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#ROWING: Sanita Puspure added a second silver medal to the one she won on Saturday at the Memorial Paolo d’Aloja regatta in Italy today. She finished, as she had on Saturday, behind Donata Vistartaite of Lithuania. Paul O’Donovan was again near the head of the field in the men’s lightweight single sculls, but he had to settle for fourth.

Memorial Paolo d’Aloja, Piediluco, Italy (Irish interest)

Men

Lightweight Single Sculls: 1 Italy (M Miani) 7:01.88, 2 Greece Two (E Konsolas) 7:07.15, 3 India (D Dushyant) 7:09.36, 4 Ireland (O’Donovan) 7:09.63

Women

Pair: 1 Ireland (Kennedy, Dilleen) 7:30.0, 2 Italy (Arcangiolini, Marzari) 7:43.67, 3 Italy Two (Basadonna, Bellio) 7:47.89.

Double Sculls: 1 Italy Two (Schiavone, Palma) 7:20.55, 2 Italy (Patelli, Bertolasi) 7:25.08, 3 Belgium (J Ghuysen, M Lewuillon) 4 Ireland (Moran, Dukarska) 7:30.78.

Single Sculls: 1 Lithuania (Vistartaite) 7:48.66, 2 Ireland (Puspure) 7:54.83, 3 Italy (S Magnaghi) 8:03.06.

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#ROWING: All four Ireland crews will compete in Finals on Sunday at the Memorial Paolo d’Aloja regatta in Italy. Sanita Puspure and Paul O’Donovan guaranteed their places by finishing second in their heats. The women’s pair and women’s double sculls go directly through to their finals. 

Memorial Paolo d’Aloja, Piediluco, Italy (Irish interest, Finals)

Men

Lightweight Single Sculls: 1 South Africa (LS Ndlovu) 7:00.21, 2 India (D Dushyant) 7:00.93, 3 Ireland (P O’Donovan) 7:02.33.

Women

Pair: 1 Ireland (L Kennedy, L Dilleen) 7:25.22, 2 Ialy (B Arcangiolini, G Marzari) 7:33.70, 3 Italy Three (I Broggini, V Calabrese) 7:36.35.

Sculling, Double: 1 Italy Two (L Schiavone, G Palma) 7:17.10, 2 Italy One (A Patelli, S Bertolasi) 7:23.75, 3 Ireland (E Moran, M Dukarska) 7:33.44.

Single: 1 Lithuania (D Vistartaite) 7:45.46, 2 Ireland (S Puspure) 7:49.92, 3 Italy (S Magnaghi) 8:00.86.

Saturday Heats

Lightweight Men – 2 P O’Donovan 7:23.19

Women’s Single – 2 S Puspure 7:44.91

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#ROWING: Paul O’Donovan and Sanita Puspure headed the rankings on the first day of the Ireland Trial at the National Rowing Centre in Cork today. O’Donovan, who is still just 19 and a lightweight, was the fastest single sculler on the water. In sometimes difficult headwind conditions he hit 85.5 per cent of projected world gold medal winning time for an under-23 lightweight. Puspure was the fastest woman and her per centage as an openweight single sculler was 84.42.

Ireland Trials, National Rowing Centre, Cork (Selected Results (provisional); Ranked by Time and Per Centage of projected World Gold Medal Time)

Men

Pair – Under-23: 1 M Pukelis, K Neville 7:19.33 (79.67), 2 R O’Callaghan, R Bennett 7:20.13 (79.52). Junior: 1 B Keohane, D Keohane 7:24.93 (78.66), 2 E Murray, B Rix 7:39.46 (76.18), 3 K Fallon, J Bennett 7:41.17 (75.89).

Sculling, Single – Senior: 1 J Keohane 7:31.69 (81.91 per cent), 2 D Neale 7:45.56 (79.47). Under-23: 1 A Harrington 7:33.35 (81.61), 2 D Quinlan 7:46.62 (79.29), 3 T Oliver 7:50.01 (78.72).

Lightweight Single – Under-23: 1 P O’Donovan 7:24.47 (85.50), 2 S O’Driscoll 7:33.88 (83.72), 3 B Beck 7:40.24 (82.57).

Junior: 1 D O’Malley 7:39.10 (80.59), 2 C Carmody 7:43.20 (79.88), 3 S Mulvaney 7:49.15 (78.87).

Women

Pair – Junior: 1 N Casey, E McCarthy 8:28.74 (76.27), 2 Clarke, Glover 8:36.22 (75.16), 3 O’Connor, Hickey 8:40.66 (74.52).

Sculling, Double – Senior: E Moran, M Dukarska 7:41.83 (81.05)

Single – Senior: S Puspure 7:56.20 (84.42)

Lightweight Single – Senior: 1 S McCrohan 8:21.77 (83.31), 2 O Hayes 8:30.20 (81.93), 3 C Jennings 8:31.52 (81.72).

Junior: 1 E Barry 8:32.96 (78.37), 2 E Lambe 8:43.60 (76.78), 3 E Hegarty 8:48.04 (76.13).

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#ROWING: Irish rowing grabbed a few hours of relative calm between spells of gusting wind to stage the second session of the Ireland Trial at Newry Canal today. Lightweight single sculler Siobhán McCrohan (26) again topped the overall rankings – bettering her per centage of projected world gold medal winning time set on Saturday.

Paul O’Donovan and Sanita Puspure also confirmed their good form, with O’Donovan teaming up to good effect with Shane O’Driscoll in a lightweight double scull. One of the most encouraging aspects of the weekend was the evidence of a breadth of talent in the lightweight men’s category – Anthony English did well today, and Niall Kenny was not far behind.

Ireland Trial, Newry Canal (Run over 5km; Selected Results)

(Percentage is of projected world gold medal winning time)

Saturday

Men

Pair – Senior: 1 D Neale, C Folan 18 minutes 41.53 seconds (82.03), 2 D Power, P O’Connell 18:53.62 (81.6). Under-23: 1 R O’Callaghan, R Bennett 18:29.53 (82.92), 2 M Pukelis, K Neville 19:23.43 (79.08). Junior: D Keohane, B Keohane 19:06.58 (80.24), 2 Murphy, O’Connell 19:26.23 (78.89), 3 Fallon, Bennett 19:32.47 (78.47).

Lightweight: 1 Quinlan, O’Connor 19:27.59 (81.36), 2 McKenna, Murphy 19:30.72 (81.15), 3 Keane, Breen 19:32.55 (81.02).

Sculling,

Single – Senior: 1 J Keohane 19:16.47 (84.31), 2 A McEvoy 19:37.34 (82.81). Under-23: 1 T Oliver 19.47.82 (82.08), 2 A Harrington 19:52.47 (81.76), 3 S McKeown 20:06.03 (80.84). Junior: 1 D O’Malley 19:41.55 (82.5), 2 C Carmody 19:57.29 (81.43), 3 C Hennessy 20:15.6 (80.21).

Lightweight – Senior: 1 N Kenny 19:18.40 (86.33), 2 J Ryan 19:28.13 (85.61), 3 M O’Donovan 19:30.07 (85.46). Under-23: P O’Donovan 19:05.46 (87.3), 2 S O’Driscoll 19:26.18 (85.75), 3 C Beck 19:41.35 (84.65).

Women

Four – Senior: Deasy, McCarthy, O’Brien, Leahy 19:51.76 (84.33).

Pair – Senior: L Dileen, A Keogh 20:12.32 (84.14), 2 Bennett, Gilligan 21:28.79 (79.14). Under-23: G Collins, O Finnegan 21.05.13 (80.62). Junior: 1 K O’Connor, H Hickey 21:43.08 (78.28), 2 Clarke, Glover 21:54.75 (77.58), 3 Nagle, O’Keeffe 22:33.06 (75.38).

Sculling

Single – Senior: 1 S Puspure 20:21.36 (86.99), 2 M Dukarska 2:40.57 (85.65), 3 E Moran 21:20.92. Under-23: 1 C Fitzgerald 21.50.12 (81.10), 2 H O’Sullivan 22:14.21 (79.64), 3 M Dineen 22:27.69 (78.84). Junior: 1 E Lambe 21:47.62 (81.25), 2 J English 21:54.17 (80.85), 3 E Barry 22:03.17 (80.30).

Lightweight – Senior: 1 S McCrohan 20:58.15 (87.43), 2 C Jennings 21:15.24 (86.26), 3 O Hayes 21:18.60 (86.03). Under-23: 1 R Morris 21:32.68 (85.09), 2 S Horgan 21:47.18 (84.15).

Sunday

(Provisional Results)

Overall (ranked on per centage of projected world gold medal time): 1 S McCrohan (lightweight senior single scull) 2o:50.49 (87.97), 2 P O’Donovan, S O’Driscoll (lightweight under-23 double) 17:26.91 (87.40), 3 S Puspure (women’s senior single) 20:17.63 (87.26), 4 A English (lightweight senior single) 19:13.24 (86.71), 5 M Dukarska, E Moran (women’s senior double) 19:02.81 (86.63), 6 N Kenny (lightweight single) 19:18.26 (86.34).

Men

Pair, Senior: 1 Coughlan, Buckley 19:02.79 (80:50), 2 Neale, Folan 19:08.71 (80.09). Under-23: 1 O’Callaghan, Bennett 18:34.83 (82.52), 2 Power, O’Connell 18:44.47 (81.82), 3 M Pukelis, K Neville 19:13.78 (79.74). Junior: 1 Keohane, Keohane 19:04.69 (80:37), 2 Fallon, Bennett 19:20.32 (79.29), 3 Murphy, O’Connell 19:21.50 (79.21).

Lightweight, Senior: 1 Prendergast, O’Donovan 18:35.31 (85.18), 2 Ryan, Griffin 18:38.23 (84.96), 3 McKenna, Murphy 19:05.94 (82.90). Under-23: 1 Hegarty, Ryan 19:24.87 (81.55), 2 Keane, Breen 19:25.40 (81.52).

Sculling, Double – Under-23: 1 T Oliver, C Beck 18:06.94 (82.57).

Lightweight, Under-23: O’Donovan, O’Driscoll 17.26.91 (87.40)

Single – Senior: 1 Keohane 19:05.78 (85.09), 2 A McEvoy 19:27.84 (83.49), 3 A Bolger 20:52.45 (77.85). Under-23: 1 A Harrington 19:29.92 (83.34), 2 S McKeown 20:03.43 (81.02), 3 A Boreham 20:57.27 (77.55). Junior: 1 O’Malley 19:29.80 (83.35), 2 Carmody 19:55.68 (81.54), 3 A Gough 20:12.44 (80.42).

Lightweight, Senior: 1 A English 19:30.24 (86.71), 2 N Kenny 19:18.26 (86.34). Under-23: 1 D Quinlan 19:54.86 (83.69), 2 S O’Connor 20:05.94 (82.92)

 

Women

Pair – Senior: 1 Dilleen, Keogh 20:00.78 (84.94), 2 M O’Neill, E Tormey 20:30.55 (82.89). Under-23: Fitzgerald, Dinneen 21:33.47 (78.86). Junior: 1 O’Connor, Hickey 21:36.52 (78.67), 2 Wray, Morelli 21:41.98 (78.34), 3 Clarke, Glover 22.11.23 (76.62).

Double – Senior: Dukarska, E Moran 19:02.81 (86.63)

Sculling, Single – Senior: Puspure 20:17.63 (87.26). Under-23: 1 H O’Sullivan 22:16.18 (79.52), 2 B Walsh 22:35.91 (78.36)

Junior: 1 J English 21:23.36 (82.79), 2 E Lambe 21:27.12 (82.55), 3 E Hegarty 21:37.89 (81.86).

Lightweight – Senior: 1 McCrohan 20:50.49 (87.97), 2 O Hayes 21:14.15 (86.33), 3 C Jennings 21:19.10 (86.00). Under-23: 1 R Morris 21:37.26 (84.79), 2 S Horgan 22:10.68 (82.66)

Published in Rowing

#ROWING: A relatively good 2013 for Irish international rowing will bring practical benefits this year. Five rowers, three more than last year, will receive funding from The Irish Sports Council under the 2014 International Carding Scheme. Sanita Puspure and Claire Lambe have again hit the mark: Puspure qualifies for €20,000 as a world class category athlete and Lambe receives €12,000 as an international class competitor. The two are joined this year by Paul O’Donovan, Leonora Kennedy and Monika Dukarska, who will also be granted €12,000 as international class athletes.

O’Donovan won a medal at the World Under-23 Championships in 2013, while the women’s double sculls of Dukarska and Kennedy finished 10th at the World Championships. This position would secure Olympic qualification for an Ireland boat if it were reproduced at the World Championships next year.

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# RowerOfTheYear: Paul O’Donovan is the Afloat Rower of the Year for 2013. The scholarship student at UCD raced to a bronze medal in the lightweight single sculls the World Under-23 Championships at Linz-Ottensheim in Austria in July. The previous month the 19-year-old had made his mark as a senior international when the reached the A Final at the World Cup Regatta at Dorney Lake, the Olympic venue, finishing sixth.

For these feats the Skibbereen man won the Afloat Rower of the Month Awards for June and July. He is a worthy recipient of the Afloat Rower of the Year Award for 2013.

Rower of the Year: The judging panel is made up of Liam Gorman, rowing correspondent of The Irish Times and David O'Brien, Editor of Afloat magazine.

Published in Rower of the Year

#NeptuneHead: The fastest crew home at the Neptune Head of the River at Blessington Lakes today was the UCD men’s senior eight, but a four made up of two pairs in the Ireland training system were  third, nine seconds behind the UCD eight. Cormac Folan and Dave Neale, who train in Dublin, and Aidan McEvoy and Finbar Manning, who are based in Limerick, were watched by Don McLachlan, the Ireland lead coach. The double of Gary and Paul O’Donovan caught a crab directly in front of McLachlan, but were the fastest double of the day. However, Niall Kenny won the senior single sculls impressively, posting significantly faster times in both the first and second heads than Paul O’Donovan could manage in his effort in the first head.

Neptune Head of the River, Blessington Lakes (Selected Results):

Overall: 1 UCD senior eight (2nd head) 12 minutes 34 seconds, 2 Carlow/Three Castles sen eight (1st hd) 12:41, 3 Gráinne Mhaol/St Michael’s senior four (2nd hd) 12:43, 4 Neptune sen eight (1st hd) 12:45, 5 Carlow intermediate eight (2nd hd) 13:01, 6 Portora junior eight (2nd head) 13:02.

Men

Eight, Senior: 1 UCD 12:34, 2 Carlow/Three Castles 12:41, 3 Neptune 12:45. Intermediate: Carlow 13:01. Novice: Neptune 14:55. Junior: Portora 13:02. Junior 16: Portora 13:48. Masters: Commercial 14:12.

Four, Senior: Grainne Mhaol/St Michael’s 12:43, 2 Grainne Mhaol/NUIG (1st hd) 13:20, 3 Grainne Mhaol/NUIG (2nd hd) 13:23. Intermediate, coxed: Trinity 13:37. Novice: NUIG 15:44. Junior, coxed: Blackrock 14:53. Masters, coxed: NUIG 16:02.

Sculling

Quadruple – Novice, coxed: Blackrock 17:03. Junior 16, coxed: Portora 15:06. Double – Senior: 1 Skibbereen/UCD 13:29, 2 NUIG 14:05, 3 Carlow 14:20.

Single – Senior: 1 UCD (N Kenny; 1st hd) 15:07, 2 UCD (N Kenny; 2nd hd) 15:19, 3 UCD (P O’Donovan) 15:23. Intermediate: Trinity (Morgan) 15:41.

Women

Eight, Senior: Trinity 14:18. Intermediate: Trinity 15:20. Jun 18: Portora 14:45. Jun 16: Portora 15:37.

Four, Senior: 1 NUIG/Tribesmen 14:32, 2 UCD 15:15, 3 Trinity 15:45. Intermediate, coxed: NUIG 16:17. Novice, coxed: Trinity 17:12. Junior: Neptune 19:05.

Sculling

Quadruple – Junior, coxed: Offaly 16:39. Double – Senior: 1 Commercial (C Jennings, G Foley) 16:09, 2 NUIG/Tribesmen 16:14, 3 UCD 16:41.

Single - Senior: Three Castles (H Walshe) 16:26, 2 Three Castles (E Moran) 16:31, 3 Commercial (Dolan) 16:37. Intermediate: Commercial (G Foley) 17:37.

 

Category Report –Neptune HOR 9th November 2013
Category Rank Boat Club/Crew Race Time
  Mens Inter 4+ 1 210 D.U.B.C. 2 00:13:37
  2 9 D.U.B.C. 1 00:14:10
  3 208 NUI Galway BC 2 00:14:36
  4 209 U.C.D. BC 2 00:14:49
  5 112 Carlow **TIME ONLY 1 00:14:57
  6 10 NUI Galway BC 1 00:15:10
  7 8 U.C.D. BC 1 00:15:12
  8 212 NUI Galway BC B 2 00:15:46
  Mens Inter. 1X 1 276 D.U.B.C. A (Morgan) 2 00:15:41
  2 73 D.U.B.C. A (Hurley) 1 00:15:59
  3 72 U.C.D. BC A (Moore) 1 00:16:07
  4 75 NUI Galway BC A (Keane) 1 00:16:13
  5 279 D.U.B.C. B (Acheson) 2 00:16:13
  6 280 D.U.B.C. C (Magan) 2 00:16:16
  7 71 Garda Siochana BC A (Kelly) 1 00:16:28
  8 78 D.U.B.C. B (McElroy) 1 00:16:43
  9 285 D.U.B.C. F (Keogh) 2 00:16:50
  10 288 D.U.B.C. J (McCormick) 2 00:16:54
  11 287 D.U.B.C. I (Dunne) 2 00:16:56
  12 283 D.U.B.C. D (Kelly) 2 00:17:00
  13 289 D.U.B.C. L (Ryan) 2 00:17:15
  14 86 D.U.B.C. E (Rawlinson) 1 00:17:17
  15 82 Commercial RC C (Keogh) 1 00:17:20
  16 85 D.U.B.C. D (Butler) 1 00:17:29
  17 284 D.U.B.C. E (Coulter) 2 00:17:30
  18 277 City of Derry BC (D'Urso) 2 00:17:44
  19 77 U.C.D. BC B (Kennedy) 1 00:17:45
  20 302 Carlow (Roberts) **TIME ONLY 2 00:17:53
  21 286 D.U.B.C. G (Keegan) 2 00:17:58
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Category Report –Neptune HOR 9th November 2013
Category Rank Boa Club/Crew Race Time
  Mens Inter. 1X 22 88 D.U.B.C. G (Corcoran) 1 00:17:58
  23 275 U.C.D. BC (Kennedy) 2 00:18:01
  24 301 Carlow (Ayres) **TIME ONLY 2 00:18:01
  25 91 D.U.B.C. J (Pounch) 1 00:18:06
  26 90 D.U.B.C. I (Costello) 1 00:18:08
  27 291 D.U.B.C. N (Addison) 2 00:18:12
  28 80 NUI Galway BC B (Breen) 1 00:18:17
  29 89 D.U.B.C. H (Riegel) 1 00:18:19
  30 76 Garda Siochana BC B (Murphy) 1 00:18:20
  31 290 D.U.B.C. M (Dover) 2 00:18:29
  32 116 Carlow (Ayres) **TIME ONLY 1 00:18:42
  33 292 D.U.B.C. O (Brennan) 2 00:19:00
  34 74 Commercial RC A (Sweetman) 1 00:19:14
  35 117 Carlow (Roberts) **TIME ONLY 1 00:19:36
  36 93 D.U.B.C. L (Moreau) 1 00:20:01
  37 281 Blackrock College RC C (Egan) 2 00:20:06
  38 278 Blackrock College RC B (Mc Namara) 2 00:20:10
  39 273 Blackrock College RC A (Brassil) 2 00:22:09
  40 92 D.U.B.C. K (Slevin) 1 00:22:22
  Mens Inter. 8 1 201 Carlow RC 2 00:13:01
  2 3 U.C.D. BC 1 00:13:03
  3 202 Garda Siochana BC 2 00:13:47
  Mens Junior 8 1 203 Portora Boat Club 2 00:13:02
  2 4 Carlow RC 1 00:15:11
  Mens Junior 16 4X+ 1 245 Portora Boat Club 2 00:15:06
  2 246 Blackrock College RC 2 00:15:15
  3 247 Graiguenamanagh BC 2 00:15:18
  4 248 Three Castles Rowing Club 2 00:16:20
  5 249 Blackrock College RC B 2 00:18:26
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Category Report –Neptune HOR 9th November 2013
Category Rank Boa Club/Crew Race Time
  Mens Junior 16 8 1 23 Portora Boat Club 1 00:13:48
  2 231 Neptune RC 2 00:15:48
  3 24 Carlow RC 1 00:16:08
  4 26 Blackrock College RC 1 00:16:13
  5 229 Blackrock College RC 2 00:16:34
  6 22 Neptune RC 1 00:16:35
  7 27 Portora Boat Club B 1 00:16:53
  8 232 Portora Boat Club 2 00:17:18
  9 25 Commercial RC 1 00:21:43
  Mens Junior 4+ 1 250 Blackrock College RC 2 00:14:53
  2 37 Blackrock College RC 1 00:15:10
  Mens Masters 4+ 1 38 Carlow RC (c 195) 1 00:16:02
  Mens Masters 8 1 11 Commercial RC (c 377) 1 00:14:12
  2 214 Old Collegians BC/Three Castles 2 00:15:28
  Mens Novice 4+ 1 39 NUI Galway BC 1 00:15:44
  Mens Novice 4X+ 1 41 Blackrock College RC 1 00:17:03
  2 244 Commercial RC 2 00:18:15
  3 42 Commercial RC 1 00:21:05
  Mens Novice 8 1 207 Neptune RC 2 00:14:55
  2 21 Neptune RC 1 00:15:03
  Mens Senior 1X 1 268 U.C.D. BC C (Kenny) 2 00:15:07
  2 70 U.C.D. BC D (Kenny) 1 00:15:19
  3 65 U.C.D. BC B (O'Donovan) 1 00:15:23
  4 263 NUI Galway BC (O'Connor) 2 00:15:25
  5 63 Skibbereen RC (O'Donovan) 1 00:15:38
  6 61 Lee Valley RC (Keohane) 1 00:15:59
  7 62 U.C.D. BC A (Bailey) 1 00:16:04
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Category Report –Neptune HOR 9th November 2013
Category Rank Boa Club/Crew Race Time
  Mens Senior 1X 8 67 U.C.C. RC (Ryan) 1 00:16:07
  9 66 L.E.B.C. A (King) 1 00:16:24
  10 264 Three Castles Rowing Club 2 00:16:25
  11 267 Portora Boat Club A (Murphy) 2 00:17:12
  12 265 Offaly RC A (O'Donohue) 2 00:17:13
  13 69 L.E.B.C. B (Smyth) 1 00:18:23
  Mens Senior 2- 1 113 St. Michaels RC **TIME ONLY 1 00:14:52
  Mens Senior 2X 1 216 Skibbereen RC/U.C.D. BC 2 00:13:29
  2 223 NUI Galway BC B 2 00:14:05
  3 220 Carlow RC 2 00:14:20
  4 13 Gráinne Mhaol RC/U.C.D. BC 1 00:14:36
  5 215 NUI Galway BC 2 00:14:47
  6 222 L.E.B.C. 2 00:14:51
  7 14 Portora Boat Club 1 00:14:57
  8 221 Neptune RC B 2 00:15:00
  9 12 Garda Siochana BC 1 00:15:43
  10 16 NUI Galway BC 1 00:16:07
  11 17 U.C.D. BC B 1 00:16:31
  12 219 D.U.B.C. 2 00:16:53
  13 218 Commercial RC 2 00:23:35
  Mens Senior 4- 1 205 Gráinne Mhaol RC/St. Michaels 2 00:12:43
  2 5 Gráinne Mhaol RC/NUI Galway BC 1 00:13:20
  3 204 Gráinne Mhaol RC/NUI Galway BC 2 00:13:23
  4 7 NUI Galway BC B 1 00:13:50
  5 206 NUI Galway BC 2 00:14:03
  6 217 Neptune RC 2 00:14:23
  Mens Senior 8 1 200 U.C.D. BC 2 00:12:34
  2 2 Carlow RC/Three Castles Rowing Club 1 00:12:41
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Category Report –Neptune HOR 9th November 2013
Category Rank Boa Club/Crew Race Time
  Mens Senior 8 3 1 Neptune RC 1 00:12:45
  Mixed Masters 8 1 300 Carlow **TIME ONLY 2 00:15:31
  Touring 4X 1 303 Tribesmen RC A **TIME ONLY 2 00:20:00
  2 119 Tribesmen RC B **TIME ONLY 1 00:20:01
  3 304 Tribesmen RC B **TIME ONLY 2 00:21:17
  4 118 Tribesmen RC A **TIME ONLY 1 00:21:32
  Womens Inter 4 + 1 254 NUI Galway BC 2 00:16:17
  2 48 Dublin University Ladies BC 1 00:17:06
  3 45 NUI Galway BC 1 00:17:12
  4 44 U.C.D. BC 1 00:18:14
  5 253 U.C.D. BC 2 00:18:24
  6 46 Commercial RC 1 00:18:39
  7 255 Neptune RC 2 00:19:27
  8 47 Neptune RC 1 00:19:36
  Womens Inter. 1X 1 110 Commercial RC B (Foley) 1 00:17:37
  2 299 Garda Siochana BC (Holden) 2 00:17:55
  3 106 Commercial RC A (Jennings) 1 00:18:19
  4 108 Dublin University Ladies BC B (Leahy) 1 00:18:32
  5 111 Dublin University Ladies BC C 1 00:19:00
  6 107 Garda Siochana BC B (Gannon) 1 00:19:05
  7 105 Carlow RC A (Byrne) 1 00:19:58
  8 109 Carlow RC B (Mc Grath) 1 00:20:22
  9 104 Dublin University Ladies BC A (Cass) 1 00:21:08
  Womens Inter. 8 1 224 Dublin University Ladies BC 2 00:15:20
  2 18 Dublin University Ladies BC 1 00:15:56
  Womens Jun 16 4X+ 1 259 Offaly RC 2 00:16:39
  2 56 Commercial RC 1 00:18:32
  3 57 Three Castles Rowing Club 1 00:18:40
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Category Report –Neptune HOR 9th November 2013
Category Rank Boa Club/Crew Race Time
  Womens Jun 16 4X+ 4 258 Commercial RC 2 00:18:41
  Womens Jun 16 8 1 51 Portora Boat Club 1 00:15:37
  2 251 Portora Boat Club 2 00:16:26
  3 52 Portora Boat Club B 1 00:17:28
  4 252 Portora Boat Club B 2 00:18:08
  5 53 Portora Boat Club C 1 00:18:42
  Womens Junior 8 1 228 Portora Boat Club 2 00:14:45
  2 226 Commercial RC 2 00:15:57
  3 227 Neptune RC 2 00:16:22
  4 19 Neptune RC 1 00:18:37
  Womens Junior 4- 1 43 Neptune RC 1 00:19:05
  Womens Masters 4+ 1 115 Carlow **TIME ONLY 1 00:18:32
  Womens Novice 4+ 1 256 Dublin University Ladies BC 2 00:17:12
  2 257 U.C.D. BC 2 00:17:22
  3 55 U.C.D. BC 1 00:17:53
  Womens Novice 4X+ 1 261 Graiguenamanagh BC 2 00:17:57
  2 59 Graiguenamanagh BC 1 00:18:43
  3 260 Garda Siochana BC 2 00:19:44
  4 60 Commercial RC B 1 00:23:38
  Womens Senior 1X 1 298 Three Castles Rowing Club B (Walshe) 2 00:16:26
  2 294 Three Castles Rowing Club A (Moran 2 00:16:31
  3 297 Commercial RC C (Dolan) 2 00:16:37
  4 101 Three Castles Rowing Club B (Moran 1 00:16:53
  5 95 Commercial RC (Dolan) 1 00:17:23
  6 102 Three Castles Rowing Club C (Walshe) 1 00:17:23
  7 100 Dublin University Ladies BC B 1 00:18:00
  8 99 NUI Galway BC (Hurst) 1 00:18:07
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Category Report –Neptune HOR 9th November 2013
Category Rank Boa Club/Crew Race Time
  Womens Senior 1X 9 98 Three Castles Rowing Club A (Quinn) 1 00:18:07
  10 296 Commercial RC A (Rodger) 2 00:18:16
  Womens Senior 2X 1 236 Commercial RC 2 00:16:09
  2 31 NUI Galway BC/Tribesmen RC 1 00:16:14
  3 235 U.C.D. BC 2 00:16:41
  4 240 U.C.D. BC B 2 00:16:45
  5 33 Commercial RC 1 00:16:49
  6 237 Carlow RC 2 00:17:43
  7 34 U.C.D. BC B 1 00:17:48
  8 32 Neptune RC 1 00:18:30
  9 241 Commercial RC B 2 00:19:24
  10 243 U.C.D. BC C 2 00:19:29
  11 238 Neptune RC 2 00:19:47
  12 30 U.C.D. BC 1 00:20:15
  13 35 U.C.D. BC C 1 00:21:39
  Womens Senior 4- 1 233 NUI Galway BC/Tribesmen RC 2 00:14:32
  2 29 U.C.D. BC 1 00:15:15
  3 28 Dublin University Ladies BC 1 00:15:45
  4 234 U.C.D. BC 2 00:16:53
  Womens Senior 8 1 213 Dublin University Ladies BC 2 00:14:18
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#World Under-23Rowing: Paul O’Donovan took a bronze medal for Ireland at the World Under-23 Championships in Linz in Austria this morning. The 19-year-old Skibbereen man, who is a scholarship student at UCD, had a controlled race in the A Final of the lightweight single sculls. Andrew Campbell Jr of the United States was the strong leader from early on, while O’Donovan and eventual silver medallist Franciscus Goutier of the Netherlands stayed in the mix behind him. New Zealander Adam Ling did push to take bronze, but O’Donovan saw him off with his characteristic fast finish.

World Under-23 Rowing Championships, Linz, Austria, Day Five (Irish interest, selected results)

Men

Pair – B Final (Places 7 to 12): 1 Netherlands 6:47.87, 2 Hungary 6:49.68, 3 Slovenia 6:49.83, 4 Ireland (S O’Connor, F McQuillan-Tolan) 7:00.93, 5 Ukraine 7:03.46, 6 Lithuania 7:07.13.

Lightweight Double Sculls – B Final (Places 7 to 12): 1 Denmark 6:37.95, 2 Poland 6:40.97, 3 Lithuania 6:41.40, 4 Britain 6:44.76, 5 Norway 6:45.20, 6 Ireland (S O’Driscoll, G O’Donovan) 6:46.78.

Lightweight Single Sculls – A Final: 1 United States (A Campbell Jr) 7:07.84, 2 Netherlands (F Goutier) 7:10.49, 3 Ireland (P O’Donovan) 7:11.67; 4 New Zealand 7:12.44, 5 Turkey 7:18.84, 6 Britain 7:20.54.

Women

Lightweight Single Sculls – A Final: 1 Greece (A Nikolaidou) 7:58.12, 2 Belarus (A Kryvasheyenka) 8:02.79, 3 Japan (A Oishi) 8:06.68; 4 Belgium 8:09.10, 5 Austria 8:09.32, 6 Ireland (D Walsh) 8:14.47.

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#WorldUnder-23Rowing: Denise Walsh finished sixth in the A Final of the lightweight single sculls at the World Under-23 Rowing Championships in Linz in Austria this morning. The Skibbereen woman and Belgium’s Eveline Peleman were not far off the pace at the back of the field in the first half of the race, but when Peleman moved away, Walsh struggled. The race was won by Aikaterini Nikolaidou of Greece.

Seán O’Connor and Fionnán McQuillan-Tolan finished fourth in the B Final of the men’s pair, 10th overall. The Netherlands were the premier crew throughout, and for most of the first half of the race Slovenia held second and Hungary and Ireland were in third and fourth. Hungary had a good second half and left Ireland behind and then caught and passed Slovenia at the finish, to take second.

In the men’s lightweight double sculls, Shane O’Driscoll and Gary O’Donovan finished sixth. Denmark won convincingly. Ireland looked a possibility for fourth, and 10th overall, but were passed by Lithuania and Britain in the second half of the race.

World Under-23 Rowing Championships, Linz, Austria, Day Five (Irish interest, selected results)

Men

Pair – B Final (Places 7 to 12): 1 Netherlands 6:47.87, 2 Hungary 6:49.68, 3 Slovenia 6:49.83, 4 Ireland (S O’Connor, F McQuillan-Tolan) 7:00.93, 5 Ukraine 7:03.46, 6 Lithuania 7:07.13.

Lightweight Double Sculls – B Final (Places 7 to 12): 1 Denmark 6:37.95, 2 Poland 6:40.97, 3 Lithuania 6:41.40, 4 Britain 6:44.76, 5 Norway 6:45.20, 6 Ireland (S O’Driscoll, G O’Donovan) 6:46.78.

Women

Lightweight Single Sculls – A Final: 1 Greece (A Nikolaidou) 7:58.12, 2 Belarus (A Kryvasheyenka) 8:02.79, 3 Japan (A Oishi) 8:06.68; 4 Belgium 8:09.10, 5 Austria 8:09.32, 6 Ireland (D Walsh) 8:14.47.

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#WorldUnder-23Rowing: Ireland qualified two more boats for the A Finals of the World Under-23 Rowing Championships at Linz in Austria this morning, nailing top-three places in the semi-finals to join the women’s four in the hunt for medals.

Denise Walsh started the day well for the team in green by qualifying in the lightweight single sculls. Aikaterini Nikolaidou of Greece led the semi-final all the way down the course and won.   Walsh and Anna Berger of Austria got away from Julie Marechal of France to secure second and third, with the Austrian pipping the Skibbereen woman for second.

The favourite for gold, Andrew Campbell Jr of the United States, set the pace in the second semi-final of the lightweight single sculls. Paul O’Donovan again had a slow start and by half way still trailed the American by more than a length. O’Donovan, characteristically, closed on his rival in the second half, but Campbell held him off. Zak Lee-Green of Britain took the third qualifying place.

In the men’s pair, Fionnán McQuillan-Tolan and Seán O’Connor finished fifth in a race in which South Africa, Greece and Serbia took a grip of the qualifying places quite early.

Ireland’s lightweight double scull of Shane O’Driscoll and Gary O’Donovan fought their way from sixth to fourth in the middle stages of their semi-final, but could not break into the top three. Poland pushed them into fifth in the second half of the race.

World Under-23 Rowing Championships, Linz, Austria, Day Four (Irish interest, selected results)

Men

Pair - (First Three to A Final; rest to B Final) – Semi-Final One: 1 South Africa (D Hunt, V Breet) 6:46.15, 2 Greece (K Christomanos, A Dafnis) 6:49.16, 3 Serbia (M Vasic, R Deric) 6:49.47; 4 Hungary 6:50.31, 5 Ireland (S O’Connor, F McQuillan-Tolan) 6:59.77, 6 Lithuania 7:20.32.

Lightweight Double Sculls – (First Three to A Final; rest to B Final) – Semi-Final One: 1 Germany (M Moos, J Osborne) 6:36.55, 2 Italy (L Barbaro, S Molteni) 6:37.75, 3 Spain (J de Haz, J Zabala Artetxe) 6:37.88; 4 Poland 6:38.49, 5 Ireland (S O’Driscoll, G O’Donovan) 6:46.30, 6 Norway 6:48.13.

Lightweight Single Sculls – (First Three to A Final; rest to B Final) – Semi-Final One: 1 United States (A Campbell) 7:11.15, 2 Ireland (P O’Donovan) 7:12.58, 3 Britain (Z Lee-Green) 7:14.26; 4 Australia 7:22.67, 5 Italy 7:24.34, 6 Germany 7:28.69.

Women

Lightweight Single Sculls – (First Three to A Final; rest to B Final) – Semi-Finals Two: 1 Greece (A Nikolaidou) 7:54.92, 2 Austria (A Berger) 8:00.22, 3 Ireland (D Walsh) 8:00.28; 4 France 8:04.30, 5 Germany 8:11.25, 6 Cyprus 8:11.63.

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Sharks in Irish waters

Irish waters are home to 71 species of shark, skates and rays, 58 of which have been studied in detail and listed on the Ireland Red List of Cartilaginous fish. Irish sharks range from small Sleeper sharks, Dogfish and Catsharks, to larger species like Frilled, Mackerel and Cow sharks, all the way to the second largest shark in the world, the Basking shark. 

Irish waters provide a refuge for an array of shark species. Tralee Bay, Co. Kerry provides a habitat for several rare and endangered sharks and their relatives, including the migratory tope shark, angel shark and undulate ray. This area is also the last European refuge for the extremely rare white skate. Through a European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) project, Marine Institute scientists have been working with fishermen to assess the distribution, diversity, and monthly relative abundance of skates and rays in Tralee, Brandon and Dingle Bays.

“These areas off the southwest coast of Ireland are important internationally as they hold some of the last remaining refuges for angel shark and white skate,” said Dr Maurice Clarke of the Marine Institute. “This EMFF project has provided data confirming the critically endangered status of some species and provides up-to-date information for the development of fishery measures to eliminate by-catch.” 

Irish waters are also home to the Black Mouthed Catshark, Galeus melastomus, one of Ireland’s smallest shark species which can be found in the deep sea along the continental shelf. In 2018, Irish scientists discovered a very rare shark-nursery 200 nautical miles off the west coast by the Marine Institute’s ROV Holland 1 on a shelf sloping to 750 metres deep. 

There are two ways that sharks are born, either as live young or from egg casings. In the ‘case’ of Black Mouthed Catsharks, the nursery discovered in 2018, was notable by the abundance of egg casings or ‘mermaid’s purses’. Many sharks, rays and skate lay eggs, the cases of which often wash ashore. If you find an egg casing along the seashore, take a photo for Purse Search Ireland, a citizen science project focusing on monitoring the shark, ray and skate species around Ireland.

Another species also found by Irish scientists using the ROV Holland 1 in 2018 was a very rare type of dogfish, the Sail Fin Rough Shark, Oxynotus paradoxus. These sharks are named after their long fins which resemble the trailing sails of a boat, and live in the deep sea in waters up to 750m deep. Like all sharks, skates and rays, they have no bones. Their skeleton is composed of cartilage, much like what our noses and ears are made from! This material is much more flexible and lighter than bone which is perfect for these animals living without the weight of gravity.

Throughout history sharks have been portrayed as the monsters of the sea, a concept that science is continuously debunking. Basking sharks were named in 1765 as Cetorhinus maximus, roughly translated to the ‘big-nosed sea monster’. Basking sharks are filter feeders, often swimming with their mouths agape, they filter plankton from the water.

They are very slow moving and like to bask in the sun in shallow water and are often seen in Irish waters around Spring and early Summer. To help understand the migration of these animals to be better able to understand and conserve these species, the Irish Basking Shark Group have tagged and mapped their travels.

Remarkably, many sharks like the Angel Shark, Squatina squatina have the ability to sense electricity. They do this via small pores in their skin called the ‘Ampullae of Lorenzini’ which are able to detect the tiny electrical impulses of a fish breathing, moving or even its heartbeat from distances of over a kilometre! Angel sharks, often referred to as Monkfish have a distinctively angelic shape, with flattened, large fins appearing like the wings of an angel. They live on the seafloor in the coastal waters of Ireland and much like a cat are nocturnal, primarily active at night.

The intricate complexity of shark adaptations is particularly noticeable in the texture of their skin. Composed of miniscule, perfectly shaped overlapping scales, the skin of shark provides them with protection. Often shark scales have been compared to teeth due to their hard enamel structure. They are strong, but also due to their intricate shape, these scales reduce drag and allow water to glide past them so that the shark can swim more effortlessly and silently. This natural flawless design has been used as inspiration for new neoprene fabric designs to help swimmers glide through the water. Although all sharks have this feature, the Leafscale Gulper Shark, Centrophorus squamosus, found in Ireland are specifically named due to the ornate leaf-shape of their scales.