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#Coastal Rowing: Myross won the senior men’s title for the second weekend in-a-row at the Irish Coastal Rowing Championships at the National Rowing Centre. The had also won at the ICRF All-Ireland. Killorglin won the senior women’s crown.

 In excellent conditions, the contest for the Club of the Championships was close. The prize goes to the club with the most wins. Holders Kilmacsimon could have taken it with wins in the final two races but were denied and Whitegate, the hosts, were crowned champions.  

Published in Rowing

#CoastalRowing: Kilmacsimon emerged with an outstanding seven wins at the inaugural Irish Coastal Rowing Championships at the National Rowing Centre. Cork clubs were dominant at the event. Ring, with three wins, were the closest challengers to Kilmacsimon, which became the Club of the Championships. Kilmacsimon is based on the River Bandon in west Cork.

Irish Coastal Rowing Championships, National Rowing Centre, Cork (Selected Results; winners of finals)

Saturday

Men

Open Sprint: Myross

Timber Yawl: Kilmacsimon

Open Classic: Myross

Women

Open Sprint: Castletownbere

Timber Yawl: Galley Flash

Open Classic: Castletownbere

Mixed

Masters: Passage West

Sunday

Men

Coastal Four – Senior: Galley Flash. Inter: Blackrock. Under-21; Kilmacsimon. Junior: Myross. Jun 18: Ring. Jun 16: Courtmacsherry A. Pre-Veteran: Blackrock A. Veteran: Whitegate. Masters: Kilmacsimon.

Women

Coastal Four – Senior: Galley Flash. Inter: Killurin. Under-21: Kilmacsimon and Killorglin (tie). Jun: Rushbrooke. Jun 18: Kilmacsimon A. Under-16: Portmagee A. Pre-Veteran: Ring. Veteran: Kilmacabea. Masters: Rushbrooke.

Mixed

Coastal Four – Senior: Kilmacsimon. Pre-Veteran: Ring. Veteran: Castletownbere A.

Published in Coastal Rowing

#CoastalRowing: Castletownbere and Myross both won on the double at the Irish Coastal Rowing Championships at the National Rowing Centre in Cork today. There was a big entry, especially at underage level, and  multiple heats. There is an extensive set of finals scheduled for tomorrow, Sunday.

Irish Coastal Rowing Championships, National Rowing Centre, Cork (Selected Results; winners of finals)

Men

Open Sprint: Myross

Timber Yawl: Kilmacsimon

Open Classic: Myross

Women

Open Sprint: Castletownbere

Timber Yawl: Galley Flash

Open Classic: Castletownbere

Mixed

Masters: Passage West

Published in Coastal Rowing

William M Nixon has been writing about sailing in Ireland and internationally for many years, with his work appearing in leading sailing publications on both sides of the Atlantic. He has been a regular sailing columnist for four decades with national newspapers in Dublin, and has had several sailing books published in Ireland, the UK, and the US. An active sailor, he has owned a number of boats ranging from a Mirror dinghy to a Contessa 35 cruiser-racer, and has been directly involved in building and campaigning two offshore racers. His cruising experience ranges from Iceland to Spain as well as the Caribbean and the Mediterranean, and he has raced three times in both the Fastnet and Round Ireland Races, in addition to sailing on two round Ireland records. A member for ten years of the Council of the Irish Yachting Association (now the Irish Sailing Association), he has been writing for, and at times editing, Ireland's national sailing magazine since its earliest version more than forty years ago