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UCD and NUIG win at Dorney

1st June 2009

Irish crews won the senior and elite eights at London Metropolitan Regatta at Dorney Lake today. NUIG took first in the senior eights, with UCD third, but UCD then went on to  win the elite eights. The Irish also had a good day on Saturday, with wins for the Galway/Skibbereen senior coxless four; the NUIG coxed four and Neptune’s women’s senior pair.

Metropolitan Regatta, Dorney Lake, England (Irish interest, Finals) Saturday Men, Eights – Senior: 3 UCD 6:21.00 Fours – Elite: 3 NUIG 6:48.26, 7 Galway/Skibbereen 7:02.69. Senior: 1 Galway/Skibbereen 6:58.62. Senior, coxed: 1 NUIG 7:00.28. Intermediate One, coxed: 4 NUIG 7:03.95. Pairs – Intermediate One: 3 NUIG 8:29.37. Sculling, Quadruple: 1 London/Old Collegians 6:37.10. Senior: 2 University of Limerick 6:56.44. Intermediate One: 6 University of Limerick 7:04.53. Single – Elite Lightweight: 4 NUIG (L Molloy) 8:16.81. Women Fours – Intermediate One, coxed: 5 University of Limerick 8:44.13. Pairs – Elite: 1 Neptune 8:46.18. Sculling, Single – Senior: 1 Yarm School (R Gamble-Flint) 8:32.60, 3 Queen’s (H Campbell) 8:47.04, 5 St Michael’s (S Clavin)  9:05.65, 6 City of Derry (L D’Urso) 9:06.01, 7 St Michael’s (S Clavin) 9:15.26. Intermediate Two: 4 Cork (M O’Neill) 9:08.00

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