ISA All Ireland Championship - Final list of competitors named

by Irish Sailing Associaton on 5 Sep 2014 The finalised list of competitors for the 2014 ISA All Ireland Sailing Championship will make their way to the waters north of Howth Harbour for the 10.25 warning signal this Saturday.

Nominations were received from 25 classes and the selection of invitees were made by the ISA Steering Group [SG]. The Group, under chairmanship of ISA Director Jack Roy, included Flor O’Driscoll who sat on the ISA Events Review Group and was assisted by Ed Alcock ISA Racing Manager who is responsible for collating nominations for the events, implementing the decisions of the SG and managing the detailed organisation of the event.

The key guidance in how the selection is made is contained in the ISA Events Review Group Report published in 2012 and available here. This established the ISA Steering Group to oversee the events. The SG is allowed a certain discretion in how it operates the selection criteria and these are published in the letter to classes requesting their nominations.

The main operating difference was the request for 2014 National Champions to be nominated and that a place would not be passed to another sailor. Classes who had not completed a nationals by August 25th could use a ranking list. The objective was to ensure that as many class national champions as possible would get an opportunity to compete in the 2014 championship.

The basic rules are:

• The class must have their ISA affiliation for 2014 paid in full.

• The Race Officer at the national championships has to be a National RO, or Regional RO under mentoring by a National RO. This is an ISA Policy from 2005 designed to improve the standard of racing at class championships. For this purposes the ISA recognises the qualification of officials from other national authorities e.g. RYA, FFV as well as ISAF International ROs.

• The SG are not permitted to select from classes that do not comply with one or other these rules.

All other nominees were considered and the selection process set out in the report was followed. The top three dinghy and keelboat classes based on numbers at their national championships were selected first, that gave six. The remaining classes, dinghy and keelboat together, were then ranked in order of numbers and the next nine selected. Where there were equal numbers a lottery was held to determine the order. The remaining classes were ranked in order for call up, by lottery, if and when a place became available.

Some nominees were unable to accept places due to pre-existing commitments (e.g. family engagements or competition abroad as part of ISA Squads) and the places awarded to other classes in order of the selection. In other cases the nominee was not able to accept a place.

The final list of competitors for the 2014 ISA All Ireland Sailing Championship is as follows:

Name	Surname	Club	Class
Alex	Barry	Monkstown Bay SC	RS400	National Champion
Ben	Duncan		Defending Champion	Champion 2013
Richard	Evans	Howth YC	ICRA 2'	National Champion
Laurence	Hanley	Lough Ree YC	Shannon OD	National Champion
Chris	Helme	Royal St George YC	Ruffian	National Champion
Stefan	Hyde	Royal Cork YC	SB20	National Champion
Guy	Kilroy	Royal Irish YC	Water Wag*	National Champion
Ian	Nagle	Royal Cork YC	ICRA '1'	National Champion
Flor	O'Driscoll	Royal St George YC	J24*	Ranking Champion
Anthony	O'Leary	Royal Cork YC	Commodores Cup & 1720	National Champion
Pat	O'Neill	Clontarf Y&BC	IDRA 14 & E-Boat	Double National Champion
Jonathan	O'Rourke	National YC	Mermaid	National Champion
Conor	Phelan	Royal Cork YC	ICRA '0'	National Champion
Conor	Turvey	Howth YC	Howth 17 Footer	National Champion
Roy	Van Maanen	Greystones SC	RS200	National Champion
Ross	Vaughan	Royal North YC	Squib	National Champion

J24*: while noted as Ranking Champion has since become a National Champion.

Water Wags*: The Jubilee Cup is the championship.