The evening events brought no joy for Irish-based crews at Henley Royal Regatta. Carlow gave as good as they got for much of the way in their clash with West End in the Thames Cup for club eights, but the New Zealand crew saw off a push at around half way and powered on to a convicing win. In two of the final races of the day, Muckross suffered steering problems at the start and lost to London Rowing Club’s A crew in the Wyfold for club fours, and Cork could not match The Tideway Scullers’ School in the Britannia for club coxed fours.
Henley Royal Regatta, Day Three (Irish interest)
Princess Grace Cup (Women’s Quadruple Scull; Open): Gloucester RC and Leander bt Belfast RC and Carrick-on-Shannon RC 2¼ l, 7:36
Ladies’ Plate (Eights; intermediate): Harvard University bt NUIG 2½ l, 6:28; Oxford Brookes University/Oxford University bt Molesey BC 1¾ l, 6:40
Thames Cup (Eights; club): 1829 Boat Club bt Galway RC 3 ¼ l, 6:48; West End Rowing Club, New Zealand bt Carlow RC 3¾ l, 6:46
Wyfold Cup (Fours; club): Star Club bt Commercial 2l, 7:14; London RC A bt Muckross 2¼ l, 7:06
Britannia Cup (Fours, coxed; club): Tideway Scullers’ School bt Cork BC 1 ¾ l, 7:23
Temple Cup (Eights; student): Amsterdamsche Studenten Roeivereeniging Nereus, Netherlands bt Queen’s B 2½ l, 6:42; Queen’s A bt Brock University, Canada ¾ l, 6:29
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