Carlow Best in Photo Finish

10th July 2009

Carlow’s men’s quadruple scull won a fantastically close final by just a tenth of a second from University of Limerick on the first day of the National Rowing Championships in Cork. The men’s senior four provided the expected win for NUIG, and Dave Heffernan gave Shandon a rare win, in the men’s lightweight single scull.

National Championships, National Rowing Centre, Farran Wood, Cork, Day One Men Eight – Junior 16: 1 Portora 6:38.7, 2 St Joseph’s B 6:44.1, 3 Col Iognaid 7:03.5. Four – Senior: 1 NUIG 6:21.1, 2 Commercial 6:25.2, 3 Belfast 6:30.2. Junior, coxed: 1 St Joseph’s 6:51.7, 2 Clonmel 6:55.4, 3 Presentation 6:56.0. Pair – Intermediate: 1 Skibbereen 7:05.7, 2 NUIG A 7:11.7, 3 Castleconnell 7:12.8. Junior: 1 Carlow 7:15.9, 2 Col Iognaid 7:16.7, 3 St Michael’s 7:30.9. Sculling, Quadruple – Senior: 1 Carlow 6:19.0, 2 University of Limerick 6:19.1, 3 Neptune 6:25.0. Junior: 1 Skibbereen 6:23.1, 2 Portadown A 6:35.4, 3 Bann 6:43.1. Double – Intermediate: 1 Tribesmen 7:36.4, 2 Belfast 7:51.4, 3 Cork 7:58.8. Single – Lightweight: 1 Shandon (D Heffernan) 7:16.1, 2 Skibbereen (R Coakley) 7:23.4, 3 NUIG (L Molloy) 7:28.3. Intermediate: 1 St Michael’s (P Hanily) 7:37.2, 2 Lee Vallye (Keohane) 7:48.8, 3 Bantry (Hurley) 7:51.6. Junior 16: 1 Muckross (Prendeville) 8:10.4, 2 Castleconnell (Sheehan) 8:19.1, 3 Neptune (O’Hara) 8:28.9. Women Four – Senior: 1 Muckross A 7:02.8, 2 Old Collegians/Neptune 7:10.3, 3 Commercial 7:21.9. Pair – Junior: 1 Col Iognaid 7:57.0, 2 Tribesmen A 8:03.3, 3 Tribesmen B. Sculling, Quadruple – Senior: 1 Old Collegians 7:09.6, 2 Muckross 7:24.6. Novice, coxed: 1 St Michael’s 8:02.2, 2 Killorglin A 8:03.5, 3 Waterford 8:06.6. Junior, coxed: 1 Commercial 7:22.8, 2 Muckross 7:29.3, 3 Cork 7:33.7. Junior 16, coxed: 1 Portora A 7:59.9, 2 Cork 8:13.6, 3 Tribesmen 8:16.0. Double – Junior: 1 City of Derry 7:39.3, 2 Skibbereen 7:44.6, 3 St Michael’s 8:11.5. Single – Junior 15 – A Final: 1 Muckross (Cremin) 4:30.7, 2 Killorglin (O’Sullivan) 4:32.0, 3 Commercial (Farrall) 4:46.8. B Final: Waterford (McGrath) 4:36.3. C Final: St Michael’s (O’Brien) 4:30.7.

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Liam Gorman is a writer and reporter. He is the co-author of Little Lady, One Man, Big Ocean, published in the United States and Canada as Crossing the Swell. He is the rowing correspondent of the Irish Times.

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