Commodores Update
Dear Members, As we come to the end of the summer, I just want to give everyone a quick update on what has probably been the strangest six months in most people's lives, and certainly one of the strangest sailing seasons in Sutton Dinghy Club’s history. That said,...
Blessington welcomes GP14 Class for Youth Championships
The GP14 Ireland Class managed to get an event in its calendar completed last weekend, when Blessington hosted the Autum Open & Youth Championshsips. This was a significant moment in a year that should have seen the GP14 Worlds come to Skerries back in July. With...
Big Junior Turnout for Club Regatta
There is no doubt it has been a strange season...but one very positive aspect has been the upturn in our Junior sailing. With great response to our July & August courses, we also saw a significant increase in no.s of Juniors racing on Wednesdays and Sundays....
Sun 6th Sep – FG 2PM – Club Regatta GOES AHEAD
The Committee today have made the decision based on the forecast to move our Club Regatta from tomorrow Sat 5th to Sun 6th. With predominantly a junior entry expected we felt it better to re-schedule for Sunday. Please register ONLINE as early as possible to enable us...
Annalise Murphy makes a surprise visit to our Sailing Course
With the 5 week of our summer courses nearing completion, our young sailors were surprised to see their instructors busy getting the dinghy park cleared and tidied this morning. What was happening? Well at 10:30 Annalise Murphy paid the Club a visit. With Irish...
July 5th – Club Racing & Supervised Sailing Cancelled
Hi All With heavy wind forecast again for today, Club Racing & Supervised Sailing has been cancelled. Keep an eye on the website, our Facebook page and particularly for our Junior and Youths our Whatsapp for updates on sailing this week. #staysafesailsafe
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…’
