#ROWING: Ireland crews had another very good day at the Coupe de la Jeunesse junior rowing tournament in Bordeaux in France today. The highlight was a gold medal for the Ireland quadruple of Colm Hennessy, Eoghan Whittle, Patrick Munnelly and Andrew Goff. The men’s double of Conor Carmody and David O’Malley and the women’s pair of Oisin and Dervla Forde both took silver, as they had on Saturday.
Coupe de la Jeunesse 2014, Bordeaux (Finals, Irish interest)
Saturday
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.
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.
Sunday
Men
Pair – A Final: 1 Italy 8:47.20; 4 Ireland (Keohane, Keohane) 8:53.19.
Quadruple – A Final: 1 Ireland (Hennessy, Whittle, Munnelly, Goff).
Double – A Final: 1 Hungary 6:35.55, 2 Ireland (Carmody, O’Malley) 6:38.19.
Women
Pair – A Final: 1 Spain, 2 Ireland (Forde, Forde)
Quadruple – B Final: 1 Austria 6:58.56, 2 Ireland 6:58.81
Double – A Final: 1 Italy 7:16.86; 4 (Lambe, English) Ireland 7:24.33.
Single - E Barry withdrew (medical)