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GAZETTE
N E W S
JUNE 1994
Dub l in Sol i c i tors Fail t o
Ma t ch Law Soc i e ty Yacht Cl ub
The Law Society of England and
Wales were represented by the Yacht
Club at the Royal St. George Yacht
Club at Dun Laoghaire in May to
take on the might of the Dublin
Solicitors Bar Association.
The even was masterminded by
Michael Moran,
Solicitor, of De
Loitte & Touche.
Richard
Hooper
and
Bruce Lyster
put their Sigma 38s
at the disposal of the two teams of
solicitors for the Match Race.
The Dublin Team was skippered by
John Hooper.
The first race, under
the Flag of the Dublin Bay Sailing
Club, resulted in a victory for the
Law Society Yacht Club and this
gave them a three point advantage at
the end of the first day's sailing.
After dinner on the Saturday night
attended by
Andrew Smyth
representing the President of the Law
Society of Ireland and
Daire Murphy,
President of the Dublin Solicitors Bar
Association, the boats again took to
the water on Sunday for two races
run back to back.
Peter Craig
acted as Officer of the
day on board "Tudor Rose" owned by
Bill Riordan
of Whitney Moore
Keller who also happens to be
Commodore of the Royal St. George
Yacht Club.
The first race was won by Dublin due
to the skillful handling of spinnaker
and squall.
Everything was to hinge on the final
race as the Hooper vessel
manoeuvred itself between The Law
Society and the Committee Boat at
the start and retained a good lead
until the last run. Skipper,
David
Gunson,
took full advantage of his
position behind to overtake to
leeward causing John Hooper to take
corrective action and, as the boats
approached the leeward mark, the
Dublin craft made a last desperate
attack to round inside the UK boat.
The attempt was foiled and red flags
were raised. The British crew
captured the gun and
Vincent
Delaney
was left to hear the protest
ashore. The decision went in favour
of the visitors whose emblem, by the
way, is a shark.
Although the "Law Challenge" Silver
Plate has gone to London on this
occasion it seems, with little doubt,
that it shall return.
(See photograph on page 184).
Justin McKenna
DSBA Team
John Hooper,
Barry O'Connor
David Hammond
Gerry Sheedy
Richard Hooper
Brian Conway
Justin McKenna
John Paget Bourke
Jean Cullen
John O'Donnell
Michael O'Reilly
Deirdre Curtis
The Law Society Yacht Club Team
Bruce Lyster
Nigel Hamilton
Nigel Sidebotham
Michael Moran
David Gunson
Duncan Salmon
Chris Mew
Martin Tovell
The Committee Boat
Bill Riordan
Joanne Sheehan
Peter Craig
Philip Lee
Bryan Sheridan
Protest Officer: Vincent Delaney
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