a situation that need to be immediately addressed. Ken as Vice-Chairman of the ISAF Racing Rules Committee was charged with the development of an International Judges Programme to select and certify international judges in time for the Moscow Games.
Ken's initial responsibility for Judges, expanded to Umpires, Measurers and Race Officers and at the time of his retirement from ISAF there were over a thousand certified Race Officials.
From 1998 to 2004 Ken held the post of an ISAF Vice-President. Although his main focus during his 36 years as an international volunteer was the ISAF Race Officials Programme, he was also active in many other areas including Chairman of the International Judges Sub-Committee, from 1980 through until 1996.
In all Ken has attended nine Olympic Games in one capacity or another. From his first Games in 1972 as a member of the Irish team, he has attend every Olympics since, initially as chef de mission and more recently as an ISAF Judge and Olympic Jury Member.
The ISA Hall of Fame is an award presented to an ISA member who has made a significant contribution to the sport of sailing during their lifetime.
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Ken Ryan, ISAF Vice-President from 1998-2004 and the 2006 recipient of the ISAF Beppe Croce Trophy, has been inducted into the Irish Sailing Association (ISA) Hall of Fame. In the late 1970s there were no International Juries, just Protest Committees and with the Moscow Olympic Games (1980) approaching sailing was the only sport that did not have international judges or referees,