Big fleets for SCORA leagues

SERIOUS racing continues at the various venues along the coast and the latest word from Commodore Jim Donegan is that the South Coast Offshore Racing Association SCORA Class 1 Championship is set for Crosshaven or the weekend of September 13-14, with the Class 2 Championship taking place at Kinsale on the same two days.

At each the first race each day will count for the SCORA Leagues, whose final race will be in the Autumn League from the Royal Cork.

Through the season the league consists of ten races with the best seven results to count and class captains John Murphy and Gary Horgan are confident of big fleets for the remaining events. Sailors from Ireland, England and Scotland will gather at Kinsale this weekend for the Irish Open Disabled Sailing Championships, with four races on Saturday and two on Sunday. Some big names will be missing because the World Paralympic Championships are on in Athens this weekend. Kinsale members John Twomey, Sean McGrath and Brian O’Mahony will be there competing with clubmates Paul McCarthy, Paul Ryan and Chris Thomas to determine who will represent Ireland in the Sonar Class at the Paralympics in Athens 2004.