Winter league series poised for a dramatic conclusion

YET again violent storms forced the cancellation of all racing in Cork harbour’s and so far three races have been held in the Glaxo SmithKline Beecham Winter Series from the Royal Cork with the final race coming up on Sunday.

An intriguing situation has now developed, however, and assuming that this weekend’s race does go ahead, one discard will apply and that could see the leader board after three races change dramatically.

The current situation is very close in both handicap divisions. In IRC Donal O’Leary’s D-Tox leads comfortably on 5 pts, with Jim Donegan’s Mischief and Kieran Collins’ Half Cut locked on 12 pts in second place, Vinnie O’Shea’s Yanks and Francs fourth on 19.5 pts and Derry Good’s Genevieve fifth on 23 pts. Richard Leonard in his new boat Mardi Gras is 6th on 24 pts but a great deal could change on Sunday, especially with Mark Mansfield on Dinghy Supplies lurking in 9th.