NI Final! Honda RYA Youth Rib Championships
An Antrim club gears ups to host two major events this Spring, the Youth Rib Championships and the Topper Ulster Champsionships. 

This years FRib final will be held at the club of NI Champion Gary Fekkes, East Antrim boat club. The NI Final date has been set as the 25th May 2013 and East Antrim are prepared to run a great event.

 The regatta is open to boats of Laser Standard, Radial and 4.7 Class. Competitors must comply with the eligibility criteria as set out in the World Police and Fire Games (WPFG) Official Registration Book. Entries should be made in accordance with the procedures set out in the WPFG Registration Book.

National Handicap for Cruisers

an article by Bas Edmonds, RYA Technical Manager.

National Handicap for Cruisers    or NHC is the RYA's new initiative for cruiser racing which as of March 2013 has replaced the Portsmouth Yardstick for this area of racing.

The change was born through a lack data coming into the RYA via club returns.

An interview with Matt McGovern by Kevin McGourty, RYANI New Regional Communicator. 

In just over 1200 days Brazil welcomes the 28 Olympiad to the city of Rio. It is just under 9 months since London 2012 inspired a new generation of sports stars. But already a new Olympic cycle has begun the achievements of Usain Bolt, Katie Taylor and Jessica Ennis in London’s east end will quickly become another stat in the history books.