#Indoor Rowing: Claire Lambe excelled among a group of lightweight rowers who set personal best times in ergometer (rowing machine) tests at the National Rowing Centre in Cork. Gary O’Donovan, Mark O’Donovan and Shane O’Driscoll all set new best times. Paul O’Donovan did his test in Dublin and also broke new ground. Heavyweight rower Aifric Keogh matched her best time of six minutes 55.5 seconds.
High Performance Ergometer Testing, National Rowing Centre, Cork
Men
Lightweight: 1 G O’Donovan 6:13.7, 2 M O’Donovan 6:16.8, 3 S O’Driscoll 6:18.5.
Women
Open: A Keogh 6:55.5, L Kennedy 6:56.7.
Lightweight: C Lambe 7:05.6, S Dolan 7:15.3.
Irish Provinces Indoor Rowing Championships, University of Limerick (Selected Results; 2000 metres unless stated)
Men
Open – 1 R O’Hagan 6:09.4, 2 F Crowley 6:24.9, 3 A Prendergast 6:25.5. 30-39: G Conway 6:19.7. Open 500: R O’Hagan 1:19.6.
Under-23: A Kinneen 6:20.2. Junior 18: R Byrne 6:16.9, 500: E Walls-Tuite 1:22.3.
Jun 16: J Keating 6:33.8, 500: J McCarthy 1:29.8.
Jun 15 (1,000): R MacCurtain 3:23.6.
Freshers (1,000); G Barlow 3:05.2.
40-49: N Carey 6:24.3, 500: Carey 1:23.9. 50-59: O Short 6:46.9, 500: Short 1:29.4. 60-69: P Victory 6:57.6, 500 (60+): P Victory 1:32.6.
Lightweight – Open: D O’Connor 6:33.5, 500: L Keane 1:28.9.
Lightweight Under-23: L Keane 6:25.0, 500: Keane 1:28.9. Lightweight 40-49: J Doyle 6:29.1.
Women
Open – 1 M Dukarska 7:02.7, 2 A O’Sullivan 7:19.0, 3 M Piggott 7:34.7. 500: M Dukarska 1:33.6.
Under-23: S Bounane 7:18.7. Junior 18: M Cremin 7:23.3.
500: M Cremin 1:38.8.
Jun 16: A O’Farrell 7:32.7, 500: L Turner 1:44.1.
Jun 15: (1,000): A Doyle 3:50.6, 500: J Crowley 1:41.1
Freshers (1,000): B Chase 3:43.2.
30-39: S Kennelly 7:24.9. 40-49: P O’Brien 7:51.8, 500: R Ware 1:43.3. 50-59: M Lawlor 8:11.2, 500: Lawlor 1:55.9.
Lightweight – Open: S McCrohan 7:14.7, 500: K Wilkie 1:44.4.
Lightweight Under-23: E McGiff 7:49.2.
Lightweight 30-39: C Conway 7:48.3.
LTA – S McLoughlin 3:51.1, 500: McLoughlin 1:51.0.
Ulster Indoor Rowing Championships, Queen’s University, Saturday (Selected Results, 2,000 metres unless stated). Includes BUCS: British University Championships.
Men
Open: S McKeown 6:04.7, 2 M Christie 6:25.9. BUCS Open: 1 T Oliver 6:10.6, 2 P Doyle 6:26.9, 3 R Urquart 6:34.7. BUCS Lightweight: C Beck 6:31.2.
Under-23 Lightweight: A Laivinas 6:50.3.
Under-18: D Mitchell 6:26.0. Under-16: A Christie 6:39.3. Under-15: A Graham (1,000m) 3:32.7.
BUCS Beginners (1,000): J Lobinger 3:11.4.
Women
Open: R Maguire 7:15.4. BUCS Open: Maguire 7:15.4. BUCS Open Lightweight: R Brown 7:46.7.
Under-23: K Shirlow 7:28.3.
Under-18: F Chestnutt 7:31.0.
Under-16: L McIntyre 7:46.2. Under-15 (1,000m): A Hall 3:54.6. 30+ (1,000m): L Kerr 3:20.9.
BUCS Beginners (1,000m): A Druijff 3:45.8.
