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Irish Sailing
RACE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT teams CONFERENCE 2022
HOWTH YACHT CLUB, 19TH OF MARCH 2022
When Sunday 10th of April 2022
Where Howth Yacht Club,
Middle Pier, Howth Harbour, Howth, Dublin, D13 E6V3
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facilities Lunch will be available to purchase at the club
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Bill o'hara - IRO, IJ, IU
Bill is a member of Ballyholme Yacht Club and Royal Ulster Yacht Club. He has attended eight Olympic Games in total, a competitor at two (1984 and 1988 in the Finn
Class), a coach at two, on the International Jury at two and a rules advisor at two. In 2001 Bill became an International Judge and he took on the role of Youth
Performance Manager for RYA Northern Ireland and the Irish Sailing Association. He has also been at the centre of major sailing events such as the Volvo Ocean
Race as Co-Chairman of the Jury in 2005/6 race and Principal Race Officer for the last four races. Bill has been Chief Umpire at many of the professional circuits
including the Extreme 40s, MOD 70s, 52SuperSeries, GC32s, M32s and the J Class. He is one of only five people internationally who are a World Sailing Judge,
Umpire and Race Officer. He was awarded Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to sailing.
Con murphy - iro
Con is from Dublin, lives in Rathfarnham, member of the National YC (Commodore 2005-08), Lough Derg YC and Blessington SC (where he started sailing). He
owned and raced the Laser, Hurricane 5.9, 1720, Laser SB3 and currently races the Shannon OD and Waterwag. Con was the coach at Seoul 88 and Laser/youth
coach for many years having also crewed on round Ireland Record holder Lakota 1993. He became a Race Officer in the 70s and has been RO (Technical
delegate) on the 49er course in Rio 2016 and Laser/Nacra course at Sanya Youth Worlds in 2018. He is a member of World Sailing Race Management Committee
since 2012 and Race Director for the Volvo DL Regatta since 2013. Professionally, Con is an Airline Pilot (currently fly B757 on Aer Lingus Transatlantic routes). He
is married to Cathy Mac Aleavey and has 3 children (Claudine, Annalise & Finn).
Cara McDowell
Cara is from Dublin and is a member of Malahide Yacht Club where she currently serves on the committee as the Youth Members Representative. She sails a
Fireball, participates in team racing and helms an e-boat on occasion in Skerries. A previous member of the Irish Sailing 420 academy for 5 years Cara now
coaches both 420s and toppers at a national and international level and has worked in both China and the USA. Aside from sailing, Cara is a recent graduate from
TU Dublin’s Property Economics course and is undertaking a relatively new role as a Research Analyst in Savills.
David Lovegrove - Iro, ROPG Chairman
David took up sailing at the age of seven on a small dam just outside Nairobi, Kenya. During the following ten years he sailed Cadets, Fireflys, Enterprises and
505’s. When his family returned to Ireland, he joined Sutton Dinghy Club where he sailed IDRA 14’s and Fireballs. While in TCD he was a member of the sailing
team that won the British Universities team racing championships on three occasions. He was Captain of the TCD team and was awarded a Trinity Pink for
sailing. In the Fireball class, he won the Irish Championships and was fourth in the World Championship in France. He later moved to the Squib class, where he
also won the Irish Championships. He then moved to the Puppeteer, winning the Irish Championships on numerous occasions. He is a former President of Irish
Sailing, an International Race Officer, is a former Commodore of Howth Yacht Club and is the current Chairman of the Race official Policy Group.
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Laura dillon
Laura is a very passionate sailor, who competes internationally and is also very keen to increase participation and help others to enjoy our great sport.
Laura is currently a Rear Commodore at the Royal Ocean Racing Club and a member of Howth Yacht Club. From sailing on her father’s GK34 and GK24 as a
child, Laura moved to Optimists participating in 3 Optimist World and 3 European Championships, winning a Silver medal at the Optimist World
Championships and 2nd girl in the World in Argentina, 1992. Next she went on to sail laser 2s winning a Bronze medal at the Youth World Championships in
USA and the Senior Helmsman Championships in, 1996. Laura campaigned internationally in the 470, match racing and Olympic classes and then moved to
London to focus on her career. She began keelboat racing both inshore and also offshore, competing in Fastnet and Round Ireland races. Campaigning one
design keelboats including Dragons, Etchells and J24s at World and European Championship level and for the past decade. Recently she did the Fastnet and
D2D Race with Conor Fogarty on his foiling Figaro 3. After many years abroad, Laura is delighted to have just moved back to Dublin.
John McNeilly, National Mark Layer
John became interested in sailing, a little later in life than most, purchasing a half share in an Enterprise, and teaching himself how to sail in Malahide. His
sailing career progressed quickly into Flying Fifteens in Dun Laoghaire, then to J24’s; Sigma31’s; 1720’s before getting into the larger sailing boats. John has
competed in several high profile sailing events such as Cork Week (3 times), Round Ireland Race (4 times), Fastnet Race (3 times), Sydney Hobart (twice),
ISORA races (many) and club races. John was on the pin end boat for the MOD-70’s in Dun Laoghaire (yes the one that capsized). John volunteers as a
Mark Layer in Dublin Bay and around the country, recently appointed to National Mark Layer.
Ian Bowring, National Results Manager
Ian races a Sigma 33 in Dublin Bay and in an occasional costal/offshore race. He has been managing results for both large and small regattas for some 20
years and is currently migrating the DBSC results system to Halsail for the 2022 season. He plays an active part as a member of the newly established Irish
Sailing Ratings and Handicapping Steering Group and has been delivering courses in Ireland on HalSail and Sailwave results programmes since Results
Managers became a recognised discipline in Irish Sailing.
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Denis Rowe, Irish COASTGUARD
Denis Rowe has over 20 years’ experience in Search & Rescue ranging from Malin Head to Valentia to Bermuda. Qualified as Merchant Navy Radio
Officer spending 5 years at sea before coming ashore with the Irish Coast Guard in 1997. He has worked at all three Rescue Coordination Centres in
Ireland (Malin Head, Valentia & Dublin) and been stationed overseas as Officer-In-Charge at the Rescue Coordination Centre in Bermuda for 17 years,
working closely with colleagues in the U.S. & Canadian Coast Guards. Have been involved in the coordination of SAR response to many yacht races
including the Newport to Bermuda race and prestigious America’s Cup event held in Bermuda a few years ago. Now back with the Irish Coast Guard as
Operations & Training Officer with a heavy emphasis on training of Rescue Coordination Centre personnel. He sits on several groups including the
Marine Communications Sub Working Group who continue efforts to improve Safety on the Water.
pHILIP sCALLAN, National safety leader
Philip Scallan has been boating all his life learning to sail and row at the tender age of 8 and graduated up to power boating by 14. Philip and his wife
Helen encouraged their own family of three boys to sail all around the country in Oppi’s, Toppers and Lasers. Seeing the boys enjoying the water helped
with the decision to expand the family boating to Motorboat. Circumnavigation of Ireland followed. Philip has volunteered and helped on the water at two
Volvo Ocean Races in Galway and provided the pin end boat for the Race in 2009. Philip also has helped at both the Tall ships events in Waterford. He
has been Safety Officer at the ISAF’s in 2012, European Lasers 2013 and The Optimist European Championship 2014.
scorie walls - NRO, NJ
Scorie is from Dublin, living in Sutton and is a member of Howth Yacht Club and Sutton Dinghy Club. She started sailing in SDC on Herons in the late 60s
with her brother Conor going through the junior section there, sailing Optimists, Mirrors, and Lasers, eventually settling into IDRA 14s as a young adult
enjoying much success, winning many National Championships as both crew and helm. Currently she sails a Puppeteer 22 in Howth in which she has
also won a National Championships. Starting out her race management career in a smaller club like Sutton meant that she had to learn all the jobs
starting with driving safety boats, mark laying, and eventually, PRO. Whilst most of her race management is concentrated in Howth, she hasn’t forgotten
her roots and is a regular in Sutton still. She also enjoys officiating around the country and has recently acted as PRO in Royal Cork, Fenit, and Foynes.
Scorie spent all her working life working for Bank of Ireland, but has recently taken early retirement to enjoy the good life.
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Suzanne mcgarry - nro
Suzanne is from Dun Laoghaire and is a member of the Royal St George YC, the Dun Laoghaire Motor YC & Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC). She started off
in the water, with swimming, waterpolo, rowing boats and then moved to being on the water, with patrol/rescue, mark laying, Dun Laoghaire Lifeboat, and
sailing. She has sailed and raced a variety of boats over the past 40+ years, IDRA14s, GP14s, Fireballs, Ruffians, 31.7s, Cruisers etc. She has been involved
in race management since the early 80s and has served as a DBSC committee member and is currently one of their race officers. Suzanne is currently a
member of the ISA Race Officials Policy Group. Outside of sailing , Suzanne works in the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine as an IT
Infrastructure Manager.
gordon Davies, national Umpire and International Judge
Gordon Davies learnt to sail while staying on a ship built in Pondicherry that was captured by the British during the Napoleonic Wars and was moored
within gunshot of HMS Victory! He later taught sailing in France, and competed in Dragons, First Class 8, Selection, JOD and Snipes. He qualified as a
regional Judge in France, shortly before moving to Ireland for a 2 year stay. 20 years later he is still here. He has been an International Judge since
2013, and is also a National Umpire. He is currently Chair of the Irish Sailing Racing Rules Committee and Appeals Board. He is also Racing Rules Chair
of the International Radio Sailing Association.
Fergus O'Kelly, National Measurer and Equipment Inspector
Fergus first started sailing in Sutton Dinghy Club, crewing with his Dad aged 4. He progressed through Optimists, Mirrors, GP14’s and IDRA’s competing
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Liam Maloney, National Race Officer
Liam Maloney came to sailing in his late twenties. He grew up beside Lough Derg and always wanted to figure out this sailing lark. He joined LDYC and was
lucky enough to get a crewing position on a SOD with Hardress Waller, a seasoned sailor and great mentor. After a few years as an understudy, he got his
own SOD and went on to compete at the higher end of the fleet. He became an active committee member and progressed up through the ranks to being
commodore. Being a teacher and having witnessed the difficulty of getting into sailing himself, he introduced a school sailing programme for local children,
having experimented with his own class. This has been a great success. LDYC Olympic Hopeful, Aisling Keller, who qualified the Laser Radial for this year’s
games, started her sailing in this school sailing programme. He became a powerboat instructor, dinghy instructor and boat builder/repairer, building a new
SOD in his retirement. He is now an NRO and has run many successful events. He would like to continue sailing competitively as long as the knee joints
allow him.
ian Rossiter, National Safety Leader, Local Mark Layer
Ian Rossiter became a member of Wexford Harbour Boat and Tennis Club 16 years ago. He was changing career at that time from a seagoing Marine
Engineer to a shore-based job in Engineering Surveying. He learned to sail in his first year in WHBTC and also showed a keen interest in powerboating.
Ian quickly became involved in event organisation in his club and safety coordination for these event. Ian is a power boat senior and advanced
instructor. He has volunteered and helped on the water on a large number of events over the years. Ian is an Irish Sailing National Safety Leader and
Mark Layer.
Mal Nowlan, National Mark Layer
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