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Carlow and Castleconnell Notch Up Wins at Ghent
#Rowing: Carlow’s Sadhbh Scully and Keara Egan won the junior 18 women’s double at Ghent regatta on Sunday – first of 18 competing crews. Castleconnell won the women’s junior 18 quadruple, another competitive event, with 10 crews completing the course. Both clubs did well over the two days, as did Three Castles, Methodist College, Belfast, Cork and Commercial, whose senior men’s eight took second on the Sunday.
Ghent Spring Regatta, Belgium (Selected Results; Irish interest):
Saturday
Men
Sculling, Quadruple: 3 Lagan Scullers. Junior: 5 Three Castles.
Double – Jun: 3 Three Castles (L Flynn, A Keogh)
Single – Jun: 5 Cork (P Beechinor) 7:41.32.
Women
Eight – Junior: 1 Commercial 7:25.17.
Four – Jun: 1 Castleconnell 7:32.0, 2 Commercial 7:37.27.
Pair - Senior: 2 Anna Liffey (C Dempsey, D Maguire). Under-23: Cork (J Duggan, C O’Sullivan) 8:11.24. Junior: 1 Cork (J Duggan, C O’Sullivan) 7:59.94, 2 Castleconnell (L O’Brien, N Kiely) 8:04.33.
Sculling
Double – Junior: 5 Carlow.
Lightweight Single: 2 Skibbereen (O Hayes). Under-23: 1 Carlow (K Egan) 8:49.25. Junior: 6 Carlow (S Scully).
Sunday
Men
Eight – Senior: 2 Commercial. Four, coxed- Jun 18: 2 Methodist College, Belfast. Junior 16: 2 Castleconnell.
Sculling, Quadruple: 2 Three Castles.
Double – Jun 18: 4 Cork (Beechinor, M Cronin) 7:08.14.
Single – Under-23 Lightweight: 2 Castleconnell (B Frohburg). Jun 18: 3 Three Castles (Flynn), 5 Three Castles (Tiarnan McKnight), 6 Three Castles (Keogh).
Women
Four – Jun: 1 Commercial 7:41.73, 2 Castleconnell.
Pair – Sen: 3 Anna Liffey (Dempsey, Maguire). Under-23: Cork (Duggan, O’Sullivan) 8:47.59. Jun: Cork (Duggan, O’Sullivan) 8:12.36, 3 Commercial.
Sculling, Quadruple – Jun 18: 1 Castleconnell 7:21.72. Jun 16: 3 Castleconnell, 4 Carlow.
Double – Jun 18: 1 Carlow (Scully, Egan) 7:58.26.
Single – Lightweight: 2 Skibbereen (Hayes). Lwt U-23: 1 Carlow (Egan) 8:56.71. Jun 18: 3 Carlow (Scully); 5 Cork (H Gahan).
#Rowing: Castleconnell won the award as best junior club at Ghent International Regatta today. Their boys and girls reeled off a set of impressive results over the two days: on Sunday, the women’s junior pair won, while there were second places for the junior men’s four, pair and double and the junior women’s quadruple, which took on international-class Belgian opposition. The women’s under-23 double also won.
Saturday had been good for a number of Ireland clubs. Forty-one crews competed in the men’s junior single sculls – and Irish crews filled the first two places. Jack Butler of King’s Hospital won, with Rory O’Neill of Castleconnell just two seconds slower. The Castleconnell junior men’s four won and their women’s junior double of Niamh Kiely and Lauren O’Brien took second amongst 51 crews which competed.
Over the two days, other Irish crews to record wins included Skibbereen – which won both the women’s senior pair and the men’s junior 16 quadruple – and Commercial, which on Saturday won the junior women’s pair through Aoife Molony and Grace Healy and the junior women’s eight.
At Lee Regatta on Saturday, Shandon won the junior men’s 18 eight and Cork the women’s junior 18 eights.
Ghent International May Regatta (Irish interest, selected results)
Saturday
Men
Four – Junior: 1 Castleconnell.
Pair – Jun: 2 Castleconnell (J O’Donovan, C Mulready); 3 Castleconnell (B Frohburg, D Ryan)
Sculling, Quadruple – Jun 18: 3 Skibbereen (D Kavanagh, E O’Connor, F O’Reilly, F O’Regan). Jun 16: 1 Skibbereen (Kavanagh, O’Connor, O’Reilly, Regan).
Single – Jun: 1 King’s Hospital (J Butler), 2 Castleconnell (R O’Neill).
Women
Eight – Jun: 1 Commercial, 2 Carlow. Pair – Jun: 1 Commercial (A Molony, G Healy).
Sculling, Quadruple – Jun: 2 Castleconnell (N Kiely, L O’Brien, N Silke, S Byrnes).
Single – Under-23: 3 Castleconnell (P Silke).
Double – Jun: 3 Castleconnell (N Kiely, L O’Brien).
Single – Under-23: 2 Castleconnell (C O’Brien). Lightweight Single – Sen: 3 Skibbereen (O Hayes).
Sunday
Men
Four – Jun: 2 Castleconnell (B Frohburg, J O’Donovan, C Mulready, D Ryan)
Pair – Jun 18: 2 Castleconnell (O’Donovan, Mulready), 3 Castleconnell (Frohburg, Mulready), 3
Sculling
Double – Jun: 2 Castleconnell (J Desmond, R O’Neill). Jun 16: 3 Skibbereen (E O’Connor, F O’Reilly)
Women
Eight: 2 Commercial, 3 Carlow.
Pair – Sen: 1 Skibbereen (A McCarthy, N Casey), 2 Commercial (H O’Neill, R Morris). Jun: 1 Castleconnell (N Silke, S Byrnes); 3 Commercial (A Moloney, G Healy).
Sculling, Quadruple: 2 Castleconnell.
Double – U-23: 2 Castleconnell (C O’Brien, S Gilmore). Jun 16: 2 Carlow (S Scully, K Egan).
Single – Lightweight: 3 Skibbereen (O Hayes).
Neptune Best Junior Eight as Irish Shine at Ghent
#Rowing: Neptune won the men’s junior 18 eight and Commercial were second at the Ghent International May Regatta in Belgium. Commercial’s Gillian Crowe and Hazel O’Neill won the women’s senior pair.
Commercial crews finished 1-2-3 of the eight crews which competed in the junior women’s pair.
Aaron Keogh of Three Castles won the junior 16 single sculls – first of 39 competitors and Jack Butler of Neptune was third of 28 in the junior 18 singles.
Cork took second in the women’s junior eight, while New Ross were third in the women’s junior quadruple.
Ghent International May Regatta, Belgium (Irish interest; selected results, finals)
Men
Eight: 1 Neptune 6:04.89, 2 Commercial 6:07.61.
Four, coxed – Jun 18: 1 Commercial 7:00.29 (two crews).
Pair – Sen: 2 Commercial (D Joyce, M Maher) 6:57.08. Under-23: 1 St Michael’s (T McKeon, D O’Byrne) 7:14.20, 3 St Michael’s (B McKeon, C Garvey) 7:15.78. Jun 18: 3 St Michael’s (T McKeon, D O’Byrne) 7:11.18.
Sculling
Quadruple – Jun 18: 2 Three Castles 6:21.19.
Double – Jun: 3 Three Castles (R Quinn, O Clune) 6:48.19.
Single: 3 S McKeown 7:25.96. Lightweight: 2 St Michael’s (D O’Connor) 7:21.71. Jun 18: 3 Neptune (J Butler) 7:42.19. Jun 16: 1 Three Castles (A Keogh) 7:38.98.
Women
Eight – Junior: 2 Cork 7:05.83, 3 Commercial 7:20.22.
Four – Jun: 2 Commercial 7:42.63.
Pair – Sen: 2 Commercial (G Crowe, H O’Neill) 7:50.48. Jun: 1 Commercial (A Keogh, S Maxwell) 8:14.43, 2 Commercial (G McNamara, K Dolan) 8:23.96, 3 Commercial (C Ryan, A O’Rourke) 8:39.88.
Sculling, Quadruple – Jun: 3 New Ross 7:22.57.
Irish In the Medals at Ghent Regatta
#Rowing: Irish clubs had some excellent placings on Saturday at the Ghent International May Regatta in Belgium. Commercial and Neptune finished first and second in the junior men’s eight and Commercial also finished second in the women’s junior eight and four, and second and third in the junior women’s pair. The Three Castles junior double of Rory Quinn and Oisin Clune took silver – second of 47 crews which competed. New Ross were the second-placed crew in the junior quadruple.
In the adult events, which generally had smaller entries, St Michael’s had wins through Declan O’Connor, Ben McKeon and Colm Garvey, while Skibbereen’s Orla Hayes won the lightweight women’s single. Sam McKeown of Queen’s University finished second to Dave Bell of Molesey in the senior single sculls.
Ghent International May Regatta, Belgium (Irish interest; selected results; Saturday)
Men
Eight – Junior: 1 Commercial 6:42.02, 2 Neptune 6:47.0.
Four – Junior: 2 Commercial 7:01.64. Four, coxed – Junior: 2 Neptune 7:13.78.
Pair – Senior: 1 Commercial (D Joyce, M Maher) 7:45.01 Under-23 (Two Crews): 1 St Michael’s (B McKeon, C Garvey) 8:22.06, 2 St Michael’s (T McKeon, D O’Byrne) 8:23.88. Lightweight Pair: 1 St Michael’s (B McKeon, C Garvey) 8:09.34. Junior: 2 St Michael’s (T McKeon, D O’Byrne) 7:36.89.
Quadruple – Junior: 2 Three Castles 6:48.14.
Double – Junior: 2 Three Castles (R Quinn, O Clune) 7:18.24.
Single – Senior: 2 Queen’s (S McKeown) 8:03.56. Lightweight: 1 St Michael’s (D O’Connor) 7:05.24. Under-23 Lightweight: 3 Queen’s (M Taylor) 8:13.94.
Women
Eight – Junior: 2 Commercial 7:52.67, 3 Cork BC 8:04.40.
Four – Junior: 2 Commercial 8:18.63, 3 New Ross 8:27.38.
Pair – Senior: 3 Commercial (H O’Neill, G Crowe) 9:06.60. Junior: 2 Commercial (A Keogh, S Maxwell) 8:57.17, 3 Commercial (G McNamara, K Dolan) 9:03.31.
Sculling – Quadruple – Junior: 2 New Ross 7:52.00.
Lightweight Single: 1 Skibbereen (O Hayes) 8:52.88.
Skibbereen Shine at Ghent Regatta
#Rowing: Skibbereen had an excellent couple of days on Continental waters at the weekend. Gary and Paul O’Donovan (a UCD man) won gold in Germany, while at the International Regatta at Ghent, Emily Hegarty and Aoife Casey won the junior double on Saturday and finished second in the under-23 double on Sunday. Aoife Casey is the daughter of Dominic Casey, coach of the Ireland lightweight double.
The Cork Boat Club junior 18 coxed four won on Sunday, and Commercial quadruple matched the feat. Jack Keating of Carlow won the junior 16 single sculls – ahead of 29 other competitors.
International Regatta, Ghent (Irish interest; selected results)
Saturday
Men
Four – Junior, coxed: 2 Cork BC 7:14.28.
Sculling, Quadruple – Junior: 3 Carlow 6:41.75.
Women
Eight – Junior: 2 Commercial 7:58.48. Pair: 2 UCD/Queen’s (R Maguire, S Bennett) 8:49.09. Junior Pair: 2 Cork (A Mason, T Hanlon) 8:26.06.
Sculling, Double – Under-23: Belfast BC/UCD (A Crowley, E Lambe) 8:07.09. Junior: Skibbereen (A Casey, E Hegarty) 8:09.44. Single – Junior: 2 Skibbereen (E Hegarty) 8:36.86.
Sunday
Men
Four – Junior 18, coxed: 1 Cork BC 7:30.35.
Pair – Senior: 3 Commercial 8:00.52
Sculling, Quadruple – Junior: 1 Commercial 6:51.30, 2 Carlow 6:51.67. Junior 16: 3 New Ross 8:37.29. Single – Junior 16: Carlow (J Keating
Women
Eight – Junior: 3 Commercial 8:34.60.
Four – Junior: 3 Cork 8:20.55.
Pair – Senior: 3 UCD (E Lambe, O Finnegan) 9:11.89.
Sculling, Double – Under-23: 2 Skibbereen (A Casey, E Hegarty) 8:26.01, 3 Belfast BC/UCD (Crowley, O Blundell) 8:34.18.
Ghent Rowing Suits Galway College
#ROWING: Colaiste Iognaid carried their good form into a second day at the Ghent International Regatta in Belgium today. The Galway school club won the junior men’s coxed four and their coxless four finished second in their final. Carrie Nolan of New Ross won a two-boat under-23 single sculls final, while Waterford’s Raymond O’Mahony and Andrew Goff were third in the men’s under-23 double sculls.Waterford finished third in the junior women's quadruple sculls.
Ghent International Regatta (Irish interest; selected results)
Saturday
Men
Four – Junior: 2 Colaiste Iognaid (A Coyne, D McCarthy, L Rigney,
D Coen)
Pair – Senior: 3 Lady Elizabeth (B Smyth, S King).
Women
Sculling, Single, Junior 18: 2 Commercial (A Rodger)
Sunday
Men
Four, coxed: 1 Coláiste Iognáid (K McGlacken, E Walls-Tuite, L Rigney, D Coen; cox: D Young). Four: 2 Col Iognaid (Rigney, McCarthy, Coyne, Coen).
Pair – Senior: 3 Lady Elizabeth (Smyth, King).
Sculling, Double – Senior B: 3 Waterford (R O’Mahony, A Goff).
Women
Sculling, Quadruple – Junior 18: 3 Fermoy (A Walsh, S Murphy, K Bartley, S Cotter).
Single – Senior B: 1 New Ross (C Nolan).
Colaiste Iognaid and Commercial Rowers on Song in Ghent
#ROWING: Aisling Rodger of Commercial finished second in the junior women’s single sculls and the Coláiste Iognáid junior four matched her achievement at the Ghent International Regatta in Belgium today. In the men’s senior pair Brendan Smyth and Stuart King of Lady Elizabeth finished third. Joel Cassells, a former Bann junior oarsman, was part of the Oxford Brookes senior eight which won.
Ghent International Regatta (Irish interest; selected results)
Men
Four – Junior: 2 Colaiste Iognaid (A Coyne, D McCarthy, L Rigney,
D Coen)
Pair – Senior: 3 Lady Elizabeth (B Smyth, S King).
Women
Sculling, Single, Junior 18: 2 Commercial (A Rodger)
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