O’Driscoll clinches gold in Schull

THE Fastnet International Schools Regatta enjoyed a thrilling finale at Fastnet Marine and Outdoor Education Centre in Schull, with Oisín O’Driscoll taking the Gold Fleet overall title.

Recordings of gusts of up to 25 knots were taken in the morning and after delaying the start of the Silver and Bronze Fleets, it was eventually decided to abandon the final races in the interests of safety.

This meant that the overnight positions were declared as results in these two fleets with local winners in both. Tomás O’Sullivan and Dylan O’Meara sailing a TR4.2 were the overall winners in the Silver fleet followed by Jessica Rutherford, Sullivan Upper School, Co Down, sailing her Laser 4.7, and third position overall in the fleet went to Matthew Coffey and Oliver Enderlie, Gonzago College Dublin and the Sir James Henderson British School of Milan, sailing an RS Feva.