The Kanoodle Frostbites 2013

Saoirse Hiking Hard	Graham & Katie making a splash!
Good teamwork with Shane & Saoirse	Sinead & Eve enjoying the speed
Hard Going!	Steady as she goes!
Gave them a head start!	Guess what was so funny! Send your suggestion to the club office.
The boys getting it together	Stephen & Eanna matching Shane & Damian for speed
This is a piece of cake! We can do this with our eyes closed!

The 2013 Mirror Easterns

The 2013 Mirror Easterns were held at the Royal Irish YC in Dun Laoghaire on the 4th and 5th of May. 19 boats took to the water in superb sailing conditions. In the end, Cian Hickey from Skerries and his crew, Caolan Croasdell from Lough Ree were victorious. Jack Maye and Sarah White from Sligo were second with Kerri-Ann Boylan and G Oconnor from Skerries in third place. Congratulations to Sutton Dinghy Club's Shane McLoughlin and Ben Jennings for their great improvement from last year finishing first in the silver fleet and sixth overall and also to to Sinead Dickson and Eve McMahon in securing seventh overall.

Sail Spree
2013

Our Sail Spree event in Sutton Dinghy Club last Saturday was a huge success. With the sun and a decent breeze almost 50 youths and juniors turned up to sample the delights of dinghy sailing in a combination of ISA Sail-fleet Topaz Uno's and our own Club Pico's.

The success of the event was in no small measure due to our club sailors and rescue drivers who volunteered to bring our guests out on the water. A big thank you to Ellen Harkin, Eanna Lawless, Callum Maher, Saoirse Kelly, Ciaran White, Rachel O'Connor, Tim Coyne, Darragh White, Ben Rock, Alannah Carroll McGeehan and Isobel McGrath. It was great to see so many kids on the water enjoying themselves.

Judging by the fact it took a while to get them off the water lets hope we have a few converts with the sailing bug. No doubt everyone enjoyed the BBQ afterwards. It was great to see former Commodore Muriel O'Tiarnaigh and her family down in the club to watch son Ruan back in a GP14 on Sutton Creek with Stephen Boyle.

The lads had a great blast in the wind and I am sure with the spinnaker held right into the Club line our Sail Spree visitors had a great view of the thrill to be had racing dinghies.

Much thanks to Mandy Kelly (JAO) for organising the day and the Sail-fleet from the ISA.

2012 Santa and Christmas Prize Giving

Annual Dinner 2012

Photos

Commodore Andy Johnston presenting Guest Of Honour Gerbil Owens with a gift to mark his visit to Sutton Dinghy Club's Annual Dinner and his contribution to Irish Dinghy Sailing

Commodore Andy Johnston presenting Nick Spalding with a special gift to acknowledge forty years of dedication & results keeping at Sutton Dinghy Club

Commodore Andy Johnston presenting Howth Yacht Club Commodore Roger Cagney with the Sutton Dinghy Club Burgee

Youth Championship and Autumn Open 2012

Under 23 & Overall Youth Champion of Ireland - Eanna Moloney Lawless
Under 18 Champion - Dan Gill
Under 16 Champion - David Johnston

[L-R] Eanna Maloney Lawless, Joe Kelly, Gareth Gallagher, Owen McCauley,
James Lynch, Dan Gill, James Hockley, David Johnston.

IDRA 14 NATIONAL CHAMIONSHIPS 2012

August 9th-11th, 2012

Four Sutton boats travelled to the IDRA 14 National Championships which
was held at Lough Erne Yacht Club in Enniskillen on August 9-11, 2012.
Defending champion Alan Henry and Simon Reville in 14 / 125, Slipstream,
finished in 2nd place, drawing on points with the first all-female team to
win the event, Julie Ascloop and Heather Keegan, in 14 / 143 from CYBC.
Former champion Alan Carr and Ian McCormack in 14 / 38, Starfish, got 3rd,
Jim Lambkin and Wendy Rudd in 14 / 1, Error, took 4th place and
Charles Sargent and John Lynch in 14 / 126 Smurfette finished in 13th place.
Gear failure hampered their performance. It was a very challenging event.
Races on August 9th were abandoned due to lack of wind.
Shifty light winds, force 1-2, on August 10th taxed the patience of many sailors.
The final day saw winds increase force 4-6 and gusty, with many capsizes.
The event was blessed with three days of unbroken sunshine,
ideal for camping, swimming, and relaxing outdoors after racing.
Thanks to all at LEYC for hosting such an enjoyable event.

Carlingford 2012 Northern Championship

IDRA 14
2nd June 2012.

1st Alan Henry & Simon Revill

2nd Alan Carr & Barry Kelly

7th Charles Sargent & Ed Fleming

More Photos

Mirror Eastern Championships,

SDC 19th/20th May 2012

Results Overall in Finish Order

Wednesday 17th August 2011
Junior Club Racing

PRIZE GIVING AT SPONSORED SAIL 2011 2nd July 2011 SPONSORED SAIL 2011 AT SDC GP14 LEINSTER CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SDC 18th & 19th June 2011 CRC AT SDC 8th June 2011   SDC 2011 PICO TEAM RACING Sunday 6th March SDC Members climb the Sugarloaf 27th December 2010 Santa comes to SDC! Sunday 12th December 2010 DAY SAIL 2nd AUGUST 2010 Photos by Michael O'Neill SUTTON DINGHY CLUB REGATTA 2010 Photos by Andy Johnston SUTTON DINGHY CLUB SPONSORED SAIL JULY 2010 Junior Disco at Sutton Dinghy Club 20th August 2009 Dinghy Trip to Red Rock Friday 21st August 2009 Photos of Sutton Dinghy Club Regatta 2009 By Ron Maher Robert Lush & Jack Matthews Robbie & Vivienne O'Hanlon Close racing in the GP14 fleet at the Regatta Opi's sailing into a grey sky Niamh McCormack pulling in the kite with Alan Blay keeping a watchful eye Gerry O'Sullivan and Alison Blay Harry & Con McCormack Ciaran Hand from Rush Sailing Club Paul Maguire & Melanie Morris hiking hard in their GP14 Ronan Hand & Robert Flood Davy Carr showing good style to win the Laser Class 'Where is the Sailor?' Hugh & Dan Gill executing a roll tack! John Guinee in action at SDC Regatta Dick Dunne & Tony Gray enjoying the Regatta at SDC Harry O'Reilly off to a flying start from the pin-end Crosbie Cup 2009 Photos BRONZE FLEET REGATTA 2009

Frostbites 2008 Day 4 - 26th October, 2008

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Winter Storage of Cruisers in SDC September 2008

Aidan is looking to next year's storage plan!!!

Cruise In Sunday 31st August, 2008

SDC Regatta 2008

Senator Martin Brady launches new rescue boats in SDC. Three boats including one rib and two Rigiflex Pneumatic which were purchased from Club Fund-raising nights and Sports Capital Funding from The Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism.

Daniel Gill - 1st in the Optimist Class in Howth Yacht Club Dinghy Regatta on Sunday 20th July presentation by Commodore of HYC, Gerry O'Neill CY & BC Junior Regatta took place in difficult weather conditions. There were 17 boats from Sutton Dinghy Club and 10 from the National Yacht Club in DunLaoighre. The start had to be postponed a number of times to wait for lighter winds. This facilitated the visiting boats who were delayed getting across the bay. Hot soup rejuvenated the tired visitors and the the race got under way at 1.30pm. Race officer, Ian Sargent, set a course up to the Fairview end of the water from a committee boat. There were starts for 4.7, Radial and Pico; also Mirrors, Optimists and Toppers! Well done to everyone. Jack as always supporting, and keeping a watchful eye over all the SDC winners at Clontarf Junior Regatta

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