Pywacket Trophy 2024

 As the 2024 sailing season draws to an end, our attention shifts to the festive season and the Junior Laying Up celebration on the 8th December.

 The Pyewacket Trophy is presented each year to the youth sailor(s), who has achieved the best results overall in the opinion of the club’s Adjudicating Committee.  

 In October 2001, the late Roy Disney, the widely known American sailing enthusiast who had a home in West Cork, who had strong ties with the Royal Cork Yacht Club, and participated in many Cork Week Regattas, presented the club with the Pyewacket Perpetual Cup at a dinner in the club hosted by the then Admiral, Anthony O’Leary.

The nominations for the 2024 Pywacket Trophy are:

Dougie Venner – Optimist

•Qualified for the Euros 2 Optimist Team.

•Competed at a high level at Regional and National events.

•Junior National Team Racing Champion.

•Role model for the optimists helping and guiding other aspiring sailors in the class.

Andrew Kingston – ILCA/Laser

•Competed at a high level in Regional, National and International events throughout the season.

•Irish Sailing Youth Championships – 2nd overall in a highly competitive fleet narrowly missing out on qualification for the World Sailing Youth Worlds in Lake Garda.

•Competed at the ILCA 6 Europeans

•Selected for the Irish Sailing Academy

•Consistently trained with other RCYC ILCA sailors to help develop their skills and experience throughout the season.

•ILCA 6 National Champion

•Currently ranked 2nd overall in Ireland

Oisin Pierse & Fionn Daly – 29er

•Competed at a high level on the National and International circuit competing at a number of events throughout Europe and qualifying for Youth Worlds position.

•Irish Sailing 29er Academy.

•Irish Sailing Youth Championships – 2nd Overall, 1st Male team qualifying for World Sailing Youth Worlds in Lake Garda.

•29er National Championships – 2nd Overall.

•Transition into the 49er FX class.

Isha Duggan & Tommy Hiras – 420

•Competed at a high level in Regional and National events.

•Ulster Championships – 2nd

•420 Irish National Championships – 3rd

•Leinster Championships – 5th

•Connaught Championships – 2nd

•Munster Championships – 6th

•Qualified for 420 Open European Championships 

•Irish Sailing Junior Champions Cup – 1st 

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