Four Medals For Ireland Junior Rowing Team in Bordeaux

2nd August 2014

#ROWING: The Ireland team amassed two silver and two bronze medals on the first day of the Coupe de la Jeunesse, the European Junior tournament, at Bordeaux today. The men’s double of Conor Carmody and David O’Malley and the women’s pair of Oisin and Dervla Forde took silver, while the men’s pair of Brian and David Keohane and the women’s double of Eimear Lambe and Jasmine English finished third in their A Finals. The men’s and women’s quadruples won their B Finals, making it a successful day for the Ireland team.

Coupe de la Jeunesse 2014, Bordeaux, Day One (Finals, Irish interest)

Men

Pair – A Final: 1 France 6:43.72; 3 Ireland (B Keohane, D Keohane) 6:51.36.

Quadruple Sculls – B Final: 1 Ireland (C Hennessy, E Whittle, P Munnelly, A Goff)

Double Sculls – A Final: 1 Hungary 6:25.35, 2 Ireland (C Carmody D O’Malley) 6:28.39, 3 Switzerland 6:32.57.

Women

Pair – A Final: 1 Spain 7:29.19, 2 Ireland (O Forde, D Forde) 7:34.68.

Quadruple Sculls – B Final: 1 Ireland (K Turner, A O’Keeffe, C Beechinor, E Hegarty) 6:53.88.

Double Sculls – A Final: 1 Italy 7:05.55; 3 Ireland (E Lambe, J English) 7:10.30.

Single Sculls – B Final: 3 E Barry.

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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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