The Book Trophy - Sutton Dinghy Club

The Book Trophy (Senior)

1944 – present

The Book Trophy (Junior)

1980 – present

Sutton Dinghy Club

Royal Cork Yacht Club

Sutton Dinghy Club

Royal Cork Yacht Club

The Book (senior version from 1944) and the junior (from 1980) on display at Sutton Dinghy Club in August 2014 for the 70th Anniversary series. Photo: W M Nixon

The Book Trophy, the Sutton Book as its knows in Cork or the ‘The Book Of Kells for Irish Sailing’ as refererred to by W M Nixon, was first held in Sutton Creek in 1944, when a team from Cork Harbour Sailing Club (the predecessor of the Royal Munster and Royal Cork Yacht Clubs) were invited by the Committee of Sutton Dinghy Club to take part in a team race. Initially referred to as the ‘Inter-City’ challenge, for each winning team, there is a most unique prize – they get to keep custody for twelve months of the “Book”, which is a written account, added to year by year, of each race and the teams involved. In 1980 an annual junior ‘Book Trophy’ was introduced featuring the junior sailors from either club.

This sailing saga of friendly rivalry between these two Clubs includes many sailors who went on to become internationally-renowned names in the sailing world. Down the years, the event was graced by both local and Cork sailors who went on to win National and International events, with many representing Ireland at Olympic level. The list includes Robert Dickson (2021), Dan O Grady (1996), Barry O’Neill (1976), Jamie Wilkinson (1976, 1980), J Somers Payne (1956, 1960), Mark Mansfield (1992, 1996, 2000 & 2004), Killian Collins (2004), Neil Hegarty (1960), Peter O’Leary (2008 & 2012), Tom McWilliams (1992), Harry Cudmore (1976), D St.J Sullivan (1948)

Back in 1944 the event was raced in the popular boat of the day, the International 12’s. Since then it has been raced in a range of popular dinghies including GP14, National 18, Enterprises, Fireballs, IDRA14, Mirrors, Fireflies and even Laser 2’s. As of 2023, the scores in this unique and compelling event are outlined below along with all the results:

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The Senior Book Trophy (1944 - Present)

Year	Venue	Winners	SDC Team
1944	Sutton	Sutton Dinghy Club	RKC Pilkington, T Chadwick, T Waters, D St.J Sullivan, D Keatinge, M Campbell, W Greenaway, WL McClelland
1945	Currabinny	Sutton Dinghy Club	D St.J Sullivan, RKC Pilkington, J Hooper, WL McClelland, F Kane, D Ryan, TP Waters, F Chadwick
1946	Sutton	Sutton Dinghy Club	D St.J Sullivan, HW Greenaway, N Conn, WL McClelland, D Keatinge, F Wheeler, T Waters, F Chadwick
1947	Currabinny	Cork Harbour Sailing Club	WL McClelland, J Weaving, D St.J Sullivan, H Greenaway, M Appleby, D Keatinge, E Wheeler, N Conn
1948	Sutton	Cork Harbour Sailing Club	John Weaving, S Hooper, Desmond Keatinge, David Hogg
1949	Crosshaven	Cork Harbour Sailing Club	Noel Conn, John Weaving, D St. J Sullivan, WL McClelland
1950	Sutton	Royal Munster YC	D St.J Sullivan, N Conn, J Weaving, W McClelland, M Appleby, D Hogg
1951	Cork Harbour	Royal Munster YC	David Hogg, Noel Conn, WL McClelland
1952	Sutton	Royal Munster YC	D St.J Sullivan, J Weaving, WL McClelland, H Hick, M Appleby, RC Neill
1953	Corkbeg	Drawn	D St.J Sullivn, N Conn, WL McClelland, J Weaving, H Hick, C Neill
1954	Sutton	Sutton Dinghy Club	D St.J Sullivn, N Conn, WL McClelland, J Weaving, C Neill, Miss B Hurley
1955	Crosshaven	Royal Munster YC	D St.J Sullivn, WL McClelland, H Hick, J Weaving, M Appleby, C Neill
1956	No Race	No Race
1957	No Race	No Race
1958	Crosshaven	Sutton Dinghy Club	Noel Conn, Roy Dickson, Muiris Walsh, J Weaving, F Moes, B Galton
1959	Sutton	Sutton Dinghy Club	N Conn, Miss B Hurley, B Galton, Miss A Neill, R Hogg, J Tucker
1960	Crosshaven	Royal Munster YC	R Dickson, LJ Cummins, N Conn. Who crewed?
1961	Sutton	Sutton Dinghy Club	G Sargent, R Hogg, A Knowles, M C Sargent, D O’Shea, A Devereaux
1962	Crosshaven	Drawn	Neville Maguire, W Magill, E Maguire, Iris Maguire, Eddie Kay, Denis Scott
1963	Sutton	Sutton Dinghy Club	N Maguire, R Hogg, G Sargent, W Magill, A Knowles, D Sheehan
1964	Crosshaven	Sutton Dinghy Club	B Galton, M Walsh, R Hogg, R Henry, S O’Shea, B Hearne
1965	Sutton	Royal Munster YC	M Walsh, B Galton, R Dickson, B O’Neill, H Morton, R Henry
1966	Crosshaven	Royal Munster YC	B Galton, B O’Neill, I Sargent, R Henry, H Morton, K Switzer
1967	Sutton	Royal Cork YC	I Sargent, K Switzer, I Baird, I Baldock, M Walsh, J Quinn
1968	Crosshaven	Sutton Dinghy Club	SDC should Fill Details. Peter O’Donvan (RCYC) has also details. Lovegrove/Dickson/Walsh/Nat 18’s
1969	Sutton	Sutton Dinghy Club	I Sargent, R Dickson, B O’Neill, H Morton, L Traynor, J Wilkinson
1970	Crosshaven	Royal Cork YC	I Sargent, J Cowman, Joe Phelan, B O’Loughlin, Laurence Traynor, F Ennis
1971	Sutton	Sutton Dinghy Club	Roy Dickson, Barry O’Neill, David Lovegrove. Who crewed?
1972	No Race	No Race
1973	Sutton	Sutton Dinghy Club	Ian Sargent, Barry O’Neill, Frank O’Gorman, Terry Harvey, Martin O’Byrne, Alan Carr
1974	Crosshaven	Royal Cork YC	L Cummins, J Kilkenny, P O’Connor. Who crewed?
1975	Sutton	Abandoned	Conor Walls, Eoin Daniel, Paul Newport, Collie Newport, David Mulligan, Debbie Klimcke
1976	Crosshaven	Royal Cork YC	David Cummins, Eoin Daniels, David Mulligan, Riocaird O’Tiarnaigh (j), Paul Newport, Collie Newport
1977	Sutton	Royal Cork YC	E Daniels, David Mulligan, David Cummins, J Kavanagh, R O’Tiarnaigh, C Newport
1978	No Race	No Race
1979	No Race	No Race
1980	Crosshaven	No Race	Gales but who travelled?
1981	Sutton	Royal Cork YC	Scorie Walls, Frank O’Gorman, Karl Lawless, Aideen Sargent, Stewart Kevelighan, Wally Hogan
1982	Crosshaven	Royal Cork YC	Ian Sargent, Frank O’Gorman, Terry Harvey, John Hensey, Joe Phelan, Scorie Walls
1983	Sutton	Sutton Dinghy Club	Joe Phelan, Ken Lawless, Scorie Walls, Terry Harvey, Ian Sargent, Myles Lawless
1984	Crosshaven	Sutton Dinghy Club	Terry Harvey, Scorie Walls, Pat Murphy, Myles Lawless, Hugh Gill, Rod Gill
1985	Sutton	Sutton Dinghy Club	Pat Murphy, Hugh Gill, Terry Harvey, Scorie Walls, Myles Lawless, ?
1986	Crosshaven	Sutton Dinghy Club	Terry Harvey, Scorie Walls, Stewart Kevelighan, Myles Lawless, Jim Lambkin, ?
1987	Sutton	Royal Cork YC	Terry Harvey, Ruan O’Tiarnaigh, Scorie Walls, Niall Kavanagh, Riocaid O’Tiarnaigh, Myles Lawless
1988	Crosshaven	Royal Cork YC	Niall Kavanagh, Wendy Rudd, Roger Morris, Eve Kelly, Myles Lawless, Stephen Boyle
1990	Cork Harbour	Royal Cork YC	Scorie Walls, Stephen Boyle, Riocard O’Tiarnaigh (snr or jnr?), Eddie Murphy, Jim Lambkin, Charles Sargent.
1991	No Race	No Race
1992	No Race	No Race
1993	No Race	No Race
1994	Sutton	Sutton Dinghy Club	Ruan O’Tiarnaigh, Eoin Harvey, Stephen Boyle, Stuart Boyle, Michael Kelly, Brendan McGirr
1995	No Race	No Race
1996	No Race	No Race
1997	No Race	No Race
1998	Crosshaven	Abandoned – Gales	Who travelled?
1999	Crosshaven	Royal Cork YC	David Fletcher, Stephen Boyle, Hugh Gill, John Chambers, Barry Canton, Colman Grimes
2000	Sutton	Royal Cork YC	David Quinn, Peter Reynolds, Hugh Gill, Barry Canton, Ruan O’Tiarnaigh, Scorie Walls
2001	Crosshaven	Abandoned – No Wind	Barry Canton, Ruth Sanders, Peter Reynolds, Davie Carr, Louise Fitzgerald
2002	Sutton	Royal Cork YC	Hugh Gill, Barry Canton, Stephen Boyle, Padraig Boyle, Ruan O’Tiarnaigh, ?
2003	Crosshaven	Royal Cork YC	? Check with Noel Dempsey & Aidan Henry
2004	Sutton	Royal Cork YC	Stephen Boyle, Peter Reynolds, Alan Carr, James Kelly, Alan Henry, Ciaran O’Hanlon
2005	Crosshaven	Royal Cork YC	Hugh Gill, Stephen Boyle, Davie Carr. Who crewed?
2006	Sutton	Royal Cork YC	Alan Carr, Alan Henry, Jim Lambkin. Not written Up.
2007	No Race	No Race
2008	No Race	No Race
2009	No Race	No Race
2010	Crosshaven	Cancelled – Weather	Davie Carr, Diane Kissane, Ger O’Sullivan, Justin Perry, Katie Malcolm, AN Other.
2011	No Race	No Race
2012	No Race	No Race
2013	No Race	No Race
2014	Sutton	Sutton Dinghy Club	Alan Blay, David Johnston, Hugh Gill, Sinead Dickson, Katie Dwyer, Wendy Rudd
2021	Crosshaven	Royal Cork Yacht Club	Alan Blay, Ian McCormack, Robert Dickson, Shane McLoughlin, Conor Twohig, Peter Boyle
2022	Sutton	Sutton Dinghy Club	Dan Gill, Michelle Rowley, Peter Boyle, Finn O’Doherty, Stephen Boyle, Ella Fitzgerald
2023	Crosshaven	Royal Cork Yacht Club	Alan Blay, Hugh McNally, William Lacy, Ian McCormacj, Conor Twohig, Matthew Cotter

The Junior Book Trophy (1980 - Present)

Year	Venue	Winners	SDC Team
1980	Sutton	Sutton Dinghy Club	John Hensey, Austin Lambe, Ray Cassidy, Dan O’Grady, Wendy Rudd, Keith Cassidy
1981	Crosshaven	Sutton Dinghy Club	John Hensey, Ken Lawless, Garret Donnelly, Dan O’Grady, Tony Lawless, John Phelan
1982	Sutton	Sutton Dinghy Club	Ken Lawless, Garret Donnelly, Bernard Hensey, Paul Hyland, David Mulhall, Tony Lawless
1983	Crosshaven	Royal Cork Yacht Club	Aidan Kavanagh, Dan O’Grady, Ken Lawless, John Phelan, Keith Cassidy, , ?
1984	Sutton	Sutton Dinghy Club	Ken Lawless, Tony Lawless, Fergus O’Kelly, Dan O’Grady, Niall Kavanagh, John Phelan
1985	Crosshaven	Sutton Dinghy Club	Dan O’Grady, Roger Morris, Richard Wilson, Jonathan Hogg, Sheila Phelan, Nicky Timon
1986	Sutton	Sutton Dinghy Club	Roger Morris, Dan O’Grady, Conor Gallagher, Brian Jennings, Nicky Timon, Tony Lawless (c)
1987	Crosshaven	Sutton Dinghy Club	Tony Lawless (c), Sheila Jennings, Nicky Timon, Adrian Timon, Conor Gallagher, Murrough Kavanagh
1988	Sutton	Royal Cork Yacht Club	Brian Jennings (c), Barry Navan, Conor Gallagher, Murrough Kavanagh, David Maguire, Elizabeth Wilson
1989	Crosshaven	Sutton Dinghy Club	Brian Jennings, Maebh Jennings, Shane O’Grady, David Morrissey, Niall Martin, Helen Barry-Duke
1990	Sutton	Royal Cork Yacht Club	Niall Martin, ?, Shane O’Grady, ?, Colin Kavanagh, ? Check with Harry G & Terry Harvey
1991	No Race	No Race
1992	No Race	No Race
1993	No Race	No Race
1994	Sutton	Royal Cork Yacht Club	Alan Henry, Martin O’Toole, Tony Stafford, Tom Stafford, Emma McDonald, Lucy O’Toole)
1995	No Race	No Race
1996	No Race	No Race
1997	No Race	No Race
1998	No Race	No Race
1999	Crosshaven	Royal Cork Yacht Club	Davie Carr, James Kelly, Sarah Ann Muckley, Deirdre Cantwell, Louise Fitzgerald, Rhea Fitzgerald
2000	Sutton	Royal Cork Yacht Club	Ruth Clinton, Grainne Costigan, Brian Cairns, Alistair Kissane, David Carr, James Kelly
2001	Crosshaven	Racing Abandoned	Laura Henry, Davie Carr, Peter Reynolds, James Kelly, Grainne Costigan, Rhea Fitzgerald
2002	Sutton	Royal Cork Yacht Club	? Check with Scorie & Harry
2003	Crosshaven	Royal Cork Yacht Club	? Check with Noel Dempsey & Aidan Henry
2004	Sutton	Royal Cork Yacht Club	Alan Blay, Ross Harte, Gerard O’Sullivan, Simon Pearson, Alannah Clarke, Darryl Clarke
2005	Crosshaven	Royal Cork Yacht Club	? Check with Muriel & Aidan
2006	Sutton	No Race	Not written Up.
2007		No Race
2008		No Race
2009		No Race
2010		No Race
2011		No Race
2012		No Race
2013		No Race
2014	Crosshaven	Royal Cork Yacht Club	Dan Gill, Callum Maher, David Johnston, Sinead Dickson, Shane McLoughlin, Conor Twohig
2021	Crosshaven	Royal Cork Yacht Club	Ciaran Durnford, Eimear Fleming, Luke Kellett, Denis McCarrick, Oisin Kelly, Finn O’Doherty
2022	Sutton	Royal Cork Yacht Club	Ciaran Durnford, Piers Hallwood, Finn O’Doherty, Cathal Langan, Ella Fitzgerald, Sean O’Connor