The host club's men's four, competing in the second head on the day, was the fastest crew at Bann Head of the River on Saturday. Queen's University's  men's senior quadruple was the fastest crew at the first head on the day. 

Bann Head of the River, Saturday.

First Head (Second Time listed is adjusted figure)

1    QUBC    M SEN 4X-    14:37.87    
3    BANN RC A    M SEN 4X-    14:50.57    
4    BANN RC B    M SEN 4X-    15:12.75    
6    BANN RC    M J16 8+    15:14.58    
11    BANN RC    W J18A 8+    17:29.81    
13    BELFAST RC (E)    MM 8+    17:45.09    16:07.09
17    CAI    M J15 8+    17:49.28    
21    CAI A    M J18B 2-    18:00.70    
15    LADY VICT. (E)    MM 8+    18:06.21    16:27.21
14    BANN RC (D)    MM 8+    18:27.50    17:19.50
16    BELFAST RC (F)    MM 8+    18:39.61    16:35.55
20    CARRICK RC    M INT 2-    18:52.32    
7    QUBC    M NOV 8+    18:56.30    
22    CAI B    M J18B 2-    19:52.20    
9    QUBC B    M NOV 8+    20:10.59    
23    CAI    M J16 2X    20:45.58    
8    BELFAST RC    M NOV 8+    20:50.99    
24    BELFAST BC (F)    MM 2X    21:29.65    18:29.6
26    CARRICK RC    W J16 2X    21:44.07    
18    QUBC LADIES    W NOV 8+    21:53.41    
25    BELFAST BC (E)    MM 1X    22:08.35    19:08.4
28    CARRICK RC    W J15 2X    23:22.91    
27    CARRICK RC B    W J16 2X    26:22.32    
29    CARRICK RC B    W J15 2X    27:50.88    
30    CARRICK RC    M J15 4X+    24:06.46    Time only
31    CARRICK RC    M NOV 4+    19:14.49    Time only
32    CARNLOUGH RC    COASTAL    25:52.38    Time only

Head Two
36         BANN RC    M SEN 4-    14:24.59    
35         QUBC    M SEN 4-    14:37.88    
38         BANN RC    M INT 4+    15:42.22    
48         QUBC    M NOV 4+    15:59.69    
37         CAI    M J18B 4-    16:04.85    
46         BANN RC    M J16 4+    16:21.17    
42    WILLIAMSON    QUBC C    M SEN 1X    16:57.40    
39         QUB LADIES BC    W SEN 4-    17:14.01    
47         CAI    M J16 4+    17:20.90    
43    EVANS    QUBC D    M SEN 1X    17:47.40    
41    O’CONNOR    QUBC B    M SEN 1X    17:52.26    
63         CAI B    M J15 4X+    18:00.41    
55         BELFAST BC (E)    MM 4+    18:20.41    16:48.41
56         BANN RC    M J16 4X+    18:21.45    
51    LITTLE    CARRICK RC    M J18A 1X    18:26.38    
44    ARCHIBALD    CAI    M SEN 1X    18:34.97    
52    GORDON    BANN RC    M J16 1X    19:42.31    
53    MCKAY    CAI B    M J18B 1X    19:50.37    
50         BELFAST RC    M NOV 4+    19:52.40    
68         BELFAST RC    W NOV 4+    19:53.82    
57    ALLEN    BANN RC A    W J18A 1X    20:34.46    
62         CAI A    M J15 4X+    20:41.28    
60         CARRICK RC    M J15 4X+    20:57.95    
59    HUTCHINSON    BANN RC B    W J18A 1X    21:18.03    
58    VAN DER SPEK    CARRICK RC    W J18A 1X    22:07.98    
61         BANN RC    M J15 4X+    22:09.70    
65    KELLY    CARRICK RC B    W J16 1X    22:28.35    
64    COONEY    CARRICK RC A    W J16 1X    22:54.47    
69         QUBC LADIES    W NOV 8    23:53.48    Time Only
67    MCCABE    CARRICK RC B    W J15 1X    24:49.50

Leander’s elite quadruple scull were the fastest crew at the Fours Head of the River in London. The elite quadruple from Queen’s University started 22nd and finished 27th, while the men’s elite coxed four finished 147th and the women’s  elite fours 314th.

Head of the River Fours, London, Saturday (Selected Results, Irish interest)

1 Leander Elite Quadruple 18 minutes 11.01 seconds; 27 Queen’s elite quadruple 19:20.05, 147 Queen’s elite coxed four 20:41.68, 314 Queen’s women’s elite fours 22:05.08.

 

A composite senior eight of University of Limerick, Catleconnell and Garda were the fastest crew at the Neptune Head of the River, held in splendid conditions at Blessington Lakes. UCD’s senior eight, who were missing some of their Championship-winning crew, were two seconds off the pace.

Holly Nixon, the World Championship silver medallist in single sculling at junior level, competed for the last time in this class as she turns 18 next month. She was the fastest woman – and the joint 15th fastest sculler overall.

 Neptune Head of the River, Blessington, Saturday (selected results)

Overall: 1 Castleconnell/Garda/University of Limerick senior eight (head two) 11 minutes 49 seconds, 2 UCD sen eight (head two) 11:51, 3 Castleconnell/UL sen eight (head one) 11:54, 4 Trinity intermediate eight (head one) 12:12, 5 UCD inter eight (head one) 12:28, 6 Neptune junior 18 eight (head two) 12:35.

Men

Eight – Senior: 1 Castleconnell/Garda/University of Limerick (hd 2) 11:49, 2 UCD (hd 2) 11:51, 3 Castleconell/University of Limerick (hd 1) 11:54. Intermediate: 1 Trinity (hd 1) 12:12, 2 UCD (hd 1) 12:28, 3 Commercial (hd 2) 12:46. Novice: 1 UCD (hd 1) 12:40, 2 Trinity (hd 1) 12:47, 3 Trinity (hd 2) 13:29. Junior 18: 1 Neptune (hd 2) 12:35, 2 Portora (hd 2) 13:57, 3 Castleconnell (hd 1) 14:03. Junior 16: 1 Neptune (hd 1) 12:53, 2 Col Chiarain 15:03, 3 Neptune (hd 2) 15:10. Masters: Commercial 12:40.

Four – Senior: 1 UCD (hd 1) 12:43, 2 Garda/University of Limerick (hd 1) 12:49, 3 St Michael’s 13:17. Intermediate: 1 St Michael’s (hd 1) 13:23, 2 Commercial (hd 1) 13:46, 3 Trinity (hd 2) 13:50. Junior 18: Castleconnell 14:15.

Sculling, Double – Senior: 1 Commercial (W Yeomans, C O Riada; hd 1) 13:24, 2 St Michael’s (hd 1) 13:47, 3 Clonmel (hd 2) 14:07.

Single  - Senior: 1 Carlow (K Coughlan, hd 1) 15:22, 2 Carlow (Coughlan, hd 2) 15:40, 3 Portora (Murphy, hd 1) 15:48.

Intermediate: 1 Neptune (Bailey, head one) 14:33, 2 St Michael’s (O’Brien) 14:55, 3 Neptune (Bailey, head two) 14:56. Junior 18: 1 Neptune (Griffin, hd 1) 14:50, 2 Portora (Seaman, hd 1) 15:01, 3 Castleconnell (Quinlan, hd 1) 15:14.

Women

Eight – Senior: Trinity (hd 1) 13:33, 2 Trinity (hd 2) 13:50, 3 Offaly/Old Collegians/Three Castles (quadruple; hd 2) 14:36. Intermediate: 1 Commercial (hd 1) 14:38, 2 Garda (hd 1) 16:01, 3 Garda (hd 2) 16:30. Novice: 1 Trinity (hd 1) 15:00, 2 Trinity (hd 2) 16:02, 3 Neptune (hd 2) 16:11. Junior 18: 1 Neptune (hd 1) 14:10, 2 Shannon (hd 1) 14:32, 3 Portora (hd 1) 14:40. Junior 16: 1 Commercial (hd 2) 15:56, 2 Commercial (hd 1) 16:02, 3 Col Chiarain (hd 1) 17:50.

Four – Senior: Trinity 16:33. Novice: Trinity 17:22.

Sculling, Double – Senior: 1 Portora (H Nixon, K Cromie; hd 2) 14:55, 2 St Michael’s (hd 2) 15:22, 3 St Michael’s C (hd 2) 15:53.

Single – Senior (all Head One): 1 Three Castles (Moran) 15:34, 2 St Michael’s (Clavin) 15:59, 3 Old Collegians (Walshe) 16:04.

Intermediate (all Head One): 1 Trinity (Dolan) 16:03, 2 Shandon (Corcoran-O’Hare) 16:26, 3 St Michael’s (Leahy) 16:34. Junior 18: 1 Portora (H Nixon, hd 1) 15:21, 2 Portora (Cromie, hd 1) 16:35, 3 Neptune (O’Brien, hd 2) 16:56.

Two foreign oarsmen who are studying at the University of Limerick, Rob Weitemeyer from Canada (a double World Championship medallist) and Christian Vennemann from Germany, teamed up with rowers from University of Limerick, Athlone and Neptune to win the Bulls and Bears event at the Castleconnell Head of the River today at O'Brien's Bridge.

The men’s senior pair was won by the Garda/University of Limerick crew of Niall Kenny and James Brynn and UL/Garda also won the senior fours.

Castleconnell Head of the River (List of Winners; Times to Be Finalised)
mens intermediate I 1X     University of Limerick RC B (Sheehan)  
mens intermediate I 2-     Neptune RC    0:12:59
mens intermediate I 2X     Clonmel RC    0:12:10
mens intermediate I 4+     St. Michaels Rowing Club    0:11:42
mens J14 1X     Colaiste Chiarain RC B (O'Connor)   
mens J14 2X     Athlone BC   
mens J14 4X+     Castleconnell BC C   
mens J16 1X     Colaiste Iognaid RC A (Mc Carthy)    0:13:51
mens J16 2X     Colaiste Iognaid RC    0:13:00
mens J16 4X+     St. Michaels Rowing Club    0:12:04
mens J16 8+     Clonmel RC    0:11:58
mens J18A 1X     Athlone BC B (Molloy)    0:13:23
mens J18A 2-     Castleconnell BC    0:13:10
mens J18A 2X     St. Michaels Rowing Club D   
mens J18A 4X-     St. Michaels Rowing Club    0:11:30
mens J18A 8+     Fermoy RC    0:11:08
mens masters 8+     St. Michaels Rowing Club (e 433)    0:12:28
mens novice 1X     Clonmel RC A (Allen)  
mens senior 2-     University of Limerick RC E - Garda Siochana BC/University of Limerick RC    0:11:04
mens senior 2X     St. Michaels Rowing Club    0:11:53
mens senior 4-     University of Limerick RC - Garda Siochana BC/University of Limerick RC    0:11:11
mens senior 8+     St. Michaels Rowing Club    
U23 (ns) mens senior 1X     Castleconnell BC (O'Connor)    
womens intermediate I 1X     Garda Siochana BC A (Holden)    
womens intermediate I 2X     University of Limerick RC    0:14:13
womens intermediate I 4+     St. Michaels Rowing Club    0:12:58
womens J14 1X     Shannon RC A (Nash)    0:25:15
womens J14 2X     Colaiste Chiarain RC   
womens J14 4X+     Shannon RC    0:16:12
womens J16 1X     Castleconnell BC B (Russell)   
womens J16 2X     Castleconnell BC D   
womens J16 4X+     Shannon RC    0:13:54
womens J16 8+     Shannon RC    0:14:03
womens J18A 1X     St. Michaels Rowing Club A (Sherin)    0:13:10
womens J18A 2X     Castleconnell BC   
womens J18A 4X-     St. Michaels Rowing Club    0:12:56
womens J18A 8+     Clonmel RC    0:15:32
womens novice 1X     Castleconnell BC (Mc Devitt)   
womens novice 8+     Clonmel RC    0:13:33
womens senior 1X     University of Limerick RC (O'Sullivan)    0:15:19
womens senior 2X     University of Limerick RC   
womens senior 4X-     University of Limerick RC - Lee RC/University of Limerick RC    0:12:55
Womens Novice 4X+     Athlunkard BC    0:15:01
Womens Novice 4X    Garda BC    0:14:24
mens J16 4X+     Clonmel RC    0:12:50

Monika Dukarska finished fourth at the Fisa World Coastal Rowing Championships in Bari in Italy today. The Killorglin oarswoman pushed hard for a medal position in the closing stages but could not close the narrow gap on Diane Delalleau of France, who took bronze.  Another Frenchwoman, Charlotte Culty, took the gold. Ireland’s Sheila Clavin finished an excellent sixth in her debut in this event.

John Keohane finished seventh in the A Final of the men’s singles. The winner, Guiseppe Alberti of Italy, finished in 29 minutes 28.60 seconds, while the Corkman was one minute 45.90 seconds further back.

Fisa World Coastal Rowing Championships, Bari, Italy – Day One (Irish interest)

Men

Quadruple, coxed – Heat Two (1-8 to A Final; 9-16 to B Final; rest to C Final): 1 Bayer Leverkusen, Germany 20:55.60; 18 Kilmacsimon (S Bennett, S O’Neill, K O’Dwyer, E O’Neill; K O’Leany) 27:56.60.  C Final: 1 Kilmacsimon 26:03.50.

Double – Heat Two (1-6 to A Final, 7-12 to B Final; 13-18 to C Final; rest to D Final): 1 Elpis Genova, Italy 21:45.80; 14 Kilmacsimon (D O’Donovan, R Farrissey) 30:48.00. C Final: 6 Kilmacsimon 31:30.70.

Single – Heats (1-8 To A Final; 9-16 to B Final; rest to C Final) – Heat One: 1 Trieste, Italy (S Martini); 11 Arklow (E Kavanagh). Heat Two: 1 Cus Pavia, Italy 24:34.90; 6 Kilmacsimon (J Keohane) 25:24.60.

Women

Double – Heats (1-6 to A Final; rest to B Final) – Heat One: 1 Aviron Hennebont, France 26:23.50; 8 Arklow (D Maghery, Y Jordan) 34:04.30. Heat Two: 1 Aviron Grenoblois, France 26:47.10; 8 Kilmacsimon (H O’Neill, L O’Neill) 38:15.20.

Single – Heats (1-6 to A Final; rest to B Final) – Heat One: 1 Murcarolo, Italy 30:20.60; 3 St Michael’s (S Clavin) 33:12.50, 8 Arklow (J Ni Ghormain) 39:02.00. Heat Two: 1 Societe Nautique D’Avignon 29:19.90, 2 Killorglin (M Dukarska) 30:38.90; 8 Arklow (J Lee) 42.01.80.

Day Two

Men

Single – A Final: 1 Cus Pavia, Italy 29:28.60; 7 Kilmacsimon (Keohane) 31:14.50. B Final: 7 Arklow (Kavanagh) 34:38.30.

Women

Double – B Final: 2 Kilmacsimon (H O’Neill, L O’Neill) 29:01.10; 4 Arklow (Maghery, Jordan) 31:20.90.

Single – A Final: 1 Societe Nautique D’Avignon (Culty) 33:29.50; 4 Killorglin (Dukarska) 34:38.20; 6 St Michael’s (Clavin) 35:55.30. B Final: 2 Arklow (Lee) 30:47.10; 4 Arklow (Ni Ghormain) 32:39.80.

 

 

Fisa have awarded the 2012 World Coaches Conference to Ireland. The conference will be held in the Strand Hotel in Limerick on 2nd-4^th November 2012. The hotel overlooks the course used for the recent interprovincial sprint event. The conference was previously held in Limerick in 1988.

Ulster and Munster tied for the top spot in the Limerick City of Sport Sprint Regatta on Saturday. Ulster stormed into an early lead, winning the first two events and being well placed in the next few races. They maintained their lead until the last few races when Munster overhauled them. Going into the last race Munster were two points ahead. Ulster won the race and tied up the match. As no tiebreak had been agreed in advance both teams shared first place with 70 points each. Leinster were third on 54 points and Connaught fourth with 43 points. 

 

 

County Leitrim has received a welcome boost with the announcement that a recent round of Government funding will enable the development of an international standard rowing facility on Lough Rinn, near Mohill in the south of the county.

 

The funding which was provided by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport as part of an overall €6 million investment across four projects will enable Leitrim County Council in conjunction with Carrick on Shannon Rowing Club develop a 2,000 metre, six lane facility which will be capable of hosting national and international events as well as acting as a training base for international teams in advance of major competitions.

 

The development of the facility on Lough Rinn is already underway through Leitrim County Council and the facility will become available by April of next year. Once completed the Rowing Facility will be run under the supervision of the Carrick on Shannon Rowing club which is the oldest rowing club in Ireland its foundation dating back to 1836.

 

Commenting on the potential of the new rowing facility, Sinead McDermott, Leitrim Tourism said, “Today’s announcement really is a milestone for Leitrim, the development of this facility will not only raise the profile of Leitrim in a sporting sense but will also have a considerable impact on the local economy and tourism industry. By its very location, this new facility will be extremely accessible for rowing clubs and teams from Northern Ireland, Dublin and the UK.”

 

Anthony Dooley, President of Rowing Ireland echoed this view saying, ''Rowing Ireland believe that the development of Lough Rinn will be a major boost to the development of rowing in the region and will attract rowing people across all age groups and classes both within Ireland and from abroad, having a multi-lane course in such a beautiful and picturesque location will be major draw.”

 

Lough Rinn, a 162 hectares lake which is 3,000 meters in length is ideally suited as a rowing facility and the development project will see the creation of a six lane facility through the placement of pontoons alongside retractable rowing equipment. There will also be a number of spectator points developed with a walkway planned around the entire lake over the next number of years.

 

Outlining the impact the rowing facility will have on the sport, Tony Keane, President of Carrick on Shannon Rowing Club said, “We are thrilled with the awarding of the funding and with the development of the rowing facility. We already have strong links with Clubs across Ireland, Northern Ireland and England and would hope that this facility would enable us to host landmark rowing competitions which would not only increase interest in the sport but also provide a welcome boost to Leitrim.”

 

Rowers and spectators who visit Leitrim in the future will be well catered for with the four star Lough Rynn Castle Hotel on the shore of the Lake itself and the vibrant town of Carrick on Shannon less then fifteen minutes drive.

Ireland had two A Finalists at the World Rowing Championships in Bled in Slovenia this morning. The men’s lightweight quadruple scull of Niall Kenny, Michael Maher, Justin Ryan and Mark O’Donovan finished fourth, with Denmark pipping them for the bronze medal  The Adaptive coxed four were one place further back. Even in a much stronger event this year, Anne-Marie McDaid, Sarah Caffrey, Shane Ryan and Kevin du Toit and cox Helen Arbuthnot matched their performance of last year in placing fifth in the world in the Legs, Trunk and Arms mixed coxed four.

The programme for the day was brought forward because of forecast bad weather.

World Rowing Championships, Bled, Slovenia – Day Eight (Selected Results; Afloat)

Men

Four – A Final: 1 Britain 5:55.18, 2 Greece 5:57.20, 3 Australia 5:58.44.

Lightweight Eight – A Final: 1 Australia 5:44.57, 2 Italy 5:44.73, 3 Denmark 5:46.75.

Lightweight Quadruple Scull – A Final: 1 Italy 6:00.95, 2 Germany 6:01.08, 3 Denmark 6:02.81; 4 Ireland (N Kenny, M Maher, J Ryan, M O’Donovan) 6:03.84, 5 United States 6:09.40, 6 Hungary 6:20.07.

Lightweight Double Sculls – A Final: 1 Britain 6:18.67, 2 New Zealand 6:19.01, 3 Italy 6:21.33.

Women

Lightweight Double Sculls – A Final: 1 Greece 6:59.80, 2 Canada 7:03.46, 3 Britain 7:04.33.

Single Sculls – A Final: 1 Czech Republic (M Knapkova) 7:26.64, 2 Belarus (E Karsten) 7:28.68, 3 New Zealand (E Twigg) 7:30.68.

Adaptive

Legs, Trunk and Arms mixed coxed Four (1,000m) – A Final: 1 Britain 3:27.10, 2 Canada 3:31.84, 3 Germany 3:33.27; 4 France 3:37.17, 5 Ireland (A-M McDaid, S Caffrey, S Ryan, K du Toit; cox: H Arbuthnot) 3:38.13, 6 United States 3:38.16.

 

Ireland’s Siobhan McCrohan and Claire Lambe just pipped France in a photo finish for fifth in the C Final of the lightweight women’s double scull at the World Rowing Championships in Bled in Slovenia. The original results gave the two crews as joint fifth (17th overall), but the official verdict eventually gave fifth place to Ireland and sixth to France.

Sweden and Belarus were locked together in first and second for much of the race and finished in this order. Ireland, Poland, Spain and France were in the following group. Poland finished well to take third and Spain took fourth. Ireland and France crossed the line together in the same time of seven minutes 10.56 seconds. 

World Rowing Championships, Bled, Slovenia – Day Seven (Selected Results)

Men

Pair – A Final: 1 New Zealand 6:14.77, 2 Britain 6:16.27, 3 Italy 6:21.33.

Quadruple Sculls – A Final: 1 Australia 5:39.31, 2 Germany 5:39.56, 3 Croatia 5:42.82.

Single Sculls – A Final: 1 New Zealand (M Drysdale) 6:39.56, 2 Czech Republic (O Synek) 6:40.05, 3 Britain (A Campbell) 6:44.86.

Women

Four – A Final: 1 United States 6:30.30, 2 Australia 6:31.18, 3 Netherlands 6:34.06.

Lightweight Quadruple Scull – A Final: 1 Britain 6:28.14, 2 China 6:30.41, 3 United States 6:33.91.

Double Scull – A Final: 1 Britain 6:44.73, 2 Australia 6:45.98, 3 New Zealand 6:46.74. B Final (Places 7 to 12; first two boats qualify for Olympic Games 2012): 1 Germany 6:57.43, 2 China 6:58.41, 3 United States 6:59.83, 4 Finland 7:04.51, 5 Serbia 7:05.75, 6 Ireland (L Dilleen, S Puspure) 7:13.92.

Lightweight Double Scull – C Final (Places 13 to 18): 1 Sweden 7:03.67, 2 Belarus 7:05.20, 3 Poland 7:07.97, 4 Spain 7:08.53, 5= Ireland 7:10.56, France 7:10.56. 

Adaptive

Legs, Trunk and Arms Mixed coxed Four – A/B Semi-Final (First Three to A/B Semi-Final; rest to B Final): 1 Germany 3:30.78, 2 Ireland (A-M McDaid, S Caffrey, S Ryan, K du Toit; cox: H Arbuthnot) 3:32.63, 3 United States 3:32.98; 4 China 3:35.66, 5 Italy 3:41.51, 6 Russia 3:45.79.