WE ARE GOING TO PARIS!
Congratulations to Finn Lynch who today has secured Irelands spot in the Men’s Dinghy event for the Paris 2024 Olympics!
We are so proud of all the achievements of Irish Sailors today! What a day to be Irish ☘️ 🇮🇪💪🏼
#teamIRL
#roadtoparis2024
#paris2024
They've done it ! Ireland secures another place at the Tokyo Olympics as Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove qualify in the 49er. Read the full report here:
Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove have taken 1st place in their Olympic debut in the 49er class 💪💪
No more racing today. 11 races to go this week. Racing resumes tomorrow.
#TeamIreland
#Tokyo2020
@worldsailing
MEDAL RACE HERE WE COME 💪🏼
Dickson Waddilove end a fourth day of racing in second place, taking them straight into tomorrows medal race 🚀
With points tight, this competition is right down to the wire…
R10: 11
R11: 14
R12: 2
#TeamIreland
#LetsGo
Ireland qualifies for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing regatta ! Following the final two races at the Laser Radial World Championship this morning in Japan, Aisling Keller has qualified Ireland in the women’s event. More here:
Today marked the end of Annalise Murphy's third Olympic Games. "Over two decades, Annalise has made a massive impact on our sport and is certainly Ireland’s greatest Olympic sailor ever" -James O'Callaghan.
The 49ers race again tomorrow.
Read more at .
“I’m pretty proud of the way we sailed, and it’s really good to finish on a high with the last race…we’ve learnt a lot from these Games”. Read our daily update on Rob and Sean’s final day here
@sportireland
@RTEsport
#TeamIreland
#Tokyo2020
#sailing
They've done it!
Ireland will now be represented by two sailing events at the Paris Games ☘️🔥
Congratulations Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove!
#roadtoparis2024
#TeamIreland
NEXT ON THE PLANE TO PARIS! 🚀☘
With a race to spare, Ireland's Eve McMahon has secured a nation place for the Paris 2024 Olympics⚡️
#roadtoparis2024
#teamireland
#letsgo
OLYMPIC UPDATE ⛵️
Dickson Waddilove finish out their Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Fourth place after a 9th place finish in the Medal Race Final!
We couldn’t be more proud ☘️☘️
#TeamIreland
#Paris2024Olympic
Howth sailor Eve McMahon has won the ILCA6 European Youth championship at Thessaloniki today (Wednesday 6th July 2022) rounding off an impressive series winning both races on the final day.
#performancesailing
#irishsailing
#firstplace
DICKSON WADDILOVE MOVE INTO FIRST OVERALL!
In their first two races of the day they remain strong with a 4th and 2nd ☘️☘️
One more race to go today…
CMON
#TeamIreland
#paris2024sailing
MEDAL ALERT: Congratulations to Irish Sailing’s Eve McMahon who has secured silver at the U21 ILCA Youth World Championships in Vilamoura!
This medal marks the best U21 world championship result for Ireland in the ILCA 6!
🇮🇪MEDAL ALERT🇮🇪
We have NEW 29er World Champions in our midst! Clementine and Nathan Van Steeneberge (NYC) part of Irish Sailing’s 29er Development Squad were today crowned World Champs over in Weymouth ⛵️
#teamIRL
#sailing
#goldmedal
Irish Sailing welcome the statement by the
@RNZYS
and
@ETNZTeam
this evening on an extension to the
@americascup
bid process and reiterate their full support for Ireland’s bid to host the 37th America’s Cup in Cork
#IrelandforAC37
Congratulations to
@Annalise_Murphy
who won the Olympic Classes Italian Championships (Italian Nationals) held in Follonica, Italy at the weekend - a great warm-up event before the European Championships.
The America’s Cup won’t just be held over a few days – it’s a multi race event that has a legacy lasting for months and years. With Ireland being showcased as a brilliant location for watersports, think of all the people out there who will be inspired to get
#ActiveOnTheWater
.
Medal alert ! Eve McMahon takes bronze at the ILCA Laser Radial Youth World Championships in Kingston, Canada, and U17 world title. Go Ireland !
@RTEsport
@offtheball
@20x20_ie
@The42_ie
Exciting times ahead – the 2024 37th
@americascup
host venue will be decided tomorrow ! Cork being named is a huge opportunity for Ireland to host one of the biggest sporting events in the world !
#IrelandforAC37
EVE MCMAHON - OLYMPIC DEBUT ✅
13/43
“I raced my heart out, I gave it everything I had. The LA cycle is a new chapter and something I’m really looking forward to; this has just made me so much hungrier”
What a performance ☘️
#teamireland
#paris2024
📷
@worldsailingofficial
⛵️OLYMPICS UPDATE
Dickson Waddilove finish Day two of racing in SECOND place, only 5 points behind McHardie & McKenzie of New Zealand 🇳🇿🇮🇪
R6: 8th
#teamireland
#Olympic2024
#paris2024sailing
MEDAL ALERT ! Congratulations to Eve McMahon who’s finished in 4th at the U21 Laser Radial European Championships, and taken the U19 SILVER MEDAL. No wind on the final day of racing today in Montenegro meant that yesterday’s scores stand.
MEDAL ALERT !!!
Finn Lynch has won silver and achieved a best ever world championship result for Irish Sailing at the ILCA7 Men's World Championships in Barcelona!
Read the full article at .
@sportireland
@NYC_club
#sailing
#medal
#silver
Just a few Good Luck messages from @ home in Ireland ☘️🇮🇪
Want to share your support? Send us a message and be sure to tag us!
#TeamIreland
#paris2024sailing
RACE WIN IN MARSEILLE 🥇🥇
Dickson Waddilove have a first place finish in their final race of the day after a long day of changing courses and waiting for wind 💨☘️
CMON
#TeamIreland
🇮🇪
#paris2024sailing
THIS JUST IN!
DICKSON WADDILOVE win Paris 2024 selection trials series in the 49er class☘️☘️
After an immensely close 45-race trial series the Dublin pair secured to spot in La Grand Motte
#roadtoparis2024
#teamireland
Our 49er teams are in Auckland training before the 49er World Championships start next week. This is their next chance to qualify Ireland for a spot at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Watch this space !
@sportireland
A later start to racing at the Olympics tomorrow morning.
@Annalise_Murphy
will kick off in the Laser Radial Race 3 at 06:35 Irish time. Watch it live on Discovery+ or LiveTrack the racing at
@TeamIreland
#Tokyo2020
Double GOLD for Ireland 🇮🇪 at the 29ER Europeans 🎉🥳
Ben O‘Shaughnessy and Ethan Spain are the new 29er EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS.
While Lucia Cullen and Alana Twomey are for their second year running Female European 29er champions !!!
#TeamIRL
#LetsGo
TWO TIME WORLD CHAMPION, EVE MCMAHON 🏆☘️✨
With a race to spare, once again Eve will be crowned the U21 ILCA 6 World Champion!!
Congratulations Eve ☘️☘️
#teamireland
#worldchampion
#roadtoparis
Well would you look who we found at the end of the South Bull Wall by Poolbeg Lighthouse!
We are so excited to share this project of our
#TeamIreland
sailors ⛵️
Fair winds and ádh mór ☘️☘️
#paris2024sailing
#PARIS2024
Big day ahead for our Team Ireland Sailors ☘️☘️
You can watch the Medal Race over on RTE 2, with commentary from Annalise Murphy, Maurice O’Connell and Ciara Peelo!
Coverage starts at 13:30 Irish Time!
#TeamIreland
#paris2024sailing
GOOD MORNING ✨
You may be familiar with these four, but allow us to formally introduce the officially selected
@TeamIreland
Olympic Sailors for Paris 2024
Finn Lynch - ILCA 7
Eve McMahon - ILCA 6
Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove - 49er
more to follow...
#teamireland
Shortly before the medal ceremony, Eve McMahon -"I'm so proud of Ireland to achieve Gold at the worlds and to make it a double in the same year is history-making."
"I tried not to think about the others around me and just sail my own race," Rocco Wright
What a welcome home for Youth World Champion Eve McMahon and the Academy Team this morning at
@DublinAirport
!
Well done Luke Turvey, Oisin Hughes, Eve McMahon, Rocco Wright, Fiachra McDonnell and coach Liam Glynn
pics by
@Inphosports
Congratulations to Annalise Murphy who has been elected by Irish Olympians as a member of the Olympic Federation of Ireland Athletes’ Commission for the 2022-2024 term! ⛵
Head to for all the information!
#sailing
#Olympics
@sportireland
@TeamIreland
Congratulations to Aoife Hopkins who achieved a personal best outcome and a top 20 finish at the Laser Radial (ILCA6) World Championships in Oman today after winning the tenth race of the series and ending the regatta in 17th overall.
Read more here:
Olympians Ger Owens and Ross Killian (with Paddy Crosbie) crowned Irish Sailing All Ireland Champions 2021 - for the second time in 21 years. Read more here
Large scale sporting events have the potential to inspire people to get active. Like the Olympics and the World Cup, the America’s cup is a global event that will put the spotlight firmly on Ireland.
Why not make Ireland THE country of sailors?
#IrelandforAC37
The hotly contested Sailor of the Year Award in association with
@AfloatMagazine
was won by “Flying Irishman”
@TomDolan650
based in France who finished in 5th place at the Figaro Solitaire last year.
WORLD TITLE for Ireland's Sienna Wright in Argentina!
Barely a month after taking to the podium at the Youth World Sailing Championships, she has won the Under 17 world title as well as the overall silver in the ILCA6 class☘⚡
#worldchampion
#letsgo
THREE DAYS IN SECOND 💪🏼
Dickson Waddilove hold onto second after strong and tricky conditions on the third day of racing in Marseille, the Spanish boat now sit in first and New Zealand third☘️⛵️
#teamireland
#paris2024sailing
📷
@worldsailing
@TeamIreland
Next Stop: PARIS 2024🇫🇷
"It's a really big relief to finally get the Olympic spot since we narrowly missed out on it at the worlds, it's going to free us up to focus on the Olympics and not have to worry about qualifying the nation" - comments Dickson ☘️
Thunder storms and lightning didn’t deter
@Annalise_Murphy
from scoring first place in the only race at the ILCA Laser Radial World Championships earlier today. Full report here
Finn Lynch finishes in 4th place in the Lasers at the
@TrofeoSofia
regatta in Palma earlier today, narrowly missing a podium place, but delighted nonetheless. You can read our full report on our Facebook Performance page here:
@RTEsport
@offtheball
Ger Owens is the 2022 Irish Sailing Champions' Cup winner !
Pictured here with crewmate of over 20 years Melanie Morris.
Full report
Full results:
Pic David Branigan/Oceansport
Irish Paralympian John Twomey💬
“There's a generation of young sailors missing the chance to bring home medals for Ireland. I am keen to see sailing back in the
@Paralympics
and show that sailing is truly a sport for everyone, with no distinctions”
#BacktheBid
@worldsailing
Annalise Murphy sharing her post Olympic experience with CEOs, Performance Directors, Coaches and Support staff at the
@sportireland
HPX annual conference today
Eve McMahon placed 1st, 2nd and 2nd in todays races at the
@EurILCA
U21 European Championships. With one day to go, she currently lies in 4th place overall.
#GoIreland
!
Photo credits: Thom Touw Photography - EurICLA
Dawn on 7 May saw 100 boats around the country greet the sunrise for
#DarknessIntoLight
,
@PietaHouse
's campaign to raise funds for people affected by suicide and self harm. ☀
You can still donate now at .
Thank you you to all the clubs that took part!
49er team Robert Dickson and Seán Waddilove win the medal race and secure a silver medal at the 2022 Hempel World Cup Allianz Regatta in the Netherlands today.
Read more here:
Pic by
@SailingEnergy
@sportireland
@RTEsport
@offtheball
We won! Thank you CARA for awarding us Project of the Year for our Watersports Inclusion Games. The CARA Inclusion Awards are given to highlight work of people and organizations who enhance participation opportunities for people with disabilities in sport and physical activity.
Best of Luck to Eve McMahon who will be competing at this week's Laser World's in Texas! She is accompanied by coach and former Silver Medal Olympian Annalise Murphy!
BRONZE for Team Ireland at ILCA EUROPEANS 🚀☘️
In the final day of racing Finn managed to jump from 14th overnight into 3rd!
CONGRATULATIONS FINN ✨
#teamireland
#letsgo
#europeans
Quote of the day from the mum of a child from wicklow: 'I wouldn't want to be anywhere else in the world this weekend but here in Kinsale at the Inclusion Games' 👍😀
#WatersportsInclusionGames
@KinsaleYC
The first competition for Ireland’s Olympic sailors begins tomorrow at Enoshima Island, south of Tokyo, Sunday 25th July from 0400 (Irish time) with
@Annalise_Murphy
marking her third games appearance in the Laser Radial (now known as the ILCA 6)
Welcome to the Team Eve!
Eve McMahon of
@howthyachtclub
has officially joined the Senior Irish Sailing Team this month! She is the first youth sailor to have ever made the senior team through results at senior events.
Read more at
📷- eurilca. org
4th at Europeans ✨☘️
After a tricky week of conditions and leading the regatta. Eve managed to recover from a yellow flag that had her lying in 8th, to score a 2nd on her final day of racing to finish the regatta in 4th overall!
LETS GO EVE 💪🏼
#upsanddowns
#racing
#europeans
DOUBLE BRONZE FOR TEAM IRELAND☘️🥉
Sienna Wright in the Women's ILCA 6!
Ben O'Shaughnessy and Ethan Spain in the Men's 29er!
another incredible day for Irish Youth Sailing, Congrats all ...
#teamireland
And our Final Nominee for Sailor of the Year, Pat Lawless!
Nominated for his incredible and relentless passion on his racing journey. Pat had a very impressive performance in the Golden Globe Race before having to take an early retirement to the race!