What is offshore renewable energy?

Offshore renewable energy draws on the natural energy provided by wind, wave and tide to convert it into electricity for industry and domestic consumption.

Which resource has the most advanced technology?

Offshore wind is the most advanced technology, using fixed wind turbines in coastal areas, while floating wind is a developing technology more suited to deeper water. In 2018, offshore wind provided a tiny fraction of global electricity supply, but it is set to expand strongly in the coming decades into a USD 1 trillion business, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). It says that turbines are growing in size and in power capacity, which in turn is "delivering major performance and cost improvements for offshore wind farms".

How big is offshore wind?

The global offshore wind market grew nearly 30% per year between 2010 and 2018, according to the IEA, due to rapid technology improvements, It calculated that about 150 new offshore wind projects are in active development around the world. Europe in particular has fostered the technology's development, led by Britain, Germany and Denmark, but China added more capacity than any other country in 2018.

How many offshore fixed and floating wind farms are planned for Irish waters?

A report for the Irish Wind Energy Assocation (IWEA) by the Carbon Trust – a British government-backed limited company established to accelerate Britain's move to a low carbon economy - says there are currently 14 fixed-bottom wind energy projects, four floating wind projects and one project that has yet to choose a technology at some stage of development in Irish waters. Some of these projects are aiming to build before 2030 to contribute to the 5GW target set by the Irish government, and others are expected to build after 2030. These projects have to secure planning permission, obtain a grid connection and also be successful in a competitive auction in the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS).

How do wind farms connect to the national grid?

The electricity generated by each turbine is collected by an offshore electricity substation located within the wind farm. Seabed cables connect the offshore substation to an onshore substation on the coast. These cables transport the electricity to land from where it will be used to power homes, farms and businesses around Ireland. The offshore developer works with EirGrid, which operates the national grid, to identify how best to do this and where exactly on the grid the project should connect.

What is the planning regime in Ireland for offshore wind?

The new Marine Planning and Development Management Bill will create a new streamlined system for planning permission for activity or infrastructure in Irish waters or on the seabed, including offshore wind farms. It is due to be published before the end of 2020 and enacted in 2021.

Who are the main investors in Irish offshore wind?

There are a number of companies aiming to develop offshore wind energy off the Irish coast and some of the larger ones would be ESB, SSE Renewables, Energia, Statkraft and RWE.

Is there scope for community involvement in offshore wind?

There are a number of companies aiming to develop offshore wind energy off the Irish coast and some of the larger ones would be ESB, SSE Renewables, Energia, Statkraft and RWE. Is there scope for community involvement in offshore wind? The IWEA says that from the early stages of a project, the wind farm developer "should be engaging with the local community to inform them about the project, answer their questions and listen to their concerns". It says this provides the community with "the opportunity to work with the developer to help shape the final layout and design of the project". Listening to fishing industry concerns, and how fishermen may be affected by survey works, construction and eventual operation of a project is "of particular concern to developers", the IWEA says. It says there will also be a community benefit fund put in place for each project. It says the final details of this will be addressed in the design of the RESS (see below) for offshore wind but it has the potential to be "tens of millions of euro over the 15 years of the RESS contract". The Government is also considering the possibility that communities will be enabled to invest in offshore wind farms though there is "no clarity yet on how this would work", the IWEA says.

What is the projected generating capacity from offshore wind in Irish waters?

Based on current plans, it would amount to around 12 GW of offshore wind energy. However, the IWEA points out that is unlikely that all of the projects planned will be completed. The industry says there is even more significant potential for floating offshore wind off Ireland's west coast and the Programme for Government contains a commitment to develop a long-term plan for at least 30 GW of floating offshore wind in our deeper waters.

How high are the wind turbines offshore?

There are many different models of turbines. The larger a turbine, the more efficient it is in producing electricity at a good price. In choosing a turbine model the developer will be conscious of this ,but also has to be aware the impact of the turbine on the environment, marine life, biodiversity and visual impact. As a broad rule an offshore wind turbine will have a tip-height of between 165m and 215m tall. However, turbine technology is evolving at a rapid rate with larger more efficient turbines anticipated on the market in the coming years.

What is the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme or RESS

The Renewable Electricity Support Scheme is designed to support the development of renewable energy projects in Ireland. Under the scheme wind farms and solar farms compete against each other in an auction with the projects which offer power at the lowest price awarded contracts. These contracts provide them with a guaranteed price for their power for 15 years. If they obtain a better price for their electricity on the wholesale market they must return the difference to the consumer.

Does RESS apply to offshore wind farming?

Yes. The first auction for offshore renewable energy projects is expected to take place in late 2021.

What is the difference between fixed and floating offshore wind farms?

Cost is one difference, and technology is another. Floating wind farm technology is relatively new, but allows use of deeper water. Ireland's 50-metre contour line is the limit for traditional bottom-fixed wind farms, and it is also very close to population centres, which makes visibility of large turbines an issue - hence the attraction of floating structures Do offshore wind farms pose a navigational hazard to shipping? Inshore fishermen do have valid concerns. One of the first steps in identifying a site as a potential location for an offshore wind farm is to identify and assess the level of existing marine activity in the area and this particularly includes shipping. The National Marine Planning Framework aims to create, for the first time, a plan to balance the various kinds of offshore activity with the protection of the Irish marine environment. This is expected to be published before the end of 2020, and will set out clearly where is suitable for offshore renewable energy development and where it is not - due, for example, to shipping movements and safe navigation.

Do offshore wind farms pose a hazard to wildlife and what mitigation measures are in place?

Environmental organisations are concerned about the impact of turbines on bird populations, particularly migrating birds. A Danish scientific study published in 2019 found evidence that larger birds were tending to avoid turbine blades, but said it didn't have sufficient evidence for smaller birds – and cautioned that the cumulative effect of farms could still have an impact on bird movements. A full environmental impact assessment has to be carried out before a developer can apply for planning permission to develop an offshore wind farm. This would include desk-based studies as well as extensive surveys of the population and movements of birds and marine mammals, as well as fish and seabed habitats. If a potential environmental impact is identified the developer must, as part of the planning application, show how the project will be designed in such a way as to avoid the impact or to mitigate against it.

How many people are typically employed on an offshore wind farm?

A typical 500 MW offshore wind farm would require an operations and maintenance base which would be on the nearby coast. Such a project would generally create between 80-100 fulltime jobs, according to the IWEA. There would also be a substantial increase to in-direct employment and associated socio-economic benefit to the surrounding area where the operation and maintenance hub is located.

What are the training routes to becoming involved in offshore wind?

The recent Carbon Trust report for the IWEA, entitled Harnessing our potential, identified significant skills shortages for offshore wind in Ireland across the areas of engineering financial services and logistics. The IWEA says that as Ireland is a relatively new entrant to the offshore wind market, there are "opportunities to develop and implement strategies to address the skills shortages for delivering offshore wind and for Ireland to be a net exporter of human capital and skills to the highly competitive global offshore wind supply chain". Offshore wind requires a diverse workforce with jobs in both transferable (for example from the oil and gas sector) and specialist disciplines across apprenticeships and higher education. IWEA have a training network called the Green Tech Skillnet that facilitates training and networking opportunities in the renewable energy sector.

What types of employment are available?

It is expected that developing the 3.5 GW of offshore wind energy identified in the Government's Climate Action Plan would create around 2,500 jobs in construction and development and around 700 permanent operations and maintenance jobs. The Programme for Government published in 2020 has an enhanced target of 5 GW of offshore wind which would create even more employment. The industry says that in the initial stages, the development of offshore wind energy would create employment in conducting environmental surveys, community engagement and development applications for planning. As a site moves to construction, people with backgrounds in various types of engineering, marine construction and marine transport would be recruited. Once the site is up and running , a project requires a team of turbine technicians, engineers and administrators to ensure the wind farm is fully and properly maintained, as well as crew for the crew transfer vessels transporting workers from shore to the turbines.

How important could offshore wind energy be?

The IEA says that today's offshore wind market "doesn't even come close to tapping the full potential – with high-quality resources available in most major markets". It estimates that offshore wind has the potential to generate more than 420 000 Terawatt hours per year (TWh/yr) worldwide – as in more than 18 times the current global electricity demand. One Terawatt is 114 megawatts, and to put it in context, Scotland it has a population a little over 5 million and requires 25 TWh/yr of electrical energy.

How advanced is wave technology for renewable energy?

Not as advanced as wind, with anchoring a big challenge – given that the most effective wave energy has to be in the most energetic locations, such as the Irish west coast. Britain, Ireland and Portugal are regarded as most advanced in developing wave energy technology. The prize is significant, the industry says, as there are forecasts that varying between 4000TWh/yr to 29500TWh/yr. Europe consumes around 3000TWh/year.

How is the Irish industry represented?

The industry has two main umbrella organisations – the Irish Wind Energy Association, which represents both onshore and offshore wind, and the Marine Renewables Industry Association, which focuses on all types of renewable in the marine environment.

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5th June 2016

Sunday Win For Ireland Under-23 Lightweights at Dorney Lake

#Rowing: For the second day in succession, Ireland’s under-23 lightweight crew won the elite quadruple at London Metropolitan Regatta. The Skibbereen/UCD/UCC/Shandon combination had 1.4 seconds to spare over Tees Rowing Club. The crew is Fintan McCarthy, Shane O’Connell, Stephen O’Connor and Colm Hennessy

London Metropolitan Regatta, Dorney Lake (Selected Results; Irish interest)

Sunday

Men

Sculling - Quadruple - Elite: 1 UCC, Skibbereen, UCD, Shandon 6:29.52.

Saturday

Men

Eight – Senior: 1 Eton College 5:56.69, 2 St Paul’s School 5:58.86, 3 Commercial 5:59.70; 4 Trinity 6:04.59.

Fours – Elite, coxed: 3 Trinity (P Moreau, M Corcoran, L Hawkes, M Kelly; cox: C Flynn) 6:34.88. Intermediate Two, coxed: 1 UCC (S Murphy, T Power, B Keohane, D Keohane; cox: R O’Leary) 6:48.31.

Sculling – Quadruple – Elite: 1 UCC, Skibbereen, UCD, Shandon (F McCarthy, S O’Connell, S O’Connor, C Hennesy) 6:07.64.

Double – Elite/Senior: 5 Skibbereen/UCC (J McCarthy, D Synnott) 7:02.57.

Single – Elite Lightweight: 2 UCD (Andrew Goff) 7:33.27. Senior: 4 UCC (A Harrington) 7:28.87. Intermediate One: 1 UCC (Harrington) 7:33.35; 5 Garda (D Kelly) 7:47.49. Inter Two: 4 Trinity (S Addison) 7:46.58.

Women

Four – Combined: 3 UCD intermediate one (E Lambe, A Crowley, S Bennett, K O’Connor) 7:22.46. Intermediate, coxed: 3 Commercial (Sinead Dolan, M Bracken, A O’Leary, E Gary; cox: E Moody) 7:38.08.

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9th April 2016

Shandon First and Second in Quadruples Final

#Rowing: Shandon impressed in the second set of finals at the Skibbereen Regatta at the National Rowing Centre. Their senior composite quadruple, with Athlone’s Patrick Munnelly, won the Division One A Final, holding off a Shandon junior quad. Lee won the women’s Division One quad. NUIG were well on top in the men’s coxed four, but the women’s race was a battle to the line, with Commercial just holding off UCD.

Skibbereen Regatta, National Rowing Centre, Cork, Saturday (selected results)

Men

Eight – Division Two – A Final: 1 Trinity A (novice) 6:18.4; 2 UCC (club two) 6:22.0; 4 Cork (jun 18B) 6:30.7. B Final: Shandon (jun 16) 6:33.9.

Four – Division One (coxed) – A Final: 1 NUIG (sen) 6:52.4, 2 Queen’s (club one) 6:56.1, 3 Trinity (club one) 6:56.9; 5 St Joseph’s A (jun 18A) 7:02.2. B Final: 1 UCC (inter) 6:58.4.

Pair – Division One – A Final: 1 Trinity (sen) 6:56.8, 2 Commercial A (sen) 7:00.0, 3 Commercial C (sen) 7:01.2; 5 UCC (inter) 7:11.3. B Final: 1 Trinity A (sen) 7:12.4; 4 Queen’s (club one) 7:27.1.

Sculling,

Quadruple – Division One – A Final: 1 Shandon/Athlone (sen)

6:15.0, 2 Shandon (jun 18A) 6:16.1, 3 Commercial (jun 18A) 6:22.7. B Final: 1 Skibbereen (inter) 6:39.5; 2 Queen’s (club one) 6:46.1.

Double – Div Two – A Final: 1 Carlow (jun 18B) 7:04.6; 2 Skibbereen (club two) 7:11.9. B Final: 2 Waterford (jun 16) 7:26.1.

Single – Div One – A Final: 1 Queen’s (P Doyle, sen) 7:18.2, 2 Clonmel (D Lynch; jun 18A) 7:18.5, 3 Queen’s (C Beck; lwt) 7:24.3; 4 Skibbereen (F McCarthy; inter) 7:26.4. B Final: 1 Garda (D Kelly; sen) 7:32.8; 5 UCC (D Synott; club one) 7:46.2. C Final: Portadown (S McKeown; sen) 7:25.0

Women

Eight – Div Two – A Final: 1 UCD (club two) 7:02.8; 3 Shandon (jun 18B); 5 Col Iognaid (jun 16). B Final: 4 Trinity A (nov) 7:44.2. Four – Division One (coxed) – A Final: Commercial (inter) 7:36.9, 2 UCD (sen) 7:37.5, 3 St Michael’s (inter) 7:46.8; 4 Queen’s (club one) 7:55.8. B Final: 1 NUIG (club one) 7:44.3.

Pair – Div One – A Final: 1 Cork (jun 18A) 7:55.47, 2 UCC (inter) 8:08.1, 3 Queen’s (inter) 8:14.8; 4 Trinity (club one) 8:21.6.

Sculling,

Quadruple – Division One – A Final: 1 Lee (jun 18A) 7:20.4, 2 Skibbereen (jun 18A) 7:25.1, 3 Fermoy (club one) 7:27.3; 4 UCC (inter) 7:30.2, 5 Belfast BC, Queen’s, Fermoy (sen) 7:30.9. B Final: Commercial (jun 18A) 7:47.6. Div Two – A Final: 1 Cork A (jun 18B) 7:46.4; 2 Workman’s (jun 16) 7:49.0; 6 St Michael’s (club two) 8:15.6. C Final: 5 Univ of Limerick (nov) 8:56.2.

Double – Div Two – A Final: 1 Carlow (club two) 8:02.4; 2 Carlow (jun 18B) 8:08.6; 3 Workman’s (jun 16) 8:11.0.

Single – Div One – A Final: 1 Killorglin (M Dukarska; sen) 7:55.4, 2 Skibbereen (D Walsh; sen) 7:58.9, 3 Skibbereen (S Dolan; sen) 8:05.8; 4 Skibbereen (E Hegarty; jun 18A) 8:12.6, 5 UCD (A Crowley; inter) 8:20.4. B Final: 1 Skibbereen (O Hayes; lightweight) 8:27.7; 4 Belfast BC (O Blundell; club one) 8:32.8. C Final: 1 Garda (B Larsen; inter) 8:36.81.

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18th January 2016

Flurry of Challenges on Cork Sculling Ladder

#Rowing: Barry O’Flynn of Cork Boat Club was a winner in the Cork Sculling Ladder at the weekend. He had challenged Stewart Channon of Shandon Boat Club and the verdict on the win was easily. There is a bit set of challenges scheduled for Sunday, January 31^st.

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30th November 2015

Rix and Byrne are Afloat Rowers of the Month

#Rowers of the Month: The Afloat Rowers of the Month for November are Barney Rix of Portora and Ronan Byrne of Shandon. The two young men set new Irish records in indoor rowing. Byrne set a new junior record of six minutes 16.9 seconds at the Provinces Indoor Championships in Limerick. Rix, who had won the junior section at the Irish Indoor Championships early in the year, competed just two days after the Limerick test in Enniskillen – and lowered the record by .1 of a second to 6:16.8.

Rower of the Month awards: The judging panel is made up of Liam Gorman, rowing correspondent of The Irish Times and David O'Brien, Editor of Afloat magazine. Monthly awards for achievements during the year will appear on afloat.ie and the overall national award will be presented to the person or crew who, in the judges' opinion, achieved the most notable results in, or made the most significant contribution to rowing during 2015. Keep a monthly eye on progress and watch our 2015 champions list grow.

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18th October 2015

Hegarty and Shandon Shine at Skibbereen Head

#Rowing: Shandon had an excellent day at the Skibbereen Head of the River at the new venue of the Marina in Cork on Saturday. Their men’s senior eight were the fastest winning crew. Competing in the fourth fixed head, they clocked 10 minutes and 50 seconds. UCC’s senior eight were six seconds further back.

The fastest women’s single sculler was the outstanding junior, Emily Hegarty of the host club.

Skibbereen Head of the River, Saturday, The Marina, Cork (Selected Results, Fixed Head):

Men – Eight, Senior: Shandon 10 mins 50 secs. Inter: UCC 11:04. Masters: Muckross 11:52. Jun 18A: Cork 11:11. Jun 16: Shandon 11:44.

Four – Four: 11:04. Inter: UCC 11:15. Inter (coxed): Cork 11:29. Jun 18, coxed: St Brendan’s 12:36. Jun 16, coxed: Pres, Cork 12:44.

Pair – Jun 18A: Pres, Cork 13:31.

Sculling, Quadruple: Skibbereen 11:03. Jun 18A: Lee 11:27. Jun 16, coxed: Cork 11:47.

Double – Sen: Skibbereen A 12:17. Inter: Skibbereen 13:11. Jun 18A: Lee 12:31.

Single –Sen: E Rowan 12:21. Inter: F McCarthy 12:19. Club One: D Larkin 12:41. Jun 18A: K Mannix 13:01. Jun 16: B O’Flynn 12:57. Masters: H Mertz 13:08.

Women

Eight, Inter: UCC 12.17. Jun 18A: Shandon 12:38. Jun 16: Shandon 13:48.

Four – Sen: Skibbereen 13:34. Inter: UCC 13:26. Jun 18A: Skibbereen 13:35.

Pair – Inter: UCC 13:46.

Sculling, Quad – Inter: UCC 12:56. Jun 18A: Skibbereen 13:14. Jun 16, coxed: Workman’s 13:44.

Double – Inter: 13:39. Nov: St Brendan’s A 15:26. Jun 16: Lee 13:18.

Single – Sen: O Hayes 13:46. Inter: E McCarthy 14:24. Club: M Cremen 14:09. Jun 18A: E Hegarty 13:44. Jun 16: C Synott 14:22.


4	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 1X	E. Rowan	00:30:00	00:42:21	00:12:21
2	UCCRC	Mens Senior 1X	A. Harrington	00:29:26	00:41:48	00:12:22
3	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 1X	M. Rowan	00:29:41	00:42:08	00:12:27
1	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 1X	K. McCarthy	00:29:05	00:41:39	00:12:34

7	Skibbereen	Mens Intermediate 1X	F. McCarthy	00:30:45	00:43:04	00:12:19
8	Shandon	Mens Intermediate 1X	C. Merz	00:31:49	00:44:25	00:12:36
6	Shandon	Mens Intermediate 1X	D. Begley	00:31:11	00:43:50	00:12:39
5	Skibbereen	Mens Intermediate 1X	M. Ryan	00:47:36	01:04:05	00:16:29

9	Lee	Mens Club 1 1X	D. Larkin	00:32:27	00:45:08	00:12:41
12	Skibbereen	Mens Club 1 1X	J. McCarthy	00:33:30	00:46:24	00:12:54
11	Lee	Mens Club 1 1X	H. Sutton	00:33:15	00:46:16	00:13:01
13	Skibbereen	Mens Club 1 1X	N. Kennedy	00:34:07	00:47:37	00:13:30
10	Skibbereen	Mens Club 1 1X	D. O' Driscoll	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS
14	Shandon	Mens Club 1 1X	S. Channon	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS

16	Shandon	Mens Club 2 1X	D. Smith	00:35:13	00:48:31	00:13:18
15	Shandon	Mens Club 2 1X	R. Diffley	00:34:39	00:48:17	00:13:38
17	Cork	Mens Club 2 1X	D. Collins	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS

18	Shandon	Mens Masters 1X	H. Merz	00:35:39	00:48:47	00:13:08
22	Shandon	Mens Masters 1X	J. O'Neill	00:37:18	00:51:08	00:13:50
20	Shandon	Mens Masters 1X	N. Carey	00:36:34	00:50:26	00:13:52
19	Lee Valley	Mens Masters 1X	T. Corcoran	00:35:59	00:50:38	00:14:39
21	Workmans	Mens Masters 1X	M. Burns	00:36:59	00:51:59	00:15:00

26	Skibbereen	Mens J18A 1X	K. Mannix	00:38:41	00:51:42	00:13:01
23	Cork	Mens J18A 1X	L. O'Connell	00:37:36	00:50:41	00:13:05
24	Lee	Mens J18A 1X	D. Breen	00:37:56	00:51:08	00:13:12
27	Lee	Mens J18A 1X	S. Crean	00:39:52	00:53:21	00:13:29
31	Shandon	Mens J18A 1X	R. Byrne	00:39:36	00:53:09	00:13:33
25	Cork	Mens J18A 1X	C. Twohig	00:38:14	00:52:02	00:13:48
29	Cork	Mens J18A 1X	E. Whooley	00:39:11	00:53:06	00:13:55
28	Cork	Mens J18A 1X	R. Cudmore	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS
30	Fermoy	Mens J18A 1X	G. Morrison	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS


8b	Lee	Mens J18 1X	H. Deasy	00:32:12	00:45:16	00:13:04
7b	Lee	Mens J18 1X	R. Fitzgerald	00:31:20	00:44:49	00:13:29
9b	Lee	Mens J18 1X	C. Finn	00:32:47	00:47:02	00:14:15



35	Cork	Mens J18B 1X	F. O'Sullivan	00:40:45	00:53:49	00:13:04
36	Cork	Mens J18B 1X	C. Corkery	00:40:58	00:54:19	00:13:21
40	Shandon	Mens J18B 1X	E. Hickey	00:42:40	00:56:05	00:13:25
38	Cork	Mens J18B 1X	C. Cudden	00:41:30	00:54:56	00:13:26
37	Workmans	Mens J18B 1X	J. Greene	00:41:17	00:55:28	00:14:11
39	Shandon	Mens J18B 1X	C. Rea	00:41:46	00:56:22	00:14:36
34	St. Brendans	Mens J18B 1X	R. O'Shea	00:40:23	00:56:02	00:15:39
32	Cork	Mens J18B 1X	A. O'Sullivan	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS
33	Killorglin	Mens J18B 1X	C. O'Donovan	02:35:54	02:49:41	00:13:47

41	Cork	Mens J16 1X	B. O'Flynn	00:42:28	00:55:25	00:12:57
45	Cork	Mens J16 1X	E. Curtin	00:43:31	00:56:40	00:13:09
50	Cork	Mens J16 1X	B. Connolly	00:45:21	00:58:39	00:13:18
47	Lee	Mens J16 1X	T. Murphy	00:44:07	00:57:32	00:13:25
53	Muckross	Mens J16 1X	S. Fleming	00:46:53	01:00:28	00:13:35
46	Muckross	Mens J16 1X	F. Bastible	00:43:51	00:57:27	00:13:36
43	Lee	Mens J16 1X	E. Larkin	00:43:04	00:56:41	00:13:37
54	Lee	Mens J16 1X	P. Jackson	00:47:16	01:00:54	00:13:38
55	Lee	Mens J16 1X	L. Guerin	00:48:06	01:02:02	00:13:56
51	Skibbereen	Mens J16 1X	D. O'Sullivan	00:45:56	01:00:04	00:14:08
48	Lee	Mens J16 1X	L. Lee	00:44:39	00:58:49	00:14:10
49	Cork	Mens J16 1X	C. O'Callaghan	00:45:06	00:59:21	00:14:15
44	Shandon	Mens J16 1X	D. O'Neill	00:43:17	00:57:42	00:14:25
57	Lee	Mens J16 1X	C. O'Malley	00:48:35	01:03:03	00:14:28
42	Cork	Mens J16 1X	E. Power	00:42:40	00:57:25	00:14:45
52	Muckross	Mens J16 1X	D. Leen	00:46:24	01:01:34	00:15:10
56	Muckross	Mens J16 1X	D. Casey	00:50:59	01:07:14	00:16:15

58	Killorglin/UCCRC	Womens Senior 2-	Killorglin/UCCRC	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS

61	UCCRC	Womens Intermediate 2-	UCCRC B	00:50:17	01:04:03	00:13:46
59	Skibbereen	Womens Intermediate 2-	Skibbereen	00:49:48	01:03:50	00:14:02
60	UCCRC	Womens Intermediate 2-	UCCRC A	00:49:20	01:03:23	00:14:03

62	Killorglin	Womens Club 1 2-	Killorglin	00:51:29	01:07:31	00:16:02

63	Cork	Womens J18A 2-	Cork	00:51:59	01:05:56	00:13:57
64	Shandon	Womens J18A 2-	Shandon	00:52:25	01:06:47	00:14:22


		10:45am - Head 2


4b	Shandon	Mens Senior 4-	Shandon	01:45:43	01:56:47	00:11:04
11b	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 4-	Skibbereen	02:09:35	02:20:58	00:11:23
1b	UCCRC	Mens Senior 4-	UCCRC A	01:49:12	02:00:37	00:11:25
2b	UCCRC	Mens Senior 4-	UCCRC B	01:50:08	02:01:37	00:11:29


80	Cork	Mens Intermediate 4+	Cork	01:42:09	01:53:38	00:11:29

81	UCCRC	Mens Intermediate 4-	UCCRC	01:51:13	02:02:28	00:11:15

82	St. Brendans	Mens J18A 4+	St Brendans	01:33:17	01:45:53	00:12:36

83	Pres Cork	Mens J16 4+	Pres Cork	01:34:25	01:47:09	00:12:44

84	UCCRC	Womens Intermediate 8+	UCCRC	01:56:10	02:08:27	00:12:17

86	Skibbereen	Womens Intermediate 2X	Skibbereen	02:13:45	02:27:24	00:13:39
85	Fermoy	Womens Intermediate 2X	Fermoy	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS

90	St Brendans	Womens Novice 2X	St. Brendans A	01:29:23	01:44:49	00:15:26
89	St Brendans	Womens Novice 2X	St. Brendans B	01:32:26	01:48:18	00:15:52
87	Cork	Womens Novice 2X	Cork	01:40:38	01:56:31	00:15:53

91	Shandon	Womens J18A 8+	Shandon	01:38:59	01:51:37	00:12:38

92	Skibbereen	Womens J18A 2X	Skibbereen	01:36:53	01:49:42	00:12:49
93	Fermoy	Womens J18A 2X	Fermoy	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS

95	Shandon	Womens J16 8+	Shandon	01:40:03	01:53:51	00:13:48
94	Muckross	Womens J16 8+	Muckross	02:26:16	02:41:14	00:14:58

99	Lee	Womens J16 2X	Lee	01:35:50	01:49:08	00:13:18
97	Workmans	Womens J16 2X	Workmans	02:04:00	02:18:01	00:14:01
96	Cork	Womens J16 2X	Cork	01:30:46	01:44:57	00:14:11
98	Skibbereen	Womens J16 2X	Skibbereen	01:31:31	01:47:38	00:16:07


		12:00 - Head 3

101	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 4X-	Skibbereeen	03:33:33	03:44:36	00:11:03
100	UCCRC	Mens Senior 4X-	UCCRC	03:20:03	03:31:20	00:11:17

102	Shandon	Mens Masters 4X-	Shandon	03:00:13	03:13:14	00:13:01

104	Lee	Mens J18A 4X-	Lee	02:53:44	03:05:11	00:11:27
103	Shandon	Mens J18A 4X-	Shandon	02:52:50	03:04:30	00:11:40
105	Workmans	Mens J18A 4X-	Workmans	02:54:18	03:06:31	00:12:13

109	Cork	Mens J16 4X+	Cork	02:56:04	03:07:51	00:11:47
106	Muckross	Mens J16 4X+	Muckross B	02:57:18	03:09:33	00:12:15
110	Shandon	Mens J16 4X+	Shandon	02:56:54	03:09:30	00:12:36
112	Workmans	Mens J16 4X+	Workmans	02:57:54	03:10:33	00:12:39
108	Lee	Mens J16 4X+	Lee	02:59:32	03:13:06	00:13:34
107	Pres Cork	Mens J16 4X+	Pres Cork	02:55:24	03:09:10	00:13:46
111	Muckross	Mens J16 4X+	Muckross A	03:21:26	03:36:48	00:15:22

114	Skibbereen	Womens Senior 1X	O. Hayes	03:01:46	03:15:32	00:13:46
113	UCCRC	Womens Senior 1X	A. Bulman	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS

117	Skibbereen	Womens Intermediate 1X	E. McCarthy	03:02:47	03:17:11	00:14:24
116	Skibbereen	Womens Intermediate 1X	B. Walsh	03:02:17	03:17:22	00:15:05
115	Fermoy	Womens Intermediate 1X	S. Bouanane	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS

122	Lee	Womens Club 1 1X	M. Cremen	03:05:45	03:19:54	00:14:09
120	UCCRC	Womens Club 1 1X	D. O'Sullivan	03:04:33	03:19:07	00:14:34
121	Lee	Womens Club 1 1X	C. Murphy	03:05:16	03:21:08	00:15:52
119	Commercial	Womens Club 1 1X	C. Edwards	03:03:41	03:19:43	00:16:02
118	Lee	Womens Club 1 1X	M. Brozio	03:03:59	03:20:19	00:16:20

12b	Killorglin	Womens Club 2 1X	M. O' Connor	03:20:51	03:37:00	00:16:09
24b	Cork	Womens Club 2 1X	A. O' Leary	03:19:19	03:36:17	00:16:58
22b	Cork	Womens Club 2 1X	E. Hanley	03:20:21	03:37:51	00:17:30
19b	Workmans	Womens Club 2 1X	L. McCarthy	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS
	Killorglin	Womens Club 2 1X	T. O'Connor	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS

123	Lee Valley	Womens Masters 1X	L. Corcoran-O'Hare	03:16:25	03:32:46	00:16:21

126	Skibbereen	Womens J18A 1X	E. Hegarty	03:07:05	03:20:49	00:13:44
124	Skibbereen	Womens J18A 1X	A. Casey	03:06:11	03:20:26	00:14:15
134	Lee	Womens J18A 1X	W. Littlewood	03:10:37	03:25:14	00:14:37
130	Lee	Womens J18A 1X	E. Cummins	03:08:39	03:23:16	00:14:37
128	Cork	Womens J18A 1X	A. Mason	03:07:52	03:22:36	00:14:44
127	Skibbereen	Womens J18A 1X	L. O'Sullivan	03:07:35	03:22:21	00:14:46
131	Shandon	Womens J18A 1X	C. Minehane	03:09:42	03:24:29	00:14:47
129	Shandon	Womens J18A 1X	M. Kovacs	03:08:16	03:23:06	00:14:50
137	Skibbereen	Womens J18A 1X	L. Heaphy	03:11:53	03:26:47	00:14:54
135	Skibbereen	Womens J18A 1X	A. Fitzgerald	03:11:31	03:26:37	00:15:06
132	Cork	Womens J18A 1X	S. Hegarty	03:10:10	03:25:18	00:15:08
125	Lee	Womens J18A 1X	M. Heaney	03:06:11	03:21:30	00:15:19
133	Shandon	Womens J18A 1X	A. McCarthy	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS
136	Fermoy	Womens J18A 1X	K. Bartley	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS

140	Lee	Womens J16 1X	C. Synnott	03:13:10	03:27:32	00:14:22
138	Cork	Womens J16 1X	A. Rice	03:12:21	03:27:19	00:14:58
147	Workmans	Womens J16 1X	S. Burns	03:18:14	03:33:30	00:15:16
141	Cork	Womens J16 1X	C. McCarthy	03:13:37	03:28:54	00:15:17
145	Cork	Womens J16 1X	H. Dupuis	03:15:37	03:31:15	00:15:38
144	Muckross	Womens J16 1X	A. Farrell	03:14:56	03:31:44	00:16:48
142	Cork	Womens J16 1X	C. Hughes	03:14:05	03:31:00	00:16:55
143	Cork	Womens J16 1X	M. O'Sullivan	03:14:25	03:31:26	00:17:01
139	Cork	Womens J16 1X	S. Murphy	03:12:46	03:30:47	00:18:01
146	Cork	Womens J16 1X	J. Mackey	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS


		1:30pm - Head 4

151	Shandon	Mens Senior 8+	Shandon	05:39:33	05:50:23	00:10:50
150	UCCRC	Mens Senior 8+	UCCRC	04:39:05	04:50:01	00:10:56

153	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 2X	Skibbereen A	04:29:08	04:41:25	00:12:17
152	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 2X	Skibbereen B	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS

154	UCCRC	Mens Intermediate 8+	UCCRC	04:40:53	04:51:57	00:11:04
155	Cork	Mens Intermediate 8+	Cork	04:21:57	04:33:06	00:11:09

156	Skibbereen	Mens Intermediate 2X	Skibbereen	04:49:36	05:02:47	00:13:11

157	Lee	Mens Club 1 2X	Lee	04:29:47	04:43:13	00:13:26

158	St Brendans	Mens Novice 2X	St Brendans	04:31:12	04:45:44	00:14:32

16b	Muckross	Mens Masters 8+	Muckross	01:41:15	01:53:07	00:11:52
159	Shandon	Mens Masters 8+	Shandon	04:22:33	04:34:56	00:12:23

161	Shandon	Mens Masters 2X	Shandon	04:31:36	04:44:34	00:12:58

162	Cork	Mens J18A 8+	Cork	04:25:51	04:37:02	00:11:11
163	Pres Cork	Mens J18A 8+	Pres Cork	04:26:27	04:37:57	00:11:30

166	Lee	Mens J18A 2X	Lee	04:33:11	04:45:42	00:12:31
168	Cork B	Mens J18A 2X	Cork B	04:34:28	04:47:48	00:13:20
169	Cork A	Mens J18A 2X	Cork A	04:35:13	04:48:50	00:13:37
165	St Brendans	Mens J18A 2X	St Brendans	04:32:50	04:46:33	00:13:43
164	Workmans	Mens J18A 2X	Workmans	04:32:00	04:45:50	00:13:50
167	Pres Cork	Mens J18A 2X	Pres Cork	04:34:07	04:51:05	00:16:58

170	Shandon	Mens J16 8+	Shandon	04:27:51	04:39:35	00:11:44
171	Pres Cork	Mens J16 8+	Pres Cork	04:28:33	04:40:52	00:12:19

172	Lee	Mens J16 2X	Lee	04:35:35	04:48:36	00:13:01
173	Workmans	Mens J16 2X	Workmans	04:35:57	04:49:28	00:13:31
175	Skibbereen	Mens J16 2X	Skibbereen	04:37:13	04:50:58	00:13:45
174	Muckross	Mens J16 2X	Muckross	04:36:47	04:54:59	00:18:12

176	Skibbereen	Womens Senior 4-	Skibbereen	04:40:22	04:53:56	00:13:34

177	UCCRC	Womens Intermediate 4-	UCCRC	04:38:11	04:51:37	00:13:26

178	Skibbereen	Womens J18A 4-	Skibbereen	04:39:51	04:53:26	00:13:35



		3:00pm - Head 5

200	Skibbereen	Mens Senior 2-	Skibbereen	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS

203	Pres Cork	Mens J18A 2-	Pres Cork	05:53:58	06:07:29	00:13:31
202	Cork	Mens J18A 2-	Cork A	05:53:28	06:07:14	00:13:46
204	Cork	Mens J18A 2-	Cork C	05:54:49	06:09:27	00:14:38
201	Cork	Mens J18A 2-	Cork B	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS

205	Skibbereen	Womens Senior 4X-	Skibbereen	00:00:00	00:00:00	DNS

206	UCCRC	Womens Intermediate 4X-	UCCRC	05:57:00	06:09:56	00:12:56

207	St Brendans	Womens Novice 4X+	St Brendans A	05:57:20	06:11:57	00:14:37
208	St Brendans	Womens Novice 4X+	St Brendans B	05:58:27	06:14:43	00:16:16

210	Skibbereen	Womens J18A 4X-	Skibbereen	05:59:54	06:13:08	00:13:14
209	Cork	Womens J18A 4X-	Cork	05:59:07	06:12:27	00:13:20

211	Shandon	Womens J18 4X+	Shandon	06:00:23	06:14:07	00:13:44

214	Workmans	Womens J16 4X+	Workmans	06:03:51	06:17:35	00:13:44
216	Cork	Womens J16 4X+	Cork A	06:04:17	06:18:07	00:13:50
213	Shandon	Womens J16 4X+	Shandon A	06:02:32	06:16:33	00:14:01
212	Skibbereen	Womens J16 4X+	Skibbereen	06:01:22	06:15:57	00:14:35
217	Cork	Womens J16 4X+	Cork B	06:05:34	06:21:45	00:16:11
218	Shandon	Womens J16 4X+	Shandon B	06:06:00	06:23:19	00:17:19
215	Muckross	Womens J16 4X+	Muckross	05:04:31	00:00:00	DNF

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12th July 2015

Skibbereen and Tribesmen Best of Irish Lightweights

#Rowing: Justin Ryan and Siobhan McCrohan took the lightweight single sculls titles at the Irish Rowing Championships today. The Skibbereen man and Tribesmen woman were commanding winners. McCrohan had already won the senior singles title, while Ryan was taking his second consecutive lightweight title at the National Rowing Centre. Last year he represented UCC.

Two crews won by taking early command of their races. Colm Hennessy and Ronan Byrne in the Shandon junior double and the Commercial intermediate pair of Colm Dowling and Neil Gahan gauged the tailwind well and used it to back up their good starts.

NUIG also won the women’s intermediate coxed four well, and Bann’s Hannah Scott and Katie Shirlow, added the junior pair to their junior fours crown.

Queen’s took the club coxed four, having already won the club eight. They held off UCD’s challenge in the closing stages.

Irish Rowing Championships, National Rowing Centre, Cork, Day Three (Selected results)

Men

Four – Club, coxed: 1 Queen’s 6:28.23, 2 UCD A 6:30.77, 3 NUIG A 6:36.48.

Pair – Intermediate: 1 Commercial A 6:47.94, 2 Skibbereen 6:55.20, 3 Portora 7:00.19.

Sculling, Double – Junior: 1 Shandon 6:40.27, 2 Castleconnell A 6:50.48, 3 Cork BC B 6:55.56.

Lightweight Single: 1 Skibbereen (J Ryan) 7:09.17, 2 Skibbereen (McCarthy) 7:12.63, 3 St Michael’s (D O’Connor) 7:15.40.

Women

Four – Intermediate, coxed: 1 NUIG 7:09.66, 2 Commercial 7:18.28, 3 Shannon 7:23.16.

Pair – Junior: 1 Bann 7:42.60, 2 Portora 7:47.30, 3 Lee 7:51.35.

Sculling, Single – Lightweight: 1 Tribesmen (S McCrohan) 7:46.48, 2 Commercial (Sarah Dolan) 7:50.22, 3 Skibbereen (O Hayes) 8:00.39.

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7th February 2015

Shandon/Presentation Eight Fastest at Cork Head

#ROWING: A composite men’s senior eight of Shandon Rowing Club and Presentation Brothers College, Cork were the fastest crew at the Cork Head of the River today. They outpaced two other senior eights: a Shandon/Cahir composite and Cork Boat Club. The UCC intermediate eight were the second fastest overall, clocking 12 minutes 36.6 seconds - just under seven seconds off the winning time. John Keohane of Lee Valley was the fastest single sculler on the day, and Amy Bulman recorded the fastest time for a woman.

Cork Head of the River (Selected Results)

Men

Head One:

Eight – Senior: 1 Shandon/Presentation 12 minutes 29.7 seconds, 2 Cork BC 12:44.8, 3 Shandon/Cahir 13:29.7. Intermediate: UCC 12:36.6. Junior 18: Cork 12:55.7.

Head Two:

Sculling, Single – Senior: Lee Valley (J Keohane) 15:10.7. Inter: Lee (D O’Sullivan) 15:44.7. Jun 18: 1 Fermoy (G Morrison) 15:53.8, 2 Athlunkard (E Gallagher) 16:09, 3 Lee (H Deasy) 16:09.5. Jun 16: Lee (L Guerin) 16:35.3.

Head Three:

Four – Senior: UCC 13:58.8. Inter, coxed: Cork 14:19.4. Jun 18, coxed: Muckross 17:21.9. Jun 16, coxed: Fermoy 16.44.2.

Head Four:

Sculling, Quadruple – Inter: Shandon 14:08.7. Club Two, coxed: Clonmel 15:46.5. Jun 18: Cork 14:16. Jun 16, coxed: Cork 14:47.5.

Head Five:

Pair – Jun 18A: Cork 16:36.0.

Head Six:

Sculling, Double – Inter: Presentation, Cork 15:41.6. Club Two: Shandon 16:52.7. Novice: St Brendan’s 19:15.3. Jun 18A: Shandon 15:41.4. Jun 16: Lee 16:43.0.

Rolling Head

Eight – Intermediate: Muckross 14:22.3. Masters: Fermoy 14:16.6.

Pair – Jun 18A: Pres, Cork 17:39.9.

Sculling, Quadruple – Inter: UCC 15:59.5. Club Two, coxed: Fermoy 18:27.8. Novice, coxed: St Brendan’s 16:19.0. Jun 18A: Pres, Cork 14:32.0. Jun 16, coxed: Pres, Cork 14:36.2. Masters: Shandon 15:31.3.

Double – Jun 18: Presentation, Cork 16:05.4. Jun 16: Skibbereen 16:21.6.

Single – Senior: Clonmel (A Chadfield) 16:57.2. Jun 18: Skibbereen (K Mannix) 17:18.5. Jun 16: Skibbereen (D O’Sullivan) 18:47.5. Masters: Cahir (D Heffernan) 16:49.3.

Women

Head One:

Eight – Intermediate: UCC 15:24.3.

Sculling, Quadruple – Club Two, coxed: Lee 15:08.5. Novice, coxed: Fermoy 16:55.6. Junior 16, coxed: Cork 15:34.9.

Head Two:

Pair – Senior: Cork 16:38.2. Junior 18A: Lee 16:54.8.

Head Three:

Sculling, Double – Senior: UCC 15:45.0. Jun 18A: Cork 16:45.6. Jun 16: Lee 16:33.0.

Head Five:

Sculling, Single – Senior: 1 UCC (A Bulman) 17:57.3, 2 Cork (M O’Neill) 18:10.8. Inter: UCC 19:11.1. Novice: Lee 21:03.1. Junior 18A: Muckross 19.04.0. Jun 16: Lee Valley 19:17.8.

Rolling Head

Eight – Jun 16: Shandon 16:29.9.

Four – Masters, coxed: Clonmel 18:59.4.

Pair – Senior: UCC 17:33.3.

Sculling, Quadruple – Club Two, coxed: Fermoy 18:27.8. Jun 16, coxed: Shandon 15:57.8.

Double – Jun 18A: Clonmel 17:57.4. Jun 16: Fermoy 17:27.1.

Single – Senior: Fermoy (S Bouanane) 17:36.4. Inter: Fermoy (S Bouanane) 19:25.9. Jun 18A: Fermoy (S Cotter) 18:40.5. Jun 16: Shandon (C Minehane) 17:51.5.

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12th July 2014

Cork Rowers Continue Superb Run At Irish Rowing Championships

#ROWING: Two of the big wins of the evening session of finals at the Irish Rowing Championships at the National Rowing Centre in Cork came to crews with very different levels of experience.

The Cork Boat Club junior women’s eight made a breakthrough for the club at this level by beating Portora and Bann in a fine race. The senior men’s quadruple was taken by the crew of Albert Maher, Sean Jacob, Con Collis and Michael Maher, who held off a challenge from the Castleconnell/University of Limerick crew. Jacob and Maher are both in their forties and have over 40 ‘Pots’ between them.

The women’s senior pair was won by Barbara O’Brien and Aifric Keogh, representing NUIG, while Sarah Quinn of Belfast Boat Club won the Club singles.

The junior men’s quadruple gave Shandon’s young crew – two are junior 17 athletes and one a junior 16 – a fine win over Skibbereen, who faltered before the finish.

The women’s lightweight single sculls final turned into a battle between Claire Lambe of Old Collegians and Siobhán McCrohan of Tribesmen, with the Dubliner coming out on top.

Turlough Hughes of UCD had a remarkably straightforward win over David O’Malley of St Michael’s in the men’s intermediate single sculls, while UCD held off a late charge by Queen’s to win the men’s novice eight.

Irish Rowing Championships, National Rowing Centre, Cork (Selected Results; Finals)

Men

Eight – Intermediate: 1 Trinity 5:46.25, 2 NUIG 5:50.28, 3 UCD 5:56.96. Novice: 1 UCD 6:59.50, 2 Queen’s 7:02.31, 3 Trinity 7:03.29.

Four, coxed – Junior: 1 Cork BC 6:35.99, 2 Presentation 6:36.22, 3 Portora 6:38.08.

Pair – Senior: 1 UCD (M O’Donovan, N Kenny) 6:46.05, 2 NUIG 6:49.95, 3 Commercial B 7:00.16.

Sculling, Quadruple – Senior: 1 Old Collegians/Commercial (C Collis, S Jacob, A Maher, M Maher) 5:59.84, 2 Castleconnell/University of Limerick 6:00.60, 3 Queen’s 6:07.90.

Junior: 1 Shandon 6:08.24, 2 Athlone 6:13.34, 3 Skibbereen 6:15.52.

Single – Intermediate: 1 UCD (T Hughes) 7:13.0, 2 St Michael’s (O’Malley) 7:20.72, 3 NUIG (O’Connor) 7:25.14. Club: Lee (D O’Sullivan) 7:31.80, 2 St Michael’s (P O’Connor) 7:36.24, 3 Belfast BC (A Murray) 7:39.44.

Women

Eight – Novice: 1 Queen’s 7:19.74, 2 Trinity 7:55.75. Junior: 1 Cork BC 6:39.32, 2 Portora 6:41.90, 3 Bann 6:45.27.

Sculling, Double – Intermediate: 1 Killorglin (F Foley, M Dukarska) 7:17.17, 2 Commercial 7:20.83, 3 Skibbereen 7:39.99.

Pair – Senior: 1 NUIG (B O’Brien, A Keogh) 7:33.89, 2 St Michael’s 7:42.32, 3 Shannon 7:42.48.

Single – Lightweight: 1 Old Collegians (C Lambe) 7:41.70, 2 Tribesmen (McCrohan) 7:43.80, 3 Skibbereen (Hayes) 8:01.34. Club: 1 Belfast (S Quinn) 8:09.22, 2 Queen’s (Edwards) 8:10.61, 3 Lee (McGuire) 8:39.69.

Junior: 1 Cork BC (O Forde) 8:06.14, 2 Belfast BC (J English) 8:07.11, 3 Commercial B 7:00.16.

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27th April 2013

Galway Juniors Top Women's Eight At Queen's Regatta

# ROWING: Young crews took full advantage of the absence of some of the big guns at Queen’s Regatta at Castlewellan today. The women’s Division One eights of the first eFlow Grand League regatta of the season gave Galway Rowing Club the chance to showcase their ambitious tyros – all but cox Aifric O’Regan are juniors – and they won from UCD’s intermediates and Portora’s junior eight. The men’s Division One single sculls was won by 18 year old Andy Harrington from clubmate Jack Casey, who is just 17. The two later teamed up to win the Division One double sculls’ title.

The top prize on the day, the Division One men’s eights, was taken by the Queen’s University senior crew, but they got quite a battle from the junior eight from St Joseph’s of Galway.

Queen’s Regatta, Castlewellan, Co Down (1500 m), Saturday (Selected Results: Division One comprises senior (open, under-23 and lightweight), intermediate and junior 18A grades; Division Two comprises novice, junior 18 B and junior 16 grades.

Men

Eight, Division One – A Final: 1 Queen’s (sen) 4:54.68, 2 St Joseph’s (jun 18) 4:58.83, 3 Portora (jun 18) 5:11.50; 5 Queen’s (u23) 5:29.67. Division Two – A Final: 1 UCC (nov) 4:46.02, 2 Queen’s (nov) 4:47.92, 3 Belfast (nov) 4:53.10; 4 Portora (jun 16) 4:54.56; 6 Coleraine AI (jun 18B) 5:10.46. B Final: RBAI (jun 18B) 5:00.66.

Four, coxed, Division One – A Final: 1 Queen’s (sen) 5:01.13, 2 UCC (inter) 5:06.40, 3 Galway (jun) 5:10.30. B Final: Commercial (inter) 5:23.13. Masters: 1 Belfast BC/Belfast RC 5:48.15, 2 Bann 5:54.23, 3 Portadown 6:33.67. Division Two – A Final: 1 UCC (nov) 5:47.67, 2 Queen’s (nov) 5:57.21, 3 Blackrock (jun 18B) 6:01.14; 4 Methodist (jun 16) 6:06.18. B Final: Queen’s (nov) 6:03.00. C Final: Belfast RC (nov) 6:02.89.

Pair, Division One – A Final: 1 Queen’s (u23) 5:24.30, 2 Queen’s (sen) 5:27.59, 3 Queen’s (sen) 5:31.41. B Final: 1 Commercial (sen) 5:38.89; 2 Shandon (jun 18) 5:40.43; 5 Neptune (inter) 5:57.68. C Final: Portora (inter) 5:44.35. D Final: Commercial (sen) 5:47.30.

Sculling,

Quadruple, Division One – A Final: 1 Commercial (sen) 5:09.64, 2 Lee (jun 18) 5:14.69, 3 Garda (inter) 5:23.44. B Final: Neptune (jun 18) 5:27.68.

Division Two, coxed – A Final: 1 Cork (jun 16) 5:30.30, 2 Commercial (jun 18B) 5:33.79, 3 Lee (jun 18B) 5:34.68. B Final: RBAI (jun 18B) 5:53.44. C Final: 1 Portadown (jun 18B) 6:20.67; 2 Sliog (nov) 6:25.96.

Double, Division One – A Final: 1 Shandon (jun 18) 5:28.89, 2 UCC (sen) 5:39.42, 3 Queen’s/Skibbereen (sen) 5:40.43; 4 Garda (inter) 5:50.04. B Final: Commercial (inter) 5:55.04. Division Two – A Final: 1 Skibbereen (nov) 6:00.22, 2 Cork (jun 18B) 6:00.81, 3 Lee (jun 18B) 6:05.43. B Final: UCD (nov) 6:02.19; 5 Galway (jun 16) 6:55.56. C Final: Commercial (jun 16) 6:31.34. D Final: Belfast RC (jun 18B) 6:55.86.

Single, Division One – A Final: 1 Shandon (A Harrington, jun 18) 5:39.79, 2 Shandon (Casey, jun 18) 5:41.78, 3 Lee (Mitchell, jun 18) 5:43.58; 5 Skibbereen (Murphy, sen) 5:45.40. B Final: Lee (Buckley, jun 18) 5:45.19; 3 Commercial (McKenna, inter) 5:52.13. C Final: Commercial (Dowling, sen) 5:40.29; 6 UCC (Griffin, lwt) 6:05.03. D Final UCC (O’Leary, lwt) 5:56.23. E Final: Carrick-on-Shannon (Cox, inter) 6:01.09.

Division Two – A Final: 1 Sligo (Patterson, nov) 5:50.62, 2 UCC (Stanton, nov) 5:51.69, 3 Lee (White, jun 18B) 5:58.15; 5 Cork (O’Connell, jun 16) 6:01.16. B Final: Cork (Dennehy, jun 18B) 5:56.0. C Final: Portadown (McKeown, nov) 5:50.70. D Final: Skibbereen (McCarthy, jun 16) 6:00.19. E Final: Lee (Larkin, nov) 6:02.12. F Final: Commercial (Meade, nov) 6:18.68. G Final: Cappoquin (Buckley, jun 16) 6:09.72.

Women

Eight, Division One – A Final: 1 Galway (u23) 5:16.95, 2 UCD (inter) 5:18.53, 3 Portora (jun 18) 5:19.02; 5 Queen’s (inter) 5:31.06. Division Two – A Final: 1 Queen’s (nov) 5:50.98, 2 Portora (jun 16) 5:55.82, 3 UCD (nov) 6:01.23. B Final: Commercial (jun 18B) 6:21.01.

Four, Division One – A Final: 1 Portora (jun 18) 6:18.20, 2 Methodist Col (jun 18) 6:35.28.

Four, coxed, Division One – A Final: 1 UCD (inter) 5:44.98, 2 Commercial (inter) 5:50.63, 3 Commercial B (inter) 5:51.29. B Final: Queen’s B (inter) 5:56.77.

Pair, Division One – A Final: Bann (inter) 6:32.44, 2 Skibbereen (u23) 6:34.73, 3 Shandon (jun 18) 6:40.69; 4 Commercial (inter) 6:41.64. B Final: Cork (sen) 7:00.21.

Sculling, Quadruple, Division One – A Final: 1 Galway (jun 18) 5:31.91, 2 Shandon (inter) 5:34.77, 3 UCD (inter) 5:49.23.

Division Two, coxed – A Final: 1 Galway (jun 18B) 5:52.76, 2 Lee (nov) 6:00.32, 3 Bann (jun 18B) 6:02.19; 4 Methody (jun 16) 6:03.27. B Final: Cork (nov) 6:01.03. C Final: Athlunkard (nov) 6:18.70. D Final: Portadown (jun 16) 6:33.53.

Double, Division Two – A Final: 1 Muckross (jun 18B) 6:02.82, 2 Skibbereen (jun 16) 6:09.52, 3 Lee (jun 18B) 6:20.55; 5 Skibbereen (nov) 6:34.51. B Final: Methody (jun 18B) 6:25.72. C Final: Portadown (jun 16) 7:06.44.

Single, Division One – A Final: 1 Skibbereen (O Hayes, lwt) 6:49.79, 2 Commercial (Dolan, lwt) 6:59.90, 3 Skibbereen (Dinneen, u23) 7:05.76; 5 Skibbereen (Hegarty, jun 18) 7:13.89; 6 Lee Valley (Corcoran-O’Hare, inter) 7:26.55. B Final: Shandon (Horgan, inter) 7:09.86.

Division Two – A Final: 1 Bann (E Barry, jun 16) 6:46.61, 2 Commercial (Foley, nov) 6:48.65, 3 Commercial (Lambe, jun 16) 6:57.22. B Final: Offaly (Mooney, jun 16) 7:04.65. C Final: Belfast BC (Cameron, nov) 7:29.49.

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16th September 2011

Waterways Ireland Begin Work on the Royal Canal in Dublin

Waterways Ireland has confirmed that work will begin on the Royal Canal to excavate and reline 410 metres of the canal that runs between Lock 6 and 7 in the Phibsborough/Cabra area. The work is key to keeping the Canal navigable for a range of boats and will also address seepage through the canal embankment adjacent to Shandon Gardens.

The work which requires the dewatering of the canal will remove sediment and rubbish deposits from the central navigation channel before the construction of a new impervious lining to the canal. All material removed from the canals will be transported to licensed disposal facilities. Restoration of the existing towpath walls will also be undertaken to heritage approved standards.

Environmental surveys have been undertaken in full compliance with the regulatory authorities along with the planned removal of all fish to be carried under licence before onsite work begins.
A Traffic Management Plan will be agreed with Dublin City Council and implemented to keep traffic disruption to a minimum. Works are due to be completed by year end.

To facilitate works, the Royal Canal will be closed to navigation from 19 September 2011. The towpath from Lock 6 to the Liffey Junction Bridge on the north side and the Shandon Park area on the south side of the Canal will be closed for the duration of the contract. Following consultation and agreement with residents, a temporary roadway and bridge will also be constructed to provide access for the Coke Oven Residents through Shandon Park. This access will be suitable for emergency vehicles.

An engineer will be full time in attendance for the duration of the contract to ensure that issues which arise are dealt with in a prompt and efficient manner. For further information on the project please visit the Waterways Ireland web site www.waterwaysireland.org and check out the 'Navigation Information, Planned Works' page.

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