Ireland Quadruple Set for Repechages at World Rowing

21st August 2016

Patrick Boomer of the Ireland Quadruple Sculls.

#Rowing: Ireland's under-23 heavyweight quadruple finished fifth in their heat at the World Championships in Rotterdam and must compete in a repechage to find their way into the A/B semi-finals. The crew of Daniel Buckley, Jack Casey, Patrick Boomer and Sam McKeown needed to finish in the top two to qualify directly. Australia had the confidence and speed to take the lead early and go on to win; Britain and Italy fought it out for the crucial second place, with the Italians taking it. Ireland were fourth down the course but were passed by Norway in the final quarter.

World Rowing Championships, Rotterdam (Selected Results; Irish interest)

Men

Under-23 Lightweight Pair - Heat Two (First Three to A/B Semi-Final; rest to Repechages): 1 Turkey 6:39.80, 2 Greece 6:40.70, 3 Ireland (S Mulvaney, D O’Malley) 6:45.09.

Under-23 Quadruple - Heat Three (First two A/B Semi-Final; rest to Repechages) 1 Australia 5:52.01, 2 Italy 5:53.31; 5 Ireland (D Buckley, J Casey, P Boomer, S McKeown) 6:15.47.

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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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