Sailing: The full Irish Sailing squad of nominees for the Irish Olympic Team were in action at the SPA Regatta on the Isselmjeer, Holland, yesterday.Sailing: The full Irish Sailing squad of nominees for the Irish Olympic Team were in action at the SPA Regatta on the Isselmjeer, Holland, yesterday.
First into action were Mark Mansfield with Killian Collins of the Royal Cork Yacht Club. After a good start in race one, the Cork duo finished in third place after being just edged out of second on the finish line.
The second race saw them down the fleet and a 14th for Mansfield and Collins following a mainsheet problem on the starting line that saw the pair eighth overall.
In the Europe class, Maria Coleman had a 11-12-7 day to lie 17th overall. Roger Craig was best of the Irish boats in the Laser class with 23-6-6 result and is 11th overall. Team nominee Rory Fitzpatrick is not competing in this event.
In the Men's 470 series, Ger Owens and Ross Killian had a 19th and a sixth place followed by an On-course-side starting penalty and lie 20th overall.
Tom Fitzpatrick and Fraser Brown had two 13th places and an eighth to finish the day 20th overall. In the Finn single-hander, a late start to the day saw David Burrows score a 13th and 12th place and is eighth overall.
Meanwhile, last weekend saw the first ever victory at an able-bodied regatta by a Paralympian crew when John Twomey with Seán McGrath and Brian Mahony won the Tappan Zee Challenge outside New York.
