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#Rowing: The Afloat Rowers of the Month for May are the Ireland men’s junior coxed four which took silver at the European Junior Regatta in Essen, Germany. The crew of Matthew Gallagher (St Joseph’s), James O’Donovan (Castleconnell), Jack Dorney (Shandon), John Kearney (Cork) and cox Leah O’Regan (Shandon) gave gold medallists Germany a real battle, and were just three tenths of a second behind at the finish.
It was a good month for Irish crews in overseas regattas. Molly Curry of Coleraine GS – who won the Afloat Rower of the Month for February – had a remarkable win in the Championships Single Sculls at the National Schools Regatta on Dorney Lake. St Michael’s and Enniskillen also shone in a strong Irish contingent.
At home Commercial and UCD engaged in two fierce contests in the men’s eight at both Skibbereen and Metro Grand League Regatta. Commercial came out on top by small margins in both races.
Rower of the Month awards: The judging panel is made up of Liam Gorman, rowing correspondent of The Irish Times and David O'Brien, Editor of Afloat magazine. Monthly awards for achievements during the year will appear on afloat.ie. Keep a monthly eye on progress and watch our 2019 champions list grow.
O'Donovan and O'Neill Shine in Dirty Dozen Test
#Rowing: Rory O’Neill and James O’Donovan of Castleconnell shared top billing in the men’s junior 18 rankings after the concluding stage of the Dirty Dozen Challenge. Eabha Benson of St Michael’s won the women’s junior 18 series. There were four rounds, beginning in October (three kilometres) and running through November (5k) and December and January (6k).
| Category | Shell | Rower(-s) | Bow # | Place | Course time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W J16 | 1X | C. Leahy | 112 | 1 | 00:14:50 |
| W J16 | 1X | J. O'Brien (CCBC) | 110 | 2 | 00:14:51 |
| W J16 | 1X | R. Hickey (Shannon Rowing Club) | 114 | 3 | 00:15:00 |
| W J16 | 1X | C. Kiely (Castleconnell) | 109 | 4th | 00:15:02 |
| W J16 | 1X | G. Fitzgerald (CCBC) | 113 | 5th | 00:15:29 |
| W J16 | 1X | C. Ni Dhonabhain (SRC) | 111 | DNF | |
| W J18 | 1X | �. Benson (SMRC) | 76 | 1 | 00:28:45 |
| W J18 | 1X | N. Kiely (Castleconnell BC) | 74 | 2 | 00:29:04 |
| W J18 | 1X | C. KIRWAN (SMRC) | 75 | 3 | 00:29:58 |
| W J18 | 1X | S. Gilmore (CCBC) | 77 | 4th | 00:30:00 |
| W J18 | 1X | S. Fitzgerald (TRC) | 78 | 5th | 00:31:05 |
| W J18 | 1X | C. Storan (SMRC) | 82 | 6th | 00:31:42 |
| W J18 | 1X | C. Kelly (Castleconnell BC) | 79 | 7th | 00:33:37 |
| W J18 | 1X | A. King (SMRC) | 81 | 8th | 00:33:48 |
| W J18 | 1X | H. Bradshaw (CCBC) | 80 | 9th | 00:34:12 |
| W J18 | 1X | O. Murphy (St Michaels) | 84 | 10th | 00:34:47 |
| W J18 | 1X | �. Phillips (SMRC) | 83 | 11th | 00:37:41 |
| W J18 | 1X | L. O'Brien (Castleconnell Boat Club) | 73 | DNF | |
| W OPEN | 1X | E. Redlichova (SMRC) | 85 | DNF | |
| W U21 | 1X | C. O'Brien (Castleconnell boat club) | 86 | 1 | 00:28:37 |
| W U23 | 1X | S. Murphy (SMRC) | 87 | 1 | 00:32:03 |
| W U23 Lt Wt | 1X | N. Hartney (SMRC) | 88 | 1 | 00:29:34 |
| W J16 | 2- | F. Gleeson (Shannon rowing club) | |||
| A. Curtin (shannon rowing club) | 116 | 1 | 00:13:38 | ||
| W J16 | 2- | E. McMahon (CCBC) | |||
| T. Mulready (Ccbc) | 117 | 2 | 00:14:04 | ||
| W J16 | 2- | C. Gleeson (Shannon rowing club) | |||
| A. Caffrey (Shannon) | 115 | DNF | |||
| W J18 | 2- | S. Byrnes (CCBC) | |||
| N. Silke (Castleconnell boat club) | 92 | 1 | 00:27:44 | ||
| W J18 | 2- | E. Mcinerney (Smrc) | |||
| E. Murphy (SMRC) | 89 | 2 | 00:28:15 | ||
| W J18 | 2- | A. Mckeon (Smrc) | |||
| M. O'Byrne (SMRC) | 93 | 3 | 00:29:10 | ||
| W J18 | 2- | N. Jones (SMRC) | |||
| K. McGann (SMRC) | 94 | 4th | 00:30:51 | ||
| W J18 | 2- | S. Broggy (Athlunkard Boat Club) | |||
| M. Malone (Athlunkard Boat Club) | 90 | 5th | 00:31:08 | ||
| M J16 | 1X | P. Mcinerney (Smrc) | 105 | 1 | 00:13:11 |
| M J16 | 1X | D. Foley (SMRC) | 103 | 2 | 00:13:12 |
| M J16 | 1X | G. O'Donoghue (Shannon Rowing Club) | 97 | 3 | 00:13:21 |
| M J16 | 1X | J. Cunningham (Castleconnell) | 96 | 4th | 00:13:41 |
| M J16 | 1X | T. Byrne | 99 | 5th | 00:13:44 |
| M J16 | 1X | I. Byrne Delimata (Castleconnell) | 98 | 6th | 00:13:49 |
| M J16 | 1X | D. De Brun (SMRC) | 104 | 7th | 00:13:59 |
| M J16 | 1X | N. Larkin Damm (Tralee Rowing CLUB) | 102 | 8th | 00:14:47 |
| M J16 | 1X | S. Cunningham (CCBC) | 100 | DNF | |
| M J16 | 1X | C. Oconnell (Waterville lake rowing cl...) | 101 | DNF | |
| M J18 | 1X | R. O'Neill (Castleconnell) | 59 | 1 | 00:25:39 |
| M J18 | 1X | J. O Donovan (CCBC) | 57 | 1 | 00:25:39 |
| M J18 | 1X | M. English (St Michaels Rowing Club) | 58 | 3 | 00:26:59 |
| M J18 | 1X | J. Scanlon France (ABC) | 60 | 4th | 00:32:50 |
| M J18 Lt Wt | 1X | B. France (St. Michaels) | 61 | 1 | 00:28:22 |
| M J18 Lt Wt | 1X | C. Bowen (Castleconnell boat club) | 62 | 2 | 00:29:03 |
| M Master B | 1X | R. Egan (Ccbc) | 63 | 1 | 00:27:01 |
| M Master C | 1X | c. Byrne (CCBC) | 64 | 1 | 00:28:32 |
| M OPEN | 1X | D. O'Connor (St. Michael's Rowing...) | 50 | 1 | 00:24:45 |
| M U21 | 1X | R. Spelman (Smrc) | 51 | 1 | 00:25:23 |
| M U21 | 1X | C. Mulready (Castleconnel) | 52 | 2 | 00:26:53 |
| M U21 | 1X | J. Desmond (Caslteconnell) | 53 | 3 | 00:28:16 |
| M U21 | 1X | A. King (Athlunkard Boat Club) | 54 | DNF | |
| M U23 | 1X | A. Lennon (St Michaels Rowing Club) | 55 | DNF | |
| M J15 | 2- | R. Lyons (Castleconnell) | |||
| A. SWEENEY (Ccbc) | 106 | 1 | 00:13:22 | ||
| M J16 | 2- | E. Gilmartin (CCBC) | |||
| J. McGrath (CCBC) | 107 | 1 | 00:12:48 | ||
| M J16 | 2- | P. Mcinerney (Smrc) | |||
| D. Hartney (SMRC) | 108 | 2 | 00:13:28 | ||
| M J18 | 2- | R. O Gorman (St.Michaels Rowing Club) | |||
| D. Hartney (SMRC) | 69 | 1 | 00:25:36 | ||
| M J18 Lt Wt | 2- | S. Fitzgerald (CCBC) | |||
| C. Nolan (Castleconnell) | 70 | 1 | 00:26:50 | ||
| M J18 Lt Wt | 2- | C. Foster (SMRC) | |||
| C. Kemp (SMRC) | 72 | 2 | 00:27:46 | ||
| M J18 Lt Wt | 2- | A. McFerran (CCBC) | |||
| E. Healy (Castleconnell Boat Club) | 71 | 3 | 00:28:09 | ||
| M Master B | 2- | P. Williams (CCBC) | |||
| E. Meskell (CCBC) | 65 | 1 | 00:26:05 | ||
| M Master C | 2- | k. mc donald | |||
| M. O'Callaghan (Shannon rowing club) | 66 | DNF | |||
| M U21 | 2- | J. O Brien (Castleconnel Boat Club) | |||
| C. Feely (Castleconnel rowing club) | 67 | DNF | |||
| M U23 | 2- | T. McKeon (St. Michael's rowing...) | |||
| J. Cuddy (SMRC) | 68 | 1 | 00:24:31 |
