Australian Too Strong for English At Henley Royal Regatta

4th July 2014

#ROWING: Anthony English lost out to Nick Purnell, an Australian Olympian in the Diamond Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta this morning. The Australian took almost a four-stone advantage into the cross-headwind conditions and he took a substantial lead early on and won easily for the second day in succession. Remarkably, Purnell was not ‘selected’ (seeded) by the stewards.

Henley Royal Regatta, Day Three (Selected Results; Irish interest)

Double Sculls Challenge Cup (Men, Open): Leander (J Collins, J Walton) bt Three Castles (D Neale, E Grigalius) 2l, 7 mins 48 secs.

Diamond Challenge Sculls (Men, Open Single): N Purnell (National Training Centre, Australia) bt A English (Nottingham RC) easily, 8:44.

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Liam Gorman is a writer and reporter. He is the co-author of Little Lady, One Man, Big Ocean, published in the United States and Canada as Crossing the Swell. He is the rowing correspondent of the Irish Times.

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