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#Rowing: Glenn Patterson of Sligo was the men’s winner of the Tullamore Time Trial on Saturday. Emily Dowling of the host club, Offaly, was the fastest woman. Dowling is a junior competitor.

TTT 2017Race 414.00 p.m.         
                       
Name Club Grade Launch Time                
                       
        num Cum Time num Cum Time Time Mins Secs time
G.Patterson Sligo MS 13.39 1 2810.29 1 3325.95 515.66 8 35.66 08:35.00
C Brady ORC MS 13.39 2 2876.28 2 3395.57 519.29 8 39.29 08:39.00
M Avery GNM MM(A) 13.39 3 2913.47 3 3487.83 574.36 9 34.36 09:34.00
P. Gallen ATLN MM(F) 13.39 4 2942.4 4 3524.81 582.41 9 42.41 09:42.00
B Cross GNM MM(A) 13.37 5 2989.59 5 3568.97 579.38 9 39.38 09:39.00
B Colsh Sligo MJ15 13.37 6 3034.62 6 3613.19 578.57 9 38.57 09:38.00
A Carroll ATLN MJ15 13.37 7 3074.95 7 4009.23 934.28 15 34.28 15:34.00
R Dunne ATLN MJ15 13.35 8 3119.4 8 3721.85 602.45 10 2.45 10:02.00
L Naughton ATLN MJ15 13.35 9 3150.84 9 3746.14 595.3 9 55.3 09:55.00
C Cronin ATLN MJ14 13.33 10 3268.41 10 3961.5 693.09 11 33.09 11:33.00
A Donovan ATLN MJ14 13.33 11 3227.1 11 3811.77 584.67 9 44.67 09:44.00
D Murtagh ATLN MJ12 13.33 12 3903.54 12 4668.51 764.97 12 44.97 12:44.00
E Dowling ORC WJ18 13.33 13 3327.28 13 3922.14 594.86 9 54.86 09:54.00
E Corcoran CAR WJ16 13.31                
G Guckian CoS WJ16 13.31 15 3829.98 15 4530.12 700.14 11 40.14 11:40.00
D Slater CAR WJ16 13.31 16 3364.83 16 4034.11 669.28 11 9.28 11:09.00
E Oçonnor Sligo WJ15 13.29 17 3404.62 17 4166.59 761.97 12 41.97 12:41.00
A Murphy ORC WJ15 13.29 18 3473.71 18 4092.89 619.18 10 19.18 10:19.00
A Egan CAR WJ15 13.29 19 3506.45 19 4178.19 671.74 11 11.74 11:11.00
G Creighton CoS WJ14 13.27 20 3604.1 20 4363.68 759.58 12 39.58 12:39.00
P Kaminska CoS WJ14 13.27 21 3677.13 21 4370.71 693.58 11 33.58 11:33.00
L Kate Cos WJ14 13.25 22 3713.76 22 4404.57 690.81 11 30.81 11:30.00
E Noyce ORC WJ14 13.25 23 3754.3 23 4449.72 695.42 11 35.42 11:35.00
M Cummins GNM WM 13.25 24 3785.64 24 4431.04 645.4 10 45.4 10:45.00
C.Nolan ORC WM(C) 13.23 25 3881.58 25 4545.96 664.38 11 4.38 11:04.00
J Patterson GNM WM(C) 13.23                
F Durkin ORC MM(H) 13.15 27 3978.11 27 4780.77 802.66 13 22.66 13:22.00
C. Murtagh ATLN TO(WJ15)   28 3572.5 28 4223.5 651 10 51 10:51.00

 

Published in Rowing

#Rowing: Ciaran Brady won the Tullamore Time trial on Saturday. The Offaly Rowing Club man, who had a fall off his bicycle earlier in the day, recovered and came out on top on the canal course. Becky Quinn was the fastest senior woman. The event was run in splendid, sunny, conditions.

Tullamore Time Trial, Saturday (selected results, winners)

Men - Senior: Offaly (C Brady). ‪Jun 18: Three Castles (R Quinn). ‪Jun 16: Carlow (J Keating).

Women - Senior: Three Castles (B Quinn). ‪Jun 18: Carlow (C Nolan). ‪Jun 18: Offaly (E Dowling).   

Published in Rowing

#InlandWaters - Tullamore's Offaly History Centre will host a talk on Monday 23 March on the history of the Grand Canal in Offaly from 1794 to 1804.

Presented by James Scully, the talk will be based on various contemporary sources, most notably the invaluable records within the Grand Canal minute books.

Irish Waterways History has more details HERE.

Published in Inland Waterways

#SHANNON FLOODING - Galway Bay FM reports that Galway county councillors have postponed making any decision on an Oireachtas report into flooding in areas adjacent to the River Shannon.

The move was taken on the suggestion of Cllr Dermot Connolly in the wake of a joint Dáil and Seanad committee report that highlights eight proposals for dealing with flooding issues along the longest of Ireland's inland waterways.

Cllr Michael Connolly has suggested that Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan and Minister for the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan should meet to discuss the report's findings from both a flooding and environmental stance.

Meanwhile, the Irish Independent reports that the Office of Public Works (OPW) has agreed to carry out tests at Meelick weir on the Shannon in Co Offaly after thousands of acres of farmland were flooded over the summer, ruining silage crops and summer grazing land.

Waterways Ireland has denied allegations that a failure to open sluices and lift boards at the weird contributed to the flooding.

Published in Shannon Estuary

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