Irish crews were involved in six races this morning at Henley Royal Regatta and won all six. Both Queen's A and B crews had convincing victories in the Temple Cup for student eights, while Carlow and Galway won their heats of the Thames Cup for club eights by three lengths and one and three-quarter lengths respectively. UCD took on and beat Oxford Brookes B in the Prince Albert for student coxed fours and Cork were also convincing winners against Grosvenor in the Britannia for coxed club fours.
In one of the last races before lunch, Muckross, who were seeded in the Wyfold, beat Putney Town by a big margin.
The pattern continued in the afternoon, with St Michael's and Commercial commanding winners in the Thames Cup and Wyfold Cup. Galway Rowing Club fought hard in the final Irish race of the day in the Wyfold Cup, but fell to Nottingham and Union.
Henley Royal Regatta, Day One (Irish interest)
Thames Cup (Eights, club): Galway RC bt Maidstone Invicta RC 1¾ l, 6 min 46 secs; Carlow RC bt Vesta RC 3l, 7:07;
St Michael’s bt Combined Services RC easily, 7:12
Britannia (Fours, coxed; club): Cork BC bt Grosvenor RC 2½ l, 7:33
Wyfold Cup (Fours; club): Muckross RC bt Putney Town RC 4½ l, 7:30; Commercial bt Quintin BC 2l, 7:33; Nottingham and Union BC bt Galway RC 1 ¾ l, 7:19
Temple Cup (Eights; student): Queen’s University, Belfast A bt University of Bristol 4¾ l, 6:38; Queen’s University B bt University of Cape Town 3l, 6:45
Prince Albert (Fours, coxed; student): University College, Dublin bt Oxford Brookes University B 2¾ l, 7:20
The Henley enclosure. Photo: oepkes.com
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