Eighth Place for Ireland Crew in European Junior Championships

24th May 2015

#ROWING: The Ireland quadruple finished second in their B Final, eighth overall, at the European Junior Championships at Racice in the Czech Republic today. The Ireland crew of Colm Henessey, Eoghan Whittle, Patrick Munnelly and Andrew Goff had finished sixth in the A/B semi-final. The double of Shane O’Connell and Ronan Byrne were fourth in their C Final, 16^th overall.

European Junior Rowing Championships, Racice, Czech Republic (Irish interest):

Men

Quadruple Sculls – A/B Semi-Final One: 6 Ireland (A Goff, P Munnelly, E Whittle, C Hennessy) 6:30.35. B Final (Places 7 to 12): 2 Ireland 6:23.993.

Double Sculls – C Final (Places 13 to 18): 4 Ireland (S O’Connell, R Byrne) 7:16.086.

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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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