Royal Cork YC take Junior Book Trophy
Last Sunday, after a gap of 8 years the junior sailors from Sutton Dinghy Club and Royal Cork YC got to team race for a very special prize. The 'Junior Book Trophy', first raced for in 1980, is a junior version of the 'Book Trophy', raced between Sutton Dinghy Club...
Mirror National Championship title is back in Sutton
Mirror Nationals, Sligo YC - I made it to Rosses Point in time to catch the final 2 races in the 2014 Mirror Nationals. For the first time since 2006 when Alan Blay brought the Championship back from Royal Cork YC, we had a crew in the running to land the...
Sutton win Book Trophy after 16 year wait.
The Book Trophy is back in Sutton for the first time in 16 years. PRO Scorie Walls managed to get one race in before gusts of 28-32 knots forced the 2nd race and subsequent racing to be abandoned. That one race, hard fought right to the last, resulted in a narrow...
The ‘Book Trophy’ – Aug 3rd @ Sutton Dinghy Club
This Sunday sees Royal Cork YC and Sutton Dinghy Club go head to head in what is the 70th anniversary of the 'Book Trophy' race. First held in Sutton Creek in 1944, featuring a team from Cork Harbour Sailing Club, the forerunner of the Royal Munster Yacht Club, now...
Annual Regatta – 75 years sailing in the Creek
Sunday was Sutton Dinghy Club’s annual regatta and was also a celebration of 75 years in Sutton Creek. A great turnout for both senior and junior fleets with plenty of visiting dinghies from our local neighbors including Howth Yacht Club, Clontarf Yacht & Boat...
2014 Annual Sponsored Sail
Over 35 young sailors turned out for the Clubs Annual Sponsored Sail down Sutton Creek on Saturday evening. The local passers-by saw the flotilla in full flight down the creek towards Dinghy Supplies and back. Our own Sutton Dinghy Club sailors were joined by the...
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…’
