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Holly Nixon gave Ireland a first ever medal at the World Rowing Junior Championships this morning. The 17-year-old from Enniskillen produced another brilliant display to take silver in the lightweight single scull at Dorney Lake in England, pushing Germany’s Anne Beenken right to the line.
Ireland also had fourth place in junior men’s single scull. Paul O’Donovan was just .32 of a second off a bronze medal in a thrilling finish of a race won by Stephan Riemekasten of Germany.
World Rowing Junior Championships – Finals (Irish Interest)
Men
Junior Single Scull – A Final: 1 Germany (S Riemekasten) 7:03.41, 2 Greece (A Dafnis) 7:05.42, 3 Ukraine (A Mykhailov) 7:05.78; 4 Ireland (P O’Donovan) 7:06.10, 5 Latvia 7:18.57, 6 Switzerland 7:21.38.
Women
Junior Single Scull – A Final: 1 Germany (A Beenken) 7:58.00, 2 Ireland (H Nixon) 7:59.56, 3 Latvia (E Gulbe) 8:02.62; 4 Italy 7:06.10, 5 Denmark 8:10.75, 6 Czech Republic 8:17.94.
The programme at the World Rowing Junior Championships at Dorney Lake in England was brought forward again this morning because of concerns about the weather. The A Final of the junior women’s single scull, with Holly Nixon taking part, is now set for 10.35 and the men’s single scull, featuring Paul O’Donovan, has been set for 10.50.
Four Ireland Crews Set For World Rowing Championships
Ireland will send four crews to the World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia, which begin on Sunday, August 28th. The women’s double of Lisa Dilleen and Sanita Puspure and the lightweight women’s double of Siobhan McCrohan and Claire Lambe will be hoping to qualify their boats for the Olympic Games next year. Both crews must finish in the top eight to achieve this.
Bled, August 28th to September 4th 2011. |
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Rowing Ireland is pleased to announce the following boats will compete. |
Lightweight Women’s Double Scull – LW2X |
Claire Lambe |
University College Dublin Ladies Boat Club |
Siobhan McCrohan |
Tribesman Rowing Club, Galway |
Adaptive Coxed Four – LTAMix4+ |
Anne Marie McDaid |
Commercial Rowing Club, Dublin |
Sarah Caffrey |
Castelconnell Boat Club |
Shane Ryan |
Castelconnell Boat Club |
Kevin Du Toit |
Castelconnell Boat Club |
Helen Arbuthnot - coxwain |
Castleconnell Boat Club |
Women’s Double Sculls – W2X |
Lisa Dilleen |
Cork Institute of Technology Rowing Club |
Sanita Puspure |
Old Collegians Boat Club |
Lightweight Men’s Quadruple Sculls – LM4X |
Niall Kenny |
National University Galway Rowing Club |
Micheal Maher |
Three Castles Rowing Club, Blessington |
Justin Ryan |
University College Cork Rowing Club |
Mark O’Donovan |
Cork Institute of Technology Rowing Club |
Change in Programme At World Rowing Junior Championships
Excellent Wins Put Nixon and O'Donovan in A Finals of World Rowing Junior Championships
Paul O’Donovan and Holly Nixon won their single sculls semi-finals and moved confidently into the A Finals of the World Rowing Junior Championships at Dorney Lake in England today.
O’Donovan, as has been his pattern in his two races so far, did not make the decisive move until the final quarter. When he drove for the line he had to fight it out with Andrii Mykhailov of Ukraine, and the Skibbereen man won this battle.
Nixon also won her semi-final in much the same way as she had won her heat - with a procession from the start which left the others following well behind.
World Rowing Junior Championships, Dorney Lake, England (Irish interest)
Men
Junior Single Scull – Semi-Final Two: 1 Ireland (P O’Donovan) 7:04.71, 2 Ukraine (A Mykhailov) 7:05.18, 3 Switzerland (A Maillefer) 7:06.03; 4 Zimbabwe 7:06.20, 5 Azerbaijan 7:11.51, 6 Belarus 7:16.93. Afloat.ie
Women
Junior Single Scull - Semi-final One (First Three to A Final; rest to B Final): 1 Ireland (H Nixon) 7:44.21, 2 Latvia (E Gulbe) 7:49.16, 3 Italy (E Coletti) 7:51.31; 4 Japan 7:54.79, 5 Bulgaria 7:58.44, 6 Belgium 8:03.52. Afloat.ie
Paul O’Donovan won his quarter-final at the World Rowing Junior Championships at Dorney Lake in England today. The Skibbereen man, who won his heat on Thursday, again showed cool intent in the closing stages of this race, passing long-time leader Alexandros Dafnis of Greece and holding off a late challenge by the Greek. The third A/B Semi-Final place went to Shinji Miyazaki of Japan.
World Rowing Junior Championships, Dorney Lake, England (Irish interest)
Men, Junior Single Sculls – Quarter-Final Four (First Three to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to C/D Semi-Finals): 1 Ireland (P O’Donovan) 7:09.11, 2 Greece (A Dafnis) 7:11.18, 3 Japan (S Miyazaki) 7:18.41; 4 South Africa 7:18.86, 5 Chile 7:28.28, 6 Russia 7:34.44.
Nixon Begins With a Win at World Junior Rowing Championships
Holly Nixon dominated her first race at the World Junior Rowing Championships this morning. The Enniskillen woman led down the course in the second heat of the women’s single scull and had over 10 seconds to spare over second-placed Juliette Jeannet of Switzerland, who took the second direct qualification place for the A/B semi-finals.
World Junior Rowing Championships, Dorney Lake, Britain (Irish interest)
Women
Single Scull – Heat Two (First Two Directly to A/B Semi-Finals; rest to Repechage): 1 Ireland (H Nixon) 8:45.23, 2 Switzerland (J Jeannet) 8:55.51; 3 Belgium 9:04.72, 4 Slovenia 9:04.80, 5 Venezeula 10:06.41.
Black and Cassells Win Second Gold at Coupe Rowing
Bann crew Chris Black and Joel Cassells won a second gold medal for Ireland in the junior men’s pair at he Coupe de la Jeunesse, a European junior rowing tournament in Ottensheim in Austria today, having achieved the same feat on Saturday.
The junior women’s double of Katie Cromie (Portora) and Shelly Dineen (Skibbereen) took silver today to add to yesterday’s gold medal, and junior men’s double of Matthew Monteith and Adrian Sheehan were third. Ireland’s junior men’s four and junior women’s quadruple scull also took bronze.
Coupe de la Jeunesse, Ottensheim, Austria (Selected Results, Irish interest)
Saturday
Men, Junior Four – A Final: 3 Ireland (C Egan, H Millar, F Tolan, L Seaman) 6:22.34.
Junior Pair – A Final: 1 Ireland (J Cassells, C Black) 6:48.51, 2 Hungary 6:52.42.
Junior Double Scull – 1 Italy 6:36.68. 2 Ireland (M Monteith, A Sheehan) 6:3805.
Women, Junior Double – A Final: 1 Ireland (K Cromie, M Dineen) 7:24.75, 2 Hungary 7:27.29.
Sunday
Men
Junior Four – A Final: 1 Spain 6:12.56, 2 Ireland (Egan, Millar, Tolan, Seaman) 6:16.50
Junior Pair – A Final: 1 Ireland (J Cassells, C Black) 6:50.15, 2 Hungary 6:55.20.
Junior Double Scull – A Final: 1 Italy 6:42.16, 2 Britain 6:44.42, 3 Ireland (Monteith, Sheehan) 6:44.70.
Women
Junior Quadruple – Final: 1 Britain 7:03.54; 3 Ireland (R Shorten, K O’Brien, H Shinnick, B Jacques) 7:06.87.
Junior Double – A Final: 1 Hungary 7:26.87, 2 Ireland (K Cromie, M Dineen) 7:30.11
Ireland Strike Gold at Coupe de la Jeunesse Rowing
Ireland’s men’s pair of Joel Cassells and Chris Black and women’s double of Katie Cromie and Shelly Dineen both won on the first day of the Coupe de la Jeunesse in Austria, a European tournament for juniors. The men’s double scull of Matthew Monteith and Adrian Sheehan was second and the men’s four third.
UCD Men's Senior Eight the Afloat Rowers of the Month
The Afloat Rowers of the Month for July are the UCD men’s senior eight which brought back the Big Pot to the college for the first time since 1973 at the National Rowing Championships. The big crew of Simon Craven, Peter Grogan, Colm Pierce (the club captain), David Neale, Finbar Manning, Sean Jacob, Gearoid Duane and stroke Tom Doyle were coxed by Jenny Lynch and coached by Pat McDonagh. They were clear winners over NUIG/Grainne Mhaol on the day and are worthy winners of the Afloat Rowers of the Month.
Rower of the Month awards: The judging panel is made up of Liam Gorman, rowing correspondent of The Irish Times, President of Rowing Ireland Anthony Dooley and David O'Brien, Editor of Afloat magazine. Monthly awards for achievements during the year will appear on afloat.ie and the overall national award will be presented to the person or crew who, in the judges' opinion, achieved the most notable results in, or made the most significant contribution to rowing during 2011. Keep a monthly eye on progress and watch our 2011 champions list grow.