NEWTOWNARDS SAILING CLUB

JOSH PORTER THIRD IN CHAMPIONS' CUP

7/10/2025

Massive congratulations to NSC's Josh Porter who had the honour of representing the Fireball fleet in this year's Irish Sailing Dinghy Champions' Cup, contested in National 18s, and held last weekend at Royal Cork Yacht Club. 👏👏 Josh and his crew (including Conor Twohig from Sutton DC) were tied for first on points, ending up third on countback. 🎉🥉 Full story here on Afloat.ie: Irish-Dinghy-Champions-Cup-at-Royal-Cork
(Photo credits Bob Bateman)

Torrens Wins GP14 Youth Championship at Blessington

15/9/2025

Congrats to Adam and Emily Torrens who were crowned GP14 Ireland 2025 Youth Champions at @blessingtonsailingclub! In the Autumn Open event they finished 4th overall, heading Silver fleet, so quite a weekend. Read more on Aloat.ie:
Torrens Wins GP14 Youth Nationals at Blessington
Blessington's Street Takes Title as Storms Halt GP14 Autumn Open

2025 GP14 Munster Championships

9/6/2025

Great time had by all at Cullaun Sailing Club near Limerick at the weekend.
Adam and Emily 5th overall, 1st in Silver and first Youth helm!!!!
Curly and Meg 6th overall.
Lara, crewing for Hugh (Sutton Dinghy Club) 11th place
Me and Viv 18th and Kevin and Paidi 22nd.
We love visiting their club for some tiny pond racing, great craic and well worth the journey. Nearly all weathers within a few minutes😀💨🌞☔️
Results here

FIRST DINGHY SAILING COURSE OF THE YEAR

10/4/2025

This year our RYA Level 1 & 2 dinghy sailing courses will run slightly differently, with one weekend for each level, instead of both levels over 8 evenings. To kick things off a Level 1 course has been scheduled for the 10th & 11th May.
Sign up at: https://itsplainsailing.com/org/nsc

Success for NSC Sailors

10/4/2025

The Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club GP14 Spring Series concluded at the weekend, with great results for NSC sailors. Daniel Nelson, crewing for Ross Kearney, took first place, with Adam and Emily Torrens 3rd overall. Also in action last weekend where Josh Porter and Cara McDowell, who triumphed at the Fireball Open event at Lough Ree. Well done everybody! 👏👏

Annual prizegiving

8/4/2025

Saturday 5th April was our annual prize giving dinner, with the club full of members enjoying the delicious food, prepared by our caterer Mark, before the awards were handed out. Thanks to Dee, Lana and Liz for organising the evening. 👏👍
Paddy Lyner took the windsurfing speed prize, with Andy Caldwell taking the infamous "Fin of Doom" for a few mishaps! In the GP14s, Gold fleet honours went to Alastair Duffin and Andy Corkill, whilst Silver fleet went to Emily and Adam Torrens. Claire Cromie took the most improved helm award. Congrats to all! 👏

Irish Windsurfing Association Slalom at NSC Sunday 23rd March

24/3/2025

Great weekend windsurfing and wing/wind foiling. Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Gold and Silver Fleet races. Special thanks to Nick Fletcher, Paddy Lyner, Chris Loughridge for organising this fantastic annual slalom event and sponsorship. Special thanks too for safety boat management, John Hayes and our NSC Social Team for looking after catering, Liz Borne, Lana Richie and Dee MacFadyen. Great to see the club in full action this weekend. ✨🏆✨

Winners were:
Gold Fleet
1st - Joe Galeckas
2nd - Jonathan Crean
3rd - Ciaran Moore
Silver Fleet
1st - Didris Teteris

David Corkill has a super drone video of the event up on his YouTube channel: