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31st July 2014

Big Ireland Team for World Rowing Championships

#ROWING: The Ireland team for the World Rowing Championships has been named. A team of 14 athletes in seven boats have been selected for the event, which will be held in Amsterdam from August 24th to 31st.

Crews have been based at the National Rowing Centre, where they have been on training and undergoing extensive testing since the World Cup regattas at Aiguebelette in France and Lucerne in Switzerland.

Ireland Team for World Rowing Championships, Amsterdam, August 24th to 31st

Men:

Lightweight Pair: Niall Kenny (UCD BC), Mark O’Donovan (UCD BC)

Lightweight Single Scull (ML1x): Paul O’Donovan (UCD BC)

Women

Four: Barbara O’Brien (NUIG BC), Aifric Keogh (NUIG BC), Emily Tormey (NUIG BC) and Marie O’Neill (Cork BC)

Pair: Lisa Dilleen (Gráinne Mhaol RC) and Leonora Kennedy (Portora BC)

Double Scull: Monika Dukarska (Killorglin RC) and Helen Walshe (Three Castles RC)

Lightweight Double Scull: Denise Walsh (Skibbereen RC) and Claire Lambe (Old Collegians BC)

Single Scull: Sanita Puspure (Old Collegians BC)

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About World Ocean Day

World Ocean Day is celebrated annually on June 8th to highlight the important role the ocean has for our life and the planet. The focus each year is on the 30x30 campaign: to create a healthy ocean with abundant wildlife and to stabilise the climate, it is critical that 30% of our planet’s lands, waters, and oceans are protected by 2030.

One of the issues affecting our ocean is marine litter which has become a global problem for both humans and marine life. However, communities around Ireland have demonstrated their desire to be part of the solution by taking part in several beach cleaning and clean-up calls to action.

Statistics show that the number one cause of marine litter is litter dropped in towns and cities.

In 2021, the initiative changed its name from “World Oceans Day” to “World Ocean Day”. By dropping the “s”, its organisers wanted to highlight the fact that we are all connected by a large ocean. This shared ocean supports all life on the planet, by producing most of the oxygen we breathe and regulating climate. No matter where we live, we all depend on the ocean to survive.

This means that each piece of marine litter removed from a beach, river, lake, park or street in Ireland, will have a positive impact on a global scale.