Juniors at the Opi Leinsters
Opi Leinsters With strong North Westerly winds in Skerries, only the top 10 in Regatta Fleet were sent out today. That meant Ethan Harte got to race another 3 races finally finishing in 8th overall, a terrific achievement for his first event. Kate Gill finished 12th...
Fireball Ulster Championship Day 1 Results & Photos
Fireball Ulster Championship - Leading after Day is Niall McGrotty & Neil Cramer from Skerries Sailing Club. The pair took Race 4 to make it 4 different race winners and a tight event that is difficult to call. Chris Bateman & Conor Flynn lie 2nd and also top...
OPi Squad head to Skerries for Leinsters
We have 6 SDC Juniors competing in the Optimist Leinster Championships in Skerries Sailing Club this weekend. The majority would be competing in fleets with 30plus boats for the first time. Kate Gill, Ethan Harte and Skye O'Callaghan are sailing in their first major...
Fireball come HOME to Sutton Creek
This weekend, Sutton Dinghy Club welcomes the Fireball fleet to Sutton Creek for the first time in quite a while. Strangley enough we will be hosting Class Ulster Championships. With the Fireball Worlds in Ireland this year, the Class were very keen to ensure all...
Our sailors on podium for Dragon East Coast Championship
Following some recent good showings in the early GP14 Ireland events, Sutton Dinghy Clubs sailors Ruan O'Tiarnaigh and Stephen Boyle returned to the Dragon Class this weekend after a long break. The pair have been on Dragon podiums in the past notably as crew to...
Peter & Stephen, Runner-up in GP14 Ulster Championship
Last weekends Ulster Championship sailed at Lough Foyle Yacht Club, saw Peter & Stephen Boyle take 2nd place behind RNIYC's Ross Kearney & Andrew Vaughan. 5 Sutton crews made the trip North with Alan Blay & Hugh McNally finishing 4th. Hugh & Dan Gill...
The last few days were about mental fortitude and singing‘
Our Mission
Captured in the words of Irish Sailing….
‘…..As an ISA recognised Training Centre and Category 1 Club, Sutton Dinghy Club supports our Vision to make sailing & boating more accessible to all. This club has been providing numerous facilities and programmes to a variety of community groups, schools and people with disabilities in the Fingal Area for a number of years now. The ISA use this club as a Flagship example to the rest of our clubs throughout Ireland as to how to involve the community other than its own members…’
