Alan Carr and Dana Kilroy in 14/38 Starfish won the 2011 IDRA Northern Championships, to take home the cup for the 3^rd year in a row to SDC. There were 4 races over 2 days (the 4^th and 5th of June). Light winds on the first day saw Frank Hamilton and Jenny Byrne in 14/140 Dunmoanin from DMYC winning both races, with 14/38 getting second place on both occasions. The wind picked up on Saturday to force 4 gusting 5. In the third race of the event, 14/38 finished first, 14/4 sailed by Garry Sargent from CYBC finished second and 14/140 was third. This put 14/38 and 14/140 drawn on 5 points each. The final race was from Killowen point to Warenpoint, with a 3 mile downwind spinnaker leg and a long beat home. 14/38 finished first ahead of 14/140 in this final race, placing 14/140 second overall and 14/4 third. The Warrenpoint trophy went to Paddy O’Kelly and John Ring from CYBC. This trophy goes to the best placed boat in the fleet that was not in the first three in any race. 2011 was the 15^th anniversary of the IDRA Northerns which have been hosted for the past decade and a half by Carlingford Lough Yacht Club at Killowen point. The class historian Ian Sargent made a presentation to officers of CLYC to mark the occasion. They were given a hand crafted model of an IDRA 14 made by Frank Hamilton from DYMC.