Sailing: The coastal race yesterday in Bangor Week caused a shuffle in places in the big boats in class two and among the Sigma 33s, where local knowledge certainly was of no advantage.
David McCormick's Red Oktober from the Quoile had a comfortable lead on corrected time from the Scottish boat Tundra, owned by Donald Sharp with Ernie Kelly's Brother from Portaferry taking third.
In the Sigmas Gerry Bell's domination was broken when he was beaten into fifth by the Scot Donald McLaren in Sigmatic. In the other fleet, competition is getting closer in every race. In class three The Flying Fish from England is on equal points with Fred Mahood's Rampart from Strangford Lough.
DUBLIN BAY SC - Cruisers 2 (ECHO): 1, Jasmin II (P Smith); 2, Sasori (M O'Meara, L Hackett); 3, Pippa IV (Monaghan, McSwiney, Kelly, Somers); Cruisers 3 (ECHO): 1, Asterix (F Meredith & J Counihan); 2, Mountain Mist (B Richardson, D Rogan); 3, Artemis (S Richardson). Cruisers 4 (ECHO): 1, Zulu (K Murphy); 2, Duiske (B & B Glynn); 3, Aslana (B Mulkeen, J Martin). Ruffian 23: 1, Scruffian (FJ Ridgway); 2, Papillon (F Guilfoyle); 3, Tango (K Byrne, B Noble, P Quigley).
Youth Olympics: The Republic of Ireland under-16 soccer side will face Spain in the bronze medal play-off of the European Youth Olympics in Esbjerg, Denmark, today.
The shock 2-0 win by Switzerland over hosts Denmark yesterday left the Swiss the only team in the group with a positive goal difference and they face Portugal in the gold medal final.
Elsewhere, the badminton pairing of Ciaran Darcy and Lisa Lynas failed to make the semi-final of the mixed doubles.
Boxing: Dick Richardson, one of Britain's top heavyweights of the late 1950s and early 1960s, died yesterday aged 65. He was European champion in 1960-62.
