Trinity Battle Hard But Let Orca Slip Away

1st July 2016

Crews racing at Henley as spectators watch. Pic courtesy of Henley Royal Regatta.

#Rowing: Trinity’s coxed four exited Henley Royal Regatta on their second day of action today. Orca of Utrecht in the Netherlands slipped into a small early lead in this Prince Albert race but then stretched it to over a length by the Barrier. By the three-quarter mile mark it was a length and a quarter, and Trinity were never able to lessen this. The Dutch stretched the lead again in the enclosures and won by two and three-quarter lengths.

Henley Royal Regatta, Day Three (Selected Results; Irish interest):

Prince Albert (Fours, coxed; Student): Algemene Utrechtse Studenten Roeivereniging Orca, Holland bt Trinity (M Corcoran, P Moreau, L Hawkes, M Kelly; cox C Flynn) 2¾ l; 7:40.

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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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