Ballybunion ended a 34-year national title drought yesterday when its all-teenage team lifted the Junior Cup on day two of the AIG All-Ireland Cups & Shields National Finals at Royal Tara Golf Club.

The opening race of the Cork Dry Gin Calves Week saw 60 boats compete around the West Cork Islands yesterday in the first of four days of competition organised by Schull Harbour Sailing Club.

The weather gods were not shining for the final series of races of the Kinsale YC Spring Series.

In contrast to last week’s bruising battle, a dying, shifting breeze, pleasant sunshine and shortened courses were the order of the day for competitors in the North Sails-sponsored third week of the Kinsale Yacht Club Spring Series.

Easter Monday dawned overcast and breezy for the second week of the KYC Spring Series.