#Rowing: On a morning of clear victories, David Higgins of Presentation Boat Club, Cork, had to battle to see off Luke Hayes-Nally of Shandon to take the Club Singles title at the National Rowing Centre.
The other wins in the Saturday morning session of the Irish Rowing Championships followed the pattern of one crew gaining an early lead and winning well. Mark O’Donovan and Shane O’Driscoll in the pair; NUIG in the women’s novice eight; Enniskillen in the men’s junior coxed four and Cork Boat Club’s Lisa Dilleen and Chloe Mehigan in the women’s intermediate double all came home well clear of the field.
Hannah Scott made her move so early that she had three-quarters of the junior single sculls final as clear leader. Margaret Cremen held off Aoife Casey for second.
The men’s intermediate eight final was a UCD affair – their A crew beat their B crew in a tight finish.
Irish Rowing Championships, Day Two (Selected Results)
Men
Eight – Intermediate: UCD 5:50.02.
Four – Junior, coxed: Enniskillen 6:22.94.
Pair – Senior: Skibbereen 6:59.69.
Sculling, Single – Club: Cork (D Higgins) 7:26.59.
Women
Eight – Novice: NUIG 6:38.95.
Sculling, Double – Intermediate: Cork 7:09.95.
Single – Junior: Bann (H Scott) 7:41.22.
