# ROWING: UCD edged out their great rivals, Grainne Mhaol/NUIG, by just over half a second in the Elite Eights at London Metropolitan Regatta at Dorney Lake today – albeit to take fourth place in a race won by Oxford Brookes. UCD got in front and held off a late charge by the Galway composite to come home in five minutes 51.24 seconds to Grainne Mhaol/NUIG’s 5:51.82. The winners, Oxford Brookes, set a time of five minutes 41.84 seconds. Patrick Moore of UCD and Sheila Clavin of St Michael’s had wins in single sculling events.
Metropolitan Regatta, Dorney Lake (Selected Results, Irish interest)
Saturday
Men
Eights – Elite: 4 Grainne Mhaol/NUIG 5:52.85. Intermediate Two: 3 NUIG 6:05.54.
Fours – Elite: 5 UCD 6:15.54. Senior, coxed: 3 UCD 6:32.88.
Women
Eights – Intermediate One: 1 UCD 6:47.66; 3 Trinity 6:52.73.
Fours – Intermediate Three, coxed: Commercial 7:40.66.
Pairs – Intermediate One: 2 Commercial 8:06.90.
Sculling, Double – Intermediate One: 3 Trinity 7:29.65.
Sunday
Men
Eights – Elite: 4 UCD 5:51.24, 5 Grainne Mhaol/NUIG 5:51.82. Senior: 3 Grainne Mhaol/NUIG 5:59.65. Intermediate One: 4 UCD 6:11.11.
Fours – Elite: UCD 6:20.51. Senior: 3 St Michael’s 6:29.01. Intermediate One, coxed: 4 NUIG 6:50.69. Inter Two, coxed: 4 NUIG 6:48.39. Inter Three, coxed: NUIG 7:04.92.
Sculling, Single – Intermediate One: 1 UCD (P Moore) 7:24.01.
Women
Eights – Senior: 3 UCD 6:49.36. Intermediate One: 2 Trinity 6:45.66. Inter Two: 3 UCD 7:03.78.
Fours – Senior: 4 UCD 7:13.56. Inter Three, coxed: 1 Commercial 7:49.44.
Pairs – Inter One: 3 Commercial 8:06.79.
Sculling, Double – Inter One: 2 Trinity 7:35.63. Single – Senior: 1 St Michael’s (S Clavin) 8:07.18. Inter Three: 3 Commercial (G Foley) 8:43.10.