More than 90 of Northern Ireland’s Youth and Junior sailors have taken part in the RYA Northern Ireland Youth Championships, which were hosted by Ballyholme Yacht Club.
Racing took part of over two days on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 September and the fleets were split to reduce overall numbers on site each day to mitigate risk in accordance with COVID – 19 guidelines.
The ILCA 6 and 420s took to the water on Saturday for five races in perfect conditions of 15 knots and sunshine.
Ellen Barbour from County Antrim Yacht Club showed good form early on to lead the way in race one, only to fall foul of being over at the start. This gave Coleraine Yacht Club’s Tom Coulter the win followed by Colin Crichton of Quoile Yacht Club in 2nd.
Race two saw Erin Mcllwaine from Newcastle Yacht Club was fast out of the blocks and took the win for race two with Crichton again runner up and Coulter in 3rd.
By race three Coulter started to show some dominance with his second win of the event followed by Ballyholme’s Oliver Haig.
The girls led the way in the fourth race with Mcllwaine doing her best to close the gap to Coulter with another win and Barbour a close 2nd to prove her performance in race one was not a one-off.
ILCA 6
ILCA 4
1st Overall
Tom Coulter
1st Overall
Hannah Dadley-Young
1st Boy
Tom Coulter
1st Boy
Conor McVeigh
1st Girl
Erin Mcllwaine
1st Girl
Hannah Dadley-Young
2nd
Erin Mcllwaine
2nd
Eva Briggs
3rd
Joseph Karauzum
3rd
Conor McVeigh
420 – Northern Championship
1st Overall
Ben Graf & Alexander Farrell
2nd
Jack McDowell & Harry Thomson
3rd
Garrett Leech & Conor Paul
TOPPER
TOPPER 4.2
1st Overall
Zoe Whitford
1st Overall
Hugo Boyd
1st Boy
Dan Palmer
1st Boy
Hugo Boyd
2nd Boy
Max Killiner
1st Girl
Jessica Dadley-Young
3rd Boy
Charlie Patterson
2nd
Freddie Doig
1st Girl
Zoe Whitford
3rd
Mateo Moore
2nd Girl
Autumn Halliday
3rd Girl
Sophia Cahill
RYANI Youth Championships Overall
1st Junior
Zoe Whitford
1st Youth
Tom Coulter
1st Lady
Erin Mcllwaine
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