Malahide Yacht Club Unveils Honour Boards

Malahide Yacht Club has unveiled two Roll of Honour Boards in its clubhouse to mark the achievements of its six Olympians who competed at nine Olympic Games – including David Wilkins’ Silver Medal in 1980 - and nineteen members who won 27 National Championships in its 52-year history.

Successes in major UK championships have also been highlighted and a separate honour board lists the seven winners to date of the Club Person of the Year Award for the ‘Ossie Bachmann Trophy’, instituted in 2003.

The new Roll of Honour Boards were unveiled at a Reception in the clubhouse by the club’s two longest-serving members Kingsley Long and Dermot Hegarty.

“We are immensely proud of these achievements and of the contribution of members of our small club to Irish sailing,” said Club Commodore Martin Clancy. “With these boards, we have recorded for all time these successes and hope it will act as an incentive for our young members to want to join them.”

Sarah Ann McGrath