#Rowing: Ireland’s Margaret Cremen and Aoife Casey finished second in their semi-final and will compete in the A Final of the double sculls at the European Junior Rowing Championships in Krefeld in Germany. The Skibbereen/Lee combination were just .31 of a second off winners Denmark in their race and had the second-fastest time overall as they head into the A Final.
Three other crews – the men’s pair and quadruple and the women’s pair – finished outside the A Final places.
European Junior Championships, Krefeld, Germany (Selected Results; Irish interest)
Men
Pair – Semi-Final B: 6 Ireland (A Johnston, R Corrigan) 7:17.95.
Sculling, Quadruple – Semi-Final B: 5 Ireland (J Quinlan, J Keating, M Dundon, B O’Flynn) 6:20.31.
Women
Pair – Semi-Final A: 4 Ireland (G McGill, E O’Reilly) 7:51.31.
Sculling, Double – Semi-Final B: 2 Ireland (A Casey, M Cremen) 7:26.83.