Skibbereen overtake Dublin’s Neptune at top of Grand Rowing League

4th June 2010

Skibbereen Rowing Club is now top the Rowing Ireland Grand League having overtaken Dublin club Neptune following the Cork Regatta, as the league reaches the halfway stage.

The leading clubs after the third regatta are: Skibbereen 372, Neptune 306, St. Michael’s, Limerick 252, Commercial, 232, UCD 222. St Michaels, Limerick still lead the men's senior category on 133 points, with Commercial on 102 points with Neptune overtaking UCD for 89 points. UCD maintain their lead with 141 points in the women’s senior category ahead of NUI Galway on 101.75 points. Skibbereen RC remain top of the junior men category on 137 with St. Joseph’s, Galway (The Bish) in second on 97 with Skibbereen and St. Michael’s topping the junior women on 125 and 80 points respectively. The next Grand League regatta is the Dublin Metropolitan regatta, which takes place at Blessington Lakes on Saturday 12th . The league will resume, after the Irish Rowing Championships which take place in July, with the Limerick and Monkstown regattas in August.

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