Shandon Eight Fastest Crew at Cork Head of the River

7th February 2016

#Rowing: Shandon’s men’s senior eight were the fastest crew at the Cork Head of the River at the Marina on Saturday, coming home faster than two UCC senior eights. Andy Harrington of UCC, a senior, was the fastest single sculler, though at junior level Daire Lynch of Clonmel produced one of the performances of the day, coming home in 11 minutes 38.7 seconds. Cork Boat Club’s junior 18 eight were the fastest women’s crew.

Cork Head of the River, the Marina, Saturday (Selected Results)

Head One: Men – Eight, Senior: Shandon 8:55.7. Junior 18: Cork BC 9:12.5. Women – Sculling, Quadruple, Club Two, coxed: Cork BC 12:51.5. Junior 18: Cork BC 11:53.7. Junior 16, coxed: Lee 11:56.8.

Head Two: Men – Sculling, Single: Senior: UCC (A Harrington) 11:33.3. Intermediate: UCD (A Goff) 11:51.5. Club Two: Lee (H Sutton) 12:28.7. Jun 18A: Clonmel (D Lynch) 11:38.7. Jun 16: Lee (Murphy) 12:56.5. Women – Pair, Senior: UCC A 13:08.5. Jun 18A: Cork BC 12:48.8.

Head Three: Men – Four, Jun 18A, coxed: Presentation, Cork 11:07.7. Women – Sculling, Double: Club Two: Waterford B 14:40.5. Jun 18A: Fermoy 13:39.1.

Head Four: Men – Sculling, Quadruple, Senior: Shandon A 9:43.6. Club Two, coxed: Waterford 11:28.1. Jun 18A: Lee 10:06.7. Jun 16, coxed: 10:45.9. Women – Eight, Junior 18A: Cork A 10:53.2.

Head Five: Men – Pair, Jun 18A: Presentation A 11:22.4. Women – Sculling, Single – Inter: UCC (D O’Sullivan) 12:59.0. Club Two: Lee (C Murphy) 14:17.9. Jun 18A: Lee (M Cremen) 13:08.2. Jun 16: Shandon (J Crowley) 13:21.9.

Head Six: Men – Sculling, Double – Senior: UCC C 10:06.9. Club Two: Shandon A 10:54.8. Jun 18A: Clonmel A 10:35.6. Jun 16: Lee 10:46.7. Women – Four – Senior: UCC 10:58.6. Inter, coxed: 12:12.8.

Rolling Head: Men – Four – Masters, coxed: Muckross A 12:19.3. Sculling, Quadruple – Jun 15, coxed: Presentation 12:06.3. Single – Masters: Lee Valley (T Corcoran) 13:13.9. Jun 15: Lee (T Buckley) 12:59.8. Women: Sculling, Quadruple – Jun 15, coxed: Lee A 12:33.1. Single - Jun 15: Lee (H Cummins) 14:19.0.

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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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