. McCaldin | Carolyn McCaldin | LEYC/SYC | 10 | (OCS) | 2 | DNF | DNF | 74 |
| 22nd | Silver | 14215 | Graeme Farrington | Rebecca Farrington | BYC | 17 | 12 | (BFD) | DNF | DNF | 91 |
| 23rd | Silver | 13180 | Martin Dews | Victoria Dews | DSC | 20 | (DNF) | BFD | DNF | 17 | 99 |
