Monika Dukarska finished fourth at the Fisa World Coastal Rowing Championships in Bari in Italy today. The Killorglin oarswoman pushed hard for a medal position in the closing stages but could not close the narrow gap on Diane Delalleau of France, who took bronze.  Another Frenchwoman, Charlotte Culty, took the gold. Ireland’s Sheila Clavin finished an excellent sixth in her debut in this event.

John Keohane finished seventh in the A Final of the men’s singles. The winner, Guiseppe Alberti of Italy, finished in 29 minutes 28.60 seconds, while the Corkman was one minute 45.90 seconds further back.

Fisa World Coastal Rowing Championships, Bari, Italy – Day One (Irish interest)

Men

Quadruple, coxed – Heat Two (1-8 to A Final; 9-16 to B Final; rest to C Final): 1 Bayer Leverkusen, Germany 20:55.60; 18 Kilmacsimon (S Bennett, S O’Neill, K O’Dwyer, E O’Neill; K O’Leany) 27:56.60.  C Final: 1 Kilmacsimon 26:03.50.

Double – Heat Two (1-6 to A Final, 7-12 to B Final; 13-18 to C Final; rest to D Final): 1 Elpis Genova, Italy 21:45.80; 14 Kilmacsimon (D O’Donovan, R Farrissey) 30:48.00. C Final: 6 Kilmacsimon 31:30.70.

Single – Heats (1-8 To A Final; 9-16 to B Final; rest to C Final) – Heat One: 1 Trieste, Italy (S Martini); 11 Arklow (E Kavanagh). Heat Two: 1 Cus Pavia, Italy 24:34.90; 6 Kilmacsimon (J Keohane) 25:24.60.

Women

Double – Heats (1-6 to A Final; rest to B Final) – Heat One: 1 Aviron Hennebont, France 26:23.50; 8 Arklow (D Maghery, Y Jordan) 34:04.30. Heat Two: 1 Aviron Grenoblois, France 26:47.10; 8 Kilmacsimon (H O’Neill, L O’Neill) 38:15.20.

Single – Heats (1-6 to A Final; rest to B Final) – Heat One: 1 Murcarolo, Italy 30:20.60; 3 St Michael’s (S Clavin) 33:12.50, 8 Arklow (J Ni Ghormain) 39:02.00. Heat Two: 1 Societe Nautique D’Avignon 29:19.90, 2 Killorglin (M Dukarska) 30:38.90; 8 Arklow (J Lee) 42.01.80.

Day Two

Men

Single – A Final: 1 Cus Pavia, Italy 29:28.60; 7 Kilmacsimon (Keohane) 31:14.50. B Final: 7 Arklow (Kavanagh) 34:38.30.

Women

Double – B Final: 2 Kilmacsimon (H O’Neill, L O’Neill) 29:01.10; 4 Arklow (Maghery, Jordan) 31:20.90.

Single – A Final: 1 Societe Nautique D’Avignon (Culty) 33:29.50; 4 Killorglin (Dukarska) 34:38.20; 6 St Michael’s (Clavin) 35:55.30. B Final: 2 Arklow (Lee) 30:47.10; 4 Arklow (Ni Ghormain) 32:39.80.