Ghent Regatta (Selected Results, Irish interest) Sunday Men Eight – Senior: 1 Henley 6:07.72, 2 Oxford Brookes 6:10.71, 3 Commercial 6:11.51. Senior B (under-23): 1 Trinity 6:22.43, 2 Oxford Brookes 6:28.11. Junior 16: 5 Carlow 7:31.47. Four – Senior A: 3 Galway/Skibbereen 6:40.94.Pair – Senior: 2 Neptune 7:41.12. Junior 16: 1 Gravelines, France 8:06.07, 2 Carlow (Byrne) 8:26.13, 3 Carlow (Chubb) 8:35.69. Sculling, Quadruple – Senior B (Under-23) 4 Trinity 6:58.58. Junior 18: 3 Skibbereen 6:40.89, 5 Carlow/Waterford 6:42.14. Junior 16: 7 Cork 8:11.15, 11 Skibbereen 8:28.43. Double – Senior A: 5 Garda 8:53.47. Junior 16: 11 Cork 8:07.08, 17 Offaly 8:23.79 Single – Junior 18: 12 Skibbereen (S O’Driscoll) 8:05.26, 17 Waterford (C Browne) 8:07.54, 21 Waterford (J Warren) 8:10.94, 24 Skibbereen (G O’Donovan) 8:13.99. Junior 16: 1 Skibbereen (P O’Donovan) 7:52.50, 12 King’s Hospital (D Butler) 8:20.38, 16 Carrick-on-Shannon (L Cox) 8:28.04. Women Eight – Senior: 2 Belfast/Tethys/Wallingford 7:04.34. Four – Junior: 7 Commercial 8:12.85, 9 Methodist, Belfast 8:18.37, 10 Cork 8:29.73. Pair – Senior: 1 Belfast RC 8:07.71, 2 Old Collegians 8:13.96, Neptune 8:23.61. Junior: 2 Commercial 8:37.99, 5 Methodist, Belfast 9:08.33. Sculling Double – Senior A: 1 Henley 7:50.41, 2 Skibbereen 7:54.66, 4 Old Collegians 7:57.15. Junior 18: 5 Skibbereen 8:21.14, 12 Cork 8:37.81, Junior 16: 3 Cork 8:32.65, 8 Cork 8:50.34. Single – Lightweight A: 1 Queen’s (H Campbell) 8:26.83, 2 St Michael’s (S Clavin) 8:35.86, 4 Carrick-on-Shannon (D Kelly) 8:47.25. Lightweight B (under-23): 2 Skibbereen (G Hosford) 8:56.60. Junior 18: 10 Skibbereen (C Fitzgerald) 9:04.55, 11 King’s Hospital (S Bennett) 9:04.90. Junior 16: 3 Skibbereen (M Dineen) 9:03.10, 13 Skibbereen (L Connolly) 9:21.66
Ireland won four times at Ghent today. Heather Campbell of Queen’s Unversity was fastest in the lightweight women’s single scull; Belfast were first home in the women’s senior pair; Skibbereen’s Paul O’Donovan won the junior 16 men’s single scull; Trinity took the under-23 eights title. Results over the fold:
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