Brown and Murphy take top ISA awards

Female sailors claimed the top prizes at the Irish Sailing Association’s annual awards ceremony in Dun Laoghaire on Saturday night.

Tralee Bay Sailing Club’s Sophie Brown won Youth Sailor of the Year for her 13th place overall at the Optimist Youth Worlds in New Zealand at Christmas where she also won silver in the girls’ event.

London 2012 Olympic prospect Annalise Murphy won the Sailing Achievement of the Year award for her performance in the Laser Radial class last year where she won bronze at the Weymouth Olympic venue and maintained top ten results in all major events.