SAILORS WIN CLUB OF THE YEAR TITLE
WICKLOW Sailing Club has been named as Mitsubishi Motors Club of the Year 2017.
The prestigious award was presented to the club for its promoting of the sport of sailing and is a huge achievement for the small community-based club.
Accepting the award from Billy O’Riordan, CEO of Frank Keane Holdings, the parent company for Mitsubishi Motors Ireland, Wicklow Sailing Club Commodore Denise Cummins said the award reflects and acknowledges the commitment of the volunteers who run the club.
She also said award reflects the support the club receives from the local community.
‘It is a very appropriate award for that particular week which was National Volunteer Week,’ said Ms Cummins.
Also present for the awards ceremony was Frank Keane, Chairman of Frank Keane Holdings, Jack Roy, President of the Irish Sailing Association, while MC for the evening was WM Nixon, the 2017 winner of the Royal Irish Yacht Club’s Maritime Journalism Award.
The very weekend before the awards ceremony, Wicklow Sailing Club hosted the International Topper Class Association Ireland Branch 3rd Traveller series where 38 boats from all over Ireland joined the ten Wicklow Toppers for some very competitive sailing with 48 boats on the water. The overall winner in this event was Dan McGaughey from Donaghadee Sailing Club, with the local Wicklow sailors best result coming from James Beattie Doyle who came in 11th in the 27 boat strong 5.3 sail fleet.
Wicklow Sailing Club also organises the international Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race every two years and each summer hosts junior and adult sail training courses which are open to all.