Galway Rowing Club and Trinity took the men’s and women’s eights crowns at Skibbereen Regatta on Sunday. The first regatta in the new Grand League format was a success, with the emphasis on competition rather than sorting races according to grades.
Skibbereen Grand League Regatta, National Rowing Centre, Cork, Sunday Men Eights: 1 Galway RC (senior) (R Heneghan, S O’Connor, D Hehir, F Barry, J Forde, N Hogan, M Stephens, R Curley; cox A O’Regan) 6:25.12, 2 University of Limerick/Castleconnell (senior) 6:28.19, 3 Neptune (intermediate) 6:30.19; 5 St Joseph’s (junior 18) 6:37.89. Novice, Junior: 1 UCD A (nov) 6:26.74, 2 UCD B (nov) 6:36.64, 3 Trinity B (nov) 6:37.15; 4 St Joseph’s (jnr 16) 6:46.27. Fours: 1 Galway (snr) 7:00.44, 2 St Michael’s (snr) 7:05.29, 3 Garda Siochana (snr) 7:06.10; 5 St Joseph’s (under-23) 7:27.97. Fours, coxed – 1 Neptune (inter) 6:59.29, 2 St Michael’s (snr) 7:01.21, 3 Galway (inter) 7:07.94. B Final: Lee 7:15.90; 2 Presentation (jnr) 7:19.47. Novices, Junior: 1 UCD A (nov) 7:41.45, 2 Shannon (nov) 7:44.34, 3 NUIG (nov) 7:58.75. B Final: UCC (nov) 8:04.33. Pair: 1 UCD (snr) 7:10.36, 2 St Michael’s (snr) 7:13.34, 3 Galway (snr) 7:19.09; 7 Cappoquin (inter) 7:33.89. Sculling Quadruple – 1 Commercial (inter) 6:49.31, 2 Skibbereen (junior) 6:50.35, 3 UCD (senior) 6:59.36. Novice, Junior (coxed): 1 Lee (jnr 16) 7:28.94, 2 Carlow A (jnr 16) 7:29.71, 3 Workmen’s B (nov) 7:34.76. B Final: Shandon (jnr 18) 7:57.51. Doubles: 1 Skibbereen (jnr) 7:19.87, 2 Skibbereen (snr) 7:21.98, 3 St Michael’s (snr) 7:39.71; 4 Lee (inter) 7:49.49. B Final: Commercial (snr) 7:48.85. Novice, Junior: 1 Workmen’s A (novice) 8:07.19, 2 Castleconnell (junior) 8:11.62, 3 Lee (jnr 16) 8:17.21. B Final: Workmen’s B 8:55.58. Singles: 1 Skibbereen (Ryan, inter) 7:33.33, 2 City of Derry (Donaghy, snr) 7:38.95, 3 Skibbereen (Murphy, inter) 7:39.26; 8 Skibbereen (O’Donovan, jnr) 7:48.07, 9 Commercial (Folan, under-23) 7:49.98. Novice, Junior: 1 Castleconnell (Sheehan, jnr) 7:38.53, 2 Muckross (Prendiville, jnr) 7:48.93, 3 Trinity (Mawn, novice) 7:52.48; 5 Skibbereen (Heagarty; jnr 16) 8:07.41. Women Eights – 1 Trinity (snr) (C Condon, S Rodger, S Bennett, R Deasy, C Proud-Murphy, S Cass, I Finn, S Dolan; R Nazarin) 7:05.11, 2 UCD (snr) 7:08.86, 3 NUIG/Tribesmen (snr) 7:19.42. Novices, Junior: 1 UCD (nov) 8:10.04, 2 Trinity A (nov) 8:17.47, 3 NUIG (nov); 5 Shandon (jnr) 9:30.52. Fours – A Final: 1 UCD (senior) 8:06.35, 2 Cork (junior 18) 8:25.20, 3 NUIG (senior) 8:29.19. Fours, coxed: 1 NUIG A (inter) 7:50.26, 2 UCD (inter) 7:52.82, 3 Trinity (inter) 8:04.86. Novice, Junior: 1 Trinity A (nov) 8:04.37, 2 Trinity B (nov) 8:23.03, 3 UCC (nov) 8:31.52; 5 Clonmel (jnr 16) 8:54.04. Pair: 1 Neptune (snr) 8:56.21, 2 Skibbereen (jnr) 9:08.57, 3 Shannon (jnr) 9:36.65. Sculling, Quadruple: 1 Cork (jnr) 7:37.43, 2 Fermoy (jnr) 7:37.43, 3 Bantry (jnr) 8:42.40. Novice, Junior: 1 Killorglin (jnr 16) 7:57.25, 2 Muckross (jnr 16) 8:06.66, 3 Shandon (jnr 16) 8:16.21; 4 Lee (nov) 8:20.40. Double: 1 Skibbereen (jnr) 7:42.69, 2 Skibbereen (snr) 7:57.18, 3 Neptune (inter) 8:02.28. Novice, Junior: 1 Killorglin (jnr 16) 8:41.19, 2 Castleconnell (jnr) 8:50.33, 3 Bantry (jnr 16) 8:50.50. Single: 1 Killorglin (M Dukarska, inter) 8:57.49, 2 Cork (O’Neill, inter) 9:10.60, 3 Skibbereen (Dineen, junior) 9:12.04; 4 Skibbereen (Hayes, lightweight) 9:14.20. B Final: Trinity (Finn, inter) 9:46.92. Novice, Junior: 1 Skibbereen (Connolly, jnr 16) 9:41.25, 2 Shandon (Corcoran-O’Hare, nov) 9:49.84, 3 Cork (Higgins, jnr 16) 9:58.05.
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