A team from Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club took victory on home waters to claim the Ceilidh Cup in the final qualifier of this year's RYA National Match Racing Series.
Eight teams battled it out at the club over the weekend of 5-6 October 2024, including five who were also competing for the Scottish Student Sailing (SSS) Match Racing Championship, which was won by Strathclyde University.
While Saturday provided a fairly steady south-easterly breeze, Sunday brought colder, flickier easterlies: two starts had to be abandoned due to 90 degree wind shifts but the conditions were mostly kind and allowed a full schedule of racing.
Topping the round robin leaderboard after winning all their races was Hamish Taylor's home team from RNCYC, with Patrick Whelan (RLYC) and James Gifford (Strath A) tied in second with five wins apiece ahead of Iain Duncan (Helensburgh SC) in fourth.
Both semi-finals were then decided 2-0 with wins to Taylor and Gifford. In the petit final, Whelan and co took the first race with Duncan's team then making an impressive comeback with two wins to finish in third overall.
The final saw Taylor's RNCYC team taking two straight wins to claim the Ceilidh Cup with Gifford's Strath A team in second overall retaining the SSS prize for another year.
Winning skipper Hamish said: "It was a great weekend racing at RNCYC, helped by the weather gods with a consistent 7-11 knots all weekend - and dry!
Ceilidh Cup 2024 Overall Results:
1st Hamish Taylor, Sophie Taylor, Fergus Wilson, Rory Ferrier (RNCYC)
2nd James Gifford, Lilli Bell, Calum Warnock, Robbie Littlefield (Strathclyde University - Strath A)
3rd Iain Duncan, Iona Smith, Alistair Higgins, Nathan Mccabe (Helensburgh SC)
4th Patrick Whelan, Miranda van Heel, Tom O'Hare, Jasper Amirante (RLYC)
5th Fraser Patrick, Oliver Summer, Rory Shannon, Darla Dennis (Strathclyde University - Strath B)
6th Ross Coombs, Oscar Morris, Ruth Neville, Izzy Gibson, Amelia Hamblin (Dundee University)
7th Ben Hay, Robbie De Venny, Paul Grant, Audrey Roomian (Glasgow University - Glasgow B)
8th Cecily Webb, Izzy O'Farrell, Zoe Riemersma, Dom Burns (Glasgow University - Glasgow A)
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