Ger Owens and Melanie Morris have been crowned GP14 Irish National Champions after three days of racing at Rush Sailing Club, in which the Wicklow-East Antrim duo led from start to finish.
The pair, winners of three races, finished with a net score of nine points to secure the title in one of Ireland’s biggest senior dinghy classes.
Second overall were Colman Grimes and Ross Gingles (Rush/Skerries SC) on 16 points, including a race five win and consistent podium results.
Defending champions Ross Kearney and Daniel Nelson (RNIYC) completed the podium in third place with 17 points, having won races one and six.
Sam Street and Josh Lloyd (Blessington SC) finished fourth overall with 29 points, boosted by victory in race eight.
John and Donal McGuinness (Moville Boat Club) placed fifth on 34 points, while David Evans and William Draper (Univela Sailing Centre) were sixth with 36 points.
Adam and Emily Torrens (NSC/LEYC) won the Silver fleet prize in seventh overall on 47 points.
The Bronze fleet title went to Riaghan Boardman and Maedbh Butterly (Rush SC), who placed 16th overall on 87 points.
The 41 boat fleet completed eight races over the three-day championship, with two discards applied under the scoring rules.
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